FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—09/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Wintering by Katherine May—Episode 3
3/5 A thought-provoking, generous celebration of life鈥檚 dark seasons and fallow times
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—09/12/2021
A selection of 大象传媒 World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—09/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—09/12/2021
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/12/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
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05:45
Farming Today—09/12/21 - Fishing accidents, Scottish farm payments, flytipping
It鈥檚 been the worst year in a decade for deaths in the fishing industry.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—John McPherson on the Hooded Crow
Wildlife photographer John McPherson recalls the hooded crow for Tweet of the Day.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—09/12/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—The May Fourth Movement
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and protests in 1919 that shaped modern China.
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09:45
Wintering by Katherine May—Episode 4
4/5 A thought-provoking, generous celebration of life鈥檚 dark seasons and fallow times
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Jazz pianist Zoe Rahman, Allegra Stratton's resignation, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Germany's abortion law
Award-winning jazz pianist Zoe Rahman joins Emma.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—Poland鈥檚 Fractured Borderlands
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.
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11:30
The Exploding Library—Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
Comedian Daliso Chaponda unravels the myriad personas of Vonnegut's Mother Night.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—09/12/2021
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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12:04
Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 2, Trevor
4/8 By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
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12:18
You and Yours—Mary Portas on high streets
Mary Portas on the state of UK high streets.
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12:57
Weather—09/12/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—09/12/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
Male Order—9. Who Guards the Guards?
Running an unregulated market - reckless or naive?
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14:00
The Archers—08/12/2021
Eddie gets his own back.
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14:15
This Thing of Darkness—Series 2, Part 5
5/7 How cruel can someone be to get your attention?
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15:00
Open Country—Wizards and steam trains on the West Highland Line
Tales of princes and wizards with musician, Ingrid Henderson, on the West Highland Line.
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15:27
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal—The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields 2021
The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.
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15:30
Bookclub—Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to bestselling writer Rachel Joyce.
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16:00
Think with Pinker—Don鈥檛 expect a zebra
Why medical students are advised if you hear hoofbeats behind you, don't expect a zebra
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16:30
大象传媒 Inside Science—Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
T-Cells in vaccinated folk might just hold the fort against the latest SARS CoV2 variant.
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17:00
PM—09/12/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/12/2021 Labour has accused Boris Johnson of lying to his own standards adviser and taking the British public for fools.
Labour has accused Boris Johnson of lying to his own standards adviser.
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18:30
Relativity—Series 3, Episode 5
5/6 Unexpectedly reunited, no partners or offspring, the family of four go down memory lane.
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19:00
The Archers—09/12/2021
Tom is thrown into a panic
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19:15
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?
From insurgency to government - the challenges for the Taliban and the west.
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20:30
The Spark—Julia Galef on motivated cognition
Julia Galef on how 'motivated cognition' blocks clear thinking - and how to get round it.
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21:00
大象传媒 Inside Science—Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
T-Cells in vaccinated folk might just hold the fort against the latest SARS CoV2 variant.
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21:30
In Our Time—The May Fourth Movement
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and protests in 1919 that shaped modern China.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Conservatives fined by Electoral Commission over No 10 flat refurb
Labour accuses PM of lying to his own standards adviser
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22:45
The Omen by David Seltzer—4. Danger
4/5 Kathy is in danger. Read by Owen Teale.
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23:00
Fred at The Stand—Series 3, Lost Voice Guy, Lauren Pattison, Michael Akadiri and Esther Manito
7/8 Stand-up comedy with Fred MacAulay and guests, from The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—09/12/2021
Susan Hulme reports on the latest developments in the Downing Street party saga.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—10/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Wintering by Katherine May—Episode 4
4/5 A thought-provoking, generous celebration of life鈥檚 dark seasons and fallow times
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—10/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—10/12/2021
A selection of 大象传媒 World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—10/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—10/12/2021
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—10/12/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Bert Tosh.
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05:45
Farming Today—10/12/21 - The trees felled by Storm Arwen, NI farm payments and Kelvin Fletcher goes farming
The millions of trees felled by Storm Arwen.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Craig Hartley on the Green Woodpecker
Craig Hartley revels in a near-miss encounter with a green woodpecker for Tweet of the Day
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