BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Sunday 15 March 2015

LW Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/03/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Aunt Mirrie and the Child
  A short story by Kate Clanchy.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—15/03/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/03/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—15/03/2015
  The bells of the Church of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon.
8. 05:45
  Lent Talks—Michael Symmons Roberts
  Michael Symmons Roberts reflects on the Passion story.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News Headlines—15/03/2015
  The latest national and international news.
2. 06:05
  Something Understood—When Soft Voices Die
  John McCarthy explores the way people's senses can summon memories and emotions.
3. 06:35
  On Your Farm—Starting Again at 67
  Anna Hill meets a pig farmer whose whole herd was wiped out by swine dysentery.
4. 06:57
  Weather—15/03/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 07:00
  News and Papers—15/03/2015
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
6. 07:10
  Sunday—Chaplains, Burning Temple, Jean Vanier
  A report on the role and impact of chaplains. Plus a 'burning temple' and Jean Vanier.
7. 07:54
  Radio 4 Appeal—Comic Relief
  Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.
8. 07:57
  Weather—15/03/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
9. 08:00
  News and Papers—15/03/2015
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
10. 08:10
  Sunday Worship—In God's Hands: God Loves Us Even Before We Were Created
  Fourth in a Lent series exploring what it means to be made in God's image.
11. 08:48
  A Point of View—Cognitive Decline
  Tom Shakespeare says wisdom in middle age is some compensation for cognitive decline.(R)
12. 08:58
  Tweet of the Day—Chiffchaff
  Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff.(R)
13. 09:00
  Broadcasting House—15/03/2015
  Sunday morning magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
14. 10:00
  The Archers Omnibus—15/03/2015
  Contemporary drama in a rural setting.
15. 11:16
  Desert Island Discs—Robin Millar
  Kirsty Young's guest is record producer Robin Millar.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Just a Minute—Series 71, Episode 5
  5/8With Alun Cochrane, Tony Hawks, Josie Lawrence and Paul Merton. Nicholas Parsons hosts.(R)
3. 12:32
  The Food Programme—BBC Food and Farming Awards 2015: The Finalists
  Sheila Dillon reveals the finalists for the 2015 BBC Food and Farming Awards.
4. 12:57
  Weather—15/03/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  The World This Weekend—15/03/2015
  Global news and analysis, presented by Mark Mardell.
6. 13:30
  Food in the Frame
  Ruby Tandoh on the fascinating, evolving role played by food in art over the centuries.
7. 14:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—Dartmouth
  Peter Gibbs hosts the horticultural panel programme from Dartmouth, Devon.(R)
8. 14:45
  The Listening Project Omnibus—15/03/2015
  Conversations featuring motor neurone disease, monastic life and being a twin.
9. 15:00
  Drama on 4—John Gabriel Borkman, Episode 2
  2/2Back with his old love, will John Gabriel find happiness or desire power even more?
10. 16:00
  Open Book—Children's Literature
  Mariella Frostrup on a new edition of the Oxford Companion to Children's Literature.
11. 16:30
  Poetry Please—Poetry and Religion
  Roger McGough explores a wide range of poetry about religion.
12. 17:00
  File on 4 Investigates—A Pensions Patchwork
  Have UK taxpayers been paying over the odds to prop up council pension funds?(R)
13. 17:40
  Profile—Nigel Dodds
  Nigel Dodds, the DUP's leader at Westminster, is a possible post-election kingmaker.(R)
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—15/03/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
15. 17:57
  Weather—15/03/2015
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/03/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:15
  Pick of the Week—Ernie Rea
  Ernie Rea chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/03/2015
  Kate is out of sorts.
4. 19:15
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/6How does The Archers sound to people who don't listen to The Archers?(R)
5. 19:45
  Copenhagen Curios—The Bird in the Cage
  1/3In Christianshavn, Erik covets the caged automaton songbird he sees in a shop window.
6. 20:00
  Feedback—13/03/2015
  The editor of The Archers answers listeners' questions about the show's recent storylines.(R)
7. 20:30
  Last Word—Sir Terry Pratchett, Florence Arthaud, Patrick Whitefield, Lord Molyneaux, Sam Simon
  Matthew Bannister on an author, a sailor, an ecologist, a politician and a comedy creator.(R)
8. 21:00
  Money Box—New Banking Kids on the Block, Selling Annuities for Cash, Structured Products
  Twenty firms queue up to join the challenge to the big high street banks.(R)
9. 21:26
  Radio 4 Appeal—Comic Relief
  Emma Freud presents an appeal on behalf of Comic Relief.(R)
10. 21:30
  Analysis—The End of Development
  Anthropologist Henrietta Moore argues that development is an outmoded concept.(R)
11. 22:00
  Westminster Hour—15/03/2015
  Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
12. 22:45
  What the Papers Say—15/03/2015
  Miranda Green of Newsweek analyses how the newspapers are covering the biggest stories.
13. 23:00
  The Film Programme—Terence Stamp, Joanna Hogg, Benshi
  Joanna Hogg on Chantal Akerman and Terence Stamp on Far from the Madding Crowd.(R)
14. 23:30
  Something Understood—When Soft Voices Die
  John McCarthy explores the way people's senses can summon memories and emotions.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/03/2015
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Thinking Allowed—Biologising Parenthood - A Lost Avant-Garde,
  Laurie Taylor examines the tension between art and money. Also, biologising parenthood.(R)
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—15/03/2015
  The bells of the Church of St Petroc, South Brent, Devon.(R)
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/03/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/03/2015
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/03/2015
  The latest shipping forecast.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/03/2015
  News from BBC Radio 4.
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/03/2015
  A short reflection and prayer, with the Rev Dr Lesley Carroll.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—UK Pig Industry, Essex Fishermen, Stone Curlews
  Why there is a pork glut in the EU, and why it is cheaper on the continent than UK pork.
10. 05:56
  Weather—16/03/2015
  The latest weather forecast for farmers.
11. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Curlew (Spring)
  Kate Humble presents the curlew.(R)

Monday 16 March 2015