BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 24 May 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Mack the Knife
  The Brecht/Weill song Mack the Knife written for The Threepenny Opera in 1928.
2. 00:30
  The Flower Fields
  Michael Bird explores Cornwall's beautiful, tiny flower fields.
3. 01:00
  Dead in the Water by Tony McHale
  Friends Holly and Nicole suspect a murder plot upon overhearing a suspicious conversation.
4. 01:45
  The Third Man by Graham Greene—5. Bloody Fool
  5/5Harry Lime is very much alive, but can Rollo track him down?
5. 02:00
  A Very Private Man—Episode 1
  1/6David and Helen swap Croydon for Yorkshire's countryside. But obstacles are ahead.
6. 02:30
  Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/8A spoof Paul Temple and telephone wires get crossed. Stars Ronnie Barker.
7. 03:00
  Relativity—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/4Ken gets tech help from his grandkids, Chloe goes into early labour and Ian is fretting.
8. 03:30
  Gielgud's Letters—5. Arthur
  5/5Gielgud appears in a film called 'Arthur' and acts well into his 90s.
9. 03:45
  Rose Tremain—Music and Silence, 5. Kirsten's Dilemma
  5/15Kirsten sends her mother to Jutland.
10. 04:00
  Whispers—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/6Gyles Brandreth chairs the scandals quiz. With Anthony Holden and Stella Duffy.
11. 04:30
  More Mr Mulliner by PG Wodehouse—The Knightly Quest Of Mervyn
  3/4The pub raconteur’s tale of a man demanding a knightly quest to prove his love.
12. 05:00
  Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding—4. Complications
  4/4Joseph and Fanny are desperate to marry but complications arise...
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Morning
1. 06:00
  A Madman of Convenience by Terry James
  1823. The true story of a young surgeon committed to Bedlam - but was he mad or guilty?
2. 07:30
  Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)
  A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.
3. 08:45
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—2. Aunt Flo
  2/5Aunt Flo and Uncle Walter's fascination with fig leaves. The writer recalls his childhood.
4. 09:00
  Molesworth—The Arts
  4/4School terror Nigel Molesworth has grown up and offers his guide to modem life.
5. 09:30
  J Kingston Platt—Ronnie Melcombe and His Surprising Wife
  2/5The showbiz veteran relates a startling tale of a wife addicted to shock.
6. 10:00
  Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy—3, Mortimer, Morris and 'mando
  3/3Tony Law looks at Surrealism in Comedy with Vic & Bob, Chris Morris and Armando Ianucci.
7. 11:00
  A Madman of Convenience by Terry James
  1823. The true story of a young surgeon committed to Bedlam - but was he mad or guilty?
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)
  A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.
2. 13:45
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—2. Aunt Flo
  2/5Aunt Flo and Uncle Walter's fascination with fig leaves. The writer recalls his childhood.
3. 14:00
  Molesworth—The Arts
  4/4School terror Nigel Molesworth has grown up and offers his guide to modem life.
4. 14:30
  J Kingston Platt—Ronnie Melcombe and His Surprising Wife
  2/5The showbiz veteran relates a startling tale of a wife addicted to shock.
5. 15:00
  Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy—3, Mortimer, Morris and 'mando
  3/3Tony Law looks at Surrealism in Comedy with Vic & Bob, Chris Morris and Armando Ianucci.
6. 16:00
  Henry James—The Turn of the Screw
  Are two children possessed? Or is it just the over-active imagination of their governess?
7. 17:00
  A Madman of Convenience by Terry James
  1823. The true story of a young surgeon committed to Bedlam - but was he mad or guilty?
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Evening
1. 18:30
  Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)
  A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.
2. 19:45
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—2. Aunt Flo
  2/5Aunt Flo and Uncle Walter's fascination with fig leaves. The writer recalls his childhood.
3. 20:00
  Molesworth—The Arts
  4/4School terror Nigel Molesworth has grown up and offers his guide to modem life.
4. 20:30
  J Kingston Platt—Ronnie Melcombe and His Surprising Wife
  2/5The showbiz veteran relates a startling tale of a wife addicted to shock.
5. 21:00
  Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy—3, Mortimer, Morris and 'mando
  3/3Tony Law looks at Surrealism in Comedy with Vic & Bob, Chris Morris and Armando Ianucci.
6. 22:00
  Andy Hamilton Sort of Remembers—Series 1, Politics
  2/4Funny man Andy Hamilton looks at his lifetime relationship with politics.
7. 22:30
  Start/Stop—Series 2, 3. Pregnancy
  3/8Cathy is pregnant, Alice can't get pregnant, and Fiona doesn't want to get pregnant again!
8. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Joz Norris 1/3
  For tonight's Comedy Club interview, comedian Andrew O'Neill talks to comedian Joz Norris.
9. 23:00
  Radio 9—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/5Travels at sea, a magazine for NIMBYs and faking your way in abseiling.
10. 23:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 2, Bill Bailey Interviews Simon Pegg
  6/6One feisty funny man grills another in the tag talk show.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Henry James—The Turn of the Screw
  Are two children possessed? Or is it just the over-active imagination of their governess?
2. 01:00
  A Madman of Convenience by Terry James
  1823. The true story of a young surgeon committed to Bedlam - but was he mad or guilty?
3. 02:30
  Antwerp: the Glory Years by Michael Pye (Omnibus)
  A vivid and lively account of the city in its 16th century heyday.
4. 03:45
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—2. Aunt Flo
  2/5Aunt Flo and Uncle Walter's fascination with fig leaves. The writer recalls his childhood.
5. 04:00
  Molesworth—The Arts
  4/4School terror Nigel Molesworth has grown up and offers his guide to modem life.
6. 04:30
  J Kingston Platt—Ronnie Melcombe and His Surprising Wife
  2/5The showbiz veteran relates a startling tale of a wife addicted to shock.
7. 05:00
  Tony Law's Surreal Guide to Surreal Comedy—3, Mortimer, Morris and 'mando
  3/3Tony Law looks at Surrealism in Comedy with Vic & Bob, Chris Morris and Armando Ianucci.

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