FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—26/01/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Cotton
2/5 The writer Sofi Thanhauser travels to Lubbock in Texas to watch the cotton harvest.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—26/01/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/01/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/01/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger.
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05:45
Farming Today—26/01/22 - Carbon labelling on food, farm business resilience and the OEP
How can you include the carbon footprint of food on a label?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Nadia Archer on the Peregrine
Nadia Archer of the RSPB recalls Manchester's peregrines for Tweet of the Day.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—26/01/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
More or Less—Should you follow the 5 second rule? And does inflation hit the poorest harder?
Does inflation hit poor households harder and how many people have died of Covid?
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09:30
The Death of Nuance—In Praise of Moderation
3/5 Oliver Burkeman explores what it means to be a moderate in a world lacking nuance.
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09:45
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Silk
3/5 Sofi Thanhauser travels to China to meet those struggling to keep silk production afloat.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—The Corona Lisa, Dr Koshka Duff, Magistrates and Revolutionary women
Emma speaks to Dr Koshka Duff about her treatment by the Metropolitan Police.
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11:00
This Union—Being Welsh, Episode 1
1/3 Jeremy Bowen returns home to Wales in search of what it means to be Welsh.
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11:30
Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends—Choreographer Alvin Ailey
Arlene Phillips talks to Oti Mabuse about her dancing legend - Alvin Ailey
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—26/01/2022
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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12:04
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf—3: "Are you happy, Clarissa?"
3/10 Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
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12:18
You and Yours—NHS delays, Adaptive fashion, Communal heating
Hospital delays and cancellations, adaptive fashion and crippling energy costs.
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12:57
Weather—26/01/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—26/01/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
1922: The Birth of Now—The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun
The True Story of Ah Q, by Lu Xun, China's first modernist work of literature
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14:00
The Archers—25/01/2022
There’s an unexpected guest at Brookfield.
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14:15
Fault Lines: Money, Sex and Blood—Series 3: Blood, Bad Blood
5/5 Glenda Jackson stars in five linked dramas seen through the lens of blood.
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15:00
Money Box—Energy Prices
Charmaine Cozier, listeners and experts discuss the impact of rising energy prices.
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15:30
Inside Health—New therapies for sickle cell disease
Hopes for a gene editing cure for sickle cell disease.
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—Extremism
Extremism: going undercover with the far right, Islamists and anti feminists.
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16:30
The Media Show—Face to face with the ISIS "Beatles"
Ahead of a major US trial, ITV News' Rohit Kachroo on interviewing British ISIS fighters.
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17:00
PM—26/01/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—26/01/2022 PM to fight on
Boris Johnson refuses to resign as he waits for a report into parties at Downing Street.
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18:30
Ellie Taylor's Safe Space—Series 2, Holidays
4/4 Comedian Ellie Taylor is no fan of holidays and thinks they should be packed off.
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19:00
The Archers—26/01/2022
Alistair comes to the rescue.
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19:15
Front Row—Isabel Allende on her new novel Violeta, Freya McClements on the play The White Handkerchief, William Sitwell and FaΓ§ade,
Isabel Allende on her latest book, Violeta, a fictional account of one woman’s life.
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20:00
Moral Maze—Ukraine - to intervene or not to intervene.
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
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20:45
Witness History—Farzad Bazoft - Observer journalist in Baghdad
In 1989 the Observer journalist was arrested and accused of spying for Britain.
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21:00
Sketches: Stories of Art and People—On the Road
True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
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21:30
The Media Show—Face to face with the ISIS "Beatles"
Ahead of a major US trial, ITV News' Rohit Kachroo on interviewing British ISIS fighters.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Ukraine: US gives formal responses to Russian demands
Blinken says Washington made no concessions on core principles
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22:45
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf—3: "Are you happy, Clarissa?"
3/10 Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
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23:00
Bunk Bed—Series 9, Ep 3 Discussions continue with Harry Shearer from the Simpsons
3/8 Bed-ridden wit from Patrick Marber, Peter Curran and The Simpsons' Harry Shearer.
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23:15
The John Moloney Show—Series 5, New For Old
1/4 Stand-up John Moloney, returns to the stage to do what he does best - tell funny stories.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—26/01/2022
Susan Hulme reports on another high-stakes Prime Minister's Questions Time.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—27/01/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Silk
3/5 Sofi Thanhauser travels to China to meet those struggling to keep silk production afloat.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—27/01/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/01/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/01/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger.
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05:45
Farming Today—27/01/2022 Report calls for more government support for farmers with carbon capture; food labelling; Clydesdale horses
A report says the government’s plans for using tree planting to capture carbon are at risk
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Helen Moncrieff on the Shag
Helen Moncrieff has a particular fondness for a bird known locally as a scarf.
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