FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—29/08/2023
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
How to Build Impossible Things by Mark Ellison—I Am a Carpenter
1/5 New York’s carpenter to the rich and famous reflects on his career.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—29/08/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—World Service
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—29/08/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—29/08/2023
National and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—29/08/2023
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das
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05:45
Farming Today—29/08/23 Harvest 2023, grapes in Devon, peatland restoration
The hottest June on record, then weeks of wet weather - how will this year’s harvest be?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Thrush Nightingale
Brett Westwood presents the thrush nightingale.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—29/08/2023
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Life Scientific—Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
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09:30
One to One—Aleighcia Scott's Reggae Heroes: Chris 'Peckings' Price
Aleighcia Scott speaks to Chris Price about his family's contribution to Reggae in the UK.
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09:45
How to Build Impossible Things by Mark Ellison—High School Dropout
2/5 New York’s carpenter to the rich and famous reflects on his career.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Sarah Beeny, Rebekah Staton, Spanish football kiss update, Deborah Bonello on Narcas
TV presenter Sarah Beeny on what home means to her, and her breast cancer journey.
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11:00
The Archbishop Interviews—Shirine Khoury-Haq
Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives.
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11:30
The Art of Relativity
Einstein's theory of relativity revolutionised science. But how did it transform the arts?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—29/08/2023
The latest national and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?
Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?
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12:57
Weather—29/08/2023
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—29/08/2023
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
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13:45
Animal—Shapeshifters
Fluid, noisy, flouting the rules. Blair Braverman discovers that the ocean is queer.
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14:00
The Archers—28/08/2023
Jazzer makes a promise he might not be able to keep.
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14:15
This Thing of Darkness—Series 2, Part 3
3/7 What happens if we can’t recover from past trauma?
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15:00
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 41, Tunbridge Wells
5/14 Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
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15:30
A Very British Cult—8. The Showdown
Catrin finally confronts Lighthouse's leader as the organisation ends up in court.
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16:00
Moving Pictures—A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
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16:30
Great Lives—Ludwig Koch
Chris Watson on Ludwig Koch
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17:00
PM—29/08/2023
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—29/08/2023 Hundreds more flights cancelled after air traffic technical fault
National Air Traffic Services has apologised for disruption at UK's busiest airports
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18:30
The Ultimate Choice—Series 1, Episode 6: Churchill v Teletubby
6/6 With Daliso Chaponda and Chris McCausland
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19:00
The Archers—29/08/2023
Brad knocks heads together.
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19:15
Add to Playlist—Series 5, Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen take us from Azerbaijan to Dover
Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen explore a popular Bach classic
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20:00
File on 4 Investigates—A Different Class: Excluded kids lured into crime
Children who are excluded from school are being targetted by gangs to sell drugs
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20:40
In Touch—The IBSA World Games
The International Blind Sports Federation hosted the World Games in Birmingham.
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21:00
Political Animals—Mole-Rat Queens and Genital Power
2/3 Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype.
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21:30
The Life Scientific—Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
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22:00
The World Tonight—Air traffic chaos blamed on 'technical issue'
The UK's National Air Traffic Service tells us why hundreds of flight are cancelled.
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22:45
Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney—Episode 2
2/5 Poems read by BrÃd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.
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23:00
Call Jonathan Pie—Call Jonathan Pie Series 1, Episode 1: The Â鶹ԼÅÄ
Pie's unleashed on the public as a last minute stand-in.
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23:30
Call Jonathan Pie—Call Jonathan Pie Series 1, Episode 2: Money
Pie airs his spicy views on money and private education.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—30/08/2023
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
How to Build Impossible Things by Mark Ellison—High School Dropout
2/5 New York’s carpenter to the rich and famous reflects on his career.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/08/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—World Service
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/08/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—30/08/2023
National and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—30/08/2023
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das
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05:45
Farming Today—30/08/23 Border controls; new tech for growing potatoes; tractor driving during harvest
The UK government announces new border controls for imported goods from the EU.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Toco Tucan
Chris Packham presents the South American toco tucan.
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