BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 10 September 2019

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—10/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Talking to Strangers—Episode 1
  1/5By Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and host of Revisionist History.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—10/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—10/09/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—10/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—10/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—10/09/2019
  Reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin, Dominican friar and university chaplain in Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—10/09/19 - Defra secretary under scrutiny, definition of veal and beef, anglers monitoring water quality
  Defra secretary admits the Agriculture Bill will fail to get through Parliament.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Black-footed Albatross
  Liz Bonnin presents the black-footed albatross of Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—10/09/2019
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Patch—Ferryside
  One producer, one randomly generated postcode, and the search for an unheard story.(R)
3. 09:30
  One to One—Lucy Mangan on Responsibility
  Lucy Mangan avoids responsibility. Why? Today she talks to the Reverend Claire Herbert.
4. 09:45
  Talking to Strangers—Episode 2
  2/5Malcolm Gladwell explores what we should know about the people we don't know.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Sci-Fi, Sex Discrimination, My Best Day
  The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
6. 10:45
  Blackwater by Claire McGowan—2. Mystery
  2/10Zoe was murdered by Paul 10 years ago. Paul serves his sentence but Zoe returns.(R)
7. 11:00
  The Long and Short of Life Expectancy
  Why is life expectancy in the UK stalling and what can be done about it?
8. 11:30
  Art of Now—Brazilian Art Under Bolsonaro
  Brazilian artists and thinkers explore cultural life under a far-right president.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—10/09/2019
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  Short Works—BBC National Short Story Award 2019, Open Day
  Five newly commissioned short stories to mark this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Call You and Yours: Are you dependent on prescribed painkillers?
  Are you dependent on prescribed painkillers?
4. 12:57
  Weather—10/09/2019
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—10/09/2019
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:45
  Things That Made the Modern Economy—Series 2, Dwarf Wheat
  Norman Borlaug averted famine predictions by tinkering with the genetic design of wheat.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—09/09/2019
  Jennifer finds herself out in the cold.(R)
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Eastern Star
  Reporter Chris Gunness finds himself at the centre of the 1988 Burmese Student revolution.
9. 15:00
  Short Cuts—Series 20, Mary Oliver
  5/7Short documentaries and adventures in sound inspired by the poet Mary Oliver.
10. 15:30
  BBC National Short Story Award—BBC National Short Story Award 2019, The Children by Lucy Caldwell
  Lucy Caldwell’s powerful story about motherhood and loss.
11. 16:00
  A Believer's Guide to Atheism
  Michael Symmons Roberts explores the changing faces of atheism in modern Britain.
12. 16:30
  Great Lives—Fiona Shaw nominates the actress Eleonora Duse
  Eleonora Duse, pioneering 19th-century actress, is the choice of Fiona Shaw.
13. 17:00
  PM—10/09/2019
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—10/09/2019 Trump fires National Security Adviser
  President Trump sacks his National Security Adviser, John Bolton.
2. 18:30
  Paul Sinha's General Knowledge—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/4Paul Sinha improves your general knowledge with fascinating facts and hilarious stories.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—10/09/2019
  Jim springs more than one surprise.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—The British Ceramics Biennial, Novelist Nell Zink, The Jumper Factory, Tamsin Grey
  The British Ceramics Biennial reviewed, and US writer Nell Zink on her new novel, Doxology
5. 19:45
  Open Art—Harmless Poisons, Blameless Sins, Episode 2
  Artist Ben Rivers reinterprets the strange tales of Moroccan storyteller Mohammed Mrabet.(R)
6. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Sex Offenders Fleeing Abroad
  How some runaway sex offenders are evading justice
7. 20:40
  In Touch—Two Visually Impaired Opera Singers
  Two visually impaired opera singers tell us their stories.
8. 21:00
  Science Stories—Series 9, Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
  Philip Ball tells the tale of Alexis Carrel's immortal chicken heart.
9. 21:30
  The Opportunity of Divorce
  Why migration to Europe has led to increased divorce rates amongst refugees.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—John Bolton is sacked
  Donald Trump now looking for 4th National Security Adviser in three years
11. 22:45
  Short Works—BBC National Short Story Award 2019, Open Day
  Five newly commissioned short stories to mark this year's BBC National Short Story Award.(R)
12. 23:00
  Some Kind of Man with Peter Curran
  The broadcaster’s comic life-search for male role models in books, films and television.(R)
13. 23:30
  The Digital Human—Series 13, Tribe
  Aleks Krotoski considers the concept of 'tribe' in the modern world.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—11/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Talking to Strangers—Episode 2
  2/5Malcolm Gladwell explores what we should know about the people we don't know.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—11/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—11/09/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—11/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—11/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—11/09/2019
  Reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin, Dominican friar and university chaplain in Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—11/09/19: Carbon net zero farming by 2040, Pearl mussels on the River Spey, Do fish feel pain?
  Anna Hill asks Professor Elizabeth Robinson if farming can go carbon neutral by 2040.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Adelie Penguin
  Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore.(R)

Wednesday 11 September 2019