FM Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—01/08/2013
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Book of the Week—Amana Fontanella-Khan - The Pink Sari Revolution, Episode 3
3/5Sampat continues to investigate the case of Sheelu, whose harrowing story has now emerged.(R)
00:48
Shipping Forecast—01/08/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—01/08/2013
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—01/08/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
05:30
News Briefing—01/08/2013
News from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—01/08/2013
A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell.
05:45
Farming Today—01/08/2013
Asian and Citrus longhorn beetles could destroy UK trees, warns the Forestry Commission.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Stonechat
Michaela Strachan presents the stonechat.
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Morning
06:00
Today—01/08/2013
Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
09:00
Reflections with Peter Hennessy—Series 1, Lord Kinnock
4/4Peter Hennessy's guest is Lord Kinnock (Neil Kinnock), former Labour Party Leader.
09:45
Book of the Week—Amana Fontanella-Khan - The Pink Sari Revolution, Episode 4
4/5The legislator steps up his threats against both Sheelu's family and Sampat herself.
10:00
Woman's Hour—Syria's refugees; Influence of Song Lyrics; Nell Dunn and Margaret Drabble
Conditions for Syrian refugees, influence of song lyrics, and Nell Dunn on Up the Junction
10:45
15 Minute Drama—Chronicles of Ait - The Lotos Effect, Episode 4
4/5Linus finds that Alice and young Stella have become inexplicably close.
11:00
UK Confidential—1983
Martha Kearney reveals the secrets in the cabinet and prime minister papers of 1983.
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Afternoon
12:00
You and Yours—Electric cars, vintage TV adverts, the diet industry
Winifred Robinson asks how much money councils have spent on electric car charging points.
12:57
Weather—01/08/2013
The latest weather forecast.
13:00
World at One—01/08/2013
National and international news.
13:45
Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life—Whatever Happened to the Paperless Office?
Lucy Kellaway charts the impact of computers on office life.
14:00
The Archers—31/07/2013
Jill's supportive.(R)
14:15
Drama on 4—Lenny Henry - Miss You Still
A bus driver who has shut himself off from the world is sent a feisty teenager to help him
15:00
Open Country—Salisbury Plain
Felicity Evans visits the 'lost' village of Imber on Salisbury Plain.
15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—The Lorna Young Foundation
Joanne Harris presents an appeal for the Lorna Young Foundation.(R)
15:30
Open Book—Alcohol's influence on literature; James Runcie; Grace McCleen
Mariella Frostrup talks to Grace McCleen about her new novel The Professor of Poetry.(R)
16:00
The Film Programme—Only God Forgives; The Heat; My Father and the Man in Black
Robbie Collin talks to the director Nicolas Winding Refn about Only God Forgives.
16:30
BBC Inside Science—Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope
With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer
17:00
PM—01/08/2013
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—01/08/2013
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
18:30
Meet David Sedaris—Series 3, Author Author; Front Row Centre with Thaddeus Bristol
2/6The American essayist's musing on life as an author and a satirical swipe at critics.(R)
19:00
The Archers—01/08/2013
Kathy's caught out.
19:15
Front Row—Andrey Kurkov, workplace TV, Australian circus, Jeffrey Archer
Arts news and reviews. Kirsty Lang interviews acclaimed Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov.
19:45
15 Minute Drama—Chronicles of Ait - The Lotos Effect, Episode 4
4/5Linus finds that Alice and young Stella have become inexplicably close.(R)
20:00
The Report—Death in the Brecon Beacons
Three reservists died during SAS selection. Adam Fleming asks if the training is safe.
20:30
In Business—North Sea Oil
Peter Day reports from Aberdeen on the UK's North Sea oil industry.
21:00
BBC Inside Science—Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope
With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer(R)
21:30
Reflections with Peter Hennessy—Series 1, Lord Kinnock
4/4Peter Hennessy's guest is Lord Kinnock (Neil Kinnock), former Labour Party Leader.(R)
21:58
Weather—01/08/2013
Weather information.
22:00
The World Tonight—01/08/2013
Zimbabwe elections - was there vote-rigging? With Carolyn Quinn.
22:45
Book at Bedtime—Ian Sansom - The Norfolk Mystery, Episode 4
4/10Morley and Sefton's startling discovery diverts them from their research.
23:00
North by Northamptonshire—Series 1, Episode 2
2/4As talent night rehearsals grind on, peanuts and a trolley challenge some town residents.(R)
23:30
Bernard Who?—2. Fred, The Wombles and The Railway Children.
2/2Bernard Cribbins looks back on 70 years in showbusiness with a stellar cast of friends.(R)
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—02/08/2013
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Book of the Week—Amana Fontanella-Khan - The Pink Sari Revolution, Episode 4
4/5The legislator steps up his threats against both Sheelu's family and Sampat herself.(R)
00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/08/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/08/2013
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/08/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
05:30
News Briefing—02/08/2013
News from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/08/2013
A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Edwin Counsell.
05:45
Farming Today—02/08/2013
Plans to extend badger TB vaccination in Wales, if landowners will pay part of the cost.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—House Sparrow
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the house sparrow.
