With guest panellists John O'Farrell and Jane Thynne. Author of the Week is Mark Twain. BBC Radio 4, Factual schedule Thursday 13 December 2012
Thursday 13 December 2012
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Early
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00:30 – 00:48
Book of the Week Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 3
3/5 Mary crossed the Kalahari desert, heavily pregnant, in the wake of her explorer husband.
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01:00 – 05:20
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 13/12/2012
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:45 – 06:00
Farming Today 13/12/2012
Is fracking safe? Hear from the industry heads who say it is and campaigners who disagree.
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Morning
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08:31 – 09:00
Yesterday in Parliament 13/12/2012
Rachel Byrne reports on events at Westminster.
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09:00 – 09:45
Listen nowIn Our Time Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Persian epic poem, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi.
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09:45 – 10:00
Book of the Week Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 4
4/5 Mary Livingstone endures four lonely years in the foreign land of Victorian Britain.
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10:00 – 10:45
Listen nowWoman's Hour Nadja Swarovski, Lisa Randall, Kathryn Stone
Nadja Swarovski on the crystals business and physicist Lisa Randall. With Jenni Murray.
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11:00 – 11:30
Listen nowCrossing Continents Libya: Life after the Revolution
Justin Marozzi examines if Libya can come together again as one country.
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11:30 – 12:00
Mr X: Julian Maclaren-Ross
Did drink and drugs rob Britain of a literary genius? David Taylor investigates.
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Afternoon
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12:00 – 12:57
Listen nowYou and Yours 13/12/2012
Winifred Robinson on how we all may soon be printing our own spare parts at home.
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12:04 – 12:57
Listen nowYou and Yours 13/12/2012
Winifred Robinson on how we all may soon be printing our own spare parts at home.
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13:45 – 14:00
The Global Gap Series 2: Turkey, Tour Guides
4/5 Tour Guides from the UK and Turkey compare notes.
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15:00 – 15:27
Listen nowCosting the Earth Future Forests
Is the crisis in the UK's ash forests a vision of the future? Tom Heap reports.
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15:27 – 15:30
Listen nowRadio 4 Appeal Build Africa
Beatrice Achieng presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Build Africa.
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15:30 – 16:00
Listen nowOpen Book 09/12/2012
Mariella Frostrup talks to India Knight about her hilarious new novel 'Mutton'.
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16:00 – 16:30
Listen nowThe Film Programme Peter Jackson on The Hobbit
Francine Stock talks to Sir Peter Jackson about his new film The Hobbit.
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16:30 – 17:00
Listen nowMaterial World 13/12/2012
Science cash prizes, science in The Hobbit, and solving an archaeological hoax.
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Evening
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19:15 – 19:45
Listen nowFront Row Don McCullin; Martin Freeman; albums of the year
Martin Freeman interviewed on The Hobbit, and musical recommendations from 2012.
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20:00 – 20:30
Listen nowThe Report Women Bishops
Linda Pressly asks, what happened with the Church of England's vote on women bishops?
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20:30 – 21:00
Listen nowIn Business Strike Up the Broadband
Peter Day examines the government's aim to increase internet speeds across the UK.
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21:00 – 21:30
Listen nowSaving Species Series 3, Rewilding/Devonshire Beavers
15/24 Can the process of urbanisation of the British countryside be reversed through rewilding?
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21:30 – 21:58
Listen nowIn Our Time Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Persian epic poem, the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi.
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23:30 – 00:00
Today in Parliament 13/12/2012
The Chancellor faces questions about his autumn mini-budget. Susan Hulme reports.
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Late
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