BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Thursday 18 April 2013

FM Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—18/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—She Left Me the Gun, Episode 3
  3/5After the loss of her mother, Emma Brockes embarks on a journey of discovery.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—18/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—18/04/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—18/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—18/04/2013
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—18/04/2013
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Monsignor Tony Rogers.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—18/04/2013
  Why the Welsh government has given money to farm charities, not direct to snow-hit farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—18/04/2013
  Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  In Our Time—The Putney Debates
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647.
3. 09:45
  Book of the Week—She Left Me the Gun, Episode 4
  4/5In South Africa, Emma meets her mother's sister, Fay, for the first time.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Sheryl Sandberg; Eva Schloss; 50s dating
  Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook on 'leaning in'. Plus Anne Frank's step-sister Eva Schloss.
5. 10:45
  An Everyday story of Afghan Folk—An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk: Series 2, Episode 4
  4/5Shopkeeper Sardar Aka's elder wife of is suddenly ill. Or is she just sick with jealousy?
6. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Mexico's Village Vigilantes
  Linda Pressly meets the vigilantes fighting Mexico's criminal gangs in Guerrerro State.
7. 11:30
  Mr Capra Goes to Hollywood
  An exploration of the filmmaker Frank Capra's enduring vision of the American dream.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  You and Yours—Electric cars; when tattoos go wrong
  Behind the scenes on the McDonalds production line. Consumer news with Winifred Robinson.
2. 12:57
  Weather—18/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 13:00
  World at One—18/04/2013
  National and international news.
4. 13:45
  Noise: A Human History—Life in the City
  24/30Professor David Hendy follows the writer Thomas Carlyle's grumpy attempts at soundproofing
5. 14:00
  The Archers—17/04/2013
  Neil comes to a decision.
6. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Cash Cow
  By Ewa Banaszkiewicz. A father's gambling addiction tears a family apart.
7. 15:00
  Open Country—Lyme Regis
  Helen Mark visits Lyme Regis' Undercliffs, a jungle created by 200 years of landslips.
8. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—OCD Action
  Keira Bartlett, who suffers from OCD, presents an appeal on behalf of OCD Action.
9. 15:30
  Open Book—Ghana Must Go; After Tomorrow
  Taiye Selasi on Ghana Must Go, and Gillian Cross on her dystopian future After Tomorrow.
10. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Jeremy Irons on Trashed; new Pierce Brosnan romcom Love Is All You Need
  Francine Stock talks to Jeremy Irons about Trashed, a new documentary about global waste.
11. 16:30
  Material World—Iranian Earthquake; Zebrafish; Curiosity Rover
  Quentin Cooper on the remarkable zebrafish, the Khash earthquake, and driving on Mars.
12. 17:00
  PM—18/04/2013
  Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—18/04/2013
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Mark Thomas: The Manifesto—Series 5, Canterbury
  3/6Mark creates a People's Manifesto based on suggestions from his audience.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—18/04/2013
  Helen does some straight talking.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Matt Damon's Promised Land, Kacey Musgraves, BBC Proms 2013
  Matt Damon's Promised Land; BBC Proms 2013; singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves.
5. 19:45
  An Everyday story of Afghan Folk—An Everyday Story of Afghan Folk: Series 2, Episode 4
  4/5Shopkeeper Sardar Aka's elder wife of is suddenly ill. Or is she just sick with jealousy?
6. 20:00
  The Report—Children's Heart Surgery
  Who can parents trust to tell them where is best for their children to have heart surgery?
7. 20:30
  In Business—Indian Identity
  India is giving its entire population of 1.2 billion people their own digital identity.
8. 21:00
  A Natural History of Me!
  If only one in ten cells in the body is human, then what are we? Paul Evans investigates.
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—The Putney Debates
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Putney Debates of 1647.
10. 21:58
  Weather—18/04/2013
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—18/04/2013
  In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective with Philippa Thomas.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Granta Best of Young British Novelists 4, A World Intact
  4/5A man returns from training to his rural home to find it's no longer where he belongs.
13. 23:00
  Jon Ronson On—Series 7, Being Normal
  3/5Travelling the UK, Jon Ronson puts a manual of mental disorders to the test.
14. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—18/04/2013
  Rachel Byrne reports on events at Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—19/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—She Left Me the Gun, Episode 4
  4/5In South Africa, Emma meets her mother's sister, Fay, for the first time.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—19/04/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—19/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—19/04/2013
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—19/04/2013
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Monsignor Tony Rogers.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—19/04/2013
  How a change in league tables could put schools off teaching agriculture.

Friday 19 April 2013