FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—15/02/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Are You Inexperienced?—Episode 3
3/3 AL Kennedy draws a surprising comparison when she visits luxury hotel Chateau Marmont. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—15/02/2015
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—15/02/2015
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Bells on Sunday—15/02/2015
The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon.
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05:45
Profile—Lord Green
Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
News Headlines—15/02/2015
The latest national and international news.
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06:05
Something Understood—Agony and Ecstasy
John McCarthy reflects on the feeling of euphoria and where it comes from.
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06:35
Living World—The Wood Mice of Wytham
Trai Anfield visits Wytham Woods, where wood mice have been studied since 1943.
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06:57
Weather—15/02/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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07:00
News and Papers—15/02/2015
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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07:10
Sunday—Scottish Catholics; The Pope and the Mafia; Icelandic Pagans
Scottish Catholics, the pope and the mafia, plus Icelandic pagans.
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07:55
Radio 4 Appeal—React
Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React.
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07:57
Weather—15/02/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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08:00
News and Papers—15/02/2015
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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08:10
Sunday Worship—Fifty Shades of Love
A service for Valentine's Day from St Luke's, West Holloway, with writer Dave Tomlinson.
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08:48
A Point of View—The Purpose of Satire
Will Self finds himself driven to reconsider the nature and purpose of satire. (R)
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08:58
Tweet of the Day—Ostrich
Michael Palin presents the avian record breaking ostrich in the Kalahari Desert (R)
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09:00
Broadcasting House—15/02/2015
Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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10:00
The Archers Omnibus—15/02/2015
Jennifer stands triumphant, and Shula has a shock.
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11:15
Desert Island Discs—Mark Rylance
Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—15/02/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Just a Minute—Series 71, Episode 1
1/8 Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Julian Clary and Paul Merton take the Just a Minute challenge. (R)
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12:32
The Food Programme—Soup and the British
Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.
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12:57
Weather—15/02/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
The World This Weekend—15/02/2015
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
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13:30
A Love Supreme: 50 Years On
Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release. (R)
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14:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Baslow, Derbyshire
Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Baslow, Derbyshire. (R)
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14:45
The Listening Project—Sunday Omnibus
A special omnibus featuring conversations with a Holocaust survivor and a poem she wrote. (R)
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15:00
Drama on 4—Reading Europe - France: Three Strong Women, Episode 2
2/2 The lies that Fanta's husband Rudy told in Senegal begin to catch up with them both.
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16:00
Open Book—Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread
Anne Tyler talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread.
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16:30
Poetry Please—Bubble and Squeak
Roger McGough with a bubble and squeak of listeners' poetry requests.
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17:00
File on 4 Investigates—Asylum Seekers
With rising numbers of asylum seekers, are some UK communities struggling to cope? (R)
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17:40
Profile—Lord Green
Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green. (R)
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57
Weather—15/02/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—15/02/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:15
Pick of the Week—Liz Barclay
Liz Barclay chooses her Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio highlights.
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19:00
The Archers—15/02/2015
Rob surprises Helen.
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19:15
Gloomsbury—Series 1, Trying to Avoid Unpleasantness
4/6 Vera Sackcloth-Vest welcomes the writer of naughty books, DH Lollipop, to Sizzlinghurst. (R)
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19:45
Hibernian Homicide: New Irish Crime Stories—Faith, by Stuart Neville
A minister is asked to commit a shocking crime for one of his parishioners.
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20:00
Feedback—13/02/2015
Was Radio 4 right to air ten hours of War and Peace? Plus do we need more good news? (R)
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20:30
Last Word—John Hopkins, Ena Baxter, Lord Gavron, Andre Brink, Charles Townes, Steve Strange
Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist. (R)
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21:00
Money Box—Pension Wisdom Questioned, Energy Pricing Wrangles, Sunset for Solar Investors
Free online pension help questioned. Energy pricing wrangles. Solar investors lose cash. (R)
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21:26
Radio 4 Appeal—React
Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React. (R)
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21:30
Analysis—You Can't Say That
Is there a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton explores the limits of free expression. (R)
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22:00
Westminster Hour—15/02/2015
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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22:45
What the Papers Say—15/02/2015
Mary Riddell of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the news.
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23:00
The Film Programme—Love in the Movies
Antonia Quirke presents a valentine to the cinema in a special edition about love in film.
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23:30
Something Understood—Agony and Ecstasy
John McCarthy reflects on the feeling of euphoria and where it comes from. (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—16/02/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—Harvard Business School – The Construction of Pain
Harvard Business School: profit versus morality. Also, the cultural meaning of pain. (R)
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—15/02/2015
The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—16/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—16/02/2015
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—16/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—16/02/2015
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—16/02/2015
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay.
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05:45
Farming Today—Sheep Thefts, Trees, Soil
Farming Today hears from a farmer in Wales who has been targeted by sheep rustlers.
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05:56
Weather—16/02/2015
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Whooper Swan
Chris Packham presents the whooper swan. (R)
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