BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Saturday 5 May 2012

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Paradise Lost in Cyberspace—Episode 4
  4/6Armed with a new face and OAP gadgets, George Smith prepares to take on Central Admin.
2. 00:30
  Doctor Who—Doctor Who and the Giant Robot, Episode 5
  5/8The Time Lord is confronted by the robot and learns who is behind the deadly scheme.
3. 01:00
  DI Cromwell - Jagged Prayer—Virtual Saints
  4/4As Mother Helen's nuns face declining numbers, the detective tackles an unsolved murder.
4. 01:30
  Boxer and Doberman—Series 1, 3. The Big Cheese
  3/4A sadistic adversary exploits Detective Inspector Bob Boxer's deepest childhood fears.
5. 02:00
  North East of Eden—Cinema Paradiso
  5/6Mad Max versus the French resistance. Or rather, two rival island film nights fight it out
6. 02:30
  Puzzle Panel—Episode 7
  7/10More testing brain teasers with Chris Maslanka, Val Gilbert and Professor David Singmaster
7. 03:00
  Vivat Rex—Treason
  5/26King Richard II risks rebellion. Stars Derek Jacobi.
8. 04:00
  Blackfriars Bridge by Anthony Horowitz
  A cuckolded husband intends to murder his rival. What could go wrong?
9. 04:15
  Sue Rodwell - The Last Trace
  Tracing your ancestors can be fun, as long as they are quite, quite dead.
10. 05:00
  Millport—Series 1, The Storm
  1/6A pensioner disappears on a tiny Scottish island. Lynn Ferguson stars as barmaid Irene.
11. 05:30
  Ring Around the Bath—Series 3, Keeping Mum
  4/6Can Patrick and the rest of the family keep Stella's surprise party a secret?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  David Pownall - Kitty Wilkinson
  One woman combats squalor and institutional indifference in 19th-century Liverpool.
2. 07:30
  The Great Gatsby Letters
  F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes for his new novel
3. 08:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 29
  29/32The American funny man welcomes country star Jimmie Dale Gilmore and humorist Ian Frazier.
4. 09:00
  The Big Steptoe Radio Show: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
  The legendary writers present their favourite episodes featuring the rag and bone men.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  44 Scotland Street (Omnibus)—Series 1 Omnibus
  Alexander McCall Smith's series about residents of a tenement building in Edinburgh.
2. 13:15
  Daunt and Dervish—Series 1, Games of Chance
  4/5The duo get caught up with a priest and a young Olympic hopeful.
3. 14:00
  The Goon Show—Series 7, Six Charlies in Search of an Author
  13/26Through pages and chapters, Neddie's fate is in the hands of the writer.
4. 14:30
  Steptoe and Son—Series 1, The Offer
  1/13As the rag and bone men argue, Harold is set to walk out.
5. 15:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 29
  29/32The American funny man welcomes country star Jimmie Dale Gilmore and humorist Ian Frazier.
6. 16:00
  David Pownall - Kitty Wilkinson
  One woman combats squalor and institutional indifference in 19th-century Liverpool.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Routemasters—3. On the Buses
  3/4Bernie is kidnapped by Hildegard and escapes to the 24th century. Stars Amanda Donohoe.
2. 18:30
  A Short History of Gothic—3. The Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter
  3/4A vampire tale with a twist. An unwary officer meets the last Nosferatu family.
3. 19:00
  The Big Steptoe Radio Show: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
  The legendary writers present their favourite episodes featuring the rag and bone men.
4. 22:00
  The Comedy Club Interviews—05/05/2012
  Arthur Smith presents interviews and much more direct from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival
5. 22:05
  Saturday Stand-Up—Dr Phil Hammond's Rude Health Show
  Dr Phil Hammond ruminates on drugs, death, sex, the NHS and releasing his inner child.
6. 22:50
  Sarah at the Stand—Episode 4
  4/4Sarah Millican is in Edinburgh for stand-up and chat with Stephen Carlin and Jim Jefferies
7. 23:05
  Comedy Club at Machynlleth—2012, Episode 5
  5/12Arthur Smith presents interviews and much more direct from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival
8. 23:10
  Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off—Series 3, Japan
  2/6Giles is working in Tokyo, grappling with stocks and shares (and the boss's wife).
9. 23:40
  Comedy Club at Machynlleth—2012, Episode 6
  6/12Arthur Smith presents interviews and much more direct from the Machynlleth Comedy Festival
10. 23:45
  A Series of Psychotic Episodes—Episode 2
  2/4Ever tried storming a bouncy castle? Welcome to the surreal world of Miriam Elia.
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Routemasters—3. On the Buses
  3/4Bernie is kidnapped by Hildegard and escapes to the 24th century. Stars Amanda Donohoe.
2. 00:30
  A Short History of Gothic—3. The Lady of the House of Love by Angela Carter
  3/4A vampire tale with a twist. An unwary officer meets the last Nosferatu family.
3. 01:00
  Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 29
  29/32The American funny man welcomes country star Jimmie Dale Gilmore and humorist Ian Frazier.
4. 02:00
  44 Scotland Street (Omnibus)—Series 1 Omnibus
  Alexander McCall Smith's series about residents of a tenement building in Edinburgh.
5. 03:15
  Daunt and Dervish—Series 1, Games of Chance
  4/5The duo get caught up with a priest and a young Olympic hopeful.
6. 04:00
  David Pownall - Kitty Wilkinson
  One woman combats squalor and institutional indifference in 19th-century Liverpool.
7. 05:30
  My Teenage Diary—Series 2, Victoria Coren
  2/6Victoria Coren reads extracts from her teenage diaries out in public for the first time.

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