FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—01/06/2023
The latest news and weather forecast from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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00:30
Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy—Episode 3
3/5 A study of the role plagues have played in shaping human history. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—01/06/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—World Service
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—01/06/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—01/06/2023
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—01/06/2023
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Romain
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05:45
Farming Today—01/06/23 Dartmoor farming, water shortages, poppies for medicine
Grazing on Dartmoor, storing water, and growing poppies for medicine.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Kittiwake
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the kittiwake.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—01/06/2023
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—Mitochondria
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
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09:45
Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy—Episode 4
4/5 A study of the role plagues have played in shaping human history. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Witness protection, Anti-LGBT law in Uganda, Author Harriet Gibsone, Women's World Cup squad
We hear from a woman who went into witness protection to escape her stalker husband.
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11:00
From Our Own Correspondent—Gun Violence in Serbia
Following two mass shootings in two days, Serbians protest to demand an end to violence.
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11:30
Great Lives—Tony Benn
Ellie Gibson picks the Labour politician Tony Benn
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—01/06/2023
The latest national and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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12:04
You and Yours—Gap Finders: John Cooper from New ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Quality Control
In our Gap Finder interview today we speak to John Cooper from New ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Quality Control.
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12:57
Weather—01/06/2023
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—01/06/2023
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
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13:45
Oliver Burkeman's Inconvenient Truth—The Fulfilment Fallacy
Oliver Burkeman explores the insidious way in which convenience has warped our existence.
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14:00
The Archers—31/05/2023
Freddie’s frustrations grow.
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14:15
Undercover Mumbai—Episode 3
Ayeesha Menon's police crime thriller, set and recorded in India.
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15:00
Ramblings—Brotherly Love in Burton Bradstock
Clare joins brothers Manni and Reuben Coe as they amble to Hive beach on the Dorset Coast.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Robert Lindsay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the NSPCC
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15:30
Open Book—Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.
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16:00
Princess—Enheduanna
Author Simon Sebag Montefiore and Sian Williams explore a Mesopotamian high priestess.
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16:30
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science—AI and human extinction
The machines are getting smarter. But is this a cause for concern?
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17:00
PM—01/06/2023
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—01/06/2023 Cabinet Office seeking judicial review of Covid Inquiry's request for Boris Johnson's private documents and messages
In a letter to the inquiry the Government said it had brought the case "with regret"
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18:30
Unite—Series 2, 1. The Appointment
1/6 Rebecca has life-changing news for Gideon and Tony thinks he's dying,
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19:00
The Archers—01/06/2023
Oliver finds himself in trouble.
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19:15
Front Row—Punk exhibition reviewed, Reality film director, TV drama White House Plumbers reviewed
A review of the exhibition Punk: Rage and Revolution at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
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20:00
The Law Show—Climate Change Challenging the Law
The legal challenges of climate change: human rights law, fossil fuel investments, ethics
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20:30
The Patch—Bolton
An unusual litter picking group and a knotty problem.
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21:00
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Inside Science—AI and human extinction
The machines are getting smarter. But is this a cause for concern?
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21:30
In Our Time—Mitochondria
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Andrew Tate challenged in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ interview
Andrew Tate interview and analysis
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22:45
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng—4: Murder
4/10 The new novel from the author of The Garden of Evening Mists, set in Penang, 1921.
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23:00
Rylan: How to Be...—How to Be a Man, Phil Wang
Rylan talks to comedian Phil Wang.
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23:30
The Spark—Rochelle Burgess and social prescribing
Rochelle Burgess on the case for 'social prescribing' - and why we're doing it wrong.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—02/06/2023
The latest news and weather forecast from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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00:30
Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy—Episode 4
4/5 A study of the role plagues have played in shaping human history. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/06/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Programmes—World Service
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 joins the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/06/2023
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—02/06/2023
National and international news from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/06/2023
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Romain
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05:45
Farming Today—02/06/23 Proposed cow cull in Ireland; seasonal workers from central Asia; Eggs in vaccines.
Irish plans to cull 200,000 cows, seasonal workers from central Asia, eggs in vaccines.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—John Clifton on the Bee-Eater
RSPB learning officer John Clifton on the bee-eater for Tweet of the Day.
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