FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—19/03/2012
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—Private military security; whisky tourism
Professionals and cowboys? UK and US military security workers. Also, 'whisky tourism'.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—18/03/2012
The bells of St Edward's, Eggbuckland, Plymouth.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—19/03/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—19/03/2012
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—19/03/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—19/03/2012
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—19/03/2012
Spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
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05:45
Farming Today—19/03/2012
Alien Invaders: Charlotte Smith hears the killer shrimp has arrived in the Norfolk Broads.
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05:57
Weather—19/03/2012
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—19/03/2012
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Nobel Prize winning author, Nadine Gordimer
Andrew Marr talks to Nadine Gordimer, Jack Mapanje and Richard Dowden.
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09:45
Book of the Week—Tim Winton: Land's Edge - A Coastal Memoir, Episode 1
1/5 Tim Winton reflects on how childhood days spent at the coast have shaped his whole life.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Phone-in: Stay at home or go to work?
A phone-in on staying home with children or going out to work. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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10:45
Craven—Craven: Series 2, Episode 1
1/5 A case involving dangerous dogs and legal drugs piques DCI Craven's interest.
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11:00
The Teenage Pregnancy Myth
Do assumptions about teenage pregnancy stand up to scrutiny? Miranda Sawyer investigates.
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11:30
Wordaholics—Series 1, Episode 5
5/6 With panellists Jack Whitehall, Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes and Susie Dent.
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Afternoon
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12:00
You and Yours—Rate your tenant, eco-cooking and rent a dress
Rate your tenant online, eco-cooking and why rent-a-dress is booming.
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12:57
Weather—19/03/2012
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—19/03/2012
Martha Kearney presents the national and international news.
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13:45
Blind Man's Bete Noire—The Countryside
1/4 Peter White and Janet Street-Porter explore one of his betes noires, the countryside. (R)
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14:00
The Archers—18/03/2012
Emma's in for a treat.
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14:15
Stone—Series 3, One of Our Own
4/4 By Danny Brocklehurst. Stone's determined to find the attackers of a fellow police officer
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15:00
The 3rd Degree—Series 2, Swansea University
2/6 Three students from Swansea University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
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15:30
The Food Programme—Free From Foods
Sheila Dillon investigates the rise in demand for 'free from' foods.
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16:00
There is Business Like Show Business
Will Young explores the hidden world of industrial musicals
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16:30
Beyond Belief—Nigeria
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious dimensions to Nigeria's current crisis.
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17:00
PM—19/03/2012
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—19/03/2012
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Just a Minute—Series 62, India
7/8 Nicholas Parsons challenges his guests in Mumbai this week to talk for 60 seconds.
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19:00
The Archers—19/03/2012
Josh wants to get things straight and Emma looks to the future.
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19:15
Front Row—Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton; Russell Banks
Imelda Staunton and Michael Ball in Sweeney Todd, the new Titanic and author Russell Banks
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19:45
Pink Mist—After Before
1/5 A new dramatic poem by Owen Sheers about a soldier struggling to return home.
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20:00
Document—19/03/2012
Why were the British Chiefs of Staff in secret contact with enemy Vichy France in 1942?
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20:30
Analysis—War Gaming Iran
Could a hot war with Iran be about to start? Analysis probes the West's options.
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21:00
Material World—15/03/2012
Quentin Cooper with news of a new hominin puzzle from China, and where art meets science.
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21:30
Start the Week—Nobel Prize winning author, Nadine Gordimer
Andrew Marr talks to Nadine Gordimer, Jack Mapanje and Richard Dowden.
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21:58
Weather—19/03/2012
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—19/03/2012
Ritula Shah presents national and international news and analysis.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—Stonemouth, Episode 1
1/10 Stewart Gilmour returns home to Stonemouth after fleeing five years ago.
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23:00
Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack—Series 1, Episode 3
3/4 Peter Andre is revealed as the most dangerous man on Earth by the 'one-woman Fast Show'. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—19/03/2012
Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—20/03/2012
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Tim Winton: Land's Edge - A Coastal Memoir, Episode 1
1/5 Tim Winton reflects on how childhood days spent at the coast have shaped his whole life.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—20/03/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—20/03/2012
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—20/03/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—20/03/2012
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—20/03/2012
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
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05:45
Farming Today—20/03/2012
Combating campylobacter - what poultry farmers need to do to reduce this deadly bacterium.
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