Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Soul Music—River
Personal stories of Joni Mitchell's song 'River', from her 1971 album Blue.
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00:30
Natural Histories—Reindeer
Discover why there is more to reindeer than Rudolph.
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01:00
Whodunnits—AA Milne - The Red House Mystery
A country house party turns into a murder-trail for an amateur sleuth.
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02:00
Son of Santa
Newly qualified as a management consultant, Santa's son has big plans for the North Pole.
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02:30
Steptoe and Son—Away For Christmas
Harold's Majorca-bound, but he's not told Albert.
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03:10
... And Yet Another Partridge in a Pear Tree
A woman receives stacks of gifts from a lavish admirer, who's inspired by the carol.
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03:30
Village Christmas by Laurie Lee—5. The Cold Christmas Walk in the Country
5/5 Derek Jacobi concludes this evocative portrait of England in the last century.
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03:45
Ladies of Letters—Ladies of Letters Make Mincemeat, 5. Cell-ebration
5/5 Vera's family are freed, as Irene writes to her estranged son.
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04:00
The Motion Show—Series 5, Episode 5
5/6 Graeme Garden hosts as Gyles Brandreth, Steve Punt, Arthur Smith and Lauren Laverne debate
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04:30
King Street Junior Revisited—Series 2, Love All
4/6 Romance in the air, but Mr Long has a painful little problem....
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05:00
Boxing Clever by Mike Yeaman
A wily pensioner finds competition at the Boxing Day sales.
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05:45
The Special Sale by Maeve Binchy
A romantic tale centred on a fancy Dublin restaurant. Read by Dervla Kirwan.
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Morning
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06:00
Embroideries by Juliet Ace
Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
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07:00
Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
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07:30
The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
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08:45
Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
1/4 Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
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09:00
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6 The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
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09:30
Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
14/14 All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
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10:00
Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
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11:00
Embroideries by Juliet Ace
Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
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12:30
The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
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13:45
Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
1/4 Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
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14:00
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6 The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
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14:30
Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
14/14 All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
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15:00
Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
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16:00
MR James—Echoes from the Abbey
Sheila Hodgson provides MR James with a ghostly encounter at Christmas.
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16:45
Absent Friends 2025 - The 7th Dimension—Episode 1
1/2 Toby Hadoke pays tribute to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror artists whom we lost in 2025.
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17:00
Embroideries by Juliet Ace
Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
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Evening
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18:00
Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
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18:30
The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
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19:45
Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
1/4 Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
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20:00
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6 The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
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20:30
Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
14/14 All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
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21:00
Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
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22:00
Bearded Ladies—Series 2, Episode 4
4/6 Promotional lunches and very awkward dinner parties. Quick-fire sketches.
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22:30
Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!—Series 2, The Bodyguard
6/6 Milton discovers that a diva and a tent full of jam don't mix as well as he'd imagined.
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23:00
Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies—Nationalism
4/4 Andrew explores the reasons for joining nationalist organisations.
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23:30
Chain Reaction—Series 5, Eddie Izzard interviews Alastair Campbell
4/6 The stand-up comic interviews the political spin doctor in the tag-team talk show.
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Late
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00:00
MR James—Echoes from the Abbey
Sheila Hodgson provides MR James with a ghostly encounter at Christmas.
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00:45
Absent Friends 2025 - The 7th Dimension—Episode 1
1/2 Toby Hadoke pays tribute to the sci-fi, fantasy and horror artists whom we lost in 2025.
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01:00
Embroideries by Juliet Ace
Stephen Thorne and Elizabeth Proud star in a fairy tale for-our-time.
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02:00
Speak No Evil by Juliet Ace
A mother adjusts to increased deafness whilst harbouring a secret.
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02:30
The Crowning of Everest (Omnibus)
1953: Britain prepares for a new Queen - but has Everest been conquered?
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03:45
Tom Mennard's Local Tales—Series 1, Friends
1/4 Welcome to Tom's world. He has tales to tell in his local pub.
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04:00
The Marx Brothers' Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel—Series 2, Episode 1
1/6 The shady lawyer needs patients as he pretends to be a doctor.
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04:30
Beyond Our Ken—Series 3, Episode 14
14/14 All is finally revealed in 'The Kenneth Horne Story'!
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05:00
Sue Perkins' Christmas Comedy Stocking—Series 1, 3. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Christmas Carol
Sue Perkins final festive offering is the all-star Clue Dickens extravaganza.
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