BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Thursday 1 June 2023

FM Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/06/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy—Episode 3
  3/5A study of the role plagues have played in shaping human history. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—World Service
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—01/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—01/06/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—01/06/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Romain
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—01/06/23 Dartmoor farming, water shortages, poppies for medicine
  Grazing on Dartmoor, storing water, and growing poppies for medicine.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Kittiwake
  Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the kittiwake.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—01/06/2023
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  In Our Time—Mitochondria
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
3. 09:45
  Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy—Episode 4
  4/5A study of the role plagues have played in shaping human history. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Witness protection, Anti-LGBT law in Uganda, Author Harriet Gibsone, Women's World Cup squad
  We hear from a woman who went into witness protection to escape her stalker husband.
5. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—Gun Violence in Serbia
  Following two mass shootings in two days, Serbians protest to demand an end to violence.
6. 11:30
  Great Lives—Tony Benn
  Ellie Gibson picks the Labour politician Tony Benn
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—01/06/2023
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Gap Finders: John Cooper from New Home Quality Control
  In our Gap Finder interview today we speak to John Cooper from New Home Quality Control.
3. 12:57
  Weather—01/06/2023
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—01/06/2023
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
5. 13:45
  Oliver Burkeman's Inconvenient Truth—The Fulfilment Fallacy
  Oliver Burkeman explores the insidious way in which convenience has warped our existence.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—31/05/2023
  Freddie’s frustrations grow.
7. 14:15
  Undercover Mumbai—Episode 3
  Ayeesha Menon's police crime thriller, set and recorded in India.
8. 15:00
  Ramblings—Brotherly Love in Burton Bradstock
  Clare joins brothers Manni and Reuben Coe as they amble to Hive beach on the Dorset Coast.
9. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
  Robert Lindsay makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the NSPCC
10. 15:30
  Open Book—Guy Gunaratne, plus Literary Thefts with Rebecca Kuang and Andrew Lipstein
  Johny Pitts talks to Guy Gunaratne about their new book Mister, Mister.
11. 16:00
  Princess—Enheduanna
  Author Simon Sebag Montefiore and Sian Williams explore a Mesopotamian high priestess.
12. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—AI and human extinction
  The machines are getting smarter. But is this a cause for concern?
13. 17:00
  PM—01/06/2023
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—01/06/2023 Cabinet Office seeking judicial review of Covid Inquiry's request for Boris Johnson's private documents and messages
  In a letter to the inquiry the Government said it had brought the case "with regret"
2. 18:30
  Unite—Series 2, The Appointment
  1/6Rebecca has life-changing news for Gideon, and Tony thinks he's dying.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—01/06/2023
  Oliver finds himself in trouble.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Punk exhibition reviewed, Reality film director, TV drama White House Plumbers reviewed
  A review of the exhibition Punk: Rage and Revolution at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.
5. 20:00
  The Law Show—Climate Change Challenging the Law
  The legal challenges of climate change: human rights law, fossil fuel investments, ethics
6. 20:30
  The Patch—Bolton
  An unusual litter picking group and a knotty problem.
7. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—AI and human extinction
  The machines are getting smarter. But is this a cause for concern?
8. 21:30
  In Our Time—Mitochondria
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Andrew Tate challenged in BBC interview
  Andrew Tate interview and analysis
10. 22:45
  The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng—4: Murder
  4/10The new novel from the author of The Garden of Evening Mists, set in Penang, 1921.
11. 23:00
  Rylan: How to Be...—How to Be a Man, Phil Wang
  Rylan talks to comedian Phil Wang.
12. 23:30
  The Spark—Rochelle Burgess and social prescribing
  Rochelle Burgess on the case for 'social prescribing' - and why we're doing it wrong.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/06/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Pathogenesis: How Germs Made History by Jonathan Kennedy—Episode 4
  4/5A study of the role plagues have played in shaping human history. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—World Service
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/06/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—02/06/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rabbi Jonathan Romain
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—02/06/23 Proposed cow cull in Ireland; seasonal workers from central Asia; Eggs in vaccines.
  Irish plans to cull 200,000 cows, seasonal workers from central Asia, eggs in vaccines.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—John Clifton on the Bee-Eater
  RSPB learning officer John Clifton on the bee-eater for Tweet of the Day.

Friday 2 June 2023