BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 10 March 2011

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—10/03/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—To Miss With Love, Episode 3
  3/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one would not quit.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—10/03/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—10/03/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—10/03/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—10/03/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—10/03/2011
  Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—10/03/2011
  New plans for a badger cull in Wales, in an attempt to control TB in cattle.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—10/03/2011
  Including Sports Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  In Our Time—Free Will
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.
3. 09:45
  Daily Service—10/03/2011
  Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—10/03/2011
  With Jenni Murray. Including actor Olivia Williams on her new West End play.
5. 10:45
  15 Minute Drama—A Domestic, Petition
  4/5Mariola finds herself caught up in a minefield: a litigious divorce between two lawyers.
6. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—10/03/2011
  Kate Adie with correspondents' despatches from around the world.
7. 11:30
  The Wales Window of Alabama
  What links Wales to one of the darkest moments in the American civil rights movement?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—10/03/2011
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—10/03/2011
  The British companies owed millions by the organisers of India's Commonwealth Games.
3. 12:57
  Weather—10/03/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  World at One—10/03/2011
  Thirty minutes of news, analysis and comment from the UK and around the world.
5. 13:30
  Costing the Earth—Fur or Faux?
  Campaigners for fur claim it's natural, renewable and sustainable. Tom Heap investigates.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—09/03/2011
  The strain is beginning to tell at Lower Loxley.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—A Sleepwalk on the Severn
  By Alice Oswald. An extraordinary poetic evocation of moonrise over the Severn Estuary.
8. 15:00
  Ramblings—Series 17, Manchester - Marsden
  Stuart Maconie takes in the Manchester skyline with poet Simon Armitage.
9. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Bees for Development
  Martha Kearney presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bees for Development.
10. 15:30
  Afternoon Reading—Good Show Clarissa, The Cheat
  3/3By Enid Blyton. Susan desperate wants a scholarship. What if there is a chance to cheat?
11. 15:45
  The Generation Gap—Series 6: Roads, M People
  4/5Two people from different generations discuss the changes society has seen on our roads.
12. 16:00
  Bookclub—Benjamin Zephaniah
  James Naughtie talks to Benjamin Zephaniah about his novel for young adults Refugee Boy.
13. 16:30
  Material World—10/03/2011
  Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.
14. 17:00
  PM—10/03/2011
  Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—10/03/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
16. 17:57
  Weather—10/03/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—10/03/2011
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  So Wrong It's Right—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6Charlie Brooker's panel show celebrating glorious failure. With Mark Watson, Holly Walsh.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—10/03/2011
  Brian's on a mole hunt.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Alison Steadman and Hermione Norris in Blithe Spirit
  Kirsty Lang reviews Alison Steadman and Hermione Norris in a new staging of Blithe Spirit.
5. 19:45
  15 Minute Drama—A Domestic, Petition
  4/5Mariola finds herself caught up in a minefield: a litigious divorce between two lawyers.
6. 20:00
  The Law Show—Legal Powers for the Welsh Assembly
  Joshua Rozenberg looks at whether Wales is on the road to becoming a fourth jurisdiction.
7. 20:30
  The Bottom Line—Slow Growth
  Stephanie Flanders and guests discuss slow growth and Germany's current economic success.
8. 21:00
  Fingerprints on Trial
  Claudia Hammond asks how much we can trust fingerprint evidence.
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Free Will
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.
10. 21:58
  Weather—10/03/2011
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—10/03/2011
  Daily news and current affairs programme bringing you global news and analysis.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Pigeon English, Episode 4
  4/10Harri takes time out from his detective work to be friends with Poppy.
13. 23:00
  It's Your Round—Series 1, Episode 4
  4/6Russell Kane, Josie Long, Alun Cochrane and Milton Jones devise the panel show's rounds.
14. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—10/03/2011
  Sean Curran reports on events at Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—11/03/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—To Miss With Love, Episode 4
  4/5A third of teachers leave within their first term on the job. This one would not quit.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—11/03/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—11/03/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—11/03/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—11/03/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—11/03/2011
  Prayer and reflection with the Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—11/03/2011
  A recent YouGov poll found that 70% of Britain's villages are without a local shop.

Friday 11 March 2011