LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—16/04/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from 成人快手 Radio 4.
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00:30
The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell—3. In the Club
3/5 The birth of the first Working Men鈥檚 Club.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—16/04/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 成人快手 World Service Programmes—16/04/2020
成人快手 Radio 4 joins the 成人快手 World Service.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—16/04/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—16/04/2020
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley
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05:45
Farming Today—16/04/20 - Seasonal workers, wild garlic and rural mental health
As farm workers are flown in from Romania, is it wise or necessary?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Little Tern
Steve Backshall presents the little tern.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—16/04/2020
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
In Our Time—Feathered Dinosaurs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
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09:45
Daily Service—16/04/2020 A Meditation: After Easter
A meditation for Easter Week with Rev Richard Littledale.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Paralympic Hopefuls, Victoria Atkins MP, novelist Ilaria Bernardini, Beauty in Lockdown, Woman鈥檚 Hour Corona Diaries.
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world
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10:45
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss—9. The Great Temptation
9/10 Maggie tries to resist temptation but a fateful decision changes everything.
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11:00
Crossing Continents—Chile: An Education for All
Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education.
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11:30
Girl Reading
Zo毛 Comyns explores the pose of the girl reader with painters and writers.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Summary—16/04/2020
The latest national and international news from 成人快手 Radio 4.
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12:03
Shipping Forecast—16/04/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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12:06
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins—The Border
9/10 El norte is almost in sight, but first a harsh journey through desert and across mountains
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12:20
You and Yours—Spiralling Debt; Season Ticket Refunds; Hairdressing Help
One of the UK's largest debt charities experiences its busiest ever day on its website.
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12:57
Weather—16/04/2020
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—16/04/2020
News, analysis and comment from 成人快手 Radio 4
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13:45
A History of the World in 100 Objects—Making Us Human (2,000,000 - 9000 BC), Swimming Reindeer
4/5 Neil MacGregor investigates how humanity's development is reflected in the things it makes
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14:00
The Archers—15/04/2020
Alistair makes an unusual offer.
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14:15
Drama on 4—Stories from Hay el Matar, The War Is Over
3/3 Drama from Syria. One woman fights a tide of change in contemporary Damascus.
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15:00
Open Country—The Music of the Surrey Hills
Ian Marchant explores music inspired by the landscape of the Surrey Hills.
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15:27
Radio 4 Appeal—Cure Parkinson鈥檚 Trust
Paul Mayhew-Archer makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of The Cure Parkinson's Trust
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15:30
Open Book—Evie Wyld, Louise Doughty on Ghostly Narrators, Polly Samson and Leonard Cohen's Hydra
Mariella Frostrup talks to Evie Wyld about The Bass Rock
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16:00
成人快手 Inside Science—Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine
Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine.
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16:30
PM—16/04/2020
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—16/04/2020 Covid restrictions remain
Covid restrictions for at least three more weeks; warning of long-term social distancing
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18:30
Ability—Series 1, Taking Advantage
3/4 Matt and Bob decide to see how far they can go - and attempt shoplifting.
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19:00
The Archers—16/04/2020
Ed gets a wake-up call.
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19:15
Front Row—Virus Art, Naomi Alderman, Angela Barnes
Artist Luke Jerram on replicating Covid-19 in sculpture.
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19:45
George Eliot - The Mill on the Floss—9. The Great Temptation
9/10 Maggie tries to resist temptation but a fateful decision changes everything.
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20:00
The Briefing Room—The psychological impact of the coronavirus pandemic
What mental hardship are we enduring and, when normality returns, how changed might we be?
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20:30
In Business—Working From 成人快手
Millions of us are now working from home. What are the upsides and challenges?
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21:00
成人快手 Inside Science—Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine
Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine.
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21:30
In Our Time—Feathered Dinosaurs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
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22:00
The World Tonight—UK nationwide lockdown to last at least another three weeks
Government says "irresponsible" to say when or how restrictions could be lifted
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22:45
American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins—The Border
9/10 El norte is almost in sight, but first a harsh journey through desert and across mountains
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23:00
Now Wash Your Hands—Episode 3
3/6 Jon Holmes, Jake Yapp, Salma Shah and Natt Tapley drop in on isolated home-bound guests.
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23:30
The Voices of...—Series 4, Richard Dawson
4/4 An intimate portrait of folk musician Richard Dawson.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—17/04/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from 成人快手 Radio 4.
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00:30
The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out by William Sitwell—4. Food but Fast
4/5 The era of fast food.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—17/04/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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01:00
Selection of 成人快手 World Service Programmes—17/04/2020
成人快手 Radio 4 joins the 成人快手 World Service.
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05:33
Shipping Forecast—17/04/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—17/04/2020
A spiritual comment and prayer to start the day with Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley
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05:45
Farming Today—17/04/20 Picking for Britain
We hear from farmers trying to recruit British people to pick their crops.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Spotted flycatcher
Steve Backshall presents the spotted flycatcher.
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