LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—23/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 3
3/5 Stanley Tucci remembers the television cooks who inspired him to follow in their footsteps
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—23/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—23/12/2021
A selection of 大象传媒 World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—23/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—23/12/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Fr Dermot Preston.
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05:45
Farming Today—23/12/21 Cornish oysters, new NI farm policy, migrant farm workers, Christmas meat
The UK oysters still not going to Europe.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Wild Turkey
Chris Packham presents the wild turkey.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—23/12/2021
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—The Hittites
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great powers of the Late Bronze Age.
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09:45
Daily Service—23/12/2021 Advent 4: Jesus in Action 鈥� With the disciples
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by the Rev Michaela Youngson.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Joan Collins, Prof Sharon Peacock, Jacquie White & Mary Bousted, Kayley Inuksuk Mackay & Tiffany Kuliktana Ayalik, Usma Saeed
The acting legend Dame Joan Collins on her life and seven decades in showbusiness.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—The Runaway maids of Oman
A delicate rescue operation is helping hundreds of young African women trapped in Arabia.
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11:30
Faith in Music—Gustav Mahler
Sir James MacMillan considers composer Mahler鈥檚 complex faith life.
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Afternoon
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12:00
Shipping Forecast—23/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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12:04
Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—4. The Second Gift
4/5 Back in Nazareth the baby, Jesus, starts to grow up.
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12:18
You and Yours—Festive deliveries, Carer update, Plant-based meat
Santa hears from listeners about poor service from one delivery company.
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12:57
Weather—23/12/2021
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—23/12/2021
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague
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13:45
The Hackers—Series 1, Wetware
9/10 Biella discovers the different reasons people hack their own bodies.
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14:00
The Archers—22/12/2021
Jazzer鈥檚 got stage fright.
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14:15
This Thing of Darkness—Series 2, Part 7
7/7 Sometimes love can be traumatic. Sometimes it can be fatal.
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15:00
Open Country—Bright lights and bees at Blenheim
Helen Mark explores the parkland and green spaces of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—mothers2mothers
Nozandulela (Nozi) Samela makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of mothers2mothers.
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15:30
Open Book—Twelve days of Christmas with Laura Barnett, A literary postcard from Moscow; Best of 2021's non-fiction
Laura Barnett on her novel Gifts, and recommended non-fiction books of 2021.
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16:00
Think with Pinker—Future you
Should we eat, drink and be merry or make sacrifices now to benefit our future selves?
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16:30
大象传媒 Inside Science—The Origin of Celtic Culture in Britain?
Archaeologists use ancient DNA to uncover an unrecognised mass migration into Britain.
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17:00
PM—23/12/2021
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—23/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—23/12/2021The Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, is warning that the NHS is in danger of being overwhelmed by the surge in Omicron.
The Health Secretary warns the NHS could be overwhelmed by a surge in Omicron.
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18:30
The Tim Vine Chat Show—Christmas Special 2021
Tim Vine pulls a cracker with the great British Public
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19:00
The Archers—23/12/2021
Someone comes knocking for Alan
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19:15
Front Row—Joan Didion remembered, Call the Midwife, The Tragedy of Macbeth and a review of the year in culture
Call the Midwife writer and creator Heidi Thomas on the art of the Christmas special.
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20:00
The Briefing Room—Space Wars and Laws
Could space be the next frontier for conflict? And what would it look like?
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20:30
The Spark—Carole Hooven and testosterone
Evolutionary biologist Carole Hooven on the impact of testosterone. With Helen Lewis.
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21:00
大象传媒 Inside Science—The Origin of Celtic Culture in Britain?
Archaeologists use ancient DNA to uncover an unrecognised mass migration into Britain.
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21:30
In Our Time—The Hittites
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great powers of the Late Bronze Age.
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22:00
The World Tonight—UK Health Security Agency say Omicron news is "encouraging"
People with Covid up to 70% less likely to need hospital treatment than with Delta
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22:45
Joseph and the Three Gifts - An Angel's Story by Brian Sibley—4. The Second Gift
4/5 Back in Nazareth the baby, Jesus, starts to grow up.
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23:00
Great Lives—Jeanne Baret, first woman to sail round the globe
Nina Sosanya picks Jeanne Baret, first woman round the globe.
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23:30
Tim Key's Christmas Poetry Programme
Comic poet Tim Key celebrates Christmas, via the medium of poetry.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—24/12/2021
The latest news and weather forecast from 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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00:30
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci—Episode 4
4/5 Actor Stanley Tucci shares his intimate memoir of a life lived with food at its heart.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of 大象传媒 World Service Programmes—24/12/2021
A selection of 大象传媒 World Service news and current affairs, arts and science programmes.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—24/12/2021
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—24/12/2021
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Fr Dermot Preston.
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05:45
Farming Today—24/12/21 - A Feast of Festive Farming Fun
Charlotte Smith spreads Christmas cheer with a feast of festive farming stories.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Blackbird
Chris Packham presents the blackbird.
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