BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 18 September 2014

LW Schedule

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Afternoon
Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—18/09/2014
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Alan Johnson - Please, Mr Postman, Episode 3
  3/51974 and Alan Johnson - now a union activist - joins the Labour Party.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—18/09/2014
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—18/09/2014
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—18/09/2014
  Spiritual reflection to start the day with writer and broadcaster Anna Magnusson.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—UK Dairy Day
  Farming Today broadcasts from the first UK Dairy Day, at Telford in Shropshire.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Superb Lyrebird
  Sir David Attenborough presents the superb lyrebird of eastern Australia.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—18/09/2014
  Morning news. Includes Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Archive on 4—Media and the Middle East
  Why does the Arab-Israeli conflict attract so much media attention? With John Lloyd.(R)
3. 09:45
  Daily Service—18/09/2014
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Dr Kirsty Thorpe.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Chrissie Hynde; Author Kathy Reichs
  Chrissie Hynde on finally going solo. Plus best-selling author Kathy Reichs.
5. 10:45
  Queens of Noise—Queens of Noise: Rip It Up, Episode 4
  4/5Sam has to read the riot act after securing legendary producer Thomas Monmouth.
6. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Ivory Coast's School for Husbands
  In one remote district in Ivory Coast, men are going back to school. Lucy Ash reports.
7. 11:30
  Heaven and Earth: Le Ly Hayslip
  Writer Le Ly Hayslip tells how she survived the Vietnam war and its aftermath.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—18/09/2014
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Home Front—18 September 1914 - Ralph Winwood
  A momentous day for the Winwood household.
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Debt Letters; GP Reform; Pension Liberation; Unworn School Uniform
  Winifred Robinson explores how the big six energy firms differ on debt letters.
4. 12:57
  Weather—18/09/2014
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—18/09/2014
  National and international news with Martha Kearney.
6. 13:45
  Thames Crossings—Words and Flesh
  4/5In Cookham, Piers views the river through the work of his favourite artist Stanley Spencer
7. 14:00
  The Archers—17/09/2014
  David is worried about Ruth.(R)
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—The Basin
  By Dan Allum. Drama about a woman who gives up her old life to become a Traveller's wife.
9. 15:00
  Ramblings—Series 28, The Dales Way, Part One
  Clare Balding sets off to walk the Dales Way, one of England's most-loved walking routes.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Prisoners Education Trust
  Susan Hill presents an appeal on behalf of Prisoners Education Trust.(R)
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Ali Smith on How to Be Both
  Booker-shortlisted novelist Ali Smith and the art of the short story.(R)
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Nick Cave; Jonathan Coe; The Riot Club
  Nick Cave discusses his documentary 20,000 Days on Earth with Francine Stock.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
  How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.
14. 17:00
  PM—18/09/2014
  Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—18/09/2014
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Can't Tell Nathan Caton Nothing—Series 3, About Intelligence
  1/4Nathan is fed up with his family underestimating his intelligence.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—18/09/2014
  Joe and David celebrate.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Denzel Washington; Howard Brenton; Leonard Cohen; Riccardo Chailly
  Denzel Washington on getting revenge in his new film, action thriller The Equalizer.
5. 19:45
  Queens of Noise—Queens of Noise: Rip It Up, Episode 4
  4/5Sam has to read the riot act after securing legendary producer Thomas Monmouth.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Report—The Right to be Forgotten
  Simon Cox looks into the effects of the 'right to be forgotten' ruling.
7. 20:30
  In Business—Myanmar Awakening
  Peter Day travels to Myanmar to find out how the country is trying to emerge from its past
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
  How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.(R)
9. 21:30
  Disabled and Behind Bars
  Nikki Fox investigates the treatment of disabled people in British prisons.(R)
10. 21:58
  Weather—18/09/2014
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  Scotland Decides—Episode 1
  James Naughtie and Rachel Burden present the results of the Scottish referendum.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—The Children Act, Episode 9
  9/10'Her kiss was the kiss of Judas'.
13. 23:00
  Scotland Decides—Episode 2
  James Naughtie and Rachel Burden present the results of the Scottish referendum.
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Late
1. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/09/2014
  The latest shipping forecast.
2. 01:00
  Scotland Decides—Episode 2
  James Naughtie and Rachel Burden present the results of the Scottish referendum.
3. 05:00
  Today—19/09/2014
  Includes Prayer for the Day; Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.

Friday 19 September 2014