LW Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—09/04/2019
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
00:30
The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley—1. Harbingers
1/5A captivating picture of Scotland’s wilderness in spring.(R)
00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/04/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/04/2019
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—09/04/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:30
News Briefing—09/04/2019
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/04/2019
A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Very Rev'd Dr Sarah Rowland Jones
05:45
Farming Today—No-deal Brexit and Northern Ireland, No-deal Brexit and UK vets, Wolves and rewilding
The Republic of Ireland issues advice on how it will handle farming and a no-deal Brexit.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Kane Brides on the Coot
Kane Brides on the coot.(R)
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Morning
06:00
Today—09/04/2019
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
09:00
The Life Scientific—Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives
Epidemiologist Richard Peto on the links between tobacco, disease and early death
09:30
One to One—Life in prison: Alan Rusbridger talks to CJ Burge
CJ Burge tells Alan Rusbridger about the mental impact of prison life, in Japan and the UK
09:45
Daily Service—09/04/19 Vulnerability
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Phil Sumner
10:00
Woman's Hour—Mary Quant, No-deal Brexit, Wild Rose
Mary Quant exhibition at V&A. Impact of a no-deal Brexit on women. Nicole Taylor new film.
10:45
Ship of Lies—2. Doubt
2/5Meeting a shipyard worker gives Emma further cause to doubt the official Titanic account.
11:00
Amritsar 1919: Remembering a British Massacre
Historian Zareer Masani examines the details and lasting impact of the Amritsar Massacre.
11:30
Gyles Brandreth’s Poetry By Heart
Gyles Brandreth extols the virtues of of learning poetry by heart.(R)
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Afternoon
12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—09/04/2019
The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
12:04
Home Fire—Episode 7
By Kamila Shamsie. Parvaiz carries on his father's work. Read by Sanjeev Bhaskar.
12:18
You and Yours—Call You and Yours: Have you been affected by stress at work?
We want your experience of stress in the workplace.
12:57
Weather—09/04/2019
The latest weather forecast
13:00
World at One—09/04/2019
News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
13:45
The Decade That Invented the Future: The 1970s—1976: Borrowing into the future
Peter Jay on the financial crisis that led Britain to borrow billions from the IMF.
14:00
The Archers—08/04/2019
Reality bites for Freddie(R)
14:15
Drama on 4—Lights, Camera, Kidnap!, Episode 1
True story of how a movie star and her director ex-husband were kidnapped by Kim Jong-Il.(R)
15:00
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 24, North Downs
Jay Rayner and his panel of culinary experts are in the Kentish North Downs.(R)
15:30
Costing the Earth—The Wolf is Back!
The wolf has returned to every mainland European country. Tom Heap goes on their trail.
16:00
The Cult of Aphex Twin
Music writer John Doran ventures into the strange world of Richard D James.(R)
16:30
Great Lives—Catherine de Medici nominated by Helen Lewis
Helen Lewis nominates the so-called 'Black Queen' of France, Catherine de Medici.
17:00
PM—09/04/2019
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/04/2019 May in Paris and Berlin for Brexit talks
The Prime Minister asks the French and German leaders for a further delay to Brexit
18:30
My Teenage Diary—Series 7, Michael Rosen
4/6Michael Rosen reads his diaries, which focus on life as a naughty schoolboy in the 1960s.(R)
19:00
The Archers—09/04/2019
Lily reveals all about recent events.
19:15
Front Row—Useful Art, Embodying Ruskin, National Theatre for Northern Ireland? Unicorn Store
Useful art, embodying Ruskin, National Theatre for Northern Ireland? Unicorn Store review.
19:45
Ship of Lies—2. Doubt
2/5Meeting a shipyard worker gives Emma further cause to doubt the official Titanic account.(R)
20:00
Goliath: How Monopolies Came to Be
Will Hutton considers the ironies and tensions central to modern monopolies.
20:40
In Touch—Can blind people become architects?
A summer school teaching architecture to blind people.
21:00
The Patch—Rannoch
The search for a story in a randomly generated postcode.(R)
21:30
The Life Scientific—Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives
Epidemiologist Richard Peto on the links between tobacco, disease and early death(R)
22:00
The World Tonight—09/04/2019
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective
22:45
Home Fire—Episode 7
By Kamila Shamsie. Parvaiz carries on his father's work. Read by Sanjeev Bhaskar.
23:00
Fred at The Stand—Series 2, Justin Moorhouse, Gareth Waugh, Ninia Benjamin and Gary Little
2/6Fred MacAulay introduces some of the country's best comedians, recorded live in Glasgow.
23:30
Today in Parliament—09/04/2019
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—10/04/2019
National and international news from BBC Radio 4
00:30
The Nature of Spring by Jim Crumley—2. Island Spring
2/5The wilderness wonders of Colonsay and Shetland.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—10/04/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—10/04/2019
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—10/04/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:30
News Briefing—10/04/2019
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
05:43
Prayer for the Day—10/04/2019
A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Very Rev Dr Sarah Rowland Jones
05:45
Farming Today—Organic farming, re-wilding, boreholes for water
The German state of Bavaria announces it will double its organic land production by 2025.
05:58
Tweet of the Day—Ruth Cromie on the Eider
Ruth Cromie of the Slimbridge Wetland Centre on the eider duck.(R)
