BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Tuesday 2 April 2024

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/04/2024
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream—Episode 1
  1/5Catherine Coldstream's account of her twelve years as a contemplative nun in the 1990s.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/04/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/04/2024
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/04/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/04/2024
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—New Bike
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—02/04/24 Flooded farms, fox hunting, walking trail
  Flooded farmers, fox hunting, long-distance trail.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—02/04/2024
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Life Scientific—Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones
  Jim Al-Khalili talks dinosaurs and ‘one in a million year’ events with Dr Nick Longrich.
3. 09:30
  Inside Health—Can noise harm our health?
  We head into the lab to find out how unwanted sound can affect the body and brain.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Scotland's hate crime law, Motherhood and art, Actor Rachael Stirling
  Reaction to Scotland's new hate crime law.
5. 11:00
  Add to Playlist—Series 8, Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew ride into the sunset
  Maya Youssef and Keelan Carew add the final five tracks to the current playlist.
6. 11:45
  Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream—Episode 2
  2/5Aged just 27, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—02/04/2024
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Call You & Yours Surge and Dynamic Pricing
  Call You & Yours: Does so-called surge pricing, paying more at peak times, work for you?
3. 12:57
  Weather—02/04/2024
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—02/04/2024
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
5. 13:45
  Experts on Trial—2. Hair Disaster
  One of the FBI’s microscopic hair analysis experts gets it very wrong. And he's not alone.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—01/04/2024
  Jolene bares her soul.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Jazz and Dice
  Modern love and families - a funny, warmhearted new drama.
8. 15:00
  Don't Log Off—Series 15, Voices from the Ether
  Alan Dein logs on to connect with voices in Alaska, Australia and St Helena.
9. 15:30
  Beyond Belief—Interfaith: Can We Still Talk?
  Giles Fraser hears about pressure on interfaith networks and why they should be saved.
10. 16:00
  Love's Growth
  Michael Symmons Roberts celebrates John Donne’s great poem of spring, Love’s Growth.
11. 16:30
  Death, Suspicion and the Sikh Diaspora
  How the death of a Sikh activist in Birmingham has sparked concern in the community.
12. 17:00
  PM—02/04/2024
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—02/04/2024 Israel admits it carried out strikes that killed seven aid workers
  The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it was a "tragic incident".
2. 18:30
  Tim Key's Poetry Programme—Series 6, 3. Safari
  3/4On safari, with guest star Sam Campbell.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—02/04/2024
  It’s judgement day for Harrison.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Dev Patel on Monkey Man, which books are on the curriculum?
  Dev Patel's directing debut Monkey Man. Are teenagers reading the right books at school?
5. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Degraded by Deepfakes
  How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes.
6. 20:40
  In Touch—Should Blindness be Front and Centre?
  We discuss whether your blindness should be at the front and centre of your life.
7. 21:00
  Crossing Continents—Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus
  Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women.
8. 21:30
  Three Million—1. War
  The Bengal famine of 1943 in British India: the forgotten story of World War 2
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—UK demands answers over Gaza aid deaths
  Three British aid workers have been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
10. 22:45
  Until August by Gabriel Garcia Marquez—2: 'She felt like a different woman.'
  2/5Ana Magdalena Bach travels back to the island to embark on a new adventure.
11. 23:00
  The Confessional—Series 3, The Confession of Sheila Hancock
  3/6It's Dame Sheila Hancock's turn to share her guilty secrets with Stephen Mangan.
12. 23:30
  Poet Laureate in the Arctic—Episode 1
  Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, travels to the Arctic in search of facts and new poems.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—03/04/2024
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream—Episode 2
  2/5Aged just 27, Catherine Coldstream arrived as a would-be Carmelite nun at Akenside Priory.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—03/04/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—03/04/2024
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—03/04/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—03/04/2024
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Wonderful
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Harry Baker.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—03/04/2024: Price of potatoes; Dogs off the lead; Farm net zero
  How does supermarkets selling vegetables at a loss during Easter affect farmers?

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