Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Stanislaw Lem - Solaris—2. Love and Hate
2/2 Kris is falling in love with his replica wife as his colleagues aim to destroy the planet.
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01:00
Shelagh Delaney - A Taste of Honey
A pregnant teenager and her feckless mother trade insults and repartee in 1950s Salford.
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02:30
The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer (Omnibus)
Evidence of humankind's musicality abounds in relics of instruments from around the world.
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03:45
Alan Coren - Core Coren—4. Out to Lunch
4/5 The writer and self-proclaimed Royalist muses on a menu of exotic and prehistoric dishes.
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04:00
The Men from the Ministry—A Merry Dance
The bungling bureaucrats suspect each other of espionage. From August 1975.
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04:30
The Morecambe and Wise Show—Episode 6
6/6 Eric and Ernie celebrate the final show of the series, then go on a desert adventure.
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05:00
Hilarious Histories - What's So Funny About the Past?—2. Blackadder & Brian
2/3 Public Historian Greg Jenner is on a quest to discover why comedy writers love history
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Morning
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06:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Booker Prize Castaways, Anne Enright
Irish writer Anne Enright is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
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06:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Earthworms
David Attenborough recalls visiting Australia to find the giant earthworm - using his ears
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07:00
Poetry Extra—The Living Poet: Stevie Smith and Three Score And Ten: Fleur Adcock
Daljit Nagra selects another programme from the 麻豆社's poetry archive.
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07:30
Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay (Omnibus)
A portrait of the tempestuous life of the blues singer by Scotland鈥檚 former National Poet.
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08:40
Inheritance Tracks—Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong chooses tracks by The Wombles and Madness.
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08:50
Stan Barstow - A Raging Calm (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Tom plans for Norma's future, whilst Andrea's future is very much threatened.
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10:00
Beyond Our Ken—From 12/08/1958
Kenneth Horne hitches a lift in a helicopter, and Hornerama investigates sport.
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10:30
The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 2, An American's Roots
9/13 Evadne and Hilda help a hitchhiker to trace her Stackton Tressel roots.
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11:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Booker Prize Castaways, Anne Enright
Irish writer Anne Enright is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
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11:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Earthworms
David Attenborough recalls visiting Australia to find the giant earthworm - using his ears
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Afternoon
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12:00
Poetry Extra—The Living Poet: Stevie Smith and Three Score And Ten: Fleur Adcock
Daljit Nagra selects another programme from the 麻豆社's poetry archive.
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12:30
Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay (Omnibus)
A portrait of the tempestuous life of the blues singer by Scotland鈥檚 former National Poet.
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13:40
Inheritance Tracks—Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong chooses tracks by The Wombles and Madness.
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13:50
Stan Barstow - A Raging Calm (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Tom plans for Norma's future, whilst Andrea's future is very much threatened.
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15:00
Beyond Our Ken—From 12/08/1958
Kenneth Horne hitches a lift in a helicopter, and Hornerama investigates sport.
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15:30
The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 2, An American's Roots
9/13 Evadne and Hilda help a hitchhiker to trace her Stackton Tressel roots.
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16:00
The Man in Black—Series 3, The Printed Name by Nicholas Pierpan
2/5 Nicholas Pierpan's chilling tale of a writer's devilish pact with a mysterious man.
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16:30
Weird Tales—Series 2, Split the Atom by Lynn Ferguson
2/3 Angry misanthrope Frank meets Gwen, who tells of a Celtic goddess.
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17:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Booker Prize Castaways, Anne Enright
Irish writer Anne Enright is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
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17:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Earthworms
David Attenborough recalls visiting Australia to find the giant earthworm - using his ears
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Evening
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18:00
Poetry Extra—The Living Poet: Stevie Smith and Three Score And Ten: Fleur Adcock
Daljit Nagra selects another programme from the 麻豆社's poetry archive.
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18:30
Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay (Omnibus)
A portrait of the tempestuous life of the blues singer by Scotland鈥檚 former National Poet.
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19:40
Inheritance Tracks—Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong chooses tracks by The Wombles and Madness.
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19:50
Stan Barstow - A Raging Calm (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Tom plans for Norma's future, whilst Andrea's future is very much threatened.
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21:00
Beyond Our Ken—From 12/08/1958
Kenneth Horne hitches a lift in a helicopter, and Hornerama investigates sport.
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21:30
The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 2, An American's Roots
9/13 Evadne and Hilda help a hitchhiker to trace her Stackton Tressel roots.
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22:00
Revolting People—Series 4, Ezekiel is Kidnapped
1/6 Ezekiel upsets the Baltimore rebels in the 1775 American sitcom. Stars Andy Hamilton.
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22:30
1966 and All That—The 1940s
2/4 Big Mac is the prime minister. You've never had it so long!
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23:00
Life With Lederer—Series 2, The Cure
2/5 Helen Lederer reveals her methods for coping with life, through alternative medicine.
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23:15
Where to, Mate?—Series 1, "...you're coming in, you're coming out..."
2/4 Hit the road in Manchester where we eavesdrop on taxi journeys around the North West.
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23:30
Delve Special—Series 2, The Archibald Gallery Robbery
1/4 Reporter David Lander reopens the investigation into 1983's Archibald Gallery robbery.
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Late
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00:00
The Man in Black—Series 3, The Printed Name by Nicholas Pierpan
2/5 Nicholas Pierpan's chilling tale of a writer's devilish pact with a mysterious man.
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00:30
Weird Tales—Series 2, Split the Atom by Lynn Ferguson
2/3 Angry misanthrope Frank meets Gwen, who tells of a Celtic goddess.
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01:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Booker Prize Castaways, Anne Enright
Irish writer Anne Enright is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
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01:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Earthworms
David Attenborough recalls visiting Australia to find the giant earthworm - using his ears
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02:00
Poetry Extra—The Living Poet: Stevie Smith and Three Score And Ten: Fleur Adcock
Daljit Nagra selects another programme from the 麻豆社's poetry archive.
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02:30
Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay (Omnibus)
A portrait of the tempestuous life of the blues singer by Scotland鈥檚 former National Poet.
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03:40
Inheritance Tracks—Alexander Armstrong
Alexander Armstrong chooses tracks by The Wombles and Madness.
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03:50
Stan Barstow - A Raging Calm (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Tom plans for Norma's future, whilst Andrea's future is very much threatened.
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05:00
Beyond Our Ken—From 12/08/1958
Kenneth Horne hitches a lift in a helicopter, and Hornerama investigates sport.
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05:30
The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 2, An American's Roots
9/13 Evadne and Hilda help a hitchhiker to trace her Stackton Tressel roots.
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