FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—01/02/2019
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Silence, Episode 4
Erling Kagge explores how philosophers throughout history have thought about silence. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—01/02/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—01/02/2019
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—01/02/2019
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—01/02/2019
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—01/02/2019
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rabbi Alex Chapper.
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05:45
Farming Today—Project Calf, Antibiotics for sheep
Anna Hill considers the impact of a new vegan campaign focusing on dairy farms.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Woodcock
Kate Humble presents the woodcock. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—01/02/2019
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Wendy Cope, poet
Wendy Cope, poet, shares her eight track choices with Lauren Laverne. (R)
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09:45
Book of the Week—Silence, Episode 5
Philosopher and explorer Erling Kagge examines the important role of silence in music.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Skin from Skunk Anansie
Skin, online tracking of Saudi women, Tobi Kyeremateng and Tanika Gupta, Clodagh McKenna
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10:45
Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair—Series 2, A Slight Alteration
5/6 Tessa Peake-Jones plays a dressmaker whose latest commission comes at a cost. (R)
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11:00
Seeing Unseen Children
The stories that lie behind parents labelled abusers by society and the courts.
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11:30
Agendum—Series 1, Fruit
1/4 Current affairs parody and stupidly feasible visit to the 24-hour Hall of Opinion Mirrors. (R)
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—01/02/2019
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
A History of Ideas—Giles Fraser on Wittgenstein and Blade Runner
Theologian Giles Fraser on Wittgenstein and Blade Runner (R)
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12:15
You and Yours—Letting fees, New movie releases at home, Tourist taxes
No more letting fees for tenants in England. The cinema streaming its movies direct to TVs
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12:57
Weather—01/02/2019
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—01/02/2019
Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
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13:45
Full Circle—Fox and Owl
Five interconnected couples tell all.
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14:00
The Archers—31/01/2019
Jennifer faces opposition (R)
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14:15
Suspicious Minds
Couple Mark and Fran take a package holiday back in time to reignite their relationship.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—South Lanarkshire
Eric Robson hosts the horticultural panel programme from South Lanarkshire.
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15:45
Short Works—Incident at the Zia Sun
A new short story by acclaimed American author Kirstin Valdez Quade.
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16:00
Last Word—Jeremy Hardy, Diana Athill OBE, Sir Conrad Swan, Michel Legrand
Julian Worricker on a comedian, an editor, a herald and a composer.
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16:30
More or Less—Holocaust deniers, Venezuelan hyperinflation, Tinder likes
Tim Harford on Holocaust deniers, food prices in Venezuela and dating app statistics.
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16:55
The Listening Project—More than Mum
Friends talk about the gap between the expectation of motherhood and the reality of it.
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17:00
PM—01/02/2019
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—01/02/2019 First UK genital mutilation conviction
Mother found guilty of FGM on three-year-old daughter
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18:30
The News Quiz—Series 98, Episode 6
Andy Hamilton, Ayesha Hazarika, Tim Shipman and Lucy Porter join host Miles Jupp.
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19:00
The Archers—01/02/2019
Joe offers some words of wisdom
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19:15
Front Row—Tiffany Haddish, Alice Clark-Platts, National Lottery Heritage Fund at 25
Comedian Tiffany Haddish on her latest role in Lego Movie 2
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—How to Survive the Roman Empire, by Pliny and Me, Episode 5
Venta the slave is forced to fight in the Colosseum. (R)
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20:00
Any Questions?—Rory Stewart MP, Barry Gardiner MP, Ian Dunt, Laura Perrins
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Altwood School in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
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20:50
A Point of View—The Sea Is Back
Stella Tillyard argues that the sea - long forgotten - is beginning to reassert itself.
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21:00
Archive on 4—The Ultimate Trip: Stanley Kubrick's Space Odyssey
Christopher Frayling explores Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction masterpiece. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—01/02/2019
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
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22:45
Rabbit at Rest—Episode 5
5/10 While Harry is recovering, Janice decides to pursue a new career.
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23:00
Woman's Hour—Late Night Woman's Hour: Capitalism and Feminism / Dating Power Balance
Times reporter Ellen Coyne, gender historian Zoe Strimpel and Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo
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23:30
Today in Parliament—01/02/2019
Mark D'Arcy with all the news from Westminster.
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23:55
The Listening Project—What we could have had
A couple on how life has changed since having a baby with a serious health condition.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—02/02/2019
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Silence, Episode 5
Philosopher and explorer Erling Kagge examines the important role of silence in music. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/02/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—02/02/2019
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/02/2019
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—02/02/2019
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/02/2019
With Canon Simon Doogan, Church of Ireland rector of Ballyholme in Bangor, Co Down
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05:45
iPM—'It's taken all the stress out of the relationship'
Having an affair saved my marriage.
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