FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—21/05/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling—Episode 4
4/5 Hans Rosling’s reputation for treating mysterious epidemics brings a visitor to his door.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—21/05/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—21/05/2021
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—21/05/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—21/05/2021
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—21/05/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Richard Littledale.
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05:45
Farming Today—21/05/21 - The challenges of autonomous robots, Nigel Owens takes on a farm and managing people in nature
The social, legal and ethical issues surrounding the use of robots on the farm.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Great Reed Warbler
Brett Westwood presents the great reed warbler.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—21/05/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Brian Greene
Brian Greene, physicist and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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09:45
How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling—Episode 5
5/5 Hans Rosling takes his public health expertise to Liberia to fight an outbreak of Ebola.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Women on nature, Prisons Minister Alex Chalk, We Are Lady Parts, How infertility diagnoses impact relationships.
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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11:00
Prison Break—Episode 5: If not this, then what?
5/5 Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system.
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11:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 6, 4. Vehicle Stop
4/6 Policeman turned stand-up Alfie Moore takes an audience through real-life crime scenarios
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—21/05/2021
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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12:04
Snowflake by Louise Nealon—Episode 5
5/10 As Debbie’s dreams begin to blur with reality, a tragedy strikes the family.
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12:18
You and Yours—Broken Suits; Hospitality Vacancies; Commonhold Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs
The Broken Suit: Men's tailoring redefined for the post-Pandemic era.
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12:57
Weather—21/05/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—21/05/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
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13:45
It Ain't Me You're Looking For: Bob Dylan at 80—Five: High Water Everywhere (1993-2021)
5/5 Bob Dylan's endings, as powerful as the beginnings round which he built his career in 1963
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14:00
The Archers—20/05/2021
Alice faces the consequences of her actions.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Talawa Stories: Precious Little Thing
A humorous, heartfelt exploration of womanhood and the heart-breaking choices women face.
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14:45
Chinese Characters—Li Qingzhao: Patriotic Poet
The woman remembered today as one of the great poets of Chinese history.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—GQT at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ: Tasty Tomatoes and Anarchic Aloes
Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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15:45
Empty Stages—Madison Chorus
3/3 A drama graduate finds herself alone on a stage in a theatre closed by the pandemic.
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16:00
Last Word—Spencer Silver, Kevin Jackson, Patricia Brown, Asfaw Yemiru
Matthew Bannister on a chemist, a writer, a codebreaker, a teacher.
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16:30
Feedback—21/05/2021
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
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17:00
PM—21/05/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—21/05/2021 PM "very concerned" by report findings into Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's 1995 interview with Princess Diana
Boris Johnson says the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ must take every step to ensure nothing like it happens again.
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18:30
The News Quiz—Series 105, Episode 6
6/8 Andy Zaltzman presents a look back at the week's headlines
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19:00
Front Row—Front Row on Bob Dylan at 80
Front Row on Bob Dylan at 80, with Bob Geldof, Ann Powers, Martin Carthy and Kerry Shale
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19:45
A Big Disease with a Little Name—Don't Die of Ignorance
5/12 Norman Fowler recalls his time leading the British government's response to AIDS.
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20:00
Any Questions?—Pauline Black, Jess Phillips MP, Andy Street, Baroness Stuart
Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Coventry Cathedral.
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20:50
A Point of View—On Concrete
Rebecca Stott on why we need to rethink our love affair with concrete.
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21:00
Meeting Myself Coming Back—Ian Hislop
Private Eye editor and satirist Ian Hislop meets his younger self in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archives.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Scale of damage done by Israel-Hamas conflict assessed
UN restarts humanitarian aid to Gaza
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22:45
Snowflake by Louise Nealon—Episode 5
5/10 As Debbie’s dreams begin to blur with reality, a tragedy strikes the family.
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23:00
Great Lives—Ben Miller on William Hazlitt
Actor and comedian Ben Miller nominates essayist William Hazlitt.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—21/05/2021
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—22/05/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
How I Learned To Understand The World by Hans Rosling—Episode 5
5/5 Hans Rosling takes his public health expertise to Liberia to fight an outbreak of Ebola.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—22/05/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—22/05/2021
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—22/05/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—22/05/2021
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—22/05/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Mark Clavier.
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05:45
Bodies—Episode 8: The genius of Vesalius - science and salvation
8/12 Alice Roberts continues a time-travelling tour of anatomical knowledge of the human body.
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