The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 4, Factual schedule Friday 14 December 2012
Friday 14 December 2012
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Early
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00:30 – 00:48
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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01:00 – 05:20
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 14/12/2012
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
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05:45 – 06:00
Farming Today 14/12/2012
Farming minister David Heath says live animal exports should come to an end.
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Morning
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08:31 – 09:00
Yesterday in Parliament 14/12/2012
The government gives the go-ahead to fracking for shale gas exploration.
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09:00 – 09:45
Listen nowDesert Island Discs Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP
Kirsty Young interviews the Rt Hon Eric Pickles MP.
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09:45 – 10:00
Book of the Week Looking for Mrs Livingstone, Episode 5
5/5 The author reaches Mary's final resting place - a grave on the banks of the Zambezi River.
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10:00 – 10:45
Listen nowWoman's Hour Cervical cancer, terms of endearment, shepherdess Emma Gray
Darling, sweetheart, honey, snookums... Are pet names for your love cute or cringeworthy?
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11:00 – 11:30
Touchline Tales Series 3, Episode 3
3/3 Des and Chris try to fathom the sport and the rules of real tennis at the Queen's Club.
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Afternoon
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12:00 – 12:52
Listen nowYou and Yours EU food laws, rare burgers and dangerous face paint
New rules on food and drink health claims and Westminster's war on rare burgers.
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12:04 – 12:52
Listen nowYou and Yours EU food laws, rare burgers and dangerous face paint
New rules on food and drink health claims and Westminster's war on rare burgers.
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12:52 – 12:57
Listen nowThe Listening Project Helen and Janette: Life-Changing Decision
Fi Glover presents the series that captures the nation in conversation.
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13:45 – 14:00
The Global Gap Series 2: Turkey, Club Owners
5/5 Nightclub owners from the UK and Turkey compare notes.
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15:00 – 15:45
Listen nowGardeners' Question Time Cranleigh, Surrey
Peter Gibbs and the team take questions in Cranleigh in Surrey.
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16:00 – 16:30
Listen nowLast Word An astronomer, a sitar player, a surgeon, an engineer, a singer and a newsreader
Matthew Bannister on Ravi Shankar, Joseph Murray, Sir Patrick Moore and Alex Moulton.
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16:30 – 16:55
Listen nowMore or Less The Census, and what is 'rare'?
Tim Harford looks at why the estimate for Eastern Europeans coming to the UK was so wrong.
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16:55 – 17:00
Listen nowThe Listening Project Linford and Whit: How We Lived as Immigrants
Fi Glover presents the series that captures the nation in conversation.
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Evening
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19:15 – 19:45
Listen nowThe Listening Project The Listening Project Symphony
BBC Philharmonic presents The Listening Project Symphony, from MediaCityUK in Salford.
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20:00 – 20:50
Listen nowAny Questions? Balshaw's CE High School, Leyland
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Leyland in Lancashire.
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20:50 – 21:00
Listen nowA Point of View Digital Past
Will Self reflects on the effect of digital technology on his perception of time.
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23:00 – 23:30
Listen nowGreat Lives Series 29, Jean Cocteau
2/9 Francesca Simon tells Matthew Parris why Jean Cocteau's is a Great Life.
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23:30 – 23:55
Today in Parliament 14/12/2012
Mark D'Arcy with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
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23:55 – 00:00
Listen nowThe Listening Project Simon and Louisa: Living and Loving with PTSD
Fi Glover with the series that proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen.
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Late
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