Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Dan Dare—Series 1, 1 The Voyage of Venus 1/2
1/6 The dashing pilot is selected to take an alien-inspired spacecraft to Venus.
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00:30
Eagle: The Space Age Weekly
Sir Tim Rice explores the lasting appeal of British magazine Eagle and its hero Dan Dare.
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01:00
Archive on 4—Commuterville
Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world.
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02:00
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Sophocles
2/4 A fresh look at the ancient world: Sophocles invents the TV detective.
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02:30
Revolting People—Series 2, Trying Times
1/6 Sergeant McGurk reveals why the British Army won the Battle of Culloden.
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03:00
The Consultants—Series 4, Episode 1
1/6 The lighthouse tour and the old-fashioned parents.
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03:30
Chris Addison's Civilization—Controlling the Universe
1/4 The thinking idiot's anthropologist reveals what's next in the future of mankind.
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04:00
Over the Rainbow by Bernard Kops
The past is safer - it all works out on the silver screen. Stars Maureen Lipman.
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05:30
Great Lives—Eliza Carthy on Caroline Norton
Eliza Carthy chooses Caroline Norton who campaigned for women in the 19th-century.
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Morning
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06:00
No Room for Secrets by Joanna Lumley (Omnibus)
Joanna Lumley reads her autobiography - using the theme of rooms in a house.
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07:10
Inheritance Tracks—Bill Bailey
Comedian Bill Bailey chooses tracks by Perry Como and Talking Heads.
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07:20
Lucy Catherine - Gudrun—Series 5 (Omnibus), Episode 1
1/2 On a remote island, Gudrun seeks out an old friend.
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08:30
We're in Business—Dudley's Granny
Dudley and Harry end up at the mercy of a devious criminal.
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09:00
Drop Me Here, Darling—A Winter Break
Leslie is broke and turns to mini-cabbing, but pays the price.
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09:30
Double Income, No Kids Yet—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6 After yet another night on the tiles, Lucy drags Dan to the gym. From June 2002.
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10:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Eurovision, Sir Terry Wogan
1/5 Terry Wogan shares his third set of castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2012.
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10:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cicada
David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
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11:00
Radiolab—Series 7, Slippery Mystery
5/8 Radiolab explores a question that's been around since Aristotle: where do eels come from?
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11:55
Inheritance Tracks—Bill Bailey
Comedian Bill Bailey chooses tracks by Perry Como and Talking Heads.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Poetry Extra—The King's Muse
Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the 大象传媒's poetry archive.
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12:30
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
1/4 A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
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13:00
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2 Nurse Wright arrives in Athlone in Ireland to witness a 'miracle' called Anna O'Donnell.
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Jeff Lynne
ELO's Jeff Lynne chooses 'If I Loved You' from Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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14:20
Stories from Hay el Matar (Omnibus)
Sumayya Hilmi must decide the future of the family-run hospital in Damascus.
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15:30
Rockets in the Desert
Richard Hollingham meets the pioneers building spacecraft in the Mojave Desert.
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16:00
Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
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17:00
Poetry Extra—The King's Muse
Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the 大象传媒's poetry archive.
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17:30
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
1/4 A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
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Evening
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18:00
Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True—The Poor Clare
3/5 Investigating the heir to a fortune, a lawyer is drawn towards a woman haunted by a curse.
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18:45
Murder & Mystery—Series 5, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
2/5 A dark tale of revenge by Edgar Allan Poe.
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19:00
Radiolab—Series 7, Slippery Mystery
5/8 Radiolab explores a question that's been around since Aristotle: where do eels come from?
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20:00
Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
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21:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Eurovision, Sir Terry Wogan
1/5 Terry Wogan shares his third set of castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From 2012.
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21:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cicada
David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
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22:00
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
1/4 A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
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22:30
The Iguanodon—Two Sausage Rolls Between the Seven of Us
3/3 A startling revelation for Sam after he survives a sinking and the pirates - again.
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23:00
As Told To Craig Brown—Episode 3
3/6 The satirist investigates inventions, being common and the creep of CCTV.
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23:30
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World—Series 2, The Sea
4/6 The sci-fi star probes the oceans.
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Late
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00:00
Elizabeth Gaskell - Curious, If True—The Poor Clare
3/5 Investigating the heir to a fortune, a lawyer is drawn towards a woman haunted by a curse.
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00:45
Murder & Mystery—Series 5, The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
2/5 A dark tale of revenge by Edgar Allan Poe.
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01:00
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2 Nurse Wright arrives in Athlone in Ireland to witness a 'miracle' called Anna O'Donnell.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Jeff Lynne
ELO's Jeff Lynne chooses 'If I Loved You' from Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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02:20
Stories from Hay el Matar (Omnibus)
Sumayya Hilmi must decide the future of the family-run hospital in Damascus.
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03:30
Rockets in the Desert
Richard Hollingham meets the pioneers building spacecraft in the Mojave Desert.
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04:00
Martyn Wade - Burn the Aeneid!
After his death, author Virgil wants his magnum opus destroyed.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—The King's Muse
Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the 大象传媒's poetry archive.
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05:30
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 1, Petronius
1/4 A fresh look at the ancient world. Satire, sex and sausages.
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