BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 18 July 2020

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—18/07/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  A Month In Siena by Hisham Matar—Episode 5
  5/5As the month comes to an end, Matar reflects on how his time there has changed his view.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—18/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—18/07/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—18/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—18/07/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—18/07/2020
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with Canon Simon Doogan.
8. 05:45
  Four Thought—Change Through Engagement
  Mahamed Hashi, a youth worker and gun crime victim, says we must listen to communities.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—18/07/2020
  The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
2. 06:07
  Open Country—Ben Shieldaig
  Helen Mark learns about a Scottish mountain and the village that nestles in it's shadow.
3. 06:30
  Farming Today—18/07/20 - Farming Today This Week: Alleged mistreatment of farm workers
  An investigation reveals allegations of issues around the treatment of some farm workers.
4. 06:57
  Weather—18/07/2020
  The latest weather forecast
5. 07:00
  Today—18/07/2020
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
6. 08:45
  Yesterday in Parliament—18/07/2020
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
7. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Graeme Garden
  The best-selling novelist Jojo Moyes and the Inheritance Tracks of Fern Britton.
8. 10:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 29, Home Economics: Episode Ten
  4/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
9. 10:45
  Test Match Special—England v West Indies - 2nd Test Match
  Test Match Special: England v West Indies. Commentary on the Second Test from Southampton.
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Afternoon
1. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Karen Gibson 'Godmother of Gospel', the Price of Fast Fashion, Abuse in Gymnastics
  Karen Gibson 'Godmother of Gospel', the Price of Fast Fashion, Abuse in Gymnastics.
2. 17:00
  PM—18/07/2020
  Full coverage of the day's news
3. 17:30
  Political Thinking with Nick Robinson—18/07/2020
  Nick Robinson interviews the Work and Pensions Secretary, Thérèse Coffey.
4. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—18/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 17:57
  Weather—18/07/2020
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—18/07/2020 Russia rejects vaccine theft claim
  Russia denies it tried to steal the UK's Covid-19 vaccine research.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Ian Stone, Ned Glasier, Irini Tzortzoglou, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Monophonics, Samantha Crain, Arthur Smith, Clive Anderson
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Roger Stone
  Mark Coles profiles President Trump’s political strategist and confidante Roger Stone.
4. 19:15
  The Reith Lectures—Hilary Mantel, The Day Is for the Living
  Art can bring the dead back to life, argues the late novelist Hilary Mantel.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Four Women Poets Today
  Carol Ann Duffy, Liz Lochhead, Gillian Clarke and Eavan Boland on gender and poetry.
6. 21:00
  Tracks—Series 1: Origin, Origin: Episode Eight
  8/9Eighth in a nine-part conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
7. 21:45
  Shorts—The Time Being, The Love Songs Of Foxes by Amber Lee Dodd
  3/6A woman takes in her troubled brother, newly-released from prison.
8. 22:00
  News—18/07/2020
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
9. 22:15
  Moral Maze—How and why we educate
  Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
10. 23:00
  The 3rd Degree—Series 10, University of Reading
  3/6Three students from the University of Reading take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
11. 23:30
  The New Japanese Poetry—Rewriting Humanity
  1/2Spotlighting the poetry of young people in migrant detention centres and juvenile prisons.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—19/07/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  The Way I See It—John Waters on Lee Lozano's Untitled 1963
  10/30American film director John Waters makes his selection from the MoMA collection.
3. 00:30
  Short Works—The Fall of Man
  A new story for Radio 4 from acclaimed Irish writer, Donal Ryan. Read by Liam O'Brien.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—19/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—19/07/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—19/07/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—19/07/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
8. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—The church of St Michael in Southampton
  Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Michael in Southampton
9. 05:45
  Profile—Roger Stone
  Mark Coles profiles President Trump’s political strategist and confidante Roger Stone.

Sunday 19 July 2020