Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Doctor Who—The Lost Stories: The Song of Megaptera, Episode 2
2/2 Like Jonah, the Time Lord and Peri find themselves inside a whale, and they are not alone.
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01:00
Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus)—The Lonely Girl, Episode 1
1/2 Edna O’Brien’s frank, funny and subversive story of womanhood in Ireland in the 1950s.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Sir John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner chooses 'Zefiro Torna' by Monteverdi and Beethoven's 'Missa Solemnis'.
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02:15
With Great Pleasure—Mark Kermode
Horror fan Mark Kermode selects favourite readings, including The Exorcist. From 2008.
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02:45
Uncle Mort's North Country—Series 1, Dog Days
3/5 At the allotment, Carter's uncle sounds off on sunshine, southerners and a smart mutt.
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03:00
Archive on 4—The Selling of Sinatra
Jazz singer Kurt Elling doffs his trilby as he explores the life of Frank Sinatra.
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04:00
Robert Westall - The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral
In a cathedral spire, a malevolent gargoyle wields its evil power. With Peter Meakin.
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05:30
Reasons to be Cheerful—Series 2, Jake Arnott
2/3 Novelist Jake Arnott and his guests look for signs of hope in modern life.
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Morning
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06:00
Doris Lessing - The Good Terrorist (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2 A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat try to court the IRA.
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07:15
If I Only Had...—If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry
3/3 Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.
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07:30
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
5/6 Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
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08:00
The Arthur Haynes Show—From 18/8/1963
The popular comedian stars in Johnny Speight's sketches. With Nicholas Parsons.
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08:30
Educating Archie—From 11/02/1954
Schoolboy Archie Andrews gets up to hijinks with inks. Stars Beryl Reid and Harry Secombe.
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09:00
Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain (Omnibus)
Biography of the shepherd’s son who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering.
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10:10
The Listening Project—Harriet and Martin – Meeting By Accident
A former paramedic and a patient who was unconscious when they met piece things together (R)
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10:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Peter Mansfield
The Nobel-winning scientist Peter Mansfield shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
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11:00
Radiolab—Series 2, Black Box
6/8 Radiolab examines three very different kinds of black boxes - spaces for strange creation.
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Afternoon
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12:00
The Arthur Haynes Show—From 18/8/1963
The popular comedian stars in Johnny Speight's sketches. With Nicholas Parsons.
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12:30
Educating Archie—From 11/02/1954
Schoolboy Archie Andrews gets up to hijinks with inks. Stars Beryl Reid and Harry Secombe.
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13:00
Doris Lessing - The Good Terrorist (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2 A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat try to court the IRA.
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14:15
If I Only Had...—If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry
3/3 Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.
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14:30
The Confession by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Rose starts to make changes as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth.
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15:45
His Master's Voices—1. Beginnings
1/5 Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna consider the legacy of the UK's first gramophone records.
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16:00
Drama on 4—Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices
Penelope Fitzgerald's comic novel set in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 1940. With Helen George and Toby Jones
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17:00
Poetry Extra—Found at Sea
Poet Daljit Nagra selects Found at Sea from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive.
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17:30
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
5/6 Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
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Evening
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18:00
Kingsley Amis - To See the Sun
Vampire drama set in Dacia adapted from a Kingsley Amis story with Christopher Cazenove.
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18:30
Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre—Series 1, Night Call Collect
1/6 Marooned for decades on Mars, a telephone engineer finally gets a call when he turns 80.
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19:00
Radiolab—Series 2, Black Box
6/8 Radiolab examines three very different kinds of black boxes - spaces for strange creation.
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20:00
Man of Iron: Thomas Telford and the Building of Britain (Omnibus)
Biography of the shepherd’s son who changed the world with his revolutionary engineering.
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21:10
The Listening Project—Harriet and Martin – Meeting By Accident
A former paramedic and a patient who was unconscious when they met piece things together
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21:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Nobel Prize Winners, Peter Mansfield
The Nobel-winning scientist Peter Mansfield shares his castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
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22:00
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
5/6 Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
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22:30
Small Scenes—Pilot
Comedy sketch show starring Daniel Rigby, Henry Paker, Mike Wozniak and Sara Pascoe.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—Joz Norris 2/2
Jake Yapp talks to Joz Norris.
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23:00
Newsjack—Series 21, Episode 6
The week's news stories lovingly moulded into sketches and one-liners by the public.
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23:30
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4 The human chameleon's host of characters from a chatty schoolgirl to a decrepit charwoman.
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Late
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00:00
Kingsley Amis - To See the Sun
Vampire drama set in Dacia adapted from a Kingsley Amis story with Christopher Cazenove.
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00:30
Ray Bradbury's Tales of the Bizarre—Series 1, Night Call Collect
1/6 Marooned for decades on Mars, a telephone engineer finally gets a call when he turns 80.
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01:00
Doris Lessing - The Good Terrorist (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2 A band of inept revolutionaries in a London squat try to court the IRA.
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02:15
If I Only Had...—If I Only Had the Nerve, by Colin Carberry
3/3 Brendan is stuck in a rut. If only he could find the courage to escape.
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02:30
The Confession by Jessie Burton (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Rose starts to make changes as she gets closer to Connie, and the truth.
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03:45
His Master's Voices—1. Beginnings
1/5 Cerys Matthews and Tris Penna consider the legacy of the UK's first gramophone records.
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04:00
Drama on 4—Penelope Fitzgerald - Human Voices
Penelope Fitzgerald's comic novel set in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in 1940. With Helen George and Toby Jones
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Found at Sea
Poet Daljit Nagra selects Found at Sea from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive.
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05:30
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 11, Poetry? No Thanks
5/6 Ed becomes involved in honouring plucky wartime songbird 'Beryl Bassett'.
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