FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—23/08/2011
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Fire Season, Episode 1
1/5 Philip Connors' enchanting notes from a wilderness lookout as he watches for wildfires.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—23/08/2011
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—23/08/2011
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—23/08/2011
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—23/08/2011
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—23/08/2011
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew.
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05:45
Farming Today—23/08/2011
Reducing waste food in restaurants. Plus, rediscovering Pershore Eggs and other old plums.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—23/08/2011
Latest on the battle for Tripoli, plus Pedro Almodovar and Anders Breivik's defence lawyer
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09:00
Secret Britain—D for Discretion: Can the Modern Media Keep a Secret?
Naomi Grimley asks if the modern media can keep national security secrets.
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09:30
Head to Head—Series 3, Is free will an illusion?
3/5 Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives - is free will an illusion?
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09:45
Book of the Week—Fire Season, Episode 2
2/5 Twenty paces from his cabin is the fire lookout's tower and an endlessly absorbing view.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Cook the Perfect Gazpacho; Overweight Babies; Hildegard of Bingen
Cook the Perfect gazpacho; overweight babies; Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms.
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10:45
Whodunnits—Val McDermid - Village SOS, 2. Reluctant Residents
2/5 Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany?
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11:00
In Our Own Image - Evolving Humanity—Human Cultural Evolution Versus Genetic Evolution
2/2 The effect of globalisation and a greater choice of partners on human genetic evolution.
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11:30
Hemingway Days
Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day.
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Afternoon
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12:00
You and Yours—23/08/2011
With Julian Worricker. Proposed planning rules shake-up.
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12:57
Weather—23/08/2011
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—23/08/2011
With Martha Kearney. National and international news.
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13:30
Soul Music—Series 12, Wichita Lineman
2/5 People reflect on the emotional impact of the country-pop crossover track.
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14:00
The Archers—22/08/2011
Pat lashes out and Alice is being enterprising.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Higher - Series 3, Rebrand, Relaunch
Joyce Bryant's satire of university life. Will Vice Chancellor Roland force Jim out?
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15:00
Making History—23/08/2011
Tom Holland presents the first in a new series of Radio 4's popular history magazine.
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15:30
Comic Fringes—Comic Fringes: Series 7, Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong
1/3 A woman goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible.
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15:45
Stories from Notting Hill—Innovation
2/5 Kwame Kwei-Armah discovers how a motorway gave the Notting Hill Carnival a new direction.
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16:00
Word of Mouth—Counting Word Incidences
Chris Ledgard looks at the ways of counting incidences of words and what that can tell us.
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16:30
Great Lives—Eduardo Paolozzi
Restaurateur Antonio Carluccio nominates the Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
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17:00
PM—23/08/2011
Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—23/08/2011
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Richard Herring's Objective—The C.U. Jimmy Hat
Richard Herring reclaims an object for this Edinburgh special, the C.U. Jimmy Hat.
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19:00
The Archers—23/08/2011
Clarrie is clutching at straws and Bridge Farm takes another financial hit.
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19:15
Front Row—Bill Nighy, and AlmodΓ³var's The Skin I Live In
Actor Bill Nighy on playing a spy, and Pedro AlmodΓ³var's film The Skin I Live In.
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19:45
Whodunnits—Val McDermid - Village SOS, 2. Reluctant Residents
2/5 Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany?
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20:00
Treating Tumours: Old Drug, New Tricks
An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it.
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20:40
In Touch—Concessionary Bus Travel; Liz Cooke's Parachute Jump. 23/08/2011
Concern about concessionary bus travel and a dip into the In Touch archive.
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21:00
The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life—Episode 2
Dr Mark Porter on if adult health is determined by the first 1000 days of life: Infancy.
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21:30
Secret Britain—D for Discretion: Can the Modern Media Keep a Secret?
Naomi Grimley asks if the modern media can keep national security secrets.
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21:58
Weather—23/08/2011
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—23/08/2011
With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Episode 2
2/10 On the 41st floor of Samson and Underwood's office, Changez feels on top of the world.
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23:00
Life: An Idiot's Guide—Getting Away (Pilot episode)
Stephen K Amos kicks off the first of his series of Idiot's Guides in Edinburgh.
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23:30
Whodunnits—Agatha Christie - Towards Zero, 4. Suspicion
4/4 Suspicion has turned on Audrey for the murder. But where is she? (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—24/08/2011
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Fire Season, Episode 2
2/5 Twenty paces from his cabin is the fire lookout's tower and an endlessly absorbing view.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—24/08/2011
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—24/08/2011
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—24/08/2011
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—24/08/2011
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—24/08/2011
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew.
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05:45
Farming Today—24/08/2011
Anna Hill hears about the hidden problem of TB in alpacas and llamas.
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