BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Saturday 1 August 2020

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/08/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Girl Taken—10. An End in Sight
  10/10A desperate mother has tried so hard to find her daughter and waited so long to reunite.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/08/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—01/08/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—01/08/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—01/08/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—01/08/2020
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Very Reverend Dr Sarah Rowland Jones
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—Embracing Uncertainty
  Caoilinn Hughes discovers the power of embracing uncertainty.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—01/08/2020
  The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
2. 06:07
  Open Country—Restoration in the Lake District
  Ian Marchant talks to people restoring landscapes in the Lake District.
3. 06:30
  Farming Today—01/08/20 - Farming Today This Week: Consultation announced on gene editing
  The government are going to hold a consultation on whether to allow gene editing.
4. 06:57
  Weather—01/08/2020
  The latest weather forecast
5. 07:00
  Today—01/08/2020
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
6. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Danielle de Niese and Loyd Grossman
  Author Sally Coulthard on her rural life and bouncer turned biochemist Chris Steel.
7. 10:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 29, Home Economics: Episode Twelve
  6/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
8. 11:00
  The Briefing Room—How to beat obesity
  What’s in the government's plan to help people lose weight and what more could be done?
9. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—Taking on the ruler of Belarus
  Stories from Australia, Florida, Laos, France and the presidential election in Belarus.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—01/08/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  Money Box—'We know apprenticeships work'
  Do apprenticeships work? Plus over-75's TV licences and debt collection.
3. 12:30
  Summer Comedy Festival—Episode 2
  2/6Jo Brand curates a poetry festival, hosting a line-up of some of her favourite performers.
4. 12:57
  Weather—01/08/2020
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  News—01/08/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Professor Mary Beard, Paul Johnson, Bob Seely MP, Emily Thornberry MP
  Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House in London.
7. 14:00
  Any Answers?—Lockdown & GPs
  Have you been shielding? Is today the first day you’ve ventured out?
8. 14:45
  One to One—Veggie roots: Miles Chambers meets the inventor of the Vegeburger
  Gregory Sams invented the Vegeburger mix which fed Miles Chambers as a child in the 1970s.
9. 15:00
  Saturday Drama—The Martin Beck Killings, The Locked Room
  8/10Steven Mackintosh stars as Martin Beck in the classic 1960s Swedish detective series.
10. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Recovering after domestic abuse, Black women in music, Bicycle saddles
  Building a new life after domestic abuse: How friends and family can help survivors.
11. 17:00
  PM—01/08/2020
  Full coverage of the day's news
12. 17:30
  The Inquiry—Can we dismiss QAnon?
  The far right conspiracy theory featuring child molestors and baby eaters.
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—01/08/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
14. 17:57
  Weather—01/08/2020
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—01/08/2020 Pubs 'may need to shut' to allow schools to reopen
  Two senior government scientific advisers warn difficult decisions will have to be taken.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Jade Anouka, Sindhu Vee, Ben Hart, Raphael Rowe, Black Pumas, Lady Blackbird, Christopher Eccleston, Nikki Bedi
  Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  The Long View—Rethink, The Unexpected Impact of the Black Death
  1/5Jonathan Freedland and guests explore how Britain has recovered from crises in its history
4. 19:15
  The Reith Lectures—Hilary Mantel, Silence Grips the Town
  The story of how historical obsession killed a Polish writer, told by Hilary Mantel.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—The Crunch Convention
  A US election like no other, presented by Alistair Cooke
6. 21:00
  Tracks—Series 2: Strata, Omnibus Part 1
  By Matthew Broughton. The return of the conspiracy thriller series.
7. 21:45
  Goodnight, Vienna—Jonke's Schnitzel, by James Hopkin
  2/3Vienna's oldest mental asylum is reopened. But to what purpose?
8. 22:00
  News—01/08/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
9. 22:15
  Moral Maze—The Death of the City?
  Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
10. 23:00
  The 3rd Degree—Series 10, Ulster University
  5/6Three students from Ulster University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
11. 23:30
  There Will Be Singing
  The Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck explores poetry that sings in dark times.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/08/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  The Way I See It—Es Devlin on Felix Gonzalez-Torres's Perfect Lovers
  12/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it?
3. 00:30
  The Poet and the Echo—The Idler
  Hannah Lavery’s meditative story inspired by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/08/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/08/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/08/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/08/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
8. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—St Giles Church in Ashtead, Surrey.
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Giles Church in Ashtead, Surrey
9. 05:45
  The Long View—Rethink, The Unexpected Impact of the Black Death
  1/5Jonathan Freedland and guests explore how Britain has recovered from crises in its history

Sunday 2 August 2020