FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—14/03/2018
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
An Alternative History of Art—Helen Chadwick
7/10 Iwona Blazwick profiles installation artist and photographer Helen Chadwick. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—14/03/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—14/03/2018
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—14/03/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—14/03/2018
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—14/03/2018
A spiritual comment and prayer, with the Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister.
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05:45
Farming Today—Religious slaughter, Food names, and Pink-footed geese
A new method of stunning animals in abattoirs is being tested.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Nick Moran on the Heron
Nick Moran describes the excitement of recording the nocturnal flight calls of herons.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—14/03/2018
Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Only Artists—Series 4, Humphrey Ocean and Mark Alexander
Artist Humphrey Ocean meets painter Mark Alexander.
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09:30
You're Doing It Wrong—Series 1, Diet
Adam Buxton looks at our eating habits: low-carb, high-fat, raw-food, vegan diets. Help!
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09:45
An Alternative History of Art—Ben Patterson
8/10 Curator Naomi Beckwith profiles overlooked artist and Fluxus founder-member Ben Patterson.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—The inner lives of doctors. What can you allow your kids to do and when? And how money is marketed at women.
The inner lives of doctors. What can you allow your kids to do and when? Labiplasty.
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10:41
15 Minute Drama—A Small Town Murder, Episode 3
3/5 Jackie has some news about the death of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal.
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10:55
The Listening Project—Neil and Helen - Creating a Monster?
Outsourcing problems instead of fixing them.
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11:00
On and Off the Valley Lines—Resilience
Stories of the people who live along the south Wales valleys rail network.
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11:30
Boswell's Lives—Series 3, Boswell's Life of de Beauvoir
Time-travelling biographer James Boswell meets Simone de Beauvoir.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—14/03/2018
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
Home Front—14 March 1918 - Sylvia Graham
Sylvia Graham establishes a new friendship.
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12:15
You and Yours—NHS Dentists, Big Ticket Spending, Student Mental Health
The shortage of NHS dentists, Spending on 'big ticket' items, Student mental health.
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12:57
Weather—14/03/2018
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—14/03/2018
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
Horse Story—3. Warhorses
Clare Balding on the past, present and future of the military horse.
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14:00
The Archers—13/03/2018
Joe makes a shocking admission. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—School Drama, Episode 1
1/4 A failing school tries to turn itself around by staging Romeo and Juliet. (R)
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15:00
Money Box—Money Box Live: April tax and benefit changes
Will April's tax and benefit changes affect your finances?
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15:30
Inside Health—Cardiac Rehab, Withdrawing from Antidepressants, Middle Ear Implant
Dr Mark Porter busts some of the myths surrounding recovery from a heart attack. (R)
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—Racial inequality now, Women and political language
Racial inequality now. Also, women and political language.
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16:30
The Media Show—George Osborne and the economics of free news
George Osborne explains his redesign of The Evening Standard.
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17:00
PM—14/03/2018
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—14/03/2018 UK to expel 23 Russian diplomats
Theresa May sets out her response to the nerve agent attack in Salisbury
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18:30
It's Not What You Know—Series 5, Episode 2
2/4 Joe Lycett tests Gyles Brandreth, Sarah Kendall and Phil Wang on who they know, not what.
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19:00
The Archers—14/03/2018
Alistair's world collapses.
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19:15
Front Row—Mary Magdalene, Icelandic fiction, Joseph Morpurgo, Stephen Hawking in culture
A review of film Mary Magdalene, and the rich world of Icelandic fiction.
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—A Small Town Murder, Episode 3
3/5 Jackie has some news about the death of Brian's daughter. Starring Meera Syal. (R)
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20:00
Moral Maze—The Morality of Comedy
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
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20:45
Lent Talks—Put Down Your Gun - Rev Dr Tammy Williams
Another violent arrest - Rev Dr Tammy Williams on alternatives to gun violence.
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21:00
The Reith Lectures—Professor Stephen Hawking - Black Holes, Do black holes have no hair?
1/2 Professor Stephen Hawking delivers the first of his 大象传媒 Reith Lectures on black holes. (R)
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21:30
Only Artists—Series 4, Humphrey Ocean and Mark Alexander
Artist Humphrey Ocean meets painter Mark Alexander. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—Biggest expulsion of Russian diplomats from the UK since the end of the Cold War.
23 'undeclared intelligence officers' given a week to leave the country.
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22:45
The Long Drop by Denise Mina—8. The Defence
8/10 Glasgow, 1958. Peter Manuel has sacked his legal team and is conducting his own defence.
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23:00
Domestic Science—Series 2, Bath Time
4/4 A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with Festival of the Spoken Nerd.
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23:15
The John Moloney Show—Series 1, Bank Robbers and Cats
1/4 Stand-up John Moloney tells a joke about a bank robber and a story about his cat Edward. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—14/03/2018
Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—15/03/2018
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
An Alternative History of Art—Ben Patterson
8/10 Curator Naomi Beckwith profiles overlooked artist and Fluxus founder-member Ben Patterson. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—15/03/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—15/03/2018
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—15/03/2018
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—15/03/2018
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—15/03/2018
A spiritual comment and prayer, with the Reverend Richard Littledale, Baptist minister.
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05:45
Farming Today—Trade with Russia, the Kiplingcoates Derby, Storm Damage and Nurseries
Sybil Ruscoe asks how farming is affected by the diplomatic row with Russia.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Sarah Harris on the Blackbird
Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.
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