BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 28 August 2012

FM Schedule

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Morning
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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—28/08/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper, Episode 1
  1/5Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work on one of history's greatest masterpieces.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—28/08/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—28/08/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—28/08/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—28/08/2012
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—28/08/2012
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day from Wales with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—28/08/2012
  Charlotte Smith investigates the history of farming cooperatives in the Netherlands.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—28/08/2012
  Justine Greening on planes and trains, public sector pay levels and which US votes count.
2. 09:00
  The Life Scientific—Dame Ann Dowling
  Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling.
3. 09:30
  One to One—Paddy O'Connell meets Chantal
  Paddy O'Connell explores the effect of great emotional upheaval on family life.
4. 09:45
  Book of the Week—Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper, Episode 2
  2/5Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson
  Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson previews the Paralympics, plus Sandi Toksvig on her new novel.
6. 10:45
  Craven—Craven: Series 3, Episode 2
  2/5The case involving organised crime and cannabis farming continues.
7. 11:00
  Helping Hamlet: Can Science Cure Procrastination?
  Rowan Pelling searches for a cure for the problem which blights her life, procrastination.
8. 11:30
  Soul Music—Dvorak's New World Symphony
  Anti-apartheid campaigner Albie Sachs on the Largo from Dvorak's New World Symphony.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  You and Yours—Tackling the obesity problem
  What more should be done to ensure we eat healthily?
2. 12:45
  The New Elizabethans—Doreen Lawrence
  Jim Naughtie profiles the campaigner and mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence.
3. 12:57
  Weather—28/08/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  World at One—28/08/2012
  News, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world with Martha Kearney.
5. 13:45
  Poetic Justice—Hope
  2/5Women prisoners tell of the despair of imprisonment and the importance of family bonds.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—27/08/2012
  Lilian's suspicions are aroused.
7. 14:15
  Brief Lives—Series 5, Episode 3
  3/6Declan investigates why a father wants his estranged daughter arrested for fraud.
8. 15:00
  The Philosopher's Arms—Series 2, Morality and the Law
  4/4Matthew Sweet wonders if we have any moral reason to obey the law.
9. 15:30
  Costing the Earth—Britain's Wilderness
  The first attempt in England to turn a landscape back into a wilderness is 10 years old.
10. 16:00
  Word of Mouth—Reading aloud
  Chris Ledgard explores the ways people have read to each other at home down the centuries.
11. 16:30
  Great Lives—Juvenal
  Matthew Parris and his guest Natalie Haynes encounter the Latin poet Juvenal.
12. 17:00
  PM—28/08/2012
  Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. Includes Weather.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—28/08/2012
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave
  A love story about a socially inept childhood neighbour and a 'well-bred' Surrey girl.(R)
3. 19:00
  The Archers—28/08/2012
  Matt plays the innocent.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Mrs Biggs, Joyce Carol Oates, Berberian Sound Studio
  Sheridan Smith in Mrs Biggs, novelist Joyce Carol Oates, and poetry from the rooftop.
5. 19:45
  Craven—Craven: Series 3, Episode 2
  2/5The case involving organised crime and cannabis farming continues.
6. 20:00
  The Lifecycle of a Bullet
  A journey through the UK defence economy telling the story of a bullet from factory to war
7. 20:40
  In Touch—28/08/2012
  Did the Olympics and Paralympics meet expectations? What legacy can we expect?
8. 21:00
  Inside Health—BP reax, fibroids, access to notes, botox
  Dr Mark Porter finds out that botox injections can help chronic migraine sufferers.
9. 21:30
  The Life Scientific—Dame Ann Dowling
  Jim Al-Khalili discusses silent aircraft with Cambridge engineer, Dame Ann Dowling.
10. 21:58
  Weather—28/08/2012
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—28/08/2012
  Round-up of the day's news with Felicity Evans.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Andrew Miller - Pure, Episode 7
  7/10Still recovering from the attack in his bedroom, Baratte starts to make some changes.
13. 23:00
  Jack's Return Home—Episode 1
  1/4Gangland enforcer Jack Carter goes home to investigate the suspicious death of his brother
14. 23:30
  4 Extra Comedy Club—Ross Noble Goes Global, Episode 3
  3/3Travelling from rainy Sligo to busy Dublin, Ross learns to play the penny whistle - badly.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/08/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Ross King - Leonardo and the Last Supper, Episode 2
  2/5Despite his reputation by 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is frustrated at his lack of achievement
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/08/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/08/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—29/08/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/08/2012
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—29/08/2012
  A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Craig Gardiner.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—29/08/2012
  An advert claiming 'Red Tractor Pork is High Welfare Pork' is banned. Pig farmers respond.

Wednesday 29 August 2012