BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Friday 12 February 2016

LW Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—12/02/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—City of Thorns, Episode 4
  4/5Monday, a young Catholic man from Sudan, falls for Muna, a Somali Muslim.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—12/02/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—12/02/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—12/02/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—12/02/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—12/02/2016
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Reverend Richard Littledale.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—12/02/2016
  Farm antibiotics, the Scottish view on Brexit and renewable energy.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Eurasian Scops Owl
  David Attenborough presents the Eurasian scops owl found in Mediterranean regions.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—12/02/2016
  Morning news. Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—12/02/2016
  Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
3. 09:00
  Desert Island Discs—Professor Dame Carol Black
  Professor Dame Carol Black is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R)
4. 09:45
  Act of Worship—12/02/2016
  An act of worship from Cardiff led by the dean of Llandaff, the Very Rev Gerwyn Capon.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Camila Batmanghelidjh
  Kids Company founder's first broadcast interview since MPs report into charity collapse.
6. 10:45
  Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here—5. Struggles
  5/10Ailsa is struggling to accept that her daughter will never recover.
7. 11:00
  Mao's Golden Mangoes
  Benjamin Ramm explores one of the strangest chapters in China’s history - mango mania.
8. 11:15
  International Cricket—South Africa v England. The Fourth ODI from the Wanderers Johannesburg
  Commentary on the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
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Afternoon
1. 12:01
  Shipping Forecast—12/02/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  International Cricket—South Africa v England. The Fourth ODI from the Wanderers Johannesburg
  Commentary on the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
3. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—12/02/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  International Cricket—South Africa v England. The Fourth ODI from the Wanderers Johannesburg
  Commentary on the fourth One Day International between South Africa and England.
2. 19:30
  Front Row—The People v OJ Simpson, Figaro, Pre-Raphaelites, 14 Bottoms
  Kirsty Lang discusses The People v OJ Simpson and the Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool.
3. 19:45
  Lucy Catherine - Halfway Here—5. Struggles
  5/10Ailsa is struggling to accept that her daughter will never recover.(R)
4. 20:00
  Any Questions?—Lord Blunkett, David Davis MP, Dr Kate Hudson, Quentin Letts
  Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from the Royal College for the Blind, Hereford
5. 20:50
  A Point of View—Anti-Political Punditry
  Adam Gopnik says the New Hampshire primary results are less revolutionary than they look.
6. 21:00
  Home Front - Omnibus—8-12 February 1916
  Conscription comes into effect, and there are secrets and celebrations in Folkestone.
7. 21:58
  Weather—12/02/2016
  Weather information.
8. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Will Saudi Arabia send troops into Syria?
  Saudi Arabia's thinking on Syria, the pope meets the patriarch, and the art of a sickie.
9. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Orlando, The Present
  10/10The present catches up with Orlando's extraordinarily lengthy past.
10. 23:00
  A Good Read—Rebecca Root and Jake Arnott
  Jake Arnott and Rebecca Root nominate their favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.(R)
11. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—12/02/2016
  Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster.
12. 23:55
  The Listening Project—Nyree and June - Sharing Life Skills
  How a tea party changed a widow's life as well as her younger friend's view of the elderly
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—13/02/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—City of Thorns, Episode 5
  5/5Monday and Muna find their child, Christine, is being attacked by Somali clan members.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—13/02/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—13/02/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—13/02/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—13/02/2016
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—13/02/2016
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Tibetan Buddhist Alison Murdoch.
8. 05:45
  iPM—It was burgers, now I'm craving cucumbers
  The programme that starts with its listeners.

Saturday 13 February 2016