BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Tuesday 29 August 2023

LW Schedule

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—29/08/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  How to Build Impossible Things by Mark Ellison—I Am a Carpenter
  1/5New York’s carpenter to the rich and famous reflects on his career.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—29/08/2023
  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—29/08/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—29/08/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—29/08/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—29/08/23 Harvest 2023, grapes in Devon, peatland restoration
  The hottest June on record, then weeks of wet weather - how will this year’s harvest be?
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Thrush Nightingale
  Brett Westwood presents the thrush nightingale.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  Today—29/08/2023
  News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
2. 09:00
  The Life Scientific—Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
  Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
3. 09:30
  One to One—Aleighcia Scott's Reggae Heroes: Chris 'Peckings' Price
  Aleighcia Scott speaks to Chris Price about his family's contribution to reggae in the UK.
4. 09:45
  Daily Service—Change - The lowest place
  Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Sister Gemma Simmonds
5. 10:00
  Woman's Hour—Sarah Beeny, Rebekah Staton, Spanish football kiss update, Deborah Bonello on Narcas
  TV presenter Sarah Beeny on what home means to her, and her breast cancer journey.
6. 11:00
  The Archbishop Interviews—Shirine Khoury-Haq
  Archbishop Justin Welby has conversations with public figures about their inner lives.
7. 11:30
  The Art of Relativity
  Einstein's theory of relativity revolutionised science. But how did it transform the arts?
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Shipping Forecast—29/08/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
2. 12:04
  You and Yours—Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?
  Call You & Yours: How confident at recycling are you?
3. 12:57
  Weather—29/08/2023
  The latest weather forecast
4. 13:00
  World at One—29/08/2023
  Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.
5. 13:45
  Animal—Shapeshifters
  Fluid, noisy, flouting the rules. Blair Braverman discovers that the ocean is queer.
6. 14:00
  The Archers—28/08/2023
  Jazzer makes a promise he might not be able to keep.
7. 14:15
  This Thing of Darkness—Series 2, Part 3
  3/7What happens if we can’t recover from past trauma?
8. 15:00
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 41, Tunbridge Wells
  5/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
9. 15:30
  A Very British Cult—8. The Showdown
  Catrin finally confronts Lighthouse's leader as the organisation ends up in court.
10. 16:00
  Moving Pictures—A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet
  A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
11. 16:30
  Great Lives—Ludwig Koch
  Chris Watson on Ludwig Koch
12. 17:00
  PM—29/08/2023
  Afternoon news and current affairs programme
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—29/08/2023
  The latest shipping forecast
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—29/08/2023 Hundreds more flights cancelled after air traffic technical fault
  National Air Traffic Services has apologised for disruption at UK's busiest airports
2. 18:30
  The Ultimate Choice—Series 1, 6. Churchill v Teletubby
  6/6Steph McGovern seeks answers to great questions of our age. With Chris McCausland.
3. 19:00
  The Archers—29/08/2023
  Brad knocks heads together.
4. 19:15
  Add to Playlist—Series 5, Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen take us from Azerbaijan to Dover
  Anne Dudley and Ruairi Glasheen explore a popular Bach classic
5. 20:00
  File on 4 Investigates—A Different Class: Excluded kids lured into crime
  Children who are excluded from school are being targetted by gangs to sell drugs
6. 20:40
  In Touch—The IBSA World Games
  The International Blind Sports Federation hosted the World Games in Birmingham.
7. 21:00
  Political Animals—Mole-Rat Queens and Genital Power
  2/3Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype.
8. 21:30
  The Life Scientific—Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
  Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
9. 22:00
  The World Tonight—Air traffic chaos blamed on 'technical issue'
  The UK's National Air Traffic Service tells us why hundreds of flight are cancelled.
10. 22:45
  Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney—Episode 2
  2/5Poems read by Bríd Brennan, Adrian Dunbar and Stephen Rea.
11. 23:00
  Call Jonathan Pie—Call Jonathan Pie Series 1, 1: The BBC
  Pie's unleashed on the public as a last minute stand-in.
12. 23:30
  Call Jonathan Pie—2. Money
  Pie airs his spicy views on money and private education.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—30/08/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  How to Build Impossible Things by Mark Ellison—High School Dropout
  2/5New York’s carpenter to the rich and famous reflects on his career.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—30/08/2023
  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—30/08/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—30/08/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—30/08/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Shaunaka Rishi Das
8. 05:45
  Farming Today—30/08/23 Border controls; new tech for growing potatoes; tractor driving during harvest
  The UK government announces new border controls for imported goods from the EU.
9. 05:58
  Tweet of the Day—Toco Tucan
  Chris Packham presents the South American toco tucan.

Wednesday 30 August 2023