FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—17/07/2018
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Picnic Comma Lightning, Augmented Reality
1/5 A meditation on modern life, inspired by the death of author Laurence Scott's parents. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—17/07/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—17/07/2018
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—17/07/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—17/07/2018
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—17/07/2018
A spiritual comment and prayer for the day with Chine McDonald.
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05:45
Farming Today—Wildfires, Dairy and Brexit, Fodder Shortage
Farmers plough through crops to stop a large fire spreading further across fields.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Crossbill
David Attenborough presents the crossbill. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—17/07/2018
Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Reith Lectures—Margaret MacMillan - The Mark of Cain, Managing the Unmanageable
4/5 Margaret MacMillan assesses attempts to constrain and justify conflict.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Baroness Helena Kennedy guest edits Woman's Hour Takeover 2018
Programme that offers a female perspective on the world.
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10:45
15 Minute Drama—The Steal, Episode 2
2/5 Crime or incompetence? Max tries to discover what has happened to his missing inheritance.
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11:00
Natural Histories—Willow
Brett Westwood looks into the cultural influence of the willow, from 2018
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11:30
Laura Barton's Notes from a Musical Island—Series 3, Wide East Anglian Sky
Laura Barton visits Norwich to experience the playfulness of music-making.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—17/07/2018
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front—17 July 1918 - Isabel Graham
On this day in 1918, the Tsar of Russia and his family were executed in Ekaterinburg.
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12:15
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12:56
Weather—17/07/2018
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—17/07/2018
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
Hacking Happiness—Self-Harm Nation
Leo Johnson explores radical philosophies of happiness.
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14:00
The Archers—16/07/2018
Shula is shocked by a request. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—Tiger Girls
A story of gambling and addiction that takes us into London's British-Chinese community.
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15:00
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 21, Inverness
Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in Inverness. (R)
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15:30
Making History—The Clockwork Orange Town
Helen Castor discusses dystopia in Thamesmead and Trappist ale from Leicestershire.
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16:00
Parole: A Calculated Risk—01/06/2018
Revealing how the parole panels calculate the risk to the public of releasing prisoners. (R)
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16:30
A Good Read—Samira Ahmed and Elis James
Samira Ahmed, writer and broadcaster, joins comedian Elis James to talk books.
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17:00
PM—17/07/2018
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—17/07/2018 May faces key Brexit vote
Conservative rebels hope to overturn a key part of Theresa May's Brexit policy.
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18:30
My Teenage Diary—Series 8, Helen Lederer
6/6 Helen Lederer reads from her boy-obsessed teenage diaries and chats to Rufus Hound.
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19:00
The Archers—17/07/2018
Lilian discovers the truth.
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19:15
Front Row—Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?, Glasgow School of Art Rebuild, Anita Corbin, China's Most Expensive Film Flops
The verdict on Sacha Baron Cohen's new TV series and rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art.
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—The Steal, Episode 2
2/5 Crime or incompetence? Max tries to discover what has happened to his missing inheritance. (R)
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20:00
File on 4 Investigates—Prison, drugs and debts - who's paying the price?
Prison, drugs and debts - who's paying the price of the thriving drug trade in our jails?
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20:40
In Touch—Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport's treatment of people with disability is again branded poor.
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21:00
Inside Health—Weaning Babies, Seeing the Same Doctor Saves Lives, NHS Research, Mental Capacity
The relationship between when babies are weaned and the time they sleep has been published
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21:30
Enlightenment After Dark—Series 1, Ageing
Allan Little hosts a salon on the ageing world at Newhailles House near Edinburgh. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—Theresa May narrowly survives Commons vote on key Brexit issue.
Rebel amendment which would have kept Britain in a customs union with the EU is defeated
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, Episode 2
2/5 Adrian supports his mother during the birth of his sister.
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23:00
The Infinite Monkey Cage—Series 18, Big Data
Brian Cox and Robin Ince ask: what is big data, and how big is big? (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—17/07/2018
Susan Hulme reports on another day at Westminster dominated by Brexit.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—18/07/2018
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Picnic Comma Lightning, The End of Things
2/5 Bereavement forces you to consider how much things matter. Read by Stephen Mangan.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/07/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—18/07/2018
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/07/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—18/07/2018
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—18/07/2018
A spiritual comment and prayer for the day with Chine McDonald.
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05:45
Farming Today—Intensive Beef Farming,TB Testing in Wales, Farming Advice from New Zealand
Anna Hill examines whether the newspaper claim that a farm is intensively farmed is true.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Curlew (Spring)
Kate Humble presents the curlew. (R)
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