FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—04/05/2023
The latest news and weather forecast from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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00:30
Among Others by Michael Frayn—Episode 3
3/5 What’s going on in the inner chambers of the mantower that is Michael Frayn?
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—04/05/2023
The latest shipping forecast
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01:00
Selection of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—World Service
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—04/05/2023
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—04/05/2023
National and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—04/05/2023
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter
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05:45
Farming Today—04/05/2023
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Barred Warbler
Michaela Strachan presents the barred warbler.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—04/05/2023
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—The Dead Sea Scrolls
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
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09:45
Among Others by Michael Frayn—Episode 4
4/5 Frayn’s identity, he’s now sure, runs through him like ‘Blackpool’ through the rock.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Maternal mental health, Ellie Goldstein, Kneelers, Black Ops, Power List
Ellie Goldstein, the first model with Down's syndrome to star on the front cover of Vogue.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—Kenya's Free Money Experiment
Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash.
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11:30
Great Lives—Kofi Annan
Gillian Burke chooses the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—04/05/2023
The latest national and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Gap Finders - John Hibbard
Founder and chief executive of Red Paddle Co.
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12:32
Sliced Bread—Toast - Sinclair C5
Big ideas which promised consumers so much but ended up... toast. Today - the Sinclair C5.
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12:57
Weather—04/05/2023
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—04/05/2023
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
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13:45
The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival—9. Krysia'
The story of the extraordinary underground archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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14:00
The Archers—03/05/2023
Joy seems to have come up trumps.
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14:15
Drama on 4—A Forbidden Song
A story of forbidden love and forbidden music, with songs for the Ukrainian bandura.
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15:00
Open Country—Rhondda valley: a landscape of change
Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Rhondda valley in south Wales.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—International Health Partners
Liz Earle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Health Partners.
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15:30
Open Book—Stephen Buoro
Johny Pitts talks to the debut novelist about The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.
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16:00
Princess—Little Mermaid
Author Louise O’Neil and Sarah Peverley discuss the dark story of the Little Mermaid.
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16:30
´óÏó´«Ã½ Inside Science—Wild Britain
What would the UK look like if it protected 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature?
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17:00
PM—04/05/2023
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—04/05/2023 US denies masterminding Kremlin drone attack
The US has denied Russian accusations that it was behind a drone attack on the Kremlin.
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18:30
It's a Fair Cop—Series 5, 2. Babysitter
2/4 Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
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19:00
The Archers—04/05/2023
Lynda faces an unexpected hurdle.
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19:15
Front Row—Playwright Jonathan Harvey on A Thong for Europe, Tom Hanks’s new novel reviewed
Playwright Jonathan Harvey, Tom Hanks’s first novel and the film Harka reviewed
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Ukraine: Is it all about to change?
A spring offensive appears imminent but how successful will it be?
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20:30
Fallout: Living in the Shadow of the Bomb—Episode 5: Reverberations
An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952
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21:00
´óÏó´«Ã½ Inside Science—Wild Britain
What would the UK look like if it protected 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature?
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21:30
In Our Time—The Dead Sea Scrolls
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
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22:00
The World Tonight—US court finds Proud Boys guilty of sedition
Self-styled Proud Boys were involved in rioting on Capitol Hill on January 6th 2021
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22:45
Victory City by Salman Rushdie—Episode Four
4/10 The new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight's Children.
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23:00
Local Elections 2023
Coverage of the 2023 local elections in England.
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Late
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—05/05/2023
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—05/05/2023
The latest news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—05/05/2023
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter.
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05:45
Farming Today—05/05/2023: Climate change and beef, Rare Breed cattle
A government advisory body says we need to eat less beef to help combat climate change
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Spotted Crake
David Attenborough presents the spotted crake.
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