LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—09/03/2016
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Seamus Heaney's Aeneid Book VI, Episode 2
2/5 Ian McKellen reads Seamus Heaney's newly published translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—09/03/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—09/03/2016
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—09/03/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—09/03/2016
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—09/03/2016
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shirley Jenner.
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05:45
Farming Today—Future of Dairy
What future for dairy farmers as the global milk glut continues?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Chiffchaff
Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—09/03/2016
Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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08:31
Yesterday in Parliament—09/03/2016
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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09:00
Midweek—Henry Blofeld, Emma Johnson, Pedro Algorta, Davis Miller
Libby Purves meets commentator Henry Blofeld and clarinettist Emma Johnson.
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09:45
Daily Service—09/03/2016
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Andrew Graystone.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Toilets and gender equality, Domestic violence against men, Female squash player who competed as a boy
Is the position of women in society reflected in its toilets?
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10:41
15 Minute Drama—Jane Eyre, Episode 8
8/10 Jane runs from Thornfield and Rochester. She has barely eaten and is sleeping on the moors
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10:55
The Listening Project—Jason and Kim - The Person, Not the Disability
Disability need be no bar to employment.
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11:00
Out of the Ordinary—Series 4, The Red Pill
1/3 Jolyon Jenkins on men fighting a liberation war against what they see as female oppression
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11:30
A Charles Paris Mystery—A Decent Interval, Episode 1
Bill Nighy stars as actor cum amateur sleuth Charles Paris in a dramatic murder mystery.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—09/03/2016
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Museum of Lost Objects—The Genie of Nimrud
On the murky trail of a missing genie, last seen in the ancient Assyrian palace of Nimrud
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12:15
You and Yours—Anti-pollution cosmetics, Fundraising Preference Service, Pitching a novel
Winifred Robinson discusses proposals for a new Fundraising Preference Service.
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12:57
Weather—09/03/2016
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—09/03/2016
Rigorous analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Mark Mardell.
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13:45
Incarnations: India in 50 Lives—Gandhi: In The Palm of Our Hands
A portrait of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian nationalist movement
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14:00
The Archers—08/03/2016
Helen puts her foot in it. (R)
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14:15
Drama on 4—The Reserve Rope, The Reserve Rope - Episode 1
1/2 Damian Lewis stars as Edward Whymper - the first man to conquer the Matterhorn
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15:00
Money Box—Money Box Live: Rethinking the State Pension
How would you create the state pension from scratch?
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15:30
Inside Health—Dementia advice, Antidepressants, Transplant organs, Vaginal seeding
Antidepressants - how do you know when you are better and can stop taking them? (R)
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—Small towns, Patient rescue and resuscitation
A study of Todmorden. Also, the rescue and resuscitation of chronic patients.
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16:30
The Media Show—Charlotte Moore, Turkish press crackdown, Concern about 大象传媒 independence
Including the 大象传媒's new controller of TV channels and iPlayer Charlotte Moore.
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17:00
PM—09/03/2016
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—09/03/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/03/2016 Palace complains about Queen 'Brexit' story
Buckingham Palace has formally complained about a Sun story saying the Queen backs Brexit
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18:30
Chain Reaction—Series 11, 3. Ian Hislop interviews Victoria Coren-Mitchell
3/6 Comedian and satirist Ian Hislop talks to writer and presenter Victoria Coren-Mitchell.
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19:00
The Archers—09/03/2016
Lilian has a brainwave.
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19:15
Front Row—Remembering George Martin, Anna Meredith, Motown the Musical, The Witch
Composer David Arnold and comedian Bernard Cribbins on the late producer George Martin.
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19:45
15 Minute Drama—Jane Eyre, Episode 8
8/10 Jane runs from Thornfield and Rochester. She has barely eaten and is sleeping on the moors (R)
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20:00
Moral Maze—Is Science Morally Neutral?
Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by Michael Buerk.
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20:45
Lent Talks—The Garden
Journalist and author Madeleine reflects on Jesus's last night in the garden of Gethsemane
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21:00
Costing the Earth—New York's Big Green Clean
Tom Heap visits New York to find out how the city is cleaning up its dirty waterways. (R)
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21:30
Midweek—Henry Blofeld, Emma Johnson, Pedro Algorta, Davis Miller
Libby Purves meets commentator Henry Blofeld and clarinettist Emma Johnson. (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—Why have there been "significantly high" death rates in 19 of England's NHS Trusts?
We have a special investigation
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22:45
15 Minute Drama—The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, David
3/5 Award-winning writer Rachel Joyce's first novel told Harold's story. This is Queenie's.
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23:00
The Croft & Pearce Show—Episode 1
1/4 Sketch show from award-winning duo Croft and Pearce, rising stars of UK comedy.
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23:15
History Retweeted—The Premiere of Romeo and Juliet
2/4 Up-and-coming playwright Billy Shakespeare ponders how his new work will be received. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—09/03/2016
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster, where it is a day of defeats for the government.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—10/03/2016
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Seamus Heaney's Aeneid Book VI, Episode 3
3/5 Ian McKellen reads Seamus Heaney's newly published translation of Virgil's Aeneid Book VI. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—10/03/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—10/03/2016
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—10/03/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—10/03/2016
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—10/03/2016
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day, with Shirley Jenner.
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05:45
Farming Today—Inquiry into basic payments
The head of the Rural Payments Agency is quizzed by MPs over problems in the system.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Nuthatch
Bill Oddie presents the nuthatch. (R)
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