Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Spine Chillers—Jill Hyem - Origami
Mr Shimojo takes a room, but his presence seems to spark a horrifying chain of events.
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00:45
The Strange and The Sinister by William Croft Dickinson—3. Return at Dusk
Can a soldier overcome a terrible fear - not of battle, but of a terrifying visitor?
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01:00
Archive on 4—Boy, Oh Boy, He's Going Down
Sean Street examines those moments where Radio forgets itself. From 2000.
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02:00
The Penny Dreadfuls—Revolution
Comic play about the French Revolution starring Richard E Grant and The Penny Dreadfuls
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03:00
Old Harry's Game—Series 7, Episode 1
1/6 Hell faces confusion when a dog turns up, as animals are not evil... except dolphins.
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03:30
The Skivers—Series 2, William Franklyn
1/5 Dolphins, and Sue Lawley's secret. Nick Golson and Tim de Jongh greet William Franklyn.
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04:00
Rebel Angel
Keats is a poet in waiting but meanwhile trains as a surgeon at Guys Hospital in 1815.
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05:30
Great Lives—Tracy Chevalier on Mary Anning
Novelist Tracy Chevalier chooses the fossil hunter Mary Anning as her great life.
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Morning
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06:00
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman—Episode 1
1/2 Can one act of kindness shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself?
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07:10
Inheritance Tracks—Jo Nesbo
Writer Jo Nesbo chooses 'I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe' by Genesis.
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07:20
Wuthering Heights—Episode 2
Heathcliff has written a letter to Cathy but can Nelly deliver it?
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08:30
A Life of Bliss—Battle of the Sexes
Feathers fly when David gets caught up in a row between his parents.
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09:00
Life With The Lyons—Who Gave Me That
For his new year's resolution, Ben vows not to lose his temper.
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09:30
Reluctant Persuaders—Series 2, Think Different
4/4 Nigel Havers stars, as Hardacre's ad agency fight for the biggest account of their lives.
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10:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Pride, Marlon James
Booker prize winner Marlon James chooses eight soundtracks with Lauren Laverne. From 2019.
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10:45
Curious Cases—Rutherford and Fry, The Viking Code
How do ancestry DNA tests work?
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11:00
The Moth Radio Hour—Series 10, Confrontations
3/8 True stories told live in the USA.
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11:55
Inheritance Tracks—Jo Nesbo
Writer Jo Nesbo chooses 'I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe' by Genesis.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Poetry Extra—Rites of Passage - Baby Naming Ceremony
Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive.
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12:30
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 2, Aristophanes
1/4 Join Natalie Haynes as she stands up for the Greek playwright Aristophanes.
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13:00
Shark Drunk by Morten Stroksnes (Omnibus)
The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean.
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14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Mary Portas
Retail consultant Mary Portas chooses 'Into the Mystic' by Van Morrison.
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14:20
How Does That Make You Feel? (Omnibus)—Series 10
A restaurant incident may break Richard Fallon MP's run of no reality TV embarrassments.
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15:30
The Beat Hotel
How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.
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16:00
George Bernard Shaw - Press Cuttings
Written in 1909, Shaw pokes fun at the suffragettes' votes for women campaign.
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17:00
Poetry Extra—Rites of Passage - Baby Naming Ceremony
Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive.
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17:30
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 2, Aristophanes
1/4 Join Natalie Haynes as she stands up for the Greek playwright Aristophanes.
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Evening
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18:00
A Short History of Gothic—1. Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
1/4 A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a shop, forces him to reassess his life.
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18:30
Terry Pratchett—Small Gods, Episode 1
1/4 Set in a complex state of beliefs, the Great God Om appears before novice monk Brutha.
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19:00
The Moth Radio Hour—Series 10, Confrontations
3/8 True stories told live in the USA.
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19:55
Inheritance Tracks—Jo Nesbo
Writer Jo Nesbo chooses 'I Know What I Like in Your Wardrobe' by Genesis.
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20:00
George Bernard Shaw - Press Cuttings
Written in 1909, Shaw pokes fun at the suffragettes' votes for women campaign.
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21:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Pride, Marlon James
Booker prize winner Marlon James chooses eight soundtracks with Lauren Laverne. From 2019.
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21:45
Curious Cases—Rutherford and Fry, The Viking Code
How do ancestry DNA tests work?
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22:00
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 2, Aristophanes
1/4 Join Natalie Haynes as she stands up for the Greek playwright Aristophanes.
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22:30
Paul Sinha's Citizenship Test—1. History Syllabus
1/4 Paul Sinha tests his audience and himself on what they know about British history.
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23:00
Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4 Wannabe Hollywood screenwriter Andy Parker and forgotten silver screen star Anna Mann.
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23:30
Life: An Idiot's Guide—Series 3, Belief and Opinion
3/6 Stephen K Amos and friends present a guide to belief and opinion.
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Late
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00:00
A Short History of Gothic—1. Markheim by Robert Louis Stevenson
1/4 A thief's eerie encounter with a stranger in a shop, forces him to reassess his life.
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00:30
Terry Pratchett—Small Gods, Episode 1
1/4 Set in a complex state of beliefs, the Great God Om appears before novice monk Brutha.
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01:00
Shark Drunk by Morten Stroksnes (Omnibus)
The Art of Catching a Large Shark from a Tiny Rubber Dinghy in a Big Ocean.
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02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Mary Portas
Retail consultant Mary Portas chooses 'Into the Mystic' by Van Morrison.
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02:20
How Does That Make You Feel? (Omnibus)—Series 10
A restaurant incident may break Richard Fallon MP's run of no reality TV embarrassments.
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03:30
The Beat Hotel
How a down-at-heel Parisian hotel became the world's avant-garde headquarters.
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04:00
George Bernard Shaw - Press Cuttings
Written in 1909, Shaw pokes fun at the suffragettes' votes for women campaign.
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05:00
Poetry Extra—Rites of Passage - Baby Naming Ceremony
Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's poetry archive.
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05:30
Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics—Series 2, Aristophanes
1/4 Join Natalie Haynes as she stands up for the Greek playwright Aristophanes.
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