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00:00 - Archive on 4

Beckett's Last Tapes
Robert McCrum explores Samuel Beckett’s literary career through rare recordings.

01:00 - Galbraith and the Midas Touch

3. Pandora's Box
3/6 A file is stolen from a retired lawyer's office.

01:30 - Whodunnits

Miss Marple - A Murder Is Announced, Episode 3
3/5 Miss Marple begins her investigation. But will the killer strike again?

02:00 - Never Too Late

Series 1, Mildred and the Man
2/6 Man-mad Mildred's passions are aroused by the return of an old flame. Stars Thora Hird.

02:30 - Hanco*ck's Half Hour

Series 6, Hanco*ck in Hospital
12/14 Laid up with a broken leg, the Lad soon regrets Sid and Bill's visit.

03:00 - Boswell's Lives

Series 2, Boswell's Life of Marx
2/4 Boswell attempts to write a biography of Karl Marx.

03:30 - Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

3. Activism
3/5 Tom meets Václav Havel.

03:45 - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Series 3, 3. Cohabitation
3/5 John and Maggie try a new phase in their riotous relationship.

04:00 - Say the Word

Episode 3
3/6 Frank Delaney chairs the English game from the Cheltenham Festival of Literature.

04:30 - Elephants to Catch Eels

Series 1, Episode 3
3/6 A hairy folk band helps Tamsyn Trelawny and the Cornish smugglers to escape the law.

05:00 - Sally Worboyes - Wild Hops

3. Crisis
3/4 With the summer running out, can Laura and Jack's marriage survive?

05:45 - Sydney Came to Egypt by Gillian Tindall

A tale of fate and the rediscovery of mystery and meaning in the Land of the Pharaohs.

06:00 - Galbraith and the Midas Touch

4. Gold Medal
4/6 Harry Denning has gone missing, so Bill Galbraith goes down to the river to investigate.

07:00 - Second Thoughts

Series 3, Laugh and Marriage
4/8 Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, while Faith is stoking the fires.

07:30 - Dad's Army

Series 3, The Great White Hunter
7/26 Mainwaring causes chaos tracking down Walker's purloined silk parachute.

08:00 - Cooking in a Bedsitter

Series 2, Green Pea Sandwiches
3/4 Appetising bedsitter romcom, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's sixties' cookery classic.

08:30 - Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

4. Arcadia
4/5 Sir Tom creates his mid-life play, Arcadia.

08:45 - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Series 3, 4. Party
4/5 Maggie wants John to integrate into village life so he takes action.

09:00 - Yesterday in Parliament

25/04/2024
Day of the Deputies.

09:30 - On the Map

9. Digital Maps
9/10 Mike Parker looks at cartography in the digital age and asks if the paper map can survive.

09:45 - Daily Service

Our Planet (Earth Day) – Seeds of Faith
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by David Waters.

10:00 - Great Lives

Len Goodman on Lionel Bart
Len Goodman champions Lionel Bart, the man who created the musical Oliver, as his hero.

10:30 - Who Was Opal?

The life of writer Opal Whiteley, whose childhood diary became a 1920s bestseller.

11:00 - Galbraith and the Midas Touch

4. Gold Medal
4/6 Harry Denning has gone missing, so Bill Galbraith goes down to the river to investigate.

11:30 - Whodunnits

Miss Marple - A Murder Is Announced, Episode 4
4/5 Could there be another murder for Miss Marple to tackle?

12:00 - Second Thoughts

Series 3, Laugh and Marriage
4/8 Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, while Faith is stoking the fires.

12:30 - Dad's Army

Series 3, The Great White Hunter
7/26 Mainwaring causes chaos tracking down Walker's purloined silk parachute.

13:00 - Cooking in a Bedsitter

Series 2, Green Pea Sandwiches
3/4 Appetising bedsitter romcom, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's sixties' cookery classic.

13:30 - Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

4. Arcadia
4/5 Sir Tom creates his mid-life play, Arcadia.

13:45 - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Series 3, 4. Party
4/5 Maggie wants John to integrate into village life so he takes action.

14:00 - Genius

Series 2, Chris Addison
4/6 Dave Gorman and Chris Addison chew over ridiculous, brilliant but unworkable ideas.

14:30 - Gilbert Without Sullivan

Series 1, Wide Awake
4/5 Eligible but gullible Harold Symperson needs to stay alert when looking for his soulmate.

15:00 - Sally Worboyes - Wild Hops

4. Repercussions
4/4 Can Laura Jackson deal with the repercussions of her affair?

15:45 - The Curtain with the Knot In It by Shena Mackay

Alice goes to see her father in a care home and encounters some disturbing staff.

16:00 - Great Lives

Len Goodman on Lionel Bart
Len Goodman champions Lionel Bart, the man who created the musical Oliver, as his hero.

16:30 - Who Was Opal?

The life of writer Opal Whiteley, whose childhood diary became a 1920s bestseller.

17:00 - Galbraith and the Midas Touch

4. Gold Medal
4/6 Harry Denning has gone missing, so Bill Galbraith goes down to the river to investigate.

17:30 - Whodunnits

Miss Marple - A Murder Is Announced, Episode 4
4/5 Could there be another murder for Miss Marple to tackle?

18:00 - Second Thoughts

Series 3, Laugh and Marriage
4/8 Bill wants Richard and Liza to cool their ardour, while Faith is stoking the fires.

18:30 - Dad's Army

Series 3, The Great White Hunter
7/26 Mainwaring causes chaos tracking down Walker's purloined silk parachute.

19:00 - Cooking in a Bedsitter

Series 2, Green Pea Sandwiches
3/4 Appetising bedsitter romcom, inspired by Katharine Whitehorn's sixties' cookery classic.

19:30 - Tom Stoppard: A Life by Hermione Lee

4. Arcadia
4/5 Sir Tom creates his mid-life play, Arcadia.

19:45 - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Series 3, 4. Party
4/5 Maggie wants John to integrate into village life so he takes action.

20:00 - Genius

Series 2, Chris Addison
4/6 Dave Gorman and Chris Addison chew over ridiculous, brilliant but unworkable ideas.

20:30 - Gilbert Without Sullivan

Series 1, Wide Awake
4/5 Eligible but gullible Harold Symperson needs to stay alert when looking for his soulmate.

21:00 - Sally Worboyes - Wild Hops

4. Repercussions
4/4 Can Laura Jackson deal with the repercussions of her affair?

21:45 - The Curtain with the Knot In It by Shena Mackay

Alice goes to see her father in a care home and encounters some disturbing staff.

22:00 - What's the Story, Ashley Storrie?

Making Friends and Growing Up Funny
Ashley charts the ups and downs of friendship while being an undiagnosed autist.

22:30 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme

Series 6, Episode 4
4/6 John Finnemore presents more sketches in his award-winning Souvenir Programme.

22:55 - The Comedy Club Interviews

Steve Bugeja 3/3
Lou Conran chats to Steve Bugeja.

23:00 - The Mark Steel Revolution

The Industrial Revolution
4/6 The radical comedian reassesses a period of major change in Britain.

23:30 - Everyone Quite Likes Justin

Series 2, Episode 3
3/6 Justin has to cope with a visit from his dad.

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