Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—17/09/2024
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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00:30
The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 1 - Shots Are Fired
1/10 The gripping story of the storming of the Iranian Embassy in the spring of 1980.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—17/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—17/09/2024
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—17/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—17/09/2024
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—New Discoveries
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard.
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05:45
Farming Today—17/09/24 Lib Dem party conference; Farmland birds; Peat
It's party conference season and the Lib Dems map out their vision for the countryside.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—17/09/2024 - Universities say tuition fees must rise
Universities say tuition fees must rise to prevent a 'slide into decline'.
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09:00
The Life Scientific—Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies
Rosalie David on what mummies reveal about life, death and medicine in ancient Egypt
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09:30
All in the Mind—Surfing and mental health, grief for dead celebrities, and being unique
Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Kim Cattrall, Sex offender treatment, At-home cervical screening, Author Sarah Pearse
The Sex and the City actor on her new role as CIA agent Eloise Page on Radio 4.
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11:00
Add to Playlist—Emma Rawicz and Julian Joseph, with special guest Rhiannon Giddens
Saxophonist Emma Rawicz and pianist Julian Joseph add the next five tracks.
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11:45
The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 2 - Demands Are Made
2/10 It’s April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—17/09/2024
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Call You & Yours : How should the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ be funded in future?
How should you pay for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ? If the licence fee was abolished, what could replace it?
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12:57
Weather—17/09/2024
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—Live from the Liberal Democrats Party Conference
Live from the Liberal Democrats Party Conference in Brighton
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13:45
Uncharted with Hannah Fry—17. The Golden Spike
With an angry outburst at a conference, one scientist ignites a multi-decade quest
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14:00
The Archers—16/09/2024
There’s a surprise for Emma.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Half Lives
A scientist and a linguist wrestle with the legacy of nuclear power.
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15:00
Short Cuts—A Word
Josie Long presents short documentaries uncovering the power of words.
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15:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award—Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award 2024, The Barber of Erice by Will Boast
7/10 The second of five stories in contention for this year's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award.
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—Medical Icons
Medical revolutions that transformed out relationship to our bodies and the world.
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16:30
When It Hits the Fan—Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ in crisis, laughing at Trump and the elephant in the room
David and Simon discuss the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Trump and navigating the unmentionable.
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17:00
PM—Hezbollah struck by exploding pagers
Hundreds of members of armed group Hezbollah injured by their electronic pagers.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—17/09/2024 Exploding pagers used in unprecedented mass attack on Hezbollah
The Lebanese armed group immediately blamed Israel amid a recent escalation in tensions
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18:30
Heresy—Series 12, Episode 3
3/6 Victoria Coren Mitchell presents another edition of the show which dares to commit heresy.
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19:00
The Archers—17/09/2024
Tom struggles to mediate.
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19:15
Front Row—David Peace, new plays crisis, Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Man Utd.
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20:00
File on 4 Investigates—Degraded by Deepfakes
How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes.
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20:40
In Touch—Melanie Barratt's Channel Swim; Your Questions, Please
Melanie Barratt: considered to be the first blind woman to have completed the Channel swim
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21:00
Three Million—7. Road to the Past
Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine.
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21:30
Great Lives—Anneka Rice picks the largely forgotten Jane Morris, muse to Rossetti and wife of William Morris
Anneka Rice picks Jane Morris, wife of William Morris and muse to Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Deaths and thousands of injuries in Lebanon, as pagers used by Hezbollah simultaneously explode
Thousands of injuries after pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah explode
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22:45
Still Lives by Jon McGregor—2: Still Life with Coffee Pot
2/5 Hattie Morahan continues a new series taking its inspiration from still life images.
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23:00
Poetry Please—Hanan Issa
Roger McGough is joined by the National Poet of Wales, Hanan Issa.
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23:30
A Good Read—Sebastian Faulks and Tessa Hadley
Two novelists share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—18/09/2024
National and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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00:30
The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 2 - Demands Are Made
2/10 It’s April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—18/09/2024
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—18/09/2024
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Keepsakes
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard.
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05:45
Farming Today—18/08/24 Trail hunting, Blackberries, Lapwings
Trail hunting - both sides of the debate.
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