BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Friday 2 September 2022

FM Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/09/2022
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Fatwa—4. You Heard That Right
  Did two British men persuade Ayatollah Khomenei to issue the fateful fatwa?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/09/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/09/2022
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/09/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/09/2022
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—02/09/2022
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—02/09/2022 Dairy price, TB Cattle Vaccine, Fleece to Hanger
  Farmers are being paid more for milk, but are they making any more money?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Blue Manakin
  Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue manakin of Brazil.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—02/09/2022
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Reunion—Deep Blue v Kasparov
  Kirsty Wark reunites the computer scientists who challenged the world’s greatest player.(R)
3. 09:45
  Fatwa—5. What’s a Fatwa?
  How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—'Frock up Friday', Sexual harassment in Parliament, Young Conservative women, Fan Girls, Exercising outside
  In three weeks during lockdown, 'Frock up Friday' had 10,000 members worldwide.
5. 11:00
  The Spark—Rory Sutherland and Pete Dyson on transport for humans
  Helen Lewis meets Rory Sutherland and Pete Dyson, authors of Transport for Humans.
6. 11:30
  Relativity—Series 4, Episode 1
  1/6The Snell family has new adventures with online dating, a new baby and biscuits.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—02/09/2022
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  AntiSocial—'Woke' police
  The criticism of dancing police officers and rainbow police cars.
3. 12:57
  Weather—02/09/2022
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—02/09/2022
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
5. 13:45
  Torn—The stories behind the clothes we wear, Air Jordans
  10/10Gus Casely-Hayford tells of how Air Jordans kickstarted a revolution in trainers.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—01/09/2022
  Ruairi has a close encounter.(R)
7. 14:15
  Limelight—Exemplar: Series 1, 3. The Politician
  3/5Jess and Maya reluctantly agree to assist a controversial public figure.
8. 14:45
  Living with the Gods—Living with One God
  Neil MacGregor's series continues with a focus on societies and faiths with a single god.
9. 15:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—Buckinghamshire
  Kathy Clugston and her panel of gardening experts are in Buckinghamshire.
10. 15:45
  New Frequencies—Part Two: Starman! and The Space Between
  A second season of new work by young writers: Part Two
11. 16:00
  Last Word—Mikhail Gorbachev, Stella 'Jaye' Edwards, Jerry Allison
  Matthew Bannister on a president, a pilot and a drummer.
12. 16:30
  More or Less—Energy prices, excess deaths and Wales v England in counting
  Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills?(R)
13. 17:00
  PM—02/09/2022
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—02/09/2022 Scottish Unions Suspend Strikes
  Unions in Scotland suspend school and bin strikes after receiving a new council pay deal
2. 18:30
  Party's Over—Series 2, Heist of Commons
  6/6Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former prime minister.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—02/09/2022
  Tracy gets a shock, and Kenton has a brainwave.
4. 19:15
  Screenshot—Film4
  Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode celebrate 40 years of Film4.
5. 20:00
  Any Questions?—Charles Courtenay, Mark Harper MP, Frances O'Grady, Luke Pollard MP
  Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Sir Michael the Archangel, Chagford.
6. 20:50
  A Point of View—Female Fictions
  Megan Nolan discusses the intense pressures on women writers to be attractive.
7. 21:00
  Torn—Omnibus 2
  Gus Casely-Hayford, director of V&A East, tells a human-centred history of fashion.
8. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Russia halts gas deliveries to Germany
  Nord Stream One pipeline will be out of action for indefinite period
9. 22:45
  Trespasses by Louise Kennedy—10: Just Bad Luck
  10/10Faith and politics collide in this tender and shocking love story set in 1970s Belfast.
10. 23:00
  Great Lives—Rosalind Franklin picked by Kate Bingham, former head of the UK government's vaccine taskforce
  Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the discovery of DNA.(R)
11. 23:30
  The Secrets of Storytelling—Character Studies
  James Runcie and Abdulrazak Gurnah consider how to create and develop characters.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—03/09/2022
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Fatwa—5. What’s a Fatwa?
  How Salman Rushdie was forced into hiding in 1989.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—03/09/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—03/09/2022
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—03/09/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—03/09/2022
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—03/09/2022
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
8. 05:45
  Witness History—The Kidnapping of Frank Sinatra Jr
  In December 1963, the 19-year-old son of Frank Sinatra was kidnapped for a ransom.

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