BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 2 May 2009

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—01/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—For All the Tea in China, Episode 5
  5/5Robert Fortune travels 250 miles by junk and sedan into the interior of China.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—01/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/05/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/05/2009
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—02/05/2009
  Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev David Chillingworth.
8. 05:45
  The Estuary—Episode 4
  4/5As the tide begins to recede, hundreds of thousands of birds return to the mud flats.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—02/05/2009
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—02/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—Four Hundred Years of Parish Life
  Helen Mark joins historian Peter Edwards to visit the Worcestershire village of Rushock.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
5. 06:57
  Weather—02/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—02/05/2009
  Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—02/05/2009
  Fi Glover is joined by author Jodi Picoult, with poetry from Murray Lachlan Young.
8. 10:00
  Excess Baggage—02/05/2009
  John McCarthy explores three very different aspects of Italy, from Sicily to Venice.
9. 10:30
  Reasons to be Cheerful—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/3Comedian Stephen K Amos offers an antidote to grumpiness.
10. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—02/05/2009
  MPs expenses and Gurkhas. A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Riddell.
11. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—02/05/2009
  Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—02/05/2009
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Money Box—02/05/2009
  Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
3. 12:30
  The News Quiz—Series 68, Episode 1
  1/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. Panellists include Andy Hamilton, Fred MacAulay and Jeremy Hardy.
4. 12:57
  Weather—02/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  News—02/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:10
  Any Questions?—01/05/2009
  Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Surrey.
7. 14:00
  Any Answers?—02/05/2009
  Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
8. 14:30
  The Admirable Crichton by JM Barrie
  Satire about the fortunes a perfect butler. Stars Russell Tovey.
9. 15:30
  The Music Group—Series 3, Episode 3
  3/6With Stephanie Flanders, Dominic Sandbrook and Karl Pilkington.
10. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour
  Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
11. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus sports headlines.
12. 17:30
  iPM—02/05/2009
  The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—02/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
14. 17:57
  Weather—02/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—02/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—02/05/2009
  Clive Anderson is joined by Martin Freeman, Arthur Smith and the writer Peter Flannery.
3. 19:00
  From Fact to Fiction—Series 6, Coughs and Sneezes
  1/8Playwright Laura Wade creates a fictional response to the swine flu scare.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—The Children's Book, Bob Dylan's Together Though Life and Bronte goes Bollywood
  Featuring a slice of Fabian life, starry-eyed young Europeans, and Bronte goes Bollywood.
5. 20:00
  Pete Seeger in Word and Song
  A celebration of the life and music of the late folk singer and activist Pete Seeger
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—Geoffrey Chaucer - Troilus and Criseyde, Episode 1
  1/2Criseyde is a young widow, so her uncle Pandarus introduces her to Trojan hero Troilus.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—02/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Bringing Up Britain—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/4Does seeking to modify children's behaviour and attitude risk homogenising them?
9. 23:00
  Counterpoint—Series 23, 2009 Heat 8
  8/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.
10. 23:30
  Baghdad of the Mind
  An impressionistic portrait of the fantastical city of Baghdad.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Afternoon Reading—The Big Chill, This is How
  4/5By MJ Hyland. Patrick learns that a prisoner doesn't get to choose his cell-mate.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—03/05/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—03/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—03/05/2009
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—03/05/2009
  The sound of bells from St George's Church, Poynton in Cheshire.
8. 05:45
  Petitioning the Modern Way—Episode 1
  1/2Jon wonders whether the petitions really make an impact.

Sunday 3 May 2009