Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—01/01/2025
National and international news from 麻豆社 Radio 4
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00:15
Illuminated—Ceefax Strikes Back... with Count Binface
Count Binface resurrects the mighty Ceefax. With one small hitch. It鈥檚 on the radio.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—01/01/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 麻豆社 World Service Programmes—01/01/2025
麻豆社 Radio 4 joins the 麻豆社 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—01/01/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—01/01/2025
The latest news from 麻豆社 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—01/01/2025
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Krish Kandiah.
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05:45
Farming Today—01/01/25 Crofters and the ancient Calanais Standing Stones
Farming around the Calanais Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis.
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Morning
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06:00
Air Ambulance
Every second counts as the Air Ambulance crew try to save a life.
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06:45
Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton—Independence
3/5 Chloe Dalton鈥檚 memoir about her unlikely and transformative relationship with a wild hare.
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07:00
Today—01/01/2025
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
The Shipping Forecast: A Beginner's Guide
Paddy O'Connell guides us through the history and meaning of 'The Ships'.
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09:30
Soul Music—Sailing By
Stories about a piece of light music which became interwoven with the Shipping Forecast.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Walking: A Woman's Hour Special
Nuala McGovern dons her walking boots and steps out for her first walk of 2025.
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11:00
The Shipping Postcards (Omnibus)—Episode 1
1/2 Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Lundy, Dogger, Forth, Irish Sea, Wight.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—01/01/2025
The latest national and international news from 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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12:03
Shipping Forecast—01/01/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:12
The Shipping Postcards (Omnibus)—Episode 2
2/2 Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Lundy, Dogger, Forth, Irish Sea, Wight.
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12:57
Weather—01/01/2025
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—01/01/2025
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
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13:45
My Poetry and Other Animals—Fish
The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, looks for trout with Feargal Sharkey.
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14:00
The Archers—31/12/2024
Rex looks to the future.
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14:15
Solomon Browne
Forty years on, the dramatic story of the Penlee lifeboat disaster.
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15:00
Illuminated—The Shipping Forecast: A Haven
Discovering who really listens to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48 every day.
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15:30
Poetry Please—The Shipping Forecast at 100
Roger McGough is joined by Paul Farley, sharing poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast.
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16:00
The Media Show—PR v journalism, Post Office drama one year on, predictions for 2025
When it Hits the Fan's David Yelland and Simon Lewis on the changing face of PR
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17:00
PM—10 dead after man drives a pickup truck into new year鈥檚 crowds in New Orleans
The FBI are investigating the vehicle attack in New Orleans as an 鈥榓ct of terror鈥�.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—01/01/2025 - 10 dead in New Orleans terror attack
The FBI is investigating after a vehicle was driven into people celebrating the New Year.
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18:15
My Shipping Forecast
Leading fans of radio explain what the Shipping Forecast means to them.
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18:30
ReincarNathan—Series 3, Wolf
1/6 Comedy about reincarnation with Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire, Freya Parker & Mike Wozniak.
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19:00
The Archers—01/01/2025
Kirsty makes a controversial move.
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19:15
Front Row—Front Row on the Shipping Forecast, at the Cutty Sark
Samira Ahmed with a special edition of the arts programme exploring the Shipping Forecast.
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20:00
Archive on 4—The Shipping Forecast at 100: Shipshaped
Jerry Brotton explores how Britain's maritime heritage has shaped us.
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21:00
The Life Scientific—Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Tim Peake in a special event recorded at London's Royal Society.
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21:30
All in the Mind—Future Thinking
How thinking about the future shapes our health and happiness.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Death toll in New Orleans attack rises to 15
The FBI says it doesn't believe New Orleans attacker was solely responsible
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22:45
Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor—Episode Three
3/10 Bedelia has some shocking news for Anne, as rumours of piracy swirl.
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23:00
Illuminated—Sea Like a Mirror
An atmospheric gathering storm of a documentary explores our language for naming the wind.
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23:30
Soul Music—Sailing By
Stories about a piece of light music which became interwoven with the Shipping Forecast.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—02/01/2025
National and international news from 麻豆社 Radio 4
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00:15
Illuminated—The Shipping Forecast: A Haven
Discovering who really listens to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48 every day.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/01/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 麻豆社 World Service Programmes—02/01/2025
麻豆社 Radio 4 joins the 麻豆社 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/01/2025
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:30
News Briefing—02/01/2025
The latest news from 麻豆社 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/01/2025
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Krish Kandiah.
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05:45
Farming Today—02/01/25 - Gene edited indoor tomatoes, rural crime, chemical free dairy cleaning
Doing away with chemical cleaners in dairies and using electricity and oxygen instead.
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