LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—30/07/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Mistresses by Linda Porter—Episode 4
4/5 Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II by Linda Porter.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—30/07/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—30/07/2021
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—30/07/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—30/07/2021
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—30/07/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Revd Carolyn Skinner
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05:45
Farming Today—30/07/21 - Small Abattoirs, Scottish small farms
An abattoir in Machynlleth is preparing to shut its doors after decades of business.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Chris Jones on the Swift
Chris Jones rescues and then releases a swift in this Tweet of the Day.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—30/07/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—Robert Macfarlane, writer
Robert Macfarlane, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne
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09:45
Daily Service—30/07/2021 The Olympics – Triumph and Disaster
Christian worship with a Bible reading prayer and music led by Molly Boot.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—London Hughes; Motherhood when you have an inherited condition; Helen Thorn; Stalking; Sunisa Lee
Comic London Hughes on having to move to the US to make it.
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11:00
The Spark—Karen Stenner and the authoritarian predisposition
Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
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11:30
Ashley Blaker: 6.5 Children—Series 1, Lockdown
4/4 In the final episode of the series, Ashley Blaker recalls parenting during lockdown.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Shipping Forecast—30/07/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:04
Still Life by Sarah Winman—Episode 5
5/10 The Londoners are settled in Florence and the pensione is finally open for business.
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12:18
You and Yours—Covid Passports; British Food; Cement shortage
Covid passports, British food, and the cement shortage.
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12:57
Weather—30/07/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—30/07/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond
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13:45
New Storytellers—40 Years On: Remembering the New Cross Fire
Commemorating the 1981 New Cross fire that killed 13 black teenagers at a birthday party.
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14:00
The Archers—29/07/2021
Lilian finds herself taken along for the ride.
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14:15
Passenger List—11. Tundra
11/12 Flying debris, two familiar agents, across snow and ice.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—GQT at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ: Crocheted Mushrooms and Vegetables for Schoolrooms
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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15:45
Short Works—The Counting Sheep
Mary, recently returned home to Belfast, struggles to sleep. Written by Lucy Caldwell.
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16:00
Last Word—Jackie Mason (pictured), John Woodcock, Dinah Murray, Billy Lacey
Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a cricket writer, a campaigner, a marshman
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16:30
Feedback—30/07/2021
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations.
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17:00
PM—30/07/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—30/07/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—30/07/2021
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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18:30
Party's Over—Series 1, Road Trip
1/5 New sitcom starring Miles Jupp as former PM Henry Tobin.
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19:00
Front Row—Billie Eilish reviewed, Sir James MacMillan on the First Night of the Proms, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Edinburgh Art Festival
Laura Snapes reviews the new Billie Eilish album, Happier Than Ever.
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19:45
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives—Chidambaram Pillai: Swadeshi Steam
Sunil Khilnani on Indian freedom fighter Chidambaram Pillai.
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20:00
Any Questions?—Minette Batters, Thangam Debbonaire MP, Sarah Olney MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
Edward Stourton presents political debate and discussion from The Guildhall in Chard.
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20:50
A Point of View—In the Dingle Peninsula
John Connell walks in the footsteps of the Irish monk, St Brendan.
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21:00
Archive on 4—A Brief History of Failure
Joe Queenan on the romance of failure, or the dreaded 'failure chic'.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Attack on UN main office western Afghanistan
Taliban have captured large swathes of territory in recent months
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22:45
Still Life by Sarah Winman—Episode 5
5/10 The Londoners are settled in Florence and the pensione is finally open for business.
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23:00
A Good Read—Poppy Jay and Catherine Johnson
Cats, a wrestling princess and grief.
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23:30
Conspiracies: The Secret Knowledge—Some Smoky Backroom
1/6 What conspiracy theory - and conspiracy fiction - claim to tell us about power.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—31/07/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Mistresses by Linda Porter—Episode 5
5/5 Sex and scandal at the court of Charles II by Linda Porter.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—31/07/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—31/07/2021
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—31/07/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—31/07/2021
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—31/07/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard
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05:45
Four Thought—The Tyranny of Positivity
Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre argues against the tyranny of positivity.
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