FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—08/04/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker—Ep 4 - Raging Against the Dying of the Light
4/5 Harry Parker on cutting edge advances in rehabilitating the body after injury and illness.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—08/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—08/04/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—08/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—08/04/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—08/04/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sadia Azmat
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05:45
Farming Today—08/04/22 - Farming in Ukraine, global food supply, milk prices and leaving farming
Charlotte Smith speaks to a farmer in Ukraine.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Common Pheasant
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the common pheasant.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—08/04/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Reunion—The Boxing Day Tsunami
Kirsty Wark reunites five people whose lives were changed by the tsunami of 2004.
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09:45
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker—Ep 5 - Monsters
5/5 Harry Parker on pole dancing, art and prosthetics.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Saffron Hocking, French presidential elections, Midwives, Afghan girls and SMS education, Author Jendella Benson
Netflix’s Top Boy star who plays Lauryn, Saffron Hocking.
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11:00
Three Pounds in My Pocket—Series 5, Episode 1
1/3 British South Asians and the noughties: pioneers and a backlash.
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11:30
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Austen?—Series 1, 1. Not Now, Voyager
1/5 Florence and Selina are nominated for a writer’s prize and the contest becomes a battle.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—08/04/2022
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Archive on 4—The Ministry of Fun
Sixty years of colourful, complex, cringeworthy encounters between artists and politicians
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12:57
Weather—08/04/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—08/04/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
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13:45
A Show of Hands—Touch
5/5 A massage therapist and a pickpocket reflect on their hands and the sense of touch
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14:00
The Archers—07/04/2022
There’s a new face at Grey Gables.
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14:15
Limelight—Dead Hand, 2: Zero Sum
2/5 DS Murray believes she has found the killer but Greg is not convinced.
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14:45
Living with the Gods—The Beginnings of Belief
Neil MacGregor's series on the role and expression of beliefs begins with the Lion Man.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—GQT from the Archive: 75th Celebration
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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15:45
Short Works—Oestrogen City
Caitlin is persuaded to try speed-dating on a night out in Belfast.
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16:00
Last Word—Derek Mack (pictured), June Brown, Doris Derby, Dave Sales
Matthew Bannister on a rocket engineer, an actor, a civil rights campaigner, a fisherman.
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16:30
Feedback—08/04/2022
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
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17:00
PM—08/04/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—08/04/2022
At least fifty civilians are believed to have been killed in a missile attack in Ukraine
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18:30
The Now Show—Series 60, Episode 5
5/6 Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
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19:00
Letter from Ukraine—About the war and 'dead' books
6/8 Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine.
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19:15
Screenshot—Trains on screen
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode jump on board to explore the role of trains on our screens.
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20:00
Any Questions?—Minette Batters, David TC Davies MP, Liz Saville Roberts MP, Jo Stevens MP
Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from St Mary's Church in Ross-on-Wye.
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20:50
A Point of View—A View From Russia: All I Have To Say
The everyday repression of life in Russia, as seen by an anonymous dissident playwright.
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21:00
The Museums That Make Us—Week Two
Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
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22:00
The World Tonight—At least 50 dead at Kramatorsk railway station
President Biden accuses Russia of "horrific atrocity"
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22:45
The Promise by Damon Galgut—5: 'That old story.'
5/10 2021's Booker Prize-winner charts the story of a family, four funerals and a promise.
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23:00
Great Lives—Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson
Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson
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23:30
The Shadow of Algiers—The Black Box of History
5/5 Stories from France's troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today.
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23:45
Witness History—The Battle for Mount Longdon
An Argentine soldier and a British soldier tell their stories of the Falklands War.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—09/04/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker—Ep 5 - Monsters
5/5 Harry Parker on pole dancing, art and prosthetics.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—09/04/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—09/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—09/04/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/04/2022
Spiritual reflection to start the day with Rev Neil Gardner of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
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05:45
Lent Talks—"I was sick and you cared for me"
A series of personal reflections inspired by an aspect of Jesus' ministry and Passion.
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