JANUARY 25 RADIO GUIDE

RADIO 4

5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Farming Today. 5.58 Tweet of the Day. 6.00 Today. 8.31 ((LW)) Yesterday in Parliament. 9.00 In Our Time. 9.45 Book of the Week: The Country of the Blind. 9.45 ((LW)) Daily Service. 10.00 Woman’s Hour. 11.00 Crossing Continents. 11.30 Great Lives. 12.00 News. 12.01 ((LW)) Shipping Forecast. 12.04 You and Yours. 12.30 Toast. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes. 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama: McLevy in the New World. 3.00 Open Country. 3.27 Radio 4 Appeal. 3.30 Open Book. 4.00 Wokewash. 4.30 BBC Inside Science. 5.00 PM. 5.54 ((LW)) Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.30 Ellie Taylor’s Safe Space. The stand-up comic shares controversial opinions on monogamy, seeking the input of sidekick Robin Morgan and a woman who was once in a three-way relationship. Last in the series. 7.00 The Archers. There’s light at the end of the tunnel for the Grundys and Susan stirs the pot. 7.15 Front Row. A round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. 8.00 The Briefing Room. David Aaronovitch and guests explore the issues behind a story in the news. 8.30 The Bottom Line. Evan Davis talks to entrepreneurs and company bosses about workplace issues that matter, from the boardroom to the shop floor. 9.00 BBC Inside Science. The latest scientific research to make the news headlines and how science is evolving to transform culture and affect lives. 9.30 In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg and guests investigate the history of ideas. 9.59 Weather. 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Scenes from a Childhood. 11.00 The Today Podcast. 11.30 Today in Parliament. 12.00 News and Weather. 12.30 Book of the Week: The Country of the Blind. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 As BBC World Service. 5.20 Shipping Forecast.

RADIO 3

6.30 Breakfast. 9.00 Essential Classics. 12.00 Composer of the Week: Offenbach. 1.00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. 2.00 Afternoon Concert. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 Classical Mixtape. A selection of classical favourites mixed with jazz, folk and music from around the world. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Ilan Volkov perform a concert of music by Stravinsky from City Halls in Glasgow. 10.00 Free Thinking. 10.45 Under Milk Woods. 11.00 The Night Tracks Mix. 11.30 Unclassified. 12.30 Through the Night.

CLASSIC FM

6.30 Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker. 9.00 Alexander Armstrong. 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall. 4.00 Margherita Taylor. 7.00 Smooth Classics at Seven. Zeb Soanes presents the evening show, promising everything from all-time favourites to contemporary classics. Including the Great Escape at 9pm. 10.00 Calm Classics. 1.00 Bill Overton. 4.00 Early Breakfast.

RADIO 4 EXTRA

5.00 McLevy. 5.45 The Astronomical Scarf. 6.00 Adam Dalgliesh: Cover Her Face. 6.30 Tales from the Arabian Nights. 7.00 The Great Romantic. 7.15 Dombey and Son. 7.30 What Does the K Stand For? 8.00 Dad’s Army. 8.30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket. 9.00 Guess What? 9.30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once. 10.00 McLevy. 10.45 The Astronomical Scarf. 11.00 Adam Dalgliesh: Cover Her Face. 11.30 Tales from the Arabian Nights. 12.00 The Great Romantic. 12.15 Dombey and Son. 12.30 What Does the K Stand For? 1.00 Dad’s Army. 1.30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket. 2.00 Guess What? 2.30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once. 3.00 McLevy. 3.45 The Astronomical Scarf. 4.00 Adam Dalgliesh: Cover Her Face. 4.30 Tales from the Arabian Nights. 5.00 The Great Romantic. 5.15 Dombey and Son. 5.30 What Does the K Stand For? 6.00 Dad’s Army. 6.30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket. 7.00 Guess What? 7.30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once. 8.00 The Changing Sound of Radio. 9.00 Great Lives. 9.30 Murder Most Foul. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 Ellie Taylor’s Safe Space. 10.30 My Teenage Diary. 11.00 Susan Calman Stands Up for Burns. 11.30 Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD. 12.00 McLevy. 12.45 The Astronomical Scarf. 1.00 Adam Dalgliesh: Cover Her Face. 1.30 Tales from the Arabian Nights. 2.00 The Great Romantic. 2.15 Dombey and Son. 2.30 What Does the K Stand For? 3.00 Dad’s Army. 3.30 The Random Jottings of Hinge and Bracket. 4.00 Guess What? 4.30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once.

RADIO 2

6.30 The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show. 9.30 Vernon Kay. 12.00 Jeremy Vine. 2.00 Scott Mills. 4.00 Sara Cox. 6.30 Sara Cox’s Half Wower. 7.00 Jo Whiley’s Shiny Happy Playlist. 7.30 Jo Whiley. 9.00 The Country Show with Bob Harris. 10.00

DJ Spoony’s Magnificent 7. 10.30 DJ Spoony’s Rhythm Nation. 12.00 OJ Borg. 3.00

Dance Sounds of the 90s with Vernon Kay. 4.00 Owain Wyn Evans.

RADIO 5

5.00 Wake Up to Money. 6.00 5 Live Breakfast. 9.00 Nicky Campbell. 11.00 Adrian Chiles. 1.00 Nihal Arthanayake. 4.00 5 Live Drive. 7.00 5 Live Sport: 5 Live Cricket. 10.00 Gordon Smart. 1.00 Dotun Adebayo.

SCALA

7.00 Charles Nove. 10.00 Penny Smith. 1.00 Sam Hughes. 4.00 Richard Allinson. 7.00 Mark Forrest. 10.00 The Space. 1.00 Night Music. 5.00 In the Park.

TALKSPORT

5.00 Early Breakfast. 6.00

talkSPORT Breakfast with Alan Brazil. 10.00 Jim White and Simon Jordan. 1.00

Hawksbee and Baker. 4.00

talkSPORT Drive with Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent. 7.00 Kick Off. 10.00 Sports Bar. 1.00 Extra Time.

TALKRADIO

5.00 James Max. 6.00 Talk Today with Jeremy Kyle and Rosie Wright. 9.30 Kev and Alex. 10.00 Julia HartleyBrewer. 1.00 Kevin O’Sullivan and Alex Phillips. 3.00 Ian Collins. 4.00 Vanessa Feltz. 6.00 The Talk. 7.00 Prime Time with Rosanna Lockwood. 8.00 Piers Morgan Uncensored. 9.00 The Independent Republic of Mike Graham. 11.00 Andre Walker. 1.00 Paul Ross.

WORLD SERVICE

5.00 Newsday. 8.00 News.

8.06 The Inquiry. 8.30 Business Daily. 8.50 Witness History. 9.00 The Newsroom. 9.30 Assignment. 10.00 News. 10.06 Unexpected Elements. 11.00 The Newsroom. 11.30 The Food Chain. 12.00 News. 12.06 Outlook. 12.50 Witness History. 1.00 The Newsroom. 1.30 Health Check. 2.00 Newshour. 3.00 News. 3.06 The Inquiry. 3.30 World Business Report. 4.00 BBC

OS. 6.00 News. 6.06 Outlook. 6.50 Witness History. 7.00

The Newsroom. 7.30 Sport Today. 8.00 News. 8.06 Assignment. 8.30 Science in Action. 9.00 Newshour. 10.00 The Newsroom. 10.20 Sports News. 10.30 World Business Report. 11.00 News. 11.06 The Inquiry. 11.30 The Food Chain. 12.00 News. 12.06 Unexpected Elements. 1.00 News. 1.06 Business Matters. 2.00 The Newsroom. 2.30 Tech Life. 3.00 News. 3.06 Outlook. 3.50 Witness History. 4.00 The Newsroom.