BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Wednesday 18 November 2009

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—18/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Stirred But Not Shaken: The Autobiography, Episode 2
  2/5After a short-lived career in journalism, Keith decided to become a full-time cook.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—18/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—18/11/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—18/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—18/11/2009
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—18/11/2009
  Daily prayer and reflection with Philip Robinson.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—18/11/2009
  Anna Hill hears that the world's largest dairy is to be built in London.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—18/11/2009
  Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Midweek—18/11/2009
  Libby Purves is joined by Desmond Fforde, Mariatu Kamara, Richard Williams, Graham Poll.
3. 09:45
  Book of the Week—Stirred But Not Shaken: The Autobiography, Episode 3
  3/5Having set up his restaurant in Bristol, Keith agreed to film a cookery slot for local TV.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Too selfish to be parents; Prison Mother and Baby units
  Are we too selfish to have children? Plus, the babies living in prisons.
5. 11:00
  The Herschel Space Telescope—Episode 1
  1/2The engineers and astronomers approach the biggest milestone in their 20-year project.
6. 11:30
  Hut 33—Series 3, Entente Cordiale
  6/6Can the wartime codebreakers improve Anglo-French relations with a little derring-do?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  You and Yours—18/11/2009
  Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
2. 12:57
  Weather—18/11/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 13:00
  World at One—18/11/2009
  National and international news with Martha Kearney.
4. 13:30
  The Media Show—18/11/2009
  The PCC fights back; Belle de Jour; Channel 5 newsreader; ITV changes.
5. 14:00
  The Archers—17/11/2009
  Jack gets rough.
6. 14:15
  Nick Perry - The Loop
  A writer finds himself speaking on a mobile phone to a stranger in 1959 New York.
7. 15:00
  Money Box Live—18/11/2009
  Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on pensions.
8. 15:30
  Shorts—Series 10, Fifty-One
  2/3By Tat Usher. A teenager spends her evenings swimming lengths of her local pool.
9. 15:45
  The Garden—Episode 3
  3/5It is summer and the garden hums with the sounds of insects. Narrated by Peter France.
10. 16:00
  Thinking Allowed—White Collar Crime: Punishment of Crime
  3/3 Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime.
11. 16:30
  All in the Mind—Happiness and Optimism
  Claudia Hammond asks Martin Seligman if we can all be taught to be happy.
12. 16:56
  1989: Day by Day—18th November 1989
  In Prague, rumours spread that the police have killed a Czech student.
13. 17:00
  PM—18/11/2009
  Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—18/11/2009
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Laura Solon - Talking and Not Talking—Series 3, Episode 1
  1/6Surreal take on infuriating call centres and ex-soviet tyrants settling in British suburbs
3. 19:00
  The Archers—18/11/2009
  Vicky is inspired.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—18/11/2009
  Bill Bailey on orchestras, Fay Weldon on Nabokov and the latest Coen brothers film.
5. 19:45
  15 Minute Drama—Our Mutual Friend, Episode 8
  8/20Wegg comes to an agreement with Venus, as Bradley tries to do likewise with Eugene.
6. 20:00
  Moral Maze—18/11/2009
  Michael Buerk chairs. With Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo.
7. 20:45
  The Cases That Changed Our World—Episode 3
  3/4The case of a young farm labourer who shot his wife dead with a sawn-off gun in 1934.
8. 21:00
  The Eureka Years—Series 4, 1650: Coffee, Cosmology and the Civil War
  1/4The first coffeehouse opens in Oxford and signals the beginning of a new age of reason.(R)
9. 21:30
  Midweek—18/11/2009
  Libby Purves is joined by Desmond Fforde, Mariatu Kamara, Richard Williams, Graham Poll.
10. 21:58
  Weather—18/11/2009
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—18/11/2009
  National and international news and analysis.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—The Glass Room, Episode 8
  8/10As war rages in Europe, a letter from Hana brings news of the Glass Room.
13. 23:00
  The Ladies—Series 1, Episode 1
  1/4Pippa tries to work out why her date with a manic depressive is going so badly.(R)
14. 23:15
  All Bar Luke—Series 3, The Prang
  1/6Luke crashes his car and meets the ideal bystander after receiving some shattering news.(R)
15. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—18/11/2009
  News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Robert Orchard.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—19/11/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Stirred But Not Shaken: The Autobiography, Episode 3
  3/5Having set up his restaurant in Bristol, Keith agreed to film a cookery slot for local TV.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—19/11/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—19/11/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—19/11/2009
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—19/11/2009
  Daily prayer and reflection with Philip Robinson.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—19/11/2009
  Charlotte Smith hears why a UK agricultural research centre is facing major cuts.

Thursday 19 November 2009