BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Monday 2 June 2025

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/06/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  Intrigue—Worse than Murder, 1. Muriel Is Missing
  When Muriel McKay vanishes in 1969, the police are baffled. Then the phone rings.
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—The Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head, in Liverpool
  Bells on Sunday comes from the Parish Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas, Pier Head.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/06/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/06/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
6. 05:00
  News Summary—02/06/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:04
  Last Word—Alan Yentob, Richard Garwin, Dr Joy Schaverien, Anne Merriman
  Matthew Bannister on a BBC executive, a physicist, a psychoanalyst and a doctor.
8. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—02/06/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
9. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—The Waters Engulf
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
10. 05:45
  Farming Today—02/06/25 - Possible DEFRA budget cuts, falcon breeding and farm innovation
  Will England's farming budget survive the spending review?
11. 05:57
  Weather—02/06/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for farmers
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—02/06/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Start the Week—The uses and abuses of the atom
  Shahidha Bari talks to Frank Close, Tim Gregory and Baroness Natalie Bennett.
3. 09:45
  At Your Own Peril—Cassandra
  Lucy Easthope explores the history of risk.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Intimacy co-ordinator Ita O'Brien, Heart disease trials, Celebs & beauty brands
  The world-renowned intimacy co-ordinator discusses her new book, Intimacy.
5. 11:00
  The Patch—Longframlington, Northumberland
  The thousands of falcons being bred in the UK destined for falcon races in the Middle East
6. 11:45
  Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth—Episode 1
  1/5A lone wolf’s journey through Europe highlights our conflicted relationship with nature.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—02/06/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Singing Waiters, Shopping with AI and Preppers
  An Insolvency Service investigation confirms what you told us about a singing waiter firm.
3. 12:57
  Weather—02/06/2025
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—Starmer says UK moving to 'war-fighting readiness'
  Starmer says UK moving to 'war-fighting readiness'.
5. 13:45
  Shadow World—The Smuggler, 6. The Vietnamese Connection
  Nick is paid thousands of pounds to bring Vietnamese migrants into the UK.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—01/06/2025
  The guilt eats away for Alice.
7. 14:15
  Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 6, 3. Moving On
  3/6Roger and Joanna decide to move - but will anyone buy the house?
8. 14:45
  Miss Buncle's Book by DE Stevenson—Episode 10
  10/10With her confession roundly ignored, Barbara has no choice but to pick up her pen again.
9. 15:00
  Great Lives—Sir Seretse Khama, first president of Botswana
  Notable guests pick a great life they admire.
10. 15:30
  Curious Cases—Series 23, Nano Sharks
  9/13Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain discover that sharks could help us invent faster cars
11. 16:00
  Currently—Madeira's Drugs Crisis
  Madeira has a chronic drug problem the authorities are struggling to cope with.
12. 16:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 48, Postbag Edition
  4/7Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
13. 17:00
  PM—02/06/2025
  News and current affairs, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—Major review of the UK's military unveiled
  A review of the UK's armed forces calls for a national shift to war-fighting readiness
2. 18:30
  It's a Fair Cop—Series 9, 2. Freedom of Expression
  2/6A dispute between a gay couple and a local church becomes a battleground for free speech.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—02/06/2025
  Azra offers her professional opinion.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Fiddler on the Roof returns to the stage
  Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof.
5. 20:00
  Rethink—Rethink...social housing
  What's stopping the UK from building the social housing we need?
6. 20:30
  BBC Inside Science—Your science questions answered
  We answer a selection of fascinating science questions, from Nikola Tesla to microplastics
7. 21:00
  Start the Week—The uses and abuses of the atom
  Shahidha Bari talks to Frank Close, Tim Gregory and Baroness Natalie Bennett.
8. 21:45
  The Shipping Postcards—Irish Sea
  2/5Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Dogger, Irish Sea, Wight, Lundy and Forth.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Will extra defence spending boost UK economy?
  The government unveils findings of major review of the UK's defence capabilities.
10. 22:45
  Disco by Nick Walker—1. Functional Fixedness
  1/5Disco investigate the murder of a military bandsman in Burnley. By Nick Walker.
11. 23:00
  Nuremberg—Death by Hanging
  8/8After 216 days in the courtroom, the judges must arrive at their verdicts.
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—02/06/2025
  Alicia McCarthy reports as the government sets out its Strategic Defence Review.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—03/06/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Lone Wolf by Adam Weymouth—Episode 1
  1/5A lone wolf’s journey through Europe highlights our conflicted relationship with nature.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—03/06/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—03/06/2025
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:00
  News Summary—03/06/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 05:04
  Yesterday in Parliament—03/06/2025
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
7. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—03/06/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—What a River Can Be
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—03/06/25 - Welsh Environment Bill, small abattoirs and smart cattle tech
  The Welsh government sets out its plans to protect the environment and punish polluters.

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