BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Wednesday 11 September 2019

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—11/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Talking to Strangers—Episode 2
  2/5Malcolm Gladwell explores what we should know about the people we don't know.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—11/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—11/09/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—11/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—11/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—11/09/2019
  Reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin, Dominican friar and university chaplain in Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—11/09/19: Carbon net zero farming by 2040, Pearl mussels on the River Spey, Do fish feel pain?
  Anna Hill asks Professor Elizabeth Robinson if farming can go carbon neutral by 2040.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Adelie Penguin
  Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic shore.(R)
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—11/09/2019
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Sound Odyssey—This Is The Kit in Casablanca
  Kate Stables travels to Casablanca for a collaboration with gnawa player Asmaa Hamzaoui.
3. 09:30
  Four Thought—Life in Letters
  Helen Cullen makes the case for the art of letter writing.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—11/09/2019 Weakness and Suffering
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Angela Tilby.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—My Best Day, Marina Litvinenko, Cancer testing
  Marina Litvinenko on the play about her husband's death. Population-wide cancer testing.
6. 10:41
  Blackwater by Claire McGowan—3. Who Is She?
  3/10Zoe was murdered by Paul, yet 10 years on she is upstairs in his bathroom in his house.(R)
7. 10:55
  The Listening Project—Alison and Carl - Something for Yourself
  Friends compare notes on the highs and lows of caring for elderly parents.
8. 11:00
  Statue No. 1
  A Welsh woman takes the plinth.(R)
9. 11:30
  Between Ourselves With Marian Keyes—Ireland and the Irish
  Best-selling Irish author Marian Keyes in conversation with Tara Flynn.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—11/09/2019
  The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Short Works—BBC National Short Story Award 2019, Pauzwang Syndrome
  Five newly commissioned short stories to mark this year's BBC National Short Story Award
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Social housing, Yellow stickers, Subscription traps
  Councils making it harder to get social housing, plus the app that tracks yellow stickers.
4. 12:57
  Weather—11/09/2019
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—11/09/2019
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:45
  Things That Made the Modern Economy—Series 2, Like button
  Facebook’s ubiquitous 'like' button can reveal a treasure trove of potential insights.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—10/09/2019
  Jim springs more than one surprise.(R)
8. 14:15
  Undercover Mumbai—Episode 1
  Ayeesha Menon's police crime thriller, set and recorded in India.
9. 15:00
  Money Box—How do you ask for a pay rise?
  Whether you're freelance or work for a big company, talking about your worth can be hard.
10. 15:30
  BBC National Short Story Award—BBC National Short Story Award 2019, My Beautiful Millennial by Tamsin Grey
  Tamsin Grey's story about isolation in a big city and a fateful encounter with a pigeon.
11. 16:00
  Mastertapes—Series 8, Don McLean (A-side)
  John Wilson talks to Don McLean about his timeless classic album, American Pie(R)
12. 16:30
  The Media Show—Why we're all watching Britain's nerdiest channel
  BBC Parliament is enjoying record ratings as the political drama unfolds.
13. 17:00
  PM—11/09/2019
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—11/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—11/09/2019 Judges in Scotland rule suspension of parliament unlawful
  A UK government appeal against the ruling will be heard by the Supreme Court next week.
2. 18:30
  Quanderhorn—The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, It's Eating My Face
  1/6Brian Nylon awakes with no memory to find time behaving very oddly indeed.(R)
3. 19:00
  The Archers—11/09/2019
  Leonard hatches a plan.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Front Row at the Proms - Jamie Barton, Daniel Kidane, impact of Brexit on classical music
  Jamie Barton and Daniel Kidane talk about their Last Night at the Proms performances.
5. 19:45
  Open Art—Harmless Poisons, Blameless Sins, Episode 3
  Artist Ben Rivers reinterprets the strange tales of Moroccan storyteller Mohammed Mrabet.(R)
6. 20:00
  Across the Red Line—Series 4, Is Discipline the Enemy of Learning?
  Katharine Birbalsingh and Dr Debra Kidd debate whether discipline is the enemy of learning
7. 20:45
  Four Thought—Life in Letters
  Helen Cullen makes the case for the art of letter writing.(R)
8. 21:00
  Costing the Earth—Verity's Wild Garden
  Verity Sharp wants to turn her small Wiltshire garden into a haven for wildlife.
9. 21:30
  The Sound Odyssey—This Is The Kit in Casablanca
  Kate Stables travels to Casablanca for a collaboration with gnawa player Asmaa Hamzaoui.(R)
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Opposition MPs demand the recall of Parliament
  Highest civil court in Scotland rules that decision to suspend parliament was unlawful
11. 22:45
  Short Works—BBC National Short Story Award 2019, Pauzwang Syndrome
  Five newly commissioned short stories to mark this year's BBC National Short Story Award(R)
12. 23:00
  Monty Python at 50: The Self-Abasement Tapes—Episode 2
  Michael Palin searches for lost Python sketches and finds them in very unusual places.
13. 23:15
  TEZ Talks—Series 3, 13. What Are You Looking At?
  Tez talks about confrontations and awkward situations he has found himself in.(R)
14. 23:30
  The Digital Human—Series 13, Oracle
  Aleks Krotoski explores living in a digital world.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—12/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Talking to Strangers—Episode 3
  3/5By Malcolm Gladwell, best-selling author and host of Revisionist History.(R)
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—12/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—12/09/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—12/09/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—12/09/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—12/09/2019
  Reflection with Fr Dermot Morrin, Dominican friar and university chaplain in Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—12/09/19: Badger cull, Salmon fishing on the Tay, Smart farming
  Caz Graham asks Neil Parish MP for his response to the details of this year's badger cull.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Trumpeter Swan
  Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America.

Thursday 12 September 2019