FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—02/09/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Fatwa—4. You Heard That Right
Did two British men persuade Ayatollah Khomenei to issue the fateful fatwa?
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/09/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—02/09/2022
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—02/09/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—02/09/2022
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/09/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg.
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05:45
Farming Today—02/09/2022 Dairy price, TB Cattle Vaccine, Fleece to Hanger
Farmers are being paid more for milk, but are they making any more money?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Blue Manakin
Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—02/09/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Reunion—Deep Blue v Kasparov
Kirsty Wark reunites the computer scientists who challenged the world鈥檚 greatest player. (R)
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09:45
Fatwa—5. What鈥檚 a Fatwa?
How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—'Frock up Friday', Sexual harassment in Parliament, Young Conservative women, Fan Girls, Exercising outside
In three weeks during lockdown, 'Frock up Friday' had 10,000 members worldwide.
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11:00
The Spark—Rory Sutherland and Pete Dyson on transport for humans
Helen Lewis meets Rory Sutherland and Pete Dyson, authors of Transport for Humans.
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11:30
Relativity—Series 4, Episode 1
1/6 Comedy about extended modern family by Richard Herring.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—02/09/2022
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
AntiSocial—'Woke' police
The criticism of dancing police officers and rainbow police cars.
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12:57
Weather—02/09/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—02/09/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
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13:45
Torn—The stories behind the clothes we wear, Air Jordans
10/10 Gus Casely-Hayford tells of how Air Jordans kickstarted a revolution in trainers.
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14:00
The Archers—01/09/2022
Ruairi has a close encounter. (R)
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14:15
Limelight—Exemplar - Series 1, Exemplar - Episode 3
Jess and Maya reluctantly agree to assist a controversial public figure.
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14:45
Living with the Gods—Living with One God
Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Buckinghamshire
Kathy Clugston and her panel of gardening experts are in Buckinghamshire.
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15:45
New Frequencies—Part Two: Starman! and The Space Between
A second season of new work by young writers: Part Two
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16:00
Last Word—Mikhail Gorbachev, Stella 'Jaye' Edwards, Jerry Allison
Matthew Bannister on a president, a pilot and a drummer.
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16:30
More or Less—Energy prices, excess deaths and Wales v England in counting
Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills? (R)
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17:00
PM—02/09/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—02/09/2022 Scottish Unions Suspend Strikes
Unions in Scotland suspend school and bin strikes after receiving a new council pay deal
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18:30
Party's Over—Series 2, Heist of Commons
6/6 Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former prime minister.
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19:00
The Archers—02/09/2022
Tracy gets a shock, and Kenton has a brainwave.
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19:15
Screenshot—Film4
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate 40 years of Film4.
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20:00
Any Questions?—Charles Courtenay, Mark Harper MP, Frances O'Grady, Luke Pollard MP
Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Sir Michael the Archangel, Chagford.
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20:50
A Point of View—Female Fictions
Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.
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21:00
Torn—Omnibus 2
Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, tells a human-centred history of fashion.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Russia halts gas deliveries to Germany
Nord Stream One pipeline will be out of action for indefinite period
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22:45
Trespasses by Louise Kennedy—10: Just Bad Luck
10/10 Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set in 1970s Belfast.
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23:00
Great Lives—Rosalind Franklin picked by Kate Bingham, former head of the UK government's vaccine taskforce
Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the discovery of DNA. (R)
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23:30
The Secrets of Storytelling—Character Studies
James Runcie and Abdulrazak Gurnah consider how to create and develop characters. (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—03/09/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Fatwa—5. What鈥檚 a Fatwa?
How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—03/09/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—03/09/2022
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—03/09/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—03/09/2022
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—03/09/2022
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
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05:45
Witness History—The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr
In December 1963, the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom.
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