FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—18/03/2019
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—Spectacular Cities
Spectacular cities - from Kazakhstan to the United Arab Emirates.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—Bells on Sunday from the Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, Rochester in Kent
Bells on Sunday from the Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Andrew
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/03/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—18/03/2019
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/03/2019
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—18/03/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—18/03/2019
A reflection and prayer to start the day with PΓ΅draig Γ“ Tuama.
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05:45
Farming Today—Welfare standards for imported eggs, farm homeless hostel, British woodlands
Warnings that the government's promises on animal welfare standards can't be trusted.
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05:56
Weather—18/03/2019
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—King Eider
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the Arctic specialist the king eider duck.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—18/03/2019
News and current affairs programme, including Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Understanding China
Andrew Marr with Xinran, Julia Lovell, David KS Tse and Roel Sterckx.
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09:45
'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman who saved Japan's Blossoms—Episode 1
1/5 Cherry blossoms are synonymous with Japan and the United Kingdom, but what is their story?
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Actor Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Nyong'o, Bryony Frost, Cervical smears, Nice Nailantei Leng'ete, Eleanor Anstruther
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10:45
EM Forster - A Passage to India—6. Reflections
6/10 Is Fielding right? Is there something in India that doesn't suit English ladies?
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11:00
Spain's Lost Generations—Franco’s Disappeared
1/2 Lucas Laursen seeks the missing loved ones, eighty years after the Spanish Civil War.
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11:30
Alexei Sayle's The Absence of Normal—Series 1, The Minister for Death
Dark comic plays narrated by Alexei Sayle and adapted from his original short stories.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—18/03/2019
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
A Terrible Country—Episode 6
Andrei has told Yulia how he feels about her at a party. And he has finally found wifi.
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12:18
You and Yours—Eye tests, Mental health apps, Chlorine on food
Can you see enough to drive? Plus, mental health apps and using chlorine on food.
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12:57
Weather—18/03/2019
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—18/03/2019
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
Oliver Burkeman: Why Are We So Angry?—Episode 1
What in our biological and social evolution made us so angry? Oliver Burkeman finds out.
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14:00
The Archers—17/03/2019
Leonard makes his presence felt.
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14:15
Tumanbay—Series 3, Hostage of Fortune
7/8 After the failed coup, Fatima is set on revenge for her murdered son.
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15:00
Round Britain Quiz—Programme 12, 2019
The last contest in the 2019 series of the fiendish cryptic quiz, with Tom Sutcliffe.
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15:30
The Food Programme—Delicious and Endangered: The Story of Bluefin Tuna
Dan Saladino travels from Brixham to Tokyo in search of the endangered bluefin tuna. (R)
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16:00
Pursuit of Beauty—Hurricane Bells
Bells made by artist Peter Shenai from Hurricane Katrina data are rung in New Orleans.
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16:30
The Digital Human—Series 16, Wisdom
Aleks Krotoski finds out if wisdom, or only data, can be shared in the digital world.
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17:00
PM—18/03/2019
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—18/03/2019 Government cannot put Brexit deal to MPs again
Theresa May is told that she can't put her Brexit deal to the Commons for a third time
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18:30
Just a Minute—Series 83, Episode 7
7/8 Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence, Lee Mack and Zoe Lyons join Nicholas Parsons.
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19:00
The Archers—18/03/2019
Helen bends the truth.
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19:15
Front Row—The White Crow reviewed and tackling difficult issues in theatre
Ralph Fiennes' new film The White Crow and tackling contentious issues in the theatre
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19:45
EM Forster - A Passage to India—6. Reflections
6/10 Is Fielding right? Is there something in India that doesn't suit English ladies? (R)
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20:00
The Brexit Prime Minister—Episode 2
2/3 Steve Richards looks back on Theresa May's Brexit journey through interviews with insiders
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20:30
Analysis—Are we heading for a mass extinction?
Will human actions result in the demise of huge numbers of other species?
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21:00
No Triumph, No Tragedy—Guy Disney
Blind broadcaster Peter White interviews amputee jockey Guy Disney about his charity work.
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21:30
Start the Week—Understanding China
Andrew Marr with Xinran, Julia Lovell, David KS Tse and Roel Sterckx. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—18/03/2019
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
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22:45
A Terrible Country—Episode 6
Andrei has told Yulia how he feels about her at a party. And he has finally found wifi.
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23:00
The Walk: Across the Water—Calais
Encounters with the people of Calais and Dover finding out what unites and divides them.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—18/03/2019
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—19/03/2019
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
'Cherry' Ingram: The Englishman who saved Japan's Blossoms—Episode 1
1/5 Cherry blossoms are synonymous with Japan and the United Kingdom, but what is their story? (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—19/03/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—19/03/2019
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—19/03/2019
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—19/03/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—19/03/2019
A reflection and prayer to start the day with PΓ΅draig Γ“ Tuama.
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05:45
Farming Today—Facial recognition technology to read pigs' emotions, red deer cull, Forestry Commission's writer in residence, and more
Scientists are developing technology to tell farmers how pigs are feeling.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Guillemot
David Attenborough presents the guillemot. (R)
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