BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 17 September 2020

LW Schedule

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Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Late

Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—17/09/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick—Episode 3
  3/5Barbara Demick's account of modern Tibet takes up the story of a novice monk.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—17/09/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—17/09/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—17/09/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—17/09/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—17/09/2020
  Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—17/09/20 - Moorland burning ban, pea vodka, harvest 2020 and deep burrowing worms
  What has happened to the promised ban on burning on peat bogs?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Brown Noddy
  Sir David Attenborough presents a seabird with a worldwide distribution, the brown noddy.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—17/09/2020
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:30
  Yesterday in Parliament—17/09/2020
  News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—Pericles
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—17/09/2020 Holy Wisdom: A Meditation
  Rev Sharon Grenham Thompson reflects on the life and legacy of Hildegard of Bingen.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Jacqueline Wilson, Women and Journalism, Pensions Campaign and Alcohol Marketing
  Author Jacqueline Wilson, lack of diversity in journalism and marketing alcohol to women.
6. 10:45
  Life Lines—Series 4, Episode 4
  4/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
7. 11:00
  Crossing Continents—Poland's Gay Pride and Prejudice
  The row over sexuality that threatens to unleash a culture war in Poland.
8. 11:30
  Songs of the Humpback Whale
  The story of Roger Payne’s best-selling environmental album, released 50 years ago.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—17/09/2020
  The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe—Episode 4
  4/5Now settled in the Nigerian civil service, Obi receives his first attempt at a bribe.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Airline Refunds; Millionaire Shop Worker; Fix Your Bike; High Street Rent; Social Care Recruitment
  The airline passengers stuck with vouchers instead of refunds for cancelled flights.
4. 12:57
  Weather—17/09/2020
  The latest weather forecast.
5. 13:00
  World at One—17/09/2020
  News, analysis and comment from BBC Radio 4.
6. 13:45
  Blood Lands—Betrayal
  4/6A family betrayal opens the door to a murder trial in a South African farming community.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—16/09/2020
  Chris is desperate for answers.
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Keeping the Wolf Out, Grandmother's Footsteps
  Crime drama set in Hungary during the Cold War. With Leo Bill and Clare Corbett.
9. 15:00
  Ramblings—The Mendips with Professor Alice Roberts
  Clare walks with TV anthropologist and academic Alice Roberts.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—MPS Society
  Kelly Mills, whose daughter has MPS, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the MPS Society
11. 15:30
  BBC National Short Story Award—BBC National Short Story Award 2020, Come Down Heavy by Jack Houston
  4/5Jack Houston's experimental story about two women living on the edge of society.
12. 16:00
  The Film Programme—Rocks
  Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson: How We Wrote Rocks.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years
  COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years.
14. 17:00
  PM—17/09/2020
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—17/09/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—17/09/2020 NHS boss defends longer coronavirus test processing times.
  The head of NHS Test and Trace insists the system is not failing.
2. 18:30
  John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme—Series 5, Episode 1
  1/6An unlikely wager, a troubled bluesman and a rip-roaring adventure on the high seas.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—17/09/2020
  Alice reveals her secret.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Rocks, Phoebe Stuckes, Eley Williams
  New film Rocks, Poet Phoebe Stuckes, and the JK Rowling controversy.
5. 19:45
  Life Lines—Series 4, Episode 4
  4/5Al Smith's award-winning drama series set in an ambulance control room.
6. 20:00
  The Briefing Room—Covid-19: Six Months On
  It's been six months since lockdown was introduced - what have we learned about Covid-19?
7. 20:30
  In Business—Building Back Better
  How can businesses ensure our recovery from Covid is green?
8. 21:00
  BBC Inside Science—COVID-19 in Winter, Acoustics of Stonehenge and Dog years
  COVID-19 in winter; acoustics of Stonehenge; dog years.
9. 21:30
  In Our Time—Pericles
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the celebrated Athenian statesman and orator.
10. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Head of NHS test and trace denies system is failing
  Figures reveal people waiting longer for coronavirus test results in England
11. 22:45
  No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe—Episode 4
  4/5Now settled in the Nigerian civil service, Obi receives his first attempt at a bribe.
12. 23:00
  The Skewer—Series 2, Episode 1
  1/6Jon Holmes's extraordinary Skewer returns to twist itself into these extraordinary times.
13. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—17/09/2020
  News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—18/09/2020
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Eat the Buddha by Barbara Demick—Episode 4
  4/5In Barbara Demick's evocative account of modern Tibet, Ngaba's women take up the story.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—18/09/2020
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—18/09/2020
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—18/09/2020
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—18/09/2020
  Spiritual reflection with Fr John McLuckie of Old St Paul's Episcopal Church, Edinburgh.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—18/09/20 Lords review the Agriculture Bill, RSPCA on welfare standards of food imports, perry cider, cider lake
  The House of Lords is having its say on the Agriculture Bill, and it has lots to say.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Red-winged Blackbird
  Sir David Attenborough presents the North American red-winged blackbird.

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