BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 3 March 2012

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Project Raphael—3. Alarms
  3/3Malcolm and Polly set alarms ringing, and the Laughing Dog secrets are finally revealed.
2. 00:30
  John Wyndham - The Day of the Triffids—Episode 9
  9/17Bill Masen tries to support his blind group, but some problems prove to be insurmountable.
3. 01:00
  Wimsey—Gaudy Night, Episode 5
  5/5Questions galore for Lord Peter Wimsey - most about the case, but one very personal.
4. 01:30
  Whodunnits—Father Brown Stories, The Honour of Israel Gow
  4/12A nobleman dies - with a question of honour.
5. 02:00
  Change at Oglethorpe—The Thin Controller
  2/6Trouble for the rural railway station's new manager when he sacks a member of staff.
6. 02:30
  Spending My Inheritance—To Your Very Good Health
  4/6Hard-up Harry anxiously watches his parents spending on exercise machines.
7. 03:00
  Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles—Episode 3
  3/4Set to wed clergyman's son Angel Clare, Tess is torn over whether to reveal her past.
8. 04:00
  My Animals and Other Family—Talking with Pigs
  5/5Julia takes up pig-keeping. Julia Blackburn concludes reading her autobiographical stories
9. 04:15
  Shelagh Delaney - Out of the Pirate's Playhouse
  Five 11-year-olds are shocked to learn they are too old for their activity centre.
10. 05:00
  Brothers in Law—Series 2, In and Out
  4/12Lawyer Roger tries to defend a prisoner overly fond of life behind bars.
11. 05:30
  The Little World of Don Camillo—Series 4, The Wall
  4/4The priest is put to the test when building work threatens a religious icon.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury
  The life and times of rock 'n' roll singer, Billy Fury, Britain's answer to Elvis Presley
2. 07:30
  The Anatomy of the Musical—The Take-Home Number
  3/3Russell Davies on the necessity of hit numbers, and songs that live on when a show ends.
3. 08:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 20
  20/32From Nashville, the funny man welcomes singer Emmylou Harris and fiddler Stuart Duncan.
4. 09:00
  2's Comedy—BBC Radio 2 - The First Year of Fun, with Ken Dodd
  1/2Ken Dodd picks six comedies from Year 1 of BBC Radio 2
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Angarrack - Omnibus
  Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around a crumbling Cornish ancestral home
2. 13:15
  Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective—The de Genneville Peerage
  A murder shatters Polly, as the old man's crime-solving efforts meet furious resistance.
3. 14:00
  The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/6The shady lawyer stays in a haunted mansion. The Marx Brothers radio shows recreated.
4. 14:30
  Dad's Army—Series 2, Getting the Bird
  13/20Butcher Jones is short of meat, so Private Walker gets to work...
5. 15:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 20
  20/32From Nashville, the funny man welcomes singer Emmylou Harris and fiddler Stuart Duncan.
6. 16:00
  Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury
  The life and times of rock 'n' roll singer, Billy Fury, Britain's answer to Elvis Presley
7. 17:30
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 22
  Ed Byrne is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Andrew Maxwell and Alex Lowe.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Mike Walker - Alpha
  An all-knowing computer seems to have an independent life of its own.
2. 19:00
  2's Comedy—BBC Radio 2 - The First Year of Fun, with Ken Dodd
  1/2Ken Dodd picks six comedies from Year 1 of BBC Radio 2
3. 22:00
  Eddie Izzard—Circle
  The comedian performs his unique commentary on religion and the history of England.
4. 23:15
  Ruth Rendell Stories—2. The Wink
  2/5An elderly woman encounters the man who raped her when she was a teenager.
5. 23:30
  John Godey - The Taking of Pelham 123—Episode 3
  3/5Tensions mount for New York's hostages, as the hijackers' demands reach the Mayor.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Mike Walker - Alpha
  An all-knowing computer seems to have an independent life of its own.
2. 01:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 20
  20/32From Nashville, the funny man welcomes singer Emmylou Harris and fiddler Stuart Duncan.
3. 02:00
  Angarrack - Omnibus
  Christopher William Hill's black comedy revolves around a crumbling Cornish ancestral home
4. 03:15
  Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective—The de Genneville Peerage
  A murder shatters Polly, as the old man's crime-solving efforts meet furious resistance.
5. 04:00
  Mike Walker - The Sound of Fury
  The life and times of rock 'n' roll singer, Billy Fury, Britain's answer to Elvis Presley
6. 05:30
  What's So Funny?—Series 2, Episode 22
  Ed Byrne is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Andrew Maxwell and Alex Lowe.

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