Schedule
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Early
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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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Morning
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06:00
Betsy and Napoleon (Omnibus)
1815: Betsy Balcombe was 13 when Napoleon came to live in her garden on St Helena.
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07:15
Mavis Gallant Stories—By the Sea
1/5 An expat in Spain considers her return to England and the visitors at Villa Margate.
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07:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman鈥檚 麻豆约拍
2/6 What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
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08:00
Whack-O!—The Cricket Pavilion Fire
Cricket ashes of a different kind when the new school pavilion burns down.
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08:30
Ray's a Laugh—From 20/03/1959
Ted goes racing when a fortune-teller says someone with the initial 鈥楾鈥� will make money.
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09:00
Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus)
A mudlark reveals her stories of finds buried in the mud of the River Thames.
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10:10
The Listening Project—Sanchez and Han 鈥� Wife or Baby Mother
A father and son debate the pros and cons of having children with a single partner. (R)
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10:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Edinburgh Winners, Steve Coogan
Comedian and actor Steve Coogan shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
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11:00
The Moth Radio Hour—Series 9, In Famiglia
5/8 Tales about the family, from sibling high jinks to the difficulties of having children.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Whack-O!—The Cricket Pavilion Fire
Cricket ashes of a different kind when the new school pavilion burns down.
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12:30
Ray's a Laugh—From 20/03/1959
Ted goes racing when a fortune-teller says someone with the initial 鈥楾鈥� will make money.
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13:00
Betsy and Napoleon (Omnibus)
1815: Betsy Balcombe was 13 when Napoleon came to live in her garden on St Helena.
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14:15
Mavis Gallant Stories—By the Sea
1/5 An expat in Spain considers her return to England and the visitors at Villa Margate.
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14:30
Hilary Mantel - Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (Omnibus)—Episode 2/2
2/2 Cartographer Frances Shore discovers that the streets are not a woman's territory.
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15:45
Beryl Reid in Conversation—Educating Archie
3/6 Beryl Reid talks to Sian Phillips about her remarkable life and career.
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16:00
David Goodland - The Voice of Angels
Did Florence Maybrick poison her husband? True story of a miscarriage of justice.
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17:00
Poetry Extra—John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan
Daljit Nagra selects John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan.
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17:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman鈥檚 麻豆约拍
2/6 What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
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Evening
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18:00
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham—Episode 5
5/5 The secret of long life is out, but Diana must face the media alone.
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18:30
The Price of Fear—Blind Man's Bluff
Chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins Vincent Price on a train heading west.
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19:00
The Moth Radio Hour—Series 9, In Famiglia
5/8 Tales about the family, from sibling high jinks to the difficulties of having children.
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20:00
Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem (Omnibus)
A mudlark reveals her stories of finds buried in the mud of the River Thames.
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21:10
The Listening Project—Sanchez and Han 鈥� Wife or Baby Mother
A father and son debate the pros and cons of having children with a single partner. (R)
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21:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Edinburgh Winners, Steve Coogan
Comedian and actor Steve Coogan shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
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22:00
It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman鈥檚 麻豆约拍
2/6 What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
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22:30
Comedy Club Extra—The Balance, Episode 1
Jake Yapp, Jessica Fostekew and Jon Holmes tackle the issues via angry, unfounded debate.
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22:45
Ivor Cutler - A Wet Handle—Episode 5
5/5 Surreal songs and poems on such topics as grass seed, mud and digging ditches.
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23:00
Small Scenes—Series 3, Episode 4
4/4 Sketch show with Daniel Rigby, Jess Ransom, Mike Wozniak, Cariad Lloyd and Henry Paker.
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23:30
Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking—Series 1, Episode 2
2/6 The award-winning comedian introduces the Daniel Bedingfield-loving East European couple.
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Late
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00:00
Trouble with Lichen by John Wyndham—Episode 5
5/5 The secret of long life is out, but Diana must face the media alone.
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00:30
The Price of Fear—Blind Man's Bluff
Chilling tale of an eerie passenger who joins Vincent Price on a train heading west.
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01:00
Betsy and Napoleon (Omnibus)
1815: Betsy Balcombe was 13 when Napoleon came to live in her garden on St Helena.
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02:15
Mavis Gallant Stories—By the Sea
1/5 An expat in Spain considers her return to England and the visitors at Villa Margate.
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02:30
Hilary Mantel - Eight Months on Ghazzah Street (Omnibus)—Episode 2/2
2/2 Cartographer Frances Shore discovers that the streets are not a woman's territory.
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03:45
Beryl Reid in Conversation—Educating Archie
3/6 Beryl Reid talks to Sian Phillips about her remarkable life and career.
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04:00
David Goodland - The Voice of Angels
Did Florence Maybrick poison her husband? True story of a miscarriage of justice.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan
Daljit Nagra selects John Dryden, Jean Binta Breeze and Spike Milligan.
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05:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 2, An Englishman鈥檚 麻豆约拍
2/6 What is 'reasonable force'? How far can you go to defend yourself?
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