FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—30/09/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison—Ralph Vaughan Williams Has an Epiphany
4/5 Ralph Vaughan Williams meets Mr Potiphar and has a musical epiphany.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/09/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—30/09/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/09/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—30/09/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—30/09/2022
Spiritual reflection with Fiona Stewart, a writer who runs a Christian arts charity.
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05:45
Farming Today—30/09/2022: Scottish Rural Visas, English Vineyard, Flea Beetles and Pesticide Legislation
The Scottish Government wants bespoke rural visas to attract foreign workers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Val Thompson on the pink-footed goose
Val Thompson remembers her late husband and watching pink-footed geese in Norfolk.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—30/09/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Jay Blades, presenter and furniture restorer
Jay Blades, presenter, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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09:45
The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison—The Captain's Apprentice Is Revisited
5/5 Ralph Vaughan Williams reappraises The Captain's Apprentice when disaster strikes.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Mel Shilling, Meera Narandan, Ella Saltmarshe, Lina Prestwood, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Nadia Gilani
Time off for a broken heart?
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11:00
Net Zero: A Very British Problem—Food
Matt Winning looks at what lies ahead if Britain is to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050.
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11:30
Relativity—Series 4, Episode 4
4/6 A chaotic Snell family Zoom leads to Ken making a noble offer, to much hilarity.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—30/09/2022
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
Archive on 4—Paul Verhoeven's American Futures
Explore the American futures of Paul Verhoeven from Robocop to Starship Troopers.
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12:57
Weather—30/09/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—30/09/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Ben Wright.
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13:45
The Scramble for Rare Earths—5. The Great New Game
5/5 Misha Glenny hears how Ukraine is sitting on huge amounts of rare earth minerals.
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14:00
The Archers—29/09/2022
Chelsea faces the music.
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14:15
Limelight—One Five Seven Years, One Five Seven Years - Episode 2: Uche
2/5 Alternative reality drama. A rare genetic condition makes some people live twice as long.
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14:45
Living with the Gods—Living with No Gods
Neil MacGregor on societies who banished religion, from revolutionary France to the USSR.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Central Lancashire
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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15:45
Short Works—Last Time by Rebecca Watson
A powerful new story for radio by the author of 2021 breakthrough novel, little scratch
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16:00
Last Word—Dame Hilary Mantel, John McVicar, Joyce Reynolds, Paul Sartin
Matthew Bannister on an author, an ex-offender, a classicist and a musician.
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16:30
More or Less—Mini-budget, TV audience for the Queen’s funeral and 0.5 on the Richter scale
Did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen’s funeral?
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17:00
PM—30/09/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—30/09/2022 President Putin has been condemned for an illegal land grab -- after annexing parts of Ukraine.
President Putin has been condemned for annexing parts of Ukraine.
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18:30
The News Quiz—Series 109, Episode 3
3/6 Andy Zaltzman quizzes the week's news.
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19:00
The Archers—30/09/2022
Will Jill smell a rat?
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19:15
Screenshot—Method Acting
Mark Kermode and Ellen E Jones are getting under the skin of method acting.
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20:00
Any Questions?—Stephen Flynn MP, Dame Arlene Foster, Ranil Jayawardena MP, James Murray MP
Jonny Dymond presents political debate and discussion from Ringwood School in Hampshire.
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20:50
A Point of View—Notions of Blackness
Bernardine Evaristo reflects on black 'authenticity'.
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21:00
Bhopal—Bhopal (Omnibus)
The story of Rajkumar Keswani, the man who foretold the world's worst industrial accident
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22:00
The World Tonight—Russia annexes 4 Ukrainian regions
Land grab of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia
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22:45
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes—Episode Ten
10/10 The story of Medusa as you've never heard it before. Read by Susannah Fielding.
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23:00
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty—Episode 1
1/2 A priest is called in when a 12-year-old girl appears to be possessed by a demonic force.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—01/10/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
The Captain's Apprentice by Caroline Davison—The Captain's Apprentice Is Revisited
5/5 Ralph Vaughan Williams reappraises The Captain's Apprentice when disaster strikes.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—01/10/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—01/10/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—01/10/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—01/10/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—01/10/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Warren Elf
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05:45
Four Thought—From Bradford with Love
Bradford-born writer Amit Dhand on how people in his city can lead the way on integration.
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