FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—21/03/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Wireless Nights—Series 7, Full Moon
Jarvis Cocker discovers what happens here on earth on the night of the full moon.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford
Bells on Sunday comes from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—21/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—21/03/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—21/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—21/03/2022
Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion.
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05:45
Farming Today—21/03/22 No more free range eggs, lamb industry update
As of today, no more free range eggs on our shelves.
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05:56
Weather—21/03/2022
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Willow Tit
Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—21/03/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Welsh identities
Helen Lewis with Richard Wyn Jones, Hanan Issa, Marion Loeffler and Richard King.
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09:45
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped The Past by Richard Cohen—Who Tells Our Story?
6/10 Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Maggie Murray, Melinda Simmons, Emma Beddington and Sandy Black, Tina Backhouse, Matthew Greenwood
Female photographers documenting resistance across generations feature in a new exhibition
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11:00
My Name Is...—My Name Is Bex
As a teacher Bex Wilson saw what happened when kids didn't have beds and decided to act.
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11:30
Loose Ends—Barry Humphries, Andy Hamilton, Laura Neal, NilΓΌfer Yanya, Pictish Trail, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—21/03/2022
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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12:04
Passing by Nella Larsen—Episode 1
1/5 Chicago in 1925. Two women, childhood friends, are reacquainted by a chance meeting.
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12:18
You and Yours—Supermarket Shakeup; Electric Vehicle charging on the motorway
Bye bye to chocolate at checkouts.
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12:57
Weather—21/03/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—21/03/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
Past Forward: A Century of Sound—Dinner Is Served
Greg Jenner dives into the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ archive to explore the changes between then and now.
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14:00
The Archers—20/03/2022
Jazzer receives bad news.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Song of the Reed, Bittern
4/4 Conclusion of remarkable drama following the life of a nature reserve over one year.
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15:00
Counterpoint—Series 35, The Final, 2022
13/13 The wide-ranging music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
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15:30
The Food Programme—The True Cost of Food
Sheila Dillon and expert panel discuss the hidden costs of food production
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16:00
Banding: Love, Spit and Valve Oil—The pursuit of excellence
Martin Green looks at why brass bands are so good.
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16:30
The Digital Human—Series 25, Anticipation
Aleks Krotoski asks why we're always yearning for new technological solution to problems?
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17:00
PM—21/03/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—21/03/2022 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says government was too slow to secure her release
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says the UK was too slow to secure her release from Iran.
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18:30
Just a Minute—Series 88, Episode 5
5/6 Sue Perkins hosts Radio 4's longest running panel show, Just a Minute.
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19:00
The Archers—21/03/2022
Alice is stunned by a shocking admission
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19:15
Front Row—Hew Locke, Ivo Van Hove, Danielle De Niese, Ernesto Ottone and Dr Maya Goodfellow
Hew Locke on his new Tate Britain commission, an installation called The Procession
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20:00
Pay Freezes—From the Crash to Today
Phil Tinline traces the ups and downs of the politics of pay in Britain since 2008.
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20:30
Analysis—The Court of Putin
Inside the murky world of decision-making in Putin’s Russia.
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21:00
The Anatomy of Kindness—Is there such thing as a pure act of kindness?
Claudia Hammond asks: can we ever be purely kind and do our motivations matter?
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21:30
Start the Week—Welsh identities
Helen Lewis with Richard Wyn Jones, Hanan Issa, Marion Loeffler and Richard King.
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22:00
The World Tonight—New curfew in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv
City was hit by Russian shelling last night
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22:45
Passing by Nella Larsen—Episode 1
1/5 Chicago in 1925. Two women, childhood friends, are reacquainted by a chance meeting.
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23:00
You're Dead to Me—Josephine Baker
Greg Jenner and the team take us to 1920s Paris to meet the phenomenal Josephine Baker.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—21/03/2022
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—22/03/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Making History: The Storytellers Who Shaped The Past by Richard Cohen—Who Tells Our Story?
6/10 Richard Cohen considers the storytellers of the past.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—22/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—22/03/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—22/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—22/03/2022
Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion.
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05:45
Farming Today—22/03/22 - P&O Ferry disruption, lambcam and the future of pigs
Specialist sheep breeders in Northern Ireland are hit by the P&O Ferry suspension.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Ruff
Bill Oddie presents the ruff.
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