LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—12/08/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl by Matthew Dennison—Episode 4
4/5 A new biography by Matthew Dennison of the creator of many much-loved literary characters.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—12/08/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—12/08/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—12/08/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—12/08/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—12/08/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Carolyn Skinner.
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05:45
Farming Today—12/08/22 - Livestock welfare in extreme hot weather, Rydal Country Show, Glorious 12th: start of grouse shooting season
Calls for the government to legislate on livestock welfare in extreme hot weather.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Common Indian Cuckoo
Chris Packham presents the Indian cuckoo found across much of South East Asia.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—12/08/2022
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
Desert Island Discs—John Legend, musician
John Legend, musician, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.
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09:45
Daily Service—12/08/2022
With Linden Bicket, a teacher of literature and religion at Edinburgh University.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—The Partition of India in 1947 and its impact on Women
How the Partition of India in 1947 affected women’s lives.
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11:00
Moving Pictures—The Sherborne Missal
A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
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11:30
Mucking In—Series 1, Making Hay
4/6 The American landlady wants to hold a garden party in Ben’s favourite meadow.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Shipping Forecast—12/08/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:04
AntiSocial—Online justice and rape
Rape allegations about a footballer have led to debate online and protests in real life.
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12:57
Weather—12/08/2022
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—12/08/2022
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
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13:45
Larkin Revisited—High Windows
Simon Armitage explores Philip Larkin's poem High Windows.
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14:00
The Archers—11/08/2022
Freddie is reminded about second chances.
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14:15
Limelight—English Rose - Series 1, English Rose - Episode 5: Daddy Issues
5/5 Maya is excited by her new life. Rose is worried about Gully and what his clan might do.
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14:45
Living with the Gods—Change Your Life
Neil MacGregor focuses on images with a purpose - to change the viewer's behaviour.
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15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Morden Hall Park: Postbag
Peter Gibbs and the panel are at Morden Hall Park, London.
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15:45
Short Works—Straight Fire by Gurnaik Johal
A stag night with a difference in a new story by award-winning Gurnaik Johal.
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16:00
Last Word—James Lovelock, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Roy Hackett MBE, Dame Olivia Newton-John
Kirsty Lang on a scientist, a terrorist, an activist and a film star.
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16:30
Feedback—12/08/2022
Radio 4 Drama Commissioner Alison Hindell discusses the changing nature of audio drama.
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17:00
PM—12/08/2022
Afternoon news and current affairs programme
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—12/08/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—12/08/2022 Salman Rushdie Stabbed on Stage
The author Salman Rushdie is stabbed in the neck on stage at an event in New York State
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18:30
Party's Over—Series 2, Changing of the Guard
3/6 Miles Jupp stars as Henry Tobin, Britain's least successful former prime minister.
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19:00
The Archers—12/08/2022
Russ offers his support.
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19:15
Screenshot—Watergate on Screen
Fifty years on from the Watergate scandal, Ellen and Mark explore its legacy on screen.
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20:00
Any Questions?—Diane Abbott MP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Paul Johnson, Rachel Maclean MP
Luke Jones presents political debate and discussion from the Steam Museum in Swindon.
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20:50
A Point of View—The Samsara of Salmon
John Connell reflects on the plight of vanishing salmon and what it means for our planet
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21:00
Larkin Revisited—Born Yesterday, Talking in Bed, Toads Revisited, High Windows
Simon Armitage, the poet laureate, unpicks Philip Larkin's poems in his centenary year.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Sir Salman Rushdie stabbed in New York
Author taken to hospital after being attacked on stage
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22:45
A Month in the Country by JL Carr—Episode 5
5/5 The final mystery of the mural is solved and Tom finally faces up to his feelings.
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23:00
Great Lives—Holly Walsh on BS Johnson
Holly Walsh picks BS Johnson, fiery sixties novelist
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23:30
Sarah Kendall: Talking Story—Sharon Horgan
2/3 Sarah Kendall talks to fellow storytellers about what 'story' means to them.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—13/08/2022
The latest news and weather forecast from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.
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00:30
Teller of the Unexpected: The Life of Roald Dahl by Matthew Dennison—Episode 5
5/5 A new biography by Matthew Dennison of the creator of many much-loved literary characters.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—13/08/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Programmes—13/08/2022
A selection of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—13/08/2022
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—13/08/2022
The latest news from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—13/08/2022
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das
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05:45
Four Thought—Somewhere, not Nowhere
Jonathan Evershed argues that we should re-imagine how we think of the Irish Sea.
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