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Early
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00:00
BBC National Short Story Award — BBC National Short Story Award 2013, We Are Watching Something Terrible Happening
5/5 By Lavinia Greenlaw. Haunting story about the chaos of a disintegrating relationship.
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00:20
Inheritance Tracks — Jennifer Saunders
Jennifer Saunders picks music from Spike Milligan and Kate and Anna McGarrigle.
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00:30
15 Minute Drama — The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Series 7, Episode 5
5/5 Sam is besieged by desperate wives whose men fought at sea for no money.
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00:45
Book of the Week — Tracy Borman - Elizabeth's Women, Episode 5
5/5 In the final years of her reign, Elizabeth begins to lose her grip on matters at court.
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01:00
Just a Minute — Edinburgh Masterclass
Paul Merton chats to Nicholas Parsons about his 47-year, 900-show stint.
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01:30
Pioneers — Series 1, Michael Cashman
5/5 Michael Cashman discusses the explosive moment when the UK saw its first TV gay kiss.
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02:00
Poirot — Murder in Mesopotamia, Episode 5
5/5 The Belgian sleuth battles to reveal the identity of the desert murderer.
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02:30
The Man Who Made France Old — Merimee, the Patron Saint of Tourists
2/2 Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee visit Saumur and Chinon on the trail of Prosper Merimee.
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03:00
Thomas Crowe - The Internet Wants a Chat
What happens when the world wide web gets a life of its own?
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04:00
Graham Swift - England and Other Stories — People Are Life
5/5 When a barber gets his last customer of the day, the conversation turns to friendship.
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04:15
Peter Tinniswood — The Scan
Compulsive talker Ernest seeks reassurance from a protective nurse.
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05:00
After Henry — Series 2, The Teapot
8/8 Eleanor wants a video player, but how can she raise the cash?
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05:30
Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me — Series 1, Body and Soul
1/6 At a bandmate's funeral, musicians Roy and George face up to their own mortality.
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Morning
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06:00
Jo Anderson - The Understudy
An actor's obsession with a bizarre Victorian murder sparks a deadly confrontation.
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07:30
Yes Yes Yes — Series 2, Can He Kick It?
2/6 John Rawling recalls a dramatic game of rugby between Scotland and Wales.
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07:55
Inheritance Tracks — Colm Toibin
The writer selects tracks by Joan Sutherland and Bob Dylan.
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08:00
Archive on 4 — Tuning In
Dominic Sandbrook tells the story of how British radio began.
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09:00
Somebody Laughed: Eddie Braben Brings You Sunshine
Eddie presents selected shows what he wrote, including Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Lunch — Series 2 Omnibus
Comedy about two old flatmates who meet once a month for lunch.
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13:10
Inheritance Tracks — Chris Froome
Chris Froome picks music from the Beatles and Johnny Clegg.
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13:15
Dickens Confidential — Series 2, Gangs of London
1/6 As a newspaper editor, how might Charles Dickens have covered an old enemy's return?
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14:00
The Goon Show — The Plasticine Man
Neddie Seagoon poses as a 6,000-year-old man to resurrect his rock 'n' roll career.
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14:30
J Kingston Platt — Platt vs Rooney and Day
3/5 The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double act gone wrong.
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15:00
Archive on 4 — Tuning In
Dominic Sandbrook tells the story of how British radio began.
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16:00
Jo Anderson - The Understudy
An actor's obsession with a bizarre Victorian murder sparks a deadly confrontation.
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17:30
Chain Reaction — Series 7, Mark Steel interviews Barry Davies
6/6 The comedian and obsessive sports fan meets the commentator in the tag-team talk show.
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Evening
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18:00
Richard Matheson - Duel — Episode 2
2/2 A hunted motorist is forced to become the hunter in a deadly, primordial duel.
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18:30
Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose — Episode 2
2/2 Psychiatrist Rosa Sobel makes a shocking discovery about the organisation she works for.
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19:00
Somebody Laughed: Eddie Braben Brings You Sunshine
Eddie presents selected shows what he wrote, including Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show.
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22:00
Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed — Series 1, Episode 3
3/4 There's a riot going on... topical! Nick tackles a full-on student protest.
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22:30
Les Kelly's Britain — Episode 3
3/4 The controversial host meets a balloon-twisting preacher and a woman who hates Belgians.
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22:55
The Comedy Club Interviews — 27/09/2014
Arthur Smith chats to double act Cardinal Burns.
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23:00
The In Crowd — Series 3, Episode 5
5/5 Sketch show with Robin Ince, Helen Moon, Smug Roberts and Kate Ward.
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23:30
Ida Barr: Artificial Hip Hop — Choice
2/4 The music hall artiste and OAP raps with beat boxer Shlomo, probing buzz words.
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23:45
iGod — Ego
2/6 Simon Day and David Soul star in this late-night series of fantastical comedy apocalypses.
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Late
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00:00
Richard Matheson - Duel — Episode 2
2/2 A hunted motorist is forced to become the hunter in a deadly, primordial duel.
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00:30
Ursula K Le Guin - The Diary of the Rose — Episode 2
2/2 Psychiatrist Rosa Sobel makes a shocking discovery about the organisation she works for.
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01:00
Archive on 4 — Tuning In
Dominic Sandbrook tells the story of how British radio began.
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02:00
Lunch — Series 2 Omnibus
Comedy about two old flatmates who meet once a month for lunch.
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03:10
Inheritance Tracks — Chris Froome
Chris Froome picks music from the Beatles and Johnny Clegg.
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03:15
Dickens Confidential — Series 2, Gangs of London
1/6 As a newspaper editor, how might Charles Dickens have covered an old enemy's return?
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04:00
Jo Anderson - The Understudy
An actor's obsession with a bizarre Victorian murder sparks a deadly confrontation.
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05:30
Chain Reaction — Series 7, Mark Steel interviews Barry Davies
6/6 The comedian and obsessive sports fan meets the commentator in the tag-team talk show.
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