LW Schedule
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Early
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00:00
Midnight News—26/08/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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00:30
Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald—2. High Rise
2/5 Helen Macdonald views an aerial phenomenon from the Empire State Building.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—26/08/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Programmes—26/08/2020
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 joins the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—26/08/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—26/08/2020
The latest news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—26/08/2020
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel.
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05:45
Farming Today—26/08/20 – Deforestation regulations, ammonia from poultry farms, the badger cull
Could new laws force UK businesses to prove their products aren’t linked to deforestation?
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Rock Pipit
Michaela Strachan presents the story and sound of the rock pipit.
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Morning
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06:00
Today—26/08/2020
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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09:00
More or Less—Covid plasma therapy
Claims about a Covid-19 treatment, breast cancer screening, and 18th century sex workers.
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09:30
Four Thought—The Other Mother
Claire Lynch describes how she navigated motherhood.
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09:45
Daily Service—26/08/2020 Speaking out
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Molly Boot.
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10:00
Woman's Hour—Grave Tending, Sisterhood, Second Generation Young Women and mental health; Accents.
The programme that offers a female perspective on the world.
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10:45
Electric Decade—The Alice B Toklas Cookbook, Bass for Picasso
3/5 The Jazz Age of the 1920s. Recipes and relationships are explored with Alice B Toklas.
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11:00
The City That Sings
Singing together is bringing hope to a struggling South African community.
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11:30
Stand-Up Specials—Lucy Porter in the Family Way
Comedian Lucy Porter examines the ups and downs of family life.
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Afternoon
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12:00
News Headlines; Shipping Forecast—26/08/2020
The latest national and international news headlines, followed by the shipping forecast.
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12:04
The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham—Episode 8
8/10 Ross and Demelza look forward to a new arrival.
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12:18
You and Yours—Hedgehogs; Turkish dentists; Guarantor loans
How you can help endangered hedgehogs without spending lots of money at the pet shop.
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12:57
Weather—26/08/2020
The latest weather forecast
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13:00
World at One—26/08/2020
News, analysis and comment from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
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13:45
A History of the World in 100 Objects—The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Basse Yutz Flagons
3/5 Neil MacGregor continues his material history of humanity, with the early Celts.
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14:00
The Archers—25/08/2020
Alice is forced to come clean
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14:15
Power Out—Part 1/2
Power Out - a new thriller. If this is power, then POWER OUT.
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15:00
The Money Clinic—Maggie and Declan
Eavesdrop as a couple open up to a counsellor about their finances and their feelings.
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15:30
Science Stories—Seeing is Believing - The Leviathan of Parsonstown
Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin.
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16:00
Thinking Allowed—The Politics of Memorials
The Politics of Memorials - from Ireland to the Mississippi Delta.
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16:30
The Media Show—Tony Hall's Exit Interview
The outgoing ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Director-General on the crises and successes of his time in charge.
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17:00
PM—26/08/2020
Afternoon news and current affairs programme.
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17:54
Shipping Forecast—26/08/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping
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Evening
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18:00
Six O'Clock News—26/08/2020 Senior civil servant sacked in the wake of the exams fiasco in England
A senior civil servant has been sacked in the wake of the exams fiasco in England
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18:30
Paul Sinha's General Knowledge—Series 2, Episode 3
3/4 Paul Sinha tests his audience on their knowledge of forgotten famous people.
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19:00
The Archers—26/08/2020
There’s more than one surprise for Ed
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19:15
Front Row—Women’s Prize For Fiction - Natalie Haynes; 2020 International Booker Prize winner; Agatha Christie’s lost play, The Lie
Natalie Haynes on A Thousand Ships; International Booker Prize winner reviewed.
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19:45
Electric Decade—The Alice B Toklas Cookbook, Bass for Picasso
3/5 The Jazz Age of the 1920s. Recipes and relationships are explored with Alice B Toklas.
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20:00
Grounded with Louis Theroux—8. Troy Deeney
Louis speaks to footballer and captain of Watford FC, Troy Deeney.
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20:45
Four Thought—The Other Mother
Claire Lynch describes how she navigated motherhood.
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21:00
My Name Is...—My Name Is Roman
Roman is 11 and loves Minecraft - should his parents be so strict about screen time?
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21:30
The Media Show—Tony Hall's Exit Interview
The outgoing ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Director-General on the crises and successes of his time in charge.
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22:00
The World Tonight—2 people shot dead during violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin
3rd consecutive night of disorder after police shooting of Jacob Blake
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22:45
The Miller's Dance by Winston Graham—Episode 8
8/10 Ross and Demelza look forward to a new arrival.
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23:00
Woof—Honest Mistakes at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ and Abroad, Hamburg Noir
2/4 Awkward small talk with a German cop. Bittersweet comic tales with Chris Neill.
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23:15
Bunk Bed—Series 5, Episode 4
4/4 Patrick Marber and Peter Curran discuss reading literature in the nude and harmonicas.
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23:30
Lights Out—Series 2, Prison Sentences
The things people say about prison.
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Late
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00:00
Midnight News—27/08/2020
The latest news and weather forecast from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4.
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00:30
Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald—3. Eclipse
3/5 Helen Macdonald on crowds, community and the experience of witnessing an eclipse.
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00:48
Shipping Forecast—27/08/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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01:00
Selection of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service Programmes—27/08/2020
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4 joins the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service.
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05:20
Shipping Forecast—27/08/2020
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.
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05:30
News Briefing—27/08/2020
The latest news from ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4
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05:43
Prayer for the Day—27/08/2020
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with the Rev Dr Calvin T Samuel.
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05:45
Farming Today—27/08/20 Pig welfare, Off-roading, Free range poultry, Mulberry harvest
Farming Today reports on allegations of mistreatment on a pig farm in Leicestershire.
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05:58
Tweet of the Day—Arctic Skua
Michaela Strachan presents the arctic skua.
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