BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 15 September 2011

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/09/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 3
  3/5Samuel Baker and his mistress Florence go in search of Lake Albert.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/09/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/09/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/09/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/09/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—15/09/2011
  With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—15/09/2011
  More pylons will cross the countryside in a major new expansion of the National Grid.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—15/09/2011
  Justin Webb examines widely differing French attitudes to the euro debt crisis.
2. 08:30
  Yesterday in Parliament—15/09/2011
  The latest news from Westminster and beyond.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—The Hippocratic Oath
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—15/09/2011
  Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—15/09/2011
  Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall; urinary incontinence; poet Lavinia Greenlaw.
6. 10:45
  15 Minute Drama—Giant Ladies That Changed the World, Episode 4
  4/5Little Dorrit is encouraged by Emily Wilding Davison and throws bricks on Oxford Street.
7. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—15/09/2011
  The BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.
8. 11:30
  Ayckbourn in Action
  An exploration of playwright Alan Ayckbourn's directing career.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—15/09/2011
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—15/09/2011
  Changes to food labelling, the greeting cards market and reducing energy costs.
3. 12:57
  Weather—15/09/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  World at One—15/09/2011
  With Martha Kearney. National and international news.
5. 13:30
  Costing the Earth—The Air That I Breathe
  How can you help your family breathe clean air? Tom Heap investigates.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—14/09/2011
  The search continues.
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—The Falcon and the Hawk
  Love affairs with a captive goshawk and wild peregrines, written by Helen Macdonald.
8. 15:00
  Open Country—Heather Moorland
  Jules Hudson visits the North York Moors to see how heather moorland is being revived.
9. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Target Tuberculosis
  Mike Wooldridge presents an appeal on behalf of the charity Target Tuberculosis.
10. 15:30
  BBC National Short Story Award—BBC National Short Story Award 2011, The Human Circadian Pacemaker by K J Orr
  4/5KJ Orr's story about return and readjustment is the next contender for this major award.
11. 16:00
  Open Book—Mariella Frostrup talks to authors Meg Rosoff and Christopher Hope
  Mariella Frostrup celebrates books, authors and the world of the written word.
12. 16:30
  Material World—15/09/2011
  Quentin Cooper reports from the British Science Association Festival in Bradford.
13. 17:00
  PM—15/09/2011
  Eddie Mair presents the day's top stories.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—15/09/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
15. 17:57
  Weather—15/09/2011
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/09/2011
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  My Teenage Diary—Series 3, Jo Caulfield
  3/6The comic talks about joining a terrible band as drummer, despite not playing drums.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/09/2011
  Eddie explains how he feels.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Pam Ayres; Stephen Merchant's stand-up
  Mark Lawson talks to Pam Ayres about her life and poems; Stephen Merchant's stand-up show.
5. 19:45
  15 Minute Drama—Giant Ladies That Changed the World, Episode 4
  4/5Little Dorrit is encouraged by Emily Wilding Davison and throws bricks on Oxford Street.
6. 20:00
  The Report—The Work Programme
  Can the government's flagship programme to help the long-term unemployed succeed?
7. 20:30
  In Business—The Apprentices
  Peter Day looks at modern apprenticeships.
8. 21:00
  Saving Species—Series 2, Episode 17
  17/30Saving Species is outdoors, in the wilds of the UK and seventy north in the Arctic.
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—The Hippocratic Oath
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Hippocratic Oath.
10. 21:58
  Weather—15/09/2011
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—15/09/2011
  With Robin Lustig. National and international news and analysis.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—On Canaan's Side, Episode 9
  9/10After discovering her husband Joe was a bigamist, Lilly raises her son Ed alone.
13. 23:00
  Very Old Pretenders—The Patriots
  1/4Two Scottish soldiers from 1745, found alive in a cave, are introduced to modern society.
14. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—15/09/2011
  Sean Curran with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/09/2011
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Tim Jeal - Explorers of the Nile, Episode 4
  4/5David Livingstone aims to solve the mystery of the Nile's source once and for all.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/09/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/09/2011
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/09/2011
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/09/2011
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/09/2011
  With the Rev Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—16/09/2011
  EU farmers who continue to flout new laws on battery cages should be shut down say NFU.

Friday 16 September 2011