BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 9 May 2009

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—08/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—From Harvey River, Episode 5
  5/5Lorna looks back on her extraordinary childhood in Kingston as the daughter of Mama Goodie
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—08/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/05/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—09/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—09/05/2009
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—09/05/2009
  Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
8. 05:45
  The Estuary—Episode 5
  5/5How might climate change and rising sea levels affect the area?(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—09/05/2009
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—09/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—Settle to Carlisle Railway
  Matt Baker visits England's most scenic railway line, from Settle to Carlisle.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Charlotte Smith investigates the state of the British chicken industry.
5. 06:57
  Weather—09/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—09/05/2009
  Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—09/05/2009
  Fi Glover is joined by journalist and writer Melissa Benn.
8. 10:00
  Excess Baggage—09/05/2009
  John McCarthy hears about a journalist's life of travel and an actor's view of France.
9. 10:30
  When Real Women Wore Minis and Real Men Drove Them
  Francesco da Mosto celebrates the original Italian Job movie, made in 1969.
10. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—09/05/2009
  PM's troubles;Gurkhas,published expenses,cuts in public spending. Mrs Thatcher 30 years on
11. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—09/05/2009
  Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Money Box—09/05/2009
  Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal finance.
2. 12:30
  The News Quiz—Series 68, Episode 2
  2/8Sandi Toksvig chairs. With Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins and Jeremy Hardy.
3. 12:57
  Weather—09/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  News—09/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
5. 13:10
  Any Questions?—08/05/2009
  Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Edinburgh.
6. 14:00
  Any Answers?—09/05/2009
  Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
7. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—Point of Departure
  By Francis Turnly. Security fears surround an African leader's visit to a peace summit.
8. 15:30
  The Music Group—Series 3, Episode 4
  4/6Phil Hammond's guests are Neil Innes, Graham Linehan and Felicity Finch.
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour
  Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane Garvey.
10. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Including the latest on the the MPs expenses saga.
11. 17:30
  iPM—09/05/2009
  The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—09/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
13. 17:57
  Weather—09/05/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—09/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—09/05/2009
  Conversation, music and comedy. Peter Curran is joined by Julian Clary and Sharon Horgan.
3. 19:00
  From Fact to Fiction—Series 6, Episode 2
  2/8Bonnie Greer imagines the impact on those involved in exhumating unknown WWI soldiers.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan in Waiting for Godot, and Kazuo Ishiguro Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
  Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Andreas Whittam Smith, Catherine O'Flynn and Jude Kelly.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—John Barbirolli - Angel of the North
  James Naughtie remembers English conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—Geoffrey Chaucer - Troilus and Criseyde, Episode 2
  2/2Troilus and Criseyde are in love, but she's about to be handed over to the Greeks.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—09/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Unreliable Evidence—The Law and the Unborn
  Clive Anderson discusses the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
9. 23:00
  Counterpoint—Series 23, 2009 Heat 9
  9/13Paul Gambaccini chairs the general knowledge music quiz.
10. 23:30
  Ossian
  The story of James MacPherson's 'discovery' of the ancient poems of Ossian in the 1760s.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—09/05/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Afternoon Reading—The Big Chill, The Lost Child
  5/5By Brian McGilloway. A couple hear a baby crying on their child monitor. Whose baby?(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—09/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—10/05/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—10/05/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—10/05/2009
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—10/05/2009
  The sound of bells from St Olave's Church in London.
8. 05:45
  Petitioning the Modern Way—Episode 2
  2/2How does being able to directly petition the PM fit in with our notions of democracy?

Sunday 10 May 2009