Schedule
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Early
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00:00
15 Minute Drama—Children in Need: Holding On to You, Episode 5
5/5 As Holly is helped to come to terms with the truth, she faces a difficult decision.
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00:15
Cosmic Quest—Design or Accident - Why Me?
25/30 Heather Couper looks at arguments over the laws of physics and the universe's creation.
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00:30
Book at Bedtime—A Perpetual Love Affair, Jan Morris's Venice
3/3 Selina Cadell reads some of Jan Morris's travel writing about Venice.
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00:45
Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 5
5/5 Stanley is determined to continue Livingstone's quest to find the source of the Nile.
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01:00
The Museum of Curiosity—Series 4, Linehan, Sutherland, Scales
2/6 John Lloyd and curator Dave Gorman welcome exhibits from Graham Linehan among others.
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01:30
My Life in Five Books—Series 2, Joanne Harris
4/8 Novelist Joanne Harris tells Stuart Cosgrove about five of her favourite books.
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02:00
Whodunnits—Wimsey - The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, 5. At Lady Dormer's
5/6 Knowing the general was poisoned, Lord Peter Wimsey probes Miss Dorland's hobby.
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02:30
Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year
The year Bob Marley spent driving a forklift truck in the Chrysler car factory in Delaware
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03:00
Dave Sheasby - Donkeys Led By Lions
Teacher Arthur Willis battles his conscience over fighting in the Great War.
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04:00
Ghost Stories of E Nesbit—The Ebony Frame
5/5 A man discovers a portrait of a woman that will change his life forever.
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04:15
Katie Hims - Lila
Lila has lost her husband. Only his tactless brothers are left. Will life be the same?
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05:00
Beachcomber... By the Way—Series 1, Episode 1
1/6 The whimsies of JB Morton, performed by Richard Ingrams, John Wells and Patricia Routledge
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05:30
Living with the Enemy—Episode 3
3/6 Gyles persuades Nick to help him seek revenge on his estranged wife.
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Morning
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06:00
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes—2. The Challenge
2/2 In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.
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07:30
Freedom Pass—Episode 4
4/7 Sexagenarians Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew use free travel for another chatty trip.
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08:00
Archive on 4—The Hills Are Alive
Fifty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
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09:00
The Lives and Work of Somerset Maugham
A look at the complex life and popular work of the writer Somerset Maugham.
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Afternoon
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12:00
The Henry Experiment (Omnibus)
A mother worries that a child parenting expert wants her young son to be too independent.
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13:05
Inheritance Tracks—Ruthie Henshall
West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall selects Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
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13:15
London Particulars—A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Pip and Peeler Thomas investigate.
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14:00
The Michael Bentine Show—From 12/02/1984
From an old colonial to a herd of operatic cows, it's the ultimate one-man show.
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14:30
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 4, Episode 4
4/14 Can Tim escape the villains? Will Jo do a love scene with King Harold? From October 1966.
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15:00
Archive on 4—The Hills Are Alive
Fifty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
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16:00
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes—2. The Challenge
2/2 In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.
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17:30
Gloomsbury—Series 1, A Desperate Attempt to Have Fun
5/6 Vera Sackcloth-Vest endures an emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens.
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Evening
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18:00
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson—Episode 5
5/6 Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
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18:30
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace—Episode 5
5/6 Now a fully fledged OAP, George goes on a mission with Andrea Sunbeam and Mrs Cookson.
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19:00
The Lives and Work of Somerset Maugham
A look at the complex life and popular work of the writer Somerset Maugham.
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22:00
Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Night—Episode 1
1/2 A celebration of British Asian stand-up comedy, with Shazia Mirza, Imran Yusuf and more.
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22:30
The Lawrence Sweeney Mix—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4 Making it up as they go along. Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney improvise sketches.
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23:00
Mark Steel's in Town—Series 2, Gateshead
5/6 What makes Gateshead distinctive? The Angel of the North and Blaydon races for starters.
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23:30
The Jason Byrne Show—Series 1, Medicine
6/6 Probing a fresh theme each week, the award-winning comic hosts stand-up and sketches.
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Late
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00:00
Bruce Bedford - The Gibson—Episode 5
5/6 Saul and Elise make a grim discovery in the nursing home.
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00:30
Paradise Lost in Cyberspace—Episode 5
5/6 Now a fully fledged OAP, George goes on a mission with Andrea Sunbeam and Mrs Cookson.
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01:00
Archive on 4—The Hills Are Alive
Fifty years after The Sound of Music, Mark Kermode hears from the team who made it happen.
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02:00
The Henry Experiment (Omnibus)
A mother worries that a child parenting expert wants her young son to be too independent.
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03:05
Inheritance Tracks—Ruthie Henshall
West End and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall selects Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
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03:15
London Particulars—A Cuckoo in the Nest
A man lost at sea returns to claim his fortune. Pip and Peeler Thomas investigate.
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04:00
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes—2. The Challenge
2/2 In this 1615 classic, intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.
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05:30
Gloomsbury—Series 1, A Desperate Attempt to Have Fun
5/6 Vera Sackcloth-Vest endures an emotional crisis at a picnic in Kensington Gardens.
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