LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—20/03/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Tom Mayhew Is Benefit Scum—Series 1, Scroungers
3/4 Tom looks at the benefits system and asks if it actually works.
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00:30
A Pocketful of Rye—A Rye Boy
2/3 A farmer struggles to control his wife when a sculptor comes to town.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—20/03/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Bells on Sunday—The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford
Bells on Sunday comes from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford
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05:45
Profile—Jacqueline Wilson
The award-winning children’s author who’s just published her 114th novel.
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Morning
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06:00
News Summary—20/03/2022
The latest national and international news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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06:05
Something Understood—Humility
Classical scholar and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan reflects on humility.
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06:35
Natural Histories—Willow
Brett Westwood looks into the cultural influence of the willow, from 2018
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06:57
Weather—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecast
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07:00
News and Papers—20/03/2022
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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07:10
Sunday—Religious images in wartime; Inviting a refugee into your home; Russian Orthodox Christians split over war
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week, with Edward Stourton.
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07:54
Radio 4 Appeal—Red Nose day for Comic Relief
Broadcaster Emma Freud makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.
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07:57
Weather—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecast
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08:00
News and Papers—20/03/2022
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
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08:10
Sunday Worship—A Passion for Hospitality: I was a Stranger
From St Dominic's Priory, Newcastle upon Tyne with Fr Dermot Preston.
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08:48
A Point of View—Every Picture Tells a Story
Sarah Dunant on the power of images in war.
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08:58
Tweet of the Day—Little Owl
Kate Humble presents the little owl.
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09:00
Broadcasting House—20/03/2022
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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10:00
The Archers Omnibus—20/03/2022
There’s a shock for Chris and it’s a big day for Harrison
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11:00
Desert Island Discs—Alan Cumming, actor
Alan Cumming, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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11:45
Letter from Ukraine—A cold spring
3/8 Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov gives a personal account of daily life in war-torn Ukraine.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Shipping Forecast—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:04
Just a Minute—Series 88, Episode 4
4/6 Sue Perkins presents a new series of the Radio 4's longest running panel show.
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12:32
The Food Programme—The True Cost of Food
Sheila Dillon and expert panel discuss the hidden costs of food production
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12:57
Weather—20/03/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
The World This Weekend—20/03/2022
Radio 4’s look at the week’s big stories from both home and around the world.
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13:30
The Archbishop Interviews—Clare Moriarty
Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about what they believe.
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14:00
Gardeners' Question Time—GQT at Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ: Euryops and Euonymus
Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.
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14:45
1922: The Birth of Now—The Shabolovka Tower and the Gherkin
The Shabolovka Tower and The Gherkin
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15:00
Drama on 4—Some Kind of Black, Episode 1
Tough, wry Black British classic about a young man coming of age in the 90s
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16:00
Open Book—Karen Joy Fowler on the infamous Booth family, Michel the Giant, Lisa Taddeo on Fever Dream
Johny Pitts talks to Karen Joy Fowler about the infamous Booth family
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16:30
Cold as a Mountain Top
Robert Macfarlane climbs a wintry Buachaille Etive Mor, guided by the words of WH Murray.
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17:00
File on 4 Investigates—Ukraine: War Stories
People all over Ukraine tell their personal stories of the Russian invasion as it happens.
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17:40
Profile—Jacqueline Wilson
The award-winning children’s author who’s just published her 114th novel.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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17:57
Weather—20/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecast
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—20/03/2022 Mariupol School Bombed
The authorities in the Ukrainian city say the art school was sheltering around 400 people
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18:15
Pick of the Week—Nicola Beckford
The best of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio this week.
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19:00
The Archers—20/03/2022
Jazzer receives bad news.
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19:15
Stand-Up Specials—George Fouracres: Black Country Gentlemon
A stand-up special from Wolverhampton's own, George Fouracres.
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19:45
Still Life in the Old Dog
A nonagenarian risks one last chance at love. By Thomas Lynch.
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20:00
Feedback—18/03/2022
Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and congratulations
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20:30
Last Word—Mary Coombs, Paul Farmer, Leslie Lonsdale-Cooper, William Hurt (pictured)
John Wilson on a computer programmer, a medical anthropologist, a translator and an actor.
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21:00
Money Box—Cryptocurrency scammers steal a man's house
Crypto scammers, changes to Warm Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Discount & the government's new fuel poverty chair.
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21:25
Radio 4 Appeal—Red Nose day for Comic Relief
Broadcaster Emma Freud makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.
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21:30
Analysis—Can the UK ever be a low tax economy again?
As tax rises hit pay packets next month is this an end to Conservative low tax policy?
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22:00
Westminster Hour—20/03/2022
Nick Watt presents Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.
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23:00
Curious Cases—Rutherford and Fry, The Turn of the Tide
Why are tide times and ranges so different around the UK, asks Lynn?
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23:30
Something Understood—Humility
Classical scholar and Anglican minister Teresa Morgan reflects on humility.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—21/03/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:15
Wireless Nights—Series 7, Full Moon
Jarvis Cocker discovers what happens here on earth on the night of the full moon.
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00:45
Bells on Sunday—The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford
Bells on Sunday comes from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—21/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—21/03/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—21/03/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—21/03/2022
Spiritual reflection with Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion.
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05:45
Farming Today—21/03/22 No more free range eggs, lamb industry update
As of today, no more free range eggs on our shelves.
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05:56
Weather—21/03/2022
The latest weather forecast for farmers.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Willow Tit
Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.
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