FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—20/02/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Alexandra Fuller - Leaving Before the Rains Come, "They didn't roar and battle and laugh"
4/5 Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—20/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—20/02/2015
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—20/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—20/02/2015
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—20/02/2015
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay.
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05:45
Farming Today—Neonics in Soil, Rural Payments Agency
A discussion on whether neonicotinoid pesticides can persist in the soil for years.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Teal
Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—20/02/2015
Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Mark Rylance
Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young. (R)
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09:45
Book of the Week—Alexandra Fuller - Leaving Before the Rains Come, "It's not supposed to happen this way"
5/5 Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Family Fertility Donors; Eliza Haywood; Beth Orton; Playing with Children
Jenni Murray presents discussion on family fertility donors and a Beth Orton performance.
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10:45
15 Minute Drama—The Embrace, Episode 5
5/5 Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths
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11:00
A Country Practice
Patients and doctors in a Lake District village fight to save their GP surgery.
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11:30
Cleaning Up—1. New Recruit
1/4 Sitcom about a group of night-time cleaners in Manchester. Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—20/02/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
Home Front—20 February 1915 - Edie Chadwick
Johnnie Marshall's attentions to Edie do not go unnoticed.
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12:15
You and Yours—Parking Fines; Hydrogen Cars; eBay ID Theft
Parking fines which may be unlawful, the fate of hydrogen cars and eBay identity theft.
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12:57
Weather—20/02/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—20/02/2015
Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell.
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13:45
A History of Britain in Numbers—Series 2, Public Spending
5/10 Andrew Dilnot charts the history of the British state through its numbers.
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14:00
The Archers—19/02/2015
It is the SAVE jumble sale. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—Bridge
Donna Franceschild's real-time drama about a woman and the stranger she cannot shake off.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Galleywood, Essex
Eric Robson and the team are in the village of Galleywood, Essex.
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15:45
Sitters' Stories—Strandgade 30 by Elizabeth Kuti
What is the secret that Vilhelm Hammershoi鈥檚 wife Ida is hiding from us and her husband?
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16:00
Last Word—Michele Ferrero, Lady Platt of Writtle, John McCabe, Louis Jourdan, Anne Naysmith and Lesley Gore.
Julian Worricker on a confectioner, an engineer, a composer, an actor, a pianist
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16:30
Feedback—20/02/2015
Radio 4's coverage of the Dresden bombings and shocking audio from Copenhagen.
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16:55
The Listening Project—Debbie and Beth: I Just Want My Child to Be Happy
Friends recognise how similar their children with Down's syndrome are to all children.
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17:00
PM—20/02/2015
With the latest news interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—20/02/2015
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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18:30
The News Quiz—Series 86, Episode 1
1/7 A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi Toksvig.
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19:00
The Archers—20/02/2015
David is on a quest.
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19:15
Front Row—Iestyn Davies, Sheila Hancock, Kumiko, London Fashion Week
Countertenor Iestyn Davies, actress Sheila Hancock, London Fashion Week and Kumiko.
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—The Embrace, Episode 5
5/5 Original drama about love, money and betrayal by Linda Marshall Griffiths (R)
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20:00
Any Questions?—20/02/2015
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Lumen Christi College in Northern Ireland
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20:50
A Point of View—The Power of Fiction
Will Self reflects on the power of our relationship with fictional characters.
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21:00
Home Front - Omnibus—16-20 February 1915
The country may be at war, but there is time for romance in industrial Tynemouth.
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21:58
Weather—20/02/2015
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Bomb and gun attack on a hotel in the Somalian capital, Mogadishu.
Ten people killed -- Somali jihadist group, Al Shabaab, claims responsibility
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—In Certain Circles, 'I'm marvellously happy'
5/10 Penny Downie reads Elizabeth Harrower's 1971 novel, published for the first time in 2015.
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23:00
A Good Read—John Sergeant and Helen Lewis
John Sergeant, Helen Lewis and Harriett Gilbert champion favourite books. (R)
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23:27
Short Cuts—Series 6, The Double
6/6 Josie Long hears stories of dopplegangers. (R)
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23:55
The Listening Project—Helen and Virginia - Marriage and Mistakes
Sometimes marriage works second time round, sometimes it doesn't...
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—21/02/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Alexandra Fuller - Leaving Before the Rains Come, "It's not supposed to happen this way"
5/5 Tracy-Ann Oberman reads the new memoir by award-winning author Alexandra Fuller. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—21/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—21/02/2015
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—21/02/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—21/02/2015
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—21/02/2015
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Dr Janet Wootton.
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05:45
iPM—21/02/2015
'I can't tell my brother not to fight' - A Ukrainian on coping with military conscription.
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