FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—27/10/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Alan Bennett - Keeping On Keeping On—2007
3/10 Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/10/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—27/10/2016
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/10/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/10/2016
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/10/2016
A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley.
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05:45
Farming Today—GM research, British Sugar and traditional working horses.
Should the UK Government approve GM crops after Brexit?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Wrybill
Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand wrybill. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—27/10/2016
Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—John Dalton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.
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09:45
Alan Bennett - Keeping On Keeping On—2008
4/10 Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Liv Little, Women in science and health, Could men have a role to play in refuges?
Liv Little, the woman behind @galdemzine - a magazine collective run by women of colour.
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10:45
The Pillow Book—Series 9, Episode 4
4/5 Shonagon is summoned to a meeting with the volatile Lord Korechika.
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11:00
From Our Own Correspondent—Linguistic confusion and mass killers
Correspondents stories from Berlin, Paris, Ethiopia, the US and the South Atlantic.
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11:30
Keepsake for My Lover
Janine H Jones explores the history of the 'voice recording booth'.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—27/10/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
The Listening Project—The Listening Project: Referendum Tales, The View From The Farm and The Youth
Conversations between farmers in Ulster, and an Essex farmer and his daughter.
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12:15
You and Yours—Smart Meters and Shared Ownership
Smart meters, shared ownership and late night shopping.
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12:57
Weather—27/10/2016
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—27/10/2016
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
The Pursuit of Power—The Female Bishop
Bronwen Maddox meets the first female bishop to speak in the House of Lords.
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14:00
The Archers—26/10/2016
Rex delivers a final blow. (R)
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14:15
Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola—Season 3 - Money, 6. Reap
6/9 Final season of award winning Zola dramas - Money - Season 3, starring Glenda Jackson.
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15:00
Open Country—Off Grid in Mid-Wales
Guest presenter Ian Marchant meets people who live 'off-grid' in mid-Wales.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—Bag Books
Michael Morpurgo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bag Books. (R)
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15:30
Open Book—Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka
Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End. (R)
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16:00
The Film Programme—Jacqueline Bisset
Jacqueline Bisset looks back at Day For Night, Francois Truffaut's Oscar-winning movie.
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16:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
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17:00
PM—27/10/2016
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—27/10/2016
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
The Casebook of Max and Ivan—Case #124 - Against the Grain
Uncle Cornelius, Max and Ivan go on holiday, but things take a sinister turn. From 2016.
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19:00
The Archers—27/10/2016
Helen doubts her actions.
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19:15
Front Row—Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright
Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new NT production of Amadeus.
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19:45
The Pillow Book—Series 9, Episode 4
4/5 Shonagon is summoned to a meeting with the volatile Lord Korechika. (R)
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20:00
The Law Show—Interview with Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions
The director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders speaks to Joshua Rozenberg. (R)
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20:30
The Bottom Line—Selling Corporate Baby
Evan Davis and entrepreneurs discuss selling your company.
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21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium. (R)
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21:30
In Our Time—John Dalton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton. (R)
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21:58
Weather—27/10/2016
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Venezuela opposition calls general strike
President Maduro promises to raise the minimum wage by 40% as he fights for his survival.
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22:45
The Mirror by Kate Mosse
Supernatural story by Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth and The Taxidermist's Daughter.
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23:00
Rich Hall's (US) Breakdown—Rich Hall's (US Election) Breakdown, 26/10/2016
Rich Hall follows the closing stages of the US presidential race. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—27/10/2016
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—28/10/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Alan Bennett - Keeping On Keeping On—2008
4/10 Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—28/10/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—28/10/2016
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—28/10/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—28/10/2016
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—28/10/2016
A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley.
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05:45
Farming Today—Farm mapping for subsidy payments, sale of Herefordshire Council farms and ancient plants
Farm mapping for subsidy payments, sale of Herefordshire Council farms and ancient plants.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Emperor Penguin
Sir David Attenborough presents the emperor penguin from the Antarctic Peninsula. (R)
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