Schedule
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Early
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00:00
James Follett - The Destruction Factor—5. Search and Destroy
5/6 Despite the national emergency, landowners try to profit from the deadly Exon strain.
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00:30
Off the Page—Away with the Fairies
Dominic Arkwright asks why fairies - once so very scary - have become pink and innocent?
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01:00
Kill The Pharaoh!—3. Strangers in a Cafe
3/8 The danger mounts as Elizabeth explores the final tomb her father discovered in Egypt.
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01:30
The Dark Island—5. Escalation
5/6 Will Grant and McCleod’s dangerous trap catch a Cold War spy ring plotter?
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02:00
A Better Class of Person by John Osborne—10. On the Pier at Morecambe
10/10 Another marriage ends and penury beckons, but so does success.
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02:15
John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World—10. The Conquest of Power
10/10 The Bolsheviks have defeated the counter-revolution.
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02:30
The Stasi Jigsaw Puzzle
Chris Bowlby tells the story of the attempt to rescue East Germany's Stasi secret files.
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03:00
Drama on 4—Sebastian Baczkiewicz - The Last Submarine Hunter
The Swedish archipelago has 30,000 islands and many mysteries. By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
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03:45
Moya O'Shea - The Chocolate Lovers' Club—5. Mrs Drexl
5/5 Mysterious Mrs Drexl is last to share a chocolate tale, and the members soon discover why.
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04:00
It's Not What You Know—Series 3, Episode 1
1/6 Miles Jupp asks for revelations about Sarah Millican, Richard Osman and Nathan Caton.
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04:30
Clare in the Community—Series 1, Last Words
4/6 The social worker is wracked with relief when her most detested client dies.
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05:00
On the Rocks—Series 2, Sermons
3/4 Despairing of his flock, Father Tregarthan enlists the help of an unlikely source.
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05:30
The Confessional—Series 2, The Confession of Olivia Williams
1/6 Comedy revelations as Stephen Mangan uncovers his guest's guiltiest memories.
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Morning
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06:00
Daphne Du Maurier—Rebecca
Mrs de Winter must battle memories of her husband's first wife. With Christopher Cazenove.
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07:30
Great Lives—Maxine Peake on Ellen Wilkinson
Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero the MP Ellen Wilkinson as her great life.
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08:00
The Motion Show—Series 5, Episode 4
4/6 Graeme Garden hosts Gyles Brandreth, Boothby Graffoe, Hugh Dennis and Lauren Laverne.
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08:30
Smelling of Roses—Series 3, Promises, Promises
2/6 Rosie's auction of promises at a private school sparks some competitive fund-raising.
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09:00
Radio Heads—Bobby Jaye
The former boss of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Light Entertainment chooses his career favourites.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Forests of the Imagination
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough searches the Autumn forest, looking for stories.
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12:45
Elegies From a Suburban Garden—Autumn
4/5 For botanist Phil Gates, when Autumn arrives there's a sense of elation in the garden.
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13:00
Pieces of Britney—7. Groundhog Day
Pandora Sykes revisits the events leading to Britney's conservatorship and its key players
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13:55
Inheritance Tracks—Leona Lewis
Singer Leona Lewis chooses 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' by Roberta Flack.
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14:00
Chain Reaction—Series 11, 1. Ed Byrne interviews Al Murray
1/6 Ed Byrne kicks off Series 11 by interviewing the creator of the Pub Landlord, Al Murray.
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14:30
The Harpoon—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4 The nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys.
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15:00
What's Funny About ...—Series 2, 4. Pamela Stephenson & John Lloyd on Not The Nine O’Clock News
4/6 John Lloyd and Dr Pamela Stephenson tell the inside story of their pioneering sketch show.
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16:00
Daphne Du Maurier—Rebecca
Mrs de Winter must battle memories of her husband's first wife. With Christopher Cazenove.
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17:30
Great Lives—Maxine Peake on Ellen Wilkinson
Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero the MP Ellen Wilkinson as her great life.
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Evening
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18:00
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Double
Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision of a man whose life is usurped by his double.
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19:00
Radio Heads—Bobby Jaye
The former boss of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Light Entertainment chooses his career favourites.
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22:00
Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section—Series 1, Kevin Eldon
4/4 Alex Horne and his band try interactive cookery, and Kevin Eldon joins them for a song.
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22:30
Chain Reaction—Series 11, 2. Al Murray interviews Ian Hislop
2/6 Al Murray, the Pub Landlord creator, passes the baton to comedian and satirist Ian Hislop.
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23:00
The Curried Goat Show—Episode 5
5/8 Try Joseph's Psychedelic Poncho. Dan Gaster, Will Ing and Ben Silburn's sketch-bonanza
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23:30
Cowards—Series 2, Episode 3
3/4 Meet a cheery bailiff - and an office induction with a twist...
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Late
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00:00
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The Double
Dostoyevsky's nightmare vision of a man whose life is usurped by his double.
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01:00
Pieces of Britney—7. Groundhog Day
Pandora Sykes revisits the events leading to Britney's conservatorship and its key players
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01:55
Inheritance Tracks—Leona Lewis
Singer Leona Lewis chooses 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' by Roberta Flack.
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02:00
Chain Reaction—Series 11, 1. Ed Byrne interviews Al Murray
1/6 Ed Byrne kicks off Series 11 by interviewing the creator of the Pub Landlord, Al Murray.
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02:30
The Harpoon—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4 The nostalgic spiffing spoof of adventure story papers for boys.
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03:00
What's Funny About ...—Series 2, 4. Pamela Stephenson & John Lloyd on Not The Nine O’Clock News
4/6 John Lloyd and Dr Pamela Stephenson tell the inside story of their pioneering sketch show.
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04:00
Daphne Du Maurier—Rebecca
Mrs de Winter must battle memories of her husband's first wife. With Christopher Cazenove.
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05:30
Great Lives—Maxine Peake on Ellen Wilkinson
Maxine Peake nominates her working class hero the MP Ellen Wilkinson as her great life.
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