FM Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—05/04/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker—Ep 1. Becoming Hybrid
1/5Harry Parker tells us how his life changed after losing his legs to an IED in Afghanistan.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—05/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—05/04/2022
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—05/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:30
News Briefing—05/04/2022
The latest news from BBC Radio 4
05:43
Prayer for the Day—05/04/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sadia Azmat
05:45
Farming Today—05/04/22 IPCC climate report and succession planning
Mitigating climate change report and leaving farming.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Goldfinch
Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the goldfinch.
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Morning
06:00
Today—05/04/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00
Positive Thinking—Citizens' Assemblies
Sangita Myska asks if citizens assemblies are the way to strengthen democracy in Britain.
09:30
Witness History—The Battle for Mount Longdon
An Argentine soldier and a British soldier tell their stories of the Falklands War.
09:45
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker—Ep 2 Metal Ghosts
2/5Harry Parker on invention and disability in the past, present and future.
10:00
Woman's Hour—Rape in war, Single-sex spaces, No-fault divorce
Rape as an instrument of war in Ukraine.
11:00
Putin—4. The Shallow Roots of Democracy
Cementing power in Russia, a revolution in Ukraine and a challenge to the US.
11:30
The Caretakers—Episode 1: Reimagine
Fresh perspectives on cultural treasures from the cleaners who look after them.
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Afternoon
12:00
News Summary—05/04/2022
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
12:04
You and Yours—Call You and Yours: What have you done to try to be a greener consumer?
Call You and Yours: What have you done to try to be a greener consumer?
12:57
Weather—05/04/2022
The latest weather forecast
13:00
World at One—05/04/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
13:45
A Show of Hands—Creativity
2/5A harpist, a blacksmith and a photographer reflect on the hands’ role in creativity
14:00
The Archers—04/04/2022
Alice makes a monumental decision.
14:15
Drama on 4—The Shell Seven
The Shell Seven wanted to put their case before a jury. True story by Margaret Heffernan.
15:00
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 36, Home Economics: Episode 53
Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
15:30
Costing the Earth—Rip It Up And Start Again?
Should we demolish or refurbish old buildings?
16:00
Word of Mouth—The Language of Sci-Fi
Michael Rosen explores how the vocabulary of sci-fi has entered everyday speech.
16:30
Great Lives—Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson
Brian Cox on Lindsay Anderson
17:00
PM—05/04/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—05/04/2022 Ukraine's President Addresses UN Security Council
Ukraine's president Zelensky addresses the United Nations Security Council
18:30
Teatime—Episode 1
1/4Comedy about a chaotic but loving family. Starring Philip Glenister and Samantha Spiro.
19:00
The Archers—05/04/2022
Plans are afoot at Brookfield.
19:15
Front Row—Mike Bartlett, Hannah Hodgson, Nick Laird
Mike Bartlett, Hannah Hodgson, Nick Laird, Non Fungible Token art gallery.
20:00
The Falklands Now
On the war's 40th anniversary, Mike Wooldridge reports on life in the Falklands today.
20:40
In Touch—Education - Proposed Improvements
We hear about proposed improvements to the way that visually impaired pupils are taught.
21:00
Fungi: The New Frontier—Down the rabbit hole
1/3Tim Hayward falls down a rabbit hole and into the vast and largely hidden world of fungi.
21:30
Positive Thinking—Citizens' Assemblies
Sangita Myska asks if citizens assemblies are the way to strengthen democracy in Britain.
22:00
The World Tonight—Zelenskiy speaks at UN Security Council
President says Russians committing most terrible war crimes since Nazis
22:45
The Promise by Damon Galgut—2: 'Better ask my father.'
2/102021's Booker Prize-winner. charting the crash and burn of a white South African family,
23:00
Fortunately... with Fi and Jane—229. Shedding Cassocks and Sitcom Husbands, with Your Emails
Fi and Jane choose some of their favourite listener emails from the past few weeks.
23:30
The Shadow of Algiers—Intimate Violence
2/5Stories from France’s troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today.
23:45
Today in Parliament—05/04/2022
All the news from the House of Lords.
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—06/04/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Hybrid Humans by Harry Parker—Ep 2 Metal Ghosts
2/5Harry Parker on invention and disability in the past, present and future.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—06/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—06/04/2022
A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—06/04/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:30
News Briefing—06/04/2022
The latest news from BBC Radio 4
05:43
Prayer for the Day—06/04/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Sadia Azmat
05:45
Farming Today—06/04/22 Scotland’s plans for nature, farm vet shortages and labour shortages
MP's criticise how the government is addressing labour shortages.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Craig Hartley on the Green Woodpecker
Craig Hartley revels in a near-miss encounter with a green woodpecker for Tweet of the Day
