BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Sunday 2 October 2016

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—02/10/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Food Chains—Reunited
  2/3By Edson Burton. Bandele chooses death over enslavement. But the gods do not let him go.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—02/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/10/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—02/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—02/10/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—St. Helen's Sefton
  Church bells from St. Helen's Sefton.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy
  Mark Coles profiles Theresa May's influential chiefs of staff.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News Headlines—02/10/2016
  The latest national and international news.
2. 06:05
  Something Understood—The Good Old Days
  John McCarthy gazes back fondly and argues that nostalgia has a lot to offer us.
3. 06:35
  On Your Farm—Australian Drought
  Meet the farmers struggling to survive the latest great Australian drought.
4. 06:57
  Weather—02/10/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 07:00
  News and Papers—02/10/2016
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
6. 07:10
  Sunday—The Battle of Cable Street, Animal Welfare Sunday, Exorcism
  Trevor Barnes reports on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.
7. 07:54
  Radio 4 Appeal—Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation
  Jordan Bone makes an appeal on behalf of Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.
8. 07:57
  Weather—02/10/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
9. 08:00
  News and Papers—02/10/2016
  The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
10. 08:10
  Sunday Worship—Taste and See
  Harvest thanksgiving from West Presbyterian Church, Ballymena, Co Antrim.
11. 08:48
  A Point of View—Against Safe Spaces
  John Gray reflects on the controversial 'space spaces' policy in universities.(R)
12. 08:58
  Tweet of the Day—Barnacle Goose
  Martin Hughes-Games presents the barnacle goose.(R)
13. 09:00
  Broadcasting House—02/10/2016
  News with Paddy O'Connell including Conservative conference latest and newspaper review.
14. 10:00
  The Archers Omnibus—02/10/2016
  Adam keeps his distance, and Toby is caught out.
15. 11:15
  Desert Island Discs—Christiane Amanpour
  Christiane Amanpour, journalist, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—02/10/2016
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Just a Minute—Series 76, Episode 8
  8/8Nicholas Parsons with Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth, Josie Lawrence and Katherine Ryan.(R)
3. 12:32
  The Food Programme—Diet and Dementia
  Dementia turns lives upside down, but where does food fit? Sheila Dillon investigates.
4. 12:57
  Weather—02/10/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  The World This Weekend—02/10/2016
  Global news and analysis.
6. 13:30
  Hardeep's Sunday Lunch—Series 5, 02/10/2016
  Hardeep Singh Kohli travels the UK cooking lunch for people with remarkable stories.
7. 14:00
  Gardeners' Question Time—Bath
  Eric Robson and the horticultural panel are at the University of Bath.(R)
8. 14:45
  The Listening Project Omnibus—02/10/2016
  Conversations about stillbirth, single parent families and running.
9. 15:00
  Tsar—Peter the Great: Queen of Spades
  Elliot Cowan is Peter the Great in Mike Walker's epic chronicle of the Tsars.
10. 16:00
  Bookclub—Helen Macdonald - H is for Hawk
  Helen Macdonald talks to James Naughtie and readers about her memoir H is for Hawk.
11. 16:30
  Poetry Please—Seamus Heaney - Death of a Naturalist
  Roger McGough marks 50 years since Seamus Heaney published Death of a Naturalist.
12. 17:00
  File on 4 Investigates—Little Brother's Big Secrets
  Is the UK's alternative investment market, known as 'little brother', open to fraud?(R)
13. 17:40
  Profile—Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy
  Mark Coles profiles Theresa May's influential chiefs of staff.(R)
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—02/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
15. 17:57
  Weather—02/10/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—PM puts Britain on course to leave the EU by the middle of 2019
  Theresa May has put Britain on course to leave the European Union by the middle of 2019.
2. 18:15
  Pick of the Week—John Waite
  John Waite chooses his BBC Radio highlights.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—02/10/2016
  Kaz has a visitor.
4. 19:15
  Sketchorama—Series 4, Episode 2
  2/4Isy Suttie present comedy groups, Clever Peter, Hennessey and Friends, and In Cahoots.(R)
5. 19:45
  Balm of Hurt Minds—Spinkej by Clare Wigfall
  1/3An exhausted mother contemplates her sleeping newborn baby in Czechoslovakia in 1945.
6. 20:00
  Feedback—30/09/2016
  Roger Bolton discusses neutrality in war reporting and finds out about making Tracks.(R)
7. 20:30
  Last Word—Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard
  Shimon Peres, Nathalie Evans, Arnold Palmer, Bill Mollison, Jean Shepard.(R)
8. 21:00
  Money Box—The energy deals which cut customers off
  Existing customers cut off from attractive energy deals.(R)
9. 21:26
  Radio 4 Appeal—Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation
  Jordan Bone makes an appeal on behalf of Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation.(R)
10. 21:30
  Analysis—Tearing Up the Politics Textbook
  Is it time for British politics professors to bin their old lecture notes and start again?(R)
11. 22:00
  Westminster Hour—02/10/2016
  Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts and commentators.
12. 23:00
  The Film Programme—Tim Burton
  Francine Stock enters Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with Tim Burton.(R)
13. 23:30
  Something Understood—The Good Old Days
  John McCarthy gazes back fondly and argues that nostalgia has a lot to offer us.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—03/10/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Thinking Allowed—Higher Education - Crisis or Change?
  Higher education - crisis or change?(R)
3. 00:45
  Bells on Sunday—St. Helen's Sefton
  Church bells from St. Helen's Sefton.(R)
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—03/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—03/10/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—03/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—03/10/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
8. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—03/10/2016
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with the Reverend Steve Chalke.
9. 05:45
  Farming Today—Is a pilot project involving 'pulse fishing' operated by Dutch fishermen 'annihilating' fish stocks?
  Electronic pulse fishing by Dutch boats raises concerns over fish stocks.
10. 05:56
  Weather—03/10/2016
  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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