FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—23/07/2014
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Deep, Shark-tagging
2/5 James Nestor meets some of the world's scientific freedivers and goes shark-tagging. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—23/07/2014
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—23/07/2014
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—23/07/2014
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—23/07/2014
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—23/07/2014
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan.
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05:45
Farming Today—Ragwort, Raw Milk, Mussels on the Fal, Welsh Farming Scholarship
A deadly threat to horses or a vital moth habitat? A new survey maps the ragwort plant.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Rock Pipit
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the rock pipit. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—23/07/2014
Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Yesterday in Parliament; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Long View—23/07/2014
Jonathan Freedland compares Nigel Farage with the 18th-century politician John Wilkes.
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09:30
Publishing Lives—Series 1, Allen Lane
2/5 How Allen Lane brought paperback books to the mass market. (R)
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09:45
Book of the Week—Deep, Japan
3/5 Nestor dives with the Ama: women who have been freediving in Japan's seas for 2,000 years.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—23/07/2014
Talking to children about their weight; Women and radio in the Arab World; Doris Lessing.
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10:45
The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles—The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 6, Episode 3
3/5 Darleen is stressing about country sounds, and Jamie is stressing about his mother-in-law.
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11:00
The Georgians: Restraint, Revolution and Reform—1. Stability
1/2 Amanda Foreman examines how the elite transformed politics in the shadow of revolution.
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11:30
The Gobetweenies—Series 2, The Break-Up
1/6 Armed with a new parenting manual, Mimi takes on her daughter's deluded self-esteem. (R)
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Afternoon
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12:00
You and Yours—Energy Savings; Y Cube Housing; Cath Kidston in Asia
MPs tell the goverment to reform 'gravely flawed' back-to-work benefit.
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12:30
Face the Facts—Charity's New Mission?: Do More, Say Less
John Waite investigates claims that charities are being silenced.
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13:00
World at One—23/07/2014
Edward Stourton presents national and international news.
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13:45
Plants: From Roots to Riches—Pressed Plants and Possibilities
How Kew's pressed plants collection established insights into plant relationships.
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14:00
The Archers—22/07/2014
Hayley asks some difficult questions. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—Hatch, Match and Dispatch, Nine Lives by Anna Maria Murphy
5/6 An secret is unearthed when Beth's elderly father Patrick claims never to have been born
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15:00
Money Box—Ghost payments, overdraft charges, stocks and shares transfer problems and insurance comparison sites
Ghost payments, overdraft charges, investment transfer problems and insurance comparisons. (R)
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15:30
Inside Health—Statins, Cholesterol-lowering spreads, Olive oil, Diet and inflammatory bowel disease, Singers' nodules
With a look at Crohn's disease and diet, teachers' voices and cholesterol-lowering foods. (R)
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—Dalit Parties and Democratisation in Tamil Nadu; History of the Elevator
Elevators: A cultural history. Also, Indian militants who embrace electoral politics.
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16:30
The Media Show—MH17 and Gaza reporting, Al Jazeera English journalist Sue Turton, Murdoch's media moves
MH17 and Gaza reporting, Al Jazeera English journalist Sue Turton, Murdoch's media moves.
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16:55
1914: Day by Day—23rd July
Austria-Hungary delivers the ultimatum to Serbia.
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17:00
PM—23/07/2014
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—23/07/2014
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 1, 3. Stopped
3/3 Ex-copper Alfie Moore, invites his audience to be police officers - for one night only.
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19:00
The Archers—23/07/2014
Susan's in gossip mode.
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19:15
Front Row—Man Booker Prize, Lee Hall's Shakespeare in Love, Dom Flemons and Martin Simpson
The Man Booker longlist and playwright Lee Hall on Shakespeare In Love.
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19:45
The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles—The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles: Series 6, Episode 3
3/5 Darleen is stressing about country sounds, and Jamie is stressing about his mother-in-law. (R)
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20:00
Moral Maze—Just War and Gaza
How do you fight a just war when civilians are in the firing line?
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20:45
Four Thought—Series 4, Rupert Goodwins
56/3 Technology writer Rupert Goodwins asks what has gone wrong with internet discourse.
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21:00
Into the Abyss—Deep Sea Mining
2/2 Is mining the deep ocean the solution to the world's growing demand for valuable metals?
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21:30
The Long View—23/07/2014
Jonathan Freedland compares Nigel Farage with the 18th-century politician John Wilkes. (R)
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21:58
Weather—23/07/2014
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—23/07/2014
Fighting continues in Gaza as diplomacy makes slow progress. With Ritula Shah.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—The Miniaturist, Episode 3
3/10 Amsterdam,1686: Nella is welcomed into married life with a strange and lavish present.
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23:00
Tina C—Tina C's Commonwealth of Nations: The Empire Strikes Back
Country legend Tina C and her Glasgow audience put the common into the Commonwealth.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—23/07/2014
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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23:55
The Listening Project—Allyson and Sarah - Animal Rescue
Two animal rescue workers consider whether we help animals or they help us.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—24/07/2014
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Deep, Japan
3/5 Nestor dives with the Ama: women who have been freediving in Japan's seas for 2,000 years. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—24/07/2014
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—24/07/2014
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—24/07/2014
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—24/07/2014
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—24/07/2014
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Simon Doogan.
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05:45
Farming Today—TB in badgers, Sugar beet, Crofting and Raspberries
Could TB be more widespread in badgers in Cheshire than previously thought?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Arctic Skua
Michaela Strachan presents the arctic skua. (R)
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