FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—24/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 4
4/5 Actor Stanley Tucci shares his intimate memoir of a life lived with food at its heart.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—24/12/2021
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—24/12/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Fr Dermot Preston.
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05:45
Farming Today—24/12/21 - A Feast of Festive Farming Fun
Charlotte Smith spreads Christmas cheer with a feast of festive farming stories.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Blackbird
Chris Packham presents the blackbird.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—24/12/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Dame Prue Leith, writer and broadcaster
Dame Prue Leith, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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09:45
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 5
5/5 Stanley Tucci delights in reconnecting with his sense of taste after treatment for cancer.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering.
The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering.
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11:00
Look At What You Could Have Won
A reappraisal of the 80s TV quiz Bullseye, asking what we've lost and what we've become.
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11:30
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Away in a Mangle!
How long will Count Arthur last in the role of Father Christmas this year?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—24/12/2021
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, including the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—5. The Third Gift
5/5 Joseph is ill. Mary is there. Gabriel watches over them both.
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12:18
You and Yours—Call You and Yours - What's changed for the better for you in 2021?
What's changed for the better for you in 2021?
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12:57
Weather—24/12/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—24/12/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
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13:45
The Hackers—Series 1, Broken
10/10 Biella discovers why simply repairing your own device may make you a hacker.
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14:00
The Archers—23/12/2021
Someone comes knocking for Alan
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14:15
Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz—The Winter Queen, Episode 2
2/2 Pilgrim searches for the mysterious Mrs Bronson as a fierce blizzard hits Melcombe town
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15:00
A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—Christmas 2021
A service of carols, hymns, and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
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16:30
Last Word—bell hooks (pictured), Shirley McGreal, Lionel Blair, Melvin Van Peebles
Julian Worricker on a writer, a conservationist, an entertainer, a film director.
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17:00
PM—24/12/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—24/12/2021 Another surge in Covid cases
Officials encouraged by data suggesting omicron is less likely to cause serious illness
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18:15
Dead Ringers—Christmas Specials 2021, The Multiverse Special
3/3 A special where the team look back at 2021 in various alternate earths in the multiverse.
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19:00
Lemn Sissay's Poetry Rebels—The Establishment Poets
4/5 How have the rebel poets stormed the establishment? Lemn Sissay charts their rise.
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19:15
Screenshot—Christmas
Ellen and Mark explore festive screen favourites It's A Wonderful Life and Second Coming.
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20:00
Loose Ends—Loose Ends Lounge: Fryars, Joy Crookes, Damon Albarn, Kathryn Williams, Jackson Browne, Kitti, Glenn Tilbrook and more..
Clive Anderson with a choice of some of the best Loose Ends music performances.
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20:50
A Point of View—The Sea at Christmas
Howard Jacobson stares out to sea....and ponders the 'mysterious nexus of sea and Santa'.
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21:00
With Great Pleasure—With Great Pleasure at Christmas
Barry Humphries exchanges poetry and prose with Miriam Margolyes and Rob Brydon.
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22:00
The Reunion—Love Actually
Kirsty Wark reunites some of the stars of the 2003 Christmas film Love Actually.
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22:45
Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—5. The Third Gift
5/5 Joseph is ill. Mary is there. Gabriel watches over them both.
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23:00
Soul Music—Series 25, O Holy Night
The carol that touched the lives of the former Archbishop of York and singer, Katie Melua.
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23:30
Midnight Mass
Midnight Mass with celebrant and preacher the Right Rev John Arnold, bishop of Salford.
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Late
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—25/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—25/12/2021
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:34
Shipping Forecast—25/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—25/12/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Azariah France-Williams.
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05:45
Four Thought—Brain Matters
Beth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of.
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