LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—27/04/2013
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Letters from Italy, Annalisa Piras
5/5 Annalisa Piras, an Italian journalist based in London, delivers a letter about Italy today
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—27/04/2013
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/04/2013
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/04/2013
A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Peter Baker.
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05:45
iPM—27/04/2013
A journalist reveals how she covertly entered North Korea but decided not to report.
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Morning
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06:00
News and Papers—27/04/2013
News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
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06:04
Weather—27/04/2013
The latest weather forecast.
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06:07
Open Country—Fens of Cambridgeshire
Felicity Evans visits Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist
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06:30
Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith searches for farming land workers as the rules for migrant labour change.
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06:57
Weather—27/04/2013
The latest weather forecast.
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07:00
Today—27/04/2013
Should the UK deploy drones? Plus Boston's police chief on bomb investigation.
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09:00
Saturday Live—Howard Goodall, John McCarthy, Mary Berry
Sian Williams and Richard Coles with broadcaster and composer Howard Goodall.
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10:30
Building Bridges - The Art of the Middle 8
Midge Ure explores the art and craft of the bridge, or middle 8, in popular songwriting.
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11:00
The Week in Westminster—27/04/2013
George Parker of the Financial Times talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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11:30
From Our Own Correspondent—Nigeria's Lady Gaga
Glitz, guns and gangsters in Nigeria, plus other reporters' tales from around the world.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Money Box—Overseas resort schemes; chargeback complications
Presented by Paul Lewis. Investors fear for their cash in an overseas resort scheme.
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12:30
The News Quiz—Series 80, Episode 3
3/5 Chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Miles Jupp and Samira Ahmed.
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12:57
Weather—27/04/2013
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
News—27/04/2013
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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13:10
Any Questions?—Caroline Flint, Caroline Lucas, Michael Fallon, Sir Menzies Campbell
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Harrow in Middlesex.
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14:00
Any Answers?—27/04/2013
Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
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14:30
Saturday Drama—The Browning Version
A starry celebration of Terence Rattigan's centenary. Martin Jarvis directs. (R)
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16:00
Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour. Older Women's Style; Margaret Hodge MP; Ana Moura
Older women and fashion, Margaret Hodge MP, and Hadley Freeman on how to be awesome.
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17:00
PM—Saturday PM
Full coverage of the day's news.
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17:30
iPM—27/04/2013
A journalist reveals how she covertly entered North Korea but decided not to report.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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17:57
Weather—27/04/2013
The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—27/04/2013
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:15
Loose Ends—Marc Almond, Tanya Franks, Robin Ince, Lalla Ward, Ian Pattison, Matthew E White, Brasstronaut
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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19:00
Profile—Alisher Usmanov
Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man.
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19:15
Saturday Review—Adrian Lester as Othello, and The Look of Love with Steve Coogan
Adrian Lester's Othello and Steve Coogan as Paul Raymond, as reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe.
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20:00
Archive on 4—Collar the Lot
Tom Conti explores the story of Italian internment in Britain during World War II.
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21:00
The Great Scott—Series 1, Rob Roy
2/3 A young poet is banished to the north, where he falls for his beautiful, mysterious cousin
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22:00
News and Weather—27/04/2013
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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22:15
Four Thought—Series 3, Anwar Akhtar: The Meaning of Pakistan
Anwar Akhtar says British Pakistanis can help Pakistan face its future as an Asian nation. (R)
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22:30
In Search of the British Dream—Episode 1
1/3 Mukul Devichand seeks to see the UK through the eyes of those who have recently arrived. (R)
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23:00
The 3rd Degree—Series 3, Bath Spa University
5/6 Three Bath Spa University students take on three of their professors in the upbeat quiz.
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23:30
What I Read to the Dead: Wladislaw Szlengel
In the last days of the Warsaw Ghetto, the poetry of Wladislaw Szlengel shouted defiance.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—28/04/2013
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
The Human Cradle—Government by Magic Spell
3/3 By Somali writer Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi. A young woman is possessed by a jinni. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—28/04/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—28/04/2013
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—28/04/2013
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—28/04/2013
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Bells on Sunday—28/04/2013
The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Chislet, Kent.
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05:45
Profile—Alisher Usmanov
Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man.
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