Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—18/09/2024
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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00:30
The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 2 - Demands Are Made
2/10 It鈥檚 April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—18/09/2024
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—18/09/2024
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Keepsakes
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard.
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05:45
Farming Today—18/08/24 Trail hunting, Blackberries, Lapwings
Trail hunting - both sides of the debate.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—18/09/24 - UN warns on Hezbollah pager explosions
Israel's spy agency placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers, reports say.
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09:00
More or Less—How do you count millionaires?
Plus, asylum seeker costs, private school bets and Baumol's cost disease
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09:30
The Coming Storm—S2: 2. Flight 007
At the height of the Cold War a charismatic Congressman meets a strange death.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Saoirse Ronan, Nikki Doucet on women鈥檚 football, JoJo, Vaccinations
Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan on her latest role in the film The Outrun.
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11:00
File on 4—Degraded by Deepfakes
How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes.
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11:45
The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 3 - Day 1 - Night Falls
3/10 Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—18/09/2024
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Rents, House Parties and Publishing Scams
The ONS says rents are up by 8.4% - we get reaction and analysis.
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12:57
Weather—18/09/2024
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—18/09/2024
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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13:45
Uncharted with Hannah Fry—18. The Night the Earth Shook
After months of mild quakes, a sudden tremor alarms an Italian city. What will follow?
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14:00
The Archers—17/09/2024
Tom struggles to mediate.
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14:15
Riot Girls—Dykes, Episode 1
1/3 Drama following the friendship of three radical lesbian feminists from the 1970s to today.
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15:00
Money Box—Money Box Live: Fostering Finance
Felicity Hannah discusses the finances of being a foster carer.
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15:30
大象传媒 National Short Story Award—大象传媒 National Short Story Award 2024, Pieces by Manish Chauhan
8/10 The third of the five shortlisted stories for this year's 大象传媒 National Short Story Award.
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16:00
The Media Show—TV's "culture problem", origins of Trump's pet eating allegations, the race for AI supremacy
Does bad misbehaviour of certain stars reflect a culture problem across TV?
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17:00
PM—18/09/2024
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—18/09/2024 Second wave of explosions targets Hezbollah in Lebanon
More people have died and been wounded as walkie-talkies detonated
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18:30
Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz—Series 1, Round three: Four-Letter Words
3/4 Paul Sinha and his live audience compile the questions for a perfect pub quiz.
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19:00
The Archers—18/09/2024
Ian makes a surprising decision.
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19:15
Front Row—A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
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20:00
AntiSocial—Snow White and the dwarfism debate
Are the seven dwarfs perpetuating dangerous stereotypes or harmless fantasy figures?
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20:45
Boys—About the Boys, 5. Friendship
5/5 Boys all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.
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21:00
The Life Scientific—Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies
Rosalie David on what mummies reveal about life, death and medicine in ancient Egypt
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21:30
All in the Mind—Surfing and mental health, grief for dead celebrities, and being unique
Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!
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22:00
The World Tonight—Has a new phase in Middle East war begun?
Another day of explosions in Lebanon have killed at least 20 people.
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22:45
Still Lives by Jon McGregor—3: Still Life with Open Door
3/5 Monica Dolan continues Jon McGregor's series taking inspiration from still life images.
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23:00
Follow the Rabbit—3. The Body That Came from the Sky
Comedy series following amateur paranormal podcaster Chris Relish.
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23:15
The Skewer—Series 12, Episode 2
2/8 Jon Holmes's award-winning satirical comedy concept album returns to twist into the news.
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23:30
A Good Read—Gyles Brandreth and Hannah Critchlow
The broadcaster and the neuroscientist choose favourite books.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—19/09/2024
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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00:30
The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 3 - Day 1 - Night Falls
3/10 Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—19/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—19/09/2024
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—19/09/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—19/09/2024
The latest news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—Running the Race
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard.
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05:45
Farming Today—19/09/24 - Radical changes to food safety proposed, tech to fight food fraud, curlew conservation, carers' countryside respite
New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.
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