FM Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—21/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from 成人快手 Radio 4.
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00:30
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 1
1/5 Actor, director and gourmand Stanley Tucci shares his intimate memoir of a culinary life.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—21/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 成人快手 World Service Programmes—21/12/2021
A selection of 成人快手 World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—21/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—21/12/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Fr Dermot Preston.
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05:45
Farming Today—21/12/21 - The end of Farmdrop, avian flu, and parsnips for Christmas
Farmers have been left picking up the pieces after the collapse of Farmdrop.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Paul Evans on the Barn Owl
Writer Paul Evans has an unnerving encounter with a barn owl in this Halloween tale.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—21/12/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Things Fell Apart—S1. Ep 7: A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall
19/22 Strange Tales from the Culture Wars by Jon Ronson
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09:30
Four Thought—Brain Matters
Beth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of.
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09:45
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 2
2/5 Actor and epicure Stanley Tucci makes the case for tradition when pairing pasta and sauce.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Carol Ann Duffy and Kathryn Williams, Care worker shortages, Peng Shuai, Divisive TV
Poet Carol Ann Duffy and folk musician Kathryn Williams on their new collaboration.
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11:00
Wild Inside—The Ocean Sunfish
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish
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11:30
Moving Pictures—Mystic Nativity by Sandro Botticelli
A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—21/12/2021
National and international news from 成人快手 Radio 4
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12:04
Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—2. Nativity
2/5 Poor Joseph! An ordinary man caught up in extraordinary events.
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12:18
You and Yours—Call You and Yours: How has your Christmas changed because of Covid?
Call You and Yours: How has your Christmas changed because of Covid?
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12:57
Weather—21/12/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—21/12/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
The Hackers—Series 1, Sharing
7/10 Biella Coleman discovers how Piracy and Open Source have impacted hacking.
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14:00
The Archers—20/12/2021
Susan鈥檚 got the green eye.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Song of the Reed, Eel
3/4 Sophie Okonedo and Mark Rylance return in seasonal drama set on a Norfolk nature reserve.
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15:00
Short Cuts—The Night Before Christmas
Josie Long presents short festive documentaries about the night before Christmas.
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15:30
Three Vicars Talking—Christmas
Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser - back for a Christmas Day special.
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16:00
Consumed by Desire—What we really want is each other
1/3 Psychotherapist and writer Philippa Perry attempts to unpick the tangled idea of desire.
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16:30
Great Lives—Jeanne Baret, first woman to sail round the globe
Nina Sosanya picks Jeanne Baret, first woman round the globe.
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17:00
PM—21/12/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—21/12/2021 The Government has confirmed that no new Coronavirus restrictions will be imposed in England before Christmas
The Government confirms no new Covid restrictions will be imposed in England before Xmas
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18:30
The Missing Hancocks—Series 4, The Christmas Eve Party
7/8 Hancock throws a Christmas party and finds himself in court.
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19:00
The Archers—21/12/2021
Oliver offers words of wisdom.
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19:15
Front Row—Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
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20:00
A Family of Strangers
How a simple DNA test turned worlds upside down, leading to profound questions of identity
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20:40
In Touch—In Touch at Christmas
Join our virtual Christmas party, with music and lots of stories.
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21:00
All in the Mind—Fish Oils for depression, Pain pleasure and a good life, Kindness, Comedy memory
Fish Oils for depression, Pain pleasure and a good life, kindness, and memory for comedy.
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21:30
Things Fell Apart—S1. Ep 7: A Secret Room Behind a Fake Wall
19/22 Strange Tales from the Culture Wars by Jon Ronson
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22:00
The World Tonight—No new coronavirus restrictions before Christmas
PM had been under increasing pressure to provide clarity
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22:45
Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—2. Nativity
2/5 Poor Joseph! An ordinary man caught up in extraordinary events.
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23:00
Mr Fletcher, the Poet
1986 documentary about mining community life by acclaimed radio producer Piers Plowright.
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23:30
100 Years of Exile—What do we owe refugees?
2/3 Katy Long continues her history of 100 years of refugee politics.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—22/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from 成人快手 Radio 4.
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00:30
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 2
2/5 Actor and epicure Stanley Tucci makes the case for tradition when pairing pasta and sauce.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—22/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 成人快手 World Service Programmes—22/12/2021
A selection of 成人快手 World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—22/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—22/12/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Fr Dermot Preston.
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05:45
Farming Today—22/12/21 - Puffin wrecks, Norwegian cod quotas and honey mead
Why are puffins washing up dead on UK beaches?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Dara McAnulty on the whooper swan
Fermanagh-based bird blogger Dara Mcanulty on the whooper swan for Tweet of the Day.
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