BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 30 January 2021

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/01/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer—Ep 5 - The Photograph
  5/5Esther Safran Foer finds answers and a sense of belonging emerges.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—30/01/2021
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/01/2021
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/01/2021
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard.
8. 05:45
  Soundstage—The Lek
  Chris Watson captures the sounds of Black Grouse during an extraordinary performance.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—30/01/2021
  The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
2. 06:07
  Open Country—Julia Blackburn and the Suffolk coast
  Helen Mark talks to the writer Julia Blackburn about her love of the Suffolk coastline.
3. 06:30
  Farming Today—30/01/21: Farming Today This Week; Dairy production, Badger Cull, Heather Burning
  At the end of Veganuary we take a look at dairy farming, and the end of the badger cull.
4. 06:57
  Weather—30/01/2021
  The latest weather forecast
5. 07:00
  Today—30/01/2021
  Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
6. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Mary Portas and Adrian Dunbar
  Food writer Ella Risbridger and listener Mark Davies.
7. 10:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 31, Home Economics: Episode 25
  6/7Jay Rayner hosts the culinary panel show.
8. 11:00
  The Week in Westminster—30/01/2021
  Isabel Hardman looks back at the political week.
9. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—Brazil's Steady Stream of Grief
  Manaus buries its dead as a brutal second wave rages through the Amazonian city.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—30/01/2021
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  Money Box—Self-employment income support scheme discrimination claims
  Mothers go to court claiming discrimination in the self-employed income support scheme.
3. 12:30
  The News Quiz—Series 104, Episode 5
  5/8A satirical review of the week's news with Andy Zaltzman
4. 12:57
  Weather—30/01/2021
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  News—30/01/2021
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
6. 13:10
  Any Questions?—Caroline Dinenage MP, Lord Hogan-Howe, Sarah Jones MP, Kirsty Williams MS
  Chris Mason presents political debate and discussion.
7. 14:00
  Any Answers?—30/01/2021
  Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?
8. 14:45
  One to One—The Dream of Success: Rosie Millard and actor Ben Hopwood
  The long standing arts journalist explores why some reject ‘the dream’.
9. 15:00
  Drama on 4—First Out
  David Eldridge's play about estranged identical twins coping with their parents' death.
10. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour - Samantha Cameron; Rhod Gilbert on male fertility; Afro hair and discrimination
  Samantha Cameron, Rhod Gilbert on male fertility, afro hair and discrimination.
11. 17:00
  PM—30/01/2021
  Full coverage of the day's news
12. 17:30
  Political Thinking with Nick Robinson—30/01/2021
  Nick Robinson interviews new business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng.
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—30/01/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
14. 17:57
  Weather—30/01/2021
  The latest weather forecast.
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—30/01/2021 EU 'made a mistake' over Covid vaccines, says Gove
  Michael Gove said the EU made a 'mistake' triggering emergency vaccine export controls.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Petula Clark, Marian Keyes, Melanie Challenger, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Steve Earle, Tunng, YolanDa Brown, Clive Anderson
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Anders Holch Povlsen
  Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner.
4. 19:15
  Grounded with Louis Theroux—18. Leah Remini
  Louis speaks to actor and ex-Scientologist Leah Remini.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Easier Than Curing a Toothache? The Story of Lobotomy
  Claire Prentice looks at the history of a notorious medical procedure - lobotomy.
6. 21:00
  Brief Lives—Series 9, Episode 1
  1/4Legal series returns.
7. 21:45
  The Why Factor—Time Perception
  Mike Williams asks why some weeks just fly by but sometimes minutes can seem like hours?
8. 22:00
  News—30/01/2021
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
9. 22:15
  The Spark—Tim Spector and Food Myths
  Helen Lewis meets people offering radical solutions to the big problems of our times.
10. 23:00
  Counterpoint—Series 34, Heat 8
  8/13Another trio of music lovers joins Paul Gambaccini for the contest of musical knowledge.
11. 23:30
  Poetry Please—Murray Lachlan Young
  Performance poet Murray Lachlan Young makes his selection of listeners' requests
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—31/01/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Disability: A New History—Doing and Being
  6/10Peter White finds that disabled people were everywhere in the 19th-century workplace.
3. 00:30
  Short Works—Where Joy Gone? by Ingrid Persaud
  Lani brings food to her mother in the care home.
4. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—31/01/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
5. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—31/01/2021
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
6. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—31/01/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
7. 05:30
  News Briefing—31/01/2021
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
8. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfred, Ripon, in North Yorkshire
  Bells on Sunday comes from the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Wilfred, Ripon.
9. 05:45
  Profile—Anders Holch Povlsen
  Danish billionaire, ASOS shareholder and Scotland’s biggest private landowner.

Sunday 31 January 2021