BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Sunday 15 February 2015

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/02/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Are You Inexperienced?—Episode 3
  3/3AL Kennedy draws a surprising comparison when she visits luxury hotel Chateau Marmont.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/02/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/02/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—15/02/2015
  The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Lord Green
  Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News Headlines—15/02/2015
  The latest national and international news.
2. 06:05
  Something Understood—Agony and Ecstasy
  John McCarthy reflects on the feeling of euphoria and where it comes from.
3. 06:35
  Living World—The Wood Mice of Wytham
  Trai Anfield visits Wytham Woods, where wood mice have been studied since 1943.
4. 06:57
  Weather—15/02/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 07:00
  News and Papers—15/02/2015
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
6. 07:10
  Sunday—Scottish Catholics; The Pope and the Mafia; Icelandic Pagans
  Scottish Catholics, the pope and the mafia, plus Icelandic pagans.
7. 07:55
  Radio 4 Appeal—React
  Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React.
8. 07:57
  Weather—15/02/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
9. 08:00
  News and Papers—15/02/2015
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
10. 08:10
  Sunday Worship—Fifty Shades of Love
  A service for Valentine's Day from St Luke's, West Holloway, with writer Dave Tomlinson.
11. 08:48
  A Point of View—The Purpose of Satire
  Will Self finds himself driven to reconsider the nature and purpose of satire.(R)
12. 08:58
  Tweet of the Day—Ostrich
  Michael Palin presents the avian record breaking ostrich in the Kalahari Desert(R)
13. 09:00
  Broadcasting House—15/02/2015
  Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
14. 10:00
  The Archers Omnibus—15/02/2015
  Jennifer stands triumphant, and Shula has a shock.
15. 11:15
  Desert Island Discs—Mark Rylance
  Actor Mark Rylance is interviewed by Kirsty Young.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Just a Minute—Series 71, Episode 1
  1/8Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Julian Clary and Paul Merton take the Just a Minute challenge.(R)
3. 12:32
  The Food Programme—Soup and the British
  Tim Hayward asks why the British love soup and searches for the origins of brown Windsor.
4. 12:57
  Weather—15/02/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  The World This Weekend—15/02/2015
  Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
6. 13:30
  A Love Supreme: 50 Years On
  Courtney Pine explores John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, fifty years after its release.(R)
7. 14:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—Baslow, Derbyshire
  Eric Robson chairs the horticultural panel programme from Baslow, Derbyshire.(R)
8. 14:45
  The Listening Project Omnibus—03/08/2014
  A special omnibus featuring conversations with a Holocaust survivor and a poem she wrote.(R)
9. 15:00
  Drama on 4—Reading Europe - France: Three Strong Women, Episode 2
  2/2The lies that Fanta's husband Rudy told in Senegal begin to catch up with them both.
10. 16:00
  Open Book—Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread
  Anne Tyler talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread.
11. 16:30
  Poetry Please—Bubble and Squeak
  Roger McGough with a bubble and squeak of listeners' poetry requests.
12. 17:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Asylum Seekers
  With rising numbers of asylum seekers, are some UK communities struggling to cope?(R)
13. 17:40
  Profile—Lord Green
  Mark Coles profiles the former HSBC boss and trade minister Lord Green.(R)
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—15/02/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
15. 17:57
  Weather—15/02/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/02/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Pick of the Week—Liz Barclay
  Liz Barclay chooses her BBC Radio highlights.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/02/2015
  Rob surprises Helen.
4. 19:15
  Gloomsbury—Series 1, Trying to Avoid Unpleasantness
  4/6Vera Sackcloth-Vest welcomes the writer of naughty books, DH Lollipop, to Sizzlinghurst.(R)
5. 19:45
  Hibernian Homicide: New Irish Crime Stories—Faith, by Stuart Neville
  A minister is asked to commit a shocking crime for one of his parishioners.
6. 20:00
  Feedback—13/02/2015
  Was Radio 4 right to air ten hours of War and Peace? Plus do we need more good news?(R)
7. 20:30
  Last Word—John Hopkins, Ena Baxter, Lord Gavron, Andre Brink, Charles Townes, Steve Strange
  Matthew Bannister on a photographer, a cook, a businessman, a writer and a physicist.(R)
8. 21:00
  Money Box—Pension Wisdom Questioned, Energy Pricing Wrangles, Sunset for Solar Investors
  Free online pension help questioned. Energy pricing wrangles. Solar investors lose cash.(R)
9. 21:26
  Radio 4 Appeal—React
  Sister Frances Dominica presents an appeal on behalf of React.(R)
10. 21:30
  Analysis—You Can't Say That
  Is there a right to cause offence? Edward Stourton explores the limits of free expression.(R)
11. 22:00
  Westminster Hour—15/02/2015
  Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
12. 22:45
  What the Papers Say—15/02/2015
  Mary Riddell of the Telegraph analyses how the newspapers are covering the news.
13. 23:00
  The Film Programme—Love in the Movies
  Antonia Quirke presents a valentine to the cinema in a special edition about love in film.
14. 23:30
  Something Understood—Agony and Ecstasy
  John McCarthy reflects on the feeling of euphoria and where it comes from.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/02/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Thinking Allowed—Harvard Business School – The Construction of Pain
  Harvard Business School: profit versus morality. Also, the cultural meaning of pain.(R)
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—15/02/2015
  The bells of St Mary's Church in Dunsford, Devon.(R)
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/02/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/02/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/02/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/02/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/02/2015
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Rev Johnston McKay.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—Sheep Thefts, Trees, Soil
  Farming Today hears from a farmer in Wales who has been targeted by sheep rustlers.
10. 05:56
  Weather—16/02/2015
  The latest weather forecast for farmers.
11. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Whooper Swan
  Chris Packham presents the whooper swan.(R)

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