Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Host Planet Earth—5. The Arrival
5/6 David Holland shares his grave concerns over the Starfarer with the Minister of Defence.
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00:30
Sounds Natural—Flora Robson
Dame Flora Robson shares her love of wildlife with Derek Jones.
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01:00
VI Warshawski—Publicity Stunts, Episode 2
2/2 VI Warshawski continues the battle to clear herself of a murder that she didn't commit.
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01:30
Whodunnits—Agatha Christie - Magnolia Blossom
Theo is ready to leave her husband when a financial scandal intervenes.
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02:00
Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight by Naoki Higashida—Episode 5
5/5 Novelist David Mitchell introduces this compelling book by a teenager with severe autism.
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02:15
Maya Angelou's Autobiographies—Gather Together in My Name, Episode 5
5/5 Maya slips into the world of prostitution and narcotics.
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02:30
The Loss of Lostness
Stephen Smith tries to rediscover the lost joys of getting lost.
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03:00
Rodney Stone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—Episode 2
2/4 Rodney Stone travels with his uncle from Brighton to London, into an exciting world.
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03:50
Inheritance Tracks—Khaled Hosseini
Afghan-born American novelist Khaled Hosseini chooses two songs by Ahmad Zahir.
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04:00
Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 1
1/6 The famed improvisation game with Lenny Henry, Dawn French, John Sessions and Stephen Fry.
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04:30
Protesting Too Much—Episode 1
1/6 An MP finds himself living in a tree to protest about a bypass.
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05:00
Relativity—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4 Richard Herring's comedy with Alison Steadman about four generations of a family.
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05:30
Stand-Up Specials—The Rest of Us
Mary Flanigan, Eleanor Morton and Esyllt Sears look into Great British science and tech.
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Morning
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06:00
Ben Travers - Mischief
When an ageing, stodgy, businessman weds a bright young thing, he shouldn't neglect her.
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07:30
Great Lives—Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.
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08:00
Booked—Series 2, Episode 3
3/6 Ian McMillan's literary game with Mark Thomas, Dillie Keane, Miles Kington, Roger McGough.
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08:30
1834—Victorian Principles
6/6 When Queen Victoria comes to visit, Jason unwittingly changes the course of history.
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09:00
1953: Those Radio Times
Nick Baker celebrates the Best of British in Coronation year.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 1
1/6 The famed improvisation game with Lenny Henry, Dawn French, John Sessions and Stephen Fry.
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12:30
Frankie Howerd—Series 3, Episode 1
1/8 Frankie embarks on his memoirs, beginning with his army career.
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13:00
Archive on 4—Monsieur Non
Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
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14:00
I've Never Seen Star Wars—Series 3, Sanjeev Bhaskar
1/6 Marcus Brigstocke invites the comedian to try new things, including playing table football
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14:30
Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—The Food Industry
1/4 Probing into lazy assumptions about threats to society, starting with the food industry.
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15:00
Concrete Cow—Series 2, Ancient and Modern
1/6 Highlights include ancient Egyptian IT support and tax avoidance schemes for pirates.
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15:30
The Secret World—Series 3, Episode 4
4/4 From Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg, Jon Culshaw imagines the lives of the famous.
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16:00
Ben Travers - Mischief
When an ageing, stodgy, businessman weds a bright young thing, he shouldn't neglect her.
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17:30
Great Lives—Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.
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Evening
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18:00
Kafka's Metamorphosis
A darkly comic updating of Franz Kafka's classic tale. Starring Tom Basden.
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19:00
1953: Those Radio Times
Nick Baker celebrates the Best of British in Coronation year.
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22:00
28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 2, Episode 1
1/3 John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain. With Shappi Khorsandi.
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22:30
Thom Tuck - Goes Straight to DVD—5. Bollywood
5/5 Thom is enthralled by the melodramatic extravaganza of straight-to-DVD Bollywood films.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews—Chloe Petts 1/3
Arthur Smith chats to Chloe Petts.
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23:00
Foley and McColl: The Interview—Cool As You Like
3/6 After a bust-up, Sean moves to the Antarctic. Ten years later, Hamish goes to find him.
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23:15
Jigsaw—Series 1, Episode 3
3/6 Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches.
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23:30
Hut 33—Series 3, Know Thyne Enemy
1/6 Bletchley Park codebreaker Gordon gets carried away trying to think like a German.
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Late
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00:00
Kafka's Metamorphosis
A darkly comic updating of Franz Kafka's classic tale. Starring Tom Basden.
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01:00
Archive on 4—Monsieur Non
Julian Jackson on the inscrutable General de Gaulle and his fraught relations with Britain
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02:00
I've Never Seen Star Wars—Series 3, Sanjeev Bhaskar
1/6 Marcus Brigstocke invites the comedian to try new things, including playing table football
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02:30
Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—The Food Industry
1/4 Probing into lazy assumptions about threats to society, starting with the food industry.
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03:00
Concrete Cow—Series 2, Ancient and Modern
1/6 Highlights include ancient Egyptian IT support and tax avoidance schemes for pirates.
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03:30
The Secret World—Series 3, Episode 4
4/4 From Michael Caine to Mark Zuckerberg, Jon Culshaw imagines the lives of the famous.
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04:00
Ben Travers - Mischief
When an ageing, stodgy, businessman weds a bright young thing, he shouldn't neglect her.
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05:30
Great Lives—Christina Lamb on Benazir Bhutto
Christina Lamb, author and journalist nominates Benazir Bhutto as her great life.
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