Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—29/05/2024
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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00:30
The History Podcast—D-Day: The Last Voices, D-Day: The Last Voices: Out of the Skies
By nightfall, paratroopers and gliders are dropped behind enemy lines, and D-Day begins.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—29/05/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—29/05/2024
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—29/05/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—29/05/2024
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—The history of disability
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
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05:45
Farming Today—29/05/24 - A new National Park for Scotland, horned cattle and biofluorescence
Arguments hot up around a new National Park for Scotland.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—29/05/24 鈥� Justin Webb and Emma Barnett
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
More or Less—UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics
Is the UK economy growing faster than Germany, France and the US?
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09:30
Intrigue—To Catch a Scorpion, To Catch a Scorpion: 3. Satisfaction Guaranteed
Rob Lawrie and Sue Mitchell watch on as smugglers arrange a crossing in the dead of night.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Hadestown creator Anai虉s Mitchell, Perfume鈥檚 Darkest Secrets, the return of Loaded magazine
The writer of Hadestown performs one of the songs from her hit musical.
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11:00
File on 4 Investigates—Long Covid: Mind Over Matter?
The programme claiming to retrain patients' brains to stop long Covid symptoms.
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11:45
The History Podcast—D-Day: The Last Voices, D-Day: The Last Voices: Over the Sea
D-Day has begun and troops battle ferociously on the beaches for a foothold on the coast.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—29/05/2024
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Train Tickets, Cazoo and Family Planning
How the cost of living crisis is impacting family planning.
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12:57
Weather—29/05/2024
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—Diane Abbott's career in the balance
Diane Abbott's political career hangs in the balance - will she stand for Labour again?
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13:45
Shadow World—Thief at the British Museum, Thief at the British Museum: 3. Lightbulb Moment
4/10 For Ittai, the clues finally fall into place. Has he identified the thief?
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14:00
The Archers—28/05/2024
Jakob has bad news to impart.
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14:15
The Interrogation—Series 7, Evie
3/5 Roy Williams' contemporary crime drama with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun.
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15:00
The Law Show—Assisted dying, County court judgments, Drill music and ... nakedness
Conversation about the laws making headlines, and the laws that shape everyday life.
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15:30
The Artificial Human—Can AI Look After Me in Old Age?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the question: Can AI look after me in old age?
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16:00
The Media Show—Is this the TikTok election?
Exploring how campaigning on social media influences the vote.
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17:00
PM—29/05/2024
The General Election Tombola sends PM to Derby.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—29/05/2024 Israeli official says war in Gaza likely to last rest of the year
Tzachi Hanegbi also said Israel now ran the majority of the border between Egypt and Gaza
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18:30
Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel—Fossils of the Mind
Robin Ince is back with his acclaimed show. This time he's talking about love and books.
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19:00
The Archers—29/05/2024
Ben struggles to say no.
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19:15
Front Row—Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett, Degas exhibitions, Chigozie Obioma
Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett, Degas exhibitions, Chigozie Obioma on his new novel.
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20:00
AntiSocial—'Anglo-Saxon' and racism
Should the term Anglo-Saxon be dropped because it鈥檚 been adopted by racists?
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20:45
Uncharted with Hannah Fry—9. Access Denied
What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
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21:00
Being Roman with Mary Beard—10. A Bag of Snails and a Glass of Wine
Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl.
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21:30
All in the Mind—Grief, summer seasonal affective disorder, and anxiety in older people
The links between objects and grief, summer SAD, and how ageing affects anxiety.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Diane Abbott vows to be MP 'by any means'
Is there a purge of the left in the Labour Party?
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22:45
Long Island by Colm Toibin—3: 'My mother said you broke his heart.'
3/10 Eilis' return home to Ireland shocks both her best friend Nancy, and Jim, her old love.
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23:00
Bunk Bed—Series 7, Episode Four (with Kathy Burke)
4/8 Late night laughs and entertaining guests with Patrick Marber and Peter Curran.
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23:15
Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum—Series 2, These Boots Are Made for Working
4/4 Tom Mayhew and his Mum explore jobs, life and ambition.
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23:30
Lights Out—Series 5, Call Signs
Man, Mouse and a morse key: the story of a radio amateur in Kyiv as the Russians invade.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—30/05/2024
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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00:30
The History Podcast—D-Day: The Last Voices, D-Day: The Last Voices: Over the Sea
D-Day has begun and troops battle ferociously on the beaches for a foothold on the coast.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/05/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—30/05/2024
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/05/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—30/05/2024
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Rocks Crying
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
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05:45
Farming Today—30/05/2024: Dairy, National Parks, Worms
A Welsh cheesemaker founded five years ago has announced it cannot continue.
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