FM Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—29/05/2013
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Book of the Week—Paul Morley - The North (and Almost Everything in It), Episode 2
2/5Holiday trips to the south coast expose the darker side of life in the north.(R)
00:48
Shipping Forecast—29/05/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/05/2013
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—29/05/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
05:30
News Briefing—29/05/2013
News from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—29/05/2013
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch.
05:45
Farming Today—29/05/2013
Feeding flies to livestock - Sybil Ruscoe looks at putting insect protein in animal feed.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Storm Petrel
David Attenborough presents the storm petrel.
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Morning
06:00
Today—29/05/2013
Afghan detentions debated, plus is obesity nature or nurture?
09:00
Midweek—Jimmy Connors, Damian Barr, Jonathan Miller and Natalie Coleman
Libby Purves meets Jimmy Connors, Damian Barr, Jonathan Miller and Natalie Coleman.
09:45
Book of the Week—Paul Morley - The North (and Almost Everything in It), Episode 3
3/5Sixties glamour hits Reddish, while football binds father and son together.
10:00
Woman's Hour—Jessica Hynes; Rubella; Rita Hayworth
Jessica Hynes on Up the Women, fears of a rubella outbreak, and screen icon Rita Hayworth.
10:45
15 Minute Drama—Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, This Really Happened
8/10Cody's son Luke makes the journey to Baltimore and the Homesick Restaurant.
11:00
Don't Log Off—Series 3, The Power of Belief
Alan Dein hears stories from Peru, Canada and Israel about the power of belief.
11:30
House on Fire—Series 3, Camping
2/6Vicky decides to go camping, and it's intense.
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Afternoon
12:00
You and Yours—Portas Pilots: high street special
How have the 12 Portas Pilot towns done in their first year?
12:30
Face the Facts—A Funny Old Business Rate System?
Delay in a revaluation of business rates could do further damage to town centres.
12:57
Weather—29/05/2013
The latest weather forecast.
13:00
World at One—29/05/2013
National and international news.
13:45
Disability: A New History—Freaks and Entrepreneurs
3/10Peter White challenges our modern ideas of freaks - were they in fact great entrepreneurs?
14:00
The Archers—28/05/2013
It's a busy time for Jennifer.(R)
14:15
Drama on 4—Sally Griffiths - Haunted
A TV illusionist and a medium both have their belief systems tested.
15:00
Money Box Live—Holidays
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer listeners' holiday questions.
15:30
All in the Mind—Neuromyths in schools; psychosis and prisons; the case of HM
Neuromyths in the classroom - how brain facts and fiction are being muddled up in schools.(R)
16:00
Thinking Allowed—Multicultural Prison; Jellied Eels
Laurie Taylor discusses life in the modern male prison. Also, jellied eels and 'disgust'.
16:30
The Media Show—Comic Relief
How the media covered the Woolwich attack, rebranding News Corp, and a bit of Comic Relief
17:00
PM—29/05/2013
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—29/05/2013
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
18:30
Sketchorama—Series 2, Episode 1
1/4Thom Tuck presents the Beta Males, Shirley & Shirley, and Jonny & the Baptists.
19:00
The Archers—29/05/2013
Lilian finds it hard to be sympathetic, and Tom comes to the rescue.
19:15
Front Row—Akram Khan; the Iraq War documentaries; Antonia Fraser's Cultural Exchange
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including Cultural Exchange with Antonia Fraser.
19:45
15 Minute Drama—Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, This Really Happened
8/10Cody's son Luke makes the journey to Baltimore and the Homesick Restaurant.(R)
20:00
Unreliable Evidence—How Free Is Our Speech?
Clive Anderson and guests discuss concerns that our courts are inhibiting free speech.
20:45
Four Thought—Series 4, Anna Woodhouse: Windows to the Soul
9/3Anna Woodhouse explores what looking through glass and glasses means for us.
21:00
Vertical Farming
Could high-rise farming be the solution to feeding our cities or is it a utopian fantasy?
21:30
Midweek—Jimmy Connors, Damian Barr, Jonathan Miller and Natalie Coleman
Libby Purves meets Jimmy Connors, Damian Barr, Jonathan Miller and Natalie Coleman.(R)
21:58
Weather—29/05/2013
Weather information.
22:00
The World Tonight—29/05/2013
Rebel leaders in Syria accuse opposition coalition of failing them. With Carolyn Quinn.
22:45
Book at Bedtime—Sarah Dunant - Blood and Beauty, Episode 3
3/10Lucrezia frets about the strategic alliance her father is making with her marriage.
23:00
Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing—Series 2, About Animals
5/6Nathan explains his attitude to animals and pets and his grandma's attitude to mice.
23:15
One—Series 2, Episode 5
5/6Guests include Graeme Garden, Johnny Daukes, Deborah Norton and Katie Davies.(R)
23:30
Lives in a Landscape—Series 12, Academy Beat
Alan Dein meets Dave Clifford, who swapped the police beat for a job at a London academy.(R)
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—30/05/2013
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Book of the Week—Paul Morley - The North (and Almost Everything in It), Episode 3
3/5Sixties glamour hits Reddish, while football binds father and son together.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/05/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/05/2013
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/05/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
05:30
News Briefing—30/05/2013
News from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—30/05/2013
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Alison Murdoch.
05:45
Farming Today—30/05/2013
Farmers at the Bath and West Show await the badger cull.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Sedge Warbler
David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the sedge warbler.
