BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 10 August 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Doctor Who—Tenth Doctor Adventures, Technophobia
  
  1/6 When Londoners suddenly begin un-evolving, The Doctor and Donna take action.
2. 01:00
  
  Master Class by David Pownall
  
  Stalin invites Prokofiev and Shostakovich to the Kremlin for a music lesson.
3. 02:30
  
  The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures by Paul Fischer (Omnibus)
  
  How the motion picture was invented by the mysterious man behind it.
4. 03:45
  
  Come Back With The Wind by Les Dawson—3. Red Butler's Plan
  
  3/5 Red Butler devises a plan.
5. 04:00
  
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 1, Episode 3
  
  3/6 The shady lawyer's assistant gets kidnapped.
6. 04:30
  
  All Gas and Gaiters—Series 1, The Bishop Gets A Letter
  
  8/13 The Bishop is stung into taking action over poverty in a parish.
7. 05:00
  
  Steve Penk's Radio Nightmares—3. Third Time's A Charm
  
  3/3 More classic radio fluffs and bloopers.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Sarah Millican
  
  Sarah Millican, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
2. 06:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cuckoo
  
  David Attenborough tells us how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species.
3. 07:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Belief in Poetry - John Donne
  
  Daljit Nagra selects Belief in Poetry and the work of metaphysical poet John Donne.
4. 07:30
  
  I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs (Omnibus)
  
  The creator of Reginal Perrin reads from his autobiography.
5. 08:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Georgia Mann
  
  Georgia Mann chooses tracks by Gabriel Fauré and Bonnie Tyler.
6. 08:50
  
  Drama on 3—Dance Til You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen (Omnibus)
  
  Toby Jones stars as Hans Christian Andersen in five interlinked fairy tale adaptations
7. 10:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 25/10/1949
  
  Ted's horoscope is spot on and a mystery for George.
8. 10:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Trixymixy Party
  
  9/13 Has Mother found a way to make some money from her own home? Stars Mollie Sugden.
9. 11:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Sarah Millican
  
  Sarah Millican, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
10. 11:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cuckoo
  
  David Attenborough tells us how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Belief in Poetry - John Donne
  
  Daljit Nagra selects Belief in Poetry and the work of metaphysical poet John Donne.
2. 12:30
  
  I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs (Omnibus)
  
  The creator of Reginal Perrin reads from his autobiography.
3. 13:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Georgia Mann
  
  Georgia Mann chooses tracks by Gabriel Fauré and Bonnie Tyler.
4. 13:50
  
  Drama on 3—Dance Til You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen (Omnibus)
  
  Toby Jones stars as Hans Christian Andersen in five interlinked fairy tale adaptations
5. 15:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 25/10/1949
  
  Ted's horoscope is spot on and a mystery for George.
6. 15:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Trixymixy Party
  
  9/13 Has Mother found a way to make some money from her own home? Stars Mollie Sugden.
7. 16:00
  
  Weird Tales—Series 3, Night Terrors by Lizzie Nunnery
  
  4/4 Victoria can't sleep at night. Then bad dreams haunt her waking hours.
8. 16:30
  
  Touch and Go by Kingsley Amis
  
  An advanced party on a distant world encounters a deadly creature.
9. 17:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Sarah Millican
  
  Sarah Millican, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
10. 17:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cuckoo
  
  David Attenborough tells us how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Belief in Poetry - John Donne
  
  Daljit Nagra selects Belief in Poetry and the work of metaphysical poet John Donne.
2. 18:30
  
  I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs (Omnibus)
  
  The creator of Reginal Perrin reads from his autobiography.
3. 19:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Georgia Mann
  
  Georgia Mann chooses tracks by Gabriel Fauré and Bonnie Tyler.
4. 19:50
  
  Drama on 3—Dance Til You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen (Omnibus)
  
  Toby Jones stars as Hans Christian Andersen in five interlinked fairy tale adaptations
5. 21:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 25/10/1949
  
  Ted's horoscope is spot on and a mystery for George.
6. 21:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Trixymixy Party
  
  9/13 Has Mother found a way to make some money from her own home? Stars Mollie Sugden.
7. 22:00
  
  My Teenage Diary—Series 8, Pippa Evans
  
  4/6 Pippa Evans shares her diaries with Rufus Hound.
8. 22:30
  
  Henry Normal's Encyclopaedia Poetica—Volume 3
  
  3/4 Henry Normal opens volume three with poems about politics, class and trains.
9. 23:00
  
  Women Talking About Cars—Series 3, 3. Lynda La Plante
  
  3/4 Victoria Coren Mitchell talks to Lynda La Plante about her life and cars.
10. 23:30
  
  Cowards—Series 2, Episode 2
  
  2/4 Sketch show with a comic slant on human frailties.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Weird Tales—Series 3, Night Terrors by Lizzie Nunnery
  
  4/4 Victoria can't sleep at night. Then bad dreams haunt her waking hours.
2. 00:30
  
  Touch and Go by Kingsley Amis
  
  An advanced party on a distant world encounters a deadly creature.
3. 01:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Sarah Millican
  
  Sarah Millican, comedian, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
4. 01:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cuckoo
  
  David Attenborough tells us how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species.
5. 02:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Belief in Poetry - John Donne
  
  Daljit Nagra selects Belief in Poetry and the work of metaphysical poet John Donne.
6. 02:30
  
  I Didn't Get Where I Am Today by David Nobbs (Omnibus)
  
  The creator of Reginal Perrin reads from his autobiography.
7. 03:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Georgia Mann
  
  Georgia Mann chooses tracks by Gabriel Fauré and Bonnie Tyler.
8. 03:50
  
  Drama on 3—Dance Til You Bleed: The World According to Hans Christian Andersen (Omnibus)
  
  Toby Jones stars as Hans Christian Andersen in five interlinked fairy tale adaptations
9. 05:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 25/10/1949
  
  Ted's horoscope is spot on and a mystery for George.
10. 05:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Trixymixy Party
  
  9/13 Has Mother found a way to make some money from her own home? Stars Mollie Sugden.

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