FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—09/10/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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00:30
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—2. Facial Expressions
2/5 Bill Bryson looks at the head and the reason for our facial expressions.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/10/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—09/10/2019
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—09/10/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—09/10/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/10/2019
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Emma Scrivener.
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05:45
Farming Today—09/10/19 Payment by results for farmers, badger behaviour in cull areas, fortified wine
We hear why paying for results is getting farmers on board with wildlife.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Doug Allan on the Snowy Sheathbill
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls his encounter with snowy sheathbills in Antarctica.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—09/10/2019
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Only Artists—Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal
Writer Tracy Chevalier meets ceramicist Edmund de Waal at his studio.
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09:30
Four Thought—Working Class Women
Rachael Gibbons discusses class, social mobility and Imposter Syndrome.
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09:45
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—3. Mouth and Throat
3/5 Bill Bryson delves down further, through the mouth and into the throat.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Taking babies to protests, Abortion laws in Alabama US, Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown
Extinction Rebellion and mothers taking their babies to mass protests.
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10:41
The Citadel—Series 6, Episode 3
3/5 A brutal solution is applied to Christine's situation. Manson and Denny are appalled.
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10:55
The Listening Project—Jane and Angie - Getting Back in the Sea
Friends and sea swimmers talk about the therapeutic effects of swimming in the sea.
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11:00
Shappi Khorsandi Gets Organised
Shappi Khorsandi is disorganised. Can the professionals help get her life in order?
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11:30
God's Work—Episode 1
1/4 Three vicars, three parishes, one year. What keeps them working for the man upstairs?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—09/10/2019
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
The Confession by Jessie Burton—3. Success and Struggle
3/10 Connie is riding high on the success of her book, but Elise is struggling in LA.
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12:18
You and Yours—Irene Hays; High Rise Cladding; Barefoot Running
Irene Hays of Hays Travel on her plans for the Thomas Cook high street shops.
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12:57
Weather—09/10/2019
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—09/10/2019
News with Sarah Montague including Parliament's proposed Saturday sitting on Brexit.
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13:45
The Art of Innovation—Forms of Knowledge
Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on encounters between sculptors and stringed maths models
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14:00
The Archers—08/10/2019
Ed manages to strike a deal
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14:15
Brief Lives—Series 11, Episode 4
More stories from Manchester's mean streets
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15:00
Money Box—Can my money help fight climate change?
Can I get a good return on investments that do good?
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15:30
Inside Health—Statins Over the Counter, Amyloidosis, Gene Silencing
High-dose statins over the counter, amyloidosis, and gene silencing.
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—Estates
Council estates - then and now. Laurie Taylor explores the concept of the 'sink estate'.
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16:30
The Media Show—Do machines make the rights choices for children?
The role of AI in the lives of young people, recorded at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Blue Room conference.
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17:00
PM—09/10/2019
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/10/2019 Turkey has launched a military strike against Kurdish fighters in Syria, just days after American troops pulled out.
Turkey has launched a military strike against Kurdish fighters in North East Syria
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18:30
Quanderhorn—The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Fear! Terror! Gut-wrenching Horror! Arg Arg. Please!
5/6 The professor receives a call from his future self with a dire warning.
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19:00
The Archers—09/10/2019
Kirsty finds herself out in the cold
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19:15
Front Row—Salman Rushdie, playwright Katori Hall, computer games tax avoidance
Salman Rushdie answers listeners’ questions about his Booker shortlisted novel Quichotte.
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19:45
The Citadel—Series 6, Episode 3
3/5 A brutal solution is applied to Christine's situation. Manson and Denny are appalled.
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20:00
Moral Maze—Academic Freedom
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
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20:45
Four Thought—Working Class Women
Rachael Gibbons discusses class, social mobility and Imposter Syndrome.
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21:00
Costing the Earth—Carbon Free Islands
The Orkney Islands are pioneering a zero carbon approach to energy.
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21:30
Only Artists—Tracy Chevalier meets Edmund de Waal
Writer Tracy Chevalier meets ceramicist Edmund de Waal at his studio.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Major military offensive is underway in the north-east of Syria
Turkey aims to drive Kurdish fighters from the area beyond its southern border
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22:45
The Confession by Jessie Burton—3. Success and Struggle
3/10 Connie is riding high on the success of her book, but Elise is struggling in LA.
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23:00
Charlotte and Lillian—Series 2, 1. The Game
1/4 Charlotte has met a new man, prompting Lillian to offer her best dating advice.
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23:15
Bunk Bed—Series 1, Episode 2
2/5 Patrick Marber and Peter Curran lie in the darkness, sharing a bunk bed and wondering.
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23:30
The Digital Human—Series 17, Obsession
Aleks Krotoski explores the thin line between passion and obsession online. (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—10/10/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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00:30
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson—3. Mouth and Throat
3/5 Bill Bryson delves down further, through the mouth and into the throat.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—10/10/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—10/10/2019
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—10/10/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—10/10/2019
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—10/10/2019
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Emma Scrivener.
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05:45
Farming Today—10/10/19: Inshore fisheries and Brexit, Tony Juniper interview part 1, English wine
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Doug Allan on the Wandering Albatross
Wildlife cameraman Doug Allan recalls a very close encounter with wandering albatrosses.
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