LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—17/01/2019
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Girl With Dove, Episode 3
Sally Bayley recalls how a strange home life made her bond with characters from books
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—17/01/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—17/01/2019
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—17/01/2019
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—17/01/2019
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—17/01/2019
A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard
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05:45
Farming Today—Uncertainty over Brexit, the impact of climate change on our oceans and Welsh livestock farmers talk veganism
Farmers give their response to the political uncertainty over Brexit.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Teal
Chris Packham presents our smallest duck the teal. (R)
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Morning
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06:00
Today—17/01/2019
News and current affairs, including Yesterday in Parliament and Thought for the Day.
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08:31
Yesterday in Parliament—17/01/2019
The latest news from Westminster - and beyond.
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09:00
In Our Time—Samuel Beckett
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot
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09:45
Daily Service—17/01/19 Apostles鈥� Creed: Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting
Christian Worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Fr Phil Sumner.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Ruth Bader Ginsburg, family secrets, Voyeurism Bill, comfy shoes
Ruth Bader Ginsburg as pop icon, the burden of family secrets, Voyeurism Bill, comfy shoes
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10:45
Riot Girls—How To Be A Woman, Episode 4
Dramatisation of Caitlin Moran's comic memoir. Episode 4. Caitlin is 18 and in love.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—Japan's Elderly Crime Wave
Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison.
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11:30
Art of Now—Warsaw
Poland鈥檚 artists, writers and musicians respond to growing ultra-nationalism.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—17/01/2019
The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
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12:04
Washington Black—Episode Four
By Esi Edugyan. Philip has disturbing news for Titch and Erasmus Wilde.
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12:18
You and Yours—Patient abuse, Getting fit - again, Pie eating
Radio 4's consumer affairs programme.
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12:57
Weather—17/01/2019
The latest weather forecast.
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13:00
World at One—17/01/2019
Analysis of news and current affairs.
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13:45
The Battles That Won Our Freedoms—9 Gay Rights
The decriminalisation of homosexuality, and the struggle for equal rights that followed.
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14:00
The Archers—16/01/2019
Rex is not impressed
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14:15
Drama on 4—Torch No 1
Drama marking the 50th anniversary of the Prague Spring by David Pownall.
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15:00
Open Country—The Changing Thetford Forest
Ian Marchant meets some of the unexpected animals in Thetford Forest in Norfolk.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—TREE AID
Zo毛 Wanamaker makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of TREE AID
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15:30
Open Book—Oyinkan Braithwaite, Books as clutter, Kafka's legacy, True crime in fiction
Oyinkan Braithwaite discusses her Lagos-set debut novel, My Sister the Serial Killer.
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16:00
The Film Programme—Mary Queen of Scots
Josie Rourke on Mary Queen Of Scots
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16:30
大象传媒 Inside Science—Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom
Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom
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17:00
PM—17/01/2019
PM at 5pm: interviews, context and analysis.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—17/01/2019 Theresa May meets opposition politicians to discuss Brexit
Theresa May has met opposition politicians, as she tries to solve the Brexit deadlock.
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18:30
Mark Steel's in Town—Series 9, Hastings
1/6 Mark Steel is back In Town for a ninth series. First stop, Hastings.
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19:00
The Archers—17/01/2019
Shula offers support
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19:15
Front Row—Brexit and the arts, Diane Setterfield, Charlie Luxton on beautiful buildings, composer Du Yun
How Brexit might impact upon the arts. Plus Diane Setterfield's new novel.
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19:45
Riot Girls—How To Be A Woman, Episode 4
Dramatisation of Caitlin Moran's comic memoir. Episode 4. Caitlin is 18 and in love.
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Is Britain鈥檚 political system broken?
Brexit has stretched the parliamentary system to its limits - is it irretrievably broken?
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20:30
In Business—Beyond the Barbed Wire - Cyber Security in the UK
Can the UK become a world leader in making the internet safer?
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21:00
大象传媒 Inside Science—Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom
Clean Air Strategy, Fast Radio Bursts and Kuba Kingdom
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21:30
In Our Time—Samuel Beckett
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the playwright and novelist, author of Waiting for Godot (R)
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22:00
The World Tonight—17/01/2019
In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective.
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22:45
Washington Black—Episode Four
By Esi Edugyan. Philip has disturbing news for Titch and Erasmus Wilde. (R)
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23:00
Daphne Sounds Expensive—Series 1, Pirates
2/4 The gang leave for New York but are waylaid by George's mathematical ineptitude. (R)
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23:30
Today in Parliament—17/01/2019
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—18/01/2019
The latest national and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Book of the Week—Girl With Dove, Episode 4
Sally Bayley recalls how a strange home life made her bond with characters from books (R)
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—18/01/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—18/01/2019
大象传媒 Radio 4 joins the 大象传媒 World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—18/01/2019
The latest shipping forecast
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05:30
News Briefing—18/01/2019
National and international news from 大象传媒 Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—18/01/2019
A reading and a reflection to start the day with the Archdeacon of Bangor, Mary Stallard
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05:45
Farming Today—The environmental impact of veganism, Monitoring ammonia on farms, Train drivers hitting livestock
Is a vegan diet really better for the environment?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Mat Waddington on the long tailed tit
Mat Waddington found a long tailed tit playing cupid in his Worcester village. (R)
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