BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 29 September 2016

LW Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/09/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Another Day in the Death of America, Episode 3
  3/5At a sleepover in rural Michigan, a 12-year-old boy shoots his best friend dead.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—29/09/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/09/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—29/09/2016
  A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Pig semen, a bee map, crofting row and delays in subsidy payments
  Exploring the growing pig semen exporting business for UK agriculture.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Shore Lark
  Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Shore Lark.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—29/09/2016
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  In Our Time—Animal Farm
  All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
3. 09:45
  Daily Service—29/09/2016
  Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by the Rev Clair Jaquiss.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Maddy Hill, Women in local politics, Emotionally distant fathers
  Maddy Hill, women in local politics, emotionally distant fathers and Meg Rosoff on horses.
5. 10:45
  John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga—The Forsytes Returns, Episode 5
  5/7Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt.
6. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—The Wilder Shores
  Kate Adie presents reports from Iran, Mauritania, Venezuela, Normandy and the Seychelles.
7. 11:30
  Pony Tales
  What is the appeal of ponies and pony books to girls - and some post-menopausal women?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Home Front—29 September 1916 - Isabel Graham
  Isabel Graham summons her resolve.
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Bread waste, Meals on planes, Quitting smoking
  A food waste charity says it's receiving tonnes of over-produced supermarket bread.
4. 12:57
  Weather—29/09/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—29/09/2016
  Analysis of news and current affairs.
6. 13:45
  A History of the Infinite—9. Death and Immortality
  9/10Adrian Moore explores the idea of infinity through history
7. 14:00
  The Archers—28/09/2016
  Emma hopes to clear the air.(R)
8. 14:15
  The Zone—Episode 2
  2/2Turner is caught in a corrupt world where power lies in blood and body parts.(R)
9. 15:00
  Ramblings—Series 34, Hebden Bridge
  Clare Balding joins a family from Hebden Bridge for whom walking is a vital experience.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Signal
  Sybil Ruscoe makes an appeal on behalf of Signal.(R)
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on Sex and Death, A guide to Hans Fallada, Mark Billingham on Dashiell Hammett, Riad Sattouf
  Sarah Hall and Peter Hobbs on their new collection of short stories Sex and Death.(R)
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Tim Burton
  Francine Stock enters Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with Tim Burton.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
  Adam Rutherford hears about the end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P.
14. 17:00
  PM—29/09/2016
  Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—29/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—29/09/2016 Trade Secretary says a post-Brexit UK will lead the world in free and fair trade.
  The Trade Secretary says a post-Brexit UK will lead the world in free and fair trade.
2. 18:30
  It's Not What You Know—Series 4, Episode 1
  1/4Joe Lycett discovers how well a panel of celebrity guests know their nearest and dearest.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—29/09/2016
  Toby is caught out.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Deepwater Horizon, Crisis in Six Scenes, Melvyn Tan, Maria Semple
  Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg on Deepwater Horizon, pianist Melvyn Tan, author Maria Semple
5. 19:45
  John Galsworthy - The Forsyte Saga—The Forsytes Returns, Episode 5
  5/7Fleur is playing a dangerous game when she revisits an old haunt.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Quantitative Easing
  Why has the Bank of England started creating new money to buy government debt again?
7. 20:30
  The Bottom Line—Theresanomics
  Theresa May wants a bigger role for government in business. Will it happen? Can it work?
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
  Adam Rutherford hears about the end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P.(R)
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Animal Farm
  All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.(R)
10. 21:58
  Weather—29/09/2016
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Liam Fox champions free trade
  Is the International Trade Secretary right to say free trade is essential to prosperity?
12. 22:45
  Book at Bedtime—The Wonder, Episode 4
  4/10Nurse Wright finds her motivation for maintaining the watch challenged.
13. 23:00
  Small Scenes—Series 1, Episode 2
  2/4A pair of long-lost brothers meet for the first time, and a moth runs amok.(R)
14. 23:30
  The Untold—I Hope I Get It
  Will teenagers Mohammed and Jess both get into the National Youth Theatre?(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/09/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—Another Day in the Death of America, Episode 4
  4/5No-one knows who shot Tyshon Anderson in the head on a stairway in South Chicago.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/09/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/09/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/09/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/09/2016
  A short reflection and prayer with Canon Noel Battye.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—The ethics of editing animal genes, a new study on bovine TB and a new rural chaplain for farmers in the south east
  Charlotte Smith discusses the ethics of genome editing and the latest study on bovine TB.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Purple Sandpiper
  David Attenborough presents the purple sandpiper.(R)

Friday 30 September 2016