BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Thursday 30 August 2018

FM Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/08/2018
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—A Boy in the Water, Breakthrough: Confronting fears and meeting a hero
  3/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/08/2018
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/08/2018
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/08/2018
  Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—30/08/2018
  Lorraine Howells is passing her farm in the Rhymney Valley onto farmworker Lee Pritchard.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Willow Tit
  Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—30/08/2018
  News and current affairs including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  I, Object!—Why Object?
  The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent.
3. 09:30
  Did the Victorians Ruin the World?—Series 1, 5. Toilets
  5/5Are toilets a case of Victorian genius, or did they flush away our most precious resource?(R)
4. 09:45
  Book of the Week—A Boy in the Water, Aiming for the Channel: Tom's training intensifies
  4/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Dance Nation, Bartenders, Anaemia, Sali Hughes, Domestic violence
  Clare Barron, women bartenders, iron deficiency, treasures, preventing domestic violence.
6. 10:45
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 5: A Mermaid's Kiss, Part 4
  4/5Gareth makes a shocking discovery about Guto.
7. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Uganda's Prison Farms
  'He was using prisoners like oxen' - an ex-convict recalls life on a Ugandan prison farm.
8. 11:30
  Sketches: Stories of Art and People—Series 1, Escapes
  True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—30/08/2018
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  A History of Ideas—Thomas Hobbes and Civil Disobedience
  Criminologist David Wilson looks at Thomas Hobbes and his 'social contract' theory.(R)
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Death in care, Chinese smartphones, Online gardening
  We speak to the mother of a disabled man who died in care.
4. 12:57
  Weather—30/08/2018
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—30/08/2018
  Analysis of news and current affairs.
6. 13:45
  Hotspot—House Prices
  Jenny Kleeman explores places at the extremes of UK society.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—29/08/2018
  Oliver takes the stand.(R)
8. 14:15
  Dangerous Visions—Resistance, Episode 3
  3/3Val McDermid's thriller examines what happens if antibiotics stop working.(R)
9. 15:00
  Open Country—Childhood Holidays in Pembrokeshire
  Charlotte Smith revisits Pembrokeshire, where she spent many of her childhood holidays.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—INQUEST Charitable Trust
  Comedian Mark Thomas makes the Radio 4 Appeal for INQUEST Charitable Trust.(R)
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Richard Powers and Nature Writing
  Alex Clark talks to Richard Powers about his new novel, The Overstory.(R)
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Pawel Pawlikowski
  Oscar-winner Pawel Pawlikowski on his tale of amour fou in communist Poland, Cold War.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize
  Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize
14. 17:00
  PM—30/08/2018
  Simon Jack with interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—30/08/2018 The veteran MP, Frank Field, has resigned the Labour whip.
  The veteran MP, Frank Field, has resigned the Labour whip
2. 18:30
  Plum House—Series 1, Perilously Poorly Peter
  2/6Peter's forced to visit town, leaving his hopeless deputy Julian in charge.(R)
3. 19:00
  The Archers—30/08/2018
  Jazzer steps up.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Nick Leather on Mother's Day, Natasha Carthew, Drawing comic-book characters
  Nick Leather discusses his TV drama Mother's Day, about the Warrington bomb.
5. 19:45
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 5: A Mermaid's Kiss, Part 4
  4/5Gareth makes a shocking discovery about Guto.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Britain's Housing Crisis
  Is the failure to build at the core of the housing problem or are other factors at play?
7. 20:30
  In Business—Failures, Flops and Flaws
  Ruth Alexander visits the Museum of Failure in Sweden to learn the secrets of success.
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize
  Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize
9. 21:30
  I, Object!—Why Object?
  The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Senior Labour MP Frank Field resigns from parliamentary party.
  Veteran politician says Labour leadership has become "force for anti-semitism".
11. 22:45
  Jaws by Peter Benchley—9. 'The fish is too much for us.'
  9/10Peter Benchley's classic 1974 novel, and one of the most terrifying movies of all time.
12. 23:00
  The Missing Hancocks—Series 2, The Marriage Bureau
  3/5Hancock needs to get married to get a job. A 1955 original re-recorded in in 2015.(R)
13. 23:30
  The Digital Human—Series 14, Joy
  Aleks Krotoski wonders if it's possible to convey a sense of joyful abandon online...(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/08/2018
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—A Boy in the Water, Aiming for the Channel: Tom's training intensifies
  4/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/08/2018
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/08/2018
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—31/08/2018
  Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—A tribute to environmentalist Peter Melchett, Scottish crofting and 'Bio-plastics'
  A tribute is paid to environmental campaigner and organic farmer Peter Melchett.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Jay
  Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.(R)

Friday 31 August 2018