BBC Sounds - Radio 4 Extra - Schedules (2024)

Early

  • 00:30Catch My BreathEpisode 1Two women take refuge in a remote Scottish country house where a demon awaits them.
  • 01:00Desert Island Discs RevisitedPoet CastawaysPoet Laureate Simon Armitage is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
  • 01:45David Attenborough's Life StoriesSeries 1Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
  • 02:00Poetry ExtraIn the Studio - Ada Limón: A poem for NasaDaljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
  • 02:30Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald (Omnibus)Helen Macdonald's reads six essays about her passion and concerns for the natural world.
  • 03:50Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (Omnibus)Episode 1Ex-prisoner Jean Valjean begins a new life as the Mayor of Montreuil.
  • 05:00The Clitheroe KidSeries 6Jimmy acquires a camera but his snaps are not appreciated.
  • 05:30The Enchanting World of Hinge and BracketSeries 2The dear ladies take Maud for a boat trip on the Norfolk broads
  • 06:00In The Keep-netA boy is found half-drowned. A petty thief is accused of attempted murder.

Morning

  • 06:45WhodunnitsBloody EisteddfodOld friends and National Eisteddfod - it's not going to be a quiet week.
  • 07:00The Emerald Green ShowCelebrationsEmerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen?
  • 07:30The Navy LarkSeries 11Leslie is set up with a blind date aboard HMS Troutbridge.
  • 08:00In and Out of the KitchenSeries 3Damien reluctantly helps out at one of Anthony's barbecues.
  • 08:30Piranesi by Susanna Clarke1. InhabitantsPiranesi witnesses the joining of three tides and introduces us to the House inhabitants.
  • 08:45Victor Hugo - Les Miserables6. RescueJean Valjean sets out to rescue Cosette from the Thenardiers.
  • 09:00Just a MinuteSeries 93Kiell Smith-Bynoe joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
  • 09:30The River1. Sabrina and the Fish of No ReturnFive different writers give illustrated talks on the theme of The River.
  • 09:45Daily ServiceRest - Stepping Back from Busy TimesChristian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Anne Read
  • 10:00Frankly SpeakingFlora RobsonActress Dame Flora Robson faces questions from an interviewing panel.
  • 10:30The Trumpet Shall SoundJulian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians who played over the centuries.
  • 11:00In The Keep-netA boy is found half-drowned. A petty thief is accused of attempted murder.
  • 11:45WhodunnitsBloody EisteddfodOld friends and National Eisteddfod - it's not going to be a quiet week.

Afternoon

  • 12:00The Emerald Green ShowCelebrationsEmerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen?
  • 12:30The Navy LarkSeries 11Leslie is set up with a blind date aboard HMS Troutbridge.
  • 13:00In and Out of the KitchenSeries 3Damien reluctantly helps out at one of Anthony's barbecues.
  • 13:30Piranesi by Susanna Clarke1. InhabitantsPiranesi witnesses the joining of three tides and introduces us to the House inhabitants.
  • 13:45Victor Hugo - Les Miserables6. RescueJean Valjean sets out to rescue Cosette from the Thenardiers.
  • 14:00It's Not What You KnowSeries 5Joe Lycett tests Russell Kane, Fern Britton and Ivo Graham on who they know, not what.
  • 14:30Spending My InheritanceWhere There's a WillCash-strapped Harry tries to discover if his extravagant parents have made a will.
  • 15:00Ronald Frame - The HydroSeries 1A widow must take over running the family hotel in the Scottish Highlands
  • 15:45Short WorksTable Manners by Susmita BhattacharyaMouli’s parrot mimics her late husband.
  • 16:00Frankly SpeakingFlora RobsonActress Dame Flora Robson faces questions from an interviewing panel.
  • 16:30The Trumpet Shall SoundJulian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians who played over the centuries.
  • Live:17:00In The Keep-netA boy is found half-drowned. A petty thief is accused of attempted murder.
  • On Next:17:45WhodunnitsBloody EisteddfodOld friends and National Eisteddfod - it's not going to be a quiet week.
  • 18:00The Emerald Green ShowCelebrationsEmerald Green is a vain, ambitious black woman. Can she really become a chat-show queen?
  • 18:30The Navy LarkSeries 11Leslie is set up with a blind date aboard HMS Troutbridge.

Evening

  • 19:00In and Out of the KitchenSeries 3Damien reluctantly helps out at one of Anthony's barbecues.
  • 19:30Piranesi by Susanna Clarke1. InhabitantsPiranesi witnesses the joining of three tides and introduces us to the House inhabitants.
  • 19:45Victor Hugo - Les Miserables6. RescueJean Valjean sets out to rescue Cosette from the Thenardiers.
  • 20:00It's Not What You KnowSeries 5Joe Lycett tests Russell Kane, Fern Britton and Ivo Graham on who they know, not what.
  • 20:30Spending My InheritanceWhere There's a WillCash-strapped Harry tries to discover if his extravagant parents have made a will.
  • 21:00Ronald Frame - The HydroSeries 1A widow must take over running the family hotel in the Scottish Highlands
  • 21:45Short WorksTable Manners by Susmita BhattacharyaMouli’s parrot mimics her late husband.
  • 22:00Just a MinuteSeries 93Kiell Smith-Bynoe joins Sue Perkins for Radio 4's fast-talking panel show.
  • 22:30Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a TrainSeries 1Alexei Sayle chats to passengers on a rail journey from London to Glasgow.
  • 23:00The News QuizSeries 115Alasdair Beckett-King, Zoe Lyons, Scott Bennett and Cindy Yu quiz the news.
  • 23:30Chris Addison's CivilizationA Sense of IdentityThe thinking idiot's anthropologist explains how mankind makes society function.Programme Website

Late

  • 00:00Frankly SpeakingFlora RobsonActress Dame Flora Robson faces questions from an interviewing panel.
  • 00:30The Trumpet Shall SoundJulian Joseph goes in search of black classical musicians who played over the centuries.
BBC Sounds - Radio 4 Extra - Schedules (2024)

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