BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Friday 13 August 2021

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—13/08/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Hamilton and Me by Giles Terera—Episode 4: Time Begins to Bend
  4/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—13/08/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—13/08/2021
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—13/08/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—13/08/2021
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—13/08/2021
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—13/08/21 - Buying Welsh farmland for offsetting, Local Nature Recovery Strategies, Where the red squirrels eat
  Farmland in Wales is being bought by investment companies to offset carbon emissions.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Blue Jay
  Chris Packham presents the North American blue jay.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—13/08/2021
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Reunion—Same Sex Marriage
  Kirsty Wark and guests recall the battle to introduce same-sex marriage in Britain.
3. 09:45
  Hamilton and Me by Giles Terera—Episode 5: Told You it Would Be Crazy
  5/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Singer-songwriter Joy Crookes, Maternity discrimination, Data-driven parenting, Hot Girl Summer
  Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
5. 11:00
  The Spark—Ehsan Masood and GDP
  Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
6. 11:30
  Ellie Taylor's Safe Space—Series 2, Exercise
  2/4Comedian Ellie Taylor looks at exercise and why it should, in her opinion, be forbidden.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—13/08/2021
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 12:04
  The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey—Episode Five
  5/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—13/08/2021
  Working from Home; Holiday Bookings; Phone Fraud
4. 12:57
  Weather—13/08/2021
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—13/08/2021
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond
6. 13:45
  A History of the World in 100 Objects—The Threshold of the Modern World (1375-1550 AD), Durer's Rhinoceros
  5/5Neil MacGregor with Durer's extraordinary image of a rhino - an animal he had never seen.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—12/08/2021
  The Aldridge family attempt to hold everything together
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—The Summer Snows
  Robert Bathurst plays a writer with a compulsion to find mountain snowbeds.
9. 15:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—GQT at Home: Allotment Plots and Happy Hollyhocks
  Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
10. 15:45
  Short Works—Ava Unfurled
  A bereaved woman finds an unexpected connection to her lost love in a museum's storerooms.
11. 16:00
  Last Word—Jean 'Binta' Breeze MBE (pictured), Sir Nicholas Goodison, Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Joyce Shrubbs
  Matthew Bannister on a poet, a stockbroker, a Muslim teacher, a military observer
12. 16:30
  Feedback—13/08/2021
  Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
13. 17:00
  PM—13/08/2021
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—13/08/2021 Police name victims of Plymouth shooting
  The gunman's mother is among those killed in the shooting.
2. 18:30
  Party's Over—Series 1, Parish Council
  3/5Henry meets a local nemesis as he tries to make some home and garden improvements.
3. 19:00
  Front Row—Vikingur Olafsson, Power in publishing, Thackray Museum of Medicine.
  Pianist Vikingur Olafsson is in the studio to talk about audiences, live music, and Mozart
4. 19:45
  Incarnations: India in 50 Lives—Manto: The Unsentimentalist
  Exploring the life and work of India's master of the short story, Saadat Hasan Manto.
5. 20:00
  Any Questions?—Eddie Hughes MP, Lisa Nandy MP, Lemn Sissay, Anna Soubry
  Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion from Church of St Mary, Leigh.
6. 20:50
  A Point of View—A Study in Improbability
  Adam Gopnik presents an extended anecdote about art, television and memory.
7. 21:00
  A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus—The Threshold of the Modern World (AD 1375-1550)
  15/20Neil MacGregor retells humanity's history through the objects it has made.(R)
8. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Taliban “may regain control of Kabul before September 11”
  Paul Wolfowitz tells us Taliban victory will be failure on a par with Vietnam
9. 22:45
  The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey—Episode Five
  5/10A fisherman and a mermaid meet and fall in love. Costa Book of the Year 2020.
10. 23:00
  Great Lives—Yehudi Menuhin
  Violinist Tasmin Little on her hero, Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
11. 23:30
  Conspiracies: The Secret Knowledge—The Secret Knowledge
  3/6Phil Tinline continues his series exploring what conspiracy stories tell us about power.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—14/08/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Hamilton and Me by Giles Terera—Episode 5: Told You it Would Be Crazy
  5/5Actor Giles Terera's inside account of his time with the groundbreaking musical Hamilton
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—14/08/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—14/08/2021
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—14/08/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—14/08/2021
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—14/08/2021
  With Father Philip Blackledge of Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church in Melrose
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—Fear of Finance
  Professor Atul Shah argues that we need a healthier relationship with finance.

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