LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—29/09/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Another Day in the Death of America, Episode 3
3/5 At a sleepover in rural Michigan, a 12-year-old boy shoots his best friend dead. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—29/09/2016
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—29/09/2016
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—29/09/2016
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.
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05:45
Farming Today—Pig semen, a bee map, crofting row and delays in subsidy payments
Exploring the growing pig semen exporting business for UK agriculture.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Shore Lark
Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Shore Lark. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—29/09/2016
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
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09:45
Daily Service—29/09/2016
Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Maddy Hill, Women in local politics, Emotionally distant fathers
Maddy Hill, women in local politics, emotionally distant fathers and Meg Rosoff on horses.
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10:45
John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga—The Forsytes Returns, Episode 5
5/7 Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt.
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11:00
From Our Own Correspondent—The Wilder Shores
Kate Adie presents reports from Iran, Mauritania, Venezuela, Normandy and the Seychelles.
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11:30
Pony Tales
What is the appeal of ponies and pony books to girls - and some post-menopausal women?
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Front—29 September 1916 - Isabel Graham
Isabel Graham summons her resolve.
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12:15
You and Yours—Bread waste, Meals on planes, Quitting smoking
A food waste charity says it's receiving tonnes of over-produced supermarket bread.
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12:57
Weather—29/09/2016
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—29/09/2016
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
A History of the Infinite—Death and Immortality
9/10 Adrian Moore explores the idea of infinity through history
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14:00
The Archers—28/09/2016
Emma hopes to clear the air. (R)
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14:15
The Zone—Episode 2
2/2 Turner is caught in a corrupt world where power lies in blood and body parts. (R)
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15:00
Ramblings—Series 34, Hebden Bridge
Clare Balding joins a family from Hebden Bridge for whom walking is a vital experience.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—Signal
Sybil Ruscoe makes an appeal on behalf of Signal. (R)
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15:30
Open Book—Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf
Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on their new collection of short stories Sex and Death. (R)
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16:00
The Film Programme—Tim Burton
Francine Stock enters Miss Peregrine's Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ for Peculiar Children with Tim Burton.
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16:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
Adam Rutherford hears about the end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P.
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17:00
PM—29/09/2016
Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—29/09/2016 Trade Secretary says a post-Brexit UK will lead the world in free and fair trade.
The Trade Secretary says a post-Brexit UK will lead the world in free and fair trade.
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18:30
It's Not What You Know—Series 4, Episode 1
1/4 Joe Lycett discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.
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19:00
The Archers—29/09/2016
Toby is caught out.
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19:15
Front Row—Deepwater Horizon, Crisis in Six Scenes, Melvyn Tan, Maria Semple
Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg on Deepwater Horizon, pianist Melvyn Tan, author Maria Semple
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19:45
John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga—The Forsytes Returns, Episode 5
5/7 Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt. (R)
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Quantitative Easing
Why has the Bank of England started creating new money to buy government debt again?
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20:30
The Bottom Line—Theresanomics
Theresa May wants a bigger role for government in business. Will it happen? Can it work?
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21:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science—RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
Adam Rutherford hears about the end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P. (R)
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21:30
In Our Time—Animal Farm
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. (R)
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21:58
Weather—29/09/2016
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Liam Fox champions free trade
Is the International Trade Secretary right to say free trade is essential to prosperity?
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—The Wonder, Episode 4
4/10 Nurse Wright finds her motivation for maintaining the watch challenged.
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23:00
Small Scenes—Series 1, Episode 2
2/4 A pair of long-lost brothers meet for the first time, and a moth runs amok. (R)
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23:30
The Untold—I Hope I Get It
Will teenagers Mohammed and Jess both get into the National Youth Theatre? (R)
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—30/09/2016
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Another Day in the Death of America, Episode 4
4/5 No-one knows who shot Tyshon Anderson in the head on a stairway in South Chicago. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/09/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—30/09/2016
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 joins the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/09/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—30/09/2016
News from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—30/09/2016
A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.
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05:45
Farming Today—The ethics of editing animal genes, a new study on bovine TB and a new rural chaplain for farmers in the south east
Charlotte Smith discusses the ethics of genome editing and the latest study on bovine TB.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Purple Sandpiper
David Attenborough presents the purple sandpiper. (R)
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