FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—26/04/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Respectable, This Is My Truth
1/5 Lynsey Hanley explores the experience of class in Britain over the past four decades. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/04/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—26/04/2016
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/04/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/04/2016
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/04/2016
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
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05:45
Farming Today—Sexing chicks before they hatch, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food & Farming Awards finalist McDonald's, Salmon conservation
Scientists are working on new technology to detect the sex of chicks before they hatch.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Razorbill
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the razorbill. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—26/04/2016
Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Shakespeare and the American Dream—Episode 2
2/2 Robert McCrum goes in search of Shakespeare in 21st-century America.
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09:30
The Ideas That Make Us—Series 3, Psyche
1/5 Bettany Hughes examines her psyche by lying on Sigmund Freud's famous couch. (R)
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09:45
Book of the Week—Respectable, Respectable in the Eighties
2/5 Lynsey Hanley's personal exploration of the experience of class in 1980s Britain.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Beyonce and the politics of Lemonade
Beyonce, Alaska and female utopias. With Jane Garvey.
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10:45
15 Minute Drama—A Girl Called Jack, Episode 2
2/5 Jack meets one of Southend's few on-off vegetarians.
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11:00
The Imposter's Survival Guide
Oliver Burkeman explores the frequent human experience of feeling like a fraud.
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11:30
Soul Music—Series 22, Mozart's Requiem
4/5 How Mozart's Requiem, written when he was dying, has touched and changed people's lives.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—26/04/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front—26 April 1916 - Emily Colville
Emily is losing her resolve with Edwin.
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12:15
You and Yours—Call You and Yours: The Junior Doctors' Strike
Listeners - patients and doctors - say how they have been affected by the doctors' strike.
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12:57
Weather—26/04/2016
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—26/04/2016
Analysis of news and current affairs with Shaun Ley.
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13:45
Scenes from Student Life—The Curious Incident of the Brown Dog
7/10 The part played by students in the infamous 1907 Brown Dog vivisection riots.
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14:00
The Archers—25/04/2016
Tom has got his hands full. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—The Sensitive, Heart of Darkness, Part 2
The psychic struggles to continue his investigation after a hit-and-run accident.
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15:00
The Design Dimension—Series 3, Panic Button
4/4 Tom considers how we protect our personal space through design.
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15:30
Costing the Earth—After Chernobyl
How the fallout from Chernobyl changed Germany forever. Julian Rush reports.
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16:00
Word of Mouth—PR - How Not To Do It
Michael Rosen on the words used in PR that have been rated as the most annoying. Iconic...
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16:30
Great Lives—Sudha Bhuchar chooses the life of Zohra Sehgal
Playwright and actress Sudha Bhuchar nominates the life of actor Zohra Sehgal.
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17:00
PM—26/04/2016
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—26/04/2016
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Clare in the Community—Series 10, Party On
6/6 The Sparrowhawk team hold a leaving do and take the opportunity to reminisce. (R)
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19:00
The Archers—26/04/2016
Helen has a lot on her mind.
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19:15
Front Row—Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics
Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, jazz biopics.
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—A Girl Called Jack, Episode 2
2/5 Jack meets one of Southend's few on-off vegetarians. (R)
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20:00
The Force of Google
Google dominates internet searching. Rory Cellan-Jones asks if it is too powerful.
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20:40
In Touch—150 years of New College Worcester, Guide dogs and Uber
New College Worcester, a school for blind teenagers, celebrates. Plus, guide dogs and Uber
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21:00
All in the Mind—All in the Mind Awards Finalists - Common Wheel, Psychology Replication Crisis, Gender Stereotyping in Babies.
Claudia Hammond meets one of the All in the Mind Awards finalists.
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21:30
Shakespeare and the American Dream—Episode 2
2/2 Robert McCrum goes in search of Shakespeare in 21st-century America. (R)
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21:58
Weather—26/04/2016
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Hillsborough families' 'fight for justice vindicated'
Hillsborough families' 'fight for justice vindicated'.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—10 Days, Episode 7
7/10 In the hottest summer on record, tensions rise on the streets of London.
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23:00
Radio 4 at the Machynlleth Comedy Festival with Elis James
A look back at the first six years of the festival with Josh Widdicombe and Tim Key.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—26/04/2016
Labour attack plans to put fire services under control of police and crime commissioners.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—27/04/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Respectable, Respectable in the Eighties
2/5 Lynsey Hanley's personal exploration of the experience of class in 1980s Britain. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/04/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—27/04/2016
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/04/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/04/2016
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/04/2016
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
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05:45
Farming Today—Report on agricultural air pollution, Pero the sheepdog, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Food and Farming Awards finalist Our Cow Molly, Hops as garnish
An EFRA committee report says farming must do more to prevent damaging gas emissions.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Guillemot
David Attenborough presents the guillemot. (R)
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