Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Ray Bradbury - Kaleidoscope
A space disaster leaves a crew of astronauts having to make peace with coming death.
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00:45
Hurst of Hurstcote by E Nesbit
A man's murky past returns to haunt him when his wife dies unexpectedly of marsh fever.
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01:00
Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy (Omnibus)—Girls in Their Married Bliss
The third book in Edna O'Brien's frank, funny and subversive trilogy.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Jonathan Van Ness
Jonathan Van Ness chooses ‘You Gotta Be’ by Des'ree and ‘Dream Big’ by Jazmine Sullivan.
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02:15
Down Your Way—Muriel Gray in Glasgow
Broadcaster and author Muriel Gray visits the town she grew up in, Glasgow
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03:00
Archive on 4—Remembering Sue Townsend, Aged 68 ¾
Adrian Mole's creator, Sue Townsend, is remembered by friends, family and in her own words
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04:00
David Buck - Barnsdale Wake
King Richard I hears ballad singers recall legendary tales of Robin Hood.
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05:30
Recycled Radio—Series 2, Hell
1/3 Gerald Scarfe introduces the radio, recycled. The subject is Hell.
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Morning
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06:00
Grossman's War—Life and Fate, Fortress Stalingrad
12/13 Vasily Grossman's epic tale of a family torn apart by war in Soviet Russia.
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07:00
Crème de la Crime—Series 1, Heist Society
5/6 Michael Feydeau and David Pershore recall some 1960s cunning villainy.
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07:15
From the Vineyard—Muscadet by Michele Roberts
3/3 Three new stories set in the wonderful world of wine.
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07:30
Guilt Trip—Episode 1
1/4 A mother and daughter undertake a two-week sponsored walk along The Thames Path.
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08:00
ITMA - It's That Man Again—26/12/1946
Tommy Handley retells Cinderella and Colonel Blotto is on a trapeze. From December 1946.
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08:30
Sid and Dora
Celebrating Christmas does not quite go to plan for Sid and Dora Edge.
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09:00
Three-a-Penny by Lucy Malleson (Omnibus)
Diana Quick reads the autobiography of Lucy Malleson, a detective writer of the 1930s.
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10:10
The Listening Project—Helen and Roger – Feeding the 5000
How the B30 Foodbank receives donations and distributes them (R)
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10:15
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Peter Nichols
From Fred Astaire to William Walton, playwright Peter Nichols makes his castaway choices.
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11:00
The Moth Radio Hour—Series 6, Holiday Special
Sarah Austin Jenness with tales of people's experiences in the last month of the year.
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11:50
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Sloths
Musings on the natural history of perhaps the most lethargic beast in the animal world.
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Afternoon
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12:00
ITMA - It's That Man Again—26/12/1946
Tommy Handley retells Cinderella and Colonel Blotto is on a trapeze. From December 1946.
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12:30
Sid and Dora
Celebrating Christmas does not quite go to plan for Sid and Dora Edge.
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13:00
Grossman's War—Life and Fate, Fortress Stalingrad
12/13 Vasily Grossman's epic tale of a family torn apart by war in Soviet Russia.
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14:00
Crème de la Crime—Series 1, Heist Society
5/6 Michael Feydeau and David Pershore recall some 1960s cunning villainy.
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14:15
From the Vineyard—Muscadet by Michele Roberts
3/3 Three new stories set in the wonderful world of wine.
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14:30
The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman (Omnibus)—La Belle Sauvage
1/2 The tale of a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and a girl hidden in a convent.
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15:45
Who Ate All The Pies?—Bridies and Scotch Pies
4/5 Poet Ian McMillan heads to Forfar and Dundee to learn about Bridie and Scotch pies.
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16:00
Grossman's War—Life and Fate, Viktor and the Academy
13/13 Kenneth Branagh stars in Vasily Grossman's epic tale of family and war in Soviet Russia.
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17:00
Poetry Extra—Adventures in Poetry - Snow by Louis MacNeice
Poet Daljit Nagra chooses the very best programmes from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's poetry archive.
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17:30
Guilt Trip—Episode 1
1/4 A mother and daughter undertake a two-week sponsored walk along The Thames Path.
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Evening
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18:00
HG Wells—The Wonderful Visit
A lost, wounded angel spends a few disconcerting days in a small Victorian village.
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19:00
Peter Nichols - A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A heartbreaking comic drama about the parents of a profoundly mentally disabled child.
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20:40
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Peter Nichols
From Fred Astaire to William Walton, playwright Peter Nichols makes his castaway choices.
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21:25
The Listening Project—Helen and Roger – Feeding the 5000
How the B30 Foodbank receives donations and distributes them
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21:30
Poetry Extra—Adventures in Poetry - Snow by Louis MacNeice
Poet Daljit Nagra chooses the very best programmes from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's poetry archive.
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22:00
Guilt Trip—Episode 1
1/4 A mother and daughter undertake a two-week sponsored walk along The Thames Path.
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22:30
The Remains of Foley and McColl—Snuff Radio
3/4 Sean Foley and Hamish McColl compete in a European Radio Drama competition.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—Steve Furst part 2
From 10.00pm until midnight, seven days a week, the Comedy Club has two hours of comedy.
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23:00
2000 Years of Radio—Series 1, Crusade Roadshow
3/6 Out and about, historic expeditions and more are on the airwaves.
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23:15
Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown—3. Michelangelo's David
3/4 Hannah shares her affection for and knowledge of David, despite all its imperfections.
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23:30
Radio 9—Series 2, Episode 5
5/5 An unusual doctor, the perils of parenthood and faking it as a boxer.
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Late
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00:00
HG Wells—The Wonderful Visit
A lost, wounded angel spends a few disconcerting days in a small Victorian village.
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01:00
Grossman's War—Life and Fate, Fortress Stalingrad
12/13 Vasily Grossman's epic tale of a family torn apart by war in Soviet Russia.
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02:00
Crème de la Crime—Series 1, Heist Society
5/6 Michael Feydeau and David Pershore recall some 1960s cunning villainy.
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02:15
From the Vineyard—Muscadet by Michele Roberts
3/3 Three new stories set in the wonderful world of wine.
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02:30
The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman (Omnibus)—La Belle Sauvage
1/2 The tale of a pot boy named Malcolm Polstead, and a girl hidden in a convent.
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03:45
Who Ate All The Pies?—Bridies and Scotch Pies
4/5 Poet Ian McMillan heads to Forfar and Dundee to learn about Bridie and Scotch pies.
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04:00
Grossman's War—Life and Fate, Viktor and the Academy
13/13 Kenneth Branagh stars in Vasily Grossman's epic tale of family and war in Soviet Russia.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Adventures in Poetry - Snow by Louis MacNeice
Poet Daljit Nagra chooses the very best programmes from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's poetry archive.
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05:30
Guilt Trip—Episode 1
1/4 A mother and daughter undertake a two-week sponsored walk along The Thames Path.
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