LW Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—02/06/2017
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Book of the Week—Farewell to the Horse, Episode 4
4/5Once a common sight in war, the cavalry was soon under threat from a new challenge.(R)
00:48
Shipping Forecast—02/06/2017
The latest shipping forecast.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—02/06/2017
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—02/06/2017
The latest shipping forecast.
05:30
News Briefing—02/06/2017
News from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—02/06/2017
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Rania Hafez.
05:45
Farming Today—Floodplains, The Royal Bath & West, Election Manifestos
Intensive farming is blamed for almost two-thirds of the loss of functioning floodplains.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Paul Brook on the Water Rail
Paul Brook on the water rail.
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Morning
06:00
Today—02/06/2017
News and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00
Desert Island Discs—Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.(R)
09:44
Daily Service—02/06/2017
Daily Service comes from the Synod of the Diocese in Europe.
10:00
Woman's Hour—Justine Greening, Tim Farron
Education secretary, Justine Greening; Tim Farron, Lib Dem leader; Ramadan;.
10:45
Bindi Business—Series 2, Episode 5
Bindi is preparing for the big opening of her development. Meera Syal stars.
11:00
From Our Home Correspondent—02/06/2017
A school struggling with numbers, Morris dancing at dawn and shredded torsos all feature.
11:30
The Casebook of Max and Ivan—Series 1, Case #25 - Different Class
3/9Jessica Hynes joins Max and Ivan as they investigate a spate of sporting injuries.(R)
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Afternoon
12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—02/06/2017
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
12:04
Home Front—2 June 1917 - Dorothea Winwood
In Folkestone, Dorothea is on a mission for the truth.
12:15
You and Yours—Leasehold mortgages; British meat, VW diesels
Mortgages for leasehold homes, British meat and the class action against VW.
12:57
Weather—02/06/2017
Weather information.
13:00
World at One—02/06/2017
Analysis of news and current affairs.
14:00
The Archers—01/06/2017
Pip has a surprise visitor.(R)
14:15
Drama on 4—Mr Reasonable
By Fred D'Aguiar. John Reasonable is a freed black slave, and Shakespeare's costume maker.(R)
15:00
Gardeners' Question Time—Suffolk
Eric Robson and the panel visit Suffolk.
15:45
Short Works—Series 1, Relic
The story of a monastery on a tiny island in the Atlantic and the holy relic found there.
16:00
Last Word—John Noakes, Manuel Noriega, Pat Stewart, Rex Sanders, Gregg Allman
Julian Worricker on a broadcaster, a navigator, a musician, a dancer, a dictator.
16:30
More or Less—Election Special: Tax, borders and climate
Who pays income tax, cutting migration and where in the UK is cold?
16:55
The Listening Project—Lydia and Tor - A Painful Privilege
The doctors' dilemma of how to break bad news to a patient's family.
17:00
PM—02/06/2017
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
17:54
Shipping Forecast—02/06/2017
The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—02/06/2017 Tory candidate charged over election expenses
A Conservative election candidate is being prosecuted following the 2015 general election
18:30
The News Quiz—Series 93, 02/06/2017
A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Miles Jupp.
19:00
The Archers—02/06/2017
Jill feels under attack.
19:15
Front Row—Mondrian - the complete works; Arts and politics; Playwright Alice Birch; 40 years of Bob Marley's Exodus
'The Discovery of Mondrian' with Jonathan Jones and Alice Birch on Anatomy of a Suicide.
19:45
Bindi Business—Series 2, Episode 5
Bindi is preparing for the big opening of her development. Meera Syal stars.(R)
20:00
Any Questions?—Damian Green, Paul Nuttall MEP, Keir Starmer, Jo Swinson
Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Ormiston Bolingbroke Academy in Runcorn.
20:50
A Point of View—Renouncing Middlemarch
Howard Jacobson on why he must renounce George Eliot's greatest novel, Middlemarch.
21:00
Home Front - Omnibus—29 May - 2 June 1917
Set in the week in 1917 when the death toll from the Folkestone air raid reached 72.
21:58
Weather—02/06/2017
Weather information.
22:00
The World Tonight—May and Corbyn face last major election grilling
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are questioned by David Dimbleby and a studio audience.
22:45
F Scott Fitzgerald: The Lost Stories—Salute to Lucy and Elsie
5/5Stuart Milligan reads a story about honour, morals and the gulf between generations.
23:00
Great Lives—Iain Lee on Andy Kaufman
Cult legend Andy Kaufman chosen by Iain Lee as his great life.(R)
23:27
Life at LIPA—Come Together
3/3Three more students raise the curtain on their final year at performing arts school.(R)
23:55
The Listening Project—Helen and Laura - Building the Blade
Women engineers on their journey to renewable energy.
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—03/06/2017
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Book of the Week—Farewell to the Horse, Episode 5
5/5From George Stubbs to Clint Eastwood, the horse haunts our imagination.(R)
00:48
Shipping Forecast—03/06/2017
The latest shipping forecast.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—03/06/2017
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—03/06/2017
The latest shipping forecast.
05:30
News Briefing—03/06/2017
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—03/06/2017
A reading and a reflection to start the day, with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley.
05:45
iPM—Identifying victims
A former police inspector on managing the aftermath of an attack.
