BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 7 September 2019

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—07/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Winds of Change—The Changing of the Guard
  Political historian Peter Hennessy reads from his new study of Britain in the early 1960s.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—07/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—07/09/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—07/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—07/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—07/09/2019
  Reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin, Dominican friar and university chaplain in Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—A Pleasure Culture of War
  Historian Kasia Tomasiewicz discusses how to commemorate war.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—07/09/2019
  The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
2. 06:07
  Open Country—Jarvis Cocker's Edale
  Jarvis Cocker’s love affair with Edale and Kinder Scout.(R)
3. 06:30
  Farming Today—Farming Today This Week: Land ownership
  Charlotte Smith visits Mark Tufnell on his Calmsden estate in Gloucestershire.
4. 06:57
  Weather—07/09/2019
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 07:00
  Today—07/09/2019
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
6. 08:50
  Yesterday in Parliament—07/09/2019
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Richard Ayoade
  Richard Ayoade, dancer Kevin Turner, actor Amanda Abbington and writer Isabel Vincent.
8. 10:30
  Test Match Special—The Ashes: England v Australia - Fourth Test, Old Trafford
  The Ashes: England v Australia. Commentary on the fourth Test from Old Trafford.
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Evening
1. 19:00
  Profile—David Gauke
  Edward Stourton looks at the life of an unlikely rebel.
2. 19:15
  Saturday Review—Rojo, Hansard, James Meek, Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor, Defending the Guilty
  Rojo, Hansard, James Meek, Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor, Defending the Guilty
3. 20:00
  Archive on 4—The First Political Youthquake
  How did radical changes 50 years ago recast young people's engagement with UK politics?
4. 21:00
  Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time—Episode 2
  2/10Marcel Proust’s allegorical contemplation on time, memory, art and love.
5. 22:00
  News and Weather—07/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
6. 22:15
  Across the Red Line—Series 4, Does profit corrupt?
  FT editor Lionel Barber and Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman debate profit and corruption.(R)
7. 23:00
  Counterpoint—Series 33, Heat 1, 2019
  1/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini.(R)
8. 23:30
  Mother Tongue—The State We're In
  The globe-trotting poetry series returns, presented by poet Imtiaz Dharker.(R)
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—08/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Short Works—A Long Way to Go by Daisy Johnson
  An original short story by Daisy Johnson, the youngest ever Booker Prize nominee.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—08/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—08/09/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—08/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—08/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—St Mary the Virgin, Chislet in Kent
  Bells on Sunday comes from St Mary the Virgin, Chislet in Kent.
8. 05:45
  Profile—David Gauke
  Edward Stourton looks at the life of an unlikely rebel.(R)

Sunday 8 September 2019