BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 29 May 2014

LW Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/05/2014
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Doubling Back, In his Footsteps
  3/5A beautiful and moving memoir in which the author walks in the footsteps of others.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/05/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/05/2014
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—29/05/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/05/2014
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—29/05/2014
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Bishop Stephen Oliver.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Space Salad, Suffolk Show, Earthworm Counting, World's Biggest Fresh Milk Factory.
  The world's biggest fresh milk factory opens in the UK, what will it mean for milk prices?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Grey Heron
  David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the grey heron.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—29/05/2014
  Morning news and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  In Our Time—The Talmud
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Talmud, a major text of rabbinical Judaism.
3. 09:45
  Daily Service—29/05/2014
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Imelda May; the 'boomerang generation'; maternal depression
  Rockabilly singer Imelda May; maternal depression and living with your adult children.
5. 10:45
  The Seventh Test by Vikas Swarup—The Visitor
  9/10In jail for murder, Sapna is trying to make sense of the past few months.
6. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—Spinning Myths
  The myths which have twined themselves around Odessa, and other reporters' stories.
7. 11:30
  A German Genius in Britain
  Iain Sinclair goes in search of acclaimed writer WG Sebald.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—29/05/2014
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—29/05/2014
  The patchy provision of IVF in the UK.
3. 12:57
  Weather—29/05/2014
  The latest weather forecast.
4. 13:00
  World at One—29/05/2014
  Martha Kearney presents national and international news.
5. 13:45
  The History of Brazil Is Round—4. Magic and Dreams Are Dead
  4/5Can football can revive Brazil following dictatorship and corruption.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—28/05/2014
  Jill is devastated.(R)
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Clare Lizzimore - Missing in Action
  Sam Troughton plays an ex-soldier mistaken for a lost hero, in Clare Lizzimore's thriller.
8. 15:00
  Ramblings—Series 27, Hay-on-Wye
  Clare Balding walks near Hay-on-Wye with a group who met while horse-trekking in Mongolia.
9. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Feed the Minds
  Michael Morpurgo presents an appeal for Feed the Minds.(R)
10. 15:30
  Open Book—25/05/2014
  Ned Beauman and Nick Harkaway talk to Mariella Frostrup about writing conspiracy thrillers(R)
11. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Ken Loach, Nashville, Emmanuelle Seigner
  Ken Loach on Jimmy's Hall, Nashville revisited, Emmanuelle Seigner on Polanski.
12. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Women scientists; Mapping the ocean floor; Amplituhedron
  Tracey Logan and modern women scientists discuss past inspirational ladies of science.
13. 17:00
  PM—29/05/2014
  Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—29/05/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—29/05/2014
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Simon Evans Goes to Market—Series 1, Gold
  3/4Simon looks at why we buy and sell gold all around the world.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—29/05/2014
  Ambridge rallies to the cause.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Jimmy's Hall; Leonard Cohen biography
  Jimmy's Hall review and three fictional US TV characters take on the British Royal family.
5. 19:45
  The Seventh Test by Vikas Swarup—The Visitor
  9/10In jail for murder, Sapna is trying to make sense of the past few months.(R)
6. 20:00
  A Celebration for Ascension Day
  From St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, with Fr Timothy Radcliffe.
7. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Women scientists; Mapping the ocean floor; Amplituhedron
  Tracey Logan and modern women scientists discuss past inspirational ladies of science.(R)
8. 21:30
  In Our Time—The Talmud
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Talmud, a major text of rabbinical Judaism.(R)
9. 21:58
  Weather—29/05/2014
  Weather information.
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—29/05/2014
  Landslide victory for Egyptian former general; Ukraine helicopter downed; US rifle raffles
11. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Jo Baker - Longbourn, Episode 4
  4/10Sarah is charmed by the Bingleys' footman. James and Mrs Hill have reason to be worried.
12. 23:00
  Plum House—Pilot
  An eager museum curator arrives to turn things around, but finds the incompetent staff.
13. 23:30
  Lives in a Landscape—Series 14, Freeminers in the Forest of Dean
  Alan Dein meets the Forest of Dean 'free miners', still digging coal in their 70s.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/05/2014
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Doubling Back, The Heaven above and the Road below
  4/5A beautiful and moving memoir in which the author walks in the footsteps of others.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/05/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/05/2014
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/05/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/05/2014
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/05/2014
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Bishop Stephen Oliver.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Sheep movements, GM, Sheepdog sales
  Farmers turn out to spend big bucks on sheepdogs at a sale in Northern Ireland.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Dartford Warbler
  David Attenborough presents the sounds and story of the Dartford warbler.(R)

Friday 30 May 2014