FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—18/09/2014
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Alan Johnson - Please, Mr Postman, Episode 3
3/5 1974 and Alan Johnson - now a union activist - joins the Labour Party. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/09/2014
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—18/09/2014
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/09/2014
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—18/09/2014
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—18/09/2014
Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
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05:45
Farming Today—UK Dairy Day
Farming Today broadcasts from the first UK Dairy Day, at Telford in Shropshire.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Superb Lyrebird
Sir David Attenborough presents the superb lyrebird of eastern Australia.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—18/09/2014
Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Archive on 4—Media and the Middle East
Why does the Arab-Israeli conflict attract so much media attention? With John Lloyd. (R)
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09:45
Book of the Week—Alan Johnson - Please, Mr Postman, Episode 4
4/5 Alan Johnson juggles an idyllic rural post round with increasing union activism.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Chrissie Hynde; Author Kathy Reichs
Chrissie Hynde on finally going solo. Plus best-selling author Kathy Reichs.
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10:45
Queens of Noise—Queens of Noise: Rip It Up, Episode 4
4/5 Sam has to read the riot act after securing legendary producer Thomas Monmouth.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—Ivory Coast's School for Husbands
In one remote district in Ivory Coast, men are going back to school. Lucy Ash reports.
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11:30
Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip
Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—18/09/2014
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front—18 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood
A momentous day for the Winwood household.
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12:15
You and Yours—Debt Letters; GP Reform; Pension Liberation; Unworn School Uniform
Winifred Robinson explores how the big six energy firms differ on debt letters.
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12:57
Weather—18/09/2014
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—18/09/2014
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
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13:45
Thames Crossings—Words and Flesh
4/5 In Cookham, Piers views the river through the work of his favourite artist Stanley Spencer
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14:00
The Archers—17/09/2014
David is worried about Ruth. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—The Basin
By Dan Allum. Drama about a woman who gives up her old life to become a Traveller's wife.
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15:00
Ramblings—Series 28, The Dales Way, Part One
Clare Balding sets off to walk the Dales Way, one of England's most-loved walking routes.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—Prisoners Education Trust
Susan Hill presents an appeal on behalf of Prisoners Education Trust. (R)
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15:30
Open Book—Ali Smith on How to Be Both
Booker-shortlisted novelist Ali Smith and the art of the short story. (R)
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16:00
The Film Programme—Nick Cave; Jonathan Coe; The Riot Club
Nick Cave discusses his documentary 20,000 Days on Earth with Francine Stock.
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16:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.
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17:00
PM—18/09/2014
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—18/09/2014
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing—Series 3, About Intelligence
1/4 Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence.
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19:00
The Archers—18/09/2014
Joe and David celebrate.
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19:15
Front Row—Denzel Washington; Howard Brenton; Leonard Cohen; Riccardo Chailly
Denzel Washington on getting revenge in his new film, action thriller The Equalizer.
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19:45
Queens of Noise—Queens of Noise: Rip It Up, Episode 4
4/5 Sam has to read the riot act after securing legendary producer Thomas Monmouth. (R)
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20:00
The Report—The Right to be Forgotten
Simon Cox looks into the effects of the 'right to be forgotten' ruling.
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20:30
In Business—Myanmar Awakening
Peter Day travels to Myanmar to find out how the country is trying to emerge from its past
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21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations. (R)
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21:30
Disabled and Behind Bars
Nikki Fox investigates the treatment of disabled people in British prisons. (R)
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21:58
Weather—18/09/2014
Weather information.
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22:00
Scotland Decides—Episode 1
James Naughtie and Rachel Burden present the results of the Scottish referendum.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—The Children Act, Episode 9
9/10 'Her kiss was the kiss of Judas'.
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23:00
Scotland Decides—Episode 2
James Naughtie and Rachel Burden present the results of the Scottish referendum.
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Late
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05:00
Today—19/09/2014
Includes Prayer for the Day; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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