BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 31 May 2025

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Soul Music—Series 26, A Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harum
  
  Why has Procol Harum's track remained so popular for over 50 years?
2. 00:30
  
  Doonesburyland
  
  BD, Zonker and Duke - an insight into Garry Trudeau's cartoon creations.
3. 01:00
  
  The Rivals—Series 3, 4. Dr James Thorndike: The Moabite Cipher
  
  4/4 Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes's rival Dr James Thorndike.
4. 01:30
  
  VI Warshawski—Bitter Medicine, 5. A Matter of Records
  
  5/6 The private eye suspects hospital malpractice, as she probes a suspicious death.
5. 02:00
  
  A Very Private Man—Episode 2
  
  2/6 The Parkinsons move into their secluded home, but they're far from isolated...
6. 02:30
  
  Lines From My Grandfather's Forehead—Series 2, Episode 5
  
  5/8 Angry antique dealers and it's not the end of the world. Stars Ronnie Barker.
7. 03:00
  
  Showstopper—1. Organised Crime
  
  1/6 The show which improvises an entire musical in front of your very ears.
8. 03:30
  
  Poldark: The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham—5. The War With Napoleon
  
  5/10 The English Navy is preventing ships landing in to cut off supplies to Napoleon.
9. 03:45
  
  Rose Tremain—Music and Silence, 10. Awaiting a Reply
  
  10/15 Kirsten has a new plan...
10. 04:00
  
  Whispers—Series 1, Episode 5
  
  5/6 Gyles Brandreth is ed by Anthony Holden, Stella Duffy, Lynne Truss and Rowan Pelling.
11. 04:30
  
  More Mr Mulliner by PG Wodehouse—The Truth About George
  
  4/4 The pub raconteur's tale of a young man's obstacle in the pursuit of love.
12. 05:00
  
  Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope—3. Secrets
  
  3/3 Disgraced Lady Mason faces trial, but will her son Lucius her or lose his home?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Our Family by Victor Pemberton—1. The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
  
  1/3 1916 - 1930. Letty weds war-wounded Oliver against her family’s wishes.
2. 07:30
  
  Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)
  
  Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
3. 08:45
  
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—3. Gossip
  
  3/5 The legendary broadcaster recalls his brother's attempt to play a corpse in a school play.
4. 09:00
  
  The Men from the Ministry—Mission Inedible
  
  The civil servants botch a British food promotion in New York.
5. 09:30
  
  J Kingston Platt—Platt vs Rooney and Day
  
  3/5 The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double-act gone wrong.
6. 10:00
  
  Hardware, Software, Anywhere—1. Hardware
  
  1/3 Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
7. 11:00
  
  Our Family by Victor Pemberton—1. The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
  
  1/3 1916 - 1930. Letty weds war-wounded Oliver against her family’s wishes.
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Afternoon
1. 12:30
  
  Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)
  
  Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
2. 13:45
  
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—3. Gossip
  
  3/5 The legendary broadcaster recalls his brother's attempt to play a corpse in a school play.
3. 14:00
  
  The Men from the Ministry—Mission Inedible
  
  The civil servants botch a British food promotion in New York.
4. 14:30
  
  J Kingston Platt—Platt vs Rooney and Day
  
  3/5 The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double-act gone wrong.
5. 15:00
  
  Hardware, Software, Anywhere—1. Hardware
  
  1/3 Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
6. 16:00
  
  Hunger Again by Dermot Bolger
  
  A nuclear explosion's aftermath creates a lawless Ireland.
7. 17:00
  
  Our Family by Victor Pemberton—1. The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
  
  1/3 1916 - 1930. Letty weds war-wounded Oliver against her family’s wishes.
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Evening
1. 18:30
  
  Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)
  
  Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
2. 19:45
  
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—3. Gossip
  
  3/5 The legendary broadcaster recalls his brother's attempt to play a corpse in a school play.
3. 20:00
  
  The Men from the Ministry—Mission Inedible
  
  The civil servants botch a British food promotion in New York.
4. 20:30
  
  J Kingston Platt—Platt vs Rooney and Day
  
  3/5 The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double-act gone wrong.
5. 21:00
  
  On air
  
  Listen live
  
  Hardware, Software, Anywhere—1. Hardware
  
  1/3 Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
  
  Listen live
6. 22:00
  
  Andy Hamilton Sort of Re—Series 1, The Human Body
  
  3/4 Andy re an awkward visit to the GP when he was a student. From 2017.
7. 22:30
  
  Start/Stop—Series 2, 4. David's Villa
  
  4/8 Barney and Evan help David with renovations, while the girls get bikini-ready.
8. 23:00
  
  Radio 9—Series 2, Episode 4
  
  4/5 It's back to groovy 1960s London and a doctor obsessed with Womble songs.
9. 23:30
  
  Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?—1970s
  
  1/4 Why the comedian's rise to fame seemed to coincide with periods of social upheaval.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Hunger Again by Dermot Bolger
  
  A nuclear explosion's aftermath creates a lawless Ireland.
2. 01:00
  
  Our Family by Victor Pemberton—1. The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
  
  1/3 1916 - 1930. Letty weds war-wounded Oliver against her family’s wishes.
3. 02:30
  
  Mistresses by Linda Porter (Omnibus)
  
  Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
4. 03:45
  
  Someone Like Me by Miles Kington—3. Gossip
  
  3/5 The legendary broadcaster recalls his brother's attempt to play a corpse in a school play.
5. 04:00
  
  The Men from the Ministry—Mission Inedible
  
  The civil servants botch a British food promotion in New York.
6. 04:30
  
  J Kingston Platt—Platt vs Rooney and Day
  
  3/5 The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double-act gone wrong.
7. 05:00
  
  Hardware, Software, Anywhere—1. Hardware
  
  1/3 Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.

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