BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 8 January 2012

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Blake's 7: The Early Years—Flag and Flame
  Merrin faces a bleak future when her twin Cally is sent on a one-way mission.
2. 00:30
  Rules of Asylum by James Follett—2. Dinner
  2/3Valery is taken out to dinner by his interrogator, but is all quite what it seems?
3. 01:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 12
  12/32The funny man welcomes entertainer Nellie McKay, and there's ice fishing in Lake Wobegon.
4. 02:00
  Possession - Omnibus—Episode 3
  3/3Roland and Maud find themselves on a ferry bound for Brittany in France.
5. 03:15
  McLevy—Series 1, 3. The Second Shadow
  3/4The Edinburgh detective is under pressure to secure rapid convictions. Stars Brian Cox.
6. 04:00
  Dickens' Women
  From Kate Nickleby to Little Nell, Miriam Margolyes celebrates the author's characters.
7. 05:30
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 14
  Ed Byrne talks to Fred MacAulay, Sarah Millican, Omid Djalili, Milton Jones and John Lloyd
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Charles Dickens—The Old Curiosity Shop (Omnibus), Episode 1
  1/5Deep in debt, Little Nell and her grandfather must flea the evil moneylender, Quilp.
2. 07:15
  Strange Weather Days—Series 1, Forever Freezing
  5/5Helen Young visits the bizarre frost hollow of Rickmansworth, near the Chilterns.
3. 07:30
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 3, 2001: A Space Idiocy
  5/6Arthur's mobile phone lines get crossed, and his hospital radio show sparks disaster.
4. 08:00
  Take It From Here—From 13/02/1957
  Cuts are afoot at the BBC, while The Glums get all nostalgic. From February 1957.
5. 08:30
  Much Binding in the Marsh—From 28/08/1953
  The Weekly Bind has Mr Mulch's gardening and Patience Gush's poetry.
6. 09:00
  Herge's The Adventures of Tintin—Series 2, The Red Sea Sharks, part 2
  6/6The boy reporter realises that an old adversary is behind the dastardly slave trade.
7. 09:30
  Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book—Tiger! Tiger!
  2/5Forced out from the jungle, Mowgli must learn to live with humans.
8. 10:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Debbie Harry
  Kirsty Young explores the choices of Debbie Harry in the first of a series featuring divas
9. 10:50
  Front Row Interviews—Rowan Atkinson
  Actor Rowan Atkinson talks about playing a spy for laughs and using your face for comedy.
10. 11:00
  That Reminds Me—Series 4, Ludovic Kennedy
  The broadcaster recalls school days, wartime and his TV career.
11. 11:30
  The Palace of Laughter—Series 2, Sunderland Empire
  1/6North East England's premier variety venue where comic actor Sid James sadly died on stage
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Charles Dickens—The Old Curiosity Shop (Omnibus), Episode 1
  1/5Deep in debt, Little Nell and her grandfather must flea the evil moneylender, Quilp.
2. 13:15
  Strange Weather Days—Series 1, Forever Freezing
  5/5Helen Young visits the bizarre frost hollow of Rickmansworth, near the Chilterns.
3. 13:30
  E Nesbit - The Story of the Amulet
  Four children must travel through time to unlock the mystery of an ancient lucky charm.
4. 15:00
  Take It From Here—From 13/02/1957
  Cuts are afoot at the BBC, while The Glums get all nostalgic. From February 1957.
5. 15:30
  Much Binding in the Marsh—From 28/08/1953
  The Weekly Bind has Mr Mulch's gardening and Patience Gush's poetry.
6. 16:00
  Herge's The Adventures of Tintin—Series 2, The Red Sea Sharks, part 2
  6/6The boy reporter realises that an old adversary is behind the dastardly slave trade.
7. 16:30
  Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book—Tiger! Tiger!
  2/5Forced out from the jungle, Mowgli must learn to live with humans.
8. 17:00
  A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus—Ancient pleasures, modern spice (AD 1 - 500)
  8/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Fear on 4—Series 2, The Dead Drummer
  2/13The Man in Black reveals the terror of two Napoleonic sailors lost on Salisbury Plain.
2. 18:30
  The Scarifyers—The Secret Weapon of Doom, Episode 2
  2/4The plot thickens as the Fantasists' creations seem to be coming to life.
3. 19:00
  That Reminds Me—Series 4, Ludovic Kennedy
  The broadcaster recalls school days, wartime and his TV career.
4. 19:30
  The Palace of Laughter—Series 2, Sunderland Empire
  1/6North East England's premier variety venue where comic actor Sid James sadly died on stage
5. 20:00
  Take It From Here—From 13/02/1957
  Cuts are afoot at the BBC, while The Glums get all nostalgic. From February 1957.
6. 20:30
  Much Binding in the Marsh—From 28/08/1953
  The Weekly Bind has Mr Mulch's gardening and Patience Gush's poetry.
7. 21:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Debbie Harry
  Kirsty Young explores the choices of Debbie Harry in the first of a series featuring divas
8. 21:50
  Front Row Interviews—Rowan Atkinson
  Actor Rowan Atkinson talks about playing a spy for laughs and using your face for comedy.
9. 22:00
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 3, 2001: A Space Idiocy
  5/6Arthur's mobile phone lines get crossed, and his hospital radio show sparks disaster.
10. 22:30
  Pleased to Meet You—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/490-something good-time girl Dora spills the beans on the Rat Pack to Martin Kelner.
11. 22:55
  The Comedy Club Interviews—08/01/2012
  Andi Osho and her guest chat about life and laughs.
12. 23:00
  As Told To Craig Brown—Episode 1
  1/6The satirist romps through the newsworthy and the not-so-newsworthy.
13. 23:30
  The Problem With Adam Bloom—Series 3, Reading
  1/6The comedian investigates his fear of reading aloud. Just what is the point of books?
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Late
1. 00:00
  Fear on 4—Series 2, The Dead Drummer
  2/13The Man in Black reveals the terror of two Napoleonic sailors lost on Salisbury Plain.
2. 00:30
  The Scarifyers—The Secret Weapon of Doom, Episode 2
  2/4The plot thickens as the Fantasists' creations seem to be coming to life.
3. 01:00
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Debbie Harry
  Kirsty Young explores the choices of Debbie Harry in the first of a series featuring divas
4. 02:00
  That Reminds Me—Series 4, Ludovic Kennedy
  The broadcaster recalls school days, wartime and his TV career.
5. 02:30
  The Palace of Laughter—Series 2, Sunderland Empire
  1/6North East England's premier variety venue where comic actor Sid James sadly died on stage
6. 03:00
  Take It From Here—From 13/02/1957
  Cuts are afoot at the BBC, while The Glums get all nostalgic. From February 1957.
7. 03:30
  E Nesbit - The Story of the Amulet
  Four children must travel through time to unlock the mystery of an ancient lucky charm.
8. 05:00
  Herge's The Adventures of Tintin—Series 2, The Red Sea Sharks, part 2
  6/6The boy reporter realises that an old adversary is behind the dastardly slave trade.
9. 05:30
  Rudyard Kipling - The Jungle Book—Tiger! Tiger!
  2/5Forced out from the jungle, Mowgli must learn to live with humans.

Monday 9 January 2012