LW Schedule
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Morning
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08:31
Yesterday in Parliament—09/12/2021
News, views and features on yesterday's stories in Parliament.
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09:00
In Our Time—The May Fourth Movement
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and protests in 1919 that shaped modern China.
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09:45
Daily Service—09/12/2021 Advent 2: The story of Jesus – Challenge
Christian worship with Bible reading, prayer and music led by Archbishop Stephen Cottrell.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Jazz pianist Zoe Rahman, Allegra Stratton's resignation, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Germany's abortion law
Award-winning jazz pianist Zoe Rahman joins Emma.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—Poland’s Fractured Borderlands
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.
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11:30
The Exploding Library—Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut
Comedian Daliso Chaponda unravels the myriad personas of Vonnegut's Mother Night.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Shipping Forecast—09/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:04
Faith, Hope and Glory—Series 2, Trevor
4/8 By Winsome Pinnock. Century-spanning series charting the emergence of modern Britain.
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12:18
You and Yours—Mary Portas on high streets
Mary Portas on the state of UK high streets.
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12:57
Weather—09/12/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—09/12/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
Male Order—9. Who Guards the Guards?
Running an unregulated market - reckless or naive?
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14:00
The Archers—08/12/2021
Eddie gets his own back.
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14:15
This Thing of Darkness—Series 2, Part 5
5/7 How cruel can someone be to get your attention?
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15:00
Open Country—Wizards and steam trains on the West Highland Line
Tales of princes and wizards with musician, Ingrid Henderson, on the West Highland Line.
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15:27
Radio 4 Christmas Appeal—The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin-in-the-Fields 2021
The Rev Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin-in-the-Fields.
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15:30
Bookclub—Rachel Joyce: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to bestselling writer Rachel Joyce.
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16:00
Think with Pinker—Don’t expect a zebra
Why medical students are advised if you hear hoofbeats behind you, don't expect a zebra
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16:30
´óÏó´«Ã½ Inside Science—Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
T-Cells in vaccinated folk might just hold the fort against the latest SARS CoV2 variant.
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17:00
PM—09/12/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—09/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—09/12/2021 Labour has accused Boris Johnson of lying to his own standards adviser and taking the British public for fools.
Labour has accused Boris Johnson of lying to his own standards adviser.
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18:30
Relativity—Series 3, Episode 5
5/6 Unexpectedly reunited, no partners or offspring, the family of four go down memory lane.
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19:00
The Archers—09/12/2021
Tom is thrown into a panic
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19:15
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Afghanistan: What Now? What Next?
From insurgency to government - the challenges for the Taliban and the west.
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20:30
The Spark—Julia Galef on motivated cognition
Julia Galef on how 'motivated cognition' blocks clear thinking - and how to get round it.
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21:00
´óÏó´«Ã½ Inside Science—Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds.
T-Cells in vaccinated folk might just hold the fort against the latest SARS CoV2 variant.
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21:30
In Our Time—The May Fourth Movement
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and protests in 1919 that shaped modern China.
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22:00
The World Tonight—Conservatives fined by Electoral Commission over No 10 flat refurb
Labour accuses PM of lying to his own standards adviser
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22:45
The Omen by David Seltzer—4. Danger
4/5 Kathy is in danger. Read by Owen Teale.
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23:00
Test Match Special—Men's Ashes. Australia v England First Test
TEST MATCH SPECIAL: The Men's Ashes. The First Australia v England Test
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