BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 27 June 2026

Early

1. 00:00

   Soul Music—Series 7, Chopin's Ballade No 1 in G Minor

   How lives were shaped by Chopin's technically demanding, emotionally turbulent music.

2. 00:30

   Art in Miniature

   Art so small you have to avoid inhaling it. Presented by Dr Lance Dann. From 2017.

3. 01:00

   The Blackburn Files—Series 2, 4. A Case of Whistle and Run

   4/4 A routine case for Stephen J Blackburn starts to look like his final investigation...

4. 01:30

   The Rivals—Series 4, 4. The Mystery of the Scarlet Thread

   4/4 Inspector Lestrade introduces Sherlock Holmes' rival Prof SFX Van Duson.

5. 02:00

   Flying the Flag—Series 3, Cool Heads

   5/6 The diplomats take action as a hijack hits their wives' fact-finding shopping trip.

6. 02:30

   Steptoe and Son—Series 6, And So to Bed

   5/8 Harold decides that buying a new bed is the only way he'll ever impress women.

7. 03:00

   Mark Steel's in Town—Series 13, Stoke-on-Trent

   4/6 Mark Steel visits Stoke-on-Trent, home of the pottery industry.

8. 03:30

   Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years—5. A Confession

   5/10 Adrian’s professional life takes a turn for the worse.

9. 03:45

   Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann—5. A Falling Out

   5/15 Anne's fallen for Lyon Burke, but her friendship with Helen is put to the test.

10. 04:00

    The Personality Test—Series 3, Andrew Neil

    3/6 The broadcaster and journalist Andrew Neil quizzes a comedy panel about himself.

11. 04:30

    Ballylenon—Series 1, Episode 5

    5/6 Phonsie calls in a few favours from his friend Joe MacMonagle.

12. 05:00

    Scorched by Nicola Jones

    Mike returns home 30 years after his teenage sister's disappearance.

13. 05:45

    Short Works—The Portal in Lisbon by Baret Magarian

    An academic has a strange experience in Portugal