Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Mike Walker - Omega
A civil engineer questions his existence as he builds the world's tallest tower.
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01:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends 2024, June Spencer
Archers actress June Spencer is castaway by Kirsty Young.
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01:50
Front Row Interviews—Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor reflects on his career and his love of writing poetry.
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02:00
William Trevor - A Bit on the Side—Sacred Statues
Can a statue maker's wife help her neighbours, or is her husband being more realistic?
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02:15
Ambridge Extra Omnibus—Series 1, Episodes 11-12
Fallon turns up the heat at the barbeque, and Chaz has a proposition for Alice.
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02:45
William Trevor - A Bit on the Side—Graillis's Legacy
The touching and compassionate story of one man's guilt over his love for two women.
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03:00
Take It From Here—From 12/11/1953
The debut of 'The Glums' family with Pa, Ron, Eth and somewhere far off-mic, Ma.
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03:30
Jim the Great—Pilot
Back in England's days of feudal fiefdoms, one particular chieftain was very hard up.
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04:00
Yes Minister—Series 1, Open Government
1/8 Newly re-elected MP Jim Hacker is summoned to the PM's office.
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04:30
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—11/05/2011
Comedy game with Humphrey Lyttelton, Willie Rushton, Barry Cryer and Tim Brooke-Taylor.
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05:00
Michelle Magorian - Back Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ—Episode 2
2/4 The war is over but the battle is only just beginning for Rusty.
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05:30
The Silver Sword - Ian Serraillier—Episode 3
3/3 Journeying to Switzerland, the children must avoid the refugee-hunting Burgomaster.
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Morning
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06:00
The Toff on the Farm—5. A Step In The Dark
5/6 Amateur sleuth Richard Rollison refuses to be fobbed off and receives some useful advice.
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06:30
Eric Ambler - Topkapi—Episode 2
2/6 Arthur Simpson is interrogated by Turkish security for unintentional arms smuggling.
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07:00
Ballylenon—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4 The town's Development Association looks set for open confrontation. Starring TP McKenna.
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07:30
Down the Line—Series 2, War and Chocolate
1/6 War, chocolate and toothpaste. Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas.
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08:00
Round the Horne—Series 2, Episode 12
12/13 A deadly doctor returns, and celebrity wannabe Kenneth Horne gets some bona advice.
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08:30
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 7, Episode 7
7/13 Bill Oddie sings the 'Baby Samba' and Professor Prune loses his trousers. With John Cleese
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09:00
Mad Man Blue
Roy Hudd's comic monologue as the unassuming but irrepressible Bloomer.
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09:30
Safety Catch—Series 1, Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lad?
4/4 Arms dealer Simon dreads his school reunion, but could he end up the coolest kid in class?
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10:00
Sarah Millican's Support Group—Series 2, 3. 'I'm a cherry childless and proud of it'
3/6 Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle problems like 'I'm childless and proud of it'.
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10:30
The Great Gatsby Letters
F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes for his new novel
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11:00
Virginia Woolf - The Waves—Episode 1
1/2 Film-maker Terence Davies directs a chronicle of the lives of a group of school friends.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Round the Horne—Series 2, Episode 12
12/13 A deadly doctor returns, and celebrity wannabe Kenneth Horne gets some bona advice.
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12:30
The Unbelievable Truth—Series 7, Episode 6
6/6 Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
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13:00
The Toff on the Farm—5. A Step In The Dark
5/6 Amateur sleuth Richard Rollison refuses to be fobbed off and receives some useful advice.
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13:30
Eric Ambler - Topkapi—Episode 2
2/6 Arthur Simpson is interrogated by Turkish security for unintentional arms smuggling.
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14:00
Vikas Swarup - Q&A—5,000 Rupees
1/10 A street kid goes on an Indian TV game show. The novel that inspired Slumdog Millionaire.
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14:15
William Trevor Short Stories—The Forty-Seventh Saturday
Mavie and McCarthy have a weekly tryst, but is he as trapped by marriage as she thinks?
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14:30
F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby—Episode 1
1/10 Nick Carraway moves to the East Coast, next door to the mysterious Gatsby.
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14:45
Anton Chekhov - A Life of Chekhov—The Leave Taking
1/5 Dramatisation following the playwright's tough childhood to his late marriage.
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15:00
Baroness Orczy - The Teahouse Detective—The Edinburgh Mystery
Murder is afoot when a worried aunt tackles her nephew - a case for the man in the corner.
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15:45
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters—Episode 1
1/5 As a candid young doctor, the Sherlock Holmes author writes to his mother Mary.
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16:00
The 4 O'Clock Show—16/05/2011
Mel Giedroyc is joined by Fred MacAulay for new quiz Keep It In The Family.
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17:00
Ballylenon—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4 The town's Development Association looks set for open confrontation. Starring TP McKenna.
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17:30
Down the Line—Series 2, War and Chocolate
1/6 War, chocolate and toothpaste. Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas.
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Evening
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18:00
Doctor Who—Cobwebs, Episode 1
1/4 The Time Lord is reunited with Nyssa, who is on a mission to discover an anti-virus.
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18:30
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham—Episode 4
4/5 Biochemist Diana Brackley's attempts to conceal the source of the antigerone are overcome.
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19:00
Round the Horne—Series 2, Episode 12
12/13 A deadly doctor returns, and celebrity wannabe Kenneth Horne gets some bona advice.
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19:30
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 7, Episode 7
7/13 Bill Oddie sings the 'Baby Samba' and Professor Prune loses his trousers. With John Cleese
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20:00
The Toff on the Farm—5. A Step In The Dark
5/6 Amateur sleuth Richard Rollison refuses to be fobbed off and receives some useful advice.
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20:30
Eric Ambler - Topkapi—Episode 2
2/6 Arthur Simpson is interrogated by Turkish security for unintentional arms smuggling.
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21:00
Virginia Woolf - The Waves—Episode 1
1/2 Film-maker Terence Davies directs a chronicle of the lives of a group of school friends.
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22:00
The Unbelievable Truth—Series 7, Episode 6
6/6 Comedians try to smuggle truths past their opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game
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22:30
The Atkinson People—George Dupont
3/4 The French philosopher remains an enigma, despite an exhaustive biography.
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23:00
Sarah Millican's Support Group—Series 2, 3. 'I'm a cherry childless and proud of it'
3/6 Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle problems like 'I'm childless and proud of it'.
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23:30
Weak at the Top—Series 1, Trout Farm
4/4 John Weak's witty comment on a leaving card gives Human Resources a hot flush.
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Late
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00:00
Doctor Who—Cobwebs, Episode 1
1/4 The Time Lord is reunited with Nyssa, who is on a mission to discover an anti-virus.
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00:30
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham—Episode 4
4/5 Biochemist Diana Brackley's attempts to conceal the source of the antigerone are overcome.
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01:00
The Toff on the Farm—5. A Step In The Dark
5/6 Amateur sleuth Richard Rollison refuses to be fobbed off and receives some useful advice.
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01:30
Eric Ambler - Topkapi—Episode 2
2/6 Arthur Simpson is interrogated by Turkish security for unintentional arms smuggling.
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02:00
Mad Man Blue
Roy Hudd's comic monologue as the unassuming but irrepressible Bloomer.
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02:30
Safety Catch—Series 1, Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lad?
4/4 Arms dealer Simon dreads his school reunion, but could he end up the coolest kid in class?
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03:00
Sarah Millican's Support Group—Series 2, 3. 'I'm a cherry childless and proud of it'
3/6 Agony aunt Sarah and her group tackle problems like 'I'm childless and proud of it'.
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03:30
The Great Gatsby Letters
F Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor Maxwell Perkins about his hopes for his new novel
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04:00
Virginia Woolf - The Waves—Episode 1
1/2 Film-maker Terence Davies directs a chronicle of the lives of a group of school friends.
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05:00
Ballylenon—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4 The town's Development Association looks set for open confrontation. Starring TP McKenna.
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05:30
Down the Line—Series 2, War and Chocolate
1/6 War, chocolate and toothpaste. Gary Bellamy hosts the spoof phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas.
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