BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 15 January 2015

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/01/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Reaching down the Rabbit Hole, Episode 3
  3/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/01/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/01/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—15/01/2015
  A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Badger Research, Pesticides, Scottish Salmon
  New research on tackling bovine TB: culling badgers versus increased testing of cows.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Trumpeter Swan
  Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—15/01/2015
  Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—15/01/2015
  Reports from Westminster.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—15/01/2015
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Andrew Martlew.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Reese Witherspoon and Cheryl Strayed
  Jenni Murray presents. Reese Witherspoon and novelist Cheryl Strayed discuss Wild.
6. 10:45
  15 Minute Drama—The Corrections, The Married Man
  9/15Teenager Denise Lambert forms a relationship with a married man.
7. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Greece: The Rubber Glove Rebellion
  The cleaners who have raised their rubber gloves in defiance of Greek public sector cuts.
8. 11:30
  The Single Life
  What happened to the musicians who poured their hopes and savings into a DIY 7" single?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—15/01/2015
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  A History of Ideas—Theologian Giles Fraser on Thomas Aquinas
  Theologian Giles Fraser on brilliant medieval scholar St Thomas Aquinas.
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Care Homes, Ex-Council Flats, Consumer Champions
  How councils broker care needs for people with disabilities.
4. 13:00
  World at One—15/01/2015
  Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Martha Kearney.
5. 13:45
  The Diaries of Brett Westwood—4. Woodland
  4/5Brett Westwood reflects on changes in his local woodland over 40 years.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—14/01/2015
  Kate is high maintenance.(R)
7. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Take Me To..., Take Me to Victoria Park
  2/3By Alan Harris. Crime thriller set around Cardiff's Victoria Park.
8. 15:00
  Open Country—The Purbeck Clay Mines
  Helen Mark explores the clay mining history of Dorset's picturesque Isle of Purbeck.
9. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Multiple System Atrophy Trust
  David Hare presents an appeal on behalf of Multiple System Atrophy Trust.(R)
10. 15:30
  Open Book—Ben Lerner on 10:04
  American novelist Ben Lerner talks about his new book 10:04.(R)
11. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Nick Hornby on Wild; JK Simmons and Damien Chazelle on Whiplash
  Nick Hornby on Wild, and director Damien Chazelle on Whiplash.
12. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—International Year of Soils
  Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.
13. 17:00
  PM—15/01/2015
  Eddie Mair presents coverage and analysis of the day's news.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—15/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/01/2015
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Bridget Christie Minds the Gap—Series 2, Ethical Filing
  2/4Bridget Christie takes her activism to a whole new level. Well, sort of.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/01/2015
  Kenton is full of plans.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Oscar Nominations Special
  News of the nominations for the 2015 Oscars. Presented by John Wilson.
5. 19:45
  15 Minute Drama—The Corrections, The Married Man
  9/15Teenager Denise Lambert forms a relationship with a married man.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Report—CIA Torture: What Did Britain Know?
  Have UK intelligence agencies been involved in torture? Is enough being done to find out?
7. 20:30
  In Business—Money Making
  Peter Day explores the future of money and digital currencies.
8. 21:02
  BBC Inside Science—International Year of Soils
  Adam Rutherford takes a special look at the role soils play in providing for our planet.(R)
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Bruegel's The Fight Between Carnival and Lent
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Bruegel's painting The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Two suspected Islamists killed in a police raid in the Belgian town of Verviers.
  Men were on verge of committing major terrorist attack after returning from Syria.
11. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Curtain Call, Episode 4
  4/10Paths cross and feelings deepen.
12. 23:00
  Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/4The sinister ringmaster presents a bizarre and hilarious world of sketches and characters.
13. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—15/01/2015
  Sean Curran reports on a row over mobile phone reception.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/01/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Reaching down the Rabbit Hole, Episode 4
  4/5Case studies of a neurologist by Dr Allan H Ropper and Brian D Burrell.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/01/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/01/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/01/2015
  A reflection and prayer with Richard Hill.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—First Milk, Rural fuel, Pesticides
  The chairman of First Milk assures farmers it is a business with a long-term future.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo from Australia.

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