BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Wednesday 9 February 2022

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—09/02/2022
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff—2. Cicero's Tears
  2/5What is Cicero to do when tragedy strikes and his philosophy of stoicism fails to console?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—09/02/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—09/02/2022
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—09/02/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—09/02/2022
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—09/02/2022
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev Dr Stephen Wigley.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—09/02/22 Australian trade deal, The Fast and the Farmer-ish, young livestock auctioneers
  Farming groups express concerns over the Australian trade deal.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Sarah Harris on the Blackbird
  Sarah Harris recalls the excitement of watching clouds of migrating blackbirds arrive.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—09/02/2022
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—09/02/2022
  News from Westminster and beyond with Susan Hulme.
3. 09:00
  More or Less—The prime minister in statistical bother
  Boris Johnson has been ticked off for misleading Parliament on jobs and on crime.
4. 09:30
  The Death of Nuance—Regaining Nuance
  5/5Oliver Burkeman asks how we can recover our nuance.
5. 09:45
  Daily Service—09/02/2022 The struggle – with power
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Canon Steve Williams.
6. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Marian Keyes, Women making crypto art, Self-harm in women's prisons
  The bestselling novelist on revisiting a much-loved character in new book Again, Rachel
7. 11:00
  This Union—Being Welsh, Episode 3
  3/3Jeremy Bowen returns home to Wales in search of what it means to be Welsh.
8. 11:30
  Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends—Tap dancer Gene Kelly
  Matthew Morrison talks to Oti Mabuse about his dancing legend - Gene Kelly.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Shipping Forecast—09/02/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
2. 12:04
  Piranesi by Susanna Clarke—3. Papers
  3/10Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper - and a meeting makes him uneasy.
3. 12:18
  You and Yours—Dental Crisis, Car Clubs and Council Tax
  Would you get rid of your vehicle and join a car club instead?
4. 12:57
  Weather—09/02/2022
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—09/02/2022
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
6. 13:45
  Lemn Sissay's Poetry Rebels—The Slam Poets
  3/5Lemn Sissay explores the biggest innovation in poetry of the last 50 years - the slam.
7. 14:00
  The Archers—08/02/2022
  Wires are crossed for Chelsea.
8. 14:15
  Limelight—Siege, Episode 3
  3/5You've seen the news, the blogs, and the pics. Now the hostages tell the inside story.
9. 14:45
  Little Lifetimes by Jenny Eclair—Series 5, The Book Club
  3/4Jenny Eclair's comic monologue stars Lucy Robinson.
10. 15:00
  Money Box—Energy Cap Lowdown
  Adam Shaw, listeners and experts discuss the Energy Cap measures and their impact.
11. 15:30
  Inside Health—Pig organs for transplant patients
  We talk to the doctor behind the first successful pig heart to human operation.
12. 16:00
  The Backlog—Episode 1 - Demand
  The Economist's Health Policy Editor Natasha Loder explores solutions to the NHS backlog
13. 16:30
  The Media Show—How digital sleuths changed journalism
  Exposing the truth behind drone strikes and human rights abuses.
14. 17:00
  PM—09/02/2022
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—09/02/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—09/02/2022 Covid isolation in England could end this month
  All remaining Covid rules in England could be scrapped a month earlier than planned.
2. 18:30
  Conversations from a Long Marriage—Series 1, 2. Sally's Your Friend
  2/4Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam play a long-married couple with a broken-hearted house guest
3. 19:00
  The Archers—09/02/2022
  Tom takes some emotional steps.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Drive My Car film review, Shakespeare's problem plays, the Great Yarmouth arts scene
  Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's films Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy reviewed.
5. 20:00
  Moral Maze—What's our moral responsibility to the future?
  Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. #moralmaze
6. 20:45
  Witness History—A Polish Odyssey
  One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War Two.
7. 21:00
  Sketches: Stories of Art and People—Legacy
  True stories of life-changing encounters with art in all its forms.
8. 21:30
  The Media Show—How digital sleuths changed journalism
  Exposing the truth behind drone strikes and human rights abuses.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Remaining covid restrictions to go earlier than expected
  England would be first country in Europe to ditch self-isolation rules
10. 22:45
  Piranesi by Susanna Clarke—3. Papers
  3/10Piranesi finds mysterious scraps of paper - and a meeting makes him uneasy.
11. 23:00
  Bunk Bed—Series 9, Episode 5
  5/8Why not having a tail is human beings' greatest loss.
12. 23:15
  The John Moloney Show—Series 5, Speaking in Public
  3/4Stand-up John Moloney, returns to the stage to do what he does best - tell funny stories.
13. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—09/02/2022
  News from Westminster with Susan Hulme.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—10/02/2022
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  On Consolation by Michael Ignatieff—3. The Painting of Time
  3/5Meditations on consolation turn to El Greco's 16th century depiction of Paradise.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—10/02/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—10/02/2022
  A selection of BBC World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—10/02/2022
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—10/02/2022
  The latest news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—10/02/2022
  A reflection and prayer to start the day with the Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—10/02/2022 Farm retirement payments, dairy sales, online livestock auctions
  Farming’s golden handshake to ‘shake up’ opportunities for new farmers.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Collared Dove
  David Attenborough presents the collared dove.

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