BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 27 October 2016

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—27/10/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Alan Bennett - Keeping On Keeping On—2007
  3/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—27/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—27/10/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—27/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—27/10/2016
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—27/10/2016
  A reading and a reflection to start the day with Canon Jenny Wigley.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—GM research, British Sugar and traditional working horses.
  Should the UK Government approve GM crops after Brexit?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Wrybill
  Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand wrybill.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—27/10/2016
  Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—27/10/2016
  Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—John Dalton
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—27/10/2016
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Stephen Shipley.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Liv Little, Women in science and health, Could men have a role to play in refuges?
  Liv Little, the woman behind @galdemzine - a magazine collective run by women of colour.
6. 10:45
  The Pillow Book—Series 9, Episode 4
  4/5Shonagon is summoned to a meeting with the volatile Lord Korechika.
7. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—Linguistic confusion and mass killers
  Correspondents stories from Berlin, Paris, Ethiopia, the US and the South Atlantic.
8. 11:30
  Keepsake for My Lover
  Janine H Jones explores the history of the 'voice recording booth'.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—27/10/2016
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  The Listening Project—The Listening Project: Referendum Tales, The View From The Farm and The Youth
  Conversations between farmers in Ulster, and an Essex farmer and his daughter.
3. 12:15
  You and Yours—Smart Meters and Shared Ownership
  Smart meters, shared ownership and late night shopping.
4. 12:57
  Weather—27/10/2016
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—27/10/2016
  Analysis of news and current affairs.
6. 13:45
  The Pursuit of Power—The Female Bishop
  Bronwen Maddox meets the first female bishop to speak in the House of Lords.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—26/10/2016
  Rex delivers a final blow.(R)
8. 14:15
  Blood, Sex and Money by Emile Zola—Season 3 - Money, 6. Reap
  6/9Final season of award winning Zola dramas - Money - Season 3, starring Glenda Jackson.
9. 15:00
  Open Country—Off Grid in Mid-Wales
  Guest presenter Ian Marchant meets people who live 'off-grid' in mid-Wales.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Bag Books
  Michael Morpurgo makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bag Books.(R)
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Sebastian Barry; Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman; Helen Dunmore on Louis MacNeice; literary news from Sri Lanka
  Sebastian Barry on his new novel Days Without End.(R)
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Jacqueline Bisset
  Jacqueline Bisset looks back at Day For Night, Francois Truffaut's Oscar-winning movie.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
  Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
14. 17:00
  PM—27/10/2016
  Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—27/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—27/10/2016
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 18:30
  The Casebook of Max and Ivan—Case #124 - Against the Grain
  Uncle Cornelius, Max and Ivan go on holiday, but things take a sinister turn. From 2016.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—27/10/2016
  Helen doubts her actions.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Amadeus, Astrid Lindgren's war diaries, Richard Wright
  Michael Longhurst and Lucian Msamati discuss their new NT production of Amadeus.
5. 19:45
  The Pillow Book—Series 9, Episode 4
  4/5Shonagon is summoned to a meeting with the volatile Lord Korechika.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Law Show—Interview with Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions
  The director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders speaks to Joshua Rozenberg.(R)
7. 20:30
  The Bottom Line—Selling Corporate Baby
  Evan Davis and entrepreneurs discuss selling your company.
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
  Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.(R)
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—John Dalton
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss scientist John Dalton.(R)
10. 21:58
  Weather—27/10/2016
  Weather information.
11. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Venezuela opposition calls general strike
  President Maduro promises to raise the minimum wage by 40% as he fights for his survival.
12. 22:45
  The Mirror by Kate Mosse
  Supernatural story by Kate Mosse, author of Labyrinth and The Taxidermist's Daughter.
13. 23:00
  Rich Hall's (US) Breakdown—Rich Hall's (US Election) Breakdown, 26/10/2016
  Rich Hall follows the closing stages of the US presidential race.(R)
14. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—27/10/2016
  Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—28/10/2016
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Alan Bennett - Keeping On Keeping On—2008
  4/10Alan Bennett reads extracts from his diaries.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—28/10/2016
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—28/10/2016
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 04:45
  Test Match Special—Bangladesh v England: Second Test, Dhaka - Day 1
  Commentary on day one of the second Test between Bangladesh and England, from Dhaka.

Friday 28 October 2016