BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 20 December 2025

Schedule

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Soul Music—I Believe In Father Christmas
  
  Is it a protest song? Is it anti-religious? Or is it just a song of joy and hope?
2. 00:30
  
  Bringing Holly from the Bongs
  
  Schoolkids of Goostrey recall 1965 - starring in Alan Garner's nativity play.
3. 01:00
  
  Whodunnits—The Killing Season, 3. The Melford Mugger
  
  3/6 The 'Melford Mugger' is still missing...
4. 01:30
  
  Whodunnits—Agatha Christie - The Sittaford Mystery, 5. The Second Seance
  
  5/5 Will re-enacting a seance reveal the identity of the murderer?
5. 02:00
  
  Second Thoughts—The Fight Before Christmas
  
  Faith's children and Bill's ex-wife threaten her dream of a perfect Christmas.
6. 02:30
  
  The Men from the Ministry—Christmas Spirit
  
  The bumbling civil servants act like Scrooge!
7. 03:00
  
  Cooking in a Bedsitter—Series 1, Potato Salad
  
  4/4 Trisha introduces Deepak to the British seaside.
8. 03:30
  
  Jane Austen—Lady Susan, 10. The Best Laid Plans...
  
  10/10 Lady Susan and Frederica both get wed - but to whom?
9. 03:45
  
  Legacy by Cath Staincliffe—Series 3: High Green Walls, 5. The Heir
  
  5/5 Dan and Rachel's search for the heir to the probate fortune is over.
10. 04:00
  
  The Motion Show—Series 5, Episode 4
  
  4/6 Graeme Garden with Gyles Brandreth, Boothby Graffoe, Hugh Dennis and Lauren Laverne.
11. 04:30
  
  King Street Junior Revisited—Series 2, Time
  
  3/6 Miss Featherstone's school role is not an easy one.
12. 05:00
  
  The Snowstorm by Alexander Pushkin
  
  Winter 1811. Napoleon's army threatens a couple's plan to marry.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 2
  
  2/2 Will Fanny Price's true feelings of love ever be known? Stars Felicity Jones.
2. 07:15
  
  Mole Cooks His Goose by Sue Townsend
  
  Adrian takes charge of cooking the festive lunch
3. 07:30
  
  Last Christmas (Omnibus)
  
  Personal reflections on the festive season curated by Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
4. 08:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The Great Snitcher
  
  4/4 An MP's unreliable memories hark back to an attempted seduction by a Russian spy.
5. 09:00
  
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 3, Christmas Radio Show
  
  4/4 Eric and Ernie invite Ann Hamilton for Christmas dinner - with mistletoe!
6. 09:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 13
  
  13/14 Kenneth Horne plays at Robin Hood - and 'Hornerama' looks at motoring.
7. 10:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 2. Lines from My Grandfather Christmas's Forehead/Tony Hawks' 12 Days of Christmas
  
  Sue Perkins presents more vintage BBC Christmas comedy with Ronnie Barker and Tony Hawks.
8. 11:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 2
  
  2/2 Will Fanny Price's true feelings of love ever be known? Stars Felicity Jones.
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Afternoon
1. 12:15
  
  Mole Cooks His Goose by Sue Townsend
  
  Adrian takes charge of cooking the festive lunch
2. 12:30
  
  Last Christmas (Omnibus)
  
  Personal reflections on the festive season curated by Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
3. 13:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The Great Snitcher
  
  4/4 An MP's unreliable memories hark back to an attempted seduction by a Russian spy.
4. 14:00
  
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 3, Christmas Radio Show
  
  4/4 Eric and Ernie invite Ann Hamilton for Christmas dinner - with mistletoe!
5. 14:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 13
  
  13/14 Kenneth Horne plays at Robin Hood - and 'Hornerama' looks at motoring.
6. 15:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 2. Lines from My Grandfather Christmas's Forehead/Tony Hawks' 12 Days of Christmas
  
  Sue Perkins presents more vintage BBC Christmas comedy with Ronnie Barker and Tony Hawks.
7. 16:00
  
  The Lintel by Albert Welling
  
  A couple's plan for a perfect Christmas is interrupted.
8. 17:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 2
  
  2/2 Will Fanny Price's true feelings of love ever be known? Stars Felicity Jones.
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Evening
1. 18:15
  
  Mole Cooks His Goose by Sue Townsend
  
  Adrian takes charge of cooking the festive lunch
2. 18:30
  
  Last Christmas (Omnibus)
  
  Personal reflections on the festive season curated by Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
3. 19:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The Great Snitcher
  
  4/4 An MP's unreliable memories hark back to an attempted seduction by a Russian spy.
4. 20:00
  
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 3, Christmas Radio Show
  
  4/4 Eric and Ernie invite Ann Hamilton for Christmas dinner - with mistletoe!
5. 20:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 13
  
  13/14 Kenneth Horne plays at Robin Hood - and 'Hornerama' looks at motoring.
6. 21:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 2. Lines from My Grandfather Christmas's Forehead/Tony Hawks' 12 Days of Christmas
  
  Sue Perkins presents more vintage BBC Christmas comedy with Ronnie Barker and Tony Hawks.
7. 22:00
  
  Bearded Ladies—Series 2, Episode 3
  
  3/6 Birthday presents and awkward visits to the chemists.
8. 22:30
  
  Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!—Series 2, Milton's Motors
  
  5/6 Milton opens a garage and finds he is on a collision course with a local villain.
9. 22:55
  
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Rob Auton 1/2
  
  Jon Holmes chats with comedian Rob Auton.
10. 23:00
  
  Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—Drugs Trade
  
  3/4 Andrew Maxwell's probe into the assumed threats of the drugs trade to British society.
11. 23:30
  
  Chain Reaction—Series 5, Frank Skinner interviews Eddie Izzard
  
  3/6 Two comedy giants talk lamp-posts and Hollywood in the tag-team talk show.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  The Lintel by Albert Welling
  
  A couple's plan for a perfect Christmas is interrupted.
2. 01:00
  
  Jane Austen—Mansfield Park (Omnibus), Episode 2
  
  2/2 Will Fanny Price's true feelings of love ever be known? Stars Felicity Jones.
3. 02:15
  
  Mole Cooks His Goose by Sue Townsend
  
  Adrian takes charge of cooking the festive lunch
4. 02:30
  
  Last Christmas (Omnibus)
  
  Personal reflections on the festive season curated by Greg Wise and Emma Thompson.
5. 03:45
  
  Tales From the Backbench by Peter Tinniswood—Series 1, The Great Snitcher
  
  4/4 An MP's unreliable memories hark back to an attempted seduction by a Russian spy.
6. 04:00
  
  The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show—Series 3, Christmas Radio Show
  
  4/4 Eric and Ernie invite Ann Hamilton for Christmas dinner - with mistletoe!
7. 04:30
  
  Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 13
  
  13/14 Kenneth Horne plays at Robin Hood - and 'Hornerama' looks at motoring.
8. 05:00
  
  Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 2. Lines from My Grandfather Christmas's Forehead/Tony Hawks' 12 Days of Christmas
  
  Sue Perkins presents more vintage BBC Christmas comedy with Ronnie Barker and Tony Hawks.

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