FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—31/05/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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00:30
Book of the Week—The Diary of a Young Girl, Episode 4
Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—31/05/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—31/05/2019
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—31/05/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—31/05/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—31/05/2019
A reading and a reflection to start the day with Father Christopher Hancock
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05:45
Farming Today—New marine conservation zones, Badger baiting, Watercress
Marine expert says new conservation zones on coast won't work unless fishing's stopped.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—White-tailed Eagle
Michaela Strachan presents the white-tailed eagle. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—31/05/2019
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Derren Brown, illusionist
Derren Brown, illusionist, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne. (R)
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09:45
Book of the Week—The Diary of a Young Girl, Episode 5
Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Women’s Sexual Desire
We hear experiences that challenge stereotypical ideas about male and female sexual desire
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10:45
Gudrun—Series 6, Episode 10: Gudrun
10/10 Gudrun makes the greatest decision she’ll ever take.
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11:00
Rethinking Representation—Democracy in Crisis?
David Runciman explores democracy: is it still fit for purpose in today's UK?
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11:30
Alex Edelman's Peer Group—Series 1, 1. Work
1/2 Award-winning US comedian Alex Edelman takes a comic look at the millennial generation. (R)
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—31/05/2019
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr—5. Elections
5/10 It's 1994, and crowds, black and white, queue to vote in the General Election.
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12:18
You and Yours—More help for vulnerable energy customers, Helping a hoarder clear out
How vulnerable energy customers need more help. Getting hoarders to clear their homes.
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12:57
Weather—31/05/2019
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—31/05/2019
News, analysis and comment from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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13:45
Things That Made the Modern Economy—Series 2, Pencil
The pencil claims to be a miracle product of the free market, but is that true?
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14:00
The Archers—30/05/2019
Jim puts his foot in it (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—One Hot Summer
By Juliet Gilkes-Romero. Drama based on the Liverpool race riots of 1919. (R)
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Tyneside
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural panel show from Tyneside.
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15:45
Short Works—Where You Are by Sam Thompson
A father frantically searches a busy high street after losing sight of his son.
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16:00
Last Word—Professor Murray Gell-Mann, Nan Winton, James McCord, Gregory Gray
Matthew Bannister on a physicist, a newsreader, a spy and a singer.
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16:30
More or Less—Hay Festival Special
What does it mean to say that the UK is the fifth largest economy in the world?
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16:55
The Listening Project—Matthew and Sekai - For us, by us
Friends talk about taking back control of terms that might be used against them as slurs.
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17:00
PM—31/05/2019
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—Labour suspends senior member over anti-Semitism remarks
Peter Willsman has been suspended by the Labour party.
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18:30
The News Quiz—Series 99, Episode 8
Last in the series. Miles Jupp is joined by Hugo Rifkind, Lucy Porter and Simon Evans.
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19:00
The Archers—31/05/2019
The bunting trickster is revealed
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19:15
Front Row—Elizabeth Gilbert, BTS and K-pop, Natalia Goncharova
Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, on new novel City of Girls.
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19:45
Gudrun—Series 6, Episode 10: Gudrun
10/10 Gudrun makes the greatest decision she’ll ever take. (R)
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20:00
Any Questions?—Lord Falconer, Belinda de Lucy MEP, Layla Moran MP, Jeremy Wright MP
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from The David Evans Court Theatre in Tring.
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20:50
A Point of View—Dangerous places, libraries
Val McDermid on why public libraries must be kept open.
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21:00
Archive on 4—Commuterville
Matthew Sweet looks at how commuting has changed the world. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—US threatens new tariffs on Mexico
President Trump threatens new tariffs to prevent further immigration from Mexico
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22:45
You Will Be Safe Here by Damian Barr—5. Elections
5/10 It's 1994, and crowds, black and white, queue to vote in the General Election. (R)
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23:00
Great Lives—Kamila Shamsie chooses Asma Jahangir
Kamila Shamsie champions the life of the human rights lawyer Asma Jahangir. (R)
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23:25
The Untold—Sikh-ing Mr Right
Min only wants to marry a Sikh with a turban. After ten years of looking should she stop?
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23:55
The Listening Project—Michela and Carmen - A Continuous Discovery
Friends and former colleagues talk about how their friendship grew out of adversity.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—01/06/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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00:30
Book of the Week—The Diary of a Young Girl, Episode 5
Anne Frank would have been 90 this year. Readings from her diary by Georgia Groome. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—01/06/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—01/06/2019
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—01/06/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—01/06/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—01/06/2019
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with novelist and poet Zahid Hussain.
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05:45
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson—29/05/2019
Nick Robinson talks about what’s really going on in British politics. (R)
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