Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Methuselah's Children by Robert A Heinlein—4. The Unknown
4/6 100,000 family members settle into their prolonged lives aboard the colony ship.
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00:30
Sounds Natural—Bobby Charlton
Football star Bobby Charlton tells Derek Jones about his love of bird and sea life.
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01:00
Dixon of Dock Green—Series 2, Give a Dog a Good Name
5/6 Should PC George Dixon break the rules to catch a vicious criminal?
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01:30
New Creatives Dramas—Series 4, 5. Hotdogs and Hashtags & Blackwater Mermaids
5/5 Paul Dodgson presents new short drama from the next generation of storytellers.
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02:00
Jaws by Peter Benchley—5. 'Suppose someone gets killed.'
5/10 Brody faces twin threats from the shark, and the shark expert.
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02:15
Charles Dickens—Dombey and Son, 5. Paul Collapses!
5/20 The dark and unknown sea that rolls round all the world.
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02:30
For One Night Only—Series 2, Judy and Liza at The Palladium
2/3 Paul Gambaccini recalls the first joint stage concert by Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli.
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03:00
Patrick O'Brian - The Fortune of War—3. Accused
3/3 Diana is pregnant. Stephen offers to marry her but she refuses.
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04:00
Whose Line Is It Anyway?—Episode 2
2/6 The famed improvisation game with Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, John Sessions and Enn Reitel.
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04:30
Protesting Too Much—Episode 2
2/6 Will bumbling MP George Dank be able to climb down from his bypass protest?
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05:00
Relativity—Series 1, Episode 2
2/4 Margaret and Ken invite all the family round to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary
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05:30
Stand-Up Specials—Jen Brister: Waves
Critically-acclaimed comic and swimmer Jen Brister explores life in and out of the water.
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Morning
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06:00
Philip Marlowe - The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler's private eye tackles a wealthy family's case of blackmail and murder.
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07:30
Great Lives—Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed
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08:00
Booked—Series 2, Episode 4
4/6 Alan Bennett reports on the Gulf War, and the book of Genesis becomes an American soap.
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08:30
Ayres on the Air—Series 2, Fame
1/6 Poetry and sketches with Pam Ayres, Felicity Montagu and Geoffrey Whitehead. From 2006.
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09:00
Writing... The Midlands
Crime Writer Mark Billingham goes back to his roots for a literary tour of the Midlands.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Hancock's Half Hour—Series 5, The Prize Money
18/20 The Lad gets more than he bargained for when he wins a TV quiz show.
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12:30
Cooking in a Bedsitter—Series 1, Beef Olives
1/4 Beattie Edmondson stars in a comedy inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's cookery classic.
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13:00
Archive on 4—The University of the Air
Gordon Brown charts 50 years of the Open University.
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14:00
Flight of the Conchords—Tower of London
1/6 The Kiwi novelty music duo try to make it big in the English capital.
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14:30
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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15:00
Weak at the Top—Series 1, Gold Card
1/4 John Weak is an aggressive marketing director with no morals and little brain.
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15:30
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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16:00
James Joyce - Blind Date With Bloomsday
A literary landmark and it's effect on a city. How Dublin has embraced Ulysses.
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16:30
Martha's Streets by Dermot Bolger
A woman recalls how James Joyce's Ulysses profoundly influenced her life for the better.
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16:45
James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 1
1/4 16th June 1904: Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom's Dublin days unwind.
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Evening
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18:00
James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 2
2/4 2.00 pm: Stephen explains his theory of Hamlet, then Bloom argues with bigoted 'Citizen'.
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19:20
James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 3
3/4 8.00 pm: Bloom spies on Gerty, then rescues Stephen from a brawl outside a brothel
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21:05
James Joyce's Ulysses—Episode 4
4/4 After midnight: Bloom takes Stephen home. Molly muses on her afternoon with Boylan.
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22:00
28 Acts in 28 Minutes—Series 2, Episode 2
2/3 John Humphrys gives 28 performers 60 seconds each to entertain.
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22:30
Chain Reaction—Series 3, Marcus Brigstocke and Clive Anderson
1/6 The comedian and the presenter get chatting in the tag-team talk show.
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23:00
Foley and McColl: The Interview—Hereford Hop
4/6 The duo tell Parky about diversifying into cheese.
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23:15
Jigsaw—Series 1, Episode 4
4/6 Dan Antopolski, Nat Luurtsema and Tom Craine piece together a selection of sketches.
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23:30
Hut 33—Series 3, Big Machine
2/6 Can Gordon's new computing invention help the Bletchley Park codebreakers?
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Late
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00:00
Utopia by Thomas More
Explorer Raphael Hythloday tells Thomas More about a mystical island.
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01:00
Archive on 4—The University of the Air
Gordon Brown charts 50 years of the Open University.
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02:00
Flight of the Conchords—Tower of London
1/6 The Kiwi novelty music duo try to make it big in the English capital.
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02:30
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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03:00
Weak at the Top—Series 1, Gold Card
1/4 John Weak is an aggressive marketing director with no morals and little brain.
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03:30
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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04:00
Philip Marlowe - The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler's private eye tackles a wealthy family's case of blackmail and murder.
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05:30
Great Lives—Samira Ahmed on Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder: author Tracy Chevalier joins Samira Ahmed
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