Schedule
Early
00:00
Concrete Island by JG Ballard
A cocky young architect is stranded when he crashes off the motorway.
01:00
Tam O'Shanter
How Robert Burns came to start writing one of his most famous poems.
02:15
Ronald Frame Short Stories—Tea and Dancing
A pleasant birthday ritual finally revealed an awful truth.
02:30
One Two Three Four - The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (Omnibus)
Snapshots and glimpses of The Beatles and their legacy.
03:45
More Tales From a Long Room by Peter Tinniswood—3. The Mole
3/5Will the Brigadier identify the KGB ‘mole’ placed in the very vitals of English cricket?
04:00
The Men from the Ministry—All Cisterns Go
The blundering civil servants plumb new depths with a naval survey.
04:30
J Kingston Platt's Showbiz Handbook—My Stag Movie, part 1/2
9/10The veteran auditionee recalls how talent lurks in the unlikeliest places.
05:00
Isy Suttie's Guide to the Family—1. Mementos & Millican
1/3Isy Suttie ambles through the radio archives to celebrate family life.
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Morning
06:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Children's Authors, John Boyne
Writer John Boyne is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
07:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Karen McCarthy Woolf
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
07:30
Flush by Virginia Woolf (Omnibus)
Flush is a young dog given to a very famous writer, Elizabeth Barret Browning.
08:40
Inheritance Tracks—Ellie Taylor
Comedian Ellie Taylor chooses tracks by Billy Joel and The Waifs.
08:50
Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2Problems old and new haunt a couple’s bid to save their marriage by moving to France.
10:00
Frankie Howerd—Series 2, Episode 1
1/7The King of Titters shares some surprising excerpts from his illustrious memoirs.
10:30
Take It From Here—From 26/11/1953
Sabotage at the BBC! And Eth dithers over home décor in 'The Glums'.
11:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Children's Authors, John Boyne
Writer John Boyne is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
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Afternoon
12:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Karen McCarthy Woolf
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
12:30
Flush by Virginia Woolf (Omnibus)
Flush is a young dog given to a very famous writer, Elizabeth Barret Browning.
13:40
Inheritance Tracks—Ellie Taylor
Comedian Ellie Taylor chooses tracks by Billy Joel and The Waifs.
13:50
Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2Problems old and new haunt a couple’s bid to save their marriage by moving to France.
15:00
Frankie Howerd—Series 2, Episode 1
1/7The King of Titters shares some surprising excerpts from his illustrious memoirs.
15:30
Take It From Here—From 26/11/1953
Sabotage at the BBC! And Eth dithers over home décor in 'The Glums'.
16:00
Fear on 4—Series 1, The Beast With Five Fingers
5/12The Man in Black tells of the horror in a small box bequeathed to a scientist.
16:30
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood—4. Sanctuary No More
4/5The weather worsens and Bowers goes on the rampage. The others have to run. But where?
17:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Children's Authors, John Boyne
Writer John Boyne is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
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Evening
18:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Karen McCarthy Woolf
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
18:30
Flush by Virginia Woolf (Omnibus)
Flush is a young dog given to a very famous writer, Elizabeth Barret Browning.
19:40
Inheritance Tracks—Ellie Taylor
Comedian Ellie Taylor chooses tracks by Billy Joel and The Waifs.
19:50
Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2Problems old and new haunt a couple’s bid to save their marriage by moving to France.
21:00
Frankie Howerd—Series 2, Episode 1
1/7The King of Titters shares some surprising excerpts from his illustrious memoirs.
21:30
Take It From Here—From 26/11/1953
Sabotage at the BBC! And Eth dithers over home décor in 'The Glums'.
22:00
Listen Against—Series 4, Episode 4
4/4A week of radio that never happened with Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.
22:30
Electric Ink—Series 2, Episode 5
5/6Can struggling journalist Maddox's literary pretentions survive in the new media world?
23:00
Lobby Land—Series 2, Vis-à-Vis
1/5Topical sitcom following life in Westminster through the eyes of a clickbait website.
23:30
Rigor Mortis—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6The pathologists try to get to know the people they're autopsying. Stars Peter Davison.
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Late
00:00
Fear on 4—Series 1, The Beast With Five Fingers
5/12The Man in Black tells of the horror in a small box bequeathed to a scientist.
00:30
Simon Bovey - Cold Blood—4. Sanctuary No More
4/5The weather worsens and Bowers goes on the rampage. The others have to run. But where?
01:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—Children's Authors, John Boyne
Writer John Boyne is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
02:00
Poetry Extra—Poetry Please - Karen McCarthy Woolf
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
02:30
Flush by Virginia Woolf (Omnibus)
Flush is a young dog given to a very famous writer, Elizabeth Barret Browning.
03:40
Inheritance Tracks—Ellie Taylor
Comedian Ellie Taylor chooses tracks by Billy Joel and The Waifs.
03:50
Broken English by Shelagh Stephenson (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2Problems old and new haunt a couple’s bid to save their marriage by moving to France.
05:00
Frankie Howerd—Series 2, Episode 1
1/7The King of Titters shares some surprising excerpts from his illustrious memoirs.
05:30
Take It From Here—From 26/11/1953
Sabotage at the BBC! And Eth dithers over home décor in 'The Glums'.
