Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Terry Pratchett—Guards! Guards!, 2. Wanted: One Dragon
2/6 Could a long-extinct beast have carried out recent crimes?
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00:30
Catch My Breath—2. Hiding
2/5 Fugitives Kate and Colleen hide from the police, but who is hiding with them?
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01:00
Boogie Up the River—Sonning, I'll Definitely Meet You in Sonning
2/6 Mark and his manic mutt are rowing up the Thames, but will Jennifer ever come on board?
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01:30
Genius—Series 1, John Fortune
3/5 Using laughing gas for riots? Dave Gorman asks John Fortune to select the best loopy idea.
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02:00
What's So Funny?—Series 1, Episode 2
2/13 Rufus Hound and guests with news and reviews of what's happening in comedy this week.
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02:30
Ambridge Extra Omnibus—Series 1, Episodes 3-4
It's a long road home for Alice, while Jamie would rather be anywhere but home.
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03:00
Daphne Du Maurier—My Cousin Rachel, Episode 2
2/2 Philip experiences more than one revelation when he finally faces his guardian's widow.
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04:00
Desmond Olivier Dingle's Compleat Life and Works of William Shakespeare—2. Juliet Stevenson
2/6 The Royal Dingle Company tackles the Verse of the Bard with Juliet Stevenson.
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04:30
The Penny Dreadfuls—The Brothers Faversham, Theseus Faversham
2/4 The story of Victorian Britain's most respected detective.
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05:00
Daunt and Dervish—Series 2, Base Metal
5/5 In foggy London, the detectives meet a charming American, with dangerous consequences.
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05:45
Walter Lord - A Night to Remember—Episode 10
10/10 As the news of the Titanic's sinking reaches New York, a list of survivors is drawn up.
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Morning
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06:00
George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession
Will the sins of a prostitute mother be foisted upon her daughter? Classic drama.
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07:30
The House I Grew Up In—Series 3, Kwame Kwei-Armah
4/5 Kwame Kwei-Armah recalls his childhood in Southall, west London, in the 1970s.
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08:00
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 6, Episode 21
21/28 From New York City. Will Guy Noir be seduced by stuffed peppers? Music from Dick Hyman.
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09:00
Comedy Controller—Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci's comedy selection includes I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Kiss Kiss Omnibus
Charles Dance is the Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales from Roald Dahl.
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13:05
Inheritance Tracks—Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson picks tracks by Billie Holiday and Philip Glass.
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13:15
Sneaky Peeks—16/04/2011
Andi Osho with the best bits of Radio 4 Extra's comedy coming your way in the week ahead.
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13:30
What's So Funny?—Series 1, Episode 2
2/13 Rufus Hound and guests with news and reviews of what's happening in comedy this week.
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14:00
The Goon Show—Series 4, The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System
24/30 Captain Seagoon investigates a mustard-and-cress-flavoured mystery at Clapham Junction.
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14:30
Dad's Army—Series 1, Command Decision
3/20 Mainwaring's platoon gets an offer of weapons, but there's a catch.
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15:00
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 6, Episode 21
21/28 From New York City. Will Guy Noir be seduced by stuffed peppers? Music from Dick Hyman.
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16:00
George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession
Will the sins of a prostitute mother be foisted upon her daughter? Classic drama.
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17:30
The House I Grew Up In—Series 3, Kwame Kwei-Armah
4/5 Kwame Kwei-Armah recalls his childhood in Southall, west London, in the 1970s.
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Evening
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18:00
The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss—3. Aboard
3/5 Falsely charged with murder, dandy spy Lucifer Box flees New York aboard a mysterious ship
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18:30
Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples
A woman picks a last withered apple, but the dying ancient tree is determined to survive.
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19:00
Comedy Controller—Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci's comedy selection includes I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
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22:00
Saturday Stand-Up—Robert Newman - Apocalypso Now
The comedian continues to entertain an audience at London's Tricycle Theatre, Kilburn.
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22:45
Fabulous—Series 1, Episode 2
2/6 Faye fancies a day under her duvet, but perhaps it would be more peaceful at the office?
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23:00
The Phone—Going Dark by Peter Jukes
3/4 A father embarks on a misguided quest to find his missing daughter.
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23:30
Wallander - Faceless Killers—Episode 5
5/10 The Swedish sleuth searches for the murdered man's secret son in Kristianstaad.
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23:45
Wallander - Faceless Killers—Episode 6
6/10 The Swedish sleuth has a hunch over a Somali refugee's tit-for-tat killing.
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Late
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00:00
The Devil in Amber by Mark Gatiss—3. Aboard
3/5 Falsely charged with murder, dandy spy Lucifer Box flees New York aboard a mysterious ship
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00:30
Philip K Dick - Of Withered Apples
A woman picks a last withered apple, but the dying ancient tree is determined to survive.
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01:00
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 6, Episode 21
21/28 From New York City. Will Guy Noir be seduced by stuffed peppers? Music from Dick Hyman.
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02:00
Kiss Kiss Omnibus
Charles Dance is the Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales from Roald Dahl.
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03:05
Inheritance Tracks—Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson picks tracks by Billie Holiday and Philip Glass.
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03:15
Sneaky Peeks—16/04/2011
Andi Osho with the best bits of Radio 4 Extra's comedy coming your way in the week ahead.
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03:30
What's So Funny?—Series 1, Episode 2
2/13 Rufus Hound and guests with news and reviews of what's happening in comedy this week.
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04:00
George Bernard Shaw - Mrs Warren's Profession
Will the sins of a prostitute mother be foisted upon her daughter? Classic drama.
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05:30
The House I Grew Up In—Series 3, Kwame Kwei-Armah
4/5 Kwame Kwei-Armah recalls his childhood in Southall, west London, in the 1970s.
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