Programme Index

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

06:00

News Briefing

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 06:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

06:10

Farming Today

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 06:10 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

06:25

Shipping

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 06:25 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

06:30

Today

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 06:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

including 6.45 Prayer for the Day, 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

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 08:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

by John Le Carre. Abridged in 14 parts (4)

Source: Additional Research

09:00

News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

09:05

Checkpoint

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 09:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

09:30

The Living World

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 09:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:00

News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:02

A Good Read

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 10:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:30

Daily Service

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 10:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

10:45

Morning Story

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 10:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Come Fly With Me by Pat Burchard

Source: Additional Research

11:00

News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

11:05

File on 4

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 11:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

11:50

Enquire Within

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 11:50 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:00

News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:02

You and Yours

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 12:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:27

Brain of Britain 1981

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 12:27 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

12:55

Weather

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 12:55 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

13:00

The World at One; News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 13:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

13:40

The Archers

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 13:40 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

14:00

News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 14:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

14:02

Woman's Hour

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 14:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

15:00

News

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

Source: Additional Research

15:02

Afternoon Theatre

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 15:02 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The Wheel of Time by Henry James

Source: Additional Research

16:00

What the Foreigner Saw

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Britain and the Britihs seen throught he writings of visiting foreigners (last in series)

Source: Additional Research

16:15

A Change of Course

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 16:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

People who have made dramatic changes to their lives (new series)

Source: Additional Research

16:45

Story Time

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 16:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Biggles Flies North by Capt. W.E. Johns (2)

Source: Additional Research

17:00

PM

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 17:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

17:50

Shipping

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 17:50 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

17:55

Weather

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 17:55 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

18:00

The Six O'Clock News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 18:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

including Financial Report

Source: Additional Research

18:30

Frank Muir Goes Into...

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 18:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Languages

Source: Additional Research

18:55

It's a Bargain

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 18:55 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:00

News

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 19:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:05

The Archers

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 19:05 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:20

Time for Verse

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 19:20 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

19:30

Proms 81

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 19:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Part 1 (as Radio 3)

Source: Additional Research

20:20

10,000 Faces

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 20:20 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Spotlight has been an essential part of showbusiness for over 50 years and David McGillivray meets the people who have made it

Source: Additional Research

20:40

Proms 81

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 20:40 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Part 2 (as Radio 3)

Source: Additional Research

21:30

Kaleidoscope

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

21:59

Weather

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 21:59 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

22:00

The World Tonight

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 22:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

News

Source: Additional Research

23:00

A Book at Bedtime

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

Bevis: The Story of a Boy (4/15) by Richard Jefferies, abridged in 15 episodes by Donald Bancroft and read by Michael Williams. Producer Maurice Leitch

Source: Additional Research

23:15

The Financial World Tonight

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 23:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

23:30

A Terrible Nuisance

Thu 6^th Aug 1981, 23:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

The achievement of Margart McMillan, who found her mission in 1904 in the slums of Deptford

Source: Additional Research

00:00

News and Weather

Fri 7^th Aug 1981, 00:00 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

00:15

Shipping and Inshore Forecast

Fri 7^th Aug 1981, 00:15 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

00:23

Close down

Fri 7^th Aug 1981, 00:23 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Source: Additional Research

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