BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Wednesday 18 September 2024

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—18/09/2024
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 2 - Demands Are Made
  2/10It’s April 1980 and 6 gunmen are holding 26 terrified hostages inside the Iranian Embassy.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—18/09/2024
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—18/09/2024
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Keepsakes
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—18/08/24 Trail hunting, Blackberries, Lapwings
  Trail hunting - both sides of the debate.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—18/09/24 - UN warns on Hezbollah pager explosions
  Israel's spy agency placed explosives in thousands of Hezbollah pagers, reports say.
2. 09:00
  More or Less—How do you count millionaires?
  Plus, asylum seeker costs, private school bets and Baumol's cost disease
3. 09:30
  The Coming Storm—S2: 2. Flight 007
  At the height of the Cold War a charismatic Congressman meets a strange death.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Saoirse Ronan, Nikki Doucet on women’s football, JoJo, Vaccinations
  Four-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan on her latest role in the film The Outrun.
5. 11:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Degraded by Deepfakes
  How a young woman was targeted by an online abuser who created pornographic deepfakes.
6. 11:45
  The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 3 - Day 1 - Night Falls
  3/10Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—18/09/2024
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Rents, House Parties and Publishing Scams
  The ONS says rents are up by 8.4% - we get reaction and analysis.
3. 12:57
  Weather—18/09/2024
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—18/09/2024
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
5. 13:45
  Uncharted with Hannah Fry—18. The Night the Earth Shook
  After months of mild quakes, a sudden tremor alarms an Italian city. What will follow?
6. 14:00
  The Archers—17/09/2024
  Tom struggles to mediate.
7. 14:15
  Riot Girls—Dykes, Episode 1
  1/3Drama following the friendship of three radical lesbian feminists from the 1970s to today.
8. 15:00
  Money Box—Money Box Live: Fostering Finance
  Felicity Hannah discusses the finances of being a foster carer.
9. 15:30
  BBC National Short Story Award—BBC National Short Story Award 2024, Pieces by Manish Chauhan
  3/5The third of the five shortlisted stories for this year's BBC National Short Story Award.
10. 16:00
  The Media Show—TV's "culture problem", origins of Trump's pet eating allegations, the race for AI supremacy
  Does bad misbehaviour of certain stars reflect a culture problem across TV?
11. 17:00
  PM—18/09/2024
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—18/09/2024 Second wave of explosions targets Hezbollah in Lebanon
  More people have died and been wounded as walkie-talkies detonated
2. 18:30
  Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz—Series 1, Round three: Four-Letter Words
  3/4Paul Sinha and his live audience compile the questions for a perfect pub quiz.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—18/09/2024
  Ian makes a surprising decision.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
  A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
5. 20:00
  AntiSocial—Snow White and the dwarfism debate
  Are the seven dwarfs perpetuating dangerous stereotypes or harmless fantasy figures?
6. 20:45
  Boys—About the Boys, 5. Friendship
  5/5Boys all over the UK talk to Catherine Carr about their friendships and friendship groups.
7. 21:00
  The Life Scientific—Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies
  Rosalie David on what mummies reveal about life, death and medicine in ancient Egypt
8. 21:30
  All in the Mind—Surfing and mental health, grief for dead celebrities, and being unique
  Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Has a new phase in Middle East war begun?
  Another day of explosions in Lebanon have killed at least 20 people.
10. 22:45
  Still Lives by Jon McGregor—3: Still Life with Open Door
  3/5Monica Dolan continues Jon McGregor's series taking inspiration from still life images.
11. 23:00
  Follow the Rabbit—3. The Body That Came from the Sky
  Comedy series following amateur paranormal podcaster Chris Relish.
12. 23:15
  The Skewer—Series 12, Episode 2
  2/8Jon Holmes's award-winning satirical comedy concept album returns to twist into the news.
13. 23:30
  A Good Read—Gyles Brandreth and Hannah Critchlow
  The broadcaster and the neuroscientist choose favourite books.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—19/09/2024
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  The Siege by Ben Macintyre—Book of the Week: Episode 3 - Day 1 - Night Falls
  3/10Inside the Iranian embassy the hostages are terrified and the gunmen are volatile.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/09/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—19/09/2024
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—19/09/2024
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—19/09/2024
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Running the Race
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with the Right Rev Mary Stallard.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—19/09/24 - Radical changes to food safety proposed, tech to fight food fraud, curlew conservation, carers' countryside respite
  New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.

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