LW Schedule
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Early
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—25/12/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Programmes—25/12/2019
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 joins the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—25/12/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—25/12/2019
National and international news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—25/12/2019
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Sarah Mullally
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05:45
Farming Today—Mistletoe
Emma Campbell visits a farm preparing to take a crop of mistletoe to auction.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Alison Steadman - The Twelve Tweets of Christmas 7 of 12
A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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Morning
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06:00
Neil Gaiman and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra—Playing in the Dark (Part 1)
1/2 Readings and music from Neil Gaiman and friends with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra.
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07:00
The Listening Project—Christmas Special
Fi Glover presents the Christmas Special with the writer and podcaster Elizabeth Day.
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08:00
With Great Pleasure—Clare Balding
Clare Balding shares her life through reading with Hugh Bonneville and Alice Arnold.
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09:00
Christmas Service: A Wintershall Nativity
A Nativity service from the Wintershall Estate near Guildford.
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09:45
Last Christmas—3. Aimee Mullins & Bill Scanlon
3/5 Personal seasonal reflections. A tennis player falls on hard times and an athlete’s story.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Making and Breaking Christmas Traditions
Is it time to ditch the turkey and other Christmas traditions?
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10:41
Kilvert's Diary—Episode 3: Christmas Cheer
3/5 Kilvert begins Christmas Day by sitting down in a bath full of ice.
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10:55
The Listening Project—Steph and Caitlin - A Forever Family
Mother tells teenage daughter the story of how she came to be joyfully adopted.
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11:00
Soul Music—Series 29, Coventry Carol
The 'Coventry Carol' tells the story of the Slaughter of the Innocents
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11:30
Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show!—Good King Senseless
Count Arthur sets about launching Malcolm's singing career with some Christmas carolling.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—25/12/2019
The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
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12:04
The Secret Commonwealth—Episode 3
3/10 No longer safe in Jordan College, Lyra returns to Godstow. Book at Bedtime.
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12:18
Pick of the Year—Pick of the Year 2019
A selection of highlights from the past year on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ radio
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13:00
News—25/12/2019
National and international news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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13:13
Weather—25/12/2019
The latest weather forecast
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13:15
Three Vicars Talking—Christmas
Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser - back for a Christmas Day special.
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13:45
In Their Element—Series 4, Gold
3/5 Chemist Andrea Sella celebrates how the element gold enhances our lives.
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14:00
The Archers—24/12/2019
Tom suspicions rise.
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14:15
Drama on 4—A Time to Dance
A retelling of the Christmas story from TV dramatist Lucy Gannon.
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15:00
HM The Queen
The Queen's Christmas message to the Commonwealth and the nation.
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15:05
News Summary—25/12/2019
National and international news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
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15:15
Last Christmas—2. Greg Wise & Emma Thompson
2/5 Personal reflections from Greg Wise and Emma Thompson on the festive season.
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15:30
All in the Mind—The importance of play in childhood
Letters to Santa, why play matters, balancing time between video games and outside play.
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16:00
Neil Gaiman’s ‘Chivalry’
Glenda Jackson stars in a delightfully quirky Christmas story by Neil Gaiman.
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16:30
A Very John Kearns Christmas
John Kearns pulls up his sleigh to share recordings of family Christmas dinners gone by.
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17:00
Loose Ends—Music from 10cc, Eddi Reader, Squeeze, Jorja Smith, Kiefer Sutherland and more
Clive Anderson with a choice selection of music performed live in the Loose Ends studio.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—25/12/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—25/12/2019
The latest national and international news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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18:15
Christmas Compass—In the DRC
Thierry Mabonga reads a new Christmas story from Alexander McCall Smith.
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18:30
The Missing Hancocks—Series 4, Christmas at Aldershot
5/8 Hancock is looking forward to Christmas, but then his call-up papers arrive...
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19:00
The Archers—25/12/2019
Tom puts his foot in it
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19:15
Front Row—Motown legends Brian and Eddie Holland
Legendary Motown songwriters Brian and Eddie Holland
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19:45
Kilvert's Diary—Episode 3: Christmas Cheer
3/5 Kilvert begins Christmas Day by sitting down in a bath full of ice.
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20:00
The Museum of Curiosity—Christmas Special
John Lloyd and Bridget Christie take donations from Glyn Johns, Shazia Mirza & JK Rowling
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20:45
Four Thought—The Romance of Train Travel
Monisha Rajesh says the romance of train travel is not dead.
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21:00
Science Stories—Isaac Newton and the story of the apple
Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall?
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21:30
Soul Music—Series 29, Coventry Carol
The 'Coventry Carol' tells the story of the Slaughter of the Innocents
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22:00
With Great Pleasure—Clare Balding
Clare Balding shares her life through reading with Hugh Bonneville and Alice Arnold.
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22:45
The Secret Commonwealth—Episode 3
3/10 No longer safe in Jordan College, Lyra returns to Godstow. Book at Bedtime.
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23:00
Bunk Bed—Series 4, Episodes 5 & 6
Patrick Marber and Peter Curran talk in-depth nonsense late at night in a bunk bed.
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23:30
Conversations from a Long Marriage—Conversations from a Long Marriage at Christmas
Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam, married ‘for ever’, plan the perfect Christmas 'a deux'.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—26/12/2019
National and international news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
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00:15
Christmas Meditation
A reflection on the meaning of Christmas with actor and comedian Sally Phillips.
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00:30
Last Christmas—3. Aimee Mullins & Bill Scanlon
3/5 Personal seasonal reflections. A tennis player falls on hard times and an athlete’s story.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/12/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Programmes—26/12/2019
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 joins the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/12/2019
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/12/2019
National and international news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/12/2019
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Sarah Mullally
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05:45
Farming Today—Farming the Lakes
Can traditional farming survive in the Lake District?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Alison Steadman - The Twelve Tweets of Christmas 8 of 12
A seasonal offering from Tweet of the Day for the Christmas period.
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