BBC Radio 4 FM Schedule Wednesday 1 January 2025

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/01/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  Illuminated—Ceefax Strikes Back... with Count Binface
  Count Binface resurrects the mighty Ceefax. With one small hitch. It’s on the radio.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/01/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—01/01/2025
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—01/01/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—01/01/2025
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—01/01/2025
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Krish Kandiah.
8. 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
1. 06:00
  Air Ambulance
  Every second counts as the Air Ambulance crew try to save a life.
2. 06:45
  Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton—Independence
  3/5Chloe Dalton’s memoir about her unlikely and transformative relationship with a wild hare.
3. 07:00
  Today—01/01/2025
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
4. 09:00
  The Shipping Forecast: A Beginner's Guide
  Paddy O'Connell guides us through the history and meaning of 'The Ships'.
5. 09:30
  Soul Music—Sailing By
  Stories about a piece of light music which became interwoven with the Shipping Forecast.
6. 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.
7. 11:00
  The Shipping Postcards (Omnibus)—Episode 1
  1/2Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Lundy, Dogger, Forth, Irish Sea, Wight.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—01/01/2025
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:03
  Shipping Forecast—01/01/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
3. 12:12
  The Shipping Postcards (Omnibus)—Episode 2
  2/2Visits to the areas from the Shipping Forecast: Lundy, Dogger, Forth, Irish Sea, Wight.
4. 12:57
  Weather—01/01/2025
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—01/01/2025
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.
6. 13:45
  My Poetry and Other Animals—Fish
  The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, looks for trout with Feargal Sharkey.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—31/12/2024
  Rex looks to the future.
8. 14:15
  Solomon Browne
  Forty years on, the dramatic story of the Penlee lifeboat disaster.
9. 15:00
  Illuminated—The Shipping Forecast: A Haven
  Discovering who really listens to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48 every day.
10. 15:30
  Poetry Please—The Shipping Forecast at 100
  Roger McGough is joined by Paul Farley, sharing poems inspired by the Shipping Forecast.
11. 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
12. 17:00
  PM—10 dead after man drives a pickup truck into new year’s crowds in New Orleans
  The FBI are investigating the vehicle attack in New Orleans as an ‘act of terror’.
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Evening
1. 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.
2. 18:15
  My Shipping Forecast
  Leading fans of radio explain what the Shipping Forecast means to them.
3. 18:30
  ReincarNathan—Series 3, Wolf
  1/6Comedy about reincarnation with Daniel Rigby, Ashley McGuire, Freya Parker & Mike Wozniak.
4. 19:00
  The Archers—01/01/2025
  Kirsty makes a controversial move.
5. 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.
6. 20:00
  Archive on 4—The Shipping Forecast at 100: Shipshaped
  Jerry Brotton explores how Britain's maritime heritage has shaped us.
7. 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.
8. 21:30
  All in the Mind—Future Thinking
  How thinking about the future shapes our health and happiness.
9. 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
10. 22:45
  Seaborne by Nuala O'Connor—Episode Three
  3/10Bedelia has some shocking news for Anne, as rumours of piracy swirl.
11. 23:00
  Illuminated—Sea Like a Mirror
  An atmospheric gathering storm of a documentary explores our language for naming the wind.
12. 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
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/01/2025
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:15
  Illuminated—The Shipping Forecast: A Haven
  Discovering who really listens to the Shipping Forecast at 00:48 every day.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/01/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/01/2025
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/01/2025
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/01/2025
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—02/01/2025
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Krish Kandiah.
8. 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.

Thursday 2 January 2025