BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Tuesday 23 August 2011

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—23/08/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Fire Season, Episode 1
  1/5Philip Connors' enchanting notes from a wilderness lookout as he watches for wildfires.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—23/08/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—23/08/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—23/08/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—23/08/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—23/08/2011
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—23/08/2011
  Reducing waste food in restaurants. Plus, rediscovering Pershore Eggs and other old plums.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—23/08/2011
  Latest on the battle for Tripoli, plus Pedro Almodovar and Anders Breivik's defence lawyer
2. 09:00
  Secret Britain—D for Discretion: Can the Modern Media Keep a Secret?
  Naomi Grimley asks if the modern media can keep national security secrets.
3. 09:30
  Head to Head—Series 3, Is free will an illusion?
  3/5Edward Stourton revisits broadcast debates from the archives - is free will an illusion?
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—23/08/2011
  Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Cook the Perfect Gazpacho; Overweight Babies; Hildegard of Bingen
  Cook the Perfect gazpacho; overweight babies; Hildegard of Bingen celebrated at the Proms.
6. 10:45
  Whodunnits—Val McDermid - Village SOS, 2. Reluctant Residents
  2/5Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany?
7. 11:00
  In Our Own Image - Evolving Humanity—Human Cultural Evolution Versus Genetic Evolution
  2/2The effect of globalisation and a greater choice of partners on human genetic evolution.
8. 11:30
  Hemingway Days
  Wayne Hemingway celebrates the lives of 1950s designers, Robin and Lucienne Day.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—23/08/2011
  With Julian Worricker. Proposed planning rules shake-up.
3. 12:57
  Weather—23/08/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  World at One—23/08/2011
  With Martha Kearney. National and international news.
5. 13:30
  Soul Music—Wichita Lineman
  People reflect on the emotional impact of the country-pop crossover track.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—22/08/2011
  Pat lashes out and Alice is being enterprising.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Higher - Series 3, Rebrand, Relaunch
  Joyce Bryant's satire of university life. Will Vice Chancellor Roland force Jim out?
8. 15:00
  Making History—23/08/2011
  Tom Holland presents the first in a new series of Radio 4's popular history magazine.
9. 15:30
  Comic Fringes—Comic Fringes: Series 7, Stairlift Us Up Where We Belong
  1/3A woman goes from being thought of as useful to becoming invisible.
10. 15:45
  Stories from Notting Hill—Innovation
  2/5Kwame Kwei-Armah discovers how a motorway gave the Notting Hill Carnival a new direction.
11. 16:00
  Word of Mouth—Counting Word Incidences
  Chris Ledgard looks at the ways of counting incidences of words and what that can tell us.
12. 16:30
  Great Lives—Eduardo Paolozzi
  Restaurateur Antonio Carluccio nominates the Scottish artist Sir Eduardo Paolozzi.
13. 17:00
  PM—23/08/2011
  Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast
  The latest shipping forecast.
15. 17:57
  Weather—23/08/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—23/08/2011
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Richard Herring's Objective—The C.U. Jimmy Hat
  Richard Herring reclaims an object for this Edinburgh special, the C.U. Jimmy Hat.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—23/08/2011
  Clarrie is clutching at straws and Bridge Farm takes another financial hit.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Bill Nighy, and Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In
  Actor Bill Nighy on playing a spy, and Pedro Almodóvar's film The Skin I Live In.
5. 19:45
  Whodunnits—Val McDermid - Village SOS, 2. Reluctant Residents
  2/5Why are Shilwick's residents reluctant to help DCI Marion Bettany?
6. 20:00
  Treating Tumours: Old Drug, New Tricks
  An old antidepressant has unexpected anticancer properties, but no-one is developing it.
7. 20:40
  In Touch—Concessionary Bus Travel; Liz Cooke's Parachute Jump. 23/08/2011
  Concern about concessionary bus travel and a dip into the In Touch archive.
8. 21:00
  The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life—Episode 2
  Dr Mark Porter on if adult health is determined by the first 1000 days of life: Infancy.
9. 21:30
  Secret Britain—D for Discretion: Can the Modern Media Keep a Secret?
  Naomi Grimley asks if the modern media can keep national security secrets.
10. 21:58
  Weather—23/08/2011
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—23/08/2011
  With Ritula Shah. National and international news and analysis.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Mohsin Hamid - The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Episode 2
  2/10On the 41st floor of Samson and Underwood's office, Changez feels on top of the world.
13. 23:00
  Life: An Idiot's Guide—Getting Away (Pilot episode)
  Stephen K Amos kicks off the first of his series of Idiot's Guides in Edinburgh.
14. 23:30
  Whodunnits—Agatha Christie - Towards Zero, 4. Suspicion
  4/4Suspicion has turned on Audrey for the murder. But where is she?(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—24/08/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Fire Season, Episode 2
  2/5Twenty paces from his cabin is the fire lookout's tower and an endlessly absorbing view.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—24/08/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—24/08/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—24/08/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—24/08/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—24/08/2011
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Andrew Martlew.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—24/08/2011
  Anna Hill hears about the hidden problem of TB in alpacas and llamas.

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