BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 19 December 2009

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—19/12/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Dear Granny Smith, Episode 5
  5/5The tale of Tom and Jerry and the big grey boxes.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/12/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—19/12/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—19/12/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—19/12/2009
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—19/12/2009
  Daily prayer and reflection with Bishop Alan Abernethy.
8. 05:45
  Running Away—Hugh Dennis
  4/5Comedian Hugh Dennis takes one of his favourite walks near his home on the Sussex Downs.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—19/12/2009
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—19/12/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—Growing Tents Not Crops on Gower
  Helen Mark visits the Gower Peninsula to explore the impact of tourism on farming.
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Research predicts that food sales will be up on last year despite the recession.
5. 06:57
  Weather—19/12/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—19/12/2009
  Including Sports Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day.
7. 08:15
  Test Match Special—19/12/2009
  Coverage of the fourth day of the First Test between South Africa and England in Pretoria.
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Afternoon
1. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour
  Sigourney Weaver talks about Avatar and life beyond the screen.
2. 16:56
  1989: Day by Day—19th December 1989
  Serious unrest is reported in Romania, with hundreds massacred.
3. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn Quinn, plus sports headlines.
4. 17:30
  iPM—19/12/2009
  The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate.
5. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—19/12/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 17:57
  Weather—19/12/2009
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—19/12/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—19/12/2009
  Peter Curran is joined by Boy George, Mark Ravenhill and Michael Fassbender.
3. 19:00
  From Fact to Fiction—Series 7, The Guilt Season
  7/8Writer Liz Jensen creates a fictional response to the week's news.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—Keira Knightley's stage debut and Sam Taylor Wood's feature film Nowhere Boy
  Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Richard Coles, Jude Kelly and Amanda Vickery.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—A Dog's Life
  Peter White examines the changing role of the working dog.
6. 21:00
  Classic Serial—The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 1: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Part 3
  3/3George Smiley reaches the end of his hunt for the mole.
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—19/12/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Unreliable Evidence—European Law: After Lisbon
  Will the Lisbon Treaty generate a legal tsunami which will overwhelm British sovereignty?
9. 23:00
  Brain of Britain—14/12/2009
  Russell Davies chairs the tenth, heat of the perennial general knowledge contest.
10. 23:30
  Adventures in Poetry—Series 10, On First Looking into Chapman's Homer
  6/6Peggy Reynolds explores the stories behind the Keats' poem and its enduring appeal.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—20/12/2009
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Afternoon Reading—Pier Shorts, Love Lessons from Cephalopods
  2/5By Kay Sexton. A marine scientist challenges a Russian gangmaster to a swimming contest.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—20/12/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—20/12/2009
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—20/12/2009
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—20/12/2009
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—20/12/2009
  The sound of bells from St John the Baptist, Loughton.
8. 05:45
  The Watchdog and the Feral Beast—Episode 1
  1/3Does the press act as freedom's guardian or is it a 'feral beast', in Tony Blair's phrase?

Sunday 20 December 2009