Schedule
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Early
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00:00
H Rider Haggard - King Solomon's Mines—Episode 2
2/2 Tim McInnerny stars in a classic adventure - the quest for the legendary diamond mines.
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01:00
Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 1
1/5 Miss Marple senses danger at a friend's manor house school for wayward boys.
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01:30
Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 2
2/5 Spinster sleuth Jane Marple detects disquiet amongst an old school friend's family.
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02:00
Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 3
3/5 Amateur sleuth Miss Marple assists police with the murder inquiry at Stoneygates school.
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02:30
Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 4
4/5 The spinster sleuth investigates the attempted poisoning of her friend Carrie Louise.
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03:00
Whodunnits—Miss Marple - They Do It With Mirrors, Episode 5
5/5 A chance observation by one of the family gives Jane Marple a key to solving the mystery.
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03:30
A Good Read—Russell Kane and Hilary Bradt
Russell Kane and Hilary Bradt talk to Harriett Gilbert about their favourite books.
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04:00
Ronnie Smith - The Flight of Eric Strapp
An innocent Eric Strapp is on the run. Poignant comedy with George Cole from 1997.
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05:30
Great Lives—Roger Saul chooses Gertrude Jekyll
Fashion designer Roger Saul chooses garden designer Gertrude Jekyll
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Morning
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06:00
How Not to Be a Boy by Robert Webb (Omnibus)
Robert Webb's funny and moving memoir also explores masculinity's pitfalls.
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07:10
Inheritance Tracks—Michael Bond
‘The Laughing Policeman’ by Charles Penrose and ‘All Or Nothing At All’ by Frank Sinatra.
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07:15
Shardlake (Omnibus)—Revelation, Episode 2
2/2 Shardlake's hunt for the killer continues. Stars Justin Salinger.
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08:30
All Gas and Gaiters—Series 1, Give a Dog a Bad Name
11/13 Confusion reigns as Noote does his aunt a favour behind the Bishop's back.
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09:00
Mr Willow's Wife—5. All In A Good Cause
5/6 Felicity decides to write, direct and star in her local church pantomime. From 1971.
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09:30
Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends—Series 1, Police, Camera, Amphibian
4/4 Robin's dream comes true as two crimes are committed on his doorstep.
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10:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Coding, Dame Stephanie Shirley
From Bach to Schubert, digital entrepreneur Stephanie Shirley makes her castaway choices.
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10:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Songsters
The messages conveyed in the syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds.
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11:00
Radiolab—Series 5, Worth
2/8 Radiolab: Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich investigate a strange world.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Poetry Extra—Mother Tongue - The Observing Eye
Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's poetry archive.
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12:30
Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
1/4 Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
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13:00
The Workin's of Perkins: The Radio Life of Geoffrey Perkins
Tribute to the producer, writer and performer who died suddenly aged just 55.
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16:00
Don Haworth - Ernest's Tower
Can Ernest, a fairground stallholder, escape his Uncle Leo's baleful shadow?
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17:00
Poetry Extra—Mother Tongue - The Observing Eye
Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's poetry archive.
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17:30
Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
1/4 Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
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Evening
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18:00
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving—1. Ichabod
1/3 Washington Irving's classic tale of two love rivals and a headless horseman.
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18:30
Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of the House of Usher, Episode 1
1/2 What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher?
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19:00
Radiolab—Series 5, Worth
2/8 Radiolab: Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich investigate a strange world.
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20:00
Don Haworth - Ernest's Tower
Can Ernest, a fairground stallholder, escape his Uncle Leo's baleful shadow?
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21:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Coding, Dame Stephanie Shirley
From Bach to Schubert, digital entrepreneur Stephanie Shirley makes her castaway choices.
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21:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Songsters
The messages conveyed in the syllables, melodies and repeated phrases of singing birds.
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22:00
Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
1/4 Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
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22:30
All the World's a Globe—2. Civilisation
2/8 From Egypt to origami, the National Theatre of Brent has the definitive history of Earth.
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22:45
Hearing with Hegley—Series 2, Episode 2
2/8 Poems from the Luton Laureate including tales of the Tate, a jumble sale and an armadillo.
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23:00
Bad Salsa—Series 2, The Cycle of Life
4/4 Each of the women gets to grips with their own particular cancer aftershocks.
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23:30
We Are Klang: Amazing Lives—Explorer
3/4 Presumed dead after a 20-year trek, two explorers reveal their findings.
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Late
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00:00
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving—1. Ichabod
1/3 Washington Irving's classic tale of two love rivals and a headless horseman.
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00:30
Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of the House of Usher, Episode 1
1/2 What power does the family's ancestral home hold over Roderick and Madeline Usher?
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01:00
The Workin's of Perkins: The Radio Life of Geoffrey Perkins
Tribute to the producer, writer and performer who died suddenly aged just 55.
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04:00
Don Haworth - Ernest's Tower
Can Ernest, a fairground stallholder, escape his Uncle Leo's baleful shadow?
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Mother Tongue - The Observing Eye
Daljit Nagra selects the very best programmes from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ's poetry archive.
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05:30
Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Football
1/4 Paul's story takes in 15th-century explorers, the slave trade and mass immigration.
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