BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 18 October 2025

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Series 8, Allegri's Miserere
  An exploration of the impact of Allegri's 17th-century music.
2. 00:30
  Let's Go Round Again - The Story of The Magic Roundabout
  Sophie Thompson and Phyllida Law's anniversary celebration for The Magic Roundabout.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—Dee Mitchell - Cordoba, 5. Still Waters
  5/6Richard shares some interesting revelations.
4. 01:30
  Detective—Series 1, Bedtime Story - part 2/2
  4/13Can DS Dave Brook drive a wedge between two notorious crime families?
5. 02:00
  The Sit Crom—A Draught of Malmesy
  4/6The household needs a new steward and Lady Anne is desperate for a drink.
6. 02:30
  The News Huddlines—7th November 1979
  From education cuts to a Chinese state visit. Roy Hudd pokes fun at a week in 1979.
7. 03:00
  Quanderhorn—The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, It's Eating My Face
  1/6Brian Nylon awakes with no memory to find time behaving very oddly indeed.
8. 03:30
  Short Works—Kumeko the Quiet One by Hannah Vincent
  A story about ambition, cheese and wrestling mice.
9. 03:45
  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte—5. Blood
  5/10Everyone wakes to a ghastly cry in the night.
10. 04:00
  Whispers—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/6Gyles Brandreth quizzes Anthony Holden, Lucy Moore, Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes.
11. 04:30
  Hidden Treasures—So Easy to Forget by Val Gielgud
  Can the marriage of Isobel and Charles survive jealousy and secrets? From 1968.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier
  Elizabeth Barrett battles to escape her domineering father to court her secret lover...
2. 07:30
  The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer (Omnibus)
  Geoff Dyer playfully considers the last days and last works of artists and athletes.
3. 08:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Mel Giedroyc
  Comedian Mel Giedroyc chooses tracks by Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Kate Bush.
4. 08:45
  Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts—The Communications Experts
  2/5How to beat the fiends in white coats and overalls at their own game.
5. 09:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Day At The Races
  5/13Dr Evadne's overcritical mother pays a visit
6. 09:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/14Kenneth gets arty and Hornerama looks at public transport.
7. 10:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Origins, 3. Hancock's Half Hour
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick their top comedic moments.
8. 11:00
  The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier
  Elizabeth Barrett battles to escape her domineering father to court her secret lover...
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer (Omnibus)
  Geoff Dyer playfully considers the last days and last works of artists and athletes.
2. 13:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Mel Giedroyc
  Comedian Mel Giedroyc chooses tracks by Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Kate Bush.
3. 13:45
  Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts—The Communications Experts
  2/5How to beat the fiends in white coats and overalls at their own game.
4. 14:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Day At The Races
  5/13Dr Evadne's overcritical mother pays a visit
5. 14:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/14Kenneth gets arty and Hornerama looks at public transport.
6. 15:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Origins, 3. Hancock's Half Hour
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick their top comedic moments.
7. 16:00
  Wally K Daly—With a Whimper to the Grave, 3. Action
  3/3The aliens' plans are revealed. Stars Patrick Troughton.
8. 16:30
  Cult Vampires—3. Half Sick Of Shadows by Graham Masterton
  3/3A crooked archaeologist gets more than he bargained for...
9. 17:00
  The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier
  Elizabeth Barrett battles to escape her domineering father to court her secret lover...
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Evening
1. 18:30
  The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer (Omnibus)
  Geoff Dyer playfully considers the last days and last works of artists and athletes.
2. 19:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Mel Giedroyc
  Comedian Mel Giedroyc chooses tracks by Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Kate Bush.
3. 19:45
  Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts—The Communications Experts
  2/5How to beat the fiends in white coats and overalls at their own game.
4. 20:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Day At The Races
  5/13Dr Evadne's overcritical mother pays a visit
5. 20:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/14Kenneth gets arty and Hornerama looks at public transport.
6. 21:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Origins, 3. Hancock's Half Hour
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick their top comedic moments.
7. 22:00
  The Boosh—Mutants
  4/6Bob Fossil's latest zoo project backfires...
8. 22:30
  My Teenage Diary—Series 10, Ken Cheng
  2/6Comedian Ken Cheng recalls school, nerds and the internet.
9. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Nigel Planer 1/4
  Tonight, comedian Jon Holmes chats with comedy legend Nigel Planer.
10. 23:00
  Alex Edelman's Peer Group—Series 1, 2. Politics
  2/2Award-winning American comedian Alex Edelman defends his generation: millennials.
11. 23:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 4, David Tennant interviews Richard Wilson
  2/4The Time Lord and the famous TV pensioner have a no-holds-barred relay race discussion.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Wally K Daly—With a Whimper to the Grave, 3. Action
  3/3The aliens' plans are revealed. Stars Patrick Troughton.
2. 00:30
  Cult Vampires—3. Half Sick Of Shadows by Graham Masterton
  3/3A crooked archaeologist gets more than he bargained for...
3. 01:00
  The Barretts of Wimpole Street by Rudolf Besier
  Elizabeth Barrett battles to escape her domineering father to court her secret lover...
4. 02:30
  The Last Days of Roger Federer by Geoff Dyer (Omnibus)
  Geoff Dyer playfully considers the last days and last works of artists and athletes.
5. 03:40
  Inheritance Tracks—Mel Giedroyc
  Comedian Mel Giedroyc chooses tracks by Ian Dury and the Blockheads and Kate Bush.
6. 03:45
  Ernest Fontwell Versus The Experts—The Communications Experts
  2/5How to beat the fiends in white coats and overalls at their own game.
7. 04:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Day At The Races
  5/13Dr Evadne's overcritical mother pays a visit
8. 04:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/14Kenneth gets arty and Hornerama looks at public transport.
9. 05:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Origins, 3. Hancock's Half Hour
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville pick their top comedic moments.

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