FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—02/04/2024
National and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream—Episode 1
1/5 Catherine Coldstream's account of her twelve years as a contemplative nun in the 1990s.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/04/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—02/04/2024
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/04/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—02/04/2024
The latest news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—New Bike
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker.
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05:45
Farming Today—02/04/24 Flooded farms, fox hunting, walking trail
Flooded farmers, fox hunting, long-distance trail.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—02/04/2024
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Life Scientific—Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones
Jim Al-Khalili talks dinosaurs and ‘one in a million year’ events with Dr Nick Longrich.
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09:30
Inside Health—Can noise harm our health?
We head into the lab to find out how unwanted sound can affect the body and brain.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Scotland's hate crime law, Motherhood and art, Actor Rachael Stirling
Reaction to Scotland's new hate crime law.
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11:00
Add to Playlist—Series 8, Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew ride into the sunset
Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew add the final five tracks to the current playlist.
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11:45
Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream—Episode 2
2/5 Aged just 27, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—02/04/2024
The latest national and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Call You & Yours Surge and Dynamic Pricing
Call You & Yours: Does so-called surge pricing, paying more at peak times, work for you?
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12:57
Weather—02/04/2024
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—02/04/2024
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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13:45
Experts on Trial—2. Hair Disaster
One of the FBI’s microscopic hair analysis experts gets it very wrong. And he's not alone.
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14:00
The Archers—01/04/2024
Jolene bares her soul.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Jazz and Dice
Modern love and families - a funny, warmhearted new drama.
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15:00
Don't Log Off—Series 15, Voices from the Ether
Alan Dein logs on to connect with voices in Alaska, Australia and St Helena.
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15:30
Beyond Belief—Interfaith: Can We Still Talk?
Giles Fraser hears about pressure on interfaith networks and why they should be saved.
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16:00
Love's Growth
Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates John Donne’s great poem of spring, Love’s Growth.
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16:30
Death, Suspicion and the Sikh Diaspora
How the death of a Sikh activist in Birmingham has sparked concern in the community.
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17:00
PM—02/04/2024
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—02/04/2024 Israel admits it carried out strikes that killed seven aid workers
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it was a "tragic incident".
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18:30
Tim Key's Poetry Programme—Series 6, 3. Safari
On safari, with guest star Sam Campbell.
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19:00
The Archers—02/04/2024
It’s judgement day for Harrison.
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19:15
Front Row—Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?
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20:00
File on 4—Degraded by Deepfakes
How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes.
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20:40
In Touch—Should Blindness be Front and Centre?
We discuss whether your blindness should be at the front and centre of your life.
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21:00
Crossing Continents—Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus
Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women.
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21:30
Three Million—1. War
The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2
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22:00
The World Tonight—UK demands answers over Gaza aid deaths
Three British aid workers have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
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22:45
Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez—2: 'She felt like a different woman.'
2/5 Ana Magdalena Bach travels back to the island to embark on a new adventure.
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23:00
The Confessional—Series 3, The Confession of Sheila Hancock
3/6 It's Dame Sheila Hancock's turn to share her guilty secrets with Stephen Mangan.
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23:30
Poet Laureate in the Arctic—Episode 1
Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, travels to the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—03/04/2024
National and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream—Episode 2
2/5 Aged just 27, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—03/04/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—03/04/2024
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—03/04/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—03/04/2024
The latest news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Wonderful
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker.
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05:45
Farming Today—03/04/2024: Price of potatoes; Dogs off the lead; Farm net zero
How does supermarkets selling vegetables at a loss during Easter affect farmers?
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