LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—26/05/2016
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room, Episode 3
3/5 It all began with a rabbit, so the bonesetter's story goes. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/05/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—26/05/2016
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/05/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/05/2016
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/05/2016
Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers.
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05:45
Farming Today—Microbeads harming marine life, woodcock decline and fruit packaging
Renewed calls for a ban on plastic microbeads which harm marine life.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Marsh Tit
Martin Hughes-Games presents the marsh tit. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—26/05/2016
Includes Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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08:31
Yesterday in Parliament—26/05/2016
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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09:00
In Our Time—The Gettysburg Address
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863.
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09:45
Daily Service—26/05/2016
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music, led by Becky Harris.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Kate Beckinsale, Facebook, Catholic priests and marriage, Baroness Scotland
Love & Friendship, Nicola Mendelsohn, married to a priest, Commonwealth secretary general.
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10:45
Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City—Mary Ann in Autumn, Episode 4
4/5 DeDe accompanies Mary Ann to her surgery while Jake makes a big decision.
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11:00
From Our Own Correspondent—Death From Above
Reporters' despatches from around the world. The Taliban leader killed in a drone strike.
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11:30
Blue Canvas : The Artist Miles Davis
A musical portrait of how the jazz trumpeter Miles Davis became a painter in later life.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—26/05/2016
National and international news and the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Home Front—26 May 1916 - Adam Wilson
The Wilsons prepare to leave Devonshire.
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12:15
You and Yours—FRSB, Bad gardeners
Four major charities are found to have broken the fundraising code of practice.
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12:57
Weather—26/05/2016
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—26/05/2016
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
England: Made in the Middle—4. Radical Midlands
4/5 The political gestures from England鈥檚 radical middle that redefined the world's history.
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14:00
The Archers—25/05/2016
Fallon and Kirsty get their heads together. (R)
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14:15
The Headline Ballads—The Island, the Sea, the Volunteer and the Refugee
Poet Louise Wallwein responds to what she has seen and heard working as a volunteer on Kos
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15:00
Ramblings—Series 33, The Essex Way
Clare Balding meets four women about to embark on walking the Essex Way in three days.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—SolarAid
Ian McEwan presents an appeal on behalf of SolarAid. (R)
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15:30
Open Book—Kit de Waal, Researching novels, Counter-factual fiction.
Mariella Frostrup talks to Kit de Waal about her novel My Name Is Leon. (R)
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16:00
The Film Programme—Whit Stillman and Jane Austen
Whit Stillman on Jane Austen's unfinished novella.
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16:30
大象传媒 Inside Science—GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue
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17:00
PM—26/05/2016
Coverage and analysis of the day's news.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—26/05/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—26/05/2016 Net migration to UK reaches second highest level
Focus of EU referendum campaign shifts to immigration
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18:30
Paul Sinha's History Revision—Series 2, Women
1/4 Paul Sinha looks at the forgotten women of history, whose stories were not told at school.
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19:00
The Archers—26/05/2016
Lilian and Jennifer go shopping.
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19:15
Front Row—Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria
With guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer.
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19:45
Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City—Mary Ann in Autumn, Episode 4
4/5 DeDe accompanies Mary Ann to her surgery while Jake makes a big decision. (R)
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20:00
The Briefing Room—The New IRA
Who are the New IRA - the dissident republicans who pose a substantial threat to Britain?
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20:30
The Bottom Line—EU Referendum
Whether it is trade deals or red tape, how does EU membership help or hinder UK business?
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21:00
大象传媒 Inside Science—GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue (R)
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21:30
In Our Time—The Gettysburg Address
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863. (R)
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21:58
Weather—26/05/2016
Weather information.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Trump 'clinches Republican nomination'
Donald Trump claims he has secured sufficient delegates to win the Republican nomination.
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22:45
Book at Bedtime—The Bricks That Built the Houses, The Heist
4/5 Harry and Leon are on their way to a big drug deal, but things do not feel quite right.
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23:00
52 First Impressions with David Quantick—Series 2, Episode 4
4/4 Writer David Quantick on the people he鈥檚 met and the impressions they've made.
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23:30
Today in Parliament—26/05/2016
Susan Hulme reports from Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—27/05/2016
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—In the Bonesetter's Waiting Room, Episode 4
4/5 The fish doctors who claim to treat asthma by the most unlikely of methods. (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/05/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—27/05/2016
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/05/2016
The latest shipping forecast.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/05/2016
News from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/05/2016
Spiritual reflection to start the day with the Very Rev John Chalmers.
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05:45
Farming Today—Norway - farming without EU subsidies, Scottish tea at Chelsea, Anaerobic digesters
Farm life in Europe but outside the EU - the programme hears about the Norwegian model.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Dipper
David Attenborough presents the dipper. (R)
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