FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—11/05/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—Detective fiction - homicide and social media
Detective fiction - how it represents social change. Also homicide confessions on Facebook
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—Westminster Abbey
Bells on Sunday comes from Westminster Abbey
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—11/05/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—11/05/2020
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—11/05/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—11/05/2020
Spiritual reflection with the director of a Christian arts charity, Fiona Stewart.
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05:45
Farming Today—11/05/20 UK US trade talks, wildfires, farms adapting to coronavirus
The Â鶹ԼÅÄ's global trade correspondent Dharshini David gives us a trade talks update.
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05:56
Weather—11/05/2020
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Red-throated Caracara
Sir David Attenborough presents the red-throated caracara from the Amazonian rainforest.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—11/05/2020
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Art in an emergency
Tom Sutcliffe with Olivia Laing and James Meek
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09:30
Â鶹ԼÅÄschool History—Charles Dickens
Join Greg Jenner for a fun homeschool history lesson on the life of Charles Dickens.
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09:45
Fall of the House of Byron—Episode 1
1/5 The scandalous story of the ancestors of poet Lord Byron.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Nursing, Children's Mental Health, Coronation Street, Anna Jones
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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10:45
Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring—1. Servant
1/5 Griet's world is shattered when she is forced to become a servant.
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11:00
The Spark—Margaret Heffernan and Preparedness
Helen Lewis meets the writers and thinkers who are breaking new ground.
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11:30
Loose Ends—Christopher Eccleston, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Big Zuu, Richard Thompson, Vilray, Arthur Smith, Nikki Bedi
Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—11/05/2020
The latest national and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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12:03
Shipping Forecast—11/05/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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12:06
The Street, by Ann Petry—Episode 6
6/10 Ann Petry’s powerful novel about a single mother in 1940s Harlem. Read by Adjoa Andoh.
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12:20
You and Yours—Gambling data; Housing market; Holiday refunds
The online casinos breaking the rules and failing to protect problem gamblers.
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12:57
Weather—11/05/2020
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—11/05/2020
News, analysis and comment from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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13:45
The New Anatomy of Melancholy—Who is free from melancholy?
1/12 A 400-year-old guide to melancholy. What can it teach us today?
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14:00
The Archers—Brookfield in Lockdown
We delve into The Archers’ archive to 2001 when Brookfield went into lockdown.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Whose Baby?
Teenager Bilal discovers a secret that threatens his entire family. What should he do?
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15:00
Brain of Britain—Heat 6, 2020
The general knowledge quiz for the title of Brain of Britain 2020.
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15:30
The Food Programme—The Kitchen Front: How wartime food strategies influenced our eating ethos
Following VE Day, Sheila Dillon considers the legacy of WWII food and farming practices
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16:00
Beyond Belief—Dieting
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
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16:30
PM—11/05/2020
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—11/05/2020 Government set out details of easing English coronavirus lockdown
Boris Johnson says he trusts in the public's "common sense" to follow new lockdown rules
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18:30
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Clue at 50, From 2005 - The London Palladium
Jeremy Hardy, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer and Humphrey Lyttelton.
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19:00
The Archers—Brian Confesses to Jennifer
We delve into The Archers’ archive and Brian has a confession to make.
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19:15
Front Row—Will Pound, Future of Television, Royal Albert Hall
Harmonica player Will Pound. Plus the future of television after the lockdown.
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19:45
Tracy Chevalier - Girl with a Pearl Earring—1. Servant
1/5 Griet's world is shattered when she is forced to become a servant.
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20:00
Happy Little Trees
An exploration of young people's mental health and their attraction to TV artist Bob Ross.
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20:30
Crossing Continents—Lithium: Argentina's 'White Gold' Rush
Are lithium-powered electric vehicles as ‘green’ as we think they are?
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21:00
The NHS Front Line—Week 7 on the covid wards
A senior NHS doctor's been recording on the wards for Radio 4. Winifred Robinson presents
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21:30
Start the Week—Art in an emergency
Tom Sutcliffe with Olivia Laing and James Meek
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22:00
The World Tonight—Boris Johnson defends plans to ease coronavirus lockdown
48 page document sets out details of steps to re-open schools and work places
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22:45
The Street, by Ann Petry—Episode 6
6/10 Ann Petry’s powerful novel about a single mother in 1940s Harlem. Read by Adjoa Andoh.
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23:00
Forest 404—Ep3: Into the Inner
Pan finds an illegal brain shop to uncover how the recordings have changed her.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—11/05/2020
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—12/05/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
Fall of the House of Byron—Episode 1
1/5 The scandalous story of the ancestors of poet Lord Byron.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—12/05/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—12/05/2020
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—12/05/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—12/05/2020
Spiritual reflection with the director of a Christian arts charity, Fiona Stewart
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05:45
Farming Today—12/05/20 - Ornamental plant growers, US trade and surplus potatoes.
Garden centres are re-opening in Wales and England, but is it too late for plant growers?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Shoebill
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the mysterious shoebill of Uganda.
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