BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Sunday 7 April 2013

FM Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—07/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Kenneth Cranham on the Water—Backwards and Forwards
  3/3On a Scottish loch, an academic does a lot of rowing and has a proper talk with his son.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—07/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—07/04/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—07/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—07/04/2013
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—07/04/2013
  The bells of St Stephen's Church, Brannel, Cornwall.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Jeff Bezos
  Amazon has changed the world. Now its founder Jeff Bezos has his sights on the stars.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News Headlines—07/04/2013
  The latest national and international news.
2. 06:05
  Something Understood—07/04/2013
  John McCarthy explores the significance of the Pietà in art and life. With Antony Gormley.
3. 06:35
  On Your Farm—07/04/2013
  Welsh hill farmers' desperate fight against snowdrifts, as they try to save their sheep.
4. 06:57
  Weather—07/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 07:00
  News and Papers—07/04/2013
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
6. 07:10
  Sunday—07/04/2013
  Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme.
7. 07:55
  Radio 4 Appeal—The Environmental Investigation Agency
  Ronni Ancona presents an appeal for the Environmental Investigation Agency.
8. 07:57
  Weather—07/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
9. 08:00
  News and Papers—07/04/2013
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
10. 08:10
  Sunday Worship—07/04/2013
  A service from St Michael's Church, Aberystwyth. Preacher: Canon Stuart Bell.
11. 08:50
  A Point of View—The Irrationality of Nations
  Topical issues. Every nation has a core irrationality, or so says Adam Gopnik.
12. 09:00
  Broadcasting House—07/04/2013
  The Sunday morning magazine programme with Britain's best newspaper review.
13. 10:00
  The Archers Omnibus—07/04/2013
  Brenda feels under pressure, and Elizabeth is taken by surprise.
14. 11:15
  The Reunion—Doctor Who
  Sue MacGregor reunites five people who played key parts in the early years of Doctor Who.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Just a Minute—Series 65, Episode 8
  8/8Jason Manford, Paul Merton, Graham Norton and Sue Perkins try to talk for 60 seconds.
2. 12:32
  The Food Programme—Madhur Jaffrey, a life through food
  Madhur Jaffrey, Indian cooking legend, returns to India and tells her food life story.
3. 12:57
  Weather—07/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  The World This Weekend—07/04/2013
  The latest national and international news.
5. 13:30
  Flashmob Flamenco
  Spain's current economic crisis is seeing the return of flamenco as a form of protest.(R)
6. 14:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—Postbag edition
  In this special postbag edition, Peter Gibbs and the team visit Bob Flowerdew's garden.
7. 14:45
  The Listening Project Omnibus—07/04/2013
  Fi Glover with the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
8. 15:00
  Classic Serial—A Larkin Double, A Girl in Winter
  2/2One wintery Saturday in wartime Britain, an exiled girl remembers a holiday romance.
9. 16:00
  Bookclub—Elif Shafak - The Forty Rules of Love
  Elif Shafak discusses her bestselling novel The Forty Rules of Love.
10. 16:30
  Broken Paradise
  Lakshmi Holmstrom introduces poetry from Sri Lanka's bitter three-decade civil war.
11. 17:00
  The Deprofessionals
  Matthew Hill asks what is happening to Britain's public services.
12. 17:40
  Profile—Jeff Bezos
  Amazon has changed the world. Now its founder Jeff Bezos has his sights on the stars.
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—07/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
14. 17:57
  Weather—07/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—07/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Pick of the Week—07/04/2013
  Christopher Douglas chooses the best from the previous seven days of BBC Radio.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—07/04/2013
  Tom keeps himself busy.
4. 19:15
  Believe It!—Series 1, Drink
  1/4The bizarre (and untrue) celebrity radiography of Richard Wilson.(R)
5. 19:45
  Three Stories by Edith Pearlman—Binocular Vision
  1/3A young girl picks up her father's binoculars and observes the neighbours across the road.
6. 20:00
  Feedback—05/04/2013
  Is Radio 4 an ageless beauty? And why was fantasy drama Neverwhere nowhere to be found?
7. 20:30
  Last Word—A screenwriter, a champagne maker, a learning disabilities campaigner, a president, a Welsh poet and a music producer
  Matthew Bannister remembers Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Henri Krug, Mabel Cooper and Moses Blah.
8. 21:00
  Money Box—Energy company fine, vouchers for burglary victims, the new ISA season
  Finance news with Paul Lewis. A record energy company fine, but who can get compensation?
9. 21:26
  Radio 4 Appeal—The Environmental Investigation Agency
  Ronni Ancona presents an appeal for the Environmental Investigation Agency.
10. 21:30
  In Business—Productivity Puzzle
  Peter Day explains the UK economy's productivity puzzle and why it matters.
11. 22:00
  Westminster Hour—07/04/2013
  Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
12. 22:45
  What the Papers Say—07/04/2013
  John Rentoul of the Independent on Sunday analyses how the papers are covering the news.
13. 23:00
  The Film Programme—Spring Breakers; Bird's Eye View film festival
  Francine Stock talks to Harmony Korine about his new film Spring Breakers.
14. 23:30
  Something Understood—07/04/2013
  John McCarthy explores the significance of the Pietà in art and life. With Antony Gormley.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—08/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Thinking Allowed—Women and the Armed Forces
  Laurie Taylor explores gender and the military as women go into the frontline of battle.
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—07/04/2013
  The bells of St Stephen's Church, Brannel, Cornwall.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—08/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—08/04/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—08/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—08/04/2013
  News from BBC Radio 4.
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—08/04/2013
  Anna Magnusson, writer and broadcaster, with spiritual comment and prayer to start the day
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—08/04/2013
  Dwindling pig numbers in the UK, but farmers are optimistic.
10. 05:57
  Weather—08/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast for farmers.

Monday 8 April 2013