LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—17/04/2012
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Besieged: Life Under Fire in a Sarajevo Street, Episode 1
1/5 Bellicose rumbles are denied.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—17/04/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—17/04/2012
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—17/04/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—17/04/2012
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—17/04/2012
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Monsignor Tony Rogers.
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05:45
Farming Today—17/04/2012
Each day millions of litres of water are being pumped into rivers to save wildlife.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—17/04/2012
Debating fracking, drugs in prison, the Bahrain F1, and the final days of Philip Gould.
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08:31
Yesterday in Parliament—17/04/2012
Susan Hulme with the day's top news stories from Westminster.
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09:00
The Public Philosopher—Series 1, Should we bribe people to be healthy?
3/3 Questioning the morality of paying people to lose weight, quit smoking or abandon alcohol.
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09:45
Daily Service—17/04/2012
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music. Led by the Rev Steven Benson.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Mary Beard
Historian Mary Beard. Plus, is 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway' a feminist classic?
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10:45
15 Minute Drama—Tomorrow the Catwalk, Episode 2
2/5 Katie starts work on the Burnsides order, while Terry starts her rehabilitation.
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11:00
Nature—Series 6, Lamprey
Brett Westwood discovers how the fortunes of Britain's lampreys could be improving.
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11:30
Balalaika Born Again
The new expanding sound world of Russian virtuoso balalaika player, Alexey Arhipovskiy.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—17/04/2012
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
You and Yours—Call You and Yours: Can horse racing be made safer?
Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. Can horse racing be made safer?
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12:57
Weather—17/04/2012
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—17/04/2012
Abu Qatada, conservatory tax, Neil Heywood and Anders Breivik. Presented by Martha Kearney
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13:45
Shakespeare's Restless World—2. Communion and Conscience
2/20 Neil MacGregor uses the Stratford Chalice to explore the world in Shakespeare's time.
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14:00
The Archers—16/04/2012
Usha is keen to engineer a meeting.
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14:15
Drama on 4—DeLorean
The ambitious story of John DeLorean's gull-winged sports car built in Belfast. (R)
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15:00
Making History—17/04/2012
Helen Castor with more of your stories that are changing the way we see the past.
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15:30
Costing the Earth—Britain in Flames
Is the UK ready for a new season of wildfires? Tom Heap investigates.
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16:00
Word of Mouth—17/04/2012
Chris Ledgard examines how trademark law can control the language of the Olympic games.
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16:30
Great Lives—Gertrude Stein
Erin Pizzey chooses Gertrude Stein. With Diana Souhami. Presented by Matthew Parris.
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17:00
PM—17/04/2012
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—17/04/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—17/04/2012
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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18:30
Ed Reardon's Week—Series 8, It's a Nude Nude Nude Nude World
3/6 Jaz Milvain asks Ed to curate a moving tribute for his 'surprise' 60th birthday bash.
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19:00
The Archers—17/04/2012
Brian squares up to his opponents.
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19:15
Front Row—Irvine Welsh; Bob Marley film; Orange Prize shortlist
John Wilson meets novelist Irvine Welsh; Bob Marley documentary; Orange Prize shortlist.
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19:45
Shakespeare's Restless World—2. Communion and Conscience
2/20 Neil MacGregor uses the Stratford Chalice to explore the world in Shakespeare's time.
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20:00
My Name Is Not 'Hey Baby'
Yasmeen Khan reports on new initiatives to counter sexual harassment and assault.
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20:40
In Touch—17/04/2012
Kirsten Hearn and Geoff Adams-Spink join Peter White to offer tips for newly blind people.
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21:00
Inside Health—Whooping cough, maternal deaths, blushing, intestinal transit
Dr Mark Porter on why whooping cough is making a comeback.
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21:30
The Public Philosopher—Series 1, Should we bribe people to be healthy?
3/3 Questioning the morality of paying people to lose weight, quit smoking or abandon alcohol.
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21:58
Weather—17/04/2012
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—17/04/2012
The Home Secretary tells MPs that Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—The House on Paradise Street, Episode 2
2/10 Antigone decides to come to Greece for son Nikitas's funeral, after nearly 60 years away.
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23:00
Richard Herring's Objective—Series 1, Dolly the Sheep
4/4 Richard Herring examines why we hate the idea of cloning without really understanding it. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—17/04/2012
The Home Secretary sets out her plans to deport the radical cleric Abu Qatada.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—18/04/2012
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Besieged: Life Under Fire in a Sarajevo Street, Episode 2
2/5 A death in one of Logavina Street's families.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/04/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—18/04/2012
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/04/2012
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—18/04/2012
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—18/04/2012
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Monsignor Tony Rogers.
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05:45
Farming Today—18/04/2012
Does horticulture have an image problem? Teenagers say it's a career for underachievers.
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