Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, The Star
2/5 A priest's faith is severely tested during an expedition on a burnt planet.
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00:15
And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer—Episode 7
7/10 Sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series read by Stephen Mangan.
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00:30
Weird Tales—Series 2, The House on Pale Avenue by Richard Vincent
3/3 Is the Williams family's new home trying to tell them something?
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01:00
Whodunnits—Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face, 1. Murder
1/4 A housemaid's murder reveals a web of hidden passions in a village.
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01:30
Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Segregation of the Queen
3/4 Sherlock Holmes is out of retirement and an old enemy is targeting him and his friends.
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02:00
The News Quiz Extra—Series 7, Episode 2
2/5 Featuring jokes, clips and material that you won't have heard in this week's News Quiz.
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02:45
Armando Iannucci - Facts And Fancies—A Life at the Opera
2/5 Armando Iannucci tackles operas and offers some of his thoughts on ears.
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03:00
Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, Lionheart
2/3 King Henry II refuses to acknowledge Prince Richard as heir, so he turns to the Crusades.
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04:00
Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—A Success Story
2/5 A night out leaves a playwright contemplating relationships and success.
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04:15
Drama on 4—Mark Burgess - A King's Speech
Newly crowned George VI battles to defeat his stammer ahead of his broadcast to the Nation
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05:00
The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket—The Dummy Run
The dear ladies decide to enter a shop window-dressing competition. From December 1984.
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05:30
On Baby Street—Series 3, Episode 2
2/6 Mother Nature pays another visit, and discovers spring has arrived and love is in the air.
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Morning
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06:00
Whodunnits—Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face, 2. Investigation
2/4 Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrives in a quiet village to investigate a housemaid's murder.
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06:30
Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Battle Royal
4/4 Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell must part to foil their deadly enemy.
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07:00
Two Doors Down—Series 3, Give the Dog a Bone
2/4 Miss Black's new lodger is a successful actor, but he is not who she was hoping for.
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07:30
Alun Cochrane's Fun House—The Bathroom
3/4 Alun's house tour arrives in his bathroom.
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08:00
Hancock's Half Hour—Series 2, The Holiday Camp
5/12 Sid hires the Lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a surprise next door.
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08:30
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 5, Episode 10
10/14 Censorship, a ghost story and a depraved dentist. Songs and sketches from June 1967.
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09:00
After Henry—Series 4, Relative Movement
2/8 With her daughter Clare away in Australia, Sarah decides to rent her flat out.
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09:30
It's Your Round—Series 1, Episode 3
3/6 The panel show hosted by Angus Deayton and devised by the panellists.
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10:00
Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, John, By the Grace of God
3/3 Not expecting to gain the throne, Henry II's son reveals a talent for making enemies.
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11:00
Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—A Voyage to Cythera
3/5 A chance encounter on a train leads a lonely woman to a romantic fantasy.
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11:15
John Mortimer - Mr Luby's Fear of Heaven
When Lewis is confronted by visions of the Almighty, he wonders if he's in the wrong place
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Afternoon
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12:00
Hancock's Half Hour—Series 2, The Holiday Camp
5/12 Sid hires the Lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a surprise next door.
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12:30
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 5, Episode 10
10/14 Censorship, a ghost story and a depraved dentist. Songs and sketches from June 1967.
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13:00
Whodunnits—Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face, 2. Investigation
2/4 Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrives in a quiet village to investigate a housemaid's murder.
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13:30
Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Battle Royal
4/4 Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell must part to foil their deadly enemy.
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14:00
Meera Syal - Anita and Me—Episode 8
8/10 With Meena and Anita back on track, the girls begin to tackle the tricky subject of sex.
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14:15
Britain on the Bottle: Alcohol and the State—Habitual Drunkards and the Asylum
6/10 Mark Whitaker examines the late 19th-century panic over habitual drunkards.
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14:30
Joanna Trollope - Next of Kin—Episode 3
3/10 Grieving for her mother Caro, daughter Judy Meredith prepares to visit her father.
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14:45
Jane Robinson - Bluestockings—Episode 3
3/5 Undergraduette glamour and bluestocking fashion with the first female university students.
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15:00
Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, John, By the Grace of God
3/3 Not expecting to gain the throne, Henry II's son reveals a talent for making enemies.
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16:00
The 4 O'Clock Show—24/04/2013
Afternoon chat with Mel Giedroyc.
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17:00
Stilgoe's Around—Guy's Hospital, London
Richard Stilgoe is admitted to Guy's Hospital in London. With visitor Emma Thompson.
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17:30
Two Doors Down—Series 3, Give the Dog a Bone
2/4 Miss Black's new lodger is a successful actor, but he is not who she was hoping for.
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Evening
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18:00
Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, Death and the Senator
3/5 If a medical space station can cure cardiac conditions, who gets treatment?
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18:15
And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer—Episode 8
8/10 Sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series read by Stephen Mangan.
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18:30
A Short History of Vampires—1. Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
1/4 The Count looks out for a curious Englishman. Read by Dan Stevens.
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19:00
Hancock's Half Hour—Series 2, The Holiday Camp
5/12 Sid hires the Lad to run his new venture, but then he discovers a surprise next door.
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19:30
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again—Series 5, Episode 10
10/14 Censorship, a ghost story and a depraved dentist. Songs and sketches from June 1967.
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20:00
Whodunnits—Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face, 2. Investigation
2/4 Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrives in a quiet village to investigate a housemaid's murder.
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20:30
Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Battle Royal
4/4 Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell must part to foil their deadly enemy.
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21:00
Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—A Voyage to Cythera
3/5 A chance encounter on a train leads a lonely woman to a romantic fantasy.
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21:15
John Mortimer - Mr Luby's Fear of Heaven
When Lewis is confronted by visions of the Almighty, he wonders if he's in the wrong place
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22:00
Alun Cochrane's Fun House—The Bathroom
3/4 Alun's house tour arrives in his bathroom.
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22:30
The Mark Steel Solution—Series 1, Anyone Born in England Should Be Deported
5/6 Radical proposals to improve our lives with the comedian's emigration shake-up.
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23:00
We Are Klang: Amazing Lives—Musical
4/4 On its 25th anniversary, writers and performers reflect on Gummy Monkey: The Musical.
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23:30
Knocker—Privinvasionacy
1/6 Market researcher Ian Dunn seeks the opinions of a hostile public.
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23:45
For One Horrible Moment by Peter Bradshaw—Episode 1
1/5 Memoirs of a boy growing up in 1970s Cambridgeshire at the hands of his eccentric dad.
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Late
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00:00
Arthur C Clarke Stories—The Nine Billion Names of God, Death and the Senator
3/5 If a medical space station can cure cardiac conditions, who gets treatment?
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00:15
And Another Thing by Eoin Colfer—Episode 8
8/10 Sequel to Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series read by Stephen Mangan.
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00:30
A Short History of Vampires—1. Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
1/4 The Count looks out for a curious Englishman. Read by Dan Stevens.
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01:00
Whodunnits—Adam Dalgliesh - Cover Her Face, 2. Investigation
2/4 Inspector Adam Dalgliesh arrives in a quiet village to investigate a housemaid's murder.
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01:30
Sherlock Holmes—The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Battle Royal
4/4 Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell must part to foil their deadly enemy.
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02:00
After Henry—Series 4, Relative Movement
2/8 With her daughter Clare away in Australia, Sarah decides to rent her flat out.
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02:30
It's Your Round—Series 1, Episode 3
3/6 The panel show hosted by Angus Deayton and devised by the panellists.
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03:00
Classic Serial—Plantagenet: Series 1, John, By the Grace of God
3/3 Not expecting to gain the throne, Henry II's son reveals a talent for making enemies.
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04:00
Five Stories by Margaret Drabble—A Voyage to Cythera
3/5 A chance encounter on a train leads a lonely woman to a romantic fantasy.
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04:15
John Mortimer - Mr Luby's Fear of Heaven
When Lewis is confronted by visions of the Almighty, he wonders if he's in the wrong place
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05:00
Stilgoe's Around—Guy's Hospital, London
Richard Stilgoe is admitted to Guy's Hospital in London. With visitor Emma Thompson.
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05:30
Two Doors Down—Series 3, Give the Dog a Bone
2/4 Miss Black's new lodger is a successful actor, but he is not who she was hoping for.
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