Radio 4 Extra Schedule

Series 1

Episode 1

A reluctant beekeeper, two feuding librarians and striking a deal with Santa.

Series 19

Gracias a la Vida

The Latin American anthem to life is explored through personal stories.

Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.

Hercule Poirot - Sad Cypress

5. On Trial

Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle.

Philomel Cottage

Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in the country.

1. Cue the Tantrums!

Opera Sunderland faces disarray by opting for 'West Side Story' over a gay opera.

Series 3

Death in the Family

Harold must break sad news to his father Albert.

Series 1

The Key

City boy Andy has come to his uncle's seaside home in search of a stress-free life.

Profound Earthly Suffering by Kritika Pandey

A young bride-to-be longs to have her heart broken.

Series 1

5. Detention

After her protest heroics, Irene's memory is playing tricks. Can Vera help?

Series 5

Episode 6

Graeme Garden with Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith.

Series 2

Priorities

Education and money? Can you have one without the other?

Moving the Goalposts by Juliet Ace

Mattie's diagnosis allows her to plan her 'future' - but what will it be?

5. Dirty Linen

Modern Shakespearean Cat’s 25-year tempestuous marriage is front page news.

Anthony Trollope's The Warden

Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.

Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Series 1

6. Adventures

Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?

Series 2

Episode 2

The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle.

The Put-a-Horse-Out-to-Graze Fund

CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!

1. Source

From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.

Anthony Trollope's The Warden

Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.

Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Series 1

6. Adventures

Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?

Series 2

Episode 2

The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle.

The Put-a-Horse-Out-to-Graze Fund

CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!

1. Source

From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.

Freddy is caught up in a nightmarish sci-fi world with echoes of life today.

Anthony Trollope's The Warden

Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.

Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Series 1

6. Adventures

Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?

Series 2

Episode 2

The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle.

The Put-a-Horse-Out-to-Graze Fund

CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!

1. Source

From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.

Series 2

Episode 5

Sketches from Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling.

Series 2

Kitchen

A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with the Festival of the Spoken Nerd trio

1. From Tangoing to Keeping Watch

Tango dancers and DJs - bleak, funny and confusing tales of urban life after dark.

Jimmy Carr 2/4

Paul Garner chats again to Jimmy Carr.

Series 5

Alastair Campbell interviews Alistair McGowan

The impressionist and the spin doctor in the tag-team talk show.