BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Wednesday 31 October 2012

FM Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/10/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Tombstone, Episode 2
  2/5When Yang Jishen's father died of starvation, he thought it was just a personal tragedy.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/10/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/10/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/10/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/10/2012
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—31/10/2012
  Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—31/10/2012
  The government's Environment Research Agency sets out plans for containing ash dieback.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—31/10/2012
  Heseltine's growth report, Obama visits Sandy sufferers, and can computers write novels?
2. 09:00
  Midweek—Gina Campbell, Rod Davis, Roger Clarke, Jonathan Lewis
  Libby Purves meets Gina Campbell, daughter of Donald, and Rod Davis of the Quarrymen.
3. 09:45
  Book of the Week—Tombstone, Episode 3
  3/5Xinyang was a lush grain-producing region and yet the Chinese famine hit hardest there.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Vampires; Julia Bradbury; Powerful women
  The appeal of the vampire, plus Julia Bradbury, and powerful women. With Jenni Murray.
5. 10:45
  15 Minute Drama—Une Vie, Episode 3
  3/5Jeanne begins to discover how rotten and treacherous adult life is all around her.
6. 11:00
  A Scottish Hotel in the Holy Land
  Why is the Church of Scotland funding a luxury boutique hotel in the Holy Land?
7. 11:30
  Fags, Mags and Bags—Series 5, Meter Reading Chic
  6/6Ramesh decides it is time to ponder retirement from the corner shop game.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  You and Yours—Teeth whitening, young drivers and energy tariffs
  Winifred Robinson reports on new rules for teeth whitening.
2. 12:57
  Weather—31/10/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 13:00
  World at One—31/10/2012
  National and international news presented by Martha Kearney.
4. 13:45
  Foreign Bodies—Series 1, Spain - PI Pepe Carvalho
  8/15Manuel Vazquez Montalban's Pepe Carvalho novels dramatise tensions in post-Franco Spain.
5. 14:00
  The Archers—30/10/2012
  Alarm bells are ringing for Brenda.
6. 14:15
  Drama on 4—The Trenches Trip
  By Jonathan Smith. Unexpected conflicts emerge on a school trip to the WWI trenches.
7. 15:00
  Money Box Live—Energy bills
  Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer listeners' calls about energy bills.
8. 15:30
  All in the Mind—30/10/2012
  Claudia Hammond reports on 60 years of the Anna Freud Centre and how it uses neuroscience.
9. 16:00
  Thinking Allowed—The UK strip and lap-dancing industry; blue jeans
  The strip industry - why is it growing? Also, the cultural meaning of 'blue jeans'.
10. 16:30
  The Media Show—Mark Thompson; Savile Inquiry; Will Wyatt
  Former BBC executive Will Wyatt on Savile, plus another plan to save local papers.
11. 17:00
  PM—31/10/2012
  Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—31/10/2012
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Series 6, Tour Guide
  3/6Disappointed with a guided city bus tour, Arthur decides to start his very own tour.(R)
3. 19:00
  The Archers—31/10/2012
  Emma and George get a Halloween fright.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Rust and Bone, Aerosmith, paper art, and hotels on film
  Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone, Aerosmith interviewed, and The First Cut.
5. 19:45
  15 Minute Drama—Une Vie, Episode 3
  3/5Jeanne begins to discover how rotten and treacherous adult life is all around her.
6. 20:00
  Moral Maze—The Morality of Drone Attacks
  Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the morality of drone attacks, with special guests.
7. 20:45
  Four Thought—Series 3, Anna Minton: Fuelling Fear with High Security
  Anna Minton argues that higher security creates a sense of fear rather than safety.
8. 21:00
  Climategate Revisited
  Chris Vallance explores the long-term results of the hacking of climate scientists' emails
9. 21:30
  Midweek—Gina Campbell, Rod Davis, Roger Clarke, Jonathan Lewis
  Libby Purves meets Gina Campbell, daughter of Donald, and Rod Davis of the Quarrymen.
10. 21:58
  Weather—31/10/2012
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—31/10/2012
  Cameron faces MPs over EU; Portugal struggles with austerity; Savile revelations grow.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—The Cleaner of Chartres, Episode 3
  3/10Dr Deman reads of a vicious attack on a nanny with a young baby. He suspects Agnes.
13. 23:00
  Irish Micks and Legends—Series 1, The Salmon of Knowledge
  1/4Aisling Bea and Yasmine Akram bring some of Ireland's most popular folklore to life.
14. 23:15
  Living with Mother—Series 2, Star Turn
  1/4Naive singer Marlon enters a talent contest, despite warnings from his mother Helen.
15. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—31/10/2012
  Sean Curran reports on Prime Minister's Questions and the day's events at Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/11/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Tombstone, Episode 3
  3/5Xinyang was a lush grain-producing region and yet the Chinese famine hit hardest there.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/11/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—01/11/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—01/11/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—01/11/2012
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—01/11/2012
  Prayer and reflection with the Rev Neil Gardner, minister of Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—01/11/2012
  Schmallenberg virus has been discovered in Northern Ireland for the first time.

Thursday 1 November 2012