BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 8 November 2025

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—Series 1, The Last Post
  4/8Officer AD Bridges and a former POW reflect on the impact of the final bugle call.
2. 00:30
  Folk Song, Art Song
  Christopher Maltman debates the place of folk song in the classical recital repertoire.
3. 01:00
  Limelight—The System: Series 2, Step 5: Let the Golden Age Commence
  5/5The clock is ticking down, but what happens when it gets to zero?
4. 01:30
  The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham—6. Strategic Withdrawal
  6/6Hope for Bill and Josella, but there's another obstacle...
5. 02:00
  Kalangadog Junction—Episode 1
  1/6Dr Thomas and Mrs Jane Barrett swap 1950s Manchester for a remote Australian town.
6. 02:30
  The Likely Lads—Series 2, The Chance of a Lifetime
  7/8Bob and Terry are made a life-changing offer that seems too good to be true.
7. 03:00
  Quanderhorn—The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, The Splattered Remains of Undentifiable Organs Incident All Over Again
  4/6Jenkins discovers the crew have taken the lift to the Moon. Stars John Sessions.
8. 03:30
  The Last Human Cannonball by Byron Rogers—5. Human Cannonball
  5/5Byron and a witchcraft trial judge, plus a man who gets shot out of a cannon.
9. 03:45
  The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber—10. Uncertain Future
  10/10Peter is horrified to find Jesus Lover Five gravely ill in intensive care.
10. 04:00
  Whispers—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/6Gyles Brandreth chairs with Lucy Moore, Anthony Holden, Penny Junor and Julian Fellowes.
11. 04:30
  Double Income, No Kids Yet—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/6Pregnant Lucy must break the news to her parents.
12. 05:00
  Drama on 4—The Magus by John Fowles, 3. End of the Masque
  3/3Conchis brings his masque at Bourani to an end but is the game really over?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  For King and Country by John Wilson
  Passchendaele, 1917: Private Hamp faces court martial - accused of desertion.
2. 07:30
  Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
  The lives and dreams of a Welsh seaside village called Llareggub. Stars Richard Burton.
3. 09:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Continental Coach Trip 1/2
  8/13The dear ladies pack their suitcases for a continental adventure.
4. 09:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 7
  7/14Kenneth Horne's busy week - and check out the latest film releases!
5. 10:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Satire and Sitcoms, 3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville look at 60s and 70s sitcoms.
6. 11:00
  For King and Country by John Wilson
  Passchendaele, 1917: Private Hamp faces court martial - accused of desertion.
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
  The lives and dreams of a Welsh seaside village called Llareggub. Stars Richard Burton.
2. 14:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Continental Coach Trip 1/2
  8/13The dear ladies pack their suitcases for a continental adventure.
3. 14:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 7
  7/14Kenneth Horne's busy week - and check out the latest film releases!
4. 15:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Satire and Sitcoms, 3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville look at 60s and 70s sitcoms.
5. 16:00
  The Fire Inside by Nick Stafford
  A stranger seeks shelter at an isolated farmhouse in the depths of winter.
6. 16:45
  Roald Dahl—Someone Like You, 2. Skin
  2/5An astonishing work of art is created on a drunken night in Paris.
7. 17:00
  Take It From June
  Legendary June Whitfield talks to Enyd Williams about her 60 years in radio. From 2011.
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Evening
1. 20:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Continental Coach Trip 1/2
  8/13The dear ladies pack their suitcases for a continental adventure.
2. 20:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 7
  7/14Kenneth Horne's busy week - and check out the latest film releases!
3. 21:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Satire and Sitcoms, 3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville look at 60s and 70s sitcoms.
4. 22:00
  The World of Simon Rich—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Enchanting, absurd and funny stories from the mind of celebrated US writer Simon Rich.
5. 22:30
  My Teenage Diary—Series 10, Sofie Hagen
  5/6Comedian Sofie Hagen shares tales of dodgy poems, boy and Westlife.
6. 23:00
  Domestic Science—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival Of The Spoken Nerd.
7. 23:15
  Influencers—Series 1, 3. Glow Up
  3/6Ruth and Carla test a much-sought after home ‘sauna-body-bag’… with a faulty zip.
8. 23:30
  Fags, Mags and Bags—Series 7, Burger, Burger, Burger, Burger, Burger
  1/4Comedy set in a Scots-Asian corner shop. Written by Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Fire Inside by Nick Stafford
  A stranger seeks shelter at an isolated farmhouse in the depths of winter.
2. 00:45
  Roald Dahl—Someone Like You, 2. Skin
  2/5An astonishing work of art is created on a drunken night in Paris.
3. 01:00
  For King and Country by John Wilson
  Passchendaele, 1917: Private Hamp faces court martial - accused of desertion.
4. 02:30
  Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas
  The lives and dreams of a Welsh seaside village called Llareggub. Stars Richard Burton.
5. 04:00
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, A Continental Coach Trip 1/2
  8/13The dear ladies pack their suitcases for a continental adventure.
6. 04:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 7
  7/14Kenneth Horne's busy week - and check out the latest film releases!
7. 05:00
  The Real Comedy Controllers: The Things That Made Us Laugh—Satire and Sitcoms, 3. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  3/3Paul Jackson, Beryl Vertue, John Lloyd and Jimmy Mulville look at 60s and 70s sitcoms.

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