BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Thursday 4 May 2023

FM Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—04/05/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Among Others by Michael Frayn—Episode 3
  3/5What’s going on in the inner chambers of the mantower that is Michael Frayn?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—04/05/2023
  The latest shipping forecast
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—World Service
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—04/05/2023
  The latest shipping forecast
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—04/05/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—04/05/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—04/05/2023
  The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Barred Warbler
  Michaela Strachan presents the barred warbler.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—04/05/2023
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  In Our Time—The Dead Sea Scrolls
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
3. 09:45
  Among Others by Michael Frayn—Episode 4
  4/5Frayn’s identity, he’s now sure, runs through him like ‘Blackpool’ through the rock.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Maternal mental health, Ellie Goldstein, Kneelers, Black Ops, Power List
  Ellie Goldstein, the first model with Down's syndrome to star on the front cover of Vogue.
5. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Kenya's Free Money Experiment
  Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash.
6. 11:30
  Great Lives—Kofi Annan
  Gillian Burke chooses the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—04/05/2023
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Gap Finders - John Hibbard
  Founder and chief executive of Red Paddle Co.
3. 12:32
  Sliced Bread—Toast - Sinclair C5
  Big ideas which promised consumers so much but ended up... toast. Today - the Sinclair C5.
4. 12:57
  Weather—04/05/2023
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—04/05/2023
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
6. 13:45
  The Warsaw Ghetto: History as Survival—9. Krysia'
  The story of the extraordinary underground archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—03/05/2023
  Joy seems to have come up trumps.
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—A Forbidden Song
  A story of forbidden love and forbidden music, with songs for the Ukrainian bandura.
9. 15:00
  Open Country—Rhondda valley: a landscape of change
  Helen Mark explores the landscape of the Rhondda valley in south Wales.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—International Health Partners
  Liz Earle makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of International Health Partners.
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Stephen Buoro
  Johny Pitts talks to the debut novelist about The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa.
12. 16:00
  Princess—Little Mermaid
  Author Louise O’Neil and Sarah Peverley discuss the dark story of the Little Mermaid.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Wild Britain
  What would the UK look like if it protected 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature?
14. 17:00
  PM—04/05/2023
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—04/05/2023 US denies masterminding Kremlin drone attack
  The US has denied Russian accusations that it was behind a drone attack on the Kremlin.
2. 18:30
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 5, 2. Babysitter
  2/4Former Humberside sergeant and stand-up comic Alfie Moore tackles real policing dilemmas.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—04/05/2023
  Lynda faces an unexpected hurdle.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Playwright Jonathan Harvey on A Thong for Europe, Tom Hanks’s new novel reviewed
  Playwright Jonathan Harvey, Tom Hanks’s first novel and the film Harka reviewed
5. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Ukraine: Is it all about to change?
  A spring offensive appears imminent but how successful will it be?
6. 20:30
  Fallout: Living in the Shadow of the Bomb—Episode 5: Reverberations
  An examination of the fallout from Britain's atomic testing programme, which began in 1952
7. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Wild Britain
  What would the UK look like if it protected 30 per cent of its land and sea for nature?
8. 21:30
  In Our Time—The Dead Sea Scrolls
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Biblical texts and documents found in the late 1940s.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—US court finds Proud Boys guilty of sedition
  Self-styled Proud Boys were involved in rioting on Capitol Hill on January 6th 2021
10. 22:45
  Victory City by Salman Rushdie—Episode Four
  4/10The new novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Midnight's Children.
11. 23:00
  Local Elections 2023
  Coverage of the 2023 local elections in England.
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Late
1. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—05/05/2023
  The latest shipping forecast
2. 05:30
  News Briefing—05/05/2023
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
3. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—05/05/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Anne Easter.
4. 05:45
  Farming Today—05/05/2023: Climate change and beef, Rare Breed cattle
  A government advisory body says we need to eat less beef to help combat climate change
5. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Spotted Crake
  David Attenborough presents the spotted crake.

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