Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—02/12/2024
The latest news and weather forecast from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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00:15
Crossing Continents—Our whole life is a secret
One young woman's story from Taliban controlled Afghanistan.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—The Cathedral Church of Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Andrew, Rochester in Kent.
Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of Christ, Rochester in Kent.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/12/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—02/12/2024
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/12/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—02/12/2024
The latest news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/12/2024
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Rev Dr David Bruce.
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05:45
Farming Today—02/12/24 Feed additives to reduce methane, solar farms, agricultural labour
Row over additives fed to cows to reduce methane emissions.
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05:57
Weather—02/12/2024
Weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
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06:00
Today—02/12/24 - Syria civil war reignites
The UK and its allies call for de-escalation of the surprise rebel offensive in Syria.
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09:00
Start the Week—The story of British art - from cave paintings to landscapes
Tom Sutcliffe with Bendor Grosvenor, Susan Owens and Lucinda Rogers.
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09:45
Dementia: Unexpected Stories of the Mind—Geraint
Neurologist Jules Montague and William Miller meet Geraint who has frontotemporal dementia
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Gregg Wallace, Uterine fibroids, Director Kiran Rao
Reaction to Gregg Wallace's comments about allegations made against him.
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11:00
County Lines—Episode 2: Cycles
Exploring the powerful forces that keep young people trapped in county lines.
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11:45
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street by Annie Gray—Episode One
1/5 A journey down the high street across time with historian Annie Gray. Read by Hugh Dennis.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—02/12/2024
The latest national and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Easylife Clubs, Exploding EVs and Struggling Pubs
Easylife clubs, exploding EVs and struggling pubs.
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12:57
Weather—02/12/2024
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—Syria: who are the rebels?
Regional powers fight for influence as President Assad's forces are pushed back.
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13:45
The Bottom Line—The Decisions That Made Me, Decisions That Made Me: Rob Law (Trunki Suitcases, Inventor)
The entrepreneur and inventor on how he avoided a manufacturing meltdown.
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14:00
The Archers—01/12/2024
There’s a Christmas crisis at The Bull.
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14:15
Hennikay—Series 1, 3. The Animo-Expo Pro-Gaming Trade Fair
3/4 Hennikay has his innocent eyes opened to the bad behaviour that adults call business.
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14:45
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding—Episode Ten
10/10 Sally Phillips reads Helen Fielding's iconic 1996 novel of single thirty-something life.
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15:00
A Good Read—Professor Ben Garrod and Lucy Jones
An evolutionary biologist and a journalist on their favourite books.
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15:30
Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley—Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley, 40. By Hook or by Crook
Lucy Worsley discusses Lady Swindlers who take matters into their own hands.
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16:00
The Rock That Brexit Forgot
Guy Hedgecoe hears how uncertainty over Brexit is affecting those in and around Gibraltar.
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16:30
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 46, Hitchin
3/6 Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts are in Hitchin offering their top tips and recipes.
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17:00
PM—Syria's civil war reignites
More than 500 people have been killed as Syria's civil war re-ignites.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—02/12/2024 MPs in France to hold a vote of no confidence in minority government
The French Prime Minister forced through his budget without parliamentary approval
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18:30
Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz—Series 3, Merthyr - home of Welsh heroes
6/6 Paul tests an audience in Merthyr Tydfil on their knowledge of Welsh heroes.
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19:00
The Archers—02/12/2024
Kenton puts his foot down.
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19:15
Front Row—Reopening of Notre-Dame, Jacob Collier, Marshall Brickman, King Winter's Birthday
Agnes Poirier on the five-year restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris.
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Ukraine - what’s next?
Both sides struggle to get the upper hand in the conflict.
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20:30
´óÏó´«Ã½ Inside Science—Is flood forecasting failing?
We find out how flooding is forecast – and ask what went wrong in the recent UK floods.
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21:00
Start the Week—The story of British art - from cave paintings to landscapes
Tom Sutcliffe with Bendor Grosvenor, Susan Owens and Lucinda Rogers.
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21:45
Mythical Creatures—1. Black Dogs
Rhianna Pratchett begins her quest to meet mythical creatures with a search for black dogs
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22:00
The World Tonight—French government on the brink after budget forced through
Opposition parties say they'll back a no-confidence motion in Prime Minister Barnier
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22:45
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst—1: 'I've had it with you, Winny.'
1/10 The new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author Alan Hollinghurst.
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23:00
Limelight—English Rose - Series 1, English Rose - Episode 4: Life Support
4/5 Gulliver is in hospital and Rose wants to know why. There are dangers everywhere.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—02/12/2024
Sean Curran reports on Commons clashes over immigration.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—03/12/2024
National and international news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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00:30
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High Street by Annie Gray—Episode One
1/5 A journey down the high street across time with historian Annie Gray. Read by Hugh Dennis.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—03/12/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—03/12/2024
´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—03/12/2024
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—03/12/2024
The latest news from ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—03/12/2024
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Rev Dr David Bruce.
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05:45
Farming Today—03/12/24 - Belfast Lough pollution, neonic legal allegations, raw milk testing and poultry supply chain jobs
Untreated sewage is spilling into Belfast Lough and hitting shellfish farms.
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