BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Sunday 24 August 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Doctor Who—Tenth Doctor Adventures, Time Reaver
  
  2/6 On spaceport Calibris, The Doctor and Donna go in search of an outlawed weapon.
2. 01:00
  
  The Real George Orwell—Animal Farm
  
  Tamsin Greig narrates George Orwell's satire about power and corruption.
3. 02:30
  
  The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington by Joanna Moorhead (Omnibus)
  
  Leonora Carrington was the last surviving member of the Surrealist movement of the 1930s.
4. 03:45
  
  Come Back With The Wind by Les Dawson—4. Culpepper Midden's Master Plan
  
  4/5 Culpepper comes up with a potent plan to save Lancashire.
5. 04:00
  
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 1, Episode 4
  
  4/6 The shady lawyer searches for a lost pekingese.
6. 04:30
  
  All Gas and Gaiters—Series 1, The Bishop Gives a Party
  
  9/13 The Bishop is taken with the Dean’s sister.
7. 05:00
  
  Poetry Puh-lease—1. Simon Day & Tim Key
  
  1/3 Kevin Eldon takes a look at the close links and crossovers between comedy and poetry.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Rory Bremner
  
  Satirist and impressionist Rory Bremner is castaway by Sue Lawley.
2. 06:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Sloths
  
  Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
3. 07:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Between the Ears - Songs of the Mojave Desert
  
  Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
4. 07:30
  
  Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus)
  
  The culinary-tinged memoirs of a woman raised in cosmopolitan Cairo in the 1940s.
5. 08:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Suzi Ruffell
  
  Stand-up comedian Suzi Ruffell on the tracks that inspire her.
6. 08:50
  
  All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (Omnibus)
  
  Widowed Lady Slane defies her children to embark on a life of independence.
7. 10:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 01/11/1949
  
  Smile! Ted and Kitty bicker over too much toothpaste.
8. 10:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Gardening
  
  10/13 Father’s excited, he wants to get a new mower. Mother has other ideas.
9. 11:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Rory Bremner
  
  Satirist and impressionist Rory Bremner is castaway by Sue Lawley.
10. 11:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Sloths
  
  Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Between the Ears - Songs of the Mojave Desert
  
  Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 12:30
  
  Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus)
  
  The culinary-tinged memoirs of a woman raised in cosmopolitan Cairo in the 1940s.
3. 13:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Suzi Ruffell
  
  Stand-up comedian Suzi Ruffell on the tracks that inspire her.
4. 13:50
  
  All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (Omnibus)
  
  Widowed Lady Slane defies her children to embark on a life of independence.
5. 15:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 01/11/1949
  
  Smile! Ted and Kitty bicker over too much toothpaste.
6. 15:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Gardening
  
  10/13 Father’s excited, he wants to get a new mower. Mother has other ideas.
7. 16:00
  
  Hothouse by Brian Aldiss—1. The Canopy
  
  1/5 Millions of years from now, a small tribe battles to stay alive in dense jungle.
8. 16:30
  
  The Man in Black—Series 4, 1. Containment by David Lemon
  
  1/5 Mark Gatiss introduces a tale of a lost soul offered hope, but with a sinister price.
9. 17:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Rory Bremner
  
  Satirist and impressionist Rory Bremner is castaway by Sue Lawley.
10. 17:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Sloths
  
  Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Between the Ears - Songs of the Mojave Desert
  
  Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
2. 18:30
  
  Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus)
  
  The culinary-tinged memoirs of a woman raised in cosmopolitan Cairo in the 1940s.
3. 19:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Suzi Ruffell
  
  Stand-up comedian Suzi Ruffell on the tracks that inspire her.
4. 19:50
  
  All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (Omnibus)
  
  Widowed Lady Slane defies her children to embark on a life of independence.
5. 21:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 01/11/1949
  
  Smile! Ted and Kitty bicker over too much toothpaste.
6. 21:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Gardening
  
  10/13 Father’s excited, he wants to get a new mower. Mother has other ideas.
7. 22:00
  
  My Teenage Diary—Series 8, Helen Lederer
  
  6/6 Helen Lederer reads from her boy-obsessed teenage diaries and chats to Rufus Hound.
8. 22:30
  
  King Cutler—King Cutler I
  
  1/6 Phyllis King and Ivor Cutler present offbeat humorous songs, stories and poems.
9. 23:00
  
  Daphne Sounds Expensive—Series 2, Black Country
  
  1/4 The boys host a charity gala night - all is going well until George's shock confession.
10. 23:30
  
  Cowards—Series 2, Episode 4
  
  4/4 An interesting idea for a catalogue photo shoot.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Hothouse by Brian Aldiss—1. The Canopy
  
  1/5 Millions of years from now, a small tribe battles to stay alive in dense jungle.
2. 00:30
  
  The Man in Black—Series 4, 1. Containment by David Lemon
  
  1/5 Mark Gatiss introduces a tale of a lost soul offered hope, but with a sinister price.
3. 01:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—From Fringe to Fame, Rory Bremner
  
  Satirist and impressionist Rory Bremner is castaway by Sue Lawley.
4. 01:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Sloths
  
  Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
5. 02:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Between the Ears - Songs of the Mojave Desert
  
  Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
6. 02:30
  
  Apricots on the Nile by Colette Rossant (Omnibus)
  
  The culinary-tinged memoirs of a woman raised in cosmopolitan Cairo in the 1940s.
7. 03:40
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Suzi Ruffell
  
  Stand-up comedian Suzi Ruffell on the tracks that inspire her.
8. 03:50
  
  All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West (Omnibus)
  
  Widowed Lady Slane defies her children to embark on a life of independence.
9. 05:00
  
  Ray's a Laugh—From 01/11/1949
  
  Smile! Ted and Kitty bicker over too much toothpaste.
10. 05:30
  
  Home to Roost—Series 2, Gardening
  
  10/13 Father’s excited, he wants to get a new mower. Mother has other ideas.

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