BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 27 December 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Soul Music—River
  Personal stories of Joni Mitchell's song 'River', from her 1971 album Blue.
2. 00:30
  Natural Histories—Reindeer
  Discover why there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.
3. 01:00
  Whodunnits—AA Milne - The Red House Mystery
  A country house party turns into a murder-trail for an amateur sleuth.
4. 02:00
  Son of Santa
  Newly qualified as a management consultant, Santa's son has big plans for the North Pole.
5. 02:30
  Steptoe and Son—Away For Christmas
  Harold's Majorca-bound, but he's not told Albert.
6. 03:10
  ... And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree
  A woman receives stacks of gifts from a lavish admirer, who's inspired by the carol.
7. 03:30
  Village Christmas by Laurie Lee—5. The Cold Christmas Walk in the Country
  5/5Derek Jacobi concludes this evocative portrait of England in the last century.
8. 03:45
  Ladies of Letters—Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat, 5. Cell-ebration
  5/5Vera's family are freed, as Irene writes to her estranged son.
9. 04:00
  The Motion Show—Series 5, Episode 5
  5/6Graeme Garden hosts as Gyles Brandreth, Steve Punt, Arthur Smith and Lauren Laverne debate
10. 04:30
  King Street Junior Revisited—Series 2, Love All
  4/6Romance in the air, but Mr Long has a painful little problem....
11. 05:00
  Boxing Clever by Mike Yeaman
  A wily pensioner finds competition at the Boxing Day sales.
12. 05:45
  The Special Sale by Maeve Binchy
  A romantic tale centred on a fancy Dublin restaurant. Read by Dervla Kirwan.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Embroideries by Juliet Ace
  Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
2. 07:00
  Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
  A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
3. 07:30
  The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
  1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
4. 08:45
  Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
  1/4Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
5. 09:00
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
6. 09:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
  14/14All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
7. 10:00
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
  Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
8. 11:00
  Embroideries by Juliet Ace
  Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
  A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
2. 12:30
  The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
  1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
3. 13:45
  Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
  1/4Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
4. 14:00
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
5. 14:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
  14/14All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
6. 15:00
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
  Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
7. 16:00
  MR James—Echoes from the Abbey
  Sheila Hodgson provides MR James with a ghostly encounter at Christmas.
8. 16:45
  Absent Friends 2025 - The 7th Dimension—Episode 1
  1/2Toby Hadoke pays tribute to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror artists whom we lost in 2025.
9. 17:00
  Embroideries by Juliet Ace
  Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
  A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
2. 18:30
  The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
  1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
3. 19:45
  Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
  1/4Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
4. 20:00
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
5. 20:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
  14/14All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
6. 21:00
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
  Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
7. 22:00
  Bearded Ladies—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/6Promotional lunches and very awkward dinner parties. Quick-fire sketches.
8. 22:30
  Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!—Series 2, The Bodyguard
  6/6Milton discovers that a diva and a tent full of jam don't mix as well as he'd imagined.
9. 23:00
  Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—Nationalism
  4/4Andrew explores the reasons for joining nationalist organisations.
10. 23:30
  Chain Reaction—Series 5, Eddie Izzard interviews Alastair Campbell
  4/6The stand-up comic interviews the political spin doctor in the tag-team talk show.
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Late
1. 00:00
  MR James—Echoes from the Abbey
  Sheila Hodgson provides MR James with a ghostly encounter at Christmas.
2. 00:45
  Absent Friends 2025 - The 7th Dimension—Episode 1
  1/2Toby Hadoke pays tribute to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror artists whom we lost in 2025.
3. 01:00
  Embroideries by Juliet Ace
  Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
4. 02:00
  Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
  A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
5. 02:30
  The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
  1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
6. 03:45
  Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
  1/4Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
7. 04:00
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
8. 04:30
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
  14/14All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
9. 05:00
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
  Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.

Sunday 28 December 2025