BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 25 July 2020

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—25/07/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Girl Taken—5. Dangerous Journeys
  5/10The authorities draw a blank in the search for the child and police say they can't act.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—25/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—25/07/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—25/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—25/07/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—25/07/2020
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Myriam François.
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—Ending Ageism
  Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—25/07/2020
  The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
2. 06:07
  Open Country—Dawn Walk
  A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland.
3. 06:30
  Farming Today—24/07/20 - Farming Today This Week: Pollinators and politics
  Nature and the green recovery, and the importance of pollinators. Sybil Ruscoe presents.
4. 06:57
  Weather—25/07/2020
  The latest weather forecast
5. 07:00
  Today—25/07/2020
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
6. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Richard Hammond
  The Naked podcaster Kat Harbourne and the Inheritance Tracks of Jessie Ware.
7. 10:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 29, Home Economics: Episode Eleven
  5/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
8. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—25/07/2020
  Steve Richards discusses the events of a tumultuous political year.
9. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—Unrest in Russia's eastern outpost
  Stories from Brazil, Hungary, Venice, Cuba and from one of Russia's eastern outposts.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—25/07/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  Money Box—'Forced' back to work with no childcare
  Back at work with no childcare, customers 'stuck' with their cars and a fraud in progress.
3. 12:30
  Summer Comedy Festival—Episode 1
  1/6Miles Jupp curates his dream festival, hosting a line-up of some of his favourite people.
4. 12:57
  Weather—25/07/2020
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  News—25/07/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Dame Margaret Beckett MP, James Cleverly MP, Peter Hitchens, Dr Linda Yueh
  Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London.
7. 14:00
  Any Answers?—Obesity & Masks
  Are you overweight? Does the government telling you to do something about it help?
8. 14:45
  One to One—Personality: Katya Adler talks to Professor Wiebke Bleidorn
  Katya Adler talks to psychologist Wiebke Bleidorn about whether personalities can change.
9. 15:00
  Saturday Drama—The Martin Beck Killings, The Abominable Man
  7/10Steven Mackintosh plays Martin Beck in the classic Swedish detective series.
10. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Kate Rusby, Women and high street job losses, Mary Trump, How to be a friend, Childfree by choice
  Known as the Barnsley Nightingale, the folk singer Kate Rusby on her album of covers.
11. 17:00
  PM—25/07/2020
  Full coverage of the day's news
12. 17:30
  Political Thinking with Nick Robinson—25/07/2020
  Nick Robinson talks to LibDem leadership contender Layla Moran.
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—25/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
14. 17:57
  Weather—25/07/2020
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—25/07/2020 UN says virus sets new record every day
  India records 100,000 new cases in 48 hours. Brazil, US, and Africa among worst affected.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Chris Frantz, Mary Coughlan, Kayode Ewumi, Courtney Marie Andrews, Winston Surfshirt, Athena Kugblenu, Clive Anderson
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Professor Sarah Gilbert
  Mark Coles profiles the scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team.
4. 19:15
  The Reith Lectures—Hilary Mantel, The Iron Maiden
  How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Playing Doctors and Nurses
  Mark Lawson on the rich history of medical programmes, fact and fiction, on radio and TV.
6. 21:00
  Tracks—Series 1: Origin, Origin: Episode Nine
  9/9Final episode in the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
7. 21:45
  Goodnight, Vienna—The Last Train, by Jo Baker
  1/3Will Leah catch the last kindertransport out of Vienna?
8. 22:00
  News—25/07/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
9. 22:15
  Moral Maze—The Morality of the British Empire
  Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
10. 23:00
  The 3rd Degree—Series 10, Durham University
  4/6Three students from Durham University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
11. 23:30
  The New Japanese Poetry—Beneath and Beyond Tokyo
  2/2Following the Japanese poets who are embedding poetry into the city of Tokyo.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—26/07/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  The Way I See It—Roxane Gay and Christ's Entry into Journalism
  11/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it?
3. 00:30
  Short Works—Heart Skips
  By Divya Ghelani. Pramila’s training for the skipathon does not go smoothly.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—26/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—26/07/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—26/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—26/07/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
8. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire
  Bells on Sunday comes from St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire.
9. 05:45
  Profile—Professor Sarah Gilbert
  Mark Coles profiles the scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team.

Sunday 26 July 2020