FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—15/03/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Aunt Mirrie and the Child
A short story by Kate Clanchy.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—15/03/2015
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—15/03/2015
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Bells on Sunday—15/03/2015
The bells of the Church of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon.
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05:45
Lent Talks—Michael Symmons Roberts
Michael Symmons Roberts reflects on the Passion story. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
News Headlines—15/03/2015
The latest national and international news.
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06:05
Something Understood—When Soft Voices Die
John McCarthy explores the way people's senses can summon memories and emotions.
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06:35
On Your Farm—Starting Again at 67
Anna Hill meets a pig farmer whose whole herd was wiped out by swine dysentery.
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06:57
Weather—15/03/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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07:00
News and Papers—15/03/2015
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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07:10
Sunday—Chaplains, Burning Temple, Jean Vanier
A report on the role and impact of chaplains. Plus a 'burning temple' and Jean Vanier.
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07:54
Radio 4 Appeal—Comic Relief
Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.
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07:57
Weather—15/03/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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08:00
News and Papers—15/03/2015
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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08:10
Sunday Worship—In God's Hands: God Loves Us Even Before We Were Created
Fourth in a Lent series exploring what it means to be made in God's image.
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08:48
A Point of View—Cognitive Decline
Tom Shakespeare says wisdom in middle age is some compensation for cognitive decline. (R)
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08:58
Tweet of the Day—Chiffchaff
Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff. (R)
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09:00
Broadcasting House—15/03/2015
Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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10:00
The Archers Omnibus—15/03/2015
Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
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11:16
Desert Island Discs—Robin Millar
Kirsty Young's guest is record producer Robin Millar.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—15/03/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
Just a Minute—Series 71, Episode 5
5/8 With Alun Cochrane, Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts. (R)
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12:32
The Food Programme—大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards 2015: The Finalists
Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards.
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12:57
Weather—15/03/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
The World This Weekend—15/03/2015
Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
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13:30
Food in the Frame
Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.
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14:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Dartmouth
Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dartmouth, Devon. (R)
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14:45
The Listening Project—Sunday Omnibus
Conversations featuring motor neurone disease, monastic life and being a twin.
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15:00
Drama on 4—John Gabriel Borkman, Episode 2
2/2 Back with his old love, will John Gabriel find happiness or desire power even more?
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16:00
Open Book—Children's Literature
Mariella Frostrup on a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.
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16:30
Poetry Please—Poetry and Religion
Roger McGough explores a wide range of poetry about religion.
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17:00
File on 4 Investigates—A Pensions Patchwork
Have UK taxpayers been paying over the odds to prop up council pension funds? (R)
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17:40
Profile—Nigel Dodds
Nigel Dodds, the DUP's leader at Westminster, is a possible post-election kingmaker. (R)
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57
Weather—15/03/2015
The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—15/03/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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18:15
Pick of the Week—Ernie Rea
Ernie Rea chooses his 大象传媒 Radio highlights.
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19:00
The Archers—15/03/2015
Kate is out of sorts.
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19:15
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 How does The Archers sound to people who don't listen to The Archers? (R)
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19:45
Copenhagen Curios—The Bird in the Cage
1/3 In Christianshavn, Erik covets the caged automaton songbird he sees in a shop window.
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20:00
Feedback—13/03/2015
The editor of The Archers answers listeners' questions about the show's recent storylines. (R)
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20:30
Last Word—Sir Terry Pratchett, Florence Arthaud, Patrick Whitefield, Lord Molyneaux, Sam Simon
Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator. (R)
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21:00
Money Box—New Banking Kids on the Block, Selling Annuities for Cash, Structured Products
Twenty firms queue up to join the challenge to the big high street banks. (R)
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21:26
Radio 4 Appeal—Comic Relief
Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief. (R)
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21:30
Analysis—The End of Development
Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that development is an outmoded concept. (R)
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22:00
Westminster Hour—15/03/2015
Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
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22:45
What the Papers Say—15/03/2015
Miranda Green of Newsweek analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
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23:00
The Film Programme—Terence Stamp, Joanna Hogg, Benshi
Joanna Hogg on Chantal Akerman and Terence Stamp on Far from the Madding Crowd. (R)
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23:30
Something Understood—When Soft Voices Die
John McCarthy explores the way people's senses can summon memories and emotions. (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—16/03/2015
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:15
Thinking Allowed—Biologising Parenthood - A Lost Avant-Garde,
Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood. (R)
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—15/03/2015
The bells of the Church of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—16/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—16/03/2015
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—16/03/2015
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—16/03/2015
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—16/03/2015
A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll.
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05:45
Farming Today—UK Pig Industry, Essex Fishermen, Stone Curlews
Why there is a pork glut in the EU, and why it is cheaper on the continent than UK pork.
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05:56
Weather—16/03/2015
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Curlew (Spring)
Kate Humble presents the curlew. (R)
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