FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—26/01/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer—Ep 1 - A Revelation
1/5 Esther Safran Foer's story about her family, the Holocaust and keeping memory alive.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—26/01/2021
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/01/2021
The latest news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/01/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger
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05:45
Farming Today—26/01/21 Livestock Transport, Cheese Exports, Milk Deliveries, Farmed fish feed
Scottish meat industry questions plans to reform livestock transport rules.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Firecrest
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the firecrest.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—26/01/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Life Scientific—Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat
Giles Yeo reveals the role our genes play in the obesity epidemic.
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09:30
One to One—The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard and actor Ben Hopwood
The long standing arts journalist explores why some reject ‘the dream’.
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09:45
I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer—Ep 2 - Childhood
2/5 Esther Safran Foer's parents have outlasted the war but the future is uncertain.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Women and Gambling. Interim Mayor of Liverpool Wendy Simon. True Stories from a Life in Forensic Medicine
Women and gambling addiction.
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10:45
Lamentation—Episode 7
7/10 Drama by Colin MacDonald, based on the novel by C.J. Sansom.
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11:00
A Year of Misinformation
A look back at false stories that went viral online and the real-life harm they caused.
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11:30
Max: The Literary Kingmaker
Lennie Goodings on the skills of the editor who nurtured Scott Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—26/01/2021
The latest national and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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12:03
Shipping Forecast—26/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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12:06
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman—Episode 2
2/10 Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne.
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12:20
You and Yours—Call You and Yours - Have you or anyone in your family lost their job in retail?
Have you or anyone in your family lost their job in retail?
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12:57
Weather—26/01/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—26/01/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
Bodies—Episode 7: Leonardo - Drawing the body
7/12 Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
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14:00
The Archers—25/01/2021
Pip drops a bombshell and Freddie has an admirer.
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14:15
The Interrogation—Series 8, Stephen
Roy Williams's crime drama starring Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun. 2/3 Stephen
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15:00
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 31, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Economics: Episode 24
5/7 Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
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15:30
Curious Cases—Rutherford and Fry, The Flying Clock and the Stopped Watch
Do individuals perceive time differently? asks Joe from North Yorkshire
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16:00
Word of Mouth—Adam Bradley: The Poetry of Pop
Adam Bradley joins Michael from Los Angeles and talks about the poetry of pop
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16:30
Great Lives—Rights activist Cesar Chavez nominated by Cori Crider
Human rights lawyer Cori Crider explains why she is inspired by the life of Cesar Chavez.
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17:00
PM—26/01/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—26/01/2021 More than 100,000 UK Covid-19 deaths
More than 100,000 people in the UK have died with coronavirus in nearly a year.
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18:30
Beta Female—Series 1, Episode 4
4/5 Sitcom by Amna Saleem, starring Kiran Sonia Sawar.
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19:00
The Archers—26/01/2021
Shula finds herself in trouble and Tom faces a difficult dilemma.
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19:15
Front Row—Jenny Eclair, Jon Brown, Costa Book of the Year winner
Craftivism with Jenny Eclair, Gaming sitcom Dead Pixels and Costa Book of the Year winner.
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19:45
Lamentation—Episode 7
7/10 Drama by Colin MacDonald, based on the novel by C.J. Sansom.
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20:00
File on 4 Investigates—A Year of Covid
Jane Deith talks to the medics who fought the first wave of Covid-19 in England's ICUs.
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20:40
In Touch—Covid Testing & Vaccinations: What You Need To Know
The latest guidance on accessing Covid testing and vaccinations.
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21:00
Inside Health—Exercise in the time of Covid
How to get back to exercise after recovering from Covid-19. Online physio to stop falls.
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21:30
The Life Scientific—Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat
Giles Yeo reveals the role our genes play in the obesity epidemic.
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22:00
The World Tonight—UK covid death toll tops 100,000
Boris Johnson takes "full responsibility" for government's handling of crisis
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22:45
The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman—Episode 2
2/10 Richard Osman's bestselling crime novel, abridged by Sara Davies and read by Haydn Gwynne.
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23:00
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane—175. Influencing Mole Rats, with Tom Allen
Fi Glover and Jane Garvey chat to comedian Tom Allen.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—26/01/2021
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—27/01/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer—Ep 2 - Childhood
2/5 Esther Safran Foer's parents have outlasted the war but the future is uncertain.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—27/01/2021
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/01/2021
The latest news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/01/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger
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05:45
Farming Today—27/01/21 Environment Bill delayed; Water management; Sexed Semen; Soft Cheese
Conservationists dismayed by further delays to the passing of the Environment Bill.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Stephen Moss on the Song Thrush
Writer and wildlife programme-maker Stephen Moss is inspired by the song thrush.
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