Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Anita Sullivan - The Octopus
Scientist Hester wants to understand what it is like to have eight legs and no bones.
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00:45
Black and White by Jan Mark—1. In Black and White
1/4 Marjorie has premonitions, but no-one could have guessed how true they would be.
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01:00
The Pillow Book (Omnibus)—Series 11
Empress Teishi will not allow Shonagon to get the help her Empress needs.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Josette Simon
The actress Josette Simon chooses tracks by Ray Charles, and Gladys Knight and the Pips.
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02:15
Down Your Way—George Melly in Soho
Jazz musician George Melly visits his beloved haunts in the heart of London.
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03:00
Archive on 4—Rebel Rebel
Jonathan Agnew looks back at the rebel cricket tours to South Africa between 1981-1990.
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04:00
Nancy Mitford - Love in a Cold Climate
A glamorous invitation sees Fanny emerge into the 1920s world of an aristocratic family.
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05:30
The Three Voyages of Captain Cook—Further Than Any Other Man
Dr Nigel Rigby explores Captain Cook's voyage of discovery to New Zealand and Australia.
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Morning
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06:00
Lindsay Ashford - The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen (Omnibus)
Anne Sharp thinks that her lifelong friend Jane Austen may have been murdered.
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07:15
Clive Dunn - Definitely Dunn—Glamorous Nights in a Prison Camp
4/6 The Dad's Army star recalls becoming a PoW and how he met his wife after the war.
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07:30
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 4, Episode 5
5/6 Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet.
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08:00
Floggit's—From 24/08/1956
Chaos strikes village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy over a troublesome tree.
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08:30
Take It From Here—From 15/05/1957
Dick Bentley and Jimmy Edwards ponder their future, while the Glums meet Eth's family.
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09:00
Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis (Omnibus)
The story of man’s long and complex relationship with opium – for better, and for worse.
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10:10
The Listening Project—Tara and Anna - Funeral Food
Cooks who cater for gatherings of all kinds on what they want served at their own funerals (R)
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10:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Adventurers, Ann Daniels
From Abba to Nina Simone, polar explorer Ann Daniels shares her castaway choices.
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11:00
Radiolab—Series 4, Memory and Forgetting
1/8 Radiolab looks behind the curtain of how memories are made... and forgotten.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Floggit's—From 24/08/1956
Chaos strikes village shopkeepers Gert and Daisy over a troublesome tree.
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12:30
Take It From Here—From 15/05/1957
Dick Bentley and Jimmy Edwards ponder their future, while the Glums meet Eth's family.
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13:00
Lindsay Ashford - The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen (Omnibus)
Anne Sharp thinks that her lifelong friend Jane Austen may have been murdered.
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14:15
Clive Dunn - Definitely Dunn—Glamorous Nights in a Prison Camp
4/6 The Dad's Army star recalls becoming a PoW and how he met his wife after the war.
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14:30
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (Omnibus)
Eleanor Bron reads Elizabeth Taylor's poignant masterpiece.
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15:45
As Soon As I Open My Mouth—Street Talk, Posh Talk
3/4 The accent angst of Londoner Penny, born to a Caribbean mother.
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16:00
Saturday Drama—Paul Sellar - The Moonflask
A group of jobseekers pool their skills to steal a Ming vase and return it to its owner.
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17:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry and Planets: Simon Armitage
Daljit Nagra introduces a piece by Simon Armitage and an interview from Start the Week.
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17:30
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 4, Episode 5
5/6 Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet.
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Evening
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18:00
Dan Dare—Series 1, 3 The Red Moon Mystery 1/2
3/6 Dan's crew orbit Earth until the Inter-Planet Space Force orders them to Mars.
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18:35
Ray Bradbury - There Will Come Soft Rains
2026: With surroundings destroyed and empty of human life, an automated house carries on.
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19:00
Radiolab—Series 4, Memory and Forgetting
1/8 Radiolab looks behind the curtain of how memories are made... and forgotten.
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20:00
Milk of Paradise by Lucy Inglis (Omnibus)
The story of man’s long and complex relationship with opium – for better, and for worse.
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21:10
The Listening Project—Tara and Anna - Funeral Food
Cooks who cater for gatherings of all kinds on what they want served at their own funerals (R)
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21:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Adventurers, Ann Daniels
From Abba to Nina Simone, polar explorer Ann Daniels shares her castaway choices.
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22:00
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 4, Episode 5
5/6 Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet.
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22:30
Self-Storage—Series 1, Break-Up
1/6 No woman, no job. Dave has no choice but to stow everything
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22:45
2000 Years of Radio—Series 2, Radio Mustard
1/6 The horror, carnage and laughter that was the First World War.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—Jake Howie. 2/2
Arthur Smith chats to Kiwi comic Jake Howie.
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23:00
The Guns of Adam Riches—Series 2, Mastermind in Love
2/3 The story of Mastermind, a blind megalomaniac looking for love.
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23:30
Dave Podmore—Dave Podmore's Cricket Night, Episode 2
2/4 Trying to find a job, can Pod meet the challenge of becoming a first-class umpire?
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Late
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00:30
Dan Dare—Series 1, 3 The Red Moon Mystery 1/2
3/6 Dan's crew orbit Earth until the Inter-Planet Space Force orders them to Mars.
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00:35
Ray Bradbury - There Will Come Soft Rains
2026: With surroundings destroyed and empty of human life, an automated house carries on.
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01:00
Lindsay Ashford - The Mysterious Death of Jane Austen (Omnibus)
Anne Sharp thinks that her lifelong friend Jane Austen may have been murdered.
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02:15
Clive Dunn - Definitely Dunn—Glamorous Nights in a Prison Camp
4/6 The Dad's Army star recalls becoming a PoW and how he met his wife after the war.
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02:30
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor (Omnibus)
Eleanor Bron reads Elizabeth Taylor's poignant masterpiece.
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03:45
As Soon As I Open My Mouth—Street Talk, Posh Talk
3/4 The accent angst of Londoner Penny, born to a Caribbean mother.
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04:00
Saturday Drama—Paul Sellar - The Moonflask
A group of jobseekers pool their skills to steal a Ming vase and return it to its owner.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry and Planets: Simon Armitage
Daljit Nagra introduces a piece by Simon Armitage and an interview from Start the Week.
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05:30
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 4, Episode 5
5/6 Featuring the only detectives who have not had their own TV show yet.
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