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A nuclear explosion's aftermath creates a lawless Ireland.
1. The Trains Don't Stop Here Any More
1916 - 1930. Letty weds war-wounded Oliver against her family’s wishes.
Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II: the women who shared the king's bed.
3. Gossip
The legendary broadcaster recalls his brother's attempt to play a corpse in a school play.
Mission Inedible
The civil servants botch a British food promotion in New York.
Platt vs Rooney and Day
The showbiz veteran relates a calamitous tale of a double-act gone wrong.
1. Hardware
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
King Lear
Sir Ian McKellen
Actor Sir Ian McKellen reveals his castaway choices to Sue Lawley.
Series 1
Faking Fossils
The naturalist recalls finding an ammonite inside limestone, sparking his love of fossils.
Poetry Please - June Miscellany
Daljit Nagra selects another seasonal highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
Episode 1
Cornwall 1812: Steam comes to the mine. The Poldarks' children are turning adult.
Rachel Burden
Broadcaster Rachel Burden chooses tracks by Mozart and Kirsty MacColl.
Music and Silence (Omnibus)
Episode 2
Peter meets Emilia. Kirsten collapses at a banquet. A terrible discovery is made.
The Other Generation
Barbara’s unlucky in love again but vows to be a new woman.
Series 2
The Idiots Have Landed!
A wartime tale of derring-do, to dispose of Adolf Hitler.
1. Mythos
Agent Lairre probes suspicious deaths in an Essex village. Stars Nicola Walker.
Jonathan and Lydia patiently wait to be reunited with their young son.
Series 3
Episode 5
The Questers are welcomed by the White Wizard, the nicest man in the whole of Lower Earth.
Stand-up comedian Darren Harriott examines why he's never been in love.
Murder
The gang must solve a murder on the Yorkshire Moors.
And the Hackett March on...
The magical quest is helped by a tiny gold samurai who points.
