FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—28/08/2012
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper, Episode 1
1/5 Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work on one of history's greatest masterpieces.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—28/08/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—28/08/2012
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—28/08/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—28/08/2012
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—28/08/2012
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day from Wales with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner.
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05:45
Farming Today—28/08/2012
Charlotte Smith investigates the history of farming cooperatives in the Netherlands.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—28/08/2012
Justine Greening on planes and trains, public sector pay levels and which US votes count.
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09:00
The Life Scientific—Dame Ann Dowling
Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling.
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09:30
One to One—Paddy O'Connell meets Chantal
Paddy O'Connell explores the effect of great emotional upheaval on family life.
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09:45
Book of the Week—Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper, Episode 2
2/5 Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson
Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson previews the Paralympics, plus Sandi Toksvig on her new novel.
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10:45
Craven—Craven: Series 3, Episode 2
2/5 The case involving organised crime and cannabis farming continues.
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11:00
Helping Hamlet: Can Science Cure Procrastination?
Rowan Pelling searches for a cure for the problem which blights her life, procrastination.
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11:30
Soul Music—Series 14, Dvorak's New World Symphony
1/5 Anti-apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs on the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony.
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Afternoon
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12:00
You and Yours—Tackling the obesity problem
What more should be done to ensure we eat healthily?
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12:45
The New Elizabethans—Doreen Lawrence
Jim Naughtie profiles the campaigner and mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.
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12:57
Weather—28/08/2012
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—28/08/2012
News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney.
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13:45
Poetic Justice—Hope
2/5 Women prisoners tell of the despair of imprisonment and the importance of family bonds.
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14:00
The Archers—27/08/2012
Lilian's suspicions are aroused.
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14:15
Brief Lives—Series 5, Episode 3
3/6 Declan investigates why a father wants his estranged daughter arrested for fraud.
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15:00
The Philosopher's Arms—Series 2, Morality and the Law
4/4 Matthew Sweet wonders if we have any moral reason to obey the law.
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15:30
Costing the Earth—Britain's Wilderness
The first attempt in England to turn a landscape back into a wilderness is 10 years old.
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16:00
Word of Mouth—Reading aloud
Chris Ledgard explores the ways people have read to each other at home down the centuries.
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16:30
Great Lives—Juvenal
Matthew Parris and his guest Natalie Haynes encounter the Latin poet Juvenal.
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17:00
PM—28/08/2012
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Includes Weather.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—28/08/2012
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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18:30
Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave
A love story about a socially inept childhood neighbour and a 'well-bred' Surrey girl. (R)
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19:00
The Archers—28/08/2012
Matt plays the innocent.
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19:15
Front Row—Mrs Biggs, Joyce Carol Oates, Berberian Sound Studio
Sheridan Smith in Mrs Biggs, novelist Joyce Carol Oates, and poetry from the rooftop.
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19:45
Craven—Craven: Series 3, Episode 2
2/5 The case involving organised crime and cannabis farming continues.
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20:00
The Lifecycle of a Bullet
A journey through the UK defence economy telling the story of a bullet from factory to war
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20:40
In Touch—28/08/2012
Did the Olympics and Paralympics meet expectations? What legacy can we expect?
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21:00
Inside Health—BP reax, fibroids, access to notes, botox
Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
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21:30
The Life Scientific—Dame Ann Dowling
Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling.
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21:58
Weather—28/08/2012
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—28/08/2012
Round-up of the day's news with Felicity Evans.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—Andrew Miller - Pure, Episode 7
7/10 Still recovering from the attack in his bedroom, Baratte starts to make some changes.
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23:00
Jack's Return Home—Episode 1
1/4 Gangland enforcer Jack Carter goes home to investigate the suspicious death of his brother
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23:30
4 Extra Comedy Club—Ross Noble Goes Global, Episode 3
3/3 Travelling from rainy Sligo to busy Dublin, Ross learns to play the penny whistle - badly. (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—29/08/2012
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper, Episode 2
2/5 Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—29/08/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—29/08/2012
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—29/08/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—29/08/2012
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—29/08/2012
A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner.
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05:45
Farming Today—29/08/2012
An advert claiming 'Red Tractor Pork is High Welfare Pork' is banned. Pig farmers respond.
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