BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 15 November 2021

FM Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/11/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Sideways—18. Tongue-Tied
  Matthew Syed explores why words fail us and how we can find them again.
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—Worcester Cathedral
  Bells on Sunday comes from Worcester Cathedral
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/11/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/11/2021
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/11/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/11/2021
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—15/11/2021
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rt Rev Paul Mason.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—15/11/21 - A silent cull of poultry, cold storage for pork and social crofting
  A ‘silent cull’ of chickens is taking place on UK farms.
10. 05:56
  Weather—15/11/2021
  The latest weather forecast for farmers.
11. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Penny Anderson on the Mandarin Duck
  Ecologist Penny Anderson describes the flamboyant ducks that visit her garden.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—15/11/2021
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Start the Week—Ancient lives and legacies in Latin America
  Tom Sutcliffe with Mario Vargas Llosa, Jago Cooper and Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
3. 09:45
  Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino—The I In The Internet Part 1
  Jia Tolentino asks 'how did the internet get so bad?'
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Kirsten Dunst, 'Laddish' culture in the armed forces, Teacher Joanna Harriott, Shy bowel, Child to parent abuse
  Kirsten Dunst on starring in Jane Campion's new film The Power of the Dog.
5. 11:00
  The Untold—After the Bridge - Catch-up
  An update on the life of Will, who was injured in the Westminster Bridge attack.
6. 11:30
  Loose Ends—Sir Rod Stewart, Dan Schreiber, Damon Albarn, Jen Brister, Jordan Rakei, Athena Kugblenu, Clive Anderson
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—15/11/2021
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 12:04
  The Last Resort—Alma
  6/10Eleven-year-old Agatha Christie fan Alma is determined to catch the thief.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Wood Burning Stoves, Nursery Closures, Green Mortgages
  More people are using wood burning fires because of rising gas prices.
4. 12:57
  Weather—15/11/2021
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—15/11/2021
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
6. 13:45
  A History of the World in 100 Objects—The World of Our Making (1914 - 2010 AD), Russian revolutionary plate
  1/5Neil MacGregor nears the end of his world history - with a Russian revolutionary plate.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—14/11/2021
  Roy’s walking on egg shells.
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Mosley Must Fall
  An Irish family is divided as Mosley's fascists prepare to march through the East End.
9. 15:00
  Quote... Unquote—The 500th Edition: John Lloyd, Sathnam Sanghera, Frank Gardner
  Celebrity panel game about quotations hosted by Nigel Rees.
10. 15:30
  The Food Programme—Best Shop or Market of the Year: Meet the Finalists
  Leyla Kazim visits 2021’s Best Shop or Market finalists in the BBC Food and Farming Awards
11. 16:00
  Dostoevsky and the Russian Soul
  Rowan Williams considers what Dostoevsky’s life and work can tell us about Russia today.
12. 16:30
  The Digital Human—Series 24, Fleeting
  Aleks Krotoski asks if how we use technology has affected our attitudes to ephemerality.
13. 17:00
  PM—15/11/2021
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/11/2021 Police are treating an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool as an act of terrorism.
  Police are treating an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool as an act of terrorism.
2. 18:30
  The Museum of Curiosity—Series 16, Episode 5
  5/6John Lloyd and Holly Walsh with Catherine Bohart, Elizabeth Day and Bruce Dickinson.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/11/2021
  Elizabeth comes bearing gifts
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Lin-Manuel Miranda, Climate Fiction, Kayleigh Llewellyn
  Lin-Manuel Miranda on making his debut as a film director with tick, tick...BOOM!
5. 20:00
  A Mother Tongue
  Axel Kacoutié explores living between languages and finding yourself in the gaps.
6. 20:30
  Analysis—Finding Things Out
  The story of how science has been trying to get better at finding things out.
7. 21:00
  Political Time Zones—Bending Time
  1/3How to stop time from unravelling politics.
8. 21:30
  Start the Week—Ancient lives and legacies in Latin America
  Tom Sutcliffe with Mario Vargas Llosa, Jago Cooper and Natalia Sobrevilla Perea
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Thousands of migrants on Polish-Belarus border
  EU approves further sanctions on Lukashenko government
10. 22:45
  Careless by Kirsty Capes—Episode 6
  6/10Bess is in hospital recovering from her attempt to end her pregnancy.
11. 23:00
  Breaking Through
  How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—15/11/2021
  Susan Hulme reports on MPs' reflections on the Cop 26 climate summit.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/11/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino—The I In The Internet Part 1
  Jia Tolentino asks 'how did the internet get so bad?'
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/11/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/11/2021
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/11/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/11/2021
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/11/2021
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rt Rev Paul Mason.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—16/11/21 - Continued pig backlog, free range chickens and Scottish slurry spreading rules
  Pig farmers consider aborting piglets as staff shortages at abattoirs continue to bite.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Chris Baines on the Song Thrush
  Naturalist and environmentalist Chris Baines listens to competing Song Thrushes.

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