BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 27 April 2013

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—27/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Letters from Italy, Annalisa Piras
  5/5Annalisa Piras, an Italian journalist based in London, delivers a letter about Italy today
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—27/04/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—27/04/2013
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—27/04/2013
  A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Rev Peter Baker.
8. 05:45
  iPM—27/04/2013
  A journalist reveals how she covertly entered North Korea but decided not to report.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—27/04/2013
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—27/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—Fens of Cambridgeshire
  Felicity Evans visits Fenland Cambridgeshire in search of a Victorian vicar and naturalist
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week
  Charlotte Smith searches for farming land workers as the rules for migrant labour change.
5. 06:57
  Weather—27/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—27/04/2013
  Should the UK deploy drones? Plus Boston's police chief on bomb investigation.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Howard Goodall, John McCarthy, Mary Berry
  Sian Williams and Richard Coles with broadcaster and composer Howard Goodall.
8. 10:30
  Building Bridges - The Art of the Middle 8
  Midge Ure explores the art and craft of the bridge, or middle 8, in popular songwriting.
9. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—27/04/2013
  George Parker of the Financial Times talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
10. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—Nigeria's Lady Gaga
  Glitz, guns and gangsters in Nigeria, plus other reporters' tales from around the world.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Money Box—Overseas resort schemes; chargeback complications
  Presented by Paul Lewis. Investors fear for their cash in an overseas resort scheme.
3. 12:30
  The News Quiz—Series 80, Episode 3
  3/5Chaired by Sandi Toksvig, with Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman, Miles Jupp and Samira Ahmed.
4. 12:57
  Weather—27/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  News—27/04/2013
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Caroline Flint, Caroline Lucas, Michael Fallon, Sir Menzies Campbell
  Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion from Harrow in Middlesex.
7. 14:00
  Any Answers?—27/04/2013
  Listeners' responses to this week's Any Questions?
8. 14:30
  Saturday Drama—The Browning Version
  A starry celebration of Terence Rattigan's centenary. Martin Jarvis directs.(R)
9. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour. Older Women's Style; Margaret Hodge MP; Ana Moura
  Older women and fashion, Margaret Hodge MP, and Hadley Freeman on how to be awesome.
10. 17:00
  PM—Saturday PM
  Full coverage of the day's news.
11. 17:30
  iPM—27/04/2013
  A journalist reveals how she covertly entered North Korea but decided not to report.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—27/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
13. 17:57
  Weather—27/04/2013
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—27/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Marc Almond, Tanya Franks, Robin Ince, Lalla Ward, Ian Pattison, Matthew E White, Brasstronaut
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Alisher Usmanov
  Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man.
4. 19:15
  Saturday Review—Adrian Lester as Othello, and The Look of Love with Steve Coogan
  Adrian Lester's Othello and Steve Coogan as Paul Raymond, as reviewed by Tom Sutcliffe.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Collar the Lot
  Tom Conti explores the story of Italian internment in Britain during World War II.
6. 21:00
  The Great Scott—Series 1, Rob Roy
  2/3A young poet is banished to the north, where he falls for his beautiful, mysterious cousin
7. 22:00
  News and Weather—27/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
8. 22:15
  Four Thought—Series 3, Anwar Akhtar: The Meaning of Pakistan
  Anwar Akhtar says British Pakistanis can help Pakistan face its future as an Asian nation.(R)
9. 22:30
  In Search of the British Dream—Episode 1
  1/3Mukul Devichand seeks to see the UK through the eyes of those who have recently arrived.(R)
10. 23:00
  The 3rd Degree—Series 3, Bath Spa University
  5/6Three Bath Spa University students take on three of their professors in the upbeat quiz.
11. 23:30
  What I Read to the Dead: Wladislaw Szlengel
  In the last days of the Warsaw Ghetto, the poetry of Wladislaw Szlengel shouted defiance.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—28/04/2013
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  The Human Cradle—Government by Magic Spell
  3/3By Somali writer Saida Hagi-Dirie Herzi. A young woman is possessed by a jinni.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—28/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—28/04/2013
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—28/04/2013
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—28/04/2013
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—28/04/2013
  The bells of St Mary the Virgin, Chislet, Kent.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Alisher Usmanov
  Mark Coles profiles Alisher Usmanov, just named Britain's richest man.

Sunday 28 April 2013