BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Wednesday 29 May 2024

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/05/2024
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The History Podcast—D-Day: The Last Voices, 2. Out of the Skies
  2/5By nightfall, paratroopers and gliders are dropped behind enemy lines, and D-Day begins.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/05/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/05/2024
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—29/05/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/05/2024
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—The history of disability
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—29/05/24 - A new National Park for Scotland, horned cattle and biofluorescence
  Arguments hot up around a new National Park for Scotland.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—29/05/24 – Justin Webb and Emma Barnett
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  More or Less—UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics
  Is the UK economy growing faster than Germany, France and the US?
3. 09:30
  Intrigue—To Catch a Scorpion, 3. Satisfaction Guaranteed
  Rob Lawrie and Sue Mitchell watch on as smugglers arrange a crossing in the dead of night.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Hadestown creator Anaïs Mitchell, Perfume’s Darkest Secrets, the return of Loaded magazine
  The writer of Hadestown performs one of the songs from her hit musical.
5. 11:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Long Covid: Mind Over Matter?
  The programme claiming to retrain patients' brains to stop long Covid symptoms.
6. 11:45
  The History Podcast—D-Day: The Last Voices, 3. Over the Sea
  3/5D-Day has begun and troops battle ferociously on the beaches for a foothold on the coast.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—29/05/2024
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Train Tickets, Cazoo and Family Planning
  How the cost of living crisis is impacting family planning.
3. 12:57
  Weather—29/05/2024
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Diane Abbott's career in the balance
  Diane Abbott's political career hangs in the balance - will she stand for Labour again?
5. 13:45
  Shadow World—Thief at the British Museum, 3. Lightbulb Moment
  For Ittai, the clues finally fall into place. Has he identified the thief?
6. 14:00
  The Archers—28/05/2024
  Jakob has bad news to impart.
7. 14:15
  The Interrogation—Series 7, Evie
  3/5Roy Williams' contemporary crime drama with Kenneth Cranham and Alex Lanipekun.
8. 15:00
  The Law Show—Assisted dying, County court judgments, Drill music and ... nakedness
  Conversation about the laws making headlines, and the laws that shape everyday life.
9. 15:30
  The Artificial Human—Can AI Look After Me in Old Age?
  Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong answer the question: Can AI look after me in old age?
10. 16:00
  The Media Show—Is this the TikTok election?
  Exploring how campaigning on social media influences the vote.
11. 17:00
  PM—29/05/2024
  The General Election Tombola sends PM to Derby.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—29/05/2024 Israeli official says war in Gaza likely to last rest of the year
  Tzachi Hanegbi also said Israel now ran the majority of the border between Egypt and Gaza
2. 18:30
  Robin Ince's Reality Tunnel—Fossils of the Mind
  Robin Ince is back with his acclaimed show. This time he's talking about love and books.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—29/05/2024
  Ben struggles to say no.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett, Degas exhibitions, Chigozie Obioma
  Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett, Degas exhibitions, Chigozie Obioma on his new novel.
5. 20:00
  AntiSocial—'Anglo-Saxon' and racism
  Should the term Anglo-Saxon be dropped because it’s been adopted by racists?
6. 20:45
  Uncharted with Hannah Fry—9. Access Denied
  What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
7. 21:00
  Being Roman with Mary Beard—10. A Bag of Snails and a Glass of Wine
  Mary Beard joins Calidius Eroticus and Fannia Voluptas for a Roman bar crawl.
8. 21:30
  All in the Mind—Grief, summer seasonal affective disorder, and anxiety in older people
  The links between objects and grief, summer SAD, and how ageing affects anxiety.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Diane Abbott vows to be MP 'by any means'
  Is there a purge of the left in the Labour Party?
10. 22:45
  Long Island by Colm Toibin—3: 'My mother said you broke his heart.'
  3/10Eilis' return home to Ireland shocks both her best friend Nancy, and Jim, her old love.
11. 23:00
  Bunk Bed—Series 8, Episode 4
  4/8Self-censorship, Irish accents, boyfriends, and lullabies.
12. 23:15
  Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum—Series 2, These Boots Are Made For Working
  4/4Tom Mayhew and his Mum explore jobs, life and ambition.
13. 23:30
  Lights Out—Series 5, Call Signs
  Man, Mouse and a morse key: the story of a radio amateur in Kyiv as the Russians invade.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/05/2024
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The History Podcast—D-Day: The Last Voices, 3. Over the Sea
  3/5D-Day has begun and troops battle ferociously on the beaches for a foothold on the coast.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/05/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/05/2024
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/05/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/05/2024
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Rocks Crying
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Haydon Spenceley.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—30/05/2024: Dairy, National Parks, Worms
  A Welsh cheesemaker founded five years ago has announced it cannot continue.

Thursday 30 May 2024