BBC Radio 4 LW Schedule Saturday 23 December 2023

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Early
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—23/12/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:30
  Starborn: How the Stars Made Us and Who We Would Be Without Them by Roberto Trotta—A Black Canvas
  5/5As the night sky grows ever more polluted, how do we keep our connection with the cosmos?
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—23/12/2023
  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—23/12/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—23/12/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Prayer for the Day—23/12/2023
  A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Cardinal Vincent Nichols
8. 05:45
  New Storytellers—The Final Fanfayre
  In 1974, a young girl band from Middlesbrough made a record for their idols - The Osmonds.
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Morning
1. 06:00
  News and Papers—23/12/2023
  The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.
2. 06:07
  Open Country—Music of the Gloucestershire landscape
  Rose Ferraby finds out how the Gloucestershire landscape has inspired classical composers.
3. 06:30
  Farming Today—23/12/23 Farming Today This Week: Welsh and Scottish rural budget cuts, Dental deserts, Agricultural hiphop, The Archers' comedy
  Cuts to the rural affairs budgets and the hip-hop singer who's championing farming.
4. 06:57
  Weather—23/12/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecast
5. 07:00
  Today—Dr Nicola Fox, Head of Science at NASA, guest edits Today
  The first of this year's Christmas guest editors.
6. 09:00
  Saturday Live—Mark Gatiss, Coinneach MacLeod, Lucy Claire Dunbar, Sandi Toksvig
  The creative polymath Mark Gatiss shares his love of Christmas ghost stories.
7. 10:00
  Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny—Eddie Kadi: Kinshasa, The Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Shaun discovers rumba and a rumble with Strictly star Eddie in the Congolese capital.
8. 10:30
  The Kitchen Cabinet—Series 42, Canterbury
  6/14Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.
9. 11:00
  Living Free
  The basic income trial for 18-year-olds leaving care in Wales - what impact is it having?
10. 11:30
  From Our Own Correspondent—A Pivotal Moment in Ukraine
  Faced with waning support in the West, Ukraine is adapting its strategy in the war.
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Afternoon
1. 12:00
  Shipping Forecast—23/12/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
2. 12:04
  Money Box—Scottish Budget, Core Maths and Christmas Winners
  How will the personal finances of people in Scotland be affected by this week’s budget?
3. 12:30
  Dead Ringers—Christmas Specials 2023, Episode 2
  2/3Topical satire, featuring all the people you’d least like to have Christmas dinner with.
4. 12:57
  Weather—23/12/2023
  The latest weather forecast
5. 13:00
  News and Weather—23/12/2023
  The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4
6. 13:10
  News Review of the Year—2023
  A look back at the stories that hit the headlines in the past year.
7. 14:00
  You're Dead to Me—Shakespeare
  Greg Jenner and guests present a special edition from the Shakespeare North Playhouse.
8. 14:45
  Opening Lines—Comet in Moominland
  John Yorke takes a look at Tove Jansson's 1946 novel Comet in Moominland.
9. 15:00
  Drama on 4—Comet in Moominland
  A Comet threatens Moominvalley, and it’s down to Moomintroll to do something about it.
10. 16:00
  Woman's Hour—Weekend Woman's Hour - Gracie Spinks’s parents, Gatekeeping your perfume, Child-free women at work
  Weekend Woman's Hour: Join Jessica Creighton for highlights from this week.
11. 17:00
  PM—23/12/2023
  Full coverage of the day's news
12. 17:30
  Sliced Bread—Toast - Toys R Us
  Why did the major toy retailer Toys R Us have to close all of its UK stores in 2018?
13. 17:54
  Shipping Forecast—23/12/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
14. 17:57
  Weather—23/12/2023
  The latest weather forecast
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Evening
1. 18:00
  Six O'Clock News—23/12/2023 Israel interrogates suspected Hamas fighters in Gaza
  Israel says it's interrogating hundreds of suspected Hamas fighters in Gaza.
2. 18:15
  Loose Ends—Brian Cox, Toby Jones, Mary Beard, Richard Coles, Katherine Jenkins, Marisha Wallace, Anneka Rice, Clive Anderson
  Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
3. 19:00
  Profile—Polly Neate
  Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
4. 19:15
  The Infinite Monkey Cage—Series 28, The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night
  Brian Cox and Robin Ince team up with the Sky at Night team for some backyard astronomy.
5. 20:00
  Archive on 4—Stevie's Inner Visions
  How a car crash nearly made Stevie Wonder’s Innervisions his last creative breath.
6. 21:00
  The Reith Lectures—Ben Ansell: Our Democratic Future, 4. The Future of Prosperity
  4/4Ben Ansell concludes his series of Reith Lectures on why politics fails
7. 22:00
  News—23/12/2023
  The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4
8. 22:15
  Screenshot—Double Acts
  Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore the origins and evolution of the double act.
9. 23:00
  Counterpoint—Series 37, Heat 2, 2023-4
  2/13The general knowledge music quiz chaired by Paul Gambaccini
10. 23:30
  Limelight—Dead Hand, 3. Hierarchy of Victims
  3/5Lucy makes a breakthrough in deciphering Dead Hand’s coded broadcast.
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Late
1. 00:00
  Midnight News—24/12/2023
  The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.
2. 00:15
  Poetry Please—Jeanette Winterson
  Roger McGough is joined by Jeanette Winterson with a seasonal selection of poems.
3. 00:48
  Shipping Forecast—24/12/2023
  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—24/12/2023
  The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
6. 05:30
  News Briefing—24/12/2023
  National and international news from BBC Radio 4
7. 05:43
  Bells on Sunday—The Church of St Giles, Cripplegate in the City of London
  Bells on Sunday comes from the church of St Giles, Cripplegate in the City of London.
8. 05:45
  Profile—Polly Neate
  Polly Neate, CEO of the housing and homelessness charity Shelter.

Sunday 24 December 2023