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Generation Games
From Pong to Pokémon, what have video games ever done for us? Keza MacDonald finds out.
Wimsey - Five Red Herrings
3. Bicycles
As the upper class sleuth probes an artist's death in Scotland, more evidence disappears.
3. Strangers in a Cafe
The danger mounts as Elizabeth explores the final tomb her father discovered in Egypt.
1. The Defector
MI5 want to help a Russian ballet star defect while MI6 want him to go home.
Series 2
The Marrow Contest
The green-fingered Lad takes on the authorities to save his pride and joy.
'Dropping a Grandfather clock on your foot!'
Unusual adverts stump Ninia Benjamin, Justin Moorehouse, Laura Smyth and Milton Jones.
3. Karst
Robert Macfarlane is on his travels in various worlds beneath our feet.
3. Stranger
Sennen is troubled by the shipwreck, as her relationship with Simon changes.
4: Cavemen v Clowns
Steph McGovern poses devilishly devious dilemmas to guests Scott Bennett and Ria Lina.
Series 3
Episode 4
Fat is a feminist issue for Pam, and for everyone else when she declares war on gravity.
Can a parrot called Cupid help a couple to re-ignite their relationship?
Perfectly observed short story by Elizabeth Jane Howard.
4. Bunter Investigates
As the posh sleuth probes an artist's murder, his manservant Bunter takes the initiative.
4. The Hunter
Inspector Mahmoud is increasingly concerned for the safety of Elizabeth Warwick
Series 1
Episode 2
Advertising satire with Martin Jarvis and Wendy Richard.
One Hour to Burkiss Way
With Jo Kendall, Nigel Rees, Fred Harris and Chris Emmett.
Bag
As the crew try to contain an anarchic party of school kids, Dev spots an opportunity.
4. Archipelago
Robert Macfarlane's eagerly awaited new book is subterranean in its story.
4. Warnings
Simon opts to dive in spite of weather warnings.
4. The Fundraiser
Get out your chain wallets and jump in a bath of beans. Icklewick FM are fundraising.
Bed Bug - Alexei Sayle
Another parasite comfortable using humans as their home tells their own story.
Rest - Eternal rest
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Isabelle Hamley.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ralph Steadman nominates much-maligned philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
Journalist Richard Dowden traces his mysterious ancestor who's a household name in Japan.
Episode 3
Sue Perkins with Dave Gorman, Anita Anand, Mark Evans and Jenny Eclair.
Doug and Molly try to show the world they can start afresh, but then his mum disappears.
The Governor's Consort
Lady Edith's life-changing boat ride to the South Atlantic.
1997
Brian Perkins, Kate Robbins and Steve Coogan look back at the year that was yet to happen.
John Hewer 2/3
Arthur Smith chats to John Hewer about 'The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town'.
Fresh from the Fringe: 2023 - Part 2
Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe with Kiri Pritchard-McLean.
Be Polite
Break-out comedy star Sophie Willan explores what it is to be 'polite'.
4. He Said My Name
To top things off, Ashley's other father gets in touch for the first time.
