Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Charles Chilton - Space Force—Series 1, 3. The Silver Strangers
3/6 After drifting powerless, the crew receives a mysterious message and spots a spacecraft.
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00:30
Off the Page—My Own Private Utopia
Amanda Mitchison, Rob Penn and Tobias Jones reach for a perfect world. From 2010.
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01:00
Chester Himes - Cotton Comes to Harlem—Episode 3
3/4 Detectives Digger and Coffin's search for the missing money is getting dangerous.
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01:30
Custodians of the Word
Martin Wainwright asks who guards literary reputations after a writer dies?
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02:00
John Buchan - Sick Heart River—Episode 3
3/10 On the trail of a missing New Yorker, Sir Edward Leithen heads to the wilds of Canada.
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02:15
Publishing Lives—Series 1, Harold Macmillan
3/5 Robert McCrum explores the life of Harold Macmillan, the publishing prime minister.
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02:30
George Eliot - Adam Bede—Episode 13
13/15 As the day of the hanging arrives, Adam pays a visit.
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02:45
Book of the Week—The Uke of Wallington, Episode 3
3/5 In Bangor, Mark is asked to fill for half an hour, as the belly dancer hasn't turned up.
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03:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front - Omnibus—12-16 December 1916 (Season 9 start)
Germany offers peace terms, and there are new and rekindled alliances in Tynemouth.
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04:00
Dilemma—Series 3, Episode 2
2/6 Sue Perkins sets moral posers for Tony Law, Isy Suttie, Gemma Cairney and Tim Harford.
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04:30
Up the Garden Path—Series 2, A Soft-Hearted Little Thing
3/8 More tangles in Izzy's love life, when she and Dick head to dinner with Charles.
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05:00
The Attractive Young Rabbi—Series 3, A Woman's Work
2/6 Happy Rabbi Su finds a role model, but Rabbi Abraham would settle for a haircut.
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05:30
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing—Series 3, About Intelligence
1/4 Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence.
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Morning
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06:00
Chester Himes - Cotton Comes to Harlem—Episode 4
4/4 Detectives Digger and Coffin have taken the gamble of their careers, but will it pay off?
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06:30
The Curse of Pendle
400 years on, novelist Jeanette Winterson considers the Pendle Witch trials.
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07:00
In the Chair—Episode 4
4/6 Hack George Cragge thinks an unrelated murder may be connected after all. From June 1998.
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07:30
Meet David Sedaris—Series 5, Loggerheads
6/6 Including a tale about how turtles have featured in the writer's life since childhood.
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08:00
Jim the Great—Series 1, The King Jim Abacus Dating Service
5/6 The moustachioed monarch has a go at matchmaking, but warm hearts come with cold feet.
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08:30
Know Your Place—Out of the Closet
8/8 Caretaker Ramsay needs help after a close call with the local gangster.
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09:00
Guess What?—Episode 3
3/10 Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 questions.
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09:30
Country Matters—Episode 5
5/6 Dave and Cathy face a hectic weekend of visitors to their cottage.
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10:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front - Omnibus—19-23 December 1916
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week.
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11:00
American Shorts—Thief
3/3 By Jess Walter. A troubled father frets about being a good parent.
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11:15
Drama on 4—Ronald Frame - The Dreamer
The son of a renowned Nazi hunter attempts to retrieve a stolen Matisse painting.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Jim the Great—Series 1, The King Jim Abacus Dating Service
5/6 The moustachioed monarch has a go at matchmaking, but warm hearts come with cold feet.
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12:30
Know Your Place—Out of the Closet
8/8 Caretaker Ramsay needs help after a close call with the local gangster.
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13:00
Chester Himes - Cotton Comes to Harlem—Episode 4
4/4 Detectives Digger and Coffin have taken the gamble of their careers, but will it pay off?
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13:30
The Curse of Pendle
400 years on, novelist Jeanette Winterson considers the Pendle Witch trials.
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14:00
John Buchan - Sick Heart River—Episode 4
4/10 Sir Edward Leithen picks up the missing New Yorker's trail in the Canadian wilderness.
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14:15
Publishing Lives—Series 1, George Weidenfeld
4/5 Robert McCrum meets George Weidenfeld to talk about his extraordinary publishing life.
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14:30
George Eliot - Adam Bede—Episode 14
14/15 As the journey to the hanging scaffold begins, a visitor arrives.
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14:45
Book of the Week—The Uke of Wallington, Episode 4
4/5 It's Edinburgh Festival time, and Mark Wallington is awarded the title Uke of Edinburgh.
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15:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front - Omnibus—19-23 December 1916
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week.
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16:00
Guess What?—Episode 3
3/10 Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 questions.
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16:30
Country Matters—Episode 5
5/6 Dave and Cathy face a hectic weekend of visitors to their cottage.
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17:00
In the Chair—Episode 4
4/6 Hack George Cragge thinks an unrelated murder may be connected after all. From June 1998.
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17:30
Meet David Sedaris—Series 5, Loggerheads
6/6 Including a tale about how turtles have featured in the writer's life since childhood.
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Evening
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18:00
Charles Chilton - Space Force—Series 1, 4. The Time Ship
4/6 Taken hostage by the aliens, the crew learn more about their mysterious captors.
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18:30
Great Lives—Beachcomber
The Snowman author Raymond Briggs chooses JB Morton, aka Beachcomber.
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19:00
Jim the Great—Series 1, The King Jim Abacus Dating Service
5/6 The moustachioed monarch has a go at matchmaking, but warm hearts come with cold feet.
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19:30
Know Your Place—Out of the Closet
8/8 Caretaker Ramsay needs help after a close call with the local gangster.
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20:00
Chester Himes - Cotton Comes to Harlem—Episode 4
4/4 Detectives Digger and Coffin have taken the gamble of their careers, but will it pay off?
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20:30
The Curse of Pendle
400 years on, novelist Jeanette Winterson considers the Pendle Witch trials.
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21:00
American Shorts—Thief
3/3 By Jess Walter. A troubled father frets about being a good parent.
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21:15
Drama on 4—Ronald Frame - The Dreamer
The son of a renowned Nazi hunter attempts to retrieve a stolen Matisse painting.
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22:00
Meet David Sedaris—Series 5, Loggerheads
6/6 Including a tale about how turtles have featured in the writer's life since childhood.
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22:30
Clare in the Community—Series 9, Stand By Your Man
1/6 Clare has mysteriously fled her honeymoon and returned to work.
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23:00
Elastic Planet—The Shape
3/6 Drugged electricity and artificial icebergs. Johnny Ball guest stars in the cosmic comedy.
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23:15
The Shuttleworths—Series 5, A Gig With Billy Joel
3/6 John spurns an unpaid gig in a remote village hall, but a parking space causes a rethink.
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23:30
The Penny Dreadfuls—More Brothers Faversham, Titus Faversham
1/4 The comedy trio's swashbuckling tale of Victorian Britain's greatest sporting hero.
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Late
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00:00
Charles Chilton - Space Force—Series 1, 4. The Time Ship
4/6 Taken hostage by the aliens, the crew learn more about their mysterious captors.
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00:30
Great Lives—Beachcomber
The Snowman author Raymond Briggs chooses JB Morton, aka Beachcomber.
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01:00
Chester Himes - Cotton Comes to Harlem—Episode 4
4/4 Detectives Digger and Coffin have taken the gamble of their careers, but will it pay off?
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01:30
The Curse of Pendle
400 years on, novelist Jeanette Winterson considers the Pendle Witch trials.
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02:00
John Buchan - Sick Heart River—Episode 4
4/10 Sir Edward Leithen picks up the missing New Yorker's trail in the Canadian wilderness.
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02:15
Publishing Lives—Series 1, George Weidenfeld
4/5 Robert McCrum meets George Weidenfeld to talk about his extraordinary publishing life.
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02:30
George Eliot - Adam Bede—Episode 14
14/15 As the journey to the hanging scaffold begins, a visitor arrives.
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02:45
Book of the Week—The Uke of Wallington, Episode 4
4/5 It's Edinburgh Festival time, and Mark Wallington is awarded the title Uke of Edinburgh.
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03:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front - Omnibus—19-23 December 1916
Epic drama series set in Great War Britain a hundred years ago this week.
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04:00
Guess What?—Episode 3
3/10 Animal, vegetable or mineral? Barry Took's revised 20 questions.
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04:30
Country Matters—Episode 5
5/6 Dave and Cathy face a hectic weekend of visitors to their cottage.
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05:00
In the Chair—Episode 4
4/6 Hack George Cragge thinks an unrelated murder may be connected after all. From June 1998.
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05:30
Meet David Sedaris—Series 5, Loggerheads
6/6 Including a tale about how turtles have featured in the writer's life since childhood.
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