BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Thursday 15 June 2023

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—15/06/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Marianna in Conspiracyland—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1, 3. Trestle Tables for Truth
  Where does all the anger come from?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—15/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—World Service
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—15/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—15/06/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—15/06/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—15/06/23 Tree planting targets; Environmental Land Management Schemes; Gamekeeping
  Tree-planting targets; ELMs and income foregone; Gamekeeping on an agricultural estate.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Carry Akroyd and the Snipe
  Although Carry Akroyd grew up in the country, only in adulthood did she hear a snipe.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—15/06/2023
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 08:31
  Yesterday in Parliament—15/06/2023
  Yesterday in parliament with Sean Curran.
3. 09:00
  In Our Time—Death in Venice
  Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Thomas Mann's novella of 1912.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—Great Women – like Ruth gleaning
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Canon Rachel Mann.
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Synthetic embryos, Suzie Fletcher, Eco-anxiety, Lynzy Billing
  Scientists have created synthetic human embryos that sidestep the need for eggs or sperm.
6. 11:00
  From Our Own Correspondent—The Myanmar Soldiers Refusing to Fight
  As civil war grips Myanmar, soldiers are defecting to avoid killing their own people.
7. 11:30
  A Good Read—Zing Tsjeng and Yomi Ṣode
  A journalist and a poet on their favourite books.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  News Summary—15/06/2023
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Gap Finder - Mark Neale from Mountain Warehouse
  This week's Gap Finder is Mark Neale, founder and chief executive of Mountain Warehouse.
3. 12:32
  Sliced Bread—UV Sterilisers
  Do UV sterilisers really clean your belongings by shining a light over them?
4. 12:57
  Weather—15/06/2023
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  World at One—15/06/2023
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
6. 13:45
  Close Encounters—Alexa Chung and George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
  Martha Kearney hosts British celebrities past and present at the National Portrait Gallery
7. 14:00
  The Archers—14/06/2023
  Stella finds herself at a crossroads.
8. 14:15
  Drama on 4—Undercover - Close to Home Episode 2
  Cath Staincliffe's three part detective series set in the world of covert operations.
9. 15:00
  Ramblings—Tree to Tree Trekking
  Martin Hügi is walking from Land's End to John O'Groats visiting ancient trees en route.
10. 15:27
  Radio 4 Appeal—Book Aid International
  Journalist Rageh Omaar makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Book Aid International.
11. 15:30
  Open Book—Leila Slimani, Nii Ayikwei Parkes, Kalaf Epalanga
  Johny Pitts talks to Leila Slimani about her new novel Watch Us Dance.
12. 16:00
  Buying a British Dad
  Fake fathers: the immigration scam that is hiding in plain sight.
13. 16:30
  BBC Inside Science—The Kakhovka dam and global food security
  A week on from the disaster what are the long-term implications for Ukraine and the globe?
14. 17:00
  PM—15/06/2023
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
15. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—15/06/2023
  The latest shipping forecast
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—15/06/2023 The Privileges Committee has released its report
  A committee of MPs has concluded that Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament
2. 18:30
  Unite—Series 2, Macbeth
  3/6Tony's campaign to become a councillor runs into problems after he joins an am dram group.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—15/06/2023
  Kirsty has huge reservations.
4. 19:15
  Front Row—Glenda Jackson remembered, Wayne McGregor, Black Mirror reviewed
  Glenda Jackson remembered, Wayne McGregor and Black Mirror reviewed.
5. 20:00
  The Law Show—The new Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, Alex Chalk KC MP
  The Justice secretary's plans and challenges; judicial diversity; working with Parkinson's
6. 20:30
  The Bottom Line—Flying Circus?
  Has the airline industry managed to solve the issues which caused travel chaos last year?
7. 21:00
  This Cultural Life—Glenda Jackson
  Actor Glenda Jackson reveals the influences that inspired her work on stage and screen.
8. 21:45
  The Museums That Make Us—PK Porthcurno - Museum of Global Communications
  Neil MacGregor tours Britain's museums to explore how the past tells us who we want to be.
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Boris Johnson deliberately misled on Partygate, MPs find
  MPs find Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties
10. 22:45
  Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton—Episode 4
  4/10Tony Gallo is furious when Birnam Wood votes to accept funding from billionaire Lemoine.
11. 23:00
  Rylan: How to Be...—How to Be a Man, Mark Ormrod
  Rylan talks to Royal Marine and Paralympian Mark Ormrod.
12. 23:30
  Today in Parliament—15/06/2023
  Sean Curran reports as MPs react to the report that found Boris Johnson lied to parliament
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—16/06/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Marianna in Conspiracyland—Marianna in Conspiracyland 1, 4. The Conspiracy Theory Newspaper
  Who is the man behind The Light?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—16/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
4. 01:00
  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes—World Service
  BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
5. 05:20
  Shipping Forecast—16/06/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—16/06/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—16/06/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Richard Reddie.
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—16/06/23 Farm deaths, tree planting targets, estate tourism
  18 people have died on farms this year, almost double at this time last year, we ask why.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Mark Cocker on the Wood Warbler
  For nature writer Mark Cocker spring has not arrived until he hears his first wood warbler

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