BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 8 September 2016

LW Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—08/09/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts Of Means—3. Life with Austin
  3/5A biography of the novelist by Brendan King, read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—08/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—08/09/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—08/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—08/09/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—08/09/2016
  A prayer to begin the day from the Greenbelt Festival with Julie Siddiqi.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Dairy nutrition, PMQs, International tractor auction, E coli O157, Seaweed harvesting
  Farming Today asks if it is just the older generation now drinking milk.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Yellow-browed Warbler
  Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Yellow-Browed Warbler.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—08/09/2016
  Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—08/09/2016
  Theresa May faces calls to clarify her post-Brexit vision.
3. 09:00
  The Matter of the North—The 20th-Century North
  9/10Melvyn Bragg explores the north's radical impact on 20th-century culture.
4. 09:30
  Natural History Heroes—Evelyn Cheesman
  7/10Beulah Garner explains why entomologist Evelyn Cheesman is her Natural History Hero.(R)
5. 09:45
  Daily Service—08/09/2016
  Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Ernie Rea.
6. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Olympic boxer Nicola Adams, Novelist Eimear McBride
  Olympic gold medallist Nicola Adams, Eimear McBride on her new book, The Lesser Bohemians.
7. 10:45
  15 Minute Drama—Pepys: After the Fire, Episode 4
  4/5Sam has a visit from Christopher Wren and learns of the death of old friend Robert Hooke.
8. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Torah and Tech in Israel
  David Baker meets Israel's new breed of high-tech Haredim.
9. 11:30
  Antony Gormley: Missing Continents at the British Museum
  The artist asks why collections from Oceania, the Americas and Africa are hidden from view
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—08/09/2016
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Home Front—8 September 1916 - Dennis Monk
  Dennis Monk tries to re-enter Folkestone life.
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Minimum hour contracts, Cat cafes, Antibiotics in farming
  New statistics on zero hour contracts - are employee rights are being protected?
4. 12:57
  Weather—08/09/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—08/09/2016
  Analysis of news and current affairs.
6. 13:45
  In Search of Eden—Cursed Is the Ground
  Paul Howard-Jones looks at the links between knowledge and conflict.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—07/09/2016
  Helen is challenged.(R)
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Hatch, Match and Dispatch, A Certain Date by Alan Harris
  4/6A surreal and darkly comic exploration of the meaning of death.(R)
9. 15:00
  Open Country—Bellaghy - Seamus Heaney's Homeplace
  Helen Mark travels to Bellaghy to discover poet Seamus Heaney's 'Homeplace'.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Breast Cancer Care
  Amanda Mealing makes an appeal on behalf of Breast Cancer Care.(R)
11. 15:30
  Bookclub—Don DeLillo - Underworld
  Don DeLillo talks about his 1997 masterpiece Underworld with James Naughtie and readers.(R)
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Kubo And The Two Strings, Hell Or High Water
  Kubo And The Two Strings, Hell Or High Water.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
  Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.
14. 17:00
  PM—08/09/2016
  Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—08/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—08/09/2016 New grammar schools 'not a return to past'
  The government has insisted its grammar school plans are 'not a return to the past'.
2. 18:30
  Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups—Series 4, Construction Time Again
  3/4Tom's dad offers some unwanted assistance.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—08/09/2016
  Ian makes a quick exit.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Sharon Maguire, Liz Carr, Ann Patchett
  Bridget Jones director Sharon Maguire, actor and comedian Liz Carr, author Ann Patchett.
5. 19:45
  15 Minute Drama—Pepys: After the Fire, Episode 4
  4/5Sam has a visit from Christopher Wren and learns of the death of old friend Robert Hooke.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Trotsky, Trotskyism and Trotskyites
  Are revolutionary socialists trying to take control of the Labour Party?
7. 20:30
  In Business—Making Babies: The Business of Fertility
  Matthew Gwyther looks at the multi-billion pound fertility business.
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
  Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.(R)
9. 21:30
  The Matter of the North—The 20th-Century North
  9/10Melvyn Bragg explores the north's radical impact on 20th-century culture.(R)
10. 21:58
  Weather—08/09/2016
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Eastern European states set out their post-Brexit demands
  Eastern Europeans countries say they will press for treaty change at next week's summit.
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—Paradise Lodge, Episode 9
  9/10Coming-of-age comedy by Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina.
13. 23:00
  Heresy—Series 9, Episode 5
  5/6With panellists Miles Jupp, Sue Perkins and Richard Osman. Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts.(R)
14. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—08/09/2016
  Sean Curran reports from Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—09/09/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Beryl Bainbridge: Love By All Sorts Of Means—4. When Beryl met Alan
  4/5A biography of the novelist by Brendan King, read by James Fleet and Samantha Bond.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—09/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/09/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—09/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—09/09/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—09/09/2016
  A prayer to begin the day with the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Justin Welby.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Seaweed standards, Wild boar, Flood resilience review
  What role do rural areas play in the government's national flood resilience review?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Barred Warbler
  Michaela Strachan presents the barred warbler.(R)

Friday 9 September 2016