FM Schedule
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Early
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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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Morning
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06:00
Today—27/01/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—Colette
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major force in French culture in the 20th century.
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09:45
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Nylon
4/5 The writer Sofi Thanhauser explores the freedoms and restrictions nylon has afforded women
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Opera arias reinvented, Holocaust survivor Rachel Levy
The all female string quartet who are reimagining the songs of tragic operatic heroines.
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11:00
From Our Own Correspondent—Russia's Troops: Not Really a Threat to Ukraine?
The Russian people who deny that their troops represent any threat to Ukraine.
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11:30
Taxi Drivers—Episode 1
Scottee examines the relationships between artists and those who assist them.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—27/01/2022
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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12:04
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf—4: "It's no use!"
4/10 Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
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12:18
You and Yours—Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ expert Sarah Beeny on the return of lino; MCE insurance
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ expert Sarah Beeny on the return of lino; energy ratings; hospitality under pressure.
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12:57
Weather—27/01/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—27/01/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
1922: The Birth of Now—Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night
Bertolt Brecht's play Drums in the Night and the concept of alienation in the theatre
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14:00
The Archers—26/01/2022
Alistair comes to the rescue.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Bangla Bantams
Nina Wadia and Sudha Bhuchar star: Bangladeshi Bradford women become ace football fans.
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15:00
Open Country—California's Giant Cousins
Felicity Evans discovers how Europe's largest Redwood grove came to be in mid-Wales.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—Orchid Project
Hoda Ali makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Orchid Project
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15:30
Open Book—Free Love, Richard Beard on Time, Bookshops as Social Spaces
Elizabeth Day speaks to Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love.
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16:00
Think with Pinker—Headlines and trendlines
How we can stop the news distorting our understanding of the world.
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16:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance
Promising results suggest new biomarkers could rate the risk of developing Long Covid.
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17:00
PM—27/01/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—27/01/2022 Boris Johnson has denied authorising the evacuation of animals from Kabul last year
Boris Johnson has denied authorising the evacuation of animals from Kabul last year
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18:30
Plum House—Series 2, A Sound Investment
1/6 The team disagree on the recording of an audio tour to draw in more visitors.
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19:00
The Archers—27/01/2022
Will calm be restored at Brookfield?
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19:15
Front Row—Romola Garai, AlmodΓ³var's Parallel Mothers & Francis Bacon: Man and Beast reviewed
Romola Garai on her directorial debut, horror film Amulet
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20:00
The Briefing Room—How do we learn to live with Covid?
As Plan B Covid restrictions end how do we transition to a society that lives with Covid?
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20:30
Lights Out—Series 4, A Service for Society
4/4 A political scandal, a dead dog and the struggle for gay rights in 1970s Britain.
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21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance
Promising results suggest new biomarkers could rate the risk of developing Long Covid.
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21:30
In Our Time—Colette
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a major force in French culture in the 20th century.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Ukraine and US presidents discuss Russian threat
Zelenskiy and Biden speak about joint efforts to de-escalate border tension
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22:45
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf—4: "It's no use!"
4/10 Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923.
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23:00
The Nether Regions—Series 1, Episode 4
4/4 Sketches exhumed from the Nether Regions of Grant and Marshall’s mental sarcophagus.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—27/01/2022
All the news from Westminster with Sean Curran.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—28/01/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Nylon
4/5 The writer Sofi Thanhauser explores the freedoms and restrictions nylon has afforded women
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—28/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—28/01/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—28/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—28/01/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—28/01/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger.
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05:45
Farming Today—28/01/22 New research initiative; Labelling pork; Farmer for Island of Ulva.
Agricultural universities team up for research; labelling pork; island seeks farmer.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Amy Liptrot on the Curlew
Writer Amy Liptrot reflects on the evocative disappearing curlew call in the uplands.
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