BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Tuesday 1 January 2013

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 6, Episode 2
  2/8An extended compilation of the best bits of The News Quiz from 2012, with Sandi Toksvig.
2. 00:45
  The Shuttleworths—Specials, New Year With the Shuttleworths
  John and Mary see the New Year in an inn, and Ken's off to buy a sofa.
3. 01:00
  Manikudlak and the Bear
  East Greenland: An old hunter tries to teach a young boy something of his ways.
4. 02:00
  Beautiful Dreamers—The Traitor of the Zazalcara
  2/6Nat Segnit explores the tale of a Uruguayan footballer battling to foil a scandal.
5. 02:30
  One Hundred Years of Concrete
  Brazil: How architect Oscar Niemeyer brought his extraordinary building designs to life.
6. 03:00
  Viva Musica Latina
  The roots and future of the tango: 'a vertical expression of a horizontal desire'.
7. 03:30
  The Fisheries Broadcast
  Sean Street looks at a radio programme about fishing that has forged a cultural identity.
8. 04:00
  On the Trail of Butch and Sundance
  Bolivia: John Pilkington reveals the men behind Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.
9. 04:30
  Writing the Century - Omnibus—Trinidad
  Audrey has a few words to say about Amy's attitude to her sister Muriel.
10. 04:45
  Peacefully in their Sleeps—Sister Cecilia of Caracas
  6/6Roydon Postlethwaite remembers the humanitarian peace worker who smoked like a chimney.
11. 05:00
  Desert Island Discs
  Cuba: Carlos Acosta shares musical favourites with Sue Lawley.
12. 05:45
  Musical Migrants—Series 2, Jamaica
  1/5Jamaica: Maureen Sheridan tells the story of moving her young family to the home of reggae
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Man of All Work
  USA: A black man dresses as a maid to find work in 1950s Chicago. With Paterson Joseph.
2. 07:00
  When the Whistle Blows
  Arizona: Can law makers silence freight train horns at Flagstaff's level crossings?
3. 07:15
  Concrete Dreams
  Phoenix: David Aaronovitch checks out some Arizona real estate.
4. 07:30
  Bird Cloud—Episode 1
  1/5USA: Author Annie Proulx plans to build the home of her dreams in remote Wyoming.
5. 07:45
  Bird Cloud—Episode 2
  2/5USA: Annie Proulx hires an architect for her new Wyoming home, and tree planting begins.
6. 08:00
  Here We Come
  John Waite tells the story of The Monkees, the successful 1960s pop group.
7. 08:30
  Knowing Me, Knowing You—Episode 5
  5/6Aha! Alan Partridge is 'Live from Las Vegas' with a glamorous American co-host.
8. 09:00
  A Frontier Family
  Alaska: The Helmericks endured Artic winters, but now Jim and Teena face a greater threat.
9. 09:30
  Twenty Minutes
  Alaska: Kenny Taylor travels the northern world to seek his passion: the Aurora Borealis.
10. 10:00
  Pacific Dreams
  Hawaii exerts a strange hold on Hugh, a young man on a quest for identity.
11. 11:30
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Christmas Special
  Christmas special of the multi-award award-winning comedy panel game chaired by Jack Dee.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Round the Horne—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/16Kenneth Horne meets BBC sound effects men and a pantomime horse in The Clissold Saga.
2. 12:30
  Jim the Great—Pilot
  Back in England's days of feudal fiefdoms, one particular chieftain was very hard up.
3. 13:00
  The Blackburn Files—Series 1, 2. A Case of Parma Violets
  2/5When a woman suspects her husband is having an affair, she calls in Stephen J Blackburn.
4. 13:30
  Agatha Christie—The Dressmaker's Doll
  A creepy doll with a mind of its own causes alarm along London's catwalks.
5. 14:00
  Love for Lydia by HE Bates—6. Recluse
  6/10Richardson tries to cut himself off from everyone, but then he spots a figure he knows.
6. 14:15
  Ambridge Extra—Series 4, Episode 9
  9/20As Donna and Tracy sort out their lives, Joe and Bert sort out the late Bob Pullen's suits
7. 14:30
  Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories—Thora Hird
  1/5Alan Bennett recalls the monologue he wrote for the much-loved actress.
8. 14:45
  Alan Bennett - More Untold Stories—Arise Sir
  2/5The writer on speaking engagements and why he's never appeared in the annual Honours List.
9. 15:00
  Jim Sweeney - My MS and Me
  Actor and writer Jim Sweeney's lively, candid account of living with multiple sclerosis.
10. 16:00
  The 4 O'Clock Show—01/01/2013
  Mel Giedroyc says Happy New Year! Dick and Dom ask 'How Dangerous Is Your Holiday?'.
11. 17:00
  Like They've Never Been Gone—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/6Singers Tommy and Sheila have a supermarket to open, and go silver-surfing.
12. 17:30
  Country Matters—Episode 1
  1/6Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  The Routemasters—1. Taking the Michelangelo
  1/4Bernie catches the wrong bus and ends up in 16th century Rome.
2. 18:30
  Terry Pratchett—Mort, Episode 1
  1/4A teenager is hired as Death's apprentice, and tries to alter the course of history.
3. 19:00
  Round the Horne—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/16Kenneth Horne meets BBC sound effects men and a pantomime horse in The Clissold Saga.
4. 19:30
  Jim the Great—Pilot
  Back in England's days of feudal fiefdoms, one particular chieftain was very hard up.
5. 20:00
  The Blackburn Files—Series 1, 2. A Case of Parma Violets
  2/5When a woman suspects her husband is having an affair, she calls in Stephen J Blackburn.
6. 20:30
  Agatha Christie—The Dressmaker's Doll
  A creepy doll with a mind of its own causes alarm along London's catwalks.
7. 21:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 6, Episode 2
  2/8An extended compilation of the best bits of The News Quiz from 2012, with Sandi Toksvig.
8. 21:45
  The Shuttleworths—Specials, New Year With the Shuttleworths
  John and Mary see the New Year in an inn, and Ken's off to buy a sofa.
9. 22:00
  Bleak Expectations—Series 5, A Loved-Up Life Potentially Totally Annihilated
  6/6Mister Gently Benevolent unveils an advent calendar of evil culminating on Christmas Day.
10. 22:30
  Heresy—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. From May 2008.
11. 23:00
  Dan and Nick: The Wildebeest Years—Pilot: Cold Turkey with Dan and Nick
  1/7Fish Gordon has only 48 hours to save the aquarium. Surreal comedy.
12. 23:30
  The Masterson Inheritance—Series 3, The Pain of the Mastersons
  5/6The family find bohemian inspiration...
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Late
1. 00:00
  The Routemasters—1. Taking the Michelangelo
  1/4Bernie catches the wrong bus and ends up in 16th century Rome.
2. 00:30
  Terry Pratchett—Mort, Episode 1
  1/4A teenager is hired as Death's apprentice, and tries to alter the course of history.
3. 01:00
  The Blackburn Files—Series 1, 2. A Case of Parma Violets
  2/5When a woman suspects her husband is having an affair, she calls in Stephen J Blackburn.
4. 01:30
  Agatha Christie—The Dressmaker's Doll
  A creepy doll with a mind of its own causes alarm along London's catwalks.
5. 02:00
  Heresy—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. From May 2008.
6. 02:30
  All the Young Dudes—Series 2, Still Crazy
  1/6Patrick wonders who Green Day are, and Joe turns into a doting daddy.
7. 03:00
  Jim Sweeney - My MS and Me
  Actor and writer Jim Sweeney's lively, candid account of living with multiple sclerosis.
8. 04:00
  The News Quiz Extra—Series 6, Episode 2
  2/8An extended compilation of the best bits of The News Quiz from 2012, with Sandi Toksvig.
9. 04:45
  The Shuttleworths—Specials, New Year With the Shuttleworths
  John and Mary see the New Year in an inn, and Ken's off to buy a sofa.
10. 05:00
  Like They've Never Been Gone—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/6Singers Tommy and Sheila have a supermarket to open, and go silver-surfing.
11. 05:30
  Country Matters—Episode 1
  1/6Dave and Cathy leave the city for Drayton Warlock's pastoral idyll.

Wednesday 2 January 2013