BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Wednesday 12 March 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—12/03/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy—Reading and Travelling
  2/5Fear of flying and Mr Pye; how the stories we tell change us for good or ill.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—12/03/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—12/03/2025
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—12/03/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—12/03/2025
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Fellow travellers
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—12/03/25 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill and an agricultural drone contractor
  What will the Planning and Infrastructure Bill mean for rural communities?
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—12/03/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  More or Less—DOGE, apples and irregular migrants
  Fact-checking government efficiency claims in the US.
3. 09:30
  Intrigue—Word of God, 5. Revelations
  How an Oxford professor's betrayal exposed the secrets of the Museum of the Bible.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Employment Rights Bill, SEND, Neath RFC tweet, Spitfire Girls
  Katie, 17, on her experience of SEND and what she'd like to see from the government.
5. 11:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Femicide
  The eight stages that mark a relationship’s transformation to murder.
6. 11:45
  Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy—560 Pages of Wonder
  3/5A love letter to Alasdair Gray, the author who painted Glasgow in the public imagination.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—12/03/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Private Therapists, Airfares, Stolen Homes
  How one man's four-year ordeal to regain his stolen house is finally ending.
3. 12:57
  Weather—12/03/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Questions for Moscow as Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire
  Eyes are on Moscow as Ukraine agrees to 30-day ceasefire, with US backing
5. 13:45
  Assume Nothing—Killer Dust, 8. The Poisoned Children
  Decision day in a fight for justice. Can two women beat a multinational?
6. 14:00
  The Archers—11/03/2025
  Tempers flare at the protest.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Rivers
  By Jeremy Hylton Davies. Carmel remembers love and protest in Cardiff in the summer of 78.
8. 15:00
  The Law Show—Genocide, war crimes and justice
  What are the legal definitions of war crimes and genocide?
9. 15:30
  Lab Rats
  The Lab Rats recreate one of science's greatest experiments.
10. 16:00
  The Media Show—New Facebook memoir, TV show Chess Masters, books to films at London Book Fair
  The Facebook whistleblower on her tell-all memoir.
11. 17:00
  PM—Starmer says 'all options on the table' in metals tariff spat with US
  British steel entering the US will face a 25% import tax.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—12/03/2025 America's top diplomat urges Russia to accept a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine
  President Trump says US officials are going to Russia to discuss the ceasefire proposal
2. 18:30
  Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar—Series 5, 2. What is this place you have brought me to Roger?
  2/4Liverpool, Vietnam and a song about a man called Roger.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—12/03/2025
  There’s a breakthrough for Tony.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Former Orange Juice frontman Edwyn Collins performs, Torrey Peters' new book, centenary of Scottish artist Ian Hamilton Finlay
  Edwyn Collins performs live, novelist Torrey Peters, Ian Hamilton Finlay Centenary.
5. 20:00
  Moral Maze—Is there a moral case for cutting welfare?
  Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
6. 21:00
  The Life Scientific—Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon
  Surgeon Jonathan Shepherd on developing the Cardiff Model of Violence Prevention.
7. 21:30
  Inside Health—Why do we lose our hearing with age?
  Is hearing loss taken as seriously as eyesight loss, and what can we do about it?
8. 22:00
  The World Tonight—What is driving the rise in benefits claimants?
  Labour seeks to reduce benefits bill, but MPs voice concern
9. 22:45
  The Jura Affair by William Boyd—8: The Long Arm of the Law
  8/10A sparkling new literary whodunnit for Radio 4 from the acclaimed author William Boyd.
10. 23:00
  Bunk Bed—Series 11, Final Episode
  5/5Comic wondering at keeping secrets and the changing shape of pop stars' heads.
11. 23:15
  Jamie MacDonald: Life on the Blink—Series 2, Have I Got Views for You
  1/4Stand-up comedian Jamie MacDonald’s unique perspective on living life with his blindness.
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—12/03/2025
  Susan Hulme reports from Westminster on Prime Minister's Questions and more.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—13/03/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Reading Journeys by A.L. Kennedy—560 Pages of Wonder
  3/5A love letter to Alasdair Gray, the author who painted Glasgow in the public imagination.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—13/03/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—13/03/2025
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—13/03/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—13/03/2025
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—Spring
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Angad Kaur.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—13/03/25 Farmers react to environmental scheme closure
  The government halts applications to a major environmental farming scheme.

Thursday 13 March 2025