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The Cure by Dorothy K Haynes
A poor man was hanged for theft, now his widow and son climb a hill to visit the gallows.
King Lear
Glenda Jackson
Actress turned politician Glenda Jackson is castaway by Sue Lawley.
Series 1
The Dodo
Slaughtered into oblivion, the naturalist asks what lessons can be learned from the Dodo.
Stories In Verse - The Canterbury Tales read by Miriam Margolyes
Daljit Nagra celebrates our 500th programme with another poetry archival highlight!
Amy Liptrot's incisive memoir of fleeing London to battle her alcoholism in Orkney
Sophie Duker
Comedian Sophie Duker chooses tracks by The Specials and Kojey Radical.
A driving instructor is drawn to a client desperate to her test.
Series 3
Episode 1
Frankie explores his memoirs, this time his adventures in the police force.
Series 2
Tom Smollet's Schooldays
A pupil faces up to boarding school life with a fearsome heaster and a head boy bully.
6. The Trap
With the his team briefed and eager, Captain Nicholson embarks on the endgame.
Notorious vigilante, The Ringer, sets out to exact revenge.
Some Like It Lukewarm
The lead is flying in Chicago for the Pasadena Roof Orchestra.
The Siege of Steptoe Street
Albert and Harold's creditors are after payment!
Sermons
Despairing of his flock, Father Tregarthan enlists the help of an unlikely source.
1. Governess Job
Young Gerty Freely travels to Moscow to become a governess.
1. Family
Rosemary discovers papers which her mother's version of their family history.
Series 9
3. Suspicious Death
A suspicious death leaves Alfie with a mystery to solve.
1. Slate Carver
Getting under the skin of artisan Ieuan, a 79-year-old Welsh calligraphy slate carver.
The Trinity - The Trinity is seen on earth
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Stephen Cottrell.
Jimmy James
Mark Radcliffe looks at the comedians' comedian, Jimmy James.
The life and death of a woman who led a women's orchestra in Auschwitz.
Series 57
Nicholas Parsons challenges Paul Merton, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth and Graham Norton.
Episode 2
With a wife and kids, bachelor Robin Lightfoot learns more about his parallel universe.
1. Burying the Past
A man spends his life trying to atone for his past. Dramatisation of Thomas Hardy novel.
Women
Helen looks at our perception of women from the past and in the present.
Series 26
Satirical impressions from the team headed up by Jon Culshaw and Jan Ravens.
Series 4
Knowledge and Ignorance
Satan thinks humans can't handle knowledge, but the professor thinks they can.
