BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 15 December 2012

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/12/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 5
  5/5The author reaches Mary's final resting place - a grave on the banks of the Zambezi River.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/12/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/12/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/12/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/12/2012
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—15/12/2012
  A short reflection and prayer with Bishop Donal McKeown.
8. 05:45
  iPM—15/12/2012
  Two men of the cloth discuss gay marriage, and Shaun Ley reads your news.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—15/12/2012
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—15/12/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Costing the Earth—Future Forests
  Is the crisis in the UK's ash forests a vision of the future? Tom Heap reports.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  The biggest manufacturing industry in the UK - food processing - faces a skills gap.
5. 06:57
  Weather—15/12/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—15/12/2012
  US school shootings, judicial review reviewed and are ghost writers a good thing?
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Lee Mack, Fiona Shaw Inheritance Tracks, John McCarthy, Paul O'Grady
  Sian Williams and Richard Coles with comedian Lee Mack and Paul O'Grady.
8. 10:30
  The Actors' Gang
  'Shawshank Redemption' star Tim Robbins leads acting classes in LA's Norco Prison.
9. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—15/12/2012
  Peter Oborne of the Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes at Westminster and beyond.
10. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—Dementia Village
  Despatches from South Africa, China, Equatorial Guinea, Poland and the Netherlands.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Money Box—O2 price rises and Asda credit cards
  O2 price rise, Asda credit cards, Repeat payments, Lloyds TSB & Co-op, Council Tax Benefit
2. 12:30
  The Now Show—Series 38, Episode 6
  6/6Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.
3. 12:57
  Weather—15/12/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  News—15/12/2012
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
5. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Balshaw's CE High School, Leyland
  Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leyland in Lancashire.
6. 14:00
  Any Answers?—15/12/2012
  Topics include drug decriminalisation, immigration, gay marriage, and fracking.
7. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—Carlo Collodi - Pinocchio
  Geppetto's wooden puppet miraculously comes to life.
8. 15:30
  An Alternative Christmas
  Reverend Richard Coles revives a treasure trove of Alternative Christmas recordings.
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Nigella Lawson; Tanya Byron; supermarket ads at Christmas
  Nigella Lawson on parenting guilt; supermarket ads at Christmas; sex trade in Nepal.
10. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Full coverage of the day's news presented by Patrick O'Connell.
11. 17:30
  iPM—15/12/2012
  Two men of the cloth discuss gay marriage, and Shaun Ley reads your news.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—15/12/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
13. 17:57
  Weather—15/12/2012
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/12/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Sophie Parkin, Sarah Hadland, Peter Wight, Scottee, Ed Harcourt and Clock Opera
  Clive Anderson is joined by Sarah Hadland, Peter Wight, Sophie Parkin and artist Scottee.
3. 19:00
  From Fact to Fiction—Series 13, Love and Honour
  1/8Lyn and Steff embark on an audacious undertaking to pledge their love for each other.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—The Hobbit; Quentin Blake exhibition; pantomime dames
  The Hobbit, a new Quentin Blake exhibition, and the rich history of the Pantomime Dame.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Frost on Nixon
  David Frost turns to the archives to get beneath the skin of Richard Nixon.
6. 21:00
  Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo—3. Scandal
  3/4The Count unearths a scandal that links two of his remaining enemies.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—15/12/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Unreliable Evidence—Who's to Blame?
  Clive Anderson and guests discuss who should pay compensation to victims of abuse.
9. 23:00
  Brain of Britain—10/12/2012
  The ever-popular nationwide general knowledge quiz, chaired by Russell Davies.
10. 23:30
  Poetry Please—09/12/2012
  Roger McGough presents some tree poems, as the country contemplates losing its ashes.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/12/2012
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Rhys Davies Competition Winners—One Summer
  1/2By Kate Hamer. Winner of the Welsh short story contest.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/12/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/12/2012
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/12/2012
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/12/2012
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—16/12/2012
  The bells of York Minster.
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—Series 3, Nancy Lublin: 21st-Century Social Activism
  Nancy Lublin argues that the web has transformed social activism for the better.

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