{"end_date": "2026-07-21", "name": "BBC R4 Ex", "info_url": "https://epg.pw/channels/12102/20260719.html", "country": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland", "description": null, "error_message": "", "provider": "SkyTV", "source_url": "https://epg.pw/api/epg.json?channel_id=12102&date=20260719&timezone=None", "epg_list": [{"desc": "4 Extra Debut. Bill and John's life-long friendship is as twisted as it ever was. But it won't last. Stars Gordon Reid.", "start_date": "2026-07-19T00:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Best of Friends"}, {"desc": "...Old Idea by Nao\u00edse Mac Sweeney (Omnibus). 4 Extra Debut. Naoise Mac Sweeney explores the lives of historical figures, interrogating ideas of the origins of 'the West'. Read by Nina Sosanya.", "start_date": "2026-07-19T01:30:00+00:00", "title": "The West: A New History Of An..."}, {"desc": "6/6. Would an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's letters make for a thrilling one-man show? Stars Nigel Planer. 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From 1990.", "start_date": "2026-07-19T05:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Million Pound Radio Show: World Cup Special"}, {"desc": "2/4. Tim Key broadcasts live from Rome, where he's shooting a film with the legendary Sir Hayden Higgins. With Katy Wix. From 2020.", "start_date": "2026-07-19T05:30:00+00:00", "title": "Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Programme"}, {"desc": "2/6. With his dad advocating drastic 'rationalising', Tom realises it might be time he had a clear-out. With Paul Copley. From 2015.", "start_date": "2026-07-19T06:00:00+00:00", "title": "Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang Ups"}, {"desc": "2/8. Anna Daptor presents her very personal guide to staying fit and healthy. Stars Helen Atkinson-Wood and Angus Deayton. From 1986.", "start_date": "2026-07-19T06:30:00+00:00", "title": "Radio Active"}, {"desc": "Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision as civil servant Golyadkin's life is slowly stolen by a doppelganger. 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From 2001.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T05:00:00+00:00", "title": "Revolting People"}, {"desc": "3/6. Alexei Sayle journeys from Bristol to Penzance, breaking a golden rule by talking to his fellow passengers. From 2022.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T05:30:00+00:00", "title": "Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train"}, {"desc": "1/6. Damien hits trouble editing a food supplement, while, Anthony starts a business. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2015.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T06:00:00+00:00", "title": "In and out of the Kitchen"}, {"desc": "3/6. Editor Oliver wants Terry from Tottenham, as 'street boy' Freddy chases a Treasury scoop. Stars Robert Lindsay. From 2009.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T06:30:00+00:00", "title": "Electric Ink"}, {"desc": "In the year 2020, the bees are nearly all gone. Human beings might be next. Stars Alice Lowe and Stuart McLoughlin.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T07:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Bee Maker"}, {"desc": "1/3. Mel makes a new friend and learns about different types of ghosts. Then the theories are tested out. Read by Tracy-Ann Oberman.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T07:45:00+00:00", "title": "Summer Ghosts"}, {"desc": "4 Extra Debut. From Hubert Parry to Sting. Olympic Gold rower Matthew Pinsent shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley. From 2004.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T08:00:00+00:00", "title": "Desert Island Discs Revisited - Matthew Pinsent"}, {"desc": "David Attenborough explores the world of the cuckoo and how they smuggle their eggs into the nests of other species. From 2011.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T08:45:00+00:00", "title": "David Attenborough's Life Stories - Cuckoo"}, {"desc": "Daljit Nagra chooses The Progresse of the Soule by John Donne plus poets Jennings, Joseph and Muir. From 1990 and 2016.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T09:00:00+00:00", "title": "Poetry Extra - Jennings, Donne, Joseph and Muir"}, {"desc": "...Skoda-powered Cricket Tour (Omnibus). Inspired after an encounter with a psychic, Angus Bell begins his cricket trip with a game played on ice. Read by Robert Laing.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T09:30:00+00:00", "title": "Batting on the Bosphorus: A..."}, {"desc": "In 1966 England won the football World Cup. But would there be a trophy to collect? Simon Watts investigates the story.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T10:40:00+00:00", "title": "Witness History - Pickles and the stolen World Cup"}, {"desc": "1/2. 1950s Llantwit-on-Sea: Recently widowed Eirlys Richards welcomes a new guest at her lively boarding house. Stars Nerys Hughes.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T10:50:00+00:00", "title": "Promenade Rock (Omnibus)"}, {"desc": "4/8. Is it wedding bells for caretaker Ramsay in a quest to keep his job? Stars Roy Dotrice and Patricia Hayes. From 1982.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T12:00:00+00:00", "title": "Know Your Place"}, {"desc": "Trouble at Prufrock's matrimonial agency and Ethel wants a sweet shop in 'The Glums'. Stars Jimmy Edwards. From 1955.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T12:30:00+00:00", "title": "Take It From Here"}, {"desc": "1/5. A princess recruits champion jockey Kit Fielding to fend off her dangerous cousin. Stars Sian Phillips and Eric Allan.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T13:00:00+00:00", "title": "Bolt"}, {"desc": "1/6. Budget cuts spark conflict in  a Cambridge college and Gilbert's plotting. Mark Tavener's comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T13:30:00+00:00", "title": "High Table, Lower Orders"}, {"desc": "1/4. With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven finds himself unexpectedly promoted. Stars Richard Bean. From 1997.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T14:00:00+00:00", "title": "Control Group Six"}, {"desc": "10/26. Walmington's warm welcome for American troops backfires. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe and Mollie Sugden. From 1976.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T14:30:00+00:00", "title": "Dad's Army"}, {"desc": "4/4. Sir Lucien's team must design, build and sell homes on Hackney Marshes. What can go wrong? Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From 2015.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T15:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Architects"}, {"desc": "1/5. 4 Extra Debut. In 1890, William Guest dreams it is the 2000s, and England has left the misery of industrialisation behind. Read by David Burke.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T15:30:00+00:00", "title": "News from Nowhere"}, {"desc": "6/10. Young Joyce auditions for Professor Broadbent's Punch and Judy show, with disastrous results. Stars Nerys Hughes.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T15:45:00+00:00", "title": "Promenade Rock"}, {"desc": "6/6. Jack Dee returns to Leeds with panellists Joe Lycett, Pippa Evans, Miles Jupp and Ian Smith for the final episode in series 85.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T16:00:00+00:00", "title": "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue"}, {"desc": "1/5. 4 Extra Debut. Chris Baines looks at why suburban gardens can be the perfect habitat for hedgehogs. From 2001.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T16:30:00+00:00", "title": "Wild in the Garden"}, {"desc": "Christian reflection and music with Daisy Andoh Cunnell of Edinburgh University's School of Divinity.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T16:45:00+00:00", "title": "Daily Service"}, {"desc": "Film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist Bryan Forbes talks to Robin Ray about the music that moves him. From 1991.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T17:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Tingle Factor - Bryan Forbes"}, {"desc": "Comic actor Bill Pertwee recalls the early days of his career, including Round the Horne and Dad's Army. From 1999.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T17:30:00+00:00", "title": "That Reminds Me - Bill Pertwee"}, {"desc": "1/5. A princess recruits champion jockey Kit Fielding to fend off her dangerous cousin. Stars Sian Phillips and Eric Allan.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T18:00:00+00:00", "title": "Bolt"}, {"desc": "1/6. Budget cuts spark conflict in  a Cambridge college and Gilbert's plotting. Mark Tavener's comic thriller with Geoffrey Palmer.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T18:30:00+00:00", "title": "High Table, Lower Orders"}, {"desc": "1/4. With President Frank dead and the chippy wrecked, Dr Heaven finds himself unexpectedly promoted. Stars Richard Bean. From 1997.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T19:00:00+00:00", "title": "Control Group Six"}, {"desc": "10/26. Walmington's warm welcome for American troops backfires. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe and Mollie Sugden. From 1976.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T19:30:00+00:00", "title": "Dad's Army"}, {"desc": "4/4. Sir Lucien's team must design, build and sell homes on Hackney Marshes. What can go wrong? Stars Geoffrey Whitehead. From 2015.", "start_date": "2026-07-20T20:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Architects"}, {"desc": "1/5. 4 Extra Debut. In 1890, William Guest dreams it is the 2000s, and England has left the misery of industrialisation behind. 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