BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 13 December 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Soul Music—Series 24, Siegfried Idyll
  
  Wagner's celebration of paternal love was written as a birthday gift
2. 00:30
  
  Juvenile Jane
  
  Celebrating Jane Austen's neglected but delightful and revealing early works.
3. 01:00
  
  Burnt—4. Trouble Runs Deep
  
  4/6 Milkie and Beth search for the killers.
4. 01:30
  
  Gentleman and Ladies by Susan Hill—5. A New Chapter
  
  5/5 Village tensions rise with the sound of wedding bells.
5. 02:00
  
  Kalangadog Junction—Episode 6
  
  6/6 Will Jane refuse a new proposal? Will Gaelene's dreams come true?
6. 02:30
  
  The Likely Lads—Series 2, Goodbye To All That
  
  8/8 After a slide show and a boring night in the pub, Bob makes a life-changing decision.
7. 03:00
  
  Cooking in a Bedsitter—Series 1, Coffee Chiffon
  
  3/4 Trisha is persuaded to cater for a double date.
8. 03:30
  
  Jane Austen—Lady Susan, 5. Sir James
  
  5/10 Frederica is feeling resentful of her mother's plans.
9. 03:45
  
  Jane Austen: No Ice in Weymouth—5. Sickness and Health
  
  5/5 Jane Austen makes a royal discovery...
10. 04:00
  
  The Motion Show—Series 5, Episode 3
  
  3/6 Graeme Garden challenges Bernard Ingham, Hugh Dennis, Victoria Coren and Arthur Smith.
11. 04:30
  
  King Street Junior Revisited—Series 2, The Spirit of Christmas
  
  2/6 The school show sparks debate and some true kindness.
12. 05:00
  
  Jane Austen—Persuasion, 3. Friendly Persuasion
  
  3/3 Anne Elliot wonders if she was wrong about Captain Wentworth.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 1
  
  1/2 Young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Stars Felicity Jones.
2. 07:10
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Felicity Jones
  
  Actor Felicity Jones chooses tracks by Joan Armatrading and Toots and The Maytals.
3. 07:15
  
  Short Works—The Fern Case by Alys Conran
  
  A 19th century botanist and a present-day teenager in Snowdonia.
4. 07:30
  
  A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Omnibus)
  
  Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful shares his journey from refugee to global tastemaker.
5. 08:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The 1929 Committee
  
  3/4 Sir Plympton Makepeace muses on committee membership.
6. 09:00
  
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, The Cheese And Wine Party
  
  13/13 The dear ladies battle to welcome their party guests.
7. 09:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 12
  
  12/14 Kenneth Horne meets the BBC's chief programme planner.
8. 10:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 1. Radio Active/The Masterson Inheritance
  
  Sue Perkins shares some festive comedy treats from the BBC tinsel-festooned archives.
9. 11:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 1
  
  1/2 Young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Stars Felicity Jones.
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Afternoon
1. 12:10
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Felicity Jones
  
  Actor Felicity Jones chooses tracks by Joan Armatrading and Toots and The Maytals.
2. 12:15
  
  Short Works—The Fern Case by Alys Conran
  
  A 19th century botanist and a present-day teenager in Snowdonia.
3. 12:30
  
  A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Omnibus)
  
  Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful shares his journey from refugee to global tastemaker.
4. 13:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The 1929 Committee
  
  3/4 Sir Plympton Makepeace muses on committee membership.
5. 14:00
  
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, The Cheese And Wine Party
  
  13/13 The dear ladies battle to welcome their party guests.
6. 14:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 12
  
  12/14 Kenneth Horne meets the BBC's chief programme planner.
7. 15:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 1. Radio Active/The Masterson Inheritance
  
  Sue Perkins shares some festive comedy treats from the BBC tinsel-festooned archives.
8. 16:00
  
  The White Carnation by RC Sherriff
  
  Christmas Eve, 1951: a stockbroker is locked out of his house.
9. 17:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 1
  
  1/2 Young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Stars Felicity Jones.
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Evening
1. 18:10
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Felicity Jones
  
  Actor Felicity Jones chooses tracks by Joan Armatrading and Toots and The Maytals.
2. 18:15
  
  Short Works—The Fern Case by Alys Conran
  
  A 19th century botanist and a present-day teenager in Snowdonia.
3. 18:30
  
  A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Omnibus)
  
  Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful shares his journey from refugee to global tastemaker.
4. 19:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The 1929 Committee
  
  3/4 Sir Plympton Makepeace muses on committee membership.
5. 20:00
  
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, The Cheese And Wine Party
  
  13/13 The dear ladies battle to welcome their party guests.
6. 20:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 12
  
  12/14 Kenneth Horne meets the BBC's chief programme planner.
7. 21:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 1. Radio Active/The Masterson Inheritance
  
  Sue Perkins shares some festive comedy treats from the BBC tinsel-festooned archives.
8. 22:00
  
  Bearded Ladies—Series 2, Episode 2
  
  2/6 A strategy meeting with biscuits and airbrushing holiday snaps.
9. 22:30
  
  Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!—Series 2, The Employment Agency
  
  4/6 Milton launches a job agency, but his best client goes ballistic.
10. 23:00
  
  Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—The Internet
  
  2/4 What is it about the internet that people find threatening?
11. 23:30
  
  Chain Reaction—Series 5, Dave Gorman interviews Frank Skinner
  
  2/6 The Genius comic asks the popular stand-up about the merits of outdoor toilets.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  The White Carnation by RC Sherriff
  
  Christmas Eve, 1951: a stockbroker is locked out of his house.
2. 01:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 1
  
  1/2 Young Fanny Price goes to live with her rich aunt and uncle. Stars Felicity Jones.
3. 02:10
  
  Inheritance Tracks—Felicity Jones
  
  Actor Felicity Jones chooses tracks by Joan Armatrading and Toots and The Maytals.
4. 02:15
  
  Short Works—The Fern Case by Alys Conran
  
  A 19th century botanist and a present-day teenager in Snowdonia.
5. 02:30
  
  A Visible Man by Edward Enninful (Omnibus)
  
  Vogue magazine's Edward Enninful shares his journey from refugee to global tastemaker.
6. 03:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The 1929 Committee
  
  3/4 Sir Plympton Makepeace muses on committee membership.
7. 04:00
  
  The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 3, The Cheese And Wine Party
  
  13/13 The dear ladies battle to welcome their party guests.
8. 04:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 12
  
  12/14 Kenneth Horne meets the BBC's chief programme planner.
9. 05:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 1. Radio Active/The Masterson Inheritance
  
  Sue Perkins shares some festive comedy treats from the BBC tinsel-festooned archives.

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