Schedule
Early
00:00
Soul Music—Clair de lune
An exploration of Claude Debussy's music for piano, inspired by a poem about moonlight.
00:30
Herland
Gender and Science Fiction? Writer Geoff Ryman explores future worlds...
01:00
Find The Lady—7. In Which Andrew Marsh Finds the Truth
7/7Andrew Marsh deduces who is behind his being framed for cheque book fraud and murder.
01:30
Limelight—The System: Series 1, Level 6: Judgement Day Question Mark.
6/6Can Maya and Jake stop The System before it spirals out of control?
02:00
Bodgers, Banks and Sparkes—Death and Disease
5/6Popping off! Sketch show comedy from the team that created TV's Absolutely.
02:30
The Ken Dodd Show—From 27/10/1963
The King of Knotty Ash is joined a singing Wilfrid Brambell.
03:00
Shush!—Series 2, A Fairy-Tale Ending
4/4Snoo runs into problems with a grape, and Alice has to learn a tricky manoeuvre.
03:30
Iris by John Bayley—5. Sailing into the Darkness
5/5Iris Murdoch's husband reflects on her inner world after the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
03:45
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray—10. Waterloo
10/201815, the Battle of Waterloo. As George and Rawdon fight, Becky and Amelia wait for news.
04:00
The Motion Show—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6Dr Phil Hammond chairs the debating game with Gyles Brandreth, Tony Hawks, Jo Caulfield.
04:30
1835—All at Sea
1/4Aristocrat Belport and servant Ned are called up to serve on the unfortunate HMS Fortunate
05:00
Marriage by Susan Ferrier—3. Union 1815
3/3Will Mary Douglas finally find happiness?
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Morning
06:00
Three Time Plays by JB Priestley—3. I Have Been Here Before
3/3Strangers at a remote inn discover they're inter-dependent. Have they all met before?
07:30
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2Four residents in a Kent retirement village probe unsolved murders. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
08:45
The Best of English—6. Onwards and Upwards
6/6Actor Arthur English recalls ghosts and his film and TV work.
09:00
Mind Your Own Business!—Series 1, She'll Have to Go
1/6An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers.
09:30
Beyond Our Ken—From 28/5/1959
Kenneth Horne summons a plumber and 'Hornerama' looks at communications.
10:00
Conversation Extra—Christopher and His Kind
The writer who inspired the musical 'Cabaret', Christopher Isherwood talks to Paul Bailey.
10:40
The Essay—Late Style, Paul Bailey
2/5Novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade - and having a 'late style'.
11:00
Three Time Plays by JB Priestley—3. I Have Been Here Before
3/3Strangers at a remote inn discover they're inter-dependent. Have they all met before?
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Afternoon
12:30
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2Four residents in a Kent retirement village probe unsolved murders. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
13:45
The Best of English—6. Onwards and Upwards
6/6Actor Arthur English recalls ghosts and his film and TV work.
14:00
Mind Your Own Business!—Series 1, She'll Have to Go
1/6An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers.
14:30
Beyond Our Ken—From 28/5/1959
Kenneth Horne summons a plumber and 'Hornerama' looks at communications.
15:00
Conversation Extra—Christopher and His Kind
The writer who inspired the musical 'Cabaret', Christopher Isherwood talks to Paul Bailey.
15:40
The Essay—Late Style, Paul Bailey
2/5Novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade - and having a 'late style'.
16:00
Doctor Who—The War Doctor, 1. The Innocent
If only the Doctor were still alive... Starring John Hurt.
17:00
Three Time Plays by JB Priestley—3. I Have Been Here Before
3/3Strangers at a remote inn discover they're inter-dependent. Have they all met before?
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Evening
18:30
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2Four residents in a Kent retirement village probe unsolved murders. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
19:45
The Best of English—6. Onwards and Upwards
6/6Actor Arthur English recalls ghosts and his film and TV work.
20:00
Mind Your Own Business!—Series 1, She'll Have to Go
1/6An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers.
20:30
Beyond Our Ken—From 28/5/1959
Kenneth Horne summons a plumber and 'Hornerama' looks at communications.
21:00
Conversation Extra—Christopher and His Kind
The writer who inspired the musical 'Cabaret', Christopher Isherwood talks to Paul Bailey.
21:40
The Essay—Late Style, Paul Bailey
2/5Novelist Paul Bailey discusses writing in his ninth decade - and having a 'late style'.
22:00
The Tim Vine Chat Show—Series 2, Abergavenny
4/6The chat show with a twist where the British public are the stars.
22:30
Start/Stop—Series 1, 5. Two Parties
5/6Two parties provide a particular challenge.
22:55
The Celebrity Voicemail Show—Series 1, Benedict Cumberbatch
1/4Kayvan Novak imagines the answerphone messages of Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch.
23:10
Armstrong and Miller—Episode 1
1/4Time management, and some special detectives. The duo star in sketches and songs.
23:25
The Simon Day Show—Series 2, Tony Becton
4/6Reformed violent offender Tony Becton returns with stories of his rehabilitation.
23:55
Doctor Who—The War Doctor, 1. The Innocent
If only the Doctor were still alive... Starring John Hurt.
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Late
02:00
Three Time Plays by JB Priestley—3. I Have Been Here Before
3/3Strangers at a remote inn discover they're inter-dependent. Have they all met before?
03:30
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2Four residents in a Kent retirement village probe unsolved murders. Read by Haydn Gwynne.
04:45
The Best of English—6. Onwards and Upwards
6/6Actor Arthur English recalls ghosts and his film and TV work.
05:00
Mind Your Own Business!—Series 1, She'll Have to Go
1/6An accountant tackles a tycoon over his number of women workers.
05:30
Beyond Our Ken—From 28/5/1959
Kenneth Horne summons a plumber and 'Hornerama' looks at communications.
06:00
Desert Island Discs Revisited—TV's History Castaways, Simon Schama
Historian Simon Schama is castaway by Sue Lawley.
06:45
David Attenborough's Life Stories—Series 1, Giant Birds
The famous naturalist muses on the largest known egg laid by a giant bird on Madagascar.
