BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 12 July 2014

LW Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—12/07/2014
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—The Zhivago Affair, Episode 5
  5/5Pasternak is awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature but is forced to renounce it.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—12/07/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—12/07/2014
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—12/07/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—12/07/2014
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—12/07/2014
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Claire Campbell Smith.
8. 05:45
  iPM—12/07/2014
  Excitement, comradeship and religious extremism - why young men travel abroad for Jihad.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—12/07/2014
  News headlines, plus a look at the papers.
2. 06:04
  Weather—12/07/2014
  The latest weather forecast.
3. 06:07
  Open Country—Rural Murals in Dumfries and Galloway
  Helen Mark visits new art in the countryside aiming to give visitors a fresh perspective.(R)
4. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week: The British Flower Industry
  Charlotte Smith explores the British flower industry at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
5. 06:57
  Weather—12/07/2014
  The latest weather forecast.
6. 07:00
  Today—12/07/2014
  Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Thought for the Day and Weather.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Julia Donaldson
  Writer Julia Donaldson joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
8. 10:25
  Test Match Special—England v India: First Test, Trent Bridge - Day 4
  Commentary on the fourth day of the first Test between England and India from Trent Bridge
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Afternoon
1. 12:01
  Shipping Forecast—12/07/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Test Match Special—England v India: First Test, Trent Bridge - Day 4
  Commentary on the fourth day of the first Test between England and India from Trent Bridge
3. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—12/07/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Test Match Special—England v India: First Test, Trent Bridge - Day 4
  Commentary on the fourth day of the first Test between England and India from Trent Bridge
2. 19:00
  Profile—Elizabeth Butler-Sloss
  A profile of Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, head of a major new enquiry into abuse allegations.
3. 19:15
  Saturday Review—Intimate Apparel, Boyhood, Upstairs at the Party, People Just Do Nothing, Sikhs in WW1
  Sarfraz Manzoor is joined by Cahal Dallat, Louise Doughty and Antonia Quirke.
4. 20:00
  Meeting Myself Coming Back—Mary Warnock
  Philosopher and policy maker Mary Warnock meets her younger self in the BBC sound archive
5. 21:00
  The Great Scott—Series 2, Ivanhoe
  2/3Ivanhoe rescued King Richard I during the Crusades but has since disappeared.(R)
6. 22:00
  News and Weather—12/07/2014
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 22:15
  Moral Maze—The Future of the NHS
  Michael Buerk asks if the founding moral purposes of the NHS are still viable today.(R)
8. 23:00
  Round Britain Quiz—07/07/2014
  Tom Sutcliffe chairs the contest of lateral thinking and cryptic connections.(R)
9. 23:30
  And You, Helen
  Deryn Rees-Jones looks at the passionate life of Helen Thomas, wife of poet Edward Thomas.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—13/07/2014
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Fairy Tales Retold by Sara Maitland—Mother Love
  A dark and powerful fairy tale of maternal jealousy, read by Lia Williams.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—13/07/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—13/07/2014
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—13/07/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—13/07/2014
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—Old St Martin in the Cornmarket
  The bells of Old St Martin Church in the Cornmarket, Worcester.
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—Series 4, Jasper Fforde
  54/3Jasper Fforde asks whether humans have reached the limit of creative thought.(R)

Sunday 13 July 2014