Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Planet B—Series 1, 10. Death's Door
10/10 John and Lioba aim to escape virtual reality and meet up in the real world.
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00:30
Off the Page—The Great British Public
Matthew Parris and his guests discuss how they feel about the public.
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01:00
Book at Beachtime—Joanna Trollope - Daughters-in-Law, Episode 5
Simmering tensions threaten the harmony of a close-knit family.
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01:30
The Green Children of Woolpit
Who were the green children of Woolpit and why are we still fascinated by them?
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02:00
Book at Bedtime—Owen Sheers - I Saw a Man, Episode 10
10/10 Josh seeks proof of Michael's version of events.
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02:15
A Brief History of Mathematics—Carl Friedrich Gauss
5/10 Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.
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02:30
Betsy and Napoleon—Episode 5
5/5 1815, St Helena: how will Betsy fair when Napoleon has to leave the Balcombe’s Pavilion?
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02:45
Book of the Week—Forensics: The Anatomy of Crime, 5. Fiction Connection
5/5 Val McDermid reveals how her fascination with forensic science connects with her fiction.
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03:00
Saturday Drama—John Fletcher - The Shocking Tale of Margaret Seddon
John Fletcher's Edwardian murder story is based on real events.
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04:00
Who Goes There?—Series 6, Episode 1
1/6 Martin Young's famous people quiz. With Francis Wheen, Fred Housego, Lynne Truss.
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04:30
Mr Finchley Goes to Paris—Episode 5
5/6 In London, Robert gets into trouble and the solicitor's clerk receives an unlikely visitor
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05:00
Secrets and Lattes—Series 2, Strictly Christmas
3/6 Will any of the team at Edinburgh's Cafe Culture find their prince at a ball in Leith?
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05:30
Cooking in a Bedsitter—Series 1, Beef Olives
1/4 Beattie Edmondson stars in a comedy inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.
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Morning
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06:00
Pacific Dreams
Hawaii exerts a strange hold on Hugh, a young man on a quest for identity.
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07:30
Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Goodbye-ee
4/4 Finding inspiration in the comic songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee. Stars Roy Hudd.
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08:00
World Book Club—Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Romesh Gunesekera and readers discuss his Booker shortlisted novel - Reef. From 2013.
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08:50
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
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09:00
Nasty Women
Jan Ravens and guests chart the journey of changing attitudes to female satire.
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Afternoon
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12:00
The World As We Know It—The End
1/6 Housemates Donna, Johnny, Patrick and Abigail discover they are the last people on Earth.
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12:30
The Senses—Hearing
1/6 An affair conducted through messages recorded on cassette sparks problems.
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13:00
The Latvian Locum (Omnibus)—Series 2
Latvian locum Dr Dace Zake is on the hunt for a missing patient.
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Luke Goss
The Bros drummer chooses U2's, 'Where the Streets Have No Name' and Bob Marley 'One Love'.
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14:15
Pam Ayres' Open Road—Series 1, Gloucestershire
8/8 Back in her home county, poet Pam Ayres learns about wig curlers and 'legging it'.
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14:45
Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench—Series 2, Dalliances
3/4 MP Sir Plympton Makepeace warmly recalls many happy carnal and amorous associations.
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15:00
World Book Club—Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Romesh Gunesekera and readers discuss his Booker shortlisted novel - Reef. From 2013.
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15:50
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
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16:00
Pacific Dreams
Hawaii exerts a strange hold on Hugh, a young man on a quest for identity.
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17:30
Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Goodbye-ee
4/4 Finding inspiration in the comic songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee. Stars Roy Hudd.
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Evening
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18:00
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World—2. Values
2/2 It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced
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19:00
Nasty Women
Jan Ravens and guests chart the journey of changing attitudes to female satire.
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22:00
It's Jocelyn—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4 Sketch show from comedian Jocelyn Jee Esien.
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22:30
Funny From the Fringe—2019, Episode 2
Catherine Bohart shows off the sights, sounds and smells of the Edinburgh arts festival.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—The Delightful Sausage
Jake Yapp and Laura Lexx chat to Chris and Amy from The Delightful Sausage.
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23:00
Richard Herring's Objective—Series 2, The Wheelchair
2/4 Is the wheelchair a symbol of equal access? Do we see beyond a person's disability?
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23:30
Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life—Series 1, Health and Beauty
2/4 Mark asks why it is so hard to get to the bottom of what makes people look and feel good.
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Late
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00:00
Aldous Huxley - Brave New World—2. Values
2/2 It's 2116, a dystopian world where eugenics, promiscuity and happiness are gently enforced
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01:00
The Latvian Locum (Omnibus)—Series 2
Latvian locum Dr Dace Zake is on the hunt for a missing patient.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Luke Goss
The Bros drummer chooses U2's, 'Where the Streets Have No Name' and Bob Marley 'One Love'.
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02:15
Pam Ayres' Open Road—Series 1, Gloucestershire
8/8 Back in her home county, poet Pam Ayres learns about wig curlers and 'legging it'.
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02:45
Peter Tinniswood - Tales from the Backbench—Series 2, Dalliances
3/4 MP Sir Plympton Makepeace warmly recalls many happy carnal and amorous associations.
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03:00
World Book Club—Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Romesh Gunesekera and readers discuss his Booker shortlisted novel - Reef. From 2013.
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03:50
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Coelacanth
Was the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish shown on TV really a living fossil?
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04:00
Pacific Dreams
Hawaii exerts a strange hold on Hugh, a young man on a quest for identity.
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05:30
Roy Hudd - Stick a Geranium in Your Hat!—Goodbye-ee
4/4 Finding inspiration in the comic songwriters RP Weston and Bert Lee. Stars Roy Hudd.
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