FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—08/05/2009
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—From Harvey River, Episode 5
5/5 Lorna looks back on her extraordinary childhood in Kingston as the daughter of Mama Goodie
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—08/05/2009
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—09/05/2009
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—09/05/2009
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—09/05/2009
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/05/2009
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
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05:45
The Estuary—Episode 5
5/5 How might climate change and rising sea levels affect the area? (R)
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Morning
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06:00
News and Papers—09/05/2009
News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
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06:04
Weather—09/05/2009
The latest weather forecast.
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06:07
Open Country—Settle to Carlisle Railway
Matt Baker visits England's most scenic railway line, from Settle to Carlisle.
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06:30
Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith investigates the state of the British chicken industry.
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06:57
Weather—09/05/2009
The latest weather forecast.
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07:00
Today—09/05/2009
Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
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09:00
Saturday Live—09/05/2009
Fi Glover is joined by journalist and writer Melissa Benn.
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10:00
Excess Baggage—09/05/2009
John McCarthy hears about a journalist's life of travel and an actor's view of France.
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10:30
When Real Women Wore Minis and Real Men Drove Them
Francesco da Mosto celebrates the original Italian Job movie, made in 1969.
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11:00
The Week in Westminster—09/05/2009
PM's troubles;Gurkhas,published expenses,cuts in public spending. Mrs Thatcher 30 years on
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11:30
From Our Own Correspondent—09/05/2009
Kate Adie introduces Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Money Box—09/05/2009
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
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12:30
The News Quiz—Series 68, Episode 2
2/8 Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins and Jeremy Hardy.
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12:57
Weather—09/05/2009
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
News—09/05/2009
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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13:10
Any Questions?—08/05/2009
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Edinburgh.
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14:00
Any Answers?—09/05/2009
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
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14:30
Saturday Drama—Point of Departure
By Francis Turnly. Security fears surround an African leader's visit to a peace summit.
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15:30
The Music Group—Series 3, Episode 4
4/6 Phil Hammond's guests are Neil Innes, Graham Linehan and Felicity Finch.
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16:00
Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour
Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
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17:00
PM—Saturday PM
Including the latest on the the MPs expenses saga.
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17:30
iPM—09/05/2009
The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—09/05/2009
The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57
Weather—09/05/2009
The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/05/2009
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:15
Loose Ends—09/05/2009
Conversation, music and comedy. Peter Curran is joined by Julian Clary and Sharon Horgan.
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19:00
From Fact to Fiction—Series 6, Episode 2
2/8 Bonnie Greer imagines the impact on those involved in exhumating unknown WWI soldiers.
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19:15
Saturday Review—Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan in Waiting for Godot, and Kazuo Ishiguro Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Andreas Whittam Smith, Catherine O'Flynn and Jude Kelly.
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20:00
Archive on 4—John Barbirolli - Angel of the North
James Naughtie remembers English conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
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21:00
Classic Serial—Geoffrey Chaucer - Troilus and Criseyde, Episode 2
2/2 Troilus and Criseyde are in love, but she's about to be handed over to the Greeks.
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22:00
News and Weather—09/05/2009
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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22:15
Unreliable Evidence—The Law and the Unborn
Clive Anderson discusses the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
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23:00
Counterpoint—Series 23, 2009 Heat 9
9/13 Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.
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23:30
Ossian
The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—09/05/2009
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Afternoon Reading—The Big Chill, The Lost Child
5/5 By Brian McGilloway. A couple hear a baby crying on their child monitor. Whose baby? (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/05/2009
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—10/05/2009
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—10/05/2009
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—10/05/2009
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Bells on Sunday—10/05/2009
The sound of bells from St Olave's Church in London.
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05:45
Petitioning the Modern Way—Episode 2
2/2 How does being able to directly petition the PM fit in with our notions of democracy?
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