LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—30/01/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer—Ep 5 - The Photograph
5/5 Esther Safran Foer finds answers and a sense of belonging emerges.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—30/01/2021
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—30/01/2021
The latest news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—30/01/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard.
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05:45
Soundstage—The Lek
Chris Watson captures the sounds of Black Grouse during an extraordinary performance.
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Morning
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06:00
News and Papers—30/01/2021
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
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06:07
Open Country—Julia Blackburn and the Suffolk coast
Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline.
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06:30
Farming Today—30/01/21: Farming Today This Week; Dairy production, Badger Cull, Heather Burning
At the end of Veganuary we take a look at dairy farming, and the end of the badger cull.
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06:57
Weather—30/01/2021
The latest weather forecast
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07:00
Today—30/01/2021
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Saturday Live—Mary Portas and Adrian Dunbar
Food writer Ella Risbridger and listener Mark Davies.
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10:30
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 31, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Economics: Episode 25
6/7 Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
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11:00
The Week in Westminster—30/01/2021
Isabel Hardman looks back at the political week.
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11:30
From Our Own Correspondent—Brazil's Steady Stream of Grief
Manaus buries its dead as a brutal second wave rages through the Amazonian city.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—30/01/2021
The latest national and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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12:04
Money Box—Self-employment income support scheme discrimination claims
Mothers go to court claiming discrimination in the self-employed income support scheme.
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12:30
The News Quiz—Series 104, Episode 5
5/8 A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
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12:57
Weather—30/01/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
News—30/01/2021
The latest national and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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13:10
Any Questions?—Caroline Dinenage MP, Lord Hogan-Howe, Sarah Jones MP, Kirsty Williams MS
Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
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14:00
Any Answers?—30/01/2021
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
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14:45
One to One—The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard and actor Ben Hopwood
The long standing arts journalist explores why some reject ‘the dream’.
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15:00
Drama on 4—First Out
David Eldridge's play about estranged identical twins coping with their parents' death.
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16:00
Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour - Samantha Cameron; Rhod Gilbert on male fertility; Afro hair and discrimination
Samantha Cameron, Rhod Gilbert on male fertility, afro hair and discrimination.
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17:00
PM—30/01/2021
Full coverage of the day's news
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17:30
Political Thinking with Nick Robinson—30/01/2021
Nick Robinson interviews new business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—30/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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17:57
Weather—30/01/2021
The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—30/01/2021 EU 'made a mistake' over Covid vaccines, says Gove
Michael Gove said the EU made a 'mistake' triggering emergency vaccine export controls.
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18:15
Loose Ends—Petula Clark, Marian Keyes, Melanie Challenger, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Steve Earle, Tunng, YolanDa Brown, Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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19:00
Profile—Anders Holch Povlsen
Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner.
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19:15
Grounded with Louis Theroux—18. Leah Remini
Louis speaks to actor and ex-Scientologist Leah Remini.
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20:00
Archive on 4—Easier Than Curing a Toothache? The Story of Lobotomy
Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.
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21:00
Brief Lives—Series 9, Episode 1
1/4 Legal series returns.
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21:45
The Why Factor—Series 3, Time Perception
6/10 Why do some weeks just fly by but sometimes minutes can seem like hours?
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22:00
News—30/01/2021
The latest national and international news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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22:15
The Spark—Tim Spector and Food Myths
Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
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23:00
Counterpoint—Series 34, Heat 8
8/13 Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge.
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23:30
Poetry Please—Murray Lachlan Young
Performance poet Murray Lachlan Young makes his selection of listeners' requests
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—31/01/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:15
Disability: A New History—Doing and Being
6/10 Peter White finds that disabled people were everywhere in the 19th-century workplace.
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00:30
Short Works—Where Joy Gone?
By Ingrid Persaud. Lani brings food to her mother in the care home.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—31/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—31/01/2021
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4 joins the Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—31/01/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—31/01/2021
The latest news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Bells on Sunday—The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfred, Ripon, in North Yorkshire
Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfred, Ripon.
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05:45
Profile—Anders Holch Povlsen
Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner.
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