FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—16/09/2013
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—Bohemian Soho
Laurie Taylor considers a cultural history of the Colony Room Club. Also, Soho sex shops. (R)
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—15/09/2013
The bells of the Church of Benedict and Mary, Buckland Brewer, Devon. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—16/09/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—16/09/2013
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—16/09/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—16/09/2013
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—16/09/2013
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
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05:45
Farming Today—16/09/2013
We find pork labelled as British - which isn't. Can we still trust the Red Tractor label?
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05:56
Weather—16/09/2013
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Great Shearwater
Brett Westwood presents the great shearwater.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—16/09/2013
Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Future
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Margaret Atwood, Vicky Featherstone and AC Grayling.
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09:45
Book of the Week—Sandra Hempel - The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed, Episode 1
1/5 1833: A family is killed by arsenic, and the race is on for a test to catch the culprits.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Stevie Nicks; Women in Rwandan elections; Infertility funding
Stevie Nicks on her world tour with Fleetwood Mac. Presented by Jane Garvey.
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10:45
15 Minute Drama—Al Smith - Life in the Freezer, For When I Am Gone
1/5 As the Cartwright family grieve for their mother, they are aided by a freezer full of food
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11:00
Lives in a Landscape—Series 14, Freeminers in the Forest of Dean
Alan Dein meets the Forest of Dean 'free miners', still digging coal in their 70s.
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11:30
Reception—Breaking the Rules
3/6 Brian is impressed by a visiting computer repair expert, but why is Danny not so sure?
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Afternoon
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12:00
You and Yours—The Red Tractor label
The new tests to confirm the origin of British pork sold under the Red Tractor logo.
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12:57
Weather—16/09/2013
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—16/09/2013
National and international news.
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13:45
The Ideas That Make Us—Series 1, Ideas
1/5 Bettany Hughes' archaeology of philosophy. Who came up with the idea of an idea?
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14:00
The Archers—15/09/2013
Ruth's in for a shock. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—Drone Pilots
Night shift operators fly a drone over Waziristan from a trailer in the American desert.
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15:00
Round Britain Quiz—16/09/2013
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the game of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.
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15:30
The Food Programme—Booze-free Bars
Hardeep Singh Kohli discovers the new breed of non-alcoholic bars. (R)
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16:00
The Uncanny
How has the uncanny shaped fiction, film, architecture and art? (R)
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16:30
Beyond Belief—Sunni and Shia in Islam
Ernie Rea in conversation with guests about the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam.
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17:00
PM—16/09/2013
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—16/09/2013
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Just a Minute—Series 67, Episode 6
6/7 Nicholas Parsons invites guests to talk without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
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19:00
The Archers—16/09/2013
Shula's determined.
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19:15
Front Row—Derek Jacobi; Naomi Watts on Diana; Orphan Black
Mark Lawson talks to actor Derek Jacobi as he publishes his autobiography.
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—Al Smith - Life in the Freezer, For When I Am Gone
1/5 As the Cartwright family grieve for their mother, they are aided by a freezer full of food (R)
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20:00
Costing the NHS
Can we maintain the NHS much as we know it or do we need to envisage really big changes?
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21:58
Weather—16/09/2013
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—16/09/2013
Weapons inspectors in Syria say chemical weapons have been used.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—Jonathan Coe - Expo 58, Episode 6
6/10 Thomas is bundled into a car and whisked away to an unknown location.
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23:00
Fry's English Delight—Series 6, WTF
4/4 The history and culture of the four-letter word that starts with F.
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23:30
You Must Take the A Train
Author Adam Gopnik rides New York's longest subway train which is famous for its song. (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—17/09/2013
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Sandra Hempel - The Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed, Episode 1
1/5 1833: A family is killed by arsenic, and the race is on for a test to catch the culprits. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—17/09/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—17/09/2013
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—17/09/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—17/09/2013
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—17/09/2013
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
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05:45
Farming Today—17/09/2013
What do pig farmers make of the news that pork marked British was probably Dutch?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Hobby
Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the hobby.
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