Schedule
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Early
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00:00
James Follett - The Doppelganger Machine
It’s Christmas 1933. A flight from Paris to Croydon lands in a strange place – and time.
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01:00
The Left-Handed Sleeper—1. Who Goes Â鶹ԼÅÄ?
1/5 An MP vanishes one morning and MI5 are on his tail. Stars Richard Pasco.
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01:30
The Left-Handed Sleeper—2. Death in West Hampstead
2/5 Christine can't believe husband Mark is a spy - and is his loyal secretary in danger?
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02:00
The Left-Handed Sleeper—3. The Executioner
3/5 Mark Ritchie is in Tangier, Christine is taken to a ' safe ' house, but where is Letitia?
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02:30
The Left-Handed Sleeper—4. Reunion in Tangier
4/5 Mark Ritchie meets a series of unexpected guests in his Tangier hotel room. Spy serial.
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03:00
The Left-Handed Sleeper—5. Domino
5/5 Will Cadwall be forced into a deal with the KGB? Concluding episode of spy thriller.
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03:30
A Good Read—Andi Osho and Toby Young
Andi Osho and Toby Young talk to Sian Williams about their favourite books.
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04:00
Mrs Bradley - Speedy Death
A country house, a corpse - and the butler's not to blame.
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05:30
Great Lives—Mae West
Writer Kathy Lette proposes the blondest bombshell of them all, Mae West.
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Morning
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06:00
Balancing Acts: Behind the Scenes at the National Theatre (Omnibus)
Nicholas Hytner reads his memoir of 12 years running The National Theatre.
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07:10
Inheritance Tracks—Sue Townsend
The author and creator of Adrian Mole inherits Billie Holliday and passes on Ben E King.
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07:20
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Omnibus)
Can life as a governess ever bring happiness and contentment?
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08:30
All Gas and Gaiters—Series 1, The Bishop Gives a Shove
12/13 The Bishop sees a way to rid himself of the Dean.
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09:00
Mr Willow's Wife—6. The Cost of Living
6/6 Times are tough but can Felicity and Paul do without Nanny?
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09:30
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 2, Rogue Mail
1/6 After his windfall, the curmudgeon writes about royalty. Starring Christopher Douglas.
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10:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Dame Vera Lynn
Wartime forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
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10:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Bowerbirds
Musings on the structures built by New Guinea's Vogelkop bowerbirds to attract mates.
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11:00
Radiolab—Series 5, Elements
3/8 Radiolab messes up what it took 300 years to lay out: the Periodic Table of elements.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Winter Solstice
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, Food
2/4 Paul finds out how his high street became dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants.
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13:00
A Girl Called Jack by Jack Monroe (Omnibus)
The past of unique food blogger, Jack Monroe and her Grandma. Stars Jaime Winstone
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Rick Wakeman
Rick picks ‘Woodman, Spare That Tree’ by Phil Harris and Prokofiev's ‘Peter and the Wolf’.
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14:20
The Other Paris by Luc Sante (Omnibus)
Luc Sante's journey through the Paris of yesteryear. Read by Simon Russell Beale.
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15:30
Ay Mariachi!
Hustling troubadours hit Mexico City by night. Neil McCarthy enjoys a mariachi.
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16:00
Keith Waterhouse - Mr and Mrs Nobody
The diary doings of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, and his long-suffering wife Carrie.
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17:00
Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Winter Solstice
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, Food
2/4 Paul finds out how his high street became dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants.
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Evening
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18:00
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving—2. Rivals
2/3 Ichabod Crane sets out to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel.
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18:30
Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of the House of Usher, Episode 2
2/2 As his behaviour starts to change, Roderick Usher reveals his terrible secret.
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19:00
Radiolab—Series 5, Elements
3/8 Radiolab messes up what it took 300 years to lay out: the Periodic Table of elements.
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20:00
Keith Waterhouse - Mr and Mrs Nobody
The diary doings of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, and his long-suffering wife Carrie.
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21:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Absent Friends, Dame Vera Lynn
Wartime forces' sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn shares her castaway choices with Sue Lawley.
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21:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Bowerbirds
Musings on the structures built by New Guinea's Vogelkop bowerbirds to attract mates.
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22:00
Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 1, Food
2/4 Paul finds out how his high street became dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants.
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22:30
All the World's a Globe—3. The Fall of Troy. The Rise of Greece
3/8 From Troy to Rome, the National Theatre of Brent offers their definitive history of Earth.
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22:45
Hearing with Hegley—Series 2, Episode 3
3/8 Poet John Hegley entertains an audience with a microphone and a book of verse.
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23:00
The Museum of Everything—Series 3, The Museum Reopens
1/6 A temp with a scary clown face aids the tour guide.
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23:30
We Are Klang: Amazing Lives—Musical
4/4 On its 25th anniversary, writers and performers reflect on Gummy Monkey: The Musical.
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Late
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00:00
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving—2. Rivals
2/3 Ichabod Crane sets out to win the heart of Katrina Van Tassel.
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00:30
Edgar Allan Poe—The Fall of the House of Usher, Episode 2
2/2 As his behaviour starts to change, Roderick Usher reveals his terrible secret.
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01:00
A Girl Called Jack by Jack Monroe (Omnibus)
The past of unique food blogger, Jack Monroe and her Grandma. Stars Jaime Winstone
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Rick Wakeman
Rick picks ‘Woodman, Spare That Tree’ by Phil Harris and Prokofiev's ‘Peter and the Wolf’.
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02:20
The Other Paris by Luc Sante (Omnibus)
Luc Sante's journey through the Paris of yesteryear. Read by Simon Russell Beale.
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03:30
Ay Mariachi!
Hustling troubadours hit Mexico City by night. Neil McCarthy enjoys a mariachi.
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04:00
Keith Waterhouse - Mr and Mrs Nobody
The diary doings of Charles Pooter, a London clerk, and his long-suffering wife Carrie.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Four Seasons - Poems for the Winter Solstice
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, Food
2/4 Paul finds out how his high street became dominated by Chinese and Indian restaurants.
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