FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—02/03/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—The British in South Africa - Romanian Economic Migrants in London
Laurie Taylor explores migration in contrasting contexts. (R)
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—01/03/2015
The bells of Exeter Cathedral. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—02/03/2015
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—02/03/2015
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/03/2015
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Rosa Hunt.
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05:45
Farming Today—Gangmasters, Predators, Badgers
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority holds its first national conference.
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05:56
Weather—02/03/2015
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Chaffinch
John Aitchison presents the chaffinch. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—02/03/2015
Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—From Fringe to Frontline?
Tom Sutcliffe with Robert Ford, Catherine de Vries, Srdja Popovic and John Fulljames.
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09:45
Book of the Week—Anna Lyndsey - Girl in the Dark, The Beginnings of the Darkness
1/5 Anna Lyndsey's account of finding light in the darkness after illness changed her life.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Women Composers, Rene Denfield, Jo Milne
Jane Garvey talks to Jo Milne about hearing for the first time.
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10:45
The Haunted Road by Eoin McNamee—1. You Can't See Me
1/5 Police camera operator Leslie Burden assists a colleague in the hunt for a missing woman.
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11:00
The Life in My Head: From Stroke to Brain Attack—Episode 1
1/2 Robert McCrum journeys into his own brain to understand more about stroke.
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11:30
When the Dog Dies—Series 3, Where There's a Will
1/6 Sandy has made a new will, and son-in-law Blake can't wait to see what it says. (R)
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—02/03/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front—2 March 1915 - Phyllis Marshall
The Grahams and Wilsons arrive in Tynemouth for the christenings of Peter and Rosamund.
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12:15
You and Yours—Energy Companies; Welfare Deaths; High Street Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs
Campaigners demand the release of reports into deaths that followed welfare cuts.
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12:57
Weather—02/03/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—02/03/2015
Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
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13:45
Promises, Promises: A History of Debt—The Moral Power of Debt
Anthropologist David Graeber examines the moral power that debt holds over people.
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14:00
The Archers—01/03/2015
Ruth is implacable. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—My Name Is...
Sudha Bhuchar's play is inspired by a media controversy over a mixed-race family breakdown
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15:00
Brain of Britain—Heat 10, 2015
Russell Davies chairs the tenth heat of the nationwide general knowledge quiz.
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15:30
The Food Programme—The 'Clean Label' Question
Sheila Dillon asks how food manufacturing has changed to create more 'natural' ingredients (R)
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16:00
Jock Purdon, the Miners' Poet
Billy Bragg tells the story of Jock Purdon and the history of songwriting about mining.
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16:30
Beyond Belief—Purgatory
Is purgatory a religious place or a psychological concept? Ernie Rea and guests discuss.
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17:00
PM—02/03/2015
With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—02/03/2015
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Just a Minute—Series 71, Episode 4
4/8 With Sheila Hancock, Graham Norton, Paul Merton and Robin Ince. Nicholas Parsons hosts.
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19:00
The Archers—02/03/2015
It is karaoke night at the Bull.
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19:15
Front Row—Juliette Binoche, Poldark, Thomas Heatherwick
Kirsty Lang talks to Juliette Binoche who stars in an adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone.
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19:45
The Haunted Road by Eoin McNamee—1. You Can't See Me
1/5 Police camera operator Leslie Burden assists a colleague in the hunt for a missing woman. (R)
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20:00
Saudi Arabia: Sands of Time—The Rise of the Kingdom
1/3 Egyptian writer Tarek Osman examines the history of this desert kingdom.
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20:30
Analysis—When Robots Steal Our Jobs
Technology has decimated manual labour. Now it has its sights on white-collar work.
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21:00
Ebola Junction
As the new Ebola treatment centre opens, Dr John Wright and his team record what happens. (R)
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21:30
Start the Week—From Fringe to Frontline?
Tom Sutcliffe with Robert Ford, Catherine de Vries, Srdja Popovic and John Fulljames. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—The authorities in Kuwait question Mohammed Emwazi's parents.
Mother of "Jihadi John" recognised son's voice when she heard it on hostage video
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—Kazuo Ishiguro - The Buried Giant, Episode 1
1/10 David Suchet reads Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Buried Giant.
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23:00
The Human Zoo—Series 1, Episode 1
1/6 Michael Blastland explores the way human beings think, behave and make decisions. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—02/03/2015
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—03/03/2015
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Anna Lyndsey - Girl in the Dark, The Beginnings of the Darkness
1/5 Anna Lyndsey's account of finding light in the darkness after illness changed her life. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—03/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—03/03/2015
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—03/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—03/03/2015
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—03/03/2015
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Rosa Hunt.
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05:45
Farming Today—Duck Farming, Grey Squirrel Eradication, Mink
How much water do farmed ducks need? Anna Hill talks to a duck farmer and the RSPCA.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Wren
John Aitchison presents the wren. (R)
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