BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Wednesday 16 October 2019

LW Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/10/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Me—Episode 2
  2/5Elton John on making music with Bernie Taupin.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/10/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—16/10/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/10/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/10/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/10/2019
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—16/10/19 World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit and rural banks
  Charlotte Smith visits the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Manx Shearwater
  The Manx shearwater - Miranda Krestovnikoff narrates the story of this bird and its sound.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—16/10/2019
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—16/10/2019
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
3. 09:00
  Only Artists—Tony Walsh meets Julie Hesmondhalgh
  The poet Tony Walsh meets the actor Julie Hesmondhalgh.
4. 09:30
  Four Thought—Digging Deep
  Rabab Ghazoul makes the case for Wales as a place of post-colonial possibility.
5. 09:45
  Daily Service—16/10/2019 Heroic Virtue
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Angela Tilby
6. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—How friends help you live longer, Asbestos exposure, Women's cricket, Effie Millais
  How friends help you live longer, asbestos exposure, women's cricket, Effie Millais
7. 10:41
  Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy—The Lonely Girl, 3. Christmas
  3/10Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together and then the real world pulls them apart.
8. 10:55
  The Listening Project—Yemi and Afua - Running together
  Husband and wife, both keen runners, discuss what running means to them.
9. 11:00
  Make Me a Programme
  Can a robot host a radio show? Conversation designer Georgia Lewis-Anderson is finding out
10. 11:30
  God's Work—Episode 2
  2/4Three vicars, three parishes, one year. What keeps them working for the man upstairs?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—16/10/2019
  The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  The Confession by Jessie Burton—8. True Identity
  8/10Is Rose's true identity about to be revealed?
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Middle-aged carers, Pets at Home, Barge evictions
  Middle-aged carers giving up work. Experiments with families and pets. Barge evictions.
4. 12:57
  Weather—16/10/2019
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—16/10/2019
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:45
  The Art of Innovation—Protecting the Earth
  Tilly Blyth on a new awareness of a fragile Earth in the mystical drama Edge of Darkness
7. 14:00
  The Archers—15/10/2019
  Tension rises at Berrow
8. 14:15
  Brief Lives—Series 11, Episode 5
  Last episode in the series about the Manchester paralegals
9. 15:00
  Money Box—Credit scores
  Tips on how to make sure you have a health credit rating.
10. 15:30
  Inside Health—Zantac alert, Newborn brain injury, OTC guide, Surgery for reflux
  Zantac alert, newborn brain injury, Guide to Over the Counter choices, surgery for reflux.
11. 16:00
  Thinking Allowed—Serial killers
  Serial killers: the media and cultural response to these crimes.
12. 16:30
  The Media Show—How do you report from a repressive regime?
  The challenges of reporting stories from the frontline and the black hole left by Fortnite
13. 17:00
  PM—16/10/2019
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
14. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—16/10/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—16/10/2019 Brexit deal hangs in balance
  The government's hopes of a deal on Brexit hang in the balance as the PM seeks support
2. 18:30
  Quanderhorn—The Quanderhorn Xperimentations, Dah dah dah dah dah dahh Dah dah dah dah dahhhh...
  6/6Troy tries to comfort a dying Brian. And fails.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—16/10/2019
  The past returns to haunt Jennifer
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Víkingur Ólafsson, social housing on screen, Hannah Khalil
  Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, playwright Hannah Khalil
5. 19:45
  Edna O'Brien - The Country Girls Trilogy—The Lonely Girl, 3. Christmas
  3/10Christmas brings Kate and Eugene closer together and then the real world pulls them apart.
6. 20:00
  Moral Maze—Punishment and Justice
  Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
7. 20:45
  Four Thought—Digging Deep
  Rabab Ghazoul makes the case for Wales as a place of post-colonial possibility.
8. 21:00
  Costing the Earth—Powering Britain
  How close is Britain to achieving a reliable, zero carbon power supply?
9. 21:30
  Only Artists—Tony Walsh meets Julie Hesmondhalgh
  The poet Tony Walsh meets the actor Julie Hesmondhalgh.
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Talks go on in Brussels - no Brexit deal yet
  UK and EU hoping to sign off revised legal text before tomorrow's summit
11. 22:45
  The Confession by Jessie Burton—8. True Identity
  8/10Is Rose's true identity about to be revealed?
12. 23:00
  Charlotte and Lillian—Series 2, 2. The Rival
  2/4Charlotte doesn’t take rejection well when Lillian asks her not to come round any more.
13. 23:15
  Bunk Bed—Series 1, Episode 3
  3/5Patrick Marber and Peter Curran lie in the darkness, sharing a bunk bed and wondering.
14. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—16/10/2019
  News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—17/10/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Me—Episode 3
  3/5Elton John recalls struggling with his success in the 1970s.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—17/10/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—17/10/2019
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—17/10/2019
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—17/10/2019
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—17/10/2019
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with writer and broadcaster Mark Dowd.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—17/10/19: Falling demand for beef, SNP rural policy, Rural schools
  Anna Hill asks Professor David Hughes why demand for beef is falling in the UK.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Cormorant
  Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the story and sound of the cormorant.

Thursday 17 October 2019