Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Franz Kafka - Metamorphosis—Episode 2
2/4 Gregor is adapting to his new insect form, but his family find it harder to accept.
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00:30
William Gibson - Burning Chrome—Episode 2
2/2 Bobby Quine and Automatic Jack set up the cyberspace burn on the House of Blue Lights.
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01:00
Archive on 4—Riding Into Town
Samira Ahmed considers the British relationship with the western.
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02:00
The Book of Strange New Things—Episode 1
1/2 Devoted husband Peter faces the mission of a lifetime, galaxies away from his wife.
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03:15
Dickens Confidential—Series 2, Dickens and Dizzy
3/6 Charles Dickens meets Benjamin Disraeli, but what is the young politician's secret?
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04:00
Oscar Wilde—A Woman of No Importance
At a country house party, Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret comes back to haunt her.
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05:30
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 6, Calendar Boys
2/6 Arthur comes up with a brilliant idea to help raise funds for the local church hall.
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Morning
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06:00
The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus—1668
9/10 Sam does some great work for the Navy, but ends the year in disgrace.
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07:15
Student Bibles—Argonauts of the Western Pacific
3/5 Philippa Budgen uncovers the unusual story behind the trailblazing anthropology study.
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07:30
Polyoaks—Series 1, Episode 3
3/4 Dr Hugh is worried that Dr Roy has overlooked a possible communicable disease.
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08:00
Floggit's—From 02/11/1956
Village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy get set for Bonfire Night.
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08:30
Stop Messing About!—Series 1, Episode 8
8/13 The Kenneth Williams admiration club is set to meet, and it's murder in San Francisco.
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09:00
Saturday Drama—Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
In Alderley Edge, local legend tells of sleeping knights ready to awake to save the world.
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10:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Sir Aaron Klug
From Mozart to Elgar, the Nobel Prize winning scientist shares his castaway choices.
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10:45
Three Country Stories by HE Bates—Series 1, 3. The Maker of Coffins
3/3 Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes to play for his mother.
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11:00
Garrison Keillor's Radio Show—Series 7, Episode 14
14/32 From Minnesota, the American funny man presents the VocalEssence ensemble.
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Afternoon
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12:00
The Diary of Samuel Pepys Omnibus—1668
9/10 Sam does some great work for the Navy, but ends the year in disgrace.
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13:15
Student Bibles—Argonauts of the Western Pacific
3/5 Philippa Budgen uncovers the unusual story behind the trailblazing anthropology study.
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13:30
Goethe - Faust—Episode 2
2/3 Will Faust's pact with the Devil for knowledge be worth the price he must pay?
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15:00
Floggit's—From 02/11/1956
Village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy get set for Bonfire Night.
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15:30
Stop Messing About!—Series 1, Episode 8
8/13 The Kenneth Williams admiration club is set to meet, and it's murder in San Francisco.
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16:00
Mel's Mix: The Best of The 4 O'Clock Show—Quentin Blake, Darcey Bussell and chocolate factories
Mel Giedroyc picks her highlights from the past week on the 4 O'Clock Show.
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17:00
Saturday Drama—Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
In Alderley Edge, local legend tells of sleeping knights ready to awake to save the world.
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Evening
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18:00
Doctor Who—Relative Dimensions
The Time Lord invites his granddaughter and great-grandson to Christmas dinner.
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19:00
Goethe - Faust—Episode 3
3/3 Will Faust's pact with the Devil for knowledge be worth the price he must pay?
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21:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Sir Aaron Klug
From Mozart to Elgar, the Nobel Prize winning scientist shares his castaway choices.
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21:45
Three Country Stories by HE Bates—Series 1, 3. The Maker of Coffins
3/3 Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes to play for his mother.
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22:00
Polyoaks—Series 1, Episode 3
3/4 Dr Hugh is worried that Dr Roy has overlooked a possible communicable disease.
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22:30
Shedtown—Series 1, Foundations
2/4 Colin is all at sea as the foundations of Jimmy's dream take shape on the beach.
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23:00
Newsjack—Series 11, Episode 3
3/6 The week's stories cobbled together - uninformed, up to the minute, down to the dregs.
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23:30
The Wilson Dixon Line—Sweet Home Colorado
2/4 The country music legend's revelations about his so-called dysfunctional family.
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Late
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00:00
Doctor Who—Relative Dimensions
The Time Lord invites his granddaughter and great-grandson to Christmas dinner.
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01:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Sir Aaron Klug
From Mozart to Elgar, the Nobel Prize winning scientist shares his castaway choices.
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01:45
Three Country Stories by HE Bates—Series 1, 3. The Maker of Coffins
3/3 Every Sunday an awkward, fiddle-playing coffin-maker comes to play for his mother.
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02:00
Floggit's—From 02/11/1956
Village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy get set for Bonfire Night.
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02:30
Stop Messing About!—Series 1, Episode 8
8/13 The Kenneth Williams admiration club is set to meet, and it's murder in San Francisco.
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03:00
Polyoaks—Series 1, Episode 3
3/4 Dr Hugh is worried that Dr Roy has overlooked a possible communicable disease.
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03:30
Goethe - Faust—Episode 2
2/3 Will Faust's pact with the Devil for knowledge be worth the price he must pay?
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05:00
Saturday Drama—Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
In Alderley Edge, local legend tells of sleeping knights ready to awake to save the world.
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