FEBRUARY 1 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: Food for Life. 9.45 ((LW)) Daily Service. 10.00 Woman’s Hour. 11.00 From Our Own Correspondent. 11.30 A Good Read. 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 Olga Koch: OK Computer. Comedian and computer scientist Olga Koch and her digital assistant Algo unpack the flag-waving, beer-chugging and general absurdity of nationality. Three of the four original programmes are being repeated in this run. 7.00 The Archers. Vince makes a surprising offer and there’s an unexpected visitor for one resident. 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: The Song of Achilles. 11.00 The Today Podcast. 11.30 Today in Parliament. 12.00 News and Weather. 12.30 Book of the Week: Food for Life. 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: Stravinsky. 1.00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. 2.00 Afternoon Concert. 5.00 In Tune. 7.00 Classical Mixtape. A sequence of music, including Johann Strauss arranged for piano with virtuosa Yuja Wang, Bryn Terfel with Kurt Weill’s three-penny opera, Shostakovich’s Festive Overture. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. The BBC SO conducted by Nicholas Carter in Grime’s Near Midnight, Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony and Strauss’s Oboe Concerto. Live at the Barbican Hall. Presented by Martin Handley. 10.00 Free Thinking. 10.45 The Essay: A Circumnavigation of the British Isles in Five Traditional Boats. 11.00 The Night Tracks Mix. 11.30 Unclassified. 12.30 Through the Night.

CLASSIC FM

6.30 Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker. 10.00 Alexander Armstrong. 1.00 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 Dead Man’s Shoes. 6.00 Murder on the Orient Express. 6.30 Dr Finlay: The Adventures of a Black Bag. 7.00 The Body. 7.15 Dombey and Son. 7.30 Tudur Owen: Zoo. 8.00 Dad’s Army. 8.30 Wrinkles. 9.00 Guess What? 9.30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once. 10.00 McLevy. 10.45 Dead Man’s Shoes. 11.00 Murder on the Orient Express. 11.30 Dr Finlay: The Adventures of a Black Bag. 12.00 The Body. 12.15 Dombey and Son. 12.30 Tudur Owen: Zoo. 1.00 Dad’s Army. 1.30 Wrinkles. 2.00 Guess What? 2.30 Stockport, So Good They Named It Once. 3.00 McLevy. 3.45 Dead Man’s Shoes. 4.00 Murder on the Orient Express. 4.30 Dr Finlay: The Adventures of a Black Bag. 5.00 The Body. 5.15 Dombey and Son. 5.30 Tudur Owen: Zoo. 6.00 Dad’s Army. 6.30 Wrinkles. 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 The Freedom Trap. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 Ellie Taylor’s Safe Space. 10.30 My Teenage Diary. 11.00 Susan Calman Is Convicted. 11.30 Thom Tuck Goes Straight to DVD. 12.00 McLevy. 12.45 Dead Man’s Shoes. 1.00 Murder on the Orient Express. 1.30 Dr Finlay: The Adventures of a Black Bag. 2.00 The Body. 2.15 Dombey and Son. 2.30 Tudur Owen: Zoo. 3.00 Dad’s Army. 3.30 Wrinkles. 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

Sounds of the 90s with Fearne Cotton. 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. 8.15 5 Live Sport. 10.30 Gordon Smart. 1.00 Anna Jameson.

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.