BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Tuesday 3 November 2026

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  Fame in the Family—Li-Da Kruger
  
  Li-Da Kruger talks to Penny Junor about life as the daughter of Prue Leith.
2. 00:30
  
  The Goulash Archipelago—1. Transylvania
  
  1/2 Two musicians travel through the Carpathian mountains, playing music in exchange for food.
3. 01:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 1. Number Stations
  
  1/5 A new voice is added to the Dead Hand code. Has the killer returned?
4. 01:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 1. Parallels
  
  1/6 Unmarried women are disappearing in the sleepy East Anglian town of Flaxborough.
5. 02:00
  
  Listen to Les—From 28/12/1980
  
  Les Dawson welcomes saucy Cosmo Smallpiece and bashes out a classic piano sing-along.
6. 02:30
  
  Dad's Army—Series 3, Is There Honey Still for Tea?
  
  25/26 Godfrey's idyllic cottage is threatened with demolition.
7. 03:00
  
  Cleaning Up—1. New Recruit
  
  1/4 Cleaners set to work in night-time Manchester. Sitcom starring Julie Hesmondhalgh
8. 03:30
  
  And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos by John Berger—1. Mountains
  
  1/5 Simon McBurney and Harriet Walter read late art critic John Berger's most personal book.
9. 03:45
  
  For The Love Of Willie—1. Dreaming
  
  1/1 Scotland during the Second World War. Young Peggy falls in love with her employer...
10. 04:00
  
  Just a Minute—Series 64, Episode 1
  
  1/16 Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and Graham Norton
11. 04:30
  
  A Whole 'Nother Story—Series 3, Girls and Boys
  
  3/6 Pete has found out about PJ. He is unhappy, so are Cassie and Bill.
12. 05:00
  
  Death and the Magician by Raymund FitzSimons
  
  How will Harry Houdini's relentless investigation of psychic claims end?
13. 05:45
  
  Simon McBurney on "And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos"
  
  Simon McBurney on John Berger's book 'And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos'.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 2. Zero Sum
  
  2/5 DS Murray believes she has found the killer but Greg is not convinced.
2. 06:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 2. Contact
  
  2/6 Purbright and Sergeant Love hit the trail of Flaxborough’s missing women.
3. 07:00
  
  Comedy Showcase—Redeeming Brian
  
  Just what is it like to be working in the Department for Political Correctness?
4. 07:30
  
  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?
5. 08:00
  
  Relativity—Series 1, Episode 4
  
  4/4 Ken is rushed into hospital, and the family battle to get there as fast as possible
6. 08:30
  
  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.
7. 08:45
  
  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.
8. 09:00
  
  Heresy—Series 13, Episode 3
  
  3/6 Discussion programme which challenges established ideas and questions received wisdom.
9. 09:30
  
  A History of Ghosts—7. The Tell-Tale Ghost
  
  7/10 Kirsty Logan tells the story of the only known case in which a ghost convicted a murderer.
10. 09:45
  
  Daily Service—All Saints/All Souls - Grief
  
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Georgia Clarke.
11. 10:00
  
  A Good Read—Alan Titchmarsh and Amanda Owen
  
  Alan Titchmarsh, Amanda Owen and Harriett Gilbert choose favourite books.
12. 10:30
  
  The Goulash Archipelago—2. Carpathian Mountains
  
  2/2 Musicians Zsolt Bende and Arnie Somogyi conclude their music and food odyssey.
13. 11:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 2. Zero Sum
  
  2/5 DS Murray believes she has found the killer but Greg is not convinced.
14. 11:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 2. Contact
  
  2/6 Purbright and Sergeant Love hit the trail of Flaxborough’s missing women.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  Comedy Showcase—Redeeming Brian
  
  Just what is it like to be working in the Department for Political Correctness?
2. 12:30
  
  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?
3. 13:00
  
  Relativity—Series 1, Episode 4
  
  4/4 Ken is rushed into hospital, and the family battle to get there as fast as possible
4. 13:30
  
  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.
5. 13:45
  
  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.
6. 14:00
  
  Listomania—Series 1, Episode 2
  
  2/6 The panel show that loves lists with Susan Calman.
7. 14:30
  
  Hazelbeach—Series 1, Party
  
  6/6 Ronnie organises a disastrous birthday party and Nick finally finds his father's will.
8. 15:00
  
  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.
9. 16:00
  
  A Good Read—Alan Titchmarsh and Amanda Owen
  
  Alan Titchmarsh, Amanda Owen and Harriett Gilbert choose favourite books.
10. 16:30
  
  The Goulash Archipelago—2. Carpathian Mountains
  
  2/2 Musicians Zsolt Bende and Arnie Somogyi conclude their music and food odyssey.
11. 17:00
  
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 2. Zero Sum
  
  2/5 DS Murray believes she has found the killer but Greg is not convinced.
12. 17:30
  
  Whodunnits—Inspector Purbright - Lonelyheart 4122, 2. Contact
  
  2/6 Purbright and Sergeant Love hit the trail of Flaxborough’s missing women.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Comedy Showcase—Redeeming Brian
  
  Just what is it like to be working in the Department for Political Correctness?
2. 18:30
  
  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?
3. 19:00
  
  Relativity—Series 1, Episode 4
  
  4/4 Ken is rushed into hospital, and the family battle to get there as fast as possible
4. 19:30
  
  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.
5. 19:45
  
  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.
6. 20:00
  
  Listomania—Series 1, Episode 2
  
  2/6 The panel show that loves lists with Susan Calman.
7. 20:30
  
  Hazelbeach—Series 1, Party
  
  6/6 Ronnie organises a disastrous birthday party and Nick finally finds his father's will.
8. 21:00
  
  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.
9. 22:00
  
  Heresy—Series 13, Episode 3
  
  3/6 Discussion programme which challenges established ideas and questions received wisdom.
10. 22:30
  
  Linda Smith's A Brief History of Timewasting—Series 1, 2. East End Mafia
  
  2/6 Linda gets a neighbour's Jack the Ripper letters valued, and falls foul of the mafia.
11. 23:00
  
  Helen Keen's It Is Rocket Science—Series 2, Episode 4
  
  4/4 What could we do if a giant asteroid were heading straight for us?
12. 23:15
  
  Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair—Series 2, Waiting For Billy
  
  6/6 Anita Dobson plays a rock star's wife with a deeply buried secret.
13. 23:30
  
  The In Crowd—Series 4, Episode 5
  
  5/6 Unsympathetic beauty therapy and renting videos. Manchester sketch show.
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Late
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.

Wednesday 4 November 2026