Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,128 playable programmes from the BBC

06:00

News Briefing

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 06:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

06:10

Farming Today

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 06:10 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

06:25

Shipping

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 06:25 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

06:30

Today

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 06:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

including 6.45 Prayer for Today, 7.00, 8.00 Today's News, 7.30, 8.30 News Headlines, 7.45 Thought for the Day

Source: Additional Research

08:45

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 08:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

-3

Source: Additional Research

09:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

09:05

Mid-Week

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 09:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

with Pete Murray

Source: Additional Research

10:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:02

Gardeners' Question Time

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 10:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:30

The Daily Service

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 10:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:45

Morning Story

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Desire by Leslie Howard

Source: Additional Research

11:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

11:05

Baker's Dozen

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 11:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:02

You and Yours

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 12:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:27

It Makes Me Laugh

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 12:27 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:55

Weather; News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 12:55 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

13:00

The World at One; News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 13:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

13:40

The Archers

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 13:40 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

13:55

Shipping

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 13:55 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

14:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

14:02

Woman's Hour

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 14:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

15:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 15:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

15:02

Afternoon Theatre

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 15:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

An English Lesson by Paul Thain

Source: Additional Research

15:50

Through My Window

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 15:50 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Laurie Lee casts his eyes over the countryside seen from his window. Producer John Harrison

Source: Additional Research

16:00

Something to Perfection Brought

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

W B Yeats

Source: Additional Research

16:45

Story Time

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 16:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Biggles Flies North by Capt. W.E. Johns, in eght parts (1)

Source: Additional Research

17:00

PM

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 17:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

17:50

Shipping

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 17:50 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

17:55

Weather

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 17:55 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

18:00

The Six O'Clock News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 18:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

including Financial Report

Source: Additional Research

18:30

The Year in Question

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:00

News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:05

The Archers

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 19:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:20

Checkpoint

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 19:20 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roger Cook investigates injustice and alleged cases of fraud

Source: Additional Research

19:45

The Discovery of Penicillin

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The story of Alexander Fleming's discovery through eye-witness accounts

Source: Additional Research

20:30

Villi and the Raven

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

A trued story by Bill Campbell

Source: Additional Research

20:45

File on 4

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 20:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

21:30

Kaleidoscope

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

21:59

Weather

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 21:59 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

22:00

The World Tonight; News

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 22:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

22:30

The Lord of the Rings

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 22:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

(22) The Houses of Healing

Source: Additional Research

23:00

A Book at Bedtime

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 23:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Bevis: The Story of a Boy (3/15) by Richard Jefferies abridged in 15 episodes by Donald Bancroft and read by Michael Williams. Produced by Maurice Leitch

Source: Additional Research

23:15

The Financial World Tonight

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

23:30

Unforgettables

Wed 5^th Aug 1981, 23:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

musical nostalgia presented by Edward Cole

Source: Additional Research

00:00

News and Weather

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 00:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

00:15

Shipping and Inshore Forecast

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 00:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

00:23

Close down

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 00:23 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

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While most of the data in the BBC’s Programme Index is drawn from Radio Times and BBC programmes pages, a minority of listings have been compiled using the BBC’s own historical documents and early BBC listings printed in contemporary newspapers.