BBC Radio 4 Extra's programmes

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00:00 - Soul Music
Series 11, The Impossible Dream
3/5 Lesley Garrett and yachtsman Geoff Holt on the inspiring song, The Impossible Dream.
00:30 - Home Sleuth
The YouTube gumshoe
Gavin launches his own investigation into the death of a schoolteacher
01:00 - Whodunnits
Julie Enfield Investigates: Terminus, 5. Clue
5/5 Scouring the railway station, can DS Julie Enfield nail the Lucky Charm killer?
01:30 - Detective
Series 4, 4. The Interrogation
4/8 DC Tully arrests a man who claims to be innocent. Then why does he refuse to talk?
02:00 - Second Thoughts
Series 4, Faint Possibility
5/6 Liza earns cult status after baring her lovelife on Woman's Hour.
02:30 - Great Scott! It's Terry Scott

Public services, future prisons and his own life story. Terry Scott pokes fun.
03:00 - Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
Series 1, How It All Began
1/4 Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
03:30 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
10. It Can Get In
10/10 “It can open doors. It can get in."
03:45 - Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims
5. Too Much
5/5 Are Ellen’s lies about to catch up with her?
04:00 - All the Way from Memphis
Series 1, Episode 2
2/6 James Walton's pop music history quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod and Carol Decker
04:30 - Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me
Series 2, Swingin' Down the Lane
3/4 Can musicians Roy and George settle a 50-year-old score with their former bandleader?
05:00 - Hugh Walpole - Rogue Herries
4. A Great Age to Be Beginning
4/4 Francis Herries struggles with his stormy marriage.
06:00 - Dear Countess

A turbulent tale of a marriage - with love and tension in equal measure.
07:30 - The Duel by Joseph Conrad (Omnibus)

The story of two lieutenants in a regiment of hussars. Read by Stephen Boxer.
08:45 - Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
Series 2, The Job
2/4 Michael Williams stars as 1940s comic Robb Wilton as if he had been around in 1986.
09:00 - The Men from the Ministry
Health and Deficiency
The bird-brained bureaucrats mind a budgie. What could go wrong?
09:30 - Brothers in Law
Series 2, Tell 'Em the Tale
2/12 Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries in case the news is bad.
10:00 - Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
2. Crypts
2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.

A turbulent tale of a marriage - with love and tension in equal measure.
12:30 - The Duel by Joseph Conrad (Omnibus)

The story of two lieutenants in a regiment of hussars. Read by Stephen Boxer.
13:45 - Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
Series 2, The Job
2/4 Michael Williams stars as 1940s comic Robb Wilton as if he had been around in 1986.
14:00 - The Men from the Ministry
Health and Deficiency
The bird-brained bureaucrats mind a budgie. What could go wrong?
14:30 - Brothers in Law
Series 2, Tell 'Em the Tale
2/12 Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries in case the news is bad.
15:00 - Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
2. Crypts
2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.
16:00 - Drama
The Shining Guest
A body found in the Welsh hills turns out to be thousands of years old.
16:45 - Summer Ghosts
The Queen of Craigielee by Louise Welsh
2/3 Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its 30th floor.
17:00 - Dear Countess

A turbulent tale of a marriage - with love and tension in equal measure.
18:30 - The Duel by Joseph Conrad (Omnibus)

The story of two lieutenants in a regiment of hussars. Read by Stephen Boxer.
19:45 - Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
Series 2, The Job
2/4 Michael Williams stars as 1940s comic Robb Wilton as if he had been around in 1986.
20:00 - The Men from the Ministry
Health and Deficiency
The bird-brained bureaucrats mind a budgie. What could go wrong?
20:30 - Brothers in Law
Series 2, Tell 'Em the Tale
2/12 Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries in case the news is bad.
21:00 - Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
2. Crypts
2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.
22:00 - Paul Sinha's General Knowledge
Series 3, Episode 2
2/4 Paul Sinha tests his audience on their knowledge of the world.
22:30 - The Secret World
Series 3, Episode 3
3/4 From Miranda Hart to Sean Connery, Jon Culshaw imagines the private lives of the famous.
23:00 - The Maltby Collection
Series 3, Episode 6
6/6 Love is in the air at the museum, and surely nothing can go wrong. Can it?
23:30 - Hut 33
Series 3, Entente Cordiale
6/6 Can the wartime codebreakers improve Anglo-French relations with a little derring-do?
00:00 - Drama
The Shining Guest
A body found in the Welsh hills turns out to be thousands of years old.
00:45 - Summer Ghosts
The Queen of Craigielee by Louise Welsh
2/3 Photographing the deserted tower block means going to its 30th floor.
01:00 - Dear Countess

A turbulent tale of a marriage - with love and tension in equal measure.
02:30 - The Duel by Joseph Conrad (Omnibus)

The story of two lieutenants in a regiment of hussars. Read by Stephen Boxer.
03:45 - Robb Wilton: I Should Say So
Series 2, The Job
2/4 Michael Williams stars as 1940s comic Robb Wilton as if he had been around in 1986.
04:00 - The Men from the Ministry
Health and Deficiency
The bird-brained bureaucrats mind a budgie. What could go wrong?
04:30 - Brothers in Law
Series 2, Tell 'Em the Tale
2/12 Lawyer Roger has an appointment with his boss, but worries in case the news is bad.
05:00 - Dr John Cooper Clarke: Complete Control
2. Crypts
2/3 Dr John Cooper Clarke chooses his favourite programmes from the BBC Radio archives.
06:00 - Desert Island Discs Revisited
Tennis, Judy Murray
Tennis coach Judy Murray is castaway by Kirsty Young.
06:45 - David Attenborough's Life Stories
Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
07:00 - Poetry Extra
The Echo Chamber - Kathleen Jamie
Daljit Nagra selects another memorable programme from the BBC's poetry archive.
07:30 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (Omnibus)
Episode 2
2/2 'Whatever it is, it’s in the past. It’s only an echo.' Read by Lee Ingleby.
08:40 - Inheritance Tracks
Michael and Hilary Whitehall
Micheal and Hilary Whitehall choose Rachmaninoff, David Bowie and Miles Davis
08:50 - Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (Omnibus)

Ellen feels ready to return to full-time work. What could possibly go wrong?
10:00 - Home to Roost
Series 2, Wedding Bells
3/13 William and Olive receive a surprise invitation to a posh wedding.
10:30 - Drop Me Here, Darling
Indefinite Articles
Leslie is offered a job writing a weekly food column. But is it too good to be true?
11:00 - Desert Island Discs Revisited
Tennis, Judy Murray
Tennis coach Judy Murray is castaway by Kirsty Young.
11:45 - David Attenborough's Life Stories
Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
12:00 - Poetry Extra
The Echo Chamber - Kathleen Jamie
Daljit Nagra selects another memorable programme from the BBC's poetry archive.
12:30 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (Omnibus)
Episode 2
2/2 'Whatever it is, it’s in the past. It’s only an echo.' Read by Lee Ingleby.
13:40 - Inheritance Tracks
Michael and Hilary Whitehall
Micheal and Hilary Whitehall choose Rachmaninoff, David Bowie and Miles Davis
13:50 - Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (Omnibus)

Ellen feels ready to return to full-time work. What could possibly go wrong?
15:00 - Home to Roost
Series 2, Wedding Bells
3/13 William and Olive receive a surprise invitation to a posh wedding.
15:30 - Drop Me Here, Darling
Indefinite Articles
Leslie is offered a job writing a weekly food column. But is it too good to be true?
16:00 - Fear on 4
The Hairy Hand of Dartmoor
An angry man who doesn't believe in witches, drives home at night across the moors.
16:30 - Agatha Christie
The Dressmaker's Doll
A creepy doll with a mind of its own causes alarm along London's catwalks.
17:00 - Desert Island Discs Revisited
Tennis, Judy Murray
Tennis coach Judy Murray is castaway by Kirsty Young.
17:45 - David Attenborough's Life Stories
Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
18:00 - Poetry Extra
The Echo Chamber - Kathleen Jamie
Daljit Nagra selects another memorable programme from the BBC's poetry archive.
18:30 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (Omnibus)
Episode 2
2/2 'Whatever it is, it’s in the past. It’s only an echo.' Read by Lee Ingleby.
19:40 - Inheritance Tracks
Michael and Hilary Whitehall
Micheal and Hilary Whitehall choose Rachmaninoff, David Bowie and Miles Davis
19:50 - Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (Omnibus)

Ellen feels ready to return to full-time work. What could possibly go wrong?
21:00 - Home to Roost
Series 2, Wedding Bells
3/13 William and Olive receive a surprise invitation to a posh wedding.
21:30 - Drop Me Here, Darling
Indefinite Articles
Leslie is offered a job writing a weekly food column. But is it too good to be true?
22:00 - Tim Key's Poetry Programme
Accountancy
Tim Key plans to recite poetry in the Norwegian fjords, but he's stuck in a cable car.
22:30 - The Simon Day Show
Series 1, Dave Angel
3/6 1990s eco-warrior Dave Angel performs, and a confused delivery man arrives.
22:55 - The Comedy Club Interviews
Garrett Millerick 1/3
Esyllt Sears chats to Garrett Millerick in the Comedy Club.
23:00 - Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking
Series 3, Episode 1
1/6 Surreal take on infuriating call centres and ex-soviet tyrants settling in British suburbs
23:30 - The Party Party
Episode 2
2/6 Prime Minister Action Man explains himself to the nation. With Hugh Laurie.
00:00 - Fear on 4
The Hairy Hand of Dartmoor
An angry man who doesn't believe in witches, drives home at night across the moors.
00:30 - Agatha Christie
The Dressmaker's Doll
A creepy doll with a mind of its own causes alarm along London's catwalks.
01:00 - Desert Island Discs Revisited
Tennis, Judy Murray
Tennis coach Judy Murray is castaway by Kirsty Young.
01:45 - David Attenborough's Life Stories
Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
02:00 - Poetry Extra
The Echo Chamber - Kathleen Jamie
Daljit Nagra selects another memorable programme from the BBC's poetry archive.
02:30 - Dark Matter by Michelle Paver (Omnibus)
Episode 2
2/2 'Whatever it is, it’s in the past. It’s only an echo.' Read by Lee Ingleby.
03:40 - Inheritance Tracks
Michael and Hilary Whitehall
Micheal and Hilary Whitehall choose Rachmaninoff, David Bowie and Miles Davis
03:50 - Why Mummy Swears by Gill Sims (Omnibus)

Ellen feels ready to return to full-time work. What could possibly go wrong?
05:00 - Home to Roost
Series 2, Wedding Bells
3/13 William and Olive receive a surprise invitation to a posh wedding.
05:30 - Drop Me Here, Darling
Indefinite Articles
Leslie is offered a job writing a weekly food column. But is it too good to be true?
06:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
1. The Inquiry
1/6 Perhaps it was indeed an act of God that had brought disaster to the SS Patna.
06:30 - Detective
Series 4, 5. The Tip-Off
5/8 A local villain says he is going straight and wants to turn informant.
07:00 - Anything Legal
Episode 3
3/8 The city gents' new business makes them money, but at what cost?
07:30 - Stop Messing About!
Series 2, Episode 7
7/13 A bona ballet tune, and the criminals' top pop five.
08:00 - In and Out of the Kitchen
Series 2, The Literary Festival
5/6 Damien comes to the rescue when an author is knocked unconscious at a literary gathering.
08:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
1. Childhood
1/5 Don Black on his childhood - and how he came to manage Matt Monro.
08:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
1. The Return
1/5 Back in Cornwall after 60 years, Marjorie Beaumont is coming to terms with her past.
09:00 - Yesterday in Parliament
29/07/2024
Susan Hulme reports on events last Friday in Parliament.
09:30 - Wow! How Did They Do That?
1. Objects in Perfect Detail
1/5 Roger Law meets two men adept at creating objects in perfect detail.
09:45 - Daily Service
First Fruits - Salt & Light
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Naomi Starkey
10:00 - Radiolab
Series 12, Our Little Stupid Bodies
7/8 Radiolab answers listener questions, some seemingly silly but with big ideas behind them
10:55 - Inheritance Tracks
Frances de La Tour
Actress Frances de La Tour chooses tracks by Charles Trenet and Johnny Mercer.
11:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
1. The Inquiry
1/6 Perhaps it was indeed an act of God that had brought disaster to the SS Patna.
11:30 - Detective
Series 4, 5. The Tip-Off
5/8 A local villain says he is going straight and wants to turn informant.
12:00 - Anything Legal
Episode 3
3/8 The city gents' new business makes them money, but at what cost?
12:30 - Stop Messing About!
Series 2, Episode 7
7/13 A bona ballet tune, and the criminals' top pop five.
13:00 - In and Out of the Kitchen
Series 2, The Literary Festival
5/6 Damien comes to the rescue when an author is knocked unconscious at a literary gathering.
13:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
1. Childhood
1/5 Don Black on his childhood - and how he came to manage Matt Monro.
13:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
1. The Return
1/5 Back in Cornwall after 60 years, Marjorie Beaumont is coming to terms with her past.
14:00 - Just a Minute
Series 55, Episode 4
4/10 Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi
14:30 - Snap
Series 3, Episode 5
5/6 Doug tries to help his mum's recovery by hiring a private nurse. Molly is unimpressed.
15:00 - Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet

A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
16:00 - Radiolab
Series 12, Our Little Stupid Bodies
7/8 Radiolab answers listener questions, some seemingly silly but with big ideas behind them
16:55 - Inheritance Tracks
Frances de La Tour
Actress Frances de La Tour chooses tracks by Charles Trenet and Johnny Mercer.
17:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
1. The Inquiry
1/6 Perhaps it was indeed an act of God that had brought disaster to the SS Patna.
17:30 - Detective
Series 4, 5. The Tip-Off
5/8 A local villain says he is going straight and wants to turn informant.
18:00 - Anything Legal
Episode 3
3/8 The city gents' new business makes them money, but at what cost?
18:30 - Stop Messing About!
Series 2, Episode 7
7/13 A bona ballet tune, and the criminals' top pop five.
19:00 - In and Out of the Kitchen
Series 2, The Literary Festival
5/6 Damien comes to the rescue when an author is knocked unconscious at a literary gathering.
19:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
1. Childhood
1/5 Don Black on his childhood - and how he came to manage Matt Monro.
19:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
1. The Return
1/5 Back in Cornwall after 60 years, Marjorie Beaumont is coming to terms with her past.
20:00 - Just a Minute
Series 55, Episode 4
4/10 Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi
20:30 - Snap
Series 3, Episode 5
5/6 Doug tries to help his mum's recovery by hiring a private nurse. Molly is unimpressed.
21:00 - Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet

A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
22:00 - Mark Steel's in Town
Series 13, Nether Edge
5/6 Mark Steel is back In Town. This week he's in Nether Edge in Sheffield. 5/6.
22:30 - Goodness Gracious Me
Series 3, Episode 2
2/6 The embarrassing auntie gets hip, and curious memories of the British Raj.
23:00 - Catherine Bohart: TL;DR
Series 1, We Need To Talk About Kamala
1/6 We Need To Talk About Kamala.
23:30 - The Ape That Got Lucky
Social Development
2/4 Chris Addison explores human evolution.
00:00 - Radiolab
Series 12, Our Little Stupid Bodies
7/8 Radiolab answers listener questions, some seemingly silly but with big ideas behind them
00:55 - Inheritance Tracks
Frances de La Tour
Actress Frances de La Tour chooses tracks by Charles Trenet and Johnny Mercer.
01:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
1. The Inquiry
1/6 Perhaps it was indeed an act of God that had brought disaster to the SS Patna.
01:30 - Detective
Series 4, 5. The Tip-Off
5/8 A local villain says he is going straight and wants to turn informant.
02:00 - Anything Legal
Episode 3
3/8 The city gents' new business makes them money, but at what cost?
02:30 - Stop Messing About!
Series 2, Episode 7
7/13 A bona ballet tune, and the criminals' top pop five.
03:00 - In and Out of the Kitchen
Series 2, The Literary Festival
5/6 Damien comes to the rescue when an author is knocked unconscious at a literary gathering.
03:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
1. Childhood
1/5 Don Black on his childhood - and how he came to manage Matt Monro.
03:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
1. The Return
1/5 Back in Cornwall after 60 years, Marjorie Beaumont is coming to terms with her past.
04:00 - Just a Minute
Series 55, Episode 4
4/10 Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Kit Hesketh-Harvey, Gyles Brandreth, Shappi Khorsandi
04:30 - Snap
Series 3, Episode 5
5/6 Doug tries to help his mum's recovery by hiring a private nurse. Molly is unimpressed.
05:00 - Harriet O'Carroll - Minuet

A young Jane Austen falls in love fuelling her desire to become a writer.
06:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
2. Disaster on the SS Patna
2/6 Aboard the sinking SS Patna, Jim stands immobile. 800 people are aboard.
06:30 - Detective
Series 4, 6. A Bit of Forensic
6/8 Will a villain, caught out by forensic evidence, shop the other members of his gang?
07:00 - Greywing
2. Donkey Work
2/6 Bludden-on Sand’s new superhero’s got the mask, got the cape. Now where's the crime?
07:30 - The Goon Show
Series 6, The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)
1/27 How Neddie 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures.
08:00 - Miracles R Us
Postcards
3/4 Caroline and Sylvia are dubious about a new assignment in Sussex. With Deborah Findlay.
08:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
2. Vicissitudes
2/5 Don Black talks about working with Jule Styne and an embarrassing moment with Tom Jones.
08:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
2. St Ives
2/5 Rediscovering her Cornish past, Marjorie visits the Tate in St Ives and finds a companion.
09:00 - Yesterday in Parliament
30/07/2024
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
09:30 - Wow! How Did They Do That?
2. Ingenuity and Skill
2/5 Roger Law meets two creators with contrasting methods.
09:45 - Daily Service
First Fruits - Bread of Life
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Reverend Anne Read.
10:00 - A Good Read
Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones on books by George Orwell and Olaudah Equiano.
10:30 - Does The Team Drink?

Louis Barfe explores the connections between alcohol and comedy.
11:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
2. Disaster on the SS Patna
2/6 Aboard the sinking SS Patna, Jim stands immobile. 800 people are aboard.
11:30 - Detective
Series 4, 6. A Bit of Forensic
6/8 Will a villain, caught out by forensic evidence, shop the other members of his gang?
12:00 - Greywing
2. Donkey Work
2/6 Bludden-on Sand’s new superhero’s got the mask, got the cape. Now where's the crime?
12:30 - The Goon Show
Series 6, The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)
1/27 How Neddie 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures.
13:00 - Miracles R Us
Postcards
3/4 Caroline and Sylvia are dubious about a new assignment in Sussex. With Deborah Findlay.
13:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
2. Vicissitudes
2/5 Don Black talks about working with Jule Styne and an embarrassing moment with Tom Jones.
13:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
2. St Ives
2/5 Rediscovering her Cornish past, Marjorie visits the Tate in St Ives and finds a companion.
14:00 - The Personality Test
Series 3, Janet Street-Porter
1/6 Broadcaster and writer Janet Street-Porter quizzes a panel about herself.
14:30 - Tickets Please
Episode 1
1/4 A wedding party en route to Exeter is delayed by a car on the rail track.
15:00 - The Inextinguishable Fire

July 1914: writer Joseph Conrad takes a troubling journey to his homeland, Poland
15:45 - The Lady of the Sea by Diana Hendry

Saul takes his daughter out for long evening drives telling his wife it settles them.
16:00 - A Good Read
Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones on books by George Orwell and Olaudah Equiano.
16:30 - Does The Team Drink?

Louis Barfe explores the connections between alcohol and comedy.
17:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
2. Disaster on the SS Patna
2/6 Aboard the sinking SS Patna, Jim stands immobile. 800 people are aboard.
17:30 - Detective
Series 4, 6. A Bit of Forensic
6/8 Will a villain, caught out by forensic evidence, shop the other members of his gang?
18:00 - Greywing
2. Donkey Work
2/6 Bludden-on Sand’s new superhero’s got the mask, got the cape. Now where's the crime?
18:30 - The Goon Show
Series 6, The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)
1/27 How Neddie 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures.
19:00 - Miracles R Us
Postcards
3/4 Caroline and Sylvia are dubious about a new assignment in Sussex. With Deborah Findlay.
19:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
2. Vicissitudes
2/5 Don Black talks about working with Jule Styne and an embarrassing moment with Tom Jones.
19:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
2. St Ives
2/5 Rediscovering her Cornish past, Marjorie visits the Tate in St Ives and finds a companion.
20:00 - The Personality Test
Series 3, Janet Street-Porter
1/6 Broadcaster and writer Janet Street-Porter quizzes a panel about herself.
20:30 - Tickets Please
Episode 1
1/4 A wedding party en route to Exeter is delayed by a car on the rail track.
21:00 - The Inextinguishable Fire

July 1914: writer Joseph Conrad takes a troubling journey to his homeland, Poland
21:45 - The Lady of the Sea by Diana Hendry

Saul takes his daughter out for long evening drives telling his wife it settles them.
22:00 - Henry Normal: A Normal...
Communication
Henry Normal takes a poetic look at the topic of communication
22:25 - The Comedy Club Interviews
Garrett Millerick 2/3
Esyllt Sears chats to Garrett Millerick in the Comedy Club.
22:30 - The Consultants
Series 1, Episode 2
2/4 The team ponder how to revamp tea to make it more dangerous and exciting.
22:45 - Warhorses of Letters
Series 1, Episode 2
2/4 Uncertainty and conflict mars the relationship between Napoleon and Wellington's horses.
23:00 - Clare in the Community
Series 9, In Blog We Trust
2/6 Clare is convinced that the centre is the home of the Secret Social Worker blogger.
23:30 - Dave Podmore
Dave Podmore's World of Cricket, Episode 2
2/4 The player battles a case of libel based on an alleged encounter in a portable loo.
00:00 - A Good Read
Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
Neil Pearson and Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones on books by George Orwell and Olaudah Equiano.
00:30 - Does The Team Drink?

Louis Barfe explores the connections between alcohol and comedy.
01:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
2. Disaster on the SS Patna
2/6 Aboard the sinking SS Patna, Jim stands immobile. 800 people are aboard.
01:30 - Detective
Series 4, 6. A Bit of Forensic
6/8 Will a villain, caught out by forensic evidence, shop the other members of his gang?
02:00 - Greywing
2. Donkey Work
2/6 Bludden-on Sand’s new superhero’s got the mask, got the cape. Now where's the crime?
02:30 - The Goon Show
Series 6, The Man Who Won the War (Seagoon MCC)
1/27 How Neddie 'invented' the barrage balloon and other wartime (mis)adventures.
03:00 - Miracles R Us
Postcards
3/4 Caroline and Sylvia are dubious about a new assignment in Sussex. With Deborah Findlay.
03:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
2. Vicissitudes
2/5 Don Black talks about working with Jule Styne and an embarrassing moment with Tom Jones.
03:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
2. St Ives
2/5 Rediscovering her Cornish past, Marjorie visits the Tate in St Ives and finds a companion.
04:00 - The Personality Test
Series 3, Janet Street-Porter
1/6 Broadcaster and writer Janet Street-Porter quizzes a panel about herself.
04:30 - Tickets Please
Episode 1
1/4 A wedding party en route to Exeter is delayed by a car on the rail track.
05:00 - The Inextinguishable Fire

July 1914: writer Joseph Conrad takes a troubling journey to his homeland, Poland
05:45 - The Lady of the Sea by Diana Hendry

Saul takes his daughter out for long evening drives telling his wife it settles them.
06:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
3. A Public Disgrace
3/6 In far away Colombo, Jim is now trying to pick up the pieces of his life.
06:30 - Detective
Series 4, 7. The Windfall
7/8 A woman asks DS Brook for advice when her uncle leaves her money in his will.
07:00 - Ballylenon
Series 4, Episode 3
3/4 Tongues are wagging. Certain weddings are due, and some folk aren't happy.
07:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 1, The End of the Series
16/16 The cast reminisce over how they all first met.
08:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 1, Problems with a Package
2/4 Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom regrets persuading them to explore beyond their hotel
08:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
3. Musicals
3/5 Don Black talks about the pain of writing lyrics for musicals.
08:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
3. Fame
3/5 Coming to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie finds local fame and receives a visitor.
09:00 - Yesterday in Parliament
31/07/2024
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
09:30 - Wow! How Did They Do That?
3. Olympic Backroom Boys
3/5 Roger Law meets two Olympic backroom boys.
09:45 - Daily Service
First Fruit - Bread of Life
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Reverend Jay Hulme.
10:00 - Archive on 4
The Villain in 6 Chapters
Toby Jones celebrates the mercurial world of the villain.
11:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
3. A Public Disgrace
3/6 In far away Colombo, Jim is now trying to pick up the pieces of his life.
11:30 - Detective
Series 4, 7. The Windfall
7/8 A woman asks DS Brook for advice when her uncle leaves her money in his will.
12:00 - Ballylenon
Series 4, Episode 3
3/4 Tongues are wagging. Certain weddings are due, and some folk aren't happy.
12:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 1, The End of the Series
16/16 The cast reminisce over how they all first met.
13:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 1, Problems with a Package
2/4 Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom regrets persuading them to explore beyond their hotel
13:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
3. Musicals
3/5 Don Black talks about the pain of writing lyrics for musicals.
13:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
3. Fame
3/5 Coming to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie finds local fame and receives a visitor.
14:00 - Wordaholics
Series 2, Episode 5
5/6 Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince vie for verbal supremacy.
14:30 - Elephants to Catch Eels
Series 2, London
5/6 Smuggler Jago is kidnapped, but can he survive in polite city society?
15:00 - Joseph Conrad - Falk

Terrible events at sea come back to haunt a tugboat captain working out of Bangkok.
16:00 - Archive on 4
The Villain in 6 Chapters
Toby Jones celebrates the mercurial world of the villain.
17:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
3. A Public Disgrace
3/6 In far away Colombo, Jim is now trying to pick up the pieces of his life.
17:30 - Detective
Series 4, 7. The Windfall
7/8 A woman asks DS Brook for advice when her uncle leaves her money in his will.
18:00 - Ballylenon
Series 4, Episode 3
3/4 Tongues are wagging. Certain weddings are due, and some folk aren't happy.
18:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 1, The End of the Series
16/16 The cast reminisce over how they all first met.
19:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 1, Problems with a Package
2/4 Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom regrets persuading them to explore beyond their hotel
19:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
3. Musicals
3/5 Don Black talks about the pain of writing lyrics for musicals.
19:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
3. Fame
3/5 Coming to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie finds local fame and receives a visitor.
20:00 - Wordaholics
Series 2, Episode 5
5/6 Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince vie for verbal supremacy.
20:30 - Elephants to Catch Eels
Series 2, London
5/6 Smuggler Jago is kidnapped, but can he survive in polite city society?
21:00 - Joseph Conrad - Falk

Terrible events at sea come back to haunt a tugboat captain working out of Bangkok.
22:00 - Geoff Norcott's Working Men's Club
Episode 3
Geoff Norcott examines modern masculinity. This week, friendship.
22:30 - Chain Reaction
Series 12, Sara Cox Interviews Joe Lycett
1/6 The return of the hostless chat show as presenter Sara Cox interviews comedian Joe Lyc ... More >>ett.
22:55 - The Comedy Club Interviews
Garrett Millerick 3/3
Esyllt Sears chats to Garrett Millerick in the Comedy Club.
23:00 - Seekers
Series 1, The New Seeker
1/6 Stuart is made redundant from his post at the job centre.
23:30 - Wisebowm: The Struggle Is Real

A comedy with music set in the competitive world of poetry slamming.
00:00 - Archive on 4
The Villain in 6 Chapters
Toby Jones celebrates the mercurial world of the villain.
01:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
3. A Public Disgrace
3/6 In far away Colombo, Jim is now trying to pick up the pieces of his life.
01:30 - Detective
Series 4, 7. The Windfall
7/8 A woman asks DS Brook for advice when her uncle leaves her money in his will.
02:00 - Ballylenon
Series 4, Episode 3
3/4 Tongues are wagging. Certain weddings are due, and some folk aren't happy.
02:30 - Hancock's Half Hour
Series 1, The End of the Series
16/16 The cast reminisce over how they all first met.
03:00 - Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
Series 1, Problems with a Package
2/4 Phoning his parents in Tenerife, Tom regrets persuading them to explore beyond their hotel
03:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
3. Musicals
3/5 Don Black talks about the pain of writing lyrics for musicals.
03:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
3. Fame
3/5 Coming to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie finds local fame and receives a visitor.
04:00 - Wordaholics
Series 2, Episode 5
5/6 Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Lloyd Langford and Robin Ince vie for verbal supremacy.
04:30 - Elephants to Catch Eels
Series 2, London
5/6 Smuggler Jago is kidnapped, but can he survive in polite city society?
05:00 - Joseph Conrad - Falk

Terrible events at sea come back to haunt a tugboat captain working out of Bangkok.
06:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
4. A New Life in Patusan
4/6 Two years since the SS Patna scandal, Lord Jim is in the depths of the Patusan wilderness.
06:30 - Detective
Series 4, 8. On the Run
8/8 Brook and Tully have an armed robbery, a shoot-out and a five year-old murder to solve.
07:00 - Our Man at Wembley
Episode 2
2/4 As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric Halliday get inside the stadium?
07:30 - Dad's Army
Series 3, Time on my Hands
21/26 The platoon battle to rescue a German pilot hanging off the Town Hall clock.
08:00 - My Teenage Diary
Series 9, Olly Mann
3/6 Rufus Hound talks to the podcaster Olly Mann about his teenage diaries.
08:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
4. Olympics
4/5 Don Black talks about how he wrote the lyrics for the theme tune to the 1992 Olympics.
08:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
4. The Link
4/5 Marjorie discovers a link to her Cornish past, but feels matters are not yet resolved.
09:00 - The Train at Platform 4
Series 2, 1. See It, Say It, Sorted
1/4 The train crew discover a suspect package. Comedy written by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
09:30 - Wow! How Did They Do That?
4. Pioneers
4/5 Roger Law meets two pioneering inventors helping those in need.
09:45 - Daily Service
First Fruit - Five loaves and two fish
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Reverend Leslie Griffiths.
10:00 - Great Lives
Alvin Hall chooses James Baldwin
Matthew Parris meets financial guru Alvin Hall, whose hero is James Baldwin.
10:30 - Sexton's Tales
6. The Lion King
6/6 George Wombwell’s travelling menagerie concludes George Cole's extraordinary Victorians.
11:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
4. A New Life in Patusan
4/6 Two years since the SS Patna scandal, Lord Jim is in the depths of the Patusan wilderness.
11:30 - Detective
Series 4, 8. On the Run
8/8 Brook and Tully have an armed robbery, a shoot-out and a five year-old murder to solve.
12:00 - Our Man at Wembley
Episode 2
2/4 As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric Halliday get inside the stadium?
12:30 - Dad's Army
Series 3, Time on my Hands
21/26 The platoon battle to rescue a German pilot hanging off the Town Hall clock.
13:00 - My Teenage Diary
Series 9, Olly Mann
3/6 Rufus Hound talks to the podcaster Olly Mann about his teenage diaries.
13:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
4. Olympics
4/5 Don Black talks about how he wrote the lyrics for the theme tune to the 1992 Olympics.
13:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
4. The Link
4/5 Marjorie discovers a link to her Cornish past, but feels matters are not yet resolved.
14:00 - Genius
Series 3, Charlie Brooker
6/6 Dave Gorman and guest Charlie Brooker chew over ridiculous and unworkable inventions.
14:30 - Gilbert Without Sullivan
Series 2, The Realm of Joy
5/5 A play causes such a scandal, that respectable Victorian theatre-goers can't keep away.
15:00 - The Other Side of the World

How Alan Whicker reshaped TV and discovered his 'World'. Starring Jon Culshaw.
16:00 - Great Lives
Alvin Hall chooses James Baldwin
Matthew Parris meets financial guru Alvin Hall, whose hero is James Baldwin.
16:30 - Sexton's Tales
6. The Lion King
6/6 George Wombwell’s travelling menagerie concludes George Cole's extraordinary Victorians.
17:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
4. A New Life in Patusan
4/6 Two years since the SS Patna scandal, Lord Jim is in the depths of the Patusan wilderness.
17:30 - Detective
Series 4, 8. On the Run
8/8 Brook and Tully have an armed robbery, a shoot-out and a five year-old murder to solve.
18:00 - Our Man at Wembley
Episode 2
2/4 As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric Halliday get inside the stadium?
18:30 - Dad's Army
Series 3, Time on my Hands
21/26 The platoon battle to rescue a German pilot hanging off the Town Hall clock.
19:00 - My Teenage Diary
Series 9, Olly Mann
3/6 Rufus Hound talks to the podcaster Olly Mann about his teenage diaries.
19:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
4. Olympics
4/5 Don Black talks about how he wrote the lyrics for the theme tune to the 1992 Olympics.
19:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
4. The Link
4/5 Marjorie discovers a link to her Cornish past, but feels matters are not yet resolved.
20:00 - Genius
Series 3, Charlie Brooker
6/6 Dave Gorman and guest Charlie Brooker chew over ridiculous and unworkable inventions.
20:30 - Gilbert Without Sullivan
Series 2, The Realm of Joy
5/5 A play causes such a scandal, that respectable Victorian theatre-goers can't keep away.
21:00 - The Other Side of the World

How Alan Whicker reshaped TV and discovered his 'World'. Starring Jon Culshaw.
22:00 - The Train at Platform 4
Series 2, 1. See It, Say It, Sorted
1/4 The train crew discover a suspect package. Comedy written by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
22:30 - Knowing Me, Knowing You
Episode 4
4/6 Host Alan Partridge welcomes a Duchess, an impressionist and an MP back from holiday.
23:00 - Britain in Bits with Ross Noble
Series 1, Episode 2
2/4 Ross Noble presents a magazine show with studio guests and stories from around Britain.
23:30 - I've Never Seen Star Wars
Series 4, Kathy Burke
5/6 Marcus Brigstocke invites Kathy Burke to try new things, like visiting Harrods in London.
00:00 - Great Lives
Alvin Hall chooses James Baldwin
Matthew Parris meets financial guru Alvin Hall, whose hero is James Baldwin.
00:30 - Sexton's Tales
6. The Lion King
6/6 George Wombwell’s travelling menagerie concludes George Cole's extraordinary Victorians.
01:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
4. A New Life in Patusan
4/6 Two years since the SS Patna scandal, Lord Jim is in the depths of the Patusan wilderness.
01:30 - Detective
Series 4, 8. On the Run
8/8 Brook and Tully have an armed robbery, a shoot-out and a five year-old murder to solve.
02:00 - Our Man at Wembley
Episode 2
2/4 As the FA Cup final looms, will budding commentator Eric Halliday get inside the stadium?
02:30 - Dad's Army
Series 3, Time on my Hands
21/26 The platoon battle to rescue a German pilot hanging off the Town Hall clock.
03:00 - My Teenage Diary
Series 9, Olly Mann
3/6 Rufus Hound talks to the podcaster Olly Mann about his teenage diaries.
03:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
4. Olympics
4/5 Don Black talks about how he wrote the lyrics for the theme tune to the 1992 Olympics.
03:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
4. The Link
4/5 Marjorie discovers a link to her Cornish past, but feels matters are not yet resolved.
04:00 - Genius
Series 3, Charlie Brooker
6/6 Dave Gorman and guest Charlie Brooker chew over ridiculous and unworkable inventions.
04:30 - Gilbert Without Sullivan
Series 2, The Realm of Joy
5/5 A play causes such a scandal, that respectable Victorian theatre-goers can't keep away.
05:00 - The Other Side of the World

How Alan Whicker reshaped TV and discovered his 'World'. Starring Jon Culshaw.
06:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
5. Marlow Returns Home
5/6 Jim believes his fate to be in his own hands and that he is master of it.
06:30 - Berkely Mather - Returned Without Thanks

An explosives expert hatches a deadly plan to end his loveless marriage.
07:00 - Second Thoughts
Series 4, Just Managing
6/6 Son Joe and ex-wife Liza cause new pressures for Faith and Bill. From July 1992.
07:30 - Share and Share Alike
Missing Persons
3/9 Jack plots to get his cash. Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins star as feuding brothers.
08:00 - Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
Series 1, The 'Haters'
2/4 Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
08:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
5. Favourites
5/5 Don Black talks about his favourite musicals.
08:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
5. Help
5/5 In order to come to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie gets help from some youngsters.
09:00 - Time of the Week
4. Plastic Surgery, Inducing Childbirth, Sabotage
Will a song that induces labour lead to childbirth live on air?
09:30 - Wow! How Did They Do That?
5. Innovative Designers
5/5 Roger Law meets two innovative designers, shaking the organic and fashion world.
09:45 - Daily Service
St George's Anglican Church, Paris
A service from St George's Anglican Church, Paris, during the 2024 Summer Olympics
10:00 - Soul Music
Series 14, The Skye Boat Song
3/5 Exploring how this song from the 1870s continues to touch people's lives across the world.
10:30 - James Baldwin’s Last Amen

Clarke Peters recalls the 1987 production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner.
11:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
5. Marlow Returns Home
5/6 Jim believes his fate to be in his own hands and that he is master of it.
11:30 - Berkely Mather - Returned Without Thanks

An explosives expert hatches a deadly plan to end his loveless marriage.
12:00 - Second Thoughts
Series 4, Just Managing
6/6 Son Joe and ex-wife Liza cause new pressures for Faith and Bill. From July 1992.
12:30 - Share and Share Alike
Missing Persons
3/9 Jack plots to get his cash. Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins star as feuding brothers.
13:00 - Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
Series 1, The 'Haters'
2/4 Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
13:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
5. Favourites
5/5 Don Black talks about his favourite musicals.
13:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
5. Help
5/5 In order to come to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie gets help from some youngsters.
14:00 - All the Way from Memphis
Series 1, Episode 3
3/6 James Walton's quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod, Richard Curtis and Anthony Wilson
14:30 - Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me
Series 2, Thanks for the Memory
4/4 Can Roy lift George's spirits by organising a very special celebration?
15:00 - James Baldwin’s Last Amen

Clarke Peters recalls the 1987 production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner.
16:00 - Soul Music
Series 14, The Skye Boat Song
3/5 Exploring how this song from the 1870s continues to touch people's lives across the world.
16:30 - James Baldwin’s Last Amen

Clarke Peters recalls the 1987 production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner.
17:00 - Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
5. Marlow Returns Home
5/6 Jim believes his fate to be in his own hands and that he is master of it.
17:30 - Berkely Mather - Returned Without Thanks

An explosives expert hatches a deadly plan to end his loveless marriage.
18:00 - Second Thoughts
Series 4, Just Managing
6/6 Son Joe and ex-wife Liza cause new pressures for Faith and Bill. From July 1992.
18:30 - Share and Share Alike
Missing Persons
3/9 Jack plots to get his cash. Hugh Paddick and Michael Robbins star as feuding brothers.
19:00 - Daliso Chaponda: Citizen of Nowhere
Series 1, The 'Haters'
2/4 Malawian comedian Daliso Chaponda looks at the relationship between the UK and Africa.
19:30 - The Sanest Guy in the Room by Don Black
5. Favourites
5/5 Don Black talks about his favourite musicals.
19:45 - Dave Sheasby - Shifting the Leaves
5. Help
5/5 In order to come to terms with her Cornish past, Marjorie gets help from some youngsters.
20:00 - All the Way from Memphis
Series 1, Episode 3
3/6 James Walton's quiz with Andrew Collins, Tracey MacLeod, Richard Curtis and Anthony Wilson
20:30 - Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me
Series 2, Thanks for the Memory
4/4 Can Roy lift George's spirits by organising a very special celebration?
21:00 - James Baldwin’s Last Amen

Clarke Peters recalls the 1987 production of James Baldwin's The Amen Corner.
22:00 - Time of the Week
4. Plastic Surgery, Inducing Childbirth, Sabotage
Will a song that induces labour lead to childbirth live on air?
22:30 - The Million Pound Radio Show
Series 1, Episode 4
4/4 Reagan rings Gorbachev - and the Daleks at home. Starring Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell.
23:00 - Absolute Power
Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 An old flame pits spinmeisters Charles and Martin against one another.
23:30 - As Told To Craig Brown
Episode 3
3/6 The satirist investigates inventions, being common and the creep of CCTV.