FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—25/01/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Linen
1/5 American author Sofi Thanhauser explores stories of craft and labour through five fabrics.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—25/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—25/01/2022
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—25/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—25/01/2022
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—25/01/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger.
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05:45
Farming Today—25/01/22 Tree planting grants for farmers, grass fed beef labeling
More incentives to plant trees - but will the new grants be a good fit for farmers?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Black-throated Diver
John Aitchison presents the black-throated diver.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—25/01/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Room 5—Series 1, 3. Serena
4/9 Serena has to make a life-changing decision.
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09:30
The Political Butterfly Effect—Did a handwritten note make Theresa May prime minister?
Jim Waterson asks whether one single piece of paper put Theresa May in Downing Street.
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09:45
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Cotton
2/5 The writer Sofi Thanhauser travels to Lubbock in Texas to watch the cotton harvest.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Six the Musical, Author Hannah Jewell on 'snowflakes', Women in Ukraine
The success of the modern musical retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII.
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11:00
The Coming Storm—S1: 4. Q Drops
The battle for reality.
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11:30
My Name Is...—My Name Is Emma
Emma wants to know how she can stay living in her hometown.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—25/01/2022
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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12:04
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf—2: Had not that, after all, been love?
2/10 Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923, read by Sian Thomas.
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12:18
You and Yours—Call You & Yours: Are you looking for a new job in 2022?
The Great Resignation - are you rethinking your job, your pay, your hours?
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12:57
Weather—25/01/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—25/01/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
1922: The Birth of Now—The Criterion, which published The Waste Land
The Criterion, in which the seminal modernist poem The Waste Land first appeared.
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14:00
The Archers—24/01/2022
Josh questions whether he鈥檚 up to the task
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14:15
Fault Lines: Money, Sex and Blood—Series 3: Blood, Confessions
4/5 Glenda Jackson stars in a series of linked plays seen through the lens of blood.
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15:00
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 35, Home Economics: Episode 50
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
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15:30
The Long View—The Long View of the Future, The Rise of China
1/5 Jonathan Freedland explores historical parallels to the rise of China today.
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16:00
Word of Mouth—It's language, Jim, but not as we know it
Michael Rosen talks to science communicator Dr Hannah Little.
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16:30
Great Lives—Spike Milligan
Comedian and poet Henry Normal picks his comedy hero - Spike Milligan.
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17:00
PM—25/01/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—25/01/2022 Police to investigate Number 10 lockdown gatherings
Boris Johnson has welcomed the inquiry, saying it would bring "clarity".
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18:30
Tudur Owen: United Nations of Anglesey—Episode 1
1/2 The first episode in a two-part tale from Anglesey comedian Tudur Owen.
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19:00
The Archers—25/01/2022
There鈥檚 an unexpected guest at Brookfield.
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19:15
Front Row—Martin Freeman on The Responder and Cultural Levelling Up
Actor Martin Freeman and writer Tony Schumacher on new drama The Responder.
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20:00
File on 4 Investigates—Deadly Delays: The Ambulance Crisis
Lives are being lost because ambulances are taking so long to reach the critically ill
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20:40
In Touch—Retinal Vein Occlusion; Reading the Room
We answer your questions about retinal vein occlusion with a consultant ophthalmologist.
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21:00
Inside Health—New therapies for sickle cell disease
Hopes for a gene editing cure for sickle cell disease.
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21:30
Room 5—Series 1, 3. Serena
4/9 Serena has to make a life-changing decision.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Met Police to investigate Downing Street parties
Number 10 says Boris Johnson does not believe he's broken any law
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22:45
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf—2: Had not that, after all, been love?
2/10 Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel, set over one day in 1923, read by Sian Thomas.
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23:00
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane—219. Slow Eaters' Tables and French Roundabouts, with Paris Lees
Fi and Jane are joined by the author and presenter Paris Lees.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—Today in Parliament
Sean Curran reports as the police launch an investigation into Downing Street parties.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—26/01/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser—Cotton
2/5 The writer Sofi Thanhauser travels to Lubbock in Texas to watch the cotton harvest.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—26/01/2022
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—26/01/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/01/2022
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/01/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Julia Neuberger.
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05:45
Farming Today—26/01/22 - Carbon labelling on food, farm business resilience and the OEP
How can you include the carbon footprint of food on a label?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Nadia Archer on the Peregrine
Nadia Archer of the RSPB recalls Manchester's peregrines for Tweet of the Day.
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