BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 29 January 2015

LW Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/01/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible, Episode 3
  3/5The nightmarish ordeal of a businesswoman falsely imprisoned for drug trafficking.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/01/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—29/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/01/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—29/01/2015
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Ed Kessler from the Woolf Institute.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Fracking, Dairy
  A fracking moratorium is announced for Scotland until more research has been carried out.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Black Sicklebill
  Michael Palin presents the black sicklebill of New Guinea.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—29/01/2015
  Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—29/01/2015
  Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—Thucydides
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—29/01/2015
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Katharine Longworth.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Sophie Grabol - Sarah Lund in The Killing; Grey Pound Marketing
  Jenni Murray speaks to Sofie Grabol about new television crime thriller Fortitude.
6. 10:45
  Tinsel Girl—Tinsel Girl and the Tropical Trip, Episode 4
  4/5A very nervous Maz arrives at the airport for her first trip abroad as a wheelchair user.
7. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—A Cosy Dinner in Leipzig
  Demo and counter-demo as Germans argue about Pegida. Presented by Kate Adie.
8. 11:30
  Ansel Adams on Tape
  Miles Warde explores the life of American photographer Ansel Adams(R)
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—29/01/2015
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  A History of Ideas—Surgeon Gabriel Weston on medical technology
  Surgeon Gabriel Weston sees how medical technology has changed us.
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Green Energy Costs, The Real Cost of Living, Nuisance Calls
  Consumer news.
4. 13:00
  World at One—29/01/2015
  Analysis of current affairs reports, presented by Mark Mardell.
5. 13:45
  Churchill's Other Lives—Painting
  9/10Sir David Cannadine explores how painting was the hobby that meant most to Churchill.(R)
6. 14:00
  The Archers—28/01/2015
  Susan is supportive.(R)
7. 14:15
  GF Newman's The Corrupted—Series 2, Episode 9
  9/10The second series of the criminal family saga, from 1961-70, based on GF Newman's novel.
8. 15:00
  Open Country—The Ring of Gullion
  Helen Mark visits the Ring of Gullion in Northern Ireland.
9. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Motor Neurone Disease Association
  Charlotte Hawkins presents an appeal on behalf of Motor Neurone Disease Association.(R)
10. 15:30
  Open Book—David Lodge on his memoir Quite a Good Time to Be Born
  Writer David Lodge discusses his new memoir, plus a librarian from the Orkney Library.(R)
11. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Paul Thomas Anderson on Inherent Vice; Stephen Daldry on Trash; Kids Clubs; Why we cry in films
  Paul Thomas Anderson on Inherent Vice. Stephen Daldry on Trash. Kids clubs remembered.
12. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life
  Perceptions of climate change, the Anthropocene era and a new theory of cell evolution.
13. 17:00
  PM—29/01/2015
  Carolyn Quinn presents interviews, context and analysis.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—29/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—29/01/2015
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  Bridget Christie Minds the Gap—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/4Bridget talks about why she is not grateful Russell Brand has stopped being a sexist.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—29/01/2015
  Phoebe tells it like it is.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Trash, Tom Stoppard's The Hard Problem, Andrew O'Hagan, Chilly Gonzales
  Reviews of Trash and Tom Stoppard's play The Hard Problem, Andrew O'Hagan, Chilly Gonzales
5. 19:45
  Tinsel Girl—Tinsel Girl and the Tropical Trip, Episode 4
  4/5A very nervous Maz arrives at the airport for her first trip abroad as a wheelchair user.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Report—French, Republican and Muslim, Insha'Allah?
  France wants its Muslims to be more French, but where does this leave their identity?
7. 20:30
  The Bottom Line—The Price of Time
  How should we price services? By the hour, by results or by the difficulty of the task?
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Climate change belief; Anthropocene era; Eyes on the sea; Origins of multicellular life
  Perceptions of climate change, the Anthropocene era and a new theory of cell evolution.(R)
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Thucydides
  Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek historian Thucydides.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Fate of two hostages held by Islamic State militants remains unclear
  IS threat to kill Jordanian pilot and Japanese journalist if Iraqi prisoner not released
11. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—The Bottle Imp, Episode 4
  4/5Keawe and Kokua's marriage is overshadowed by the bottle's malign presence.
12. 23:00
  Colin Hoult's Carnival of Monsters—Series 2, Episode 4
  4/4Bizarre exhibits including wannabe Hollywood screenwriter Andy Parker.
13. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—29/01/2015
  Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/01/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible, Episode 4
  4/5Peter meets a 'guardian spirit' of Old Moscow, defender of its historic architecture.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/01/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/01/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/01/2015
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Ed Kessler from the Woolf Institute.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—GM fish food, First Milk boss, fines for unfair supermarkets?
  Supermarkets that treat suppliers unfairly could be fined millions.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Kea
  Michael Palin presents the kea from a windswept mountain in New Zealand.

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