Schedule
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Early
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00:00
15 Minute Drama—Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 3
3/5 As Jay's hold on her gets stronger, will anyone be able to help Holly?
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00:15
Cosmic Quest—A Violent Universe
23/30 Heather Couper looks at the discovery of quasars - huge black holes a long way from Earth.
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00:30
Book at Bedtime—A Perpetual Love Affair, Byron in Venice
1/3 Mark Meadows reads from a selection of Byron's letters from Venice.
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00:45
Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 3
3/5 Samuel Baker and his mistress Florence go in search of Lake Albert.
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01:00
So Wrong It's Right—Series 2, Episode 3
3/6 Charlie Brooker hosts the comedy panel show that revels in glorious failure.
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01:30
Off the Page—Idealism
Matthew Parris with writers Peter Flannery, Mimi Khalvati and Jemma Kennedy.
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02:00
Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 3. Mr Oliver
3/6 Probing the general's last movements, Lord Peter Wimsey seeks out his grandson.
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02:30
Macavity's Not There: TS Eliot in the 21st Century
Michael Alexander on the place of TS Eliot, and poetry in general, in national culture.
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03:00
Leslie Charteris - The Saint—3. The Saint Plays With Fire
3/3 Simon Templar uncovers a fascist conspiracy to seize power in France.
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04:00
Ghost Stories of E Nesbit—The Violet Car
3/5 A nurse is summoned to help with an unusual case, and finds a couple slowly going mad.
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04:15
Benjamin Zephaniah - Listen to Your Parents
Benjamin Zephaniah's drama portrays domestic violence through the eyes of a boy.
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05:00
Flying the Flag—Series 1, Favours
1/6 A broken typewriter causes chaos. Eastern bloc embassy sitcom starring Dinsdale Landen.
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05:30
Believe It!—Series 2, Victor
1/4 Richard Wilson charts the extraordinary effect Victor Meldrew has had on his life.
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Morning
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06:00
Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 4. Exhumation
4/6 Lord Peter Wimsey awaits the doctor's verdict and there's a revelation at a party.
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06:30
I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
What is the truth behind the mermaid story? Janet Ellis investigates.
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07:00
The Pickerskill Reports—Series 2, Paul Whitney Beauchamp
1/4 Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a bullied day boy and his mother. Stars Ian McDiarmid.
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07:30
Brian Gulliver's Travels—Series 2, Gravinia and Plumpf
3/6 Brian relives his adventures in a land where the military are revered above everything.
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08:00
Brothers in Law—Series 1, Counsel's Opinion
5/13 Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby stop a leak of confidential information?
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08:30
Not in Front of the Children—Series 1, Survival
3/13 A spate of pet deaths causes consternation for the Corner family.
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09:00
The Personality Test—Series 3, Eve Pollard
6/6 All about Eve - ex-newspaper editor Eve Pollard tests a panel about herself.
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09:30
House on Fire—Series 2, Quarantine
3/6 Matt's parents decide to go on a world tour just as he contracts horrible flu.
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10:00
Nan Woodhouse—Judith Shakespeare
Shakespeare's younger daughter is a loner, yearning to be a part of her father's life.
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11:00
Ghost Stories of E Nesbit—Man-Size in Marble
4/5 Newlyweds find their dream cottage, but the previous evil owners threaten to return.
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11:15
Drama on 4—Ben Lewis - Tiny
A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes a good-news internet phenomenon.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Brothers in Law—Series 1, Counsel's Opinion
5/13 Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby stop a leak of confidential information?
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12:30
Not in Front of the Children—Series 1, Survival
3/13 A spate of pet deaths causes consternation for the Corner family.
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13:00
Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 4. Exhumation
4/6 Lord Peter Wimsey awaits the doctor's verdict and there's a revelation at a party.
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13:30
I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
What is the truth behind the mermaid story? Janet Ellis investigates.
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14:00
15 Minute Drama—Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 4
4/5 As the pressure on Holly escalates, she tries to stand up to Jay.
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14:15
Cosmic Quest—The Dark Side of the Cosmos
24/30 Heather Couper looks at the search for dark matter. What we see is only a fraction of it.
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14:30
Book at Bedtime—A Perpetual Love Affair, Henry James' Venice
2/3 Selina Cadell reads from a selection of Henry James' writing about Venice.
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14:45
Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 4
4/5 David Livingstone aims to solve the mystery of the Nile's source once and for all.
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15:00
Nan Woodhouse—Judith Shakespeare
Shakespeare's younger daughter is a loner, yearning to be a part of her father's life.
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16:00
The 4 O'Clock Show—Jamie Oliver, Beekeeping and the Blind Stuntman
Mel Giedroyc hears about the joy of beekeeping.
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17:00
No Commitments—Series 4, Faith, Hope and Very Little Charity
3/6 Charlotte and Emily find religion, but Victoria loses her patience.
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17:30
The Pickerskill Reports—Series 2, Paul Whitney Beauchamp
1/4 Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a bullied day boy and his mother. Stars Ian McDiarmid.
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Evening
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18:00
The Personality Test—Series 3, Eve Pollard
6/6 All about Eve - ex-newspaper editor Eve Pollard tests a panel about herself.
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18:30
Great Lives—Sarah Bernhardt
Comedienne Jenny Eclair chooses one of the first acting superstars, Sarah Bernhardt.
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19:00
Brothers in Law—Series 1, Counsel's Opinion
5/13 Can rookie barrister Roger Thursby stop a leak of confidential information?
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19:30
Not in Front of the Children—Series 1, Survival
3/13 A spate of pet deaths causes consternation for the Corner family.
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20:00
Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 4. Exhumation
4/6 Lord Peter Wimsey awaits the doctor's verdict and there's a revelation at a party.
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20:30
I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
What is the truth behind the mermaid story? Janet Ellis investigates.
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21:00
Ghost Stories of E Nesbit—Man-Size in Marble
4/5 Newlyweds find their dream cottage, but the previous evil owners threaten to return.
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21:15
Drama on 4—Ben Lewis - Tiny
A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes a good-news internet phenomenon.
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22:00
Brian Gulliver's Travels—Series 2, Gravinia and Plumpf
3/6 Brian relives his adventures in a land where the military are revered above everything.
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22:30
Newsjack—Series 12, Episode 1
1/6 This week's stories lovingly bashed, mashed and moulded into sketches and one-liners.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—26/02/2015
'Spirit medium' Ian D Montfort chats to Professor Chris French.
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23:00
Old Harry's Game—Series 7, Episode 3
3/6 The presence of a baby turns everyone soft, so Satan tries to locate its real family.
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23:30
Hut 33—Series 1, Baghdad
2/6 Two of the wartime code-breakers jump at the chance to escape Bletchley Park for Iraq.
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Late
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00:00
15 Minute Drama—Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 4
4/5 As the pressure on Holly escalates, she tries to stand up to Jay.
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00:15
Cosmic Quest—The Dark Side of the Cosmos
24/30 Heather Couper looks at the search for dark matter. What we see is only a fraction of it.
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00:30
Book at Bedtime—A Perpetual Love Affair, Henry James' Venice
2/3 Selina Cadell reads from a selection of Henry James' writing about Venice.
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00:45
Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 4
4/5 David Livingstone aims to solve the mystery of the Nile's source once and for all.
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01:00
The Personality Test—Series 3, Eve Pollard
6/6 All about Eve - ex-newspaper editor Eve Pollard tests a panel about herself.
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01:30
Great Lives—Sarah Bernhardt
Comedienne Jenny Eclair chooses one of the first acting superstars, Sarah Bernhardt.
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02:00
Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 4. Exhumation
4/6 Lord Peter Wimsey awaits the doctor's verdict and there's a revelation at a party.
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02:30
I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing
What is the truth behind the mermaid story? Janet Ellis investigates.
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03:00
Nan Woodhouse—Judith Shakespeare
Shakespeare's younger daughter is a loner, yearning to be a part of her father's life.
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04:00
Ghost Stories of E Nesbit—Man-Size in Marble
4/5 Newlyweds find their dream cottage, but the previous evil owners threaten to return.
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04:15
Drama on 4—Ben Lewis - Tiny
A quirky comedy about a teenager who becomes a good-news internet phenomenon.
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05:00
No Commitments—Series 4, Faith, Hope and Very Little Charity
3/6 Charlotte and Emily find religion, but Victoria loses her patience.
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05:30
The Pickerskill Reports—Series 2, Paul Whitney Beauchamp
1/4 Dr Henry Pickerskill recalls a bullied day boy and his mother. Stars Ian McDiarmid.
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