FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—09/02/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff—2. Cicero's Tears
2/5 What is Cicero to do when tragedy strikes and his philosophy of stoicism fails to console?
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/02/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—09/02/2022
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—09/02/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—09/02/2022
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/02/2022
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley.
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05:45
Farming Today—09/02/22 Australian trade deal, The Fast and the Farmer-ish, young livestock auctioneers
Farming groups express concerns over the Australian trade deal.
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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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Morning
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06:00
Today—09/02/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
More or Less—The prime minister in statistical bother
Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime.
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09:30
The Death of Nuance—Regaining Nuance
5/5 Oliver Burkeman asks how we can recover our nuance.
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09:45
On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff—3. The Painting of Time
3/5 Meditations on consolation turn to El Greco's 16th century depiction of Paradise.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Marian Keyes, Women making crypto art, Self-harm in women's prisons
The bestselling novelist on revisiting a much-loved character in new book Again, Rachel
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11:00
This Union—Being Welsh, Episode 3
3/3 Jeremy Bowen returns home to Wales in search of what it means to be Welsh.
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11:30
Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends—Tap dancer Gene Kelly
Matthew Morrison talks to Oti Mabuse about his dancing legend - Gene Kelly.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—09/02/2022
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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12:04
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke—3. Papers
3/10 Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper - and a meeting makes him uneasy.
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12:18
You and Yours—Dental Crisis, Car Clubs and Council Tax
Would you get rid of your vehicle and join a car club instead?
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12:57
Weather—09/02/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—09/02/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
Lemn Sissay's Poetry Rebels—The Slam Poets
3/5 Lemn Sissay explores the biggest innovation in poetry of the last 50 years - the slam.
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14:00
The Archers—08/02/2022
Wires are crossed for Chelsea.
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14:15
Limelight—Siege, Siege - Episode 3
3/5 You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story.
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14:45
Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair—Series 5, The Book Club
3/4 Jenny Eclair's comic monologue stars Lucy Robinson.
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15:00
Money Box—Energy Cap Lowdown
Adam Shaw, listeners and experts discuss the Energy Cap measures and their impact.
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15:30
Inside Health—Pig organs for transplant patients
We talk to the doctor behind the first successful pig heart to human operation.
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16:00
The Backlog—Episode 1 - Demand
The Economist's Health Policy Editor Natasha Loder explores solutions to the NHS backlog
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16:30
The Media Show—How digital sleuths changed journalism
Exposing the truth behind drone strikes and human rights abuses.
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17:00
PM—09/02/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/02/2022 Covid isolation in England could end this month
All remaining Covid rules in England could be scrapped a month earlier than planned.
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18:30
Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 1, 2. Sally's Your Friend
2/4 Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple with a broken-hearted house guest
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19:00
The Archers—09/02/2022
Tom takes some emotional steps.
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19:15
Front Row—Drive My Car film review, Shakespeare's problem plays, the Great Yarmouth arts scene
Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's films Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy reviewed.
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20:00
Moral Maze—What's our moral responsibility to the future?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
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20:45
Witness History—A Polish Odyssey
One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War Two.
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21:00
Sketches: Stories of Art and People—Legacy
True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
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21:30
The Media Show—How digital sleuths changed journalism
Exposing the truth behind drone strikes and human rights abuses.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Remaining covid restrictions to go earlier than expected
England would be first country in Europe to ditch self-isolation rules
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22:45
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke—3. Papers
3/10 Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper - and a meeting makes him uneasy.
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23:00
Bunk Bed—Series 9, 5. Peter Curran and Patrick Marber grapple in the dark with life's woes and wonders.
5/8 Why not having a tail is human beings' greatest loss.
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23:15
The John Moloney Show—Series 5, Speaking in Public
3/4 Stand-up John Moloney, returns to the stage to do what he does best - tell funny stories.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—09/02/2022
News from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—10/02/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff—3. The Painting of Time
3/5 Meditations on consolation turn to El Greco's 16th century depiction of Paradise.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—10/02/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—10/02/2022
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—10/02/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—10/02/2022
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—10/02/2022
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley
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05:45
Farming Today—10/02/2022 Farm retirement payments, dairy sales, online livestock auctions
Farming鈥檚 golden handshake to 鈥榮hake up鈥� opportunities for new farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Collared Dove
David Attenborough presents the collared dove.
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