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On the Buses
One of the most enduring of British sitcoms, about a chirpy driver and his conductor pal who torment the long-suffering inspector of the Luxton Bus Company.
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| 06.25 |
Home to Roost
Sitcom about a divorcee whose life is disrupted when his son comes to live with him. When Matthew declares that he has become a vegetarian, Henry finds his son's new health habits a bit hard to swallow.
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| 06.55 |
Heartbeat
Drama series about a policeman in Yorkshire in the 1960s. Nick is called on to investigate a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at Reg Manston's remote farm. He sets the official wheels in motion, but when the slaughtermen arrive, Manston confronts them with a shotgun.
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| 07.45 |
The Grand
Period drama series about a luxury hotel. All is set for the glittering opening of Stephen's new club, the Manhattan. An unsettling guest arrives at the hotel in the shape of Ruth's grandmother, while sparks fly between brother and sister-in-law Marcus and Sarah.
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| 08.55 |
Wycliffe
Drama series about a Cornwall police detective. Wycliffe is summoned to trace a farmer who has disappeared, leaving his sheep and house unattended. A trail of blood stains and arson lead the team into a farming community which is struggling to survive.
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| 09.55 |
Upstairs, Downstairs
Drama series about the residents of an Edwardian household and the servants downstairs. James Bellamy spends his leave trying to have himself transferred back to the front line, which horrifies Hazel. Georgina is working hard night and day at Guy's Hospital.
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| 11.00 |
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Crime drama series based on Agatha Christie's stories about elegant sleuths Tommy and Tuppence Beresford. An unusual marriage proposition becomes a case for the Beresfords.
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12.05 |
Wycliffe
Drama series about a Cornish police detective. A schoolgirl is found dead in a science lab after a school disco. Wycliffe sets out to discover whether he has a case of murder or suicide on his hands.
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| 13.10 |
Heartbeat
Drama series about a policeman in Yorkshire in the 1960s. When a young soldier injures his sadistic sergeant during an army exercise, he hides out in a nearby forest, stealing food to survive. But then Nick is called to investigate a series of break-ins, and he realises that the thefts are linked to the deserter.
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| 14.10 |
Ballykissangel
Drama series set in a small Irish village. Dillon finds that his decision to see Niamh in Dublin has a much bigger impact than he expected.
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| 15.10 |
Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman
Medical drama series tracing the endeavours of a strong-willed female doctor on the American frontier of the 1860s. Mike sets out to prove that a self-proclaimed medicine man is a charlatan.
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| 16.10 |
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Gripping thriller by the internationally best-selling author. By now Alice's obsession with murder is at fever pitch - Nesta has still not reappeared. Harry Blunden implies that Alice should look into her husband's background.
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| 17.20 |
On the Buses
One of the most enduring of British sitcoms, about a chirpy driver and his conductor pal who torment the long-suffering inspector of the Luxton Bus Company.
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| 17.50 |
Heartbeat
Drama series about a policeman in Yorkshire in the 1960s. When a young soldier injures his sadistic sergeant during an army exercise, he hides out in a nearby forest, stealing food to survive. But then Nick is called to investigate a series of break-ins, and he realises that the thefts are linked to the deserter.
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| 18.50 |
Ballykissangel
Drama series set in a small Irish village. Dillon finds that his decision to see Niamh in Dublin has a much bigger impact than he expected.
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| 19.55 |
Agatha Christie's Marple
Murder mystery. Miss Marple investigates when her holiday at an old school friend's coastal villa is interrupted by the mysterious death of one of her fellow guests, just hours after he told the ghostly tale of a murderous child.
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| 22.00 |
Canterbury Tales
Seven years on it's intriguing to revisit these modern updates of Chaucer's tales. In Tony Marchant's loose take on The Knight's Tale, the coup is in the casting of John Simm hotfoot from State of Play, Chiwetel Ejiofor fresh from an award-winning role in Dirty Pretty Things, and Keeley Hawes mid-way through her spell in Spooks. Simm and Ejiofor play childhood chums who end up sharing a prison cell. Their friendship is torn apart when they both fall for a literacy tutor (Hawes). It's a bleak and wordy stretch, but the actors are committed. Radio Times reviewer - Patrick Mulkern
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| 23.00 |
Ladies of Letters
Gentle comedy drama about two women who forge a friendship through their correspondence. Irene invites Vera down for a visit, but long-held insecurities raise their heads when Vera takes over the limelight at a soiree that Irene takes her to. Things get worse when Irene learns that her daughter is moving to Australia, and she may never see her granddaughter again.
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| 23.35 |
Ladies of Letters
Gentle comedy drama about two women who forge a friendship through their correspondence. Vera does not take the news of her unmarried daughter Karen's pregnancy very well. Irene pays a visit and hits it off with Karen, and the two spend some quality time together. Meanwhile, Irene joins the campaign to protest the building of a nuclear fuel dump in her area.
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