BBC Radio 4 Extra schedule Saturday 8 December 2012

This week Calendar

  1. Early

    1. 00:00

      Blake's 7: The Early Years Point of No Return

      On the eve of a tense election, Major Travis is given an unexpected assignment.

    2. 00:30

      Red Dwarf Better Than Life, Episode 5

      5/6 Lister awaits rescue. And waits. And waits. Back on the ship, however, time behaves oddly.

    3. 01:00

      The Christopher Marlowe Mysteries The Turbulent Tale of the Troubl'd Tragedy

      2/4 The Elizabethan spy wonders why an unknown patron would fund the worst play ever written.

    4. 01:30

      Ben Macintyre - Agent Zigzag Episode 5

      5/5 British wartime double agent Eddie Chapman gets back home. Read by Damian Lewis.

    5. 01:45

      Thrilling Stories of the Railway The Affair of the Birmingham Bank

      Can Edwardian sleuth Thorpe Hazell foil a gold bullion robbery? With Benedict Cumberbatch.

    6. 02:00

      Millport Series 3, Reinstatement

      1/6 Irene arrives on the first ferry of the holiday season, but why is she back on the island?

    7. 02:30

      The Brothers Series 1, Episode 4

      4/4 Arson and revolving bow ties - just another day for Nigel and Michael. From June 2004.

    8. 03:00

      Nathaniel Hawthorne - Wakefield

      A dull middle-aged man plots to temporarily leave home to see the effect on his wife.

    9. 04:00

      The Interview The Good Shepherd

      5/5 Is a new member of the congregation the answer to a cash-strapped pastor's prayers?

    10. 04:15

      Martyn Wade - The Other Constance Chatterley

      Mrs Chatterley of Gravesend reveals similar interests to her famous namesake.

    11. 05:00

      Beachcomber...By the Way Series 3, Episode 4

      4/6 JB Morton's whimsies. With Richard Ingrams, John Sessions, Joan Sims and June Whitfield.

    12. 05:30

      Up the Garden Path Series 2, The More the Merrier

      7/8 Charles learns of Izzy's torrid past, when her friends join them for a holiday.

  2. Morning

    1. 06:00

      Ellen Dryden - The Westward Journey

      As their wagon trains migrate across America, the women's strength is tested.

    2. 07:30

      Blueberries in Manndalen

      John Burnside visits the Sami Music Festival of Riddu Riddu in northern Norway.

    3. 08:00

      Garrison Keillor's Radio Show Series 6, Episode 3

      3/28 The American funny man is back at New York's Town Hall with the Punch Brothers.

    4. 09:00

      Comedy Controller John Hegley

      The popular performance poet, musician and songwriter chooses his favourite programmes.

  3. Afternoon

    1. 12:00

      China Girl Omnibus

      Childless Nick and Naomi adopt a baby from a Chinese orphanage.

    2. 13:15

      Petrella Series 1, Good Fences Make Good Neighbours

      1/4 The Oxbridge-educated detective probes the murder of a young woman who led a double life.

    3. 14:00

      Just a Minute 07/08/2000

      Nicholas Parsons welcomes Linda Smith, Clement Freud, Paul Merton and Stephen Fry.

    4. 14:30

      One Foot in the Grave Alive and Buried

      1/4 Grumpy Victor Meldrew is set to lose his job. Adapted from TV. From January 1995.

    5. 15:00

      Garrison Keillor's Radio Show Series 6, Episode 3

      3/28 The American funny man is back at New York's Town Hall with the Punch Brothers.

    6. 16:00

      Ellen Dryden - The Westward Journey

      As their wagon trains migrate across America, the women's strength is tested.

    7. 17:30

      Nick Mohammed in Bits Witness Statement

      1/4 Nick Mohammed takes statements from Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly.

  4. Evening

    1. 18:00

      Bradbury 13 The Veldt

      3/13 Wealthy parents worry when their holographic nursery will only show savage lions.

    2. 18:30

      Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Crewe

      3/5 In a railway station waiting-room, an old man shares the haunting tale of a past job.

    3. 19:00

      Comedy Controller John Hegley

      The popular performance poet, musician and songwriter chooses his favourite programmes.

    4. 22:00

      Act Your Age Series 1, Episode 5

      5/6 With host Simon Mayo and team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker.

    5. 22:30

      The Jason Byrne Show Series 3, I Won't Eat Bread From A Puddle

      3/6 The award-winning funny man hears about his audience's worst fears.

    6. 23:00

      Patricia Highsmith - The Cry of the Owl Episode 1

      1/4 Recently divorced Robert Forester is attracted to a stranger in Pennsylvania.

    7. 23:30

      Kenneth Noye - A Killer on the Run Episode 5

      5/6 Fleeing the police, Noye hunkers down in his Spanish hideaway and makes plans.

    8. 23:45

      Ira Levin - The Boys from Brazil Episode 5

      5/6 The truth dawns on Yakov Liebermann. Can he reach the next victim before the killer does?

  5. Late

    1. 00:00

      Bradbury 13 The Veldt

      3/13 Wealthy parents worry when their holographic nursery will only show savage lions.

    2. 00:30

      Ghost Stories of Walter De La Mare Crewe

      3/5 In a railway station waiting-room, an old man shares the haunting tale of a past job.

    3. 01:00

      Garrison Keillor's Radio Show Series 6, Episode 3

      3/28 The American funny man is back at New York's Town Hall with the Punch Brothers.

    4. 02:00

      China Girl Omnibus

      Childless Nick and Naomi adopt a baby from a Chinese orphanage.

    5. 03:15

      Petrella Series 1, Good Fences Make Good Neighbours

      1/4 The Oxbridge-educated detective probes the murder of a young woman who led a double life.

    6. 04:00

      Ellen Dryden - The Westward Journey

      As their wagon trains migrate across America, the women's strength is tested.

    7. 05:30

      Nick Mohammed in Bits Witness Statement

      1/4 Nick Mohammed takes statements from Colin Hoult and Anna Crilly.

Sunday 9 December 2012