Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Arthur C Clarke Stories—Summertime on Icarus
Dawn is near, and engineer Colin Sherrard is stranded on an asteroid too close to the sun.
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00:30
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy—The Primary Phase, Fit The Sixth
6/6 Arthur and company escape from a war, but exactly when have they escaped to?
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01:00
Possession - Omnibus—Episode 2
2/3 Roland retraces the steps of Ash and LaMotte, and the Professor wants the letters.
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02:15
A Dark History of British Gardening—Xenophobia
5/5 Jenny Uglow reflects on how we have mapped 'Britishness' into garden design.
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02:30
Nina Stibbe - Paradise Lodge—Episode 1
1/2 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel decides to take a job at a nursing home for the elderly.
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03:45
Bonding by Alex Shearer
Dave confronts his emotions when a survival weekend turns into a New Age get-together.
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04:00
Keith Waterhouse - Mr and Mrs Nobody
The diary doings of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, and his long-suffering wife Carrie.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry and the Russian Soul 2
'Set the hearts of men on fire with your word.' Poetry and the Russian Soul.
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05:30
Fags, Mags and Bags—Series 5, Hovering Chops
1/6 The arrival of a new butcher's shop causes strife in the traders' community.
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Morning
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06:00
Crown House—6. The King
6/8 Alice has gone to help the Queen, and Scott causes tension between Jenny and Caroline.
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06:30
The Wire
The music of the wind captured on fencing wires stretched across the Australian landscape.
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07:00
Gloomsbury—Series 1, Desperately Seeking Peace and Quiet
2/6 Plagued by writer's block, novelist Ginny Fox visits Vera and Henry at their castle.
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07:30
Just a Minute—Series 76, Episode 4
4/8 Nicholas Parsons hosts an Edinburgh Festival Fringe special.
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08:00
Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Film Makers
9/10 Horace decides to offer the station as a movie location.
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08:30
The Betty Witherspoon Show—From 11/05/1974
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray make merry at the court of Henry VIII.
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09:00
Foul Play—Series 4, Much Ado About Murder
2/6 Crime writers Jean McConnell and Keith Miles tackle an Elizabethan court killing.
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09:30
A Whole New Ball Game—Series 2, The Friendly
6/6 Fists fly when Andy and Robert's football teams meet, but not among the players.
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10:00
Ben Hur—1. A Friendship Betrayed
1/4 A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his Roman soldier friend.
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11:00
Winston Graham Short Stories—The Old Boys
A stroll down memory lane turns heated when two 'old boys' meet at their old school.
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11:15
Verona: A Conspiracy of Parrots
Can a 'slightly elderly lady' keep her bird collection out of the hands of the auctioneer?
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Afternoon
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12:00
Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Film Makers
9/10 Horace decides to offer the station as a movie location.
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12:30
The Betty Witherspoon Show—From 11/05/1974
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray make merry at the court of Henry VIII.
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13:00
Crown House—6. The King
6/8 Alice has gone to help the Queen, and Scott causes tension between Jenny and Caroline.
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13:30
The Wire
The music of the wind captured on fencing wires stretched across the Australian landscape.
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14:00
Sue Townsend - The Queen and I—Justice
6/8 Can the former Queen support her son Charles as his trial for affray begins?
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14:15
Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees—Roots
1/5 Nature writer Roger Deakin's poetic travelogue starts with Suffolk in springtime.
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14:30
15 Minute Drama—AS Byatt - Possession, Episode 11
11/15 Roland and Maud risk future, friendship and reputation on a ferry bound for Brittany.
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14:45
Book of the Week—Binyavanga Wainaina - One Day I Will Write About This Place, Episode 1
1/5 Prize-winning author Binyavanga Wainaina's memoir of growing up in modern-day Kenya.
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15:00
Ben Hur—1. A Friendship Betrayed
1/4 A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his Roman soldier friend.
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16:00
Foul Play—Series 4, Much Ado About Murder
2/6 Crime writers Jean McConnell and Keith Miles tackle an Elizabethan court killing.
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16:30
A Whole New Ball Game—Series 2, The Friendly
6/6 Fists fly when Andy and Robert's football teams meet, but not among the players.
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17:00
Gloomsbury—Series 1, Desperately Seeking Peace and Quiet
2/6 Plagued by writer's block, novelist Ginny Fox visits Vera and Henry at their castle.
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17:30
Just a Minute—Series 76, Episode 4
4/8 Nicholas Parsons hosts an Edinburgh Festival Fringe special.
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Evening
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18:00
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space—The Red Planet, 11. The Desperate Search
11/20 Jet and the crew reach freighter number two and realise they may not be alone on Mars.
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18:30
A Good Read—Rick Stein & Tim Smit
Rosie Boycott and her guests discuss books by Tom Robbins, Nicola Shulman and Donna Tartt.
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19:00
Parsley Sidings—Series 2, The Film Makers
9/10 Horace decides to offer the station as a movie location.
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19:30
The Betty Witherspoon Show—From 11/05/1974
Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray make merry at the court of Henry VIII.
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20:00
Crown House—6. The King
6/8 Alice has gone to help the Queen, and Scott causes tension between Jenny and Caroline.
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20:30
The Wire
The music of the wind captured on fencing wires stretched across the Australian landscape.
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21:00
Winston Graham Short Stories—The Old Boys
A stroll down memory lane turns heated when two 'old boys' meet at their old school.
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21:15
Verona: A Conspiracy of Parrots
Can a 'slightly elderly lady' keep her bird collection out of the hands of the auctioneer?
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22:00
Just a Minute—Series 76, Episode 4
4/8 Nicholas Parsons hosts an Edinburgh Festival Fringe special.
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22:30
Very Old Pretenders—In Therapy
2/4 Anthropologist Andrew Merron introduces two Jacobite soldiers from 1745 to therapy.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—05/09/2016
Jessica Fostekew chats to Lizzie Roper.
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23:00
The Museum of Curiosity—Series 9, Brown, Birkwood, Monbiot
6/6 John Lloyd and Noel Fielding with Craig Brown, Katie Birkwood and George Monbiot.
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23:30
Daydream Believers
Mitchell and Webb are a hack sci-fi scribe and his gormless lodger. With Olivia Colman.
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Late
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00:00
Charles Chilton - Journey into Space—The Red Planet, 11. The Desperate Search
11/20 Jet and the crew reach freighter number two and realise they may not be alone on Mars.
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00:30
A Good Read—Rick Stein & Tim Smit
Rosie Boycott and her guests discuss books by Tom Robbins, Nicola Shulman and Donna Tartt.
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01:00
Crown House—6. The King
6/8 Alice has gone to help the Queen, and Scott causes tension between Jenny and Caroline.
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01:30
The Wire
The music of the wind captured on fencing wires stretched across the Australian landscape.
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02:00
Sue Townsend - The Queen and I—Justice
6/8 Can the former Queen support her son Charles as his trial for affray begins?
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02:15
Roger Deakin - Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees—Roots
1/5 Nature writer Roger Deakin's poetic travelogue starts with Suffolk in springtime.
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02:30
15 Minute Drama—AS Byatt - Possession, Episode 11
11/15 Roland and Maud risk future, friendship and reputation on a ferry bound for Brittany.
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02:45
Book of the Week—Binyavanga Wainaina - One Day I Will Write About This Place, Episode 1
1/5 Prize-winning author Binyavanga Wainaina's memoir of growing up in modern-day Kenya.
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03:00
Ben Hur—1. A Friendship Betrayed
1/4 A Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by his Roman soldier friend.
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04:00
Foul Play—Series 4, Much Ado About Murder
2/6 Crime writers Jean McConnell and Keith Miles tackle an Elizabethan court killing.
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04:30
A Whole New Ball Game—Series 2, The Friendly
6/6 Fists fly when Andy and Robert's football teams meet, but not among the players.
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05:00
Gloomsbury—Series 1, Desperately Seeking Peace and Quiet
2/6 Plagued by writer's block, novelist Ginny Fox visits Vera and Henry at their castle.
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05:30
Just a Minute—Series 76, Episode 4
4/8 Nicholas Parsons hosts an Edinburgh Festival Fringe special.
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