the puts a load of things into a sequence and then jams that sequence into a noisy viewable square
17:00 – Music
\ Groovomatic library tunes with a riproaring 80s car journey in Portsmouth – BAM!
17:35 – The Simon Day Show (Radio 4)
\ Partly-reformed criminal Tony Beckton showcases his memoirs at the Mallard Theatre.
18:05 – Connections
\ Forces sweetheart Sue Robbie rocks more knitwear in this teatime student quiz with a Wall Of Things.
18:25 – Bad Influence!
\ More video game news, features and reviews aimed at kids, in whichever episode I’m up to now. I like this game but I wouldn’t buy it.
18:45 – Why Bother? (Radio 3)
\ The final episode of Chris Morris’ interrogation of Sir Arthur Streeb-Greebling (Peter Cook).
19:00 – Pot Black Time Frame
\ The long-running pro snooker contest returns, in a new speedy whack-a-mole format. Presented by Eamonn ‘human shield’ Holmes.
19:25 – The Thick Of It
\ The disaster-prone Department of Social Affairs disintegrates into a new crisis. Sit further away from the screen then.
19:55 – FILM: McLibel
\ Decade-spanning documentary covering the longest-running libel case in English history. The global might of McDonald’s launches a libel action against two leafletting activists from London. Related further intrigue comes later in tonight’s schedule.
21:20 – TV Heaven, Telly Hell
\ Nick Hancock plucks out both TV gold and TV brown and chews it over with host Sean Lock. A spritual cousin format to Room 101.
21:40 – Points of View
\ From 1962!
21:55 – The Police’s Dirty Secret
\ Dispatches documentary from 2013 revealing the infiltration tactics of undercover Police officers, deployed to spy on and disrupt social activist groups. Features Helen from our McLibel story – one of the many women who were deceived into long-term relationships with police spies posing as activists.
22:45 – S&M
\ Blastingly funny improvised sketches with Tony Slattery and Mike McShane.
23:05 – Tuning In (1994)
\ Arena documentary, studying several flavours of radio enthusiast.
00:00 – Closedown
Schedule subject to tweaks, bonus knickers throughout