BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 30 January 2020

LW Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/01/2020
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Motherwell—Episode 3
  3/5Siobhan Redmond reads Deborah Orr's memoir about the Scottish steel town of Motherwell.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/01/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/01/2020
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/01/2020
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Baroness Julia Neuberger.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—30/01/20 Raptor persecution and the approach of Brexit day
  Can education help solve the problem of raptor persecution?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
  John Aitchison presents the lesser spotted woodpecker.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—30/01/2020
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—30/01/2020
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—Alcuin
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scholar who revived learning for its own sake in C8th
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—30/01/2020 The Bible in 15 Minutes
  Rev Dr Sam Wells explores the Bible as a five-act play.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Breaking damaging relationship patterns, 50 years since the first women's liberation conference
  1970 Women's Liberation conference; breastfeeding in Uganda; damaging relationships.
6. 10:45
  Riot Girls—Trumpet, Episode 4
  4/5The death of jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret.
7. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—Lockdown in China
  Stephen McDonnell describes the atmosphere in China while he is quarantined at home.
8. 11:30
  I Was...—Series 6, I Was Stanley Kubrick's Assistant
  Andrew McGibbon meets Anthony Frewin who outed two of Stanley Kubrick's impersonators.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—30/01/2020
  The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  The Second Sleep, by Robert Harris—Episode Four
  4/10By Robert Harris. Fairfax has made an important discovery.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Mobile Phone Coverage, Hairdressing, Smelly Paint.
  Patchy mobile phone coverage. Success of hair and beauty salons. Smelly paint complaints.
4. 12:57
  Weather—30/01/2020
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—30/01/2020
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:45
  Lies My Teacher Told Me—4. Japan - Revising the past
  4/5The controversial history lessons in Japanese schools.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—29/01/2020
  Kate’s idea looks set to cause ructions and Gavin continues to make his presence felt.
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Torn
  Heartfelt, emotional drama about a mother reconnecting with her child
9. 15:00
  Open Country—Tintagel
  With storms and high winds will Helen Mark be able to cross Tintagel's new bridge?
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Emmaus UK
  Gail Porter makes the BBC Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Emmaus UK.
11. 15:30
  Open Book—American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, Ann Petry's The Street, gay love in 1980s Poland
  Jeanine Cummins on American Dirt, and forgotten classic The Street with Tayari Jones
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Seamus McGarvey on A Matter Of Life And Death
  Seamus McGarvey on A Matter Of Life And Death.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica
  Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica
14. 17:00
  PM—30/01/2020
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—30/01/2020 British nationals in Wuhan to be flown home
  A flight from China will carry British people left stranded by the coronavirus.
2. 18:30
  Elephant in the Room—Series 1, Episode 5
  5/13Sarah Millican's new panel show with two winners - Average Jolene and Maverick Matilda.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—30/01/2020
  Neil faces a dilemma
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Robert Pattinson on The Lighthouse, Risk in Films, Greta Gerwig on Little Women
  Robert Pattinson on his new film The Lighthouse, and Greta Gerwig on Little Women.
5. 19:45
  Riot Girls—Trumpet, Episode 4
  4/5The death of jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret.
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—How to do a trade deal
  Bluffs, plays and tariff peaks, the UK enters the free trade world.
7. 20:30
  In Business—The Business of Clicks
  Behind the economics of e-commerce.
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica
  Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Alcuin
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scholar who revived learning for its own sake in C8th
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—WHO declares coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.
  170 dead so far in China - 18 other countries affected
11. 22:45
  The Second Sleep, by Robert Harris—Episode Four
  4/10By Robert Harris. Fairfax has made an important discovery.
12. 23:00
  Relativity—Series 2, Episode 3
  3/4It's Ian and Chloe’s wedding day and Chloe’s estranged parents are testing patience
13. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—30/01/2020
  News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/01/2020
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
2. 00:30
  Motherwell—Episode 4
  4/5Siobhan Redmond reads Deborah Orr's memoir about the Scottish steel town of Motherwell.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/01/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/01/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/01/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/01/2020
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—31/01/2020
  A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Baroness Julia Neuberger.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—31/01/20 Environment Bill, Cheesemakers and Brexit, US Agriculture Secretary, Sustainable scallops.
  Today the UK leaves the EU. We ask how environmental regulation will work post-Brexit.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Golden Pheasant
  John Aitchison presents the golden pheasant.

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