LW Schedule
Early
00:00
Midnight News—25/07/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
00:30
Girl Taken—5. Dangerous Journeys
5/10The authorities draw a blank in the search for the child and police say they can't act.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—25/07/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—25/07/2020
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—25/07/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:30
News Briefing—25/07/2020
The latest news from BBC Radio 4
05:43
Prayer for the Day—25/07/2020
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Dr Myriam François.
05:45
Four Thought—Ending Ageism
Carl Honoré thinks we're all missing out by stereotyping older people as 'over the hill'.
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Morning
06:00
News and Papers—25/07/2020
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
06:07
Open Country—Dawn Walk
A coastal dawn walk with wildlife filmmaker John Aitchison in West Scotland.
06:30
Farming Today—24/07/20 - Farming Today This Week: Pollinators and politics
Nature and the green recovery, and the importance of pollinators. Sybil Ruscoe presents.
06:57
Weather—25/07/2020
The latest weather forecast
07:00
Today—25/07/2020
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
08:45
Yesterday in Parliament—25/07/2020
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
09:00
Saturday Live—Richard Hammond
The Naked podcaster Kat Harbourne and the Inheritance Tracks of Jessie Ware.
10:30
The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 29, Home Economics: Episode Eleven
5/6Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
10:45
Test Match Special—England v West Indies - 3rd Test Match
Test Match Special. England v West Indies. Commentary on the 3rd Test from Old Trafford.
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Evening
19:00
Profile—Professor Sarah Gilbert
Mark Coles profiles the scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team.
19:15
The Reith Lectures—Hilary Mantel, The Iron Maiden
How do we construct our pictures of the past asks Hilary Mantel.
20:00
Archive on 4—Playing Doctors and Nurses
Mark Lawson on the rich history of medical programmes, fact and fiction, on radio and TV.
21:00
Tracks—Series 1: Origin, Origin: Episode Nine
9/9Final episode in the conspiracy thriller by Matthew Broughton. Starring Romola Garai.
21:45
Goodnight, Vienna—The Last Train, by Jo Baker
1/3Will Leah catch the last kindertransport out of Vienna?
22:00
News—25/07/2020
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
22:15
Moral Maze—The Morality of the British Empire
Engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
23:00
The 3rd Degree—Series 10, Durham University
4/6Three students from Durham University take on their professors in the upbeat quiz.
23:30
The New Japanese Poetry—Beneath and Beyond Tokyo
2/2Following the Japanese poets who are embedding poetry into the city of Tokyo.
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Late
00:00
Midnight News—26/07/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
00:15
The Way I See It—Roxane Gay and Christ's Entry into Journalism
11/3030 of the world's sharpest minds choose a work from MoMA's collection. How do they see it?
00:30
Short Works—Heart Skips
By Divya Ghelani. Pramila’s training for the skipathon does not go smoothly.
00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/07/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
01:00
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—26/07/2020
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/07/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
05:30
News Briefing—26/07/2020
The latest news from BBC Radio 4
05:43
Bells on Sunday—St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire
Bells on Sunday comes from St. Peter’s in Curdridge in Hampshire.
05:45
Profile—Professor Sarah Gilbert
Mark Coles profiles the scientist leading the Oxford University vaccine team.



























