BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Wednesday 4 November 2026

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Early
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  A Good Read—Alan Titchmarsh and Amanda Owen
  
  Alan Titchmarsh, Amanda Owen and Harriett Gilbert choose favourite books.
2. 00:30
  
  The Goulash Archipelago—2. Carpathian Mountains
  
  2/2 Musicians Zsolt Bende and Arnie Somogyi conclude their music and food odyssey.
3. 01:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 2. Zero Sum
  
  2/5 DS Murray believes she has found the killer but Greg is not convinced.
4. 01:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 2. Contact
  
  2/6 Purbright and Sergeant Love hit the trail of Flaxborough’s missing women.
5. 02:00
  
  Comedy Showcase—Redeeming Brian
  
  Just what is it like to be working in the Department for Political Correctness?
6. 02:30
  
  The Goon Show—Series 5, The Phantom Head Shaver
  
  4/24 As baldness breaks out in Brighton, is there a connection to a glut of cheap tobacco?
7. 03:00
  
  Relativity—Series 1, Episode 4
  
  4/4 Ken is rushed into hospital, and the family battle to get there as fast as possible
8. 03:30
  
  And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger—2. Art, Love and Mortality
  
  2/5 Berger reflects how paintings depict time and how we value the landscape around us.
9. 03:45
  
  For The Love Of Willie—2. Married
  
  2/1 The teenage Peggy dreams of kissing her employer - and meets his wife for the first time.
10. 04:00
  
  Listomania—Series 1, Episode 2
  
  2/6 The panel show that loves lists with Susan Calman.
11. 04:30
  
  Hazelbeach—Series 1, Party
  
  6/6 Ronnie organises a disastrous birthday party and Nick finally finds his father's will.
12. 05:00
  
  Drama on 4—A Fortunate Man by John Berger
  
  A writer follows a doctor going about his work in the mid-1960s Forest of Dean.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 3. Hierarchy of Victims
  
  3/5 Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
2. 06:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 3. Paper Trail
  
  3/6 Clients of the Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under scrutiny.
3. 07:00
  
  After Henry—Series 3, Intellectual Aspirations
  
  5/8 Graduate Julian's brainy parents make Clare feel inadequate.
4. 07:30
  
  The Missing Hancocks—Series 4, The Counterfeiter
  
  6/8 The Lad tries finding Bill a job. But thanks to Sid, all he finds is trouble...
5. 08:00
  
  Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 4, 6. This Old Heart of Mine
  
  6/6 Joanna plans a new way of life.
6. 08:30
  
  And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger—3. Mass Migration and a True Home
  
  3/5 Berger explores the psychic impact of mass migration and the sense of a true home.
7. 08:45
  
  For The Love Of Willie—3. Belief
  
  3/1 Young Peggy begins to believe that her boss will choose her...
8. 09:00
  
  Stand-Up Specials—Glenn Moore's Almanac, Millennium
  
  4/8 A terrible Millennium party makes Glenn have an unexpected change of heart and pyjamas.
9. 09:30
  
  A History of Ghosts—8. The Spiritualists
  
  8/10 Kirsty Logan examines Spiritualism via the life of celebrated medium Florence Cook.
10. 09:45
  
  Daily Service—All Saints/All Souls - Hope
  
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Paul Kerensa.
11. 10:00
  
  Archive on 4—Julian Huxley and the Invention of the Public Scientist
  
  Through the life of Julian Huxley Jim Al-Khalili explores the idea of the public scientist
12. 11:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 3. Hierarchy of Victims
  
  3/5 Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
13. 11:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 3. Paper Trail
  
  3/6 Clients of the Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under scrutiny.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  After Henry—Series 3, Intellectual Aspirations
  
  5/8 Graduate Julian's brainy parents make Clare feel inadequate.
2. 12:30
  
  The Missing Hancocks—Series 4, The Counterfeiter
  
  6/8 The Lad tries finding Bill a job. But thanks to Sid, all he finds is trouble...
3. 13:00
  
  Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 4, 6. This Old Heart of Mine
  
  6/6 Joanna plans a new way of life.
4. 13:30
  
  And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger—3. Mass Migration and a True Home
  
  3/5 Berger explores the psychic impact of mass migration and the sense of a true home.
5. 13:45
  
  For The Love Of Willie—3. Belief
  
  3/1 Young Peggy begins to believe that her boss will choose her...
6. 14:00
  
  Hoax!—From 3/1/1995
  
  Ray Cooney, Peter Jones and Denis Norden tell stories. Who is the liar?
7. 14:30
  
  Gilbert Without Sullivan—Series 2, A Colossal Idea
  
  3/5 A retired grocer heads for Margate to become an author but all is not what it seems.
8. 15:00
  
  Peter Tinniswood—Dorothy, A Manager's Wife
  
  A resentful soccer spouse rants about the game and her football manager husband.
9. 15:45
  
  Lena by Carla Lane
  
  A new friendship makes 60-something Lena wonder if there's more to life.
10. 16:00
  
  Archive on 4—Julian Huxley and the Invention of the Public Scientist
  
  Through the life of Julian Huxley Jim Al-Khalili explores the idea of the public scientist
11. 17:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 3. Hierarchy of Victims
  
  3/5 Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
12. 17:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 3. Paper Trail
  
  3/6 Clients of the Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under scrutiny.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  After Henry—Series 3, Intellectual Aspirations
  
  5/8 Graduate Julian's brainy parents make Clare feel inadequate.
2. 18:30
  
  The Missing Hancocks—Series 4, The Counterfeiter
  
  6/8 The Lad tries finding Bill a job. But thanks to Sid, all he finds is trouble...
3. 19:00
  
  Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 4, 6. This Old Heart of Mine
  
  6/6 Joanna plans a new way of life.
4. 19:30
  
  And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger—3. Mass Migration and a True Home
  
  3/5 Berger explores the psychic impact of mass migration and the sense of a true home.
5. 19:45
  
  For The Love Of Willie—3. Belief
  
  3/1 Young Peggy begins to believe that her boss will choose her...
6. 20:00
  
  Hoax!—From 3/1/1995
  
  Ray Cooney, Peter Jones and Denis Norden tell stories. Who is the liar?
7. 20:30
  
  Gilbert Without Sullivan—Series 2, A Colossal Idea
  
  3/5 A retired grocer heads for Margate to become an author but all is not what it seems.
8. 21:00
  
  Peter Tinniswood—Dorothy, A Manager's Wife
  
  A resentful soccer spouse rants about the game and her football manager husband.
9. 21:45
  
  Lena by Carla Lane
  
  A new friendship makes 60-something Lena wonder if there's more to life.
10. 22:00
  
  Stand-Up Specials—Glenn Moore's Almanac, Millennium
  
  4/8 A terrible Millennium party makes Glenn have an unexpected change of heart and pyjamas.
11. 22:30
  
  The Iguanodon—Away and Slightly to the Left
  
  1/3 Marooned in a lighthouse, Sam finds his troubles just starting.
12. 22:55
  
  The Comedy Club Interviews—Darryl J Carrington 1/3
  
  Tonight, Iain Lee chats with the juggler, clown, and comedy performer Darryl J Carrington.
13. 23:00
  
  Mark Thomas: The Manifesto—Series 4, 3. London
  
  3/4 Comedian Mark Thomas and his studio audience consider proposals for a People's Manifesto.
14. 23:30
  
  Twenty Players—Series 1, Gertrude Trelawny Ferris
  
  4/6 Gerald Sinstadt tells the story of the sporting all-rounder Gertrude Trelawny Ferris.
15. 23:45
  
  Ivor Cutler - Cutler the Lax—Episode 1
  
  1/3 The surrealist has disappointment for cavemen and a cheap alternative to liquor.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  Archive on 4—Julian Huxley and the Invention of the Public Scientist
  
  Through the life of Julian Huxley Jim Al-Khalili explores the idea of the public scientist
2. 01:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 3. Hierarchy of Victims
  
  3/5 Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
3. 01:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 3. Paper Trail
  
  3/6 Clients of the Handclasp Marriage Bureau come under scrutiny.
4. 02:00
  
  After Henry—Series 3, Intellectual Aspirations
  
  5/8 Graduate Julian's brainy parents make Clare feel inadequate.
5. 02:30
  
  The Missing Hancocks—Series 4, The Counterfeiter
  
  6/8 The Lad tries finding Bill a job. But thanks to Sid, all he finds is trouble...
6. 03:00
  
  Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 4, 6. This Old Heart of Mine
  
  6/6 Joanna plans a new way of life.
7. 03:30
  
  And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger—3. Mass Migration and a True Home
  
  3/5 Berger explores the psychic impact of mass migration and the sense of a true home.
8. 03:45
  
  For The Love Of Willie—3. Belief
  
  3/1 Young Peggy begins to believe that her boss will choose her...
9. 04:00
  
  Hoax!—From 3/1/1995
  
  Ray Cooney, Peter Jones and Denis Norden tell stories. Who is the liar?
10. 04:30
  
  Gilbert Without Sullivan—Series 2, A Colossal Idea
  
  3/5 A retired grocer heads for Margate to become an author but all is not what it seems.
11. 05:00
  
  Peter Tinniswood—Dorothy, A Manager's Wife
  
  A resentful soccer spouse rants about the game and her football manager husband.
12. 05:45
  
  Lena by Carla Lane
  
  A new friendship makes 60-something Lena wonder if there's more to life.

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