LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—13/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:15
Sideways—22. Inspiring Bill Strickland
Matthew Syed explores how inspiring teachers can change the world, one student at a time.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall.
Bells on Sunday comes from the parish church of St Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—13/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—13/12/2021
A selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—13/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—13/12/2021
The latest news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—13/12/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Catherine De Souza.
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05:45
Farming Today—13/12/21 - The soil 'postcode lottery', post-Covid cheese sales
Could payments for improving your soil end up as a ‘postcode lottery’?
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05:56
Weather—13/12/2021
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Neil Anderson on the Golden Eagle
Wildlife cameraman Neil Anderson recounts a golden eagle encounter for Tweet of the Day.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—13/12/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Start the Week—Living in the Matrix
Tom Sutcliffe with Naomi Alderman, David J Chalmers and Philippa Garety.
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09:45
Daily Service—13/12/2021 Advent 3: Glimpsing Jesus - Acknowledging Jesus
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Mark Tan.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Grandparents providing childcare, Kate Griffiths MP's barrister Charlotte Proudman; Under pressure - Fibromyalgia
What's the impact of providing childcare for your grandchildren?
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11:00
The Untold—Preparing for the President
The staff of Cornwall Airport prepare to receive President Biden for the G7 summit.
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11:30
Loose Ends—Elvis Costello, Amelia Bullmore, Natasha Bowen, Dan Saladino, Jaz Delorean, Kay Young, George Egg, Clive Anderson
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Shipping Forecast—13/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:04
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan—Episode 1
1/5 Local coal merchant Bill Furlong prepares for Christmas with his wife and five daughters.
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12:18
You and Yours—Product Safety; Inheritance; Christmas Lights
Consumer Minister Paul Scully on calls for tighter regulation of online marketplaces.
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12:57
Weather—13/12/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—13/12/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
The Hackers—Series 1, Phreaks
1/10 Biella Coleman explores the earliest hacking subculture - Phone Phreaks.
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14:00
The Archers—12/12/2021
Tom receives an unexpected gift.
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14:15
Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 2, Hope and Jim
6/8 By Roy Williams. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
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15:00
Quote... Unquote—Helen MacDonald, Salena Godden, Nick Robinson
Nigel Rees hosts the popular quotations quiz.
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15:30
The Food Programme—The Meaning of Cod
In search of the meaning of cod, Dan Saladino travels to the Norwegian island of Lofoten.
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16:00
The Exploding Library—Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
Comedian Daliso Chaponda unravels the myriad personas of Vonnegut's Mother Night.
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16:30
Beyond Belief—Boxing
Why does Christianity play such a big role in the corners of so many fighters?
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17:00
PM—13/12/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—13/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—13/12/2021 Long queues at vaccination centres - after the PM announced the coronavirus booster programme was being accelerated.
Long queues at vaccination centres after the PM speeds up coronavirus booster programme.
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18:30
I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue—Series 76, Episode 3
3/6 Jack Dee hosts the long-running, self-styled antidote to panel games.
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19:00
The Archers—13/12/2021
Mia’s making a bold statement
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19:15
Front Row—Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Sarah Phelps, puppetry on stage
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and Â鶹ԼÅÄ TV's drama series A Very British Scandal.
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20:00
The Army Girls
80 years after female conscription, the final few tell their extraordinary WW2 stories.
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20:30
Crossing Continents—Poland’s Fractured Borderlands
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.
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21:00
Wild Inside—Jungle royalty - the Jaguar
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world.
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21:30
Start the Week—Living in the Matrix
Tom Sutcliffe with Naomi Alderman, David J Chalmers and Philippa Garety.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Huge demand for Covid booster vaccinations
Long waits at some centres providing jabs
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22:45
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan—Episode 1
1/5 Local coal merchant Bill Furlong prepares for Christmas with his wife and five daughters.
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23:00
Wireless Nights—Series 7, On The Edge
Jarvis goes into hospital, and the anaesthetic gives him some very strange visions.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—13/12/2021
All the news from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—14/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4.
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00:30
On Seamus Heaney by Roy Foster—Episode 1
1/5 Adrian Dunbar reads an eloquent account of one of the greatest poets of the 20th century.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—14/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service Programmes—14/12/2021
A selection of Â鶹ԼÅÄ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—14/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—14/12/2021
The latest news from Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—14/12/2021
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Catherine De Souza.
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05:45
Farming Today—14/12/21 - NI Protocol, the Lump Sum Exit scheme, a Welsh cheese born in the Netherlands
Can GPS technology be used to smooth trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Tony Juniper on the Corn Bunting
Environmentalist Tony Juniper describes the joy of seeing and hearing corn buntings.
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