Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Planet B—Series 1, 5. The Smart Money
5/10 Thrust into a frantic world, John and Medley buy low and sell high, but what for?
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00:30
Off the Page—Risk
Matthew Parris takes a gamble on David Tremayne, Melissa Kite and Geoff Dyer.
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01:00
Book at Beachtime—Sadie Jones - The Uninvited Guests, Episode 5
5/5 A horse and child cause chaos and the train crash survivors demand release.
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01:30
Men Against The Eiger
Dougal Haston talks about being first Briton to climb the Eiger by the Direct Route. 1966.
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02:00
Book at Bedtime—Owen Sheers - I Saw a Man, Episode 5
5/10 On a Nevada air base, Major Daniel McCullen is given a new mission.
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02:15
Hunting the Beagle—5. Analysis
5/5 Dr Robert Prescott sends for analysis of the ship they found buried in the Essex marshes.
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02:30
Lynne Reid Banks - The Backward Shadow—Episode 10
10/10 The sequel to The L-Shaped Room. Stars Lynne Seymour.
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02:45
Book of the Week—Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh, Crisis Point
5/5 The biography of America's great playwright by the acclaimed theatre critic, John Lahr
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03:00
Trevor Lloyd - The MacGuffin
Ian McDiarmid stars in a dramatic homage to the film plot device and the man who named it.
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04:00
It's Not What You Know—Series 1, Episode 4
4/4 With broadcaster Emma Freud, 6Music DJ Shaun Keaveny and stand-up Tom Wrigglesworth.
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04:30
Mr Finchley Goes to Paris—Episode 4
4/6 Edgar and young Robert have been kidnapped, but is it a case of mistaken identity?
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05:00
Secrets and Lattes—Series 2, Off Piste
2/6 New staff and lots of kilts make life interesting in Edinburgh's Cafe Culture.
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05:30
Me and My Shadow
The Titter Sisters - Joy’s comedy gold and Jane’s her stooge. But that’s about to change.
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Morning
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06:00
Patrick Carroll - Scattering Day
Two young Irish singers become friends until their careers and affections diverge.
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07:30
Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang
3/4 Love and war feature in the comic celebration of songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.
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08:00
World Book Club—Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel talks about her second novel exploring the life of Thomas Cromwell.
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09:00
Great Lives - 400 and Counting
From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - the story behind 400 Great Lives.
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Afternoon
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12:00
The Unbelievable Truth—Series 14, Episode 1
1/6 With Lloyd Langford, David O'Doherty, Susan Calman, Josh Widdicombe. David Mitchell hosts.
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12:30
Double Science—Pilot
1/6 Teacher turmoil at a sixth form college for drama, when a new female science head arrives.
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13:00
Curious Under the Stars—Series 9 (Omnibus) - The Fruits of Gwyddno
A low tide reveals a sunken forest on the Glan Don shores - a tree bears forbidden fruit.
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Sir Michael Caine
Legendary actor Sir Michael Caine shares his inheritance tracks.
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14:15
Pam Ayres' Open Road—Series 1, Isle of Skye
7/8 Pam returns to the west coast of Scotland to look for otters.
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14:45
Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench—Series 2, How Long, How Long?
2/4 Sir Plympton Makepeace wonders why he let himself be persuaded back into politics.
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15:00
World Book Club—Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel talks about her second novel exploring the life of Thomas Cromwell.
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16:00
Patrick Carroll - Scattering Day
Two young Irish singers become friends until their careers and affections diverge.
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17:30
Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang
3/4 Love and war feature in the comic celebration of songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.
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Evening
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18:00
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World—1. The Rebels
1/2 It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced
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19:00
Great Lives - 400 and Counting
From Leon Trotsky to Morecambe and Wise - the story behind 400 Great Lives.
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22:00
Lee Mack and Friends at the Fringe—Episode 2
2/2 Host Lee Mack introduces Andy Parsons, Lucy Porter, Tim Minchin and Jim Owen.
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22:30
Funny From the Fringe—2019, Sarah Kendall, Life Times A Thousand
Catherine Bohart brings us all the sights, sounds and smells of the Edinburgh festival.
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23:00
Richard Herring's Objective—Series 2, The Golliwog
1/4 Should the golliwog be reclaimed or consigned to the dustbin of history?
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23:30
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life—Series 1, Success
1/4 Mark Watson, Tim Key and Tom Basden ask how we measure success.
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Late
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00:00
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World—1. The Rebels
1/2 It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced
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01:00
Curious Under the Stars—Series 9 (Omnibus) - The Fruits of Gwyddno
A low tide reveals a sunken forest on the Glan Don shores - a tree bears forbidden fruit.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Sir Michael Caine
Legendary actor Sir Michael Caine shares his inheritance tracks.
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02:15
Pam Ayres' Open Road—Series 1, Isle of Skye
7/8 Pam returns to the west coast of Scotland to look for otters.
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02:45
Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench—Series 2, How Long, How Long?
2/4 Sir Plympton Makepeace wonders why he let himself be persuaded back into politics.
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03:00
World Book Club—Hilary Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel talks about her second novel exploring the life of Thomas Cromwell.
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04:00
Patrick Carroll - Scattering Day
Two young Irish singers become friends until their careers and affections diverge.
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05:30
Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Hush! Here Comes a Whizzbang
3/4 Love and war feature in the comic celebration of songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee.
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