Schedule
Early
00:00
Doctor Who—Tenth Doctor Adventures, The Sword of the Chevalier
5/6London 1791. The Doctor and Rose meet the enigmatic historic figure, the Chevalier d’Eon.
01:00
Archive on 4—Good Luck Professor Spiegelhalter
The certainty of chance. Professor David Spiegelhalter investigates Luck.
02:00
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 1, Episode 1
1/4A big job, a small job, the career path of the average TV exec, and a tiger with a gun.
02:30
I Think I've Got a Problem—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4Tom is sent to a specialist to get rid of the band inside his head.
03:00
The Million Pound Radio Show—Series 4, Episode 1
1/6A Page 3 girl reveals all. Andy Hamilton and Nick Revell's sharp humour.
03:30
Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!—Series 4, The Cruiseman
6/6Milton’s sent on a luxury cruise - but who’d want him out of the way? Apart from everyone.
04:00
Georgette Heyer - Friday's Child
A proposal goes disastrously wrong for Lord Sheringham in this Regency tale of romance.
05:30
Great Lives—Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir
Kamila Shamsie champions the life of the human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir.
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Morning
06:00
In Montparnasse by Sue Roe (Omnibus)
Sue Roe charts the birth of Surrealism in this racy, rackety Paris quartier.
07:10
Inheritance Tracks—Mary Coughlan
The singer selects 'I'd Rather Go Blind' and Jacques Brel's 'Hearts'.
07:20
Eleanor Rising (Omnibus)—Series 2
Return of the thrilling historical saga about the extraordinary, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
08:30
The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket—Series 1, Desert Island Discs
5/13Roy Plomley joins the dear ladies as they are cast away.
09:00
The Inimitable Jeeves—Jeeves Exerts the Old Cerebellum
1/10Bingo Little fancies a waitress. Can Bertie Wooster's valet help?
09:30
Trevor's World of Sport—Series 1, Episode 4
4/6The sports agent's rapacious partner finds a perfect new client - but there's a catch.
10:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Fashion Designers, Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki, the designer who created the Biba label shares her castaway choices.
10:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cicada
David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
11:00
Radiolab—Series 10, 60 Words
7/8Radiolab explores 60 words written hours after 9/11 that led to USA’s longest war.
11:55
Inheritance Tracks—Mary Coughlan
The singer selects 'I'd Rather Go Blind' and Jacques Brel's 'Hearts'.
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Afternoon
12:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Hollie McNish
Each week Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
12:30
Electric Ink—Series 1, Episode 1
1/6Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a broadsheet newspaper.
13:00
The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel (Omnibus)
The changing seasons in Cockshutt Wood, Herefordshire.
14:10
Inheritance Tracks—Ophelia Dahl
The charity organiser inherits Faure's Requiem, and passes on a Nina Simone blues classic.
14:20
Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/4A cotton weaver's daughter is wooed and her Aunt goes missing. Stars Emma Rydal.
15:30
Rock 'n' Roll in Four Movements
Stuart Maconie on rock musicians who combined symphony and pop music in the 60s and 70s
16:00
Penelope Fitzgerald - The Blue Flower
A German philosophy student is on a quest to find perfect love. Stars Samuel West.
17:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Hollie McNish
Each week Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
17:30
Electric Ink—Series 1, Episode 1
1/6Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a broadsheet newspaper.
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Evening
18:00
Paul Evans - The Ditch
Tom Saunders, a wildlife sound recordist, goes missing,
18:45
Roald Dahl—Lamb to the Slaughter
Patrick has a shock for his wife but it is not as big as the shock she gives him in return
19:00
Radiolab—Series 10, 60 Words
7/8Radiolab explores 60 words written hours after 9/11 that led to USA’s longest war.
19:55
Inheritance Tracks—Mary Coughlan
The singer selects 'I'd Rather Go Blind' and Jacques Brel's 'Hearts'.
20:00
Penelope Fitzgerald - The Blue Flower
A German philosophy student is on a quest to find perfect love. Stars Samuel West.
21:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Fashion Designers, Barbara Hulanicki
Barbara Hulanicki, the designer who created the Biba label shares her castaway choices.
21:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 2, Cicada
David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
22:00
Electric Ink—Series 1, Episode 1
1/6Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a broadsheet newspaper.
22:30
I Think I've Got a Problem—Series 2, Episode 2
2/4The band in Tom's head disrupts a funeral as he ends up on stage.
23:00
The Masterson Inheritance—Series 3, The Pain of the Mastersons
5/6The family find bohemian inspiration in the Lake District.
23:30
At Home with the Snails—Series 1, Episode 4
4/4With 2000 snails in Alex's shed, there are fears that they will take over the village.
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Late
00:00
Paul Evans - The Ditch
Tom Saunders, a wildlife sound recordist, goes missing,
00:45
Roald Dahl—Lamb to the Slaughter
Patrick has a shock for his wife but it is not as big as the shock she gives him in return
01:00
The Wood by John Lewis-Stempel (Omnibus)
The changing seasons in Cockshutt Wood, Herefordshire.
02:10
Inheritance Tracks—Ophelia Dahl
The charity organiser inherits Faure's Requiem, and passes on a Nina Simone blues classic.
02:20
Elizabeth Gaskell - Mary Barton (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/4A cotton weaver's daughter is wooed and her Aunt goes missing. Stars Emma Rydal.
03:30
Rock 'n' Roll in Four Movements
Stuart Maconie on rock musicians who combined symphony and pop music in the 60s and 70s
04:00
Penelope Fitzgerald - The Blue Flower
A German philosophy student is on a quest to find perfect love. Stars Samuel West.
05:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Hollie McNish
Each week Daljit Nagra selects the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
05:30
Electric Ink—Series 1, Episode 1
1/6Old hacks struggle with new media in the changing world of a broadsheet newspaper.
