BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 12 October 2017

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—12/10/2017
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—The Letters of Sylvia Plath, January 1954 to February 1955
  Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath, abridged by Caitlin Crawford.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—12/10/2017
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—12/10/2017
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—12/10/2017
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—12/10/2017
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—12/10/2017
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—HS2 compulsory purchase, British Nutrition Foundation conference, Venison sales
  The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Sue Patterson on the Great Spotted Woodpecker
  BirdLife International's Sue Patterson on the great spotted woodpecker.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—12/10/2017
  Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—12/10/2017
  Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—Aphra Behn
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.
4. 09:44
  Daily Service—Breaking Bonds - You Visited Me
  Christian worship with a bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Steve Williams.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Peggy Seeger, Fertility MOTs, Tyneside, Telephonists
  First Time Ever; social isolation; are fertility tests a waste of money? Fishing.
6. 10:45
  Book of the Week—The Letters of Sylvia Plath, September 1955 to March 1956
  Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.
7. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—A Convicted Warlord, His Ex-Wife And A Footballer
  Election day was peaceful in Liberia, but are sinister forces at play?
8. 11:30
  Hull 2017: Contains Strong Language—Part 2
  Recorded live in Hull, Jeremy Irons and Julie Hesmondhalgh perform poetry inspired by Hull
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—12/10/2017
  National and international news and the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Things That Made the Modern Economy—Series 1, S-Bend
  The S-bend was a pipe with a curve in it, an invention that led to public sanitation.
3. 12:13
  You and Yours—Energy cap, Debt advice, Pet costs
  Energy cap, Debt advice, Cost of keeping pets.
4. 12:57
  Weather—12/10/2017
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—12/10/2017
  Analysis of news and current affairs.
6. 13:45
  Russia in Five Babushka Dolls—Series 1, Valentina Tereshkova
  Vanora Bennett on Valentina Tereshkova, who in 1963 became the first woman in space.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—11/10/2017
  Pip makes an embarrassing mistake.(R)
8. 14:15
  Hamlet—Episode 4
  4/5After Hamlet's accidental murder of Polonius, Laertes returns to Elsinore bent on revenge.(R)
9. 15:00
  Ramblings—Series 37, Listeners' Walks: Isle of Man, Kallow Point
  Clare Balding continues her exploration of the Isle of Man walking along the coastal path.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Bone Cancer Research Trust
  Prue Leith makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Bone Cancer Research Trust.(R)
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Alan Hollinghurst
  Alan Hollinghurst talks to Mariella Frostrup about his new novel, The Sparsholt Affair.(R)
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Ian McEwan
  In an edition recorded at the London Film Festival, Francine Stock talks to Ian McEwan.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Antibiotics and Farming, Molten Metal Pump, Acoustic Biodiversity, Athenia
  How large is the role of agriculture in the antibiotic resistance crisis?
14. 17:00
  PM—12/10/2017
  Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—12/10/2017
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—12/10/2017 Brexit talks "deadlocked"over divorce bill
  EU chief negotiator warns of disturbing deadlock over how much UK will owe when it leaves
2. 18:30
  Lemn Sissay's Origin Stories—1. The Bed under the Stairs
  1/4Lemn discusses his experiences as a foster child and draws comparisons with Harry Potter.(R)
3. 19:00
  The Archers—12/10/2017
  Helen puts her foot down.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—George Michael: Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender, Performance art
  George Michael's film - Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender and performance art.
5. 19:45
  John Reed - Ten Days That Shook the World—4. Plunging Ahead
  4/10John Reed's classic eye-witness account of the Russian Revolution in October 1917.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Capitalism in Crisis
  Is capitalism broken, and if so, what should replace it?
7. 20:30
  The Bottom Line—Shake-up in the skies
  What is really going on in Europe's airline industry? Evan Davis and guests discuss.
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Antibiotics and Farming, Molten Metal Pump, Acoustic Biodiversity, Athenia
  How large is the role of agriculture in the antibiotic resistance crisis?(R)
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Aphra Behn
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aphra Behn (1640-1689): playwright, poet, spy.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—EU claims Brexit talks in 'deadlock'
  Michel Barnier, the EU's chief negotiator in the Brexit talks, says they are in 'deadlock'
11. 22:45
  The Omen by David Seltzer—4. Danger
  4/5Kathy is in danger. Read by Owen Teale.
12. 23:00
  Liam Williams: Ladhood—Series 2, Episode 2
  2/4Liam is torn between the laddish drinking societies and artsy intelligentsia of Cambridge.
13. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—12/10/2017
  Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—13/10/2017
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—The Letters of Sylvia Plath, September 1955 to March 1956
  Lydia Wilson reads from the letters of Sylvia Plath.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—13/10/2017
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—13/10/2017
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—13/10/2017
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—13/10/2017
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—13/10/2017
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Canon Steve Williams.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—Import quotas to the UK, 100th birthday of the Co-operative Party, Deer & dogs and oilseed rape
  A new agreement between the EU and UK on post-Brexit import quotas is signed.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Robert Martin on the Cerulean Paradise-flycatcher
  BirdLife International's Rob Martin on the cerulean paradise-flycatcher.

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