Schedule
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Early
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00:00
The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton—The Exposure
5/13 Sunday unmasks one of the anarchists as a Scotland Yard detective.
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00:30
Mastertapes—Series 1, Corinne Bailey Rae (the A-Side)
11/14 Corinne Bailey Rae returns to her second album, The Sea, and plays tracks from it live.
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01:00
Julie Enfield Investigates—The Net and the Canal, 4. Beyond the Firewall
4/4 The detective is moving closer to a solution, but her internet tormentor has other ideas.
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01:30
Death By Chocolate
Jo Brand looks at the sinister history of the sweet treat.
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02:00
Book at Bedtime—Jonathan Coe - Expo 58, Episode 5
5/10 Thomas discovers that his roommate and the highly-prized ZETA machine have disappeared.
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02:15
Shakespeare's Restless World—5. Swordplay and Swagger
5/20 Neil MacGregor explores the essential accoutrements of any self-respecting gentleman.
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02:30
Laurence Sterne - Tristram Shandy—All Good Things Come to an End
10/10 Widow Wadman makes a discovery as Tristram brings his story to a surprising conclusion.
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02:45
Book of the Week—Simon Morrison - The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev, A parcel changes everything
5/5 Simon Morrison's biography of Russian composer Serge Prokofiev's remarkable wife.
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03:00
The Barchester Chronicles—Anthony Trollope's Barchester Towers, Games at Ullathorne
3/3 Miss Thorne organises a summer fete and then develops a cunning plan for Eleanor.
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04:00
It's Your Round—Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
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04:30
After Henry—Series 3, Poor Relations
2/8 Proud Sarah suffers her mother's nosiness as well as some unexpected advances.
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05:00
The Stanley Baxter Playhouse—Series 7, Two Desperate Men
3/4 A kidnap by two daft, 1930s' con men goes awry.
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05:30
Ruby Wax - Frazzled—Episode 1
1/2 Ruby Wax explains how we got to be so frazzled and what we can do about it.
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Morning
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06:00
David Storey - This Sporting Life
The trapped needs of protagonist Arthur Machin juxtaposed with the aggression of rugby.
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07:30
Freedom Pass—Episode 7
7/7 Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond.
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08:00
Archive on 4—Regulating the Press
Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
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09:00
Lloyd Webber & Rice - Jesus Christ Superstar
The rock opera that propelled Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber into the musicals firmament
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10:40
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Sir Tim Rice
From David Essex to the King's College Choir, Tim Rice shares his castaway choices.
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11:25
Inheritance Tracks—Frances Ruffelle
Singer Frances Ruffelle chooses All Your Pals May Leave You and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien.
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11:30
Musical Legends—Roger Daltrey
Lead singer of The Who, Roger Daltrey talks about his musical career and rock legacy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Hopes and Desires—Series 1, Vongole
1/4 Professor Swann seduces his students over a languorous meal of spaghetti vongole.
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12:30
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6 The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
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13:00
Eileen Horne - She Said/He Said (Omnibus)
After a fresher's week party, a student is stunned to find himself accused of rape.
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Jeremy Vine
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine inherits 'Old Comrades' and passes on 'Lipstick Vogue'.
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14:15
Sentimental Journey—Tony Benn
Arthur Smith joins Tony Benn on a trip back to Westminster.
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14:45
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Bigamist
5/5 Can eternal pessimist Robb Wilton solve a tricky marital problem in 1986?
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15:00
Archive on 4—Regulating the Press
Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
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16:00
David Storey - This Sporting Life
The trapped needs of protagonist Arthur Machin juxtaposed with the aggression of rugby.
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17:30
Freedom Pass—Episode 7
7/7 Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond.
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Evening
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18:00
Drama on 4—Torchwood - The Lost Files, Submission
2/3 By Ryan Scott. A distress signal lures Torchwood to the deepest part of the ocean.
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18:45
Edinburgh Haunts—The Misadventures of Magnus Lovatt
2/3 By Susie Maguire. An actor performs a one-man show, but the words echo back to him.
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19:00
Steve Punt's Hancock Cuttings
Tony Hancock fan Steve Punt presents oddities and rarities featuring the lad himself.
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22:00
My Teenage Diary—Series 5, Kate Mosse
6/6 Author Kate Mosse's diary tells of a rain-soaked family holiday to the Lake District.
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22:30
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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23:00
Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4 Ringmaster Colin with Thwor, the mighty (Leeds-based) god of Thwunder.
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23:30
Think the Unthinkable—Series 2, Riddlington Plastic
4/6 The consultants marvel at the world wide web, and Ryan gets embroiled in a protest.
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Late
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00:00
Drama on 4—Torchwood - The Lost Files, Submission
2/3 By Ryan Scott. A distress signal lures Torchwood to the deepest part of the ocean.
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00:45
Edinburgh Haunts—The Misadventures of Magnus Lovatt
2/3 By Susie Maguire. An actor performs a one-man show, but the words echo back to him.
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01:00
Eileen Horne - She Said/He Said (Omnibus)
After a fresher's week party, a student is stunned to find himself accused of rape.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Jeremy Vine
Broadcaster Jeremy Vine inherits 'Old Comrades' and passes on 'Lipstick Vogue'.
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02:15
Sentimental Journey—Tony Benn
Arthur Smith joins Tony Benn on a trip back to Westminster.
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02:45
Robb Wilton: I Should Say So—Series 1, The Bigamist
5/5 Can eternal pessimist Robb Wilton solve a tricky marital problem in 1986?
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03:00
Archive on 4—Regulating the Press
Steve Hewlett explores the fraught history of attempts to regulate the British press.
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04:00
David Storey - This Sporting Life
The trapped needs of protagonist Arthur Machin juxtaposed with the aggression of rugby.
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05:30
Freedom Pass—Episode 7
7/7 Alan Coren and Christopher Matthew head to London Zoo and Regents Park's boating pond.
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