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Eric reckons Ern needs to spruce up his act, so how about writing a musical? Guest star Salena Jones. From February 1975.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T03:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise Show"}, {"desc": "14/20. Kenneth Horne's freedom of Gigglesway - and 'Hornerama' probes love and marriage. With Kenneth Williams. From January 1961.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T03:30:00+00:00", "title": "Beyond Our Ken"}, {"desc": "3/3. Paul Gambaccini celebrates the mystique of Jim Morrison including: 'Cemetery Confessions'.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T04:00:00+00:00", "title": "Jim Morrison's Will to be Weird"}, {"desc": "4 Extra Debut. From Cat Stevens to Radiohead. Naturalist and broadcaster Steve Backshall shares his choices with Lauren Laverne. From 2020.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T05:00:00+00:00", "title": "Desert Island Discs Revisited"}, {"desc": "The naturalist showed the first live specimen of the primitive bony fish on TV. But is it a living fossil as claimed? 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Feared Briton General Venables demands executions by sunset. 1770 America sitcom starring Andy Hamilton. From 2000.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T21:00:00+00:00", "title": "Revolting People"}, {"desc": "4/4. Trying to pay off his mortgage by being funny, Alun Cochrane's house tour arrives in his bedroom. From 2013.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T21:30:00+00:00", "title": "Alun Cochrane's Fun House"}, {"desc": "4/6. Damien confronts his barbecue hatred while Mullaney is sorting his 'shoffice'. Stars Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards. From 2014.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T22:00:00+00:00", "title": "In and out of the Kitchen"}, {"desc": "6/6. A virginal publisher's assistant finds older men irresistible in a preview of some erotic fiction. Stars Alex Lowe from 2005.", "start_date": "2026-05-17T22:30:00+00:00", "title": "Paperback Hell"}, {"desc": "6/6. Peter Curran and Patrick Marber invite the director Richard Eyre to share stories about the theatre and his pet dog. 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Stars Andrew Faulds.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T05:30:00+00:00", "title": "Journey Into Space: Operation Luna"}, {"desc": "4/4. Can the 1920s tipster avoid police plans and see off a new 'educated' rival? Stars Roy Hudd and Andrew Sachs. From August 1996.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T06:00:00+00:00", "title": "Educated Evans"}, {"desc": "1/26. When a landmine sparks martial law, a reporter catches Mainwaring in charge. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1976.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T06:30:00+00:00", "title": "Dad's Army"}, {"desc": "1/6. Andy returns to his uncle's seaside home - which seems to have been taken over by Brad Pitt. Stars Alison Steadman. From 2018.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T07:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Break"}, {"desc": "1/5. Adrian Mole goes on holiday with his parents to Skegness and makes an unwelcome discovery. Read by Harry McEntire.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T07:30:00+00:00", "title": "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole"}, {"desc": "1/5. Edith tried to forget Aylmer but being married to Bruce makes it hard - and a visitor is due. Starring Bertie Carvel.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T07:45:00+00:00", "title": "The Little Ottleys"}, {"desc": "3/6. David Mitchell asks Tony Hawks, Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel and Fern Brady to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as words, bears, the French and mushrooms.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T08:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Unbelievable Truth"}, {"desc": "4 Extra Debut. Dr Kat Arney finds out what we are made of one gene at a time: having red hair, feeling pain and is it endangered? From 2020.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T08:30:00+00:00", "title": "Ingenious"}, {"desc": "A space for spiritual reflection with a Bible reading, prayer and a range of Christian music led by Reverend Canon Ann Easter.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T08:45:00+00:00", "title": "Daily Service"}, {"desc": "2/6. Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine go in search of a tragic Chinese 'river princess': the Yangtze River dolphin. From 1989.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T09:00:00+00:00", "title": "Last Chance To See"}, {"desc": "A British prisoner of war's diary is returned to his daughter after it was lost in Japan. With Sir Derek Jacobi. From 1999.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T09:30:00+00:00", "title": "My Dad's Diary"}, {"desc": "2/6. Father Probert suspects a sect of devil worshippers of murder. Stars Brian Peck. Directed by Alan Ayckbourn. From 1968.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T10:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Events at Black Tor"}, {"desc": "1/13. Set to be the first men on the moon, Jet Morgan and his crew blast off. 1958 classic series set in 1965. Stars Andrew Faulds.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T10:30:00+00:00", "title": "Journey Into Space: Operation Luna"}, {"desc": "4/4. Can the 1920s tipster avoid police plans and see off a new 'educated' rival? Stars Roy Hudd and Andrew Sachs. From August 1996.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T11:00:00+00:00", "title": "Educated Evans"}, {"desc": "1/26. When a landmine sparks martial law, a reporter catches Mainwaring in charge. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1976.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T11:30:00+00:00", "title": "Dad's Army"}, {"desc": "1/6. Andy returns to his uncle's seaside home - which seems to have been taken over by Brad Pitt. Stars Alison Steadman. From 2018.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T12:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Break"}, {"desc": "1/5. Adrian Mole goes on holiday with his parents to Skegness and makes an unwelcome discovery. Read by Harry McEntire.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T12:30:00+00:00", "title": "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole"}, {"desc": "1/5. Edith tried to forget Aylmer but being married to Bruce makes it hard - and a visitor is due. Starring Bertie Carvel.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T12:45:00+00:00", "title": "The Little Ottleys"}, {"desc": "6/8. Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks and Graham Norton. From 2011.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T13:00:00+00:00", "title": "Just a Minute"}, {"desc": "4/4. Caroline and Sylvia are engaged to bid at an auction, but find more than they bargained for. Stars Anna Massey. From 2010.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T13:30:00+00:00", "title": "Miracles R Us"}, {"desc": "Three Bobaholics - people addicted to all things Bob Dylan - meet to chat about life's meaning and Dylan. Stars Richard Curtis.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T14:00:00+00:00", "title": "Dinner with Dylan"}, {"desc": "2/6. Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine go in search of a tragic Chinese 'river princess': the Yangtze River dolphin. From 1989.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T15:00:00+00:00", "title": "Last Chance To See"}, {"desc": "A British prisoner of war's diary is returned to his daughter after it was lost in Japan. With Sir Derek Jacobi. From 1999.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T15:30:00+00:00", "title": "My Dad's Diary"}, {"desc": "2/6. Father Probert suspects a sect of devil worshippers of murder. Stars Brian Peck. Directed by Alan Ayckbourn. From 1968.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T16:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Events at Black Tor"}, {"desc": "1/13. Set to be the first men on the moon, Jet Morgan and his crew blast off. 1958 classic series set in 1965. Stars Andrew Faulds.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T16:30:00+00:00", "title": "Journey Into Space: Operation Luna"}, {"desc": "4/4. Can the 1920s tipster avoid police plans and see off a new 'educated' rival? Stars Roy Hudd and Andrew Sachs. From August 1996.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T17:00:00+00:00", "title": "Educated Evans"}, {"desc": "1/26. When a landmine sparks martial law, a reporter catches Mainwaring in charge. Adapted from BBC TV with Arthur Lowe. From 1976.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T17:30:00+00:00", "title": "Dad's Army"}, {"desc": "1/6. Andy returns to his uncle's seaside home - which seems to have been taken over by Brad Pitt. Stars Alison Steadman. From 2018.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T18:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Break"}, {"desc": "1/5. Adrian Mole goes on holiday with his parents to Skegness and makes an unwelcome discovery. Read by Harry McEntire.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T18:30:00+00:00", "title": "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole"}, {"desc": "1/5. Edith tried to forget Aylmer but being married to Bruce makes it hard - and a visitor is due. Starring Bertie Carvel.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T18:45:00+00:00", "title": "The Little Ottleys"}, {"desc": "6/8. Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul Merton, Sheila Hancock, Tony Hawks and Graham Norton. From 2011.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T19:00:00+00:00", "title": "Just a Minute"}, {"desc": "4/4. Caroline and Sylvia are engaged to bid at an auction, but find more than they bargained for. Stars Anna Massey. From 2010.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T19:30:00+00:00", "title": "Miracles R Us"}, {"desc": "Three Bobaholics - people addicted to all things Bob Dylan - meet to chat about life's meaning and Dylan. Stars Richard Curtis.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T20:00:00+00:00", "title": "Dinner with Dylan"}, {"desc": "3/6. David Mitchell asks Tony Hawks, Zoe Lyons, Mark Steel and Fern Brady to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as words, bears, the French and mushrooms.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T21:00:00+00:00", "title": "The Unbelievable Truth"}, {"desc": "3/4. Stand-up comic Sindhu Vee says marriage is a marathon and she's been married for over 20 years. What's the secret? From 2018.", "start_date": "2026-05-18T21:30:00+00:00", "title": "Sindhustan"}, {"desc": "3/4. Jess has fun in an Olympic Lifting competition. The world of women weightlifters with stand-up Jessica Fostekew. 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