BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Friday 24 December 2021

LW Schedule

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Evening
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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—24/12/2021
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 4
  4/5Actor Stanley Tucci shares his intimate memoir of a life lived with food at its heart.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—24/12/2021
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:33
  Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—24/12/2021
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Fr Dermot Preston.
7. 05:45
  Farming Today—24/12/21 - A Feast of Festive Farming Fun
  Charlotte Smith spreads Christmas cheer with a feast of festive farming stories.
8. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Blackbird
  Chris Packham presents the blackbird.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—24/12/2021
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  Desert Island Discs—Dame Prue Leith, writer and broadcaster
  Dame Prue Leith, writer, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
3. 09:45
  Daily Service—24/12/2021 From King's College, Cambridge
  The Dean of King’s, the Rev Dr Stephen Cherry, presents a meditation for Christmas Eve.
4. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering.
  The ladies of the Posh Club Dance Club. A Musical Family Christmas. Volunteering.
5. 11:00
  Look At What You Could Have Won
  A reappraisal of the 80s TV quiz Bullseye, asking what we've lost and what we've become.
6. 11:30
  Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Away in a Mangle!
  How long will Count Arthur last in the role of Father Christmas this year?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—24/12/2021
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4, including the shipping forecast.
2. 12:04
  Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—5. The Third Gift
  5/5Joseph is ill. Mary is there. Gabriel watches over them both.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Call You and Yours - What's changed for the better for you in 2021?
  What's changed for the better for you in 2021?
4. 12:57
  Weather—24/12/2021
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—24/12/2021
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Jonny Dymond.
6. 13:45
  The Hackers—Series 1, Broken
  10/10Biella discovers why simply repairing your own device may make you a hacker.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—23/12/2021
  Someone comes knocking for Alan
8. 14:15
  Pilgrim by Sebastian Baczkiewicz—The Winter Queen, 2. Blizzard
  2/2Pilgrim searches for the mysterious Mrs Bronson as a fierce blizzard hits Melcombe.
9. 15:00
  A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols—Christmas 2021
  A service of carols, hymns, and readings live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
10. 16:30
  Last Word—bell hooks (pictured), Shirley McGreal, Lionel Blair, Melvin Van Peebles
  Julian Worricker on a writer, a conservationist, an entertainer, a film director.
11. 17:00
  PM—24/12/2021
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
12. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—24/12/2021 Another surge in Covid cases
  Officials encouraged by data suggesting omicron is less likely to cause serious illness
2. 18:15
  Dead Ringers—Christmas Specials 2021, The Multiverse Special
  3/3A special where the team look back at 2021 in various alternate earths in the multiverse.
3. 19:00
  Lemn Sissay's Poetry Rebels—The Establishment Poets
  4/5How have the rebel poets stormed the establishment? Lemn Sissay charts their rise.
4. 19:15
  Screenshot—Christmas
  Ellen and Mark explore festive screen favourites It's A Wonderful Life and Second Coming.
5. 20:00
  Loose Ends—Loose Ends Lounge: Fryars, Joy Crookes, Damon Albarn, Kathryn Williams, Jackson Browne, Kitti, Glenn Tilbrook and more..
  Clive Anderson with a choice of some of the best Loose Ends music performances.
6. 20:50
  A Point of View—The Sea at Christmas
  Howard Jacobson stares out to sea....and ponders the 'mysterious nexus of sea and Santa'.
7. 21:00
  With Great Pleasure—Barry Humphries
  Barry Humphries exchanges poetry and prose with Miriam Margolyes and Rob Brydon.
8. 22:00
  The Reunion—Love Actually
  Kirsty Wark reunites some of the stars of the 2003 Christmas film Love Actually.
9. 22:45
  Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—5. The Third Gift
  5/5Joseph is ill. Mary is there. Gabriel watches over them both.
10. 23:00
  Soul Music—O Holy Night
  The carol that touched the lives of the former Archbishop of York and singer, Katie Melua.
11. 23:30
  Midnight Mass
  Midnight Mass with celebrant and preacher the Right Rev John Arnold, bishop of Salford.
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Late
1. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—25/12/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
2. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—25/12/2021
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
3. 05:34
  Shipping Forecast—25/12/2021
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—25/12/2021
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Rev Azariah France-Williams.
5. 05:45
  Four Thought—Brain Matters
  Beth Stevens talks about the brain cells most people have never heard of.

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