BBC Radio 4 Extra Schedule Monday 20 July 2026

Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  
  The Bee Maker by Anita Sullivan
  
  In the year 2020 the bees are nearly all gone. And human beings might be next.
2. 00:45
  
  Summer Ghosts—All the Dead Mothers of My Daughter's Friends by Sophie Hannah
  
  1/3 Mel makes a new friend and learns about different types of ghosts.
3. 01:00
  
  Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nautical Castaways, Matthew Pinsent
  
  Olympic Gold rower Matthew Pinsent is castaway by Sue Lawley.
4. 01:45
  
  David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cuckoo
  
  David Attenborough tells us how cuckoos get their eggs into the nests of other species.
5. 02:00
  
  Poetry Extra—Elizabeth Jennings, John Donne, Jenny Joseph and Edwin Muir
  
  Daljit Nagra chooses poets Donne, Jennings, Joseph and Muir from the BBC's poetry archive.
6. 02:30
  
  Batting on the Bosphorus: A Skoda-powered Cricket Tour Through Eastern Europe by Angus Bell (Omnibus)
  
  Scottish sports writer Angus Bell begins his tour with a cricket match on ice.
7. 03:40
  
  Witness History—Pickles and the Stolen World Cup
  
  In 1966 England won the football World Cup. But would there be a trophy to collect?
8. 03:50
  
  Promenade Rock by Christopher Denys (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  
  1/2 1950s Llantwit-on-Sea is enjoying a boom. Starring Nerys Hughes.
9. 05:00
  
  Know Your Place—Marriage of Convenience
  
  4/8 Is it really wedding bells for caretaker Ramsay?
10. 05:30
  
  Take It From Here—From 18/10/1955
  
  Trouble at Prufrock's matrimonial agency!
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Morning
1. 06:00
  
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces
  
  1/5 Jockey Kit Fielding is recruited to fend off the dangerous cousin of a princess.
2. 06:30
  
  High Table, Lower Orders—Series 2, 1. Cuts
  
  1/6 Budget cuts spark conflict in a Cambridge college and Gilbert's plotting.
3. 07:00
  
  Control Group Six—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/4 With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven gets promotion.
4. 07:30
  
  Dad's Army—Series 3, My British Buddy
  
  10/26 Walmington's warm welcome for American troops backfires.
5. 08:00
  
  The Architects—Series 2, D.I.Y.
  
  4/4 Sir Lucien Decides to go into house building.
6. 08:30
  
  News from Nowhere by William Morris—1. A New Dawn
  
  1/5 From 1890, a Utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind.
7. 08:45
  
  Promenade Rock by Christopher Denys—6. The Punch and Judy Man
  
  6/10 Joyce auditions with disastrous consequences!
8. 09:00
  
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 85, 6. Yorkshire Sayings
  
  6/6 Joe Lycett, Pippa Evans, Miles Jupp and Ian Smith return to Leeds.
9. 09:30
  
  Wild in the Garden—A Glade in the Urban Forest
  
  1/5 How gardeners are recreating natural habitats for wildlife in their domestic gardens.
10. 09:45
  
  Daily Service—Beatitudes: Blessed are the poor in spirit
  
  Christian worship with Daisy Andoh Cunnell of Edinburgh University’s School of Divinity.
11. 10:00
  
  The Tingle Factor—Bryan Forbes
  
  Film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist Bryan Forbes talks to Robin Ray.
12. 10:30
  
  That Reminds Me—Series 1, Bill Pertwee
  
  The comic actor shares memories of Round the Horne and Dad's Army.
13. 11:00
  
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces
  
  1/5 Jockey Kit Fielding is recruited to fend off the dangerous cousin of a princess.
14. 11:30
  
  High Table, Lower Orders—Series 2, 1. Cuts
  
  1/6 Budget cuts spark conflict in a Cambridge college and Gilbert's plotting.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  
  Control Group Six—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/4 With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven gets promotion.
2. 12:30
  
  Dad's Army—Series 3, My British Buddy
  
  10/26 Walmington's warm welcome for American troops backfires.
3. 13:00
  
  The Architects—Series 2, D.I.Y.
  
  4/4 Sir Lucien Decides to go into house building.
4. 13:30
  
  News from Nowhere by William Morris—1. A New Dawn
  
  1/5 From 1890, a Utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind.
5. 13:45
  
  Promenade Rock by Christopher Denys—6. The Punch and Judy Man
  
  6/10 Joyce auditions with disastrous consequences!
6. 14:00
  
  Wordaholics—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/6 Milton Jones, Susie Dent, Alun Cochrane and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.
7. 14:30
  
  A Whole 'Nother Story—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/6 Will Pete and Cassie's friendship survive new romantic interests?
8. 15:00
  
  Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery—1. Anne with an ‘E’
  
  1/5 An unexpected arrival in Avonlea.
9. 15:30
  
  Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym—2. Tea
  
  2/6 Belinda loves the married Archdeacon and Harriet loves Mr Donne. Life in the parish.
10. 16:00
  
  The Tingle Factor—Bryan Forbes
  
  Film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist Bryan Forbes talks to Robin Ray.
11. 16:30
  
  That Reminds Me—Series 1, Bill Pertwee
  
  The comic actor shares memories of Round the Horne and Dad's Army.
12. 17:00
  
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces
  
  1/5 Jockey Kit Fielding is recruited to fend off the dangerous cousin of a princess.
13. 17:30
  
  High Table, Lower Orders—Series 2, 1. Cuts
  
  1/6 Budget cuts spark conflict in a Cambridge college and Gilbert's plotting.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  
  Control Group Six—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/4 With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven gets promotion.
2. 18:30
  
  Dad's Army—Series 3, My British Buddy
  
  10/26 Walmington's warm welcome for American troops backfires.
3. 19:00
  
  The Architects—Series 2, D.I.Y.
  
  4/4 Sir Lucien Decides to go into house building.
4. 19:30
  
  News from Nowhere by William Morris—1. A New Dawn
  
  1/5 From 1890, a Utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind.
5. 19:45
  
  Promenade Rock by Christopher Denys—6. The Punch and Judy Man
  
  6/10 Joyce auditions with disastrous consequences!
6. 20:00
  
  Wordaholics—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/6 Milton Jones, Susie Dent, Alun Cochrane and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.
7. 20:30
  
  A Whole 'Nother Story—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/6 Will Pete and Cassie's friendship survive new romantic interests?
8. 21:00
  
  Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery—1. Anne with an ‘E’
  
  1/5 An unexpected arrival in Avonlea.
9. 21:30
  
  Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym—2. Tea
  
  2/6 Belinda loves the married Archdeacon and Harriet loves Mr Donne. Life in the parish.
10. 22:00
  
  I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 85, 6. Yorkshire Sayings
  
  6/6 Joe Lycett, Pippa Evans, Miles Jupp and Ian Smith return to Leeds.
11. 22:30
  
  Listen Against—Series 4, Episode 2
  
  2/4 Looking back at a week's worth of broadcasting... that never happened.
12. 22:55
  
  The Comedy Club Interviews—David Arnold 1/4
  
  Paul Garner chats to composer David Arnold about his comedy credentials.
13. 23:00
  
  Dead Ringers—Series 27, England out, Starmer out, School's out
  
  6/6 The Dead Ringers team train their vocal firepower on the week’s news.
14. 23:30
  
  The Museum of Everything—Series 3, The Expo
  
  5/6 Marvel at the meerkats... and one man must face 'The Curator'.
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Late
1. 00:00
  
  The Tingle Factor—Bryan Forbes
  
  Film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist Bryan Forbes talks to Robin Ray.
2. 00:30
  
  That Reminds Me—Series 1, Bill Pertwee
  
  The comic actor shares memories of Round the Horne and Dad's Army.
3. 01:00
  
  Dick Francis—Bolt, 1. Threats and Menaces
  
  1/5 Jockey Kit Fielding is recruited to fend off the dangerous cousin of a princess.
4. 01:30
  
  High Table, Lower Orders—Series 2, 1. Cuts
  
  1/6 Budget cuts spark conflict in a Cambridge college and Gilbert's plotting.
5. 02:00
  
  Control Group Six—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/4 With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven gets promotion.
6. 02:30
  
  Dad's Army—Series 3, My British Buddy
  
  10/26 Walmington's warm welcome for American troops backfires.
7. 03:00
  
  The Architects—Series 2, D.I.Y.
  
  4/4 Sir Lucien Decides to go into house building.
8. 03:30
  
  News from Nowhere by William Morris—1. A New Dawn
  
  1/5 From 1890, a Utopian vision of a future England which had left industrialisation behind.
9. 03:45
  
  Promenade Rock by Christopher Denys—6. The Punch and Judy Man
  
  6/10 Joyce auditions with disastrous consequences!
10. 04:00
  
  Wordaholics—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/6 Milton Jones, Susie Dent, Alun Cochrane and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.
11. 04:30
  
  A Whole 'Nother Story—Series 2, Episode 1
  
  1/6 Will Pete and Cassie's friendship survive new romantic interests?
12. 05:00
  
  Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery—1. Anne with an ‘E’
  
  1/5 An unexpected arrival in Avonlea.
13. 05:30
  
  Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym—2. Tea
  
  2/6 Belinda loves the married Archdeacon and Harriet loves Mr Donne. Life in the parish.

Tuesday 21 July 2026