| 00:00 | 00:00The legendary 1963 lost TV play. Adapted by Toby Hadoke. 00:452/2Toby Hadoke remembers more of the sci-fi, fantasy and horror artists whom we lost in 2025.
| 00:00The comic actor explains why certain tracks have the power to send tingles down his spine. 00:30Probing Pipes and Politics from Northern Ireland to Galicia via Scotland and Northumbria.
| 00:00Neil Forsyth and Neil Oliver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books. 00:30The yo-yoing fortunes of children's toys in the playroom and market place.
| 00:00James Naughtie probes the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.
| 00:00TV presenter Konnie Huq chooses the mathematician Ada Lovelace. 00:30Laura Barton explains her love for vinyl album sleeve notes.
| 00:003/5The Latin American anthem to life is explored through personal stories. 00:30Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.
| 00:00Freddy is caught up in a nightmarish sci-fi world with echoes of life today.
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| 01:00 | 01:00Dr Jane Goodall is castaway by Sue Lawley. 01:45Musings on the world's largest blooms found deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra.
| 01:001/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle 01:301/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor-cum-amateur sleuth never far from a murder. Oh yes he is!
| 01:002/5Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died - but a tube of morphine is missing... 01:302/4When the star of Cinderella is shot, Charles takes over. But who wanted him dead?
| 01:003/5Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the killer. 01:303/4Is whoever shot Cinderella the same person who is sending Charles threatening texts?
| 01:004/5It seems Mary Gerrard wasn't the first murder victim... 01:304/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor cum amateur sleuth who's never far from a murder.
| 01:005/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle. 01:30Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in the country.
| 01:00Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.
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| 02:00 | 02:00Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive. 02:30Derek Jacobi reads Laurie Lee's evocative portrait of England in the last century.
| 02:006/6Julia is due home for hospital, but will she be in time to save Roger from her mother? 02:301/20The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ.
| 02:004/6The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo. 02:306/17Neddy goes in search of Excalibur and ends up 'in the drink'.
| 02:004/5Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation should be raffled off. 02:3012/20The Lad speculates on what events might have been.
| 02:004/8Jim's plans to slim the Civil Service come home to roost. 02:301/8Bank clerk Sam Baker dreams of winning the football pools. Stars David Roper.
| 02:001/5Opera Sunderland faces disarray by opting for 'West Side Story' over a gay opera. 02:301/8Harold must break sad news to his father Albert.
| 02:30Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
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| 03:00 | 03:40Comedian Miranda Hart chooses tracks by INXS and Alanis Morissette. 03:50Vera and Irene send each other Christmas survival tips and endure family drama.
| 03:003/6Collaboration loyalty cards ruin Uljabaan's plans and Richard's chances in the pub quiz. 03:30The lost landscapes of our past, explored through a childhood in Cardiff. 03:451/6Meeting at a wedding, Irene and Vera begin a loving, if testy, correspondence.
| 03:001/4Simon Evans presents comedy lectures on economics behind four commodities. 03:30Nian Zhen welcomes a child with special needs and reflects on her own life. 03:452/6Vera’s been jamming and pickling, but Irene’s preoccupied.
| 03:00The friends are excited to see a starry show at the Hippodrome on New Year's Eve. 03:453/6Will Vera and Irene’s friendship survive an unfortunate hotel incident?
| 03:003/4Matt and Bob decide to see how far they can go - and attempt shoplifting. 03:30An overcrowded yacht returning sailors home from the Great War is in trouble. 03:454/6Irene’s unsettling news is surpassed by Vera’s family revelations.
| 03:001/6City boy Andy has come to his uncle's seaside home in search of a stress-free life. 03:30A young bride-to-be longs to have her heart broken. 03:455/6After her protest heroics, Irene's memory is playing tricks. Can Vera help?
| 03:456/6Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?
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| 04:00 | | 04:007/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Liza Tarbuck. 04:302/6Rosie's company runs a poetry competition. Stars Prunella Scales.
| 04:003/5Using laughing gas for riots? Dave Gorman hunts for the best loopy idea. 04:301/6Stella battles to get her adult kids to leave home.
| 04:006/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Philippa Perry, Carlo Ratti and Doug Allan. 04:301/4Ex-lovers turned cafe-bar owners Pam and Merv discuss love, life and a revamp.
| 04:001/6Language panel game with Sandi Toksvig, Tommy Pearson, Laura Wright, Christopher Matthew. 04:305/6Bernard Gallagher makes a shockingly gruesome discovery.
| 04:006/6Graeme Garden with Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith. 04:305/6Education and money? Can you have one without the other?
| 04:002/6The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle. 04:30CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!
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| 05:00 | 05:00Will Ted be able to wheedle his way into a work trip to Paris? 05:30It is New Year's Eve, and Eth wants to celebrate with the Glums.
| 05:00Mattie loves spending time in a place where the adults often forget she is there. 05:451/5Modern Shakespearean Juliet at least has the internet and an agony aunt.
| 05:00Mattie learns about faggots and learns the perils of flirting. 05:452/5Modern Shakespearean Ophelia discusses insanity with her psychotherapist
| 05:00Mattie is fascinated by Mona's daydreams of film stars. 05:453/5Modern Shakespearean Goneril is faced with a doddering dad and running a business.
| 05:00Until Mattie leaves home she seeks refuge in her dreams - and The Goons. 05:454/5Modern Shakespearean Viola’s offered a spectacular Twelfth Night.
| 05:00Mattie's diagnosis allows her to plan her 'future' - but what will it be? 05:455/5Modern Shakespearean Cat’s 25-year tempestuous marriage is front page news.
| 05:001/3From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.
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| 06:00 | 06:001/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle 06:301/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor-cum-amateur sleuth never far from a murder. Oh yes he is!
| 06:002/5Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died - but a tube of morphine is missing... 06:302/4When the star of Cinderella is shot, Charles takes over. But who wanted him dead?
| 06:003/5Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the killer. 06:303/4Is whoever shot Cinderella the same person who is sending Charles threatening texts?
| 06:004/5It seems Mary Gerrard wasn't the first murder victim... 06:304/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor cum amateur sleuth who's never far from a murder.
| 06:005/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle. 06:30Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in the country.
| 06:00Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.
| 06:00Archers actress Patricia Greene is castaway by Kirsty Young. 06:45David Attenborough hates rats, but in a personal way explains why they should be respected
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| 07:00 | 07:006/6Julia is due home for hospital, but will she be in time to save Roger from her mother? 07:301/20The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ.
| 07:004/6The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo. 07:306/17Neddy goes in search of Excalibur and ends up 'in the drink'.
| 07:004/5Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation should be raffled off. 07:3012/20The Lad speculates on what events might have been.
| 07:004/8Jim's plans to slim the Civil Service come home to roost. 07:301/8Bank clerk Sam Baker dreams of winning the football pools. Stars David Roper.
| 07:001/5Opera Sunderland faces disarray by opting for 'West Side Story' over a gay opera. 07:301/8Harold must break sad news to his father Albert.
| 07:30Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
| 07:00Daljit Nagra selects a new year highlight about light from the BBC's poetry archive. 07:30What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?
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| 08:00 | 08:003/6Collaboration loyalty cards ruin Uljabaan's plans and Richard's chances in the pub quiz. 08:30The lost landscapes of our past, explored through a childhood in Cardiff. 08:451/6Meeting at a wedding, Irene and Vera begin a loving, if testy, correspondence.
| 08:001/4Simon Evans presents comedy lectures on economics behind four commodities. 08:30Nian Zhen welcomes a child with special needs and reflects on her own life. 08:452/6Vera’s been jamming and pickling, but Irene’s preoccupied.
| 08:00The friends are excited to see a starry show at the Hippodrome on New Year's Eve. 08:453/6Will Vera and Irene’s friendship survive an unfortunate hotel incident?
| 08:003/4Matt and Bob decide to see how far they can go - and attempt shoplifting. 08:30An overcrowded yacht returning sailors home from the Great War is in trouble. 08:454/6Irene’s unsettling news is surpassed by Vera’s family revelations.
| 08:001/6City boy Andy has come to his uncle's seaside home in search of a stress-free life. 08:30A young bride-to-be longs to have her heart broken. 08:455/6After her protest heroics, Irene's memory is playing tricks. Can Vera help?
| 08:456/6Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?
| 08:15Beatboxer "Beardyman" aka Darren Foreman goes in search of nature's best sound-mimics. 08:40Presenter and author Clare Balding, chooses tracks by Neil Diamond and Billy Joel. 08:50Irene and Vera begin corresponding. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
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| 09:00 | 09:001/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game. 09:30David Cannadine explores how the Duke of Wellington's boots came to define his leadership. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Gemma Simmonds.
| 09:006/7Frank Skinner hosts a Christmas-flavoured episode of the show based on online reviews. 09:30David Cannadine explores how Disraeli merged fact and fiction in his life and work. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Andy Fishburne.
| 09:00Julian Clary hosts a brand new panel show celebrating everything he hates about Christmas. 09:30David Cannadine explores how William Gladstone's axe became a powerful political metaphor. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Angel Morgan.
| 09:00Good news! A new word is born unto us, in an Unspeakable seasonal spectacular. 09:30David Cannadine explores how Churchill's cigar became synonymous with his image. 09:45Christian worship, a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Archbishop Stephen Cottrell
| 09:002/4Chloe Slack presents an Anniversary Special celebrating 81 years of Time Of The Week. 09:30David Cannadine explores how Mrs Thatcher's handbag became a visual symbol of her power. 09:45Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by David Waters.
| 09:002/6The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle. 09:30CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!
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| 10:00 | 10:00The comic actor explains why certain tracks have the power to send tingles down his spine. 10:30Probing Pipes and Politics from Northern Ireland to Galicia via Scotland and Northumbria.
| 10:00Neil Forsyth and Neil Oliver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books. 10:30The yo-yoing fortunes of children's toys in the playroom and market place.
| 10:00James Naughtie probes the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.
| 10:00TV presenter Konnie Huq chooses the mathematician Ada Lovelace. 10:30Laura Barton explains her love for vinyl album sleeve notes.
| 10:003/5The Latin American anthem to life is explored through personal stories. 10:30Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.
| 10:001/3From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.
| 10:00Richard Stilgoe ponders money-making in Britain's financial heartland. 10:30Ron Glum is emigrating. How far will he get?
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| 11:00 | 11:001/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle 11:301/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor-cum-amateur sleuth never far from a murder. Oh yes he is!
| 11:002/5Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died - but a tube of morphine is missing... 11:302/4When the star of Cinderella is shot, Charles takes over. But who wanted him dead?
| 11:003/5Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the killer. 11:303/4Is whoever shot Cinderella the same person who is sending Charles threatening texts?
| 11:004/5It seems Mary Gerrard wasn't the first murder victim... 11:304/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor cum amateur sleuth who's never far from a murder.
| 11:005/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle. 11:30Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in the country.
| 11:00Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.
| 11:00Archers actress Patricia Greene is castaway by Kirsty Young. 11:45David Attenborough hates rats, but in a personal way explains why they should be respected
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| 12:00 | 12:006/6Julia is due home for hospital, but will she be in time to save Roger from her mother? 12:301/20The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ.
| 12:004/6The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo. 12:306/17Neddy goes in search of Excalibur and ends up 'in the drink'.
| 12:004/5Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation should be raffled off. 12:3012/20The Lad speculates on what events might have been.
| 12:004/8Jim's plans to slim the Civil Service come home to roost. 12:301/8Bank clerk Sam Baker dreams of winning the football pools. Stars David Roper.
| 12:001/5Opera Sunderland faces disarray by opting for 'West Side Story' over a gay opera. 12:301/8Harold must break sad news to his father Albert.
| 12:30Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
| 12:00Daljit Nagra selects a new year highlight about light from the BBC's poetry archive. 12:30What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?
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| 13:00 | 13:003/6Collaboration loyalty cards ruin Uljabaan's plans and Richard's chances in the pub quiz. 13:30The lost landscapes of our past, explored through a childhood in Cardiff. 13:451/6Meeting at a wedding, Irene and Vera begin a loving, if testy, correspondence.
| 13:001/4Simon Evans presents comedy lectures on economics behind four commodities. 13:30Nian Zhen welcomes a child with special needs and reflects on her own life. 13:452/6Vera’s been jamming and pickling, but Irene’s preoccupied.
| 13:00The friends are excited to see a starry show at the Hippodrome on New Year's Eve. 13:453/6Will Vera and Irene’s friendship survive an unfortunate hotel incident?
| 13:003/4Matt and Bob decide to see how far they can go - and attempt shoplifting. 13:30An overcrowded yacht returning sailors home from the Great War is in trouble. 13:454/6Irene’s unsettling news is surpassed by Vera’s family revelations.
| 13:001/6City boy Andy has come to his uncle's seaside home in search of a stress-free life. 13:30A young bride-to-be longs to have her heart broken. 13:455/6After her protest heroics, Irene's memory is playing tricks. Can Vera help?
| 13:456/6Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?
| 13:15Beatboxer "Beardyman" aka Darren Foreman goes in search of nature's best sound-mimics. 13:40Presenter and author Clare Balding, chooses tracks by Neil Diamond and Billy Joel. 13:50Irene and Vera begin corresponding. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
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| 14:00 | 14:007/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Liza Tarbuck. 14:302/6Rosie's company runs a poetry competition. Stars Prunella Scales.
| 14:003/5Using laughing gas for riots? Dave Gorman hunts for the best loopy idea. 14:301/6Stella battles to get her adult kids to leave home.
| 14:006/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Philippa Perry, Carlo Ratti and Doug Allan. 14:301/4Ex-lovers turned cafe-bar owners Pam and Merv discuss love, life and a revamp.
| 14:001/6Language panel game with Sandi Toksvig, Tommy Pearson, Laura Wright, Christopher Matthew. 14:305/6Bernard Gallagher makes a shockingly gruesome discovery.
| 14:006/6Graeme Garden with Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith. 14:305/6Education and money? Can you have one without the other?
| 14:002/6The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle. 14:30CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!
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| 15:00 | 15:00Mattie loves spending time in a place where the adults often forget she is there. 15:451/5Modern Shakespearean Juliet at least has the internet and an agony aunt.
| 15:00Mattie learns about faggots and learns the perils of flirting. 15:452/5Modern Shakespearean Ophelia discusses insanity with her psychotherapist
| 15:00Mattie is fascinated by Mona's daydreams of film stars. 15:453/5Modern Shakespearean Goneril is faced with a doddering dad and running a business.
| 15:00Until Mattie leaves home she seeks refuge in her dreams - and The Goons. 15:454/5Modern Shakespearean Viola’s offered a spectacular Twelfth Night.
| 15:00Mattie's diagnosis allows her to plan her 'future' - but what will it be? 15:455/5Modern Shakespearean Cat’s 25-year tempestuous marriage is front page news.
| 15:001/3From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.
| 15:00Richard Stilgoe ponders money-making in Britain's financial heartland. 15:30Ron Glum is emigrating. How far will he get?
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| 16:00 | 16:00The comic actor explains why certain tracks have the power to send tingles down his spine. 16:30Probing Pipes and Politics from Northern Ireland to Galicia via Scotland and Northumbria.
| 16:00Neil Forsyth and Neil Oliver join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite books. 16:30The yo-yoing fortunes of children's toys in the playroom and market place.
| 16:00James Naughtie probes the history and traditions behind Hogmanay.
| 16:00TV presenter Konnie Huq chooses the mathematician Ada Lovelace. 16:30Laura Barton explains her love for vinyl album sleeve notes.
| 16:003/5The Latin American anthem to life is explored through personal stories. 16:30Poet Himali Singh Soin explores the North Pole as a mythologised space in literature.
| 16:00Freddy is caught up in a nightmarish sci-fi world with echoes of life today.
| 16:001/4Set in a complex state of beliefs, the Great God Om appears before a novice monk. 16:301/6A menacing assignment awaits a student sorcerer.
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| 17:00 | 17:001/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle 17:301/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor-cum-amateur sleuth never far from a murder. Oh yes he is!
| 17:002/5Elinor and Roddy's invalid aunt has died - but a tube of morphine is missing... 17:302/4When the star of Cinderella is shot, Charles takes over. But who wanted him dead?
| 17:003/5Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is called in to track down the killer. 17:303/4Is whoever shot Cinderella the same person who is sending Charles threatening texts?
| 17:004/5It seems Mary Gerrard wasn't the first murder victim... 17:304/4Bill Nighy stars as the actor cum amateur sleuth who's never far from a murder.
| 17:005/5Hercule Poirot takes to the courtroom for the trial of Elinor Carlisle. 17:30Alex meets Terry and is coaxed to start a business out in the country.
| 17:00Mr Harding finds his peaceful life disrupted when family drama erupts.
| 17:00Archers actress Patricia Greene is castaway by Kirsty Young. 17:45David Attenborough hates rats, but in a personal way explains why they should be respected
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| 18:00 | 18:006/6Julia is due home for hospital, but will she be in time to save Roger from her mother? 18:301/20The platoon don crazy camouflage in a drill to attack Captain Square's HQ.
| 18:004/6The British ambassador is suspicious over an embarrassing photo. 18:306/17Neddy goes in search of Excalibur and ends up 'in the drink'.
| 18:004/5Council leader Mrs Roberts insists an electrical substation should be raffled off. 18:3012/20The Lad speculates on what events might have been.
| 18:004/8Jim's plans to slim the Civil Service come home to roost. 18:301/8Bank clerk Sam Baker dreams of winning the football pools. Stars David Roper.
| 18:001/5Opera Sunderland faces disarray by opting for 'West Side Story' over a gay opera. 18:301/8Harold must break sad news to his father Albert.
| 18:30Edmund de Waal's pilgrimage to the creators of porcelain. Read by Julian Rhind-Tutt.
| 18:00Daljit Nagra selects a new year highlight about light from the BBC's poetry archive. 18:30What would have happened to The Beatles if George Martin had turned them down?
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| 19:00 | 19:003/6Collaboration loyalty cards ruin Uljabaan's plans and Richard's chances in the pub quiz. 19:30The lost landscapes of our past, explored through a childhood in Cardiff. 19:451/6Meeting at a wedding, Irene and Vera begin a loving, if testy, correspondence.
| 19:001/4Simon Evans presents comedy lectures on economics behind four commodities. 19:30Nian Zhen welcomes a child with special needs and reflects on her own life. 19:452/6Vera’s been jamming and pickling, but Irene’s preoccupied.
| 19:00The friends are excited to see a starry show at the Hippodrome on New Year's Eve. 19:453/6Will Vera and Irene’s friendship survive an unfortunate hotel incident?
| 19:003/4Matt and Bob decide to see how far they can go - and attempt shoplifting. 19:30An overcrowded yacht returning sailors home from the Great War is in trouble. 19:454/6Irene’s unsettling news is surpassed by Vera’s family revelations.
| 19:001/6City boy Andy has come to his uncle's seaside home in search of a stress-free life. 19:30A young bride-to-be longs to have her heart broken. 19:455/6After her protest heroics, Irene's memory is playing tricks. Can Vera help?
| 19:456/6Will Vera accept an exciting, life changing, offer?
| 19:15Beatboxer "Beardyman" aka Darren Foreman goes in search of nature's best sound-mimics. 19:40Presenter and author Clare Balding, chooses tracks by Neil Diamond and Billy Joel. 19:50Irene and Vera begin corresponding. Stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
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| 20:00 | 20:007/8Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Liza Tarbuck. 20:302/6Rosie's company runs a poetry competition. Stars Prunella Scales.
| 20:003/5Using laughing gas for riots? Dave Gorman hunts for the best loopy idea. 20:301/6Stella battles to get her adult kids to leave home.
| 20:006/6John Lloyd and Bridget Christie with Philippa Perry, Carlo Ratti and Doug Allan. 20:301/4Ex-lovers turned cafe-bar owners Pam and Merv discuss love, life and a revamp.
| 20:001/6Language panel game with Sandi Toksvig, Tommy Pearson, Laura Wright, Christopher Matthew. 20:305/6Bernard Gallagher makes a shockingly gruesome discovery.
| 20:006/6Graeme Garden with Sir Bernard Ingham, Hattie Hayridge, Steve Punt and Arthur Smith. 20:305/6Education and money? Can you have one without the other?
| 20:002/6The shady lawyer turns farmer for a wealthy uncle. 20:30CPO Pertwee starts fundraising for a cause - his own!
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| 21:00 | 21:00Mattie loves spending time in a place where the adults often forget she is there. 21:451/5Modern Shakespearean Juliet at least has the internet and an agony aunt.
| 21:00Mattie learns about faggots and learns the perils of flirting. 21:452/5Modern Shakespearean Ophelia discusses insanity with her psychotherapist
| 21:00Mattie is fascinated by Mona's daydreams of film stars. 21:453/5Modern Shakespearean Goneril is faced with a doddering dad and running a business.
| 21:00Until Mattie leaves home she seeks refuge in her dreams - and The Goons. 21:454/5Modern Shakespearean Viola’s offered a spectacular Twelfth Night.
| 21:00Mattie's diagnosis allows her to plan her 'future' - but what will it be? 21:455/5Modern Shakespearean Cat’s 25-year tempestuous marriage is front page news.
| 21:001/3From the source to the estuary, Laura Barton explores how rivers have shaped us.
| 21:00Richard Stilgoe ponders money-making in Britain's financial heartland. 21:30Ron Glum is emigrating. How far will he get?
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| 22:00 | 22:001/6Comedians try to smuggle truths past opponents in David Mitchell's comedy panel game. 22:305/6A near-death experience turns out mundane in this sketch comedy about getting on a bit.
| 22:006/7Frank Skinner hosts a Christmas-flavoured episode of the show based on online reviews. 22:303/6Will the museum's first-ever Sunday opening run smoothly?
| 22:00Julian Clary hosts a brand new panel show celebrating everything he hates about Christmas. 22:301/4A ripping, bumper summer edition of the nostalgic spoof of boys' papers!
| 22:00Good news! A new word is born unto us, in an Unspeakable seasonal spectacular. 22:304/6Brian tells the story of his visit to a country where alternative therapies abound. 22:55Paul Garner chats to Jimmy Carr.
| 22:002/4Chloe Slack presents an Anniversary Special celebrating 81 years of Time Of The Week. 22:304/6The Questers descend into the Underworld in search of Penthiselea's mother.
| 22:005/6Sketches from Susie Donkin, Charlotte MacDougal, Oriane Messina and Faye Rusling. 22:301/4Agony aunt Sarah solves problems, including the dangers of dating outside of your class.
| 22:001/3Storyteller Sarah Kendall performs her award-winning live solo show. 22:301/4An Archers convention, a live pitbull on the Today programme and a Popmaster crisis. 22:55Paul Garner chats again to Jimmy Carr.
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| 23:00 | 23:00Comedian Matt Forde reconvenes his very own Focus Group for a one-off Boxing Day special. 23:304/4A week of radio that never happened. With Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes.
| 23:001/4Sketch show from award-winning duo Croft and Pearce, rising stars of UK comedy. 23:151/4Remarkable true history of rockets and the men, women and animals behind them. 23:301/4Jake Yapp applies his sharp satirical eye to the modern media landscape.
| 23:006/6Stand by for a breakneck race against time! 23:30Joz Norris doesn’t do small talk. But he has to.
| 23:006/6Alex and his band explore the theme of seasons. 23:301/6Hell faces confusion when a dog turns up, as animals are not evil... except dolphins.
| 23:002/6Myths and mucking out at the court of King Arthur. 23:301/6A reluctant beekeeper, two feuding librarians and striking a deal with Santa.
| 23:001/4A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with the Festival of the Spoken Nerd trio 23:15Tango dancers and DJs - bleak, funny and confusing tales of urban life after dark. 23:25Paul Garner chats again to Jimmy Carr. 23:305/6The impressionist and the spin doctor in the tag-team talk show.
| 23:004/6Comedian Stephen K Amos and guests compile an idiot's guide to crime and punishment. 23:302/8Poems from the Luton Laureate including tales of the Tate, a jumble sale and an armadillo. 23:452/8Harry Shearer describes his extraordinary life as a Hollywood child star.
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