BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 30 August 2018

LW Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/08/2018
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—A Boy in the Water, Breakthrough: Confronting fears and meeting a hero
  3/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/08/2018
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/08/2018
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/08/2018
  Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—30/08/2018
  Lorraine Howells is passing her farm in the Rhymney Valley onto farmworker Lee Pritchard.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Willow Tit
  Martin Hughes-Games presents the willow tit.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—30/08/2018
  News and current affairs including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  I, Object!—Why Object?
  The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent.
3. 09:30
  Did the Victorians Ruin the World?—Series 1, 5. Toilets
  5/5Are toilets a case of Victorian genius, or did they flush away our most precious resource?(R)
4. 09:44
  Daily Service—Signs and Wonders: Looking for the Rainbow
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Vicky Walker.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Dance Nation, Bartenders, Anaemia, Sali Hughes, Domestic violence
  Clare Barron, women bartenders, iron deficiency, treasures, preventing domestic violence.
6. 10:30
  Test Match Special—England v India: Fourth Test, The Ageas Bowl - Day 1
  Commentary on day one of the fourth Test between England and India from the Ageas Bowl.
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Afternoon
1. 12:01
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Test Match Special—England v India: Fourth Test, The Ageas Bowl - Day 1
  Commentary on day one of the fourth Test between England and India from the Ageas Bowl.
3. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Test Match Special—England v India: Fourth Test, The Ageas Bowl - Day 1
  Commentary on day one of the fourth Test between England and India from the Ageas Bowl.
2. 18:45
  Plum House—Series 1, Perilously Poorly Peter
  2/6Peter's forced to visit town, leaving his hopeless deputy Julian in charge.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—30/08/2018
  Jazzer steps up.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Nick Leather on Mother's Day, Natasha Carthew, Drawing comic-book characters
  Nick Leather discusses his TV drama Mother's Day, about the Warrington bomb.
5. 19:45
  Curious Under the Stars—Series 5: A Mermaid's Kiss, Part 4
  4/5Gareth makes a shocking discovery about Guto.(R)
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Britain's Housing Crisis
  Is the failure to build at the core of the housing problem or are other factors at play?
7. 20:30
  In Business—Failures, Flops and Flaws
  Ruth Alexander visits the Museum of Failure in Sweden to learn the secrets of success.
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Electronic brain probe; Rural stream biodiversity; Arctic weather research trip; Science book prize
  Electronic brain probe; River biodiversity; Arctic weather expedition; Science book prize
9. 21:30
  I, Object!—Why Object?
  The last programme in Ian Hislop's series celebrating great works of sedition and dissent.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Senior Labour MP Frank Field resigns from parliamentary party.
  Veteran politician says Labour leadership has become "force for anti-semitism".
11. 22:45
  Jaws by Peter Benchley—9. 'The fish is too much for us.'
  9/10Peter Benchley's classic 1974 novel, and one of the most terrifying movies of all time.
12. 23:00
  The Missing Hancocks—Series 2, The Marriage Bureau
  3/5Hancock needs to get married to get a job. A 1955 original re-recorded in in 2015.(R)
13. 23:30
  The Digital Human—Series 14, Joy
  Aleks Krotoski wonders if it's possible to convey a sense of joyful abandon online...(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/08/2018
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Book of the Week—A Boy in the Water, Aiming for the Channel: Tom's training intensifies
  4/5Tom Gregory's memoir of how he became the youngest person ever to swim the English Channel(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/08/2018
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/08/2018
  The latest shipping forecast.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/08/2018
  News from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—31/08/2018
  Spiritual reflection and prayer to start the day with The Rev Richard Frazer.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—A tribute to environmentalist Peter Melchett, Scottish crofting and 'Bio-plastics'
  A tribute is paid to environmental campaigner and organic farmer Peter Melchett.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Jay
  Brett Westwood presents the story and sound of the jay.(R)

Friday 31 August 2018