Radio 4 Listings for 28/02/2009 - 06/03/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2009
SAT       
SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00hr5zq (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00hslb2 (Listen)
SAT       Constable in Love, Episode 5
SAT       Anton Lesser reads Martin Gayford's account of the early
SAT       career of John Constable and his long battle to win the
SAT       hand of his future wife, Maria Bicknell, based on
SAT       correspondence between the pair.
SAT       After seven years of courtship, Maria and John finally
SAT       married in a quiet ceremony with no family members in
SAT       attendance. Now the serious production of paintings and of
SAT       children could begin in earnest.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hr5zs (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hr5zv (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hr5zx (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00hr5zz (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hr601 (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00hr603 (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00hr605 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00hrg9t (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00hrg9w (Listen)
SAT       Helen Mark finds out how whisky production has shaped
SAT       Speyside in Scotland, with the opening of a new 'green'
SAT       distillery in Roseisle.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today This Week b00hrk2j (Listen)
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00hrk2l (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00hrk2n (Listen)
SAT       With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
SAT       Desk, Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in
SAT       Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00hrk2q (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Richard Coles is joined by design
SAT       curator Libby Sellers, with poetry from Matt Harvey.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00hrk2s (Listen)
SAT       John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and
SAT       joys of travel.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Looking for Ripley b00hrk2v (Listen)
SAT       Crime writer Mark Billingham investigates Tom Ripley, the
SAT       suave and amoral central character in Patricia Highsmith's
SAT       novel The Talented Mr Ripley.
SAT       Mark tracks down those with a real insight into Ripley's
SAT       ambiguities. Opera director Jonathan Kent once played
SAT       Ripley and was thought to be perfect in the role by
SAT       Highsmith herself. Professor Dinesh Bhugra, President of
SAT       The Royal College of Psychiatrists, is an avid fan and
SAT       uses the Ripley books to teach medical students about
SAT       psychopathy.
SAT       Andrew Wilson, Highsmith's biographer, thinks the elusive
SAT       Ripley is to be found in the unpublished notebooks of his
SAT       creator. The readings are by Ian Hart.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00hrk2y (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster, presented by
SAT       Elinor Goodman.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00hrk30 (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00hrk32 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       He reports on the long-running saga of bank overdraft
SAT       charges, which reaches a crucial legal stage. Also, just
SAT       how much risk is taxpayer's money exposed to from those
SAT       toxic assets in the bank bail out?
SAT       When is a Barclaycard customer not a Barclaycard customer?
SAT       Plus thousands of 'capital secure' investors face losing
SAT       some or all of their money.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The News Quiz b00hr5ws (Listen)
SAT       Series 67, Episode 8
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with
SAT       panellists Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Francis Wheen and
SAT       Andy Hamilton.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00hrk34 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00hrk36 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00hr5wv (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Gloucester.
SAT       The panellists are writer and philosopher Roger Scruton,
SAT       chief executive of the Royal Opera House Tony Hall CBE,
SAT       financial journalist Gillian Tett and Guardian columnist
SAT       and broadcaster John Harris.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00hrk38 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in
SAT       response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00ht3rz (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Ripley, The Talented Mr Ripley
SAT       Series of plays based on the novels by Patricia Highsmith
SAT       about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley.
SAT       Tom is barely one step ahead of his creditors when a
SAT       stranger offers him a free trip to Europe and a fresh
SAT       start. Tom wants money and success and he is willing to
SAT       kill for it.
SAT       Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart
SAT       Dickie Greenleaf ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Marge Sherwood ...... Barbara Barnes
SAT       Mr Greenleaf ...... Malcolm Tierney
SAT       Mrs Greenleaf ...... Janice Acquah
SAT       Roverini ...... Stephen Critchlow
SAT       Buffi ...... Matt Addis
SAT       Directed by Claire Grove.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Robert Winston's Musical Analysis b00hpk02 (Listen)
SAT       Ivor Gurney
SAT       Series in which Professor Robert Winston explores the
SAT       relationship between the music and the medical conditions
SAT       of composers who suffered mental and physical illness.
SAT       Robert investigates the tragic case of English composer
SAT       and poet Ivor Gurney, who died of tuberculosis in the City
SAT       of London Mental Hospital, Dartford, in 1937.
SAT       For many years he was thought to have been the victim of
SAT       shell-shock as a result of his service in the trenches of
SAT       the First World War, but that diagnosis is now discounted
SAT       and there is even evidence in his letters to suggest that
SAT       the physical activity and comradeship of military service
SAT       may have been a saviour to his mental health.
SAT       Robert hears from Gurney biographer Pamela Blevins,
SAT       chairman of the Ivor Gurney Society Anthony Boden and
SAT       singer and Royal Academy of Music researcher April
SAT       Frederick.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Weekend Woman's Hour b00hrsf4 (Listen)
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey. Including Ann Widdecombe on spinsterhood,
SAT       Connie Fisher, and marrying again after the death of a
SAT       spouse.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00hrshs (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
SAT       Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 Bottom Line b00hrsn2 (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis discusses whether hedge funds have contributed
SAT       to the economic crisis and whether they should be allowed
SAT       to trade without being regulated. Hugh Hendry, one of the
SAT       UK's most outspoken fund managers, offers his thoughts.
SAT       Plus Gordon Frazer, head of Microsoft UK, and Jasmine
SAT       Montgomery, of Futurebrand, discuss the future of
SAT       computing and the real value of a brand.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00hrsn4 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00hrsn6 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hrsn8 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00hrsnb (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation,
SAT       comedy and music.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00hrsnd (Listen)
SAT       Bobby Jindal
SAT       Claire Bolderson profiles Bobby Jindal, the young
SAT       Indian-American governor of Louisiana who was chosen to
SAT       give the Republican response to President Obama's
SAT       Congressional address on the economy.
SAT       Born and raised a Hindu, Jindal converted to Catholicism
SAT       as a teenager. The former Rhodes Scholar has since made a
SAT       name for himself as a conservative Republican, opposing
SAT       abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research, while
SAT       advocating the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
SAT       Claire hears from those who knew, and have tracked the
SAT       career of, this rising star who has been tipped by some as
SAT       a potential presidential candidate in 2012.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00hrsng (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests Jude Kelly, Es Devlin and Paul
SAT       Morley review the cultural highlights of the week,
SAT       including London Fashion Week and financial thriller The
SAT       International.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00hrsnj (Listen)
SAT       A Strong Song Tows Us - Another History of English Poetry
SAT       Lee Hall, writer of Billy Elliot and The Pitmen Painters,
SAT       uncovers a hidden history of English poetry. Stretching
SAT       back to the Dark Ages and emerging in 1960s Newcastle, Lee
SAT       reveals an alternative tradition of English poetry as the
SAT       preserve of ordinary working people.
SAT       Sunderland cork cutters, shipyard workers and pit men
SAT       encounter Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg and Ezra Pound. And
SAT       how a meeting between a 16-year-old schoolboy and one of
SAT       the great modernists of English literature, Basil Bunting,
SAT       contributed to the flowering of the north east as an
SAT       international destination for the whole Beatnik generation.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00hmpzk (Listen)
SAT       Scoop, Episode 2
SAT       Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical
SAT       1938 novel.
SAT       William finds life as a war correspondent somewhat
SAT       tedious, but he does fall in love and find himself in the
SAT       middle of a revolution.
SAT       William Boot ...... Rory Kinnear
SAT       Katchen ...... Claudie Blakeley
SAT       Lord Copper ...... David Warner
SAT       Salter ...... Nicholas Woodeson
SAT       Frau Dressler ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
SAT       Erik Olafsen ...... Dan Starkey
SAT       Secret Policeman ...... Jude Akuwudike
SAT       Benito ...... Cyril Nri
SAT       Moke ...... Inam Mirza
SAT       Mr Baldwin ...... Jonathan Taffler
SAT       Uncle Theodore ...... Malcolm Tierney
SAT       Sir Jocelyn Hitchcock ...... Michael Simkins
SAT       Corker ...... Stephen Critchlow
SAT       Pigge ...... Chris Pavlo
SAT       News Editor ...... Paul Rider
SAT       Hechel ...... Gunnar Cauthery
SAT       Evelyn Waugh ...... Tim McInnerny
SAT       Directed by Sally Avens.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 Weather b00hrsnl (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00hq2y1 (Listen)
SAT       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
SAT       behind the week's news. Clifford Longley, Claire Fox,
SAT       Matthew Taylor and Melanie Phillips cross-examine
SAT       witnesses.
SAT       Britain has the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in
SAT       Western Europe, so what role should morality play in sex
SAT       education? A new government leaflet advising parents on
SAT       how to talk to their children about sex and relationships
SAT       warns against trying to convince teenagers of what is
SAT       right and wrong because it could discourage them from
SAT       being open. Is this sensible practical advice? Is giving
SAT       teenagers the room to form their own moral judgements
SAT       about sex the right way to cut teenage parenthood?
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Quote... Unquote b00hpj94 (Listen)
SAT       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
SAT       of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Celia Walden,
SAT       Katharine Whitehorn, Richard Coles and Simon Singh.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Poetry Please b00hmpzp (Listen)
SAT       Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for poems by
SAT       Derek Walcott, Linda Pastan and Russian poets Yevgeny
SAT       Yevtushenko and Inna Kabysh. The readers are Burt Caesar,
SAT       Mark Meadows and Nadia Williams.
SAT       
SAT       
SUN       SUNDAY 1 MARCH 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00hrt5k (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b007v09c (Listen)
SUN       Be Prepared, Vanishing Point
SUN       Series of stories inspired by the famous motto of the
SUN       Scouting movement.
SUN       A very small man intervenes in a scene similar to a
SUN       nursery rhyme and helps a young lady in distress.
SUN       By Luke Sutherland, read by Sandy Grierson.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hrt5m (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hrt5p (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hrt5r (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00hrt5t (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00hrt5w (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Mary's in Ilmington.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00hrsnd (Listen)
SUN       Bobby Jindal
SUN       Claire Bolderson profiles Bobby Jindal, the young
SUN       Indian-American governor of Louisiana who was chosen to
SUN       give the Republican response to President Obama's
SUN       Congressional address on the economy.
SUN       Born and raised a Hindu, Jindal converted to Catholicism
SUN       as a teenager. The former Rhodes Scholar has since made a
SUN       name for himself as a conservative Republican, opposing
SUN       abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research, while
SUN       advocating the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
SUN       Claire hears from those who knew, and have tracked the
SUN       career of, this rising star who has been tipped by some as
SUN       a potential presidential candidate in 2012.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00hrt5y (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00hrt60 (Listen)
SUN       Spring Forward
SUN       Fergal Keane looks forward to Spring, both as a season and
SUN       a metaphor for better times to come.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 The Living World b00hrt62 (Listen)
SUN       Johnny Rook - A Lovable Rogue
SUN       Lionel Kelleway travels to the Falkland Islands in pursuit
SUN       of Johnny Rook, the cara cara. This bird of prey has the
SUN       reputation of being 'exceedingly bold' and 'the most
SUN       mischievous of all the feathered creation'. But there is
SUN       far more to it than meets the eye. Lionel finds out about
SUN       Johnny Rook's rise from near extinction and its unique
SUN       role in the islands' ecology.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00hrt64 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00hrt66 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00hrt8l (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of
SUN       the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00hrt8n (Listen)
SUN       Bowel and Cancer Research
SUN       Dr Mark Porter appeals on behalf of Bowel and Cancer
SUN       Research.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00hrt8q (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00hrt8s (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00hrt8v (Listen)
SUN       Journey into Seeing
SUN       Observing Lent through the senses. From the National
SUN       Botanic Gardens of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. Led
SUN       by Rev Canon Joanna Penberthy. Preacher: Dr Anne Richards.
SUN       With Cor Caerfyrddin choir, directed by John S Davies.
SUN       Organist: Christopher Williams.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00hr5wx (Listen)
SUN       Katharine Whitehorne reflects on diseconomies of scale.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00hrt8x (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00hrt8z (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00hrt91 (Listen)
SUN       Lord Brian Rix
SUN       Kirsty Young invites Lord Brian Rix, actor and President
SUN       of Mencap, to choose eight records to take to Radio 4's
SUN       mythical desert island.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00hpj9b (Listen)
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with
SUN       panellists Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock and
SUN       David Mitchell.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00hs8xd (Listen)
SUN       Venison
SUN       With the wild deer population in the UK reaching two
SUN       million and this year's shooting season being extended,
SUN       Sheila Dillon finds out what happens to all the venison
SUN       that is being produced.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00hs8xg (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 World This Weekend b00hs8xj (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with James Robbins.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Stand-Up With the Stars b00hyjd6 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 1
SUN       Hugh Dennis follows the fortunes of four Radio 4
SUN       presenters - Evan Davis, Libby Purves, Peter White and
SUN       Laurie Taylor - as they try their hand at stand-up comedy
SUN       for Comic Relief. They are mentored by comedians Paul
SUN       Merton, Milton Jones, Josie Long and Shappi Khorsandi, who
SUN       train them for a warm-up gig in advance of a date at a
SUN       London comedy club.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardener's Question Time b00hr5wl (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness answer
SUN       questions posed by gardeners at Long Eaton and District
SUN       Horticultural Society, near Nottingham.
SUN       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
SUN       forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 My Mile of the River b00hs8xl (Listen)
SUN       Episode 3
SUN       Chris Tally Evans evokes the sights and sounds of the
SUN       River Wye as it flows yards from his garden in Rhayader in
SUN       Mid Wales.
SUN       Chris walks the banks of the Wye and discovers how
SUN       important the river has been to the economy of the town of
SUN       Rhayader.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00hs8xn (Listen)
SUN       Rendezvous with Rama, Episode 1
SUN       Mike Walker's dramatisation of the novel by Arthur C
SUN       Clarke, set in the 22nd Century.
SUN       When the mysterious space object known as Rama appears in
SUN       the solar system, the crew of the SV Endeavour are sent to
SUN       investigate.
SUN       William Norton ...... Richard Dillane
SUN       Li Kwok ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu
SUN       Pieter Rousseau ...... Jimmy Akingbola
SUN       Jimmy Pak ...... Robert Lonsdale
SUN       Aruna Calvert ...... Archie Panjabi
SUN       Gerry ...... Inam Mirza
SUN       Ruby Barnes ...... Janice Acquah
SUN       Laura Ernst ...... Ania Sowinski
SUN       Indira Gopal ...... Shelley King
SUN       Erl King ...... Peter Marinker
SUN       Tamara Ruiz ...... Jill Cardo
SUN       Tan Sun ...... Jonathan Tafler
SUN       Henning ...... Paul Rider.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Bookclub b00hs8xq (Listen)
SUN       AL Kennedy
SUN       James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up
SUN       comedian AL Kennedy about her 2007 Costa prize-winning
SUN       novel, Day, the story of RAF gunner Alfred Day and how he
SUN       comes to terms with the end of the Second World War.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00hs93v (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough introduces poems by Ernest Dowson, DH
SUN       Lawrence, Laurie Lee and popular contemporary poet UA
SUN       Fanthorpe.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00hpndg (Listen)
SUN       Grant Ferrett investigates whether the sanctions imposed
SUN       on Zimbabwe by Britain and Europe are adequate to stop
SUN       wealth being channelled out of the country by people close
SUN       to the Mugabe government.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00hrsnd (Listen)
SUN       Bobby Jindal
SUN       Claire Bolderson profiles Bobby Jindal, the young
SUN       Indian-American governor of Louisiana who was chosen to
SUN       give the Republican response to President Obama's
SUN       Congressional address on the economy.
SUN       Born and raised a Hindu, Jindal converted to Catholicism
SUN       as a teenager. The former Rhodes Scholar has since made a
SUN       name for himself as a conservative Republican, opposing
SUN       abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research, while
SUN       advocating the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
SUN       Claire hears from those who knew, and have tracked the
SUN       career of, this rising star who has been tipped by some as
SUN       a potential presidential candidate in 2012.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00hs93x (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00hs93z (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hs941 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00hs943 (Listen)
SUN       David Stafford introduces his selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00hs945 (Listen)
SUN       The temperature drops at the Dower House.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00hs947 (Listen)
SUN       Children's magazine. Barney Harwood does some creative
SUN       writing with Andy Stanton, author of a series of books
SUN       about a very bad man called Mr Gum. For World Book Day,
SUN       some children were asked to finish a story that Andy
SUN       started, and Barney hears the results.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b007vhn8 (Listen)
SUN       Caravan Club, Just Like the Famous Five
SUN       Series of short stories celebrating a British institution.
SUN       A young Enid Blyton fan is thrilled to be going on a
SUN       caravan holiday, just like her heroes. But will the
SUN       reality of a week in a Scottish caravan park meet her
SUN       expectations?
SUN       By Anne Donovan, read by Molly Innes.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00hr5py (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00hr5wn (Listen)
SUN       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
SUN       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
SUN       recently died. The programme reflects on people of
SUN       distinction and interest from many walks of life, some
SUN       famous and some less well known.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00hrk32 (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       He reports on the long-running saga of bank overdraft
SUN       charges, which reaches a crucial legal stage. Also, just
SUN       how much risk is taxpayer's money exposed to from those
SUN       toxic assets in the bank bail out?
SUN       When is a Barclaycard customer not a Barclaycard customer?
SUN       Plus thousands of 'capital secure' investors face losing
SUN       some or all of their money.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00hrt8n (Listen)
SUN       Bowel and Cancer Research
SUN       Dr Mark Porter appeals on behalf of Bowel and Cancer
SUN       Research.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00hr4lt (Listen)
SUN       Anti Social Housing
SUN       Richard Reeves, director of the independent think tank
SUN       Demos, argues that social housing has failed everyone -
SUN       those who cannot get housing, those in social housing and
SUN       the taxpayers who pay for it. The government is committed
SUN       to a new wave of affordable housing, but have we learnt
SUN       the lessons of the past?
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00hs95g (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00hs95j (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn
SUN       Quinn. Including The Prime Ministers.
SUN       
SUN       23:02 The Film Programme b00hr5wq (Listen)
SUN       Francine Stock talks to Clive Owen, the star of The
SUN       International, a thriller set in the world of banking and
SUN       money laundering.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00hrt60 (Listen)
SUN       Spring Forward
SUN       Fergal Keane looks forward to Spring, both as a season and
SUN       a metaphor for better times to come.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 2 MARCH 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Weather b00hs9xs (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00hq2xx (Listen)
MON       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
MON       society works.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00hrt5w (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Mary's in Ilmington.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hs9zp (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hsb27 (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hsb3b (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00hsb52 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hsbbl (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00hsbbn (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00htgdl (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00hsbfk (Listen)
MON       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00htgdn (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His
MON       guests include playwright Enda Walsh, who discusses his
MON       latest play The New Electric Ballroom, and writer Linda
MON       Grant, who talks about her book The Thoughtful Dresser.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00hsp0r (Listen)
MON       The Decisive Moment, Episode 1
MON       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
MON       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
MON       up its mind.
MON       The importance of the emotional brain. Since Plato,
MON       philosophers have described the decision-making process as
MON       either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or
MON       we go with our gut instinct.
MON       But as scientists break open the mind's black box with the
MON       latest tools of neuroscience, they are discovering that
MON       this is not an accurate picture of how the mind works. Our
MON       best decisions are a finely-tuned blend of both feeling
MON       and reason, and the precise mix depends on the situation.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00hsp6m (Listen)
MON       Jane Garvey features reports on opera singer Angela
MON       Gheorghiu; Fiona Millar on the Blair years, and Twitter.
MON       Plus the Monday Panel.
MON       Including drama:
MON       The Death of Grass
MON       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by John
MON       Christopher. It is 1956 and a virus has wiped out the
MON       crops of South East Asia, causing a famine. John Custance
MON       and his family visit his brother David's farm in
MON       Westmorland, convinced that the same thing could not
MON       happen there.
MON       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
MON       John ...... Darrell Brockis
MON       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
MON       Roger ...... Gus Brown
MON       David ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor
MON       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
MON       
MON       11:00 Straight to the Top b00htgdq (Listen)
MON       Liz Barclay investigates whether a leading fashion brand
MON       like Topshop can beat the credit crunch. With major
MON       retailers seeing their profit margins squeezed, are
MON       consumers continuing to tighten their belts?
MON       Featuring interviews from key players including former
MON       Topshop brand director Jane Shepherdson, widely credited
MON       with masterminding the store's fashion renaissance, and
MON       designer Celia Birtwell.
MON       
MON       11:30 The Yellowplush Papers b00htgds (Listen)
MON       My Novel
MON       Series of five comic tales by William Makepeace Thackeray,
MON       adapted by Stephen Wyatt, recounting the rise and fall of
MON       early-19th Century footman Charles Yellowplush.
MON       When a fashionable society novelist comes to stay at
MON       Diddlesex Towers, he inspires Charles to undertake an
MON       ambitious and scandalous enterprise.
MON       Charles Yellowplush ...... Adam Buxton
MON       Duke ...... Paul Rider
MON       Duchess ...... Janice Acquah
MON       Marquess ...... Inam Mirza
MON       Mary Ann ...... Annabelle Dowler
MON       Modicum ...... Gunnar Cauthery
MON       Scavenger ...... Stephen Critchlow
MON       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00hsrcx (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00hsrgw (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00hsrjm (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
MON       
MON       13:30 Quote... Unquote b00htgdx (Listen)
MON       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
MON       of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Catherine
MON       Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00hs945 (Listen)
MON       The temperature drops at the Dower House.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00htgzs (Listen)
MON       A City Killing
MON       By Mike Walker. After a foolhardy trade in the City almost
MON       wipes out Harry Towers' hedge fund, he turns for help to
MON       family friend Bob Glass, probably the most successful
MON       trader that Wall Street has ever seen. Confidence is
MON       immediately restored and Harry's investors seem inclined
MON       to give him a second chance - until he some alarming news
MON       on TV.
MON       Harry Towers ...... Nicholas Boulton
MON       Bob Glass ...... Nathan Osgood
MON       Tim ...... David Tse
MON       Meredith ...... Janice Acquah
MON       Sarah ...... Pamela Miles
MON       Carmody ...... Sam Dale
MON       Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00hrsnj (Listen)
MON       A Strong Song Tows Us - Another History of English Poetry
MON       Lee Hall, writer of Billy Elliot and The Pitmen Painters,
MON       uncovers a hidden history of English poetry. Stretching
MON       back to the Dark Ages and emerging in 1960s Newcastle, Lee
MON       reveals an alternative tradition of English poetry as the
MON       preserve of ordinary working people.
MON       Sunderland cork cutters, shipyard workers and pit men
MON       encounter Walt Whitman, Allen Ginsberg and Ezra Pound. And
MON       how a meeting between a 16-year-old schoolboy and one of
MON       the great modernists of English literature, Basil Bunting,
MON       contributed to the flowering of the north east as an
MON       international destination for the whole Beatnik generation.
MON       
MON       15:45 My Alter Ego b00ht42h (Listen)
MON       Ignatius Sancho
MON       Series in which different presenters tell the story of a
MON       character from history that they identify with.
MON       Jazz musician and rapper Soweto Kinch tells the forgotten
MON       story of black 18th-Century composer Ignatius Sancho.
MON       Supposedly born on a slave ship bound for the West Indies
MON       in the 1720s, Sancho was orphaned and brought to London,
MON       where he was given to three spinster sisters and grew up
MON       as a child-slave.
MON       He had a curious mind and a love of learning, attributes
MON       that combined with sheer force of personality helped him
MON       to break into London's literary and artistic circles and
MON       forge friendships with actor David Garrick and author
MON       Laurence Sterne. Sancho became a prolific letter writer
MON       and a gentleman composer, while running a grocery shop
MON       which attracted many of his aristocratic and artistic
MON       friends.
MON       Soweto Kinch has long been fascinated by the life of
MON       Ignatius Sancho, and even though he was born almost 200
MON       years after Sancho into a very different world, he
MON       recognises certain parallels with his own life - his
MON       engagement with education, his passion for music and his
MON       relationship with his heritage.
MON       Illustrated with readings from Ignatius' letters and
MON       musical compositions.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00hs8xd (Listen)
MON       Venison
MON       With the wild deer population in the UK reaching two
MON       million and this year's shooting season being extended,
MON       Sheila Dillon finds out what happens to all the venison
MON       that is being produced.
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00htgzx (Listen)
MON       Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world,
MON       teasing out the hidden and often contradictory truths
MON       behind the experiences, values and traditions of our lives.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00ht5ph (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
MON       Mair. Plus Weather.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ht5r1 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00htgzz (Listen)
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with
MON       panellists Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Jack Dee and Josie
MON       Lawrence.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00hsrjy (Listen)
MON       The tables are turned at Home Farm.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00ht5rh (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a report
MON       on the new theatre and performing arts galleries at the
MON       Victoria and Albert Museum.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ht5tc (Listen)
MON       The Death of Grass, Episode 1
MON       Dramatisation of the science fiction novel by John
MON       Christopher.
MON       It is 1956 and a virus has wiped out the crops of South
MON       East Asia, causing a famine. John Custance and his family
MON       visit his brother David's farm in Westmorland, convinced
MON       that the same thing could not happen there.
MON       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
MON       John ...... Darrell Brockis
MON       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
MON       Roger ...... Gus Brown
MON       David ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor
MON       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
MON       
MON       20:00 Snow in Libya b00g4zgv (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Broadcaster Peter Snow returns to scenes of his post-war
MON       childhood in Libya for the first time in 50 years to
MON       discover more about how the modern Great Socialist
MON       People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya has changed from the place
MON       he remembers from his youth.
MON       
MON       20:30 Bottom Line b00hrsn2 (Listen)
MON       Evan Davis discusses whether hedge funds have contributed
MON       to the economic crisis and whether they should be allowed
MON       to trade without being regulated. Hugh Hendry, one of the
MON       UK's most outspoken fund managers, offers his thoughts.
MON       Plus Gordon Frazer, head of Microsoft UK, and Jasmine
MON       Montgomery, of Futurebrand, discuss the future of
MON       computing and the real value of a brand.
MON       
MON       21:00 Islam and Science b00hth03 (Listen)
MON       Episode 3
MON       Writer and journalist Ehsan Masood explores the status of
MON       science in the modern Islamic world, and asks whether
MON       measures taken to promote science are having an impact on
MON       the working lives of Muslim scientists.
MON       The call to read and seek knowledge is embedded in the
MON       Qur'an. But the Islamic world is currently witness to a
MON       rise in creationism, a trend for seeking 'scientific
MON       miracles' in the Qur'an and a frustration among scientists
MON       at the literal interpretation of Islam.
MON       How does the interplay between Islam and science affect
MON       those working in research today? Ehsan Masood asks Muslims
MON       working in science in the UK and abroad about how their
MON       faith influences their work.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00htgdn (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His
MON       guests include playwright Enda Walsh, who discusses his
MON       latest play The New Electric Ballroom, and writer Linda
MON       Grant, who talks about her book The Thoughtful Dresser.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00ht87g (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00ht8fk (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ht8fm (Listen)
MON       The White Tiger, Episode 6
MON       Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning
MON       satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai,
MON       the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural
MON       poverty of his village into the bright lights and
MON       corruption of the city.
MON       Balram comes up against the corruption at the heart of his
MON       wealthy employers' lives as a road accident leaves him
MON       taking the blame for Pinky Madam's drunkenness.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00hr4lk (Listen)
MON       Meeting A Star
MON       Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on fame in all its
MON       forms. Guests James Delingpole, Agnes Poirier and Michael
MON       Simkins reveal the agony and ecstasy of meeting a star.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ht8hk (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with David Wilby.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Weather b00hs9tq (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00hsp0r (Listen)
TUE       The Decisive Moment, Episode 1
TUE       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
TUE       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
TUE       up its mind.
TUE       The importance of the emotional brain. Since Plato,
TUE       philosophers have described the decision-making process as
TUE       either rational or emotional: we carefully deliberate or
TUE       we go with our gut instinct.
TUE       But as scientists break open the mind's black box with the
TUE       latest tools of neuroscience, they are discovering that
TUE       this is not an accurate picture of how the mind works. Our
TUE       best decisions are a finely-tuned blend of both feeling
TUE       and reason, and the precise mix depends on the situation.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hs9xv (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hs9zr (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hsb29 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00hsb3d (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hsb54 (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00hsb7l (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00hsbbq (Listen)
TUE       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
TUE       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
TUE       Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 The Long View b00htkpx (Listen)
TUE       Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the
TUE       past behind the present.
TUE       He is joined by Billy Bragg to consider House of Lords
TUE       reform now and in the 17th Century, examining the story of
TUE       Lord Howard, a corrupt peer who was sent to the Tower. In
TUE       the light of recent cash-for-influence allegations,
TUE       Jonathan and guests debate what can be learnt from the
TUE       experience of the 1640s, when the Lords came under
TUE       similarly intense scrutiny.
TUE       Hsitorical readings are provided by Tim Bentinck who plays
TUE       David in The Archers and who is also the 12th Earl of
TUE       Portland. He was one of the hereditary peers who was
TUE       disqualified from sitting in the Lords following the
TUE       reforms of 1999.
TUE       Jonathan's other guests are the historian Dr Jason Peacey,
TUE       Andrew Piece, assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir
TUE       Christopher Kelly, chairman of the committee on Standards
TUE       in Public Life and cross-bench peer Baroness Ilora Finlay
TUE       of Llandaff.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 The Prime Ministers b00htl94 (Listen)
TUE       Lord North
TUE       BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's
TUE       prime ministers have used their power, responded to the
TUE       challenges of their time and made the job what it is today.
TUE       Nick asks if history has been fair to Lord North, who is
TUE       remembered as the prime minister who lost America.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00hzygp (Listen)
TUE       The Decisive Moment, Episode 2
TUE       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
TUE       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
TUE       up its mind.
TUE       How the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a
TUE       battleship during the first Gulf War. Plus, how the human
TUE       brain's ability to learn from experience meant that chess
TUE       grand master Garry Kasparov was able to compete at the
TUE       same level as a computer program, despite having far less
TUE       computational power.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00hspk0 (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       Including drama:
TUE       The Death of Grass
TUE       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by John
TUE       Christopher.
TUE       The world begins to panic as the virus spreads. But just
TUE       as things seem to be calming down a little, Roger
TUE       confronts John with some horrifying news.
TUE       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
TUE       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
TUE       John ...... Darrell Brockis
TUE       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
TUE       Roger ...... Gus Brown
TUE       David ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor
TUE       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Fixing the Pedigree Dog b00htl96 (Listen)
TUE       Sue Broom looks at the genetics and health of pedigree
TUE       dogs and asks if modern science and an understanding of
TUE       genetics can produce a solution to make them healthier.
TUE       A recent TV documentary highlighted some severe health
TUE       problems in a number of pedigree dog breeds. The breeds of
TUE       most concern include Cavalier King Charles Spaniels with
TUE       syringiomyelia, a neurological disorder thought to be
TUE       caused by too small a skull squeezing the brain. Also
TUE       German shepherd dogs and Neapolitan mastiffs have a high
TUE       incidence of hip dysplasia and Basset and Bloodhounds bred
TUE       to be too heavy leaving them prone to arthritis and back
TUE       problems.
TUE       However, as Sue discovers, there are changes being made to
TUE       the way that pedigree dogs are being bred. The Kennel Club
TUE       has implemented its Fit for Function, Fit for Life
TUE       campaign. Also, Crufts will be introducing new breed
TUE       standards, the blueprint for a show dog. They are in the
TUE       process of training judges to select dogs not only on
TUE       their looks but also on their health.
TUE       These changes are welcomed by the RSPCA, but they do not
TUE       believe that they go far enough and are concerned that the
TUE       changes in the breed standards are too vague and open to
TUE       too much interpretation by judges, many of whom are
TUE       themselves breeders.
TUE       Certain breed groups do not like being dictated to and
TUE       think that the problems are being overblown. But some dog
TUE       breeders are actively seeking out DNA tests for disorders
TUE       that affect their breed and using this information to
TUE       'breed out' unhealthy genes from their stock.
TUE       Sue finds out what this shake-up of the pedigree dog
TUE       breeding world will mean for future breeds and whether or
TUE       not some breeds as we know them will even survive.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 From Jean Brodie to Carrie Bradshaw: Spinsters in
TUE       Popular Cu b00htl98 (Listen)
TUE       Ann Widdecombe explores how single women have been
TUE       depicted in popular culture. From Dickens' terrifying Miss
TUE       Havisham and Muriel Spark's Miss Jean Brodie to Carrie
TUE       Bradshaw in Sex and the City and Bridget Jones, why are
TUE       single women so often represented as manipulative, bitter,
TUE       or just desperate for a man?
TUE       Ann is content with her single status, and wants to know
TUE       why it is hard to find examples of truly happy spinsters
TUE       in books or on screen. She explores the horror that David
TUE       Lean's depiction of Miss Havisham evoked in many of the
TUE       generation that came of age in the 1940s. She goes back to
TUE       her old school in Bath to meet her former teacher and to
TUE       contemplate the reality of life for single women of that
TUE       generation.
TUE       Ann finds out why the author of Not Married, Not Bothered,
TUE       Carol Clewlow, believes that even today Jane Austen is
TUE       capable of being a 'spinster heroine' and why many women
TUE       seem to loathe the word 'spinster'. She also asks whether
TUE       Carrie Bradshaw and Bridget Jones have as much to offer us
TUE       as Barbara Pym's 'excellent women' of the 1950s and 60s.
TUE       Finally, she discovers that the word 'spinster' might be
TUE       loathed, but it is far from defunct, as some journalists
TUE       are now referring to single men as 'male spinsters'.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00hsrbf (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00hsrcz (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00hsrgy (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Sleeve Notes b00htmzr (Listen)
TUE       Music writer Laura Barton explains her love of the sleeve
TUE       note, which was once, for many, the cherished gateway into
TUE       a musical world but has now been diminished by the
TUE       digitalisation of music.
TUE       She considers how the sleeve note can act as a declaration
TUE       of intent from the artist, as epitomised by Johnny Cash's
TUE       sleeve notes for his classic 1968 live album, At Folsom
TUE       Prison, or by the inclusion of the founding declaration of
TUE       the Rock Against Racism movement on the sleeve of Tom
TUE       Robinson's debut album Power in the Darkness.
TUE       Poet Simon Armitage talks about being commissioned by Paul
TUE       Weller to write the sleeve notes for his latest album.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00hsrjy (Listen)
TUE       The tables are turned at Home Farm.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00htmzt (Listen)
TUE       The Lemon Squeezer
TUE       Comedy by Triona Adams. A young woman faces up to the
TUE       realities of life when she swaps London life for an
TUE       enclosed convent.
TUE       Mother Abbess ...... Margaret Tyzack
TUE       Mother Prioress ...... Deborah Findlay
TUE       Father Edward ...... Sam Dale
TUE       Sister Cillian/Cecilia ...... Rachel Atkins
TUE       Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00htmzw (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the environment and the natural world.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00htmzy (Listen)
TUE       Readings From Bath, Knit One Purl One
TUE       Series of stories by Bath writers from the stage of the
TUE       city's Literature Festival.
TUE       A funny and tender account of a marriage, a series of
TUE       summer holidays and the importance of knitting. By Pippa
TUE       Gladhill, read by Pippa Haywood.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 My Alter Ego b00ht5cn (Listen)
TUE       Eliza Vestris
TUE       Series in which different presenters tell the story of a
TUE       character from history that they identify with.
TUE       Burlesque performer Kirsty Allan tells the story of the
TUE       19th-Century theatrical performer Eliza Vestris, a
TUE       trailblazing artist who took many risks in theatreland.
TUE       Not only did she dare to reveal her lower legs - and just
TUE       a little bit of thigh - but she became the first woman to
TUE       run her own theatre. Eliza started off as an opera singer,
TUE       but made her mark as one of the first stars of burlesque.
TUE       Eliza Vestris' most successful performance was as Don
TUE       Giovanni in Giovanni in London, a burlesque based on
TUE       Mozart's opera. This daring part helped make Eliza one of
TUE       the most famous performers in the country.
TUE       As founder of the Ministry of Burlesque, Kirsty is keen to
TUE       point out that burlesque is not the kind of elaborate
TUE       striptease made famous by Dita von Teese. True burlesque
TUE       should involve sending-up, satirising, or making mockery
TUE       of something.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Law in Action b00htn00 (Listen)
TUE       Focusing on some of the ways in which the law affects
TUE       children.
TUE       Judges now have the power to hand out community service
TUE       punishments to parents who sabotage contact between their
TUE       ex-partners and their children. Will the courts be willing
TUE       to impose penalties on obstructive parents?
TUE       Also a report on how children going through care
TUE       proceedings are being affected by the shortage of
TUE       guardians, the professionals responsible for advising the
TUE       judge on what is in the best interests of the child.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00htn02 (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to writer Robyn Karney and DJ Huw
TUE       Stephens about their favourite books.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00ht5mp (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
TUE       Mair.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ht5pk (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Cabin Pressure b00cdsj8 (Listen)
TUE       Boston
TUE       Sitcom about the pilots of a tiny charter airline for whom
TUE       no job is too small and many jobs are too difficult.
TUE       A routine flight to Boston is disrupted by a routine fire,
TUE       a routine lawsuit and a routine corpse.
TUE       Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
TUE       First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
TUE       Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
TUE       Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
TUE       ATC Fitton ...... Ewen MacIntosh
TUE       Hamilton Leeman ...... Kerry Shale
TUE       Paramedic ...... Matilda Ziegler
TUE       Written by John Finnemore.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00hsrjp (Listen)
TUE       Matt and Lilian have a rude awakening.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00ht5r3 (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including the
TUE       verdict on the superhero film Watchmen, based on the
TUE       graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ht5xq (Listen)
TUE       The Death of Grass, Episode 2
TUE       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by John
TUE       Christopher.
TUE       The world begins to panic as the virus spreads. But just
TUE       as things seem to be calming down a little, Roger
TUE       confronts John with some horrifying news.
TUE       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
TUE       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
TUE       John ...... Darrell Brockis
TUE       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
TUE       Roger ...... Gus Brown
TUE       David ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor
TUE       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00htn04 (Listen)
TUE       Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that overreaction by
TUE       schools to minor incidents or unproven allegations is
TUE       ruining the careers of hundreds of innocent teachers. As
TUE       efforts to protect children from abuse or cruelty are
TUE       intensified, Julian asks if some safety measures have gone
TUE       too far?
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00htn06 (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Am I Normal? b00htn08 (Listen)
TUE       Series 6, Post-natal Depression
TUE       Vivienne Parry continues her quest to find out what is
TUE       normal.
TUE       She investigates post-natal depression. More women than
TUE       ever are being diagnosed with the condition, so does
TUE       motherhood make women miserable or are we turning a
TUE       normal, if difficult, psychological transition into an
TUE       illness?
TUE       If you ask a woman who has just had a baby if she has felt
TUE       sad or miserable in the last seven days, there is a fair
TUE       chance that she will say yes. You might get a similar
TUE       answer if you ask if she has felt scared or panicky for no
TUE       good reason. These are questions on the Edinburgh Post
TUE       Natal Depression Scale, a self reporting tool developed in
TUE       1987 to help identify women with post-natal depression.
TUE       The scale is now widely used by health professionals as
TUE       part of efforts to help women who are struggling
TUE       psychologically to access the help and support they need.
TUE       However, critics claim that the scale picks up too many
TUE       women who are indeed having a hard time but who are not
TUE       depressed and still fails to spot women at the more severe
TUE       end of the depression spectrum. So are we now better at
TUE       identifying and helping women who are depressed post
TUE       natally?
TUE       Vivienne Parry talks to psychiatrists Roch Cantwell and
TUE       Paul Ramchandani, novelist Rachel Cusk, sociologist Ellie
TUE       Lee and several mothers about what they think is normal in
TUE       the post-natal period.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 The Long View b00htkpx (Listen)
TUE       Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the
TUE       past behind the present.
TUE       He is joined by Billy Bragg to consider House of Lords
TUE       reform now and in the 17th Century, examining the story of
TUE       Lord Howard, a corrupt peer who was sent to the Tower. In
TUE       the light of recent cash-for-influence allegations,
TUE       Jonathan and guests debate what can be learnt from the
TUE       experience of the 1640s, when the Lords came under
TUE       similarly intense scrutiny.
TUE       Hsitorical readings are provided by Tim Bentinck who plays
TUE       David in The Archers and who is also the 12th Earl of
TUE       Portland. He was one of the hereditary peers who was
TUE       disqualified from sitting in the Lords following the
TUE       reforms of 1999.
TUE       Jonathan's other guests are the historian Dr Jason Peacey,
TUE       Andrew Piece, assistant editor of the Daily Telegraph, Sir
TUE       Christopher Kelly, chairman of the committee on Standards
TUE       in Public Life and cross-bench peer Baroness Ilora Finlay
TUE       of Llandaff.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00ht86m (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00ht88m (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ht8fp (Listen)
TUE       The White Tiger, Episode 7
TUE       Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning
TUE       satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai,
TUE       the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural
TUE       poverty of his village into the bright lights and
TUE       corruption of the city.
TUE       As his employer's marriage falls apart and his business
TUE       dealings become even more corrupt, Balram begins to dream
TUE       of the glittering prizes that his new life offers.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Mastering the Universe b00htn0b (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 2
TUE       Comedy series starring Dawn French as Professor Joy Klamp,
TUE       a specialist in the art of spoiling other people's
TUE       pleasure.
TUE       Investigating the fun that can be had, at other people's
TUE       expense, through travel.
TUE       With Chris Douglas, Sally Grace, Katy Brand, Sally Grace,
TUE       Christopher Douglas, Dan Tetsell, Brian Perkins.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ht8h7 (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Sean Curran.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Weather b00hs9ts (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00hzygp (Listen)
WED       The Decisive Moment, Episode 2
WED       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
WED       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
WED       up its mind.
WED       How the fluctuations of a few dopamine neurons saved a
WED       battleship during the first Gulf War. Plus, how the human
WED       brain's ability to learn from experience meant that chess
WED       grand master Garry Kasparov was able to compete at the
WED       same level as a computer program, despite having far less
WED       computational power.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hs9xx (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hs9zt (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hsb2c (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00hsb3g (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hsb56 (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00hsb7p (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00hsbbs (Listen)
WED       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
WED       Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00htvd7 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00hzyg9 (Listen)
WED       The Decisive Moment, Episode 3
WED       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
WED       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
WED       up its mind.
WED       The defects in the emotional brain that lead us toward bad
WED       decisions such as excessive risk taking, gambling on the
WED       stock market or taking out sub-prime mortgages. What
WED       exactly is the circuitry of temptation?
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00hspk2 (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray.
WED       Including drama:
WED       The Death of Grass
WED       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by John
WED       Christopher.
WED       Having broken past the roadblocks, the convoy is hoping
WED       for a clear run to Blind Gill. But a level crossing, a
WED       gatehouse and a carjack change the Custances' lives for
WED       ever.
WED       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
WED       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
WED       John ...... Darrell Brockis
WED       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
WED       Roger ...... Gus Brown
WED       Man ...... Andrew Mayer
WED       Mr Spruce ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor
WED       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
WED       
WED       11:00 Whatever Happened To The Working Class b00htvd9 (Listen)
WED       From Heroes to Zeroes
WED       Sarfraz Manzoor examines the forces that have had an
WED       impact on the traditional 'working class' in Britain.
WED       After a decade of supposed 'classlessness', the issue of
WED       class is back on the agenda. Once again, it matters if you
WED       identify yourself as working class, especially, it seems,
WED       if you are white.
WED       The working class may have historically been aligned with
WED       the labour movement, but Margaret Thatcher's astute
WED       recognition of strong individualistic aspirations - such
WED       as the desire to own a home - changed the political
WED       landscape in ways that are still evident nearly 30 years
WED       on.
WED       Sarfraz visits housing estates in Manchester and talks to
WED       schoolchildren, academics and politicians about the future
WED       of the working class.
WED       
WED       11:30 Clare in the Community b00htvhj (Listen)
WED       Series 5, Girls on Film
WED       Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
WED       Not only does Clare have a new trainee social worker to
WED       break in, but she and her colleagues at the Sparrowhawk
WED       Family centre are the subject of a documentary film.
WED       Clare ...... Sally Phillips
WED       Brian ...... Alex Lowe
WED       Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck
WED       Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
WED       Megan/Nali ...... Nina Conti
WED       Irene ...... Ellen Thomas
WED       Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
WED       Colette/Mrs Cook ...... Anna Bengo
WED       Catriona ...... Alex Tregear.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00hsrbh (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00hsrd1 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00hsrh0 (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00htvhl (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00hsrjp (Listen)
WED       Matt and Lilian have a rude awakening.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00hv3j0 (Listen)
WED       The Sensitive - A Possession
WED       Alastair Jessiman's third play about a Glasgow psychic who
WED       uses his gifts to help police investigations. When Thomas
WED       Soutar agrees to help in the search for a music student
WED       who has been missing for a year, he becomes obsessed by
WED       the missing girl in ways that he had not expected.
WED       Thomas ...... Robin Laing
WED       Natasha ...... Anita Vitesse
WED       Mrs Soutar ...... Sheila Donald
WED       Mr Paris ...... James MacPherson
WED       Mrs Paris ...... Cara Kelly
WED       Mrs Collins ...... Juliet Cadzow
WED       Guest House Manager ...... John Paul Hurley
WED       Carol ...... Patricia Kavanagh
WED       Other parts played by the cast
WED       Directed by Bruce Young.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00htw7z (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on banking.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hvckm (Listen)
WED       Readings From Bath, Inappropriate Dancing
WED       Series of stories by Bath writers from the stage of the
WED       city's Literature Festival.
WED       At the age of 81, Alice Garbutter has taken her first
WED       risk, and it feels so good that she is going to take more.
WED       By Fran Landsman, read by Stephanie Cole.
WED       
WED       15:45 My Alter Ego b00ht5cq (Listen)
WED       George Augustus Sala
WED       Series in which different presenters tell the story of a
WED       character from history that they identify with.
WED       Con Coughlin of The Daily Telegraph tells the colourful
WED       story of Victorian journalist George Augustus Sala, one of
WED       the best known writers of his day, whose career took off
WED       when Charles Dickens spotted his talent and published his
WED       work in Household Words.
WED       Sala joined The Daily Telegraph shortly after its launch
WED       in the mid-19th Century, becoming a prolific leader writer
WED       and an adventurous and well-travelled foreign
WED       correspondent.
WED       He reported on the American Civil War, where his southern
WED       sympathies made him an unpopular figure, and the
WED       Franco-Prussian war, where he was arrested and thrown into
WED       jail, accused of being a spy. He would never travel
WED       anywhere without a revolver, a corkscrew, and a 'little
WED       huswife full of pins, needles and buttons'.
WED       Coughlin explores the parallels that he sees between
WED       Sala's career and his own.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00htwhb (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Am I Normal? b00htn08 (Listen)
WED       Series 6, Post-natal Depression
WED       Vivienne Parry continues her quest to find out what is
WED       normal.
WED       She investigates post-natal depression. More women than
WED       ever are being diagnosed with the condition, so does
WED       motherhood make women miserable or are we turning a
WED       normal, if difficult, psychological transition into an
WED       illness?
WED       If you ask a woman who has just had a baby if she has felt
WED       sad or miserable in the last seven days, there is a fair
WED       chance that she will say yes. You might get a similar
WED       answer if you ask if she has felt scared or panicky for no
WED       good reason. These are questions on the Edinburgh Post
WED       Natal Depression Scale, a self reporting tool developed in
WED       1987 to help identify women with post-natal depression.
WED       The scale is now widely used by health professionals as
WED       part of efforts to help women who are struggling
WED       psychologically to access the help and support they need.
WED       However, critics claim that the scale picks up too many
WED       women who are indeed having a hard time but who are not
WED       depressed and still fails to spot women at the more severe
WED       end of the depression spectrum. So are we now better at
WED       identifying and helping women who are depressed post
WED       natally?
WED       Vivienne Parry talks to psychiatrists Roch Cantwell and
WED       Paul Ramchandani, novelist Rachel Cusk, sociologist Ellie
WED       Lee and several mothers about what they think is normal in
WED       the post-natal period.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00ht5mr (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
WED       Mair.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ht5pm (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4, followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       18:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00htwhd (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Suggs
WED       Suggs reads A Brief History of Time, listens to Vivaldi,
WED       changes the oil in a car and has his first tap dancing
WED       lesson.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00hsrjr (Listen)
WED       The truth comes out for Lilian.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00ht5r7 (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ht5zy (Listen)
WED       The Death of Grass, Episode 3
WED       Dramatisation of the science fiction novel by John
WED       Christopher.
WED       Having broken past the roadblocks, the convoy is hoping
WED       for a clear run to Blind Gill. But a level crossing, a
WED       gatehouse and a carjack change the Custances's lives for
WED       ever.
WED       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
WED       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
WED       John ...... Darrell Brockis
WED       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
WED       Roger ...... Gus Brown
WED       Man ...... Andrew Mayer
WED       Mr Spruce ...... Jonathan Dryden Taylor
WED       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00htwhg (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox,
WED       Matthew Taylor and Clifford Longley.
WED       
WED       20:45 Lent Talks b00htwhj (Listen)
WED       In No God's Land
WED       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
WED       from their own perspective. Martin Bell reflects on his
WED       experience in war zones.
WED       
WED       21:00 Percy Edwards Showdown b00htwx7 (Listen)
WED       David Attenborough hosts a celebration of bird
WED       impersonator Percy Edwards, who enjoyed a 70-year career
WED       impersonating birds and beasts. The programme combines the
WED       strange story of Percy's life with archive of his
WED       impersonations, interviews with those who knew him and a
WED       quiz. Guests include Bill Oddie and the comedian Alex
WED       Horne.
WED       Percy Edwards discovered his talent for talking like
WED       animals when he was seven. Dozing under a tree, he heard
WED       what he thought was a wolf-whistle and discovered that it
WED       was a bird. For several weeks, Edwards kept hearing this
WED       greenfinch and found that he could imitate it. He even
WED       took to eating canary seed before going to bed in the hope
WED       that he would wake in the morning singing like a bird.
WED       Eventually Percy was able to produce the sound of more
WED       than 600 birds, and some other animals. His was the voice
WED       of the killer whale in Orca, the alien in Alien and he
WED       provided sheep noises for Kate Bush's song The Dreaming.
WED       Percy took to the stage aged 11, was a stalwart of the
WED       Generation Game in the 1970s and gave his final
WED       performance aged 80 at the London Palladium in 1989. His
WED       repertoire was extraordinary - all 13 calls of the
WED       chaffinch, the strangely grinding sound of the amorous
WED       capercaille and corgis barking in Welsh accents.
WED       Quizmaster David Attenborough plays bird calls for the
WED       teams to identify, some of which will not be the birds but
WED       Percy's impressions - can they tell the difference? Woven
WED       into the rounds will be snippets about Percy's life from
WED       the BBC archive, including appearances on Parkinson, Wogan
WED       and Morecambe and Wise, revealing the importance of his
WED       work in raising the public's awareness of wildlife and the
WED       significance of his role as an ornithologist.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00htvd7 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00ht86p (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00ht88p (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ht8fr (Listen)
WED       The White Tiger, Episode 8
WED       Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning
WED       satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai,
WED       the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural
WED       poverty of his village into the bright lights and
WED       corruption of the city.
WED       Temptation stares Balram in the face as he sees just how
WED       deeply his employer is mired in the corruption of the city.
WED       
WED       23:00 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders b00htxbs (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Comedy series in which Josie Long attempts to better
WED       herself through learning from reference books, with help
WED       from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins and special guests.
WED       Josie explores the fantastic world of obscure animal facts
WED       in a bid to become the ultimate quiz contestant. To do
WED       this she looks back at her animal rights activist past,
WED       questions why she grew out of that phase and interrogates
WED       her father over his quiz buff history.
WED       
WED       23:15 One b00771hg (Listen)
WED       Series 1, Episode 3
WED       The sketch show where no sketch features more than one
WED       voice.
WED       Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie
WED       Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan
WED       Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill
WED       Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ht8h9 (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Weather b00hs9tx (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00hzyg9 (Listen)
THU       The Decisive Moment, Episode 3
THU       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
THU       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
THU       up its mind.
THU       The defects in the emotional brain that lead us toward bad
THU       decisions such as excessive risk taking, gambling on the
THU       stock market or taking out sub-prime mortgages. What
THU       exactly is the circuitry of temptation?
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hs9xz (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hs9zw (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hsb2f (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00hsb3j (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hsb58 (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00hsb7r (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00hsbbv (Listen)
THU       With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
THU       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
THU       Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00hv1dp (Listen)
THU       The Measurement Problem in Physics
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests including Roger Penrose discuss
THU       the measurement problem in physics.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00hzygc (Listen)
THU       The Decisive Moment, Episode 4
THU       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
THU       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
THU       up its mind.
THU       Exploring the crucial role of the pre-frontal cortex in
THU       decision-making. How a firefighter's ability to think
THU       creatively in the middle of a horrific bush fire proved to
THU       be a life-saving decision.
THU       How is the human brain able to process huge amounts of
THU       information under great time pressure, and where is the
THU       seat of rational thought?
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00hspk4 (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray.
THU       Including drama:
THU       The Death of Grass
THU       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by John
THU       Christopher.
THU       The journey to Blind Gill continues, with one addition to
THU       the group and one sudden, shocking loss. Both events shed
THU       new light on the increasingly disturbing behaviour of Mr
THU       Pirrie.
THU       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
THU       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
THU       John ...... Darrell Brockis
THU       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
THU       Roger ...... Gus Brown
THU       Millicent Pirrie ...... Abigail Burdess
THU       Olivia Buckley ...... Morag Cross
THU       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00hv1dr (Listen)
THU       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
THU       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU       
THU       11:30 Bombay's Beatle b00hv1dt (Listen)
THU       Sarfraz Manzoor visits Mumbai to meet some of the
THU       musicians who were recruited in 1968 by George Harrison to
THU       help him record his first solo project, the soundtrack to
THU       the psychedelic film Wonderwall. Harrison was given full
THU       creative control over the music by the film's director Joe
THU       Massot, and it gave the Beatle the chance to explore his
THU       passion for Indian music.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00hsrbk (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00hsrd3 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00hsrh2 (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b00hv1dw (Listen)
THU       Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on the theme of
THU       ambition, with guests Terence Blacker, Tina Lamb and Shaun
THU       Bailey.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00hsrjr (Listen)
THU       The truth comes out for Lilian.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00hv1dz (Listen)
THU       The State of the Art
THU       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by Iain M
THU       Banks. A spaceship from The Culture arrives on Earth in
THU       1977 and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like
THU       'property' and 'money' and on the edge of self
THU       destruction. When Agent Dervley Linter decides to go
THU       native can Diziet Sma change his mind?
THU       The Ship ...... Sir Antony Sher
THU       Diziet Sma ...... Nina Sosanya
THU       Dervley Linter ...... Paterson Joseph
THU       Li ...... Graeme Hawley
THU       Tel ...... Brigit Forsyth
THU       Sodel ...... Conrad Nelson
THU       Directed by Nadia Molinari
THU       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
THU       
THU       15:02 Open Country b00hrg9w (Listen)
THU       Helen Mark finds out how whisky production has shaped
THU       Speyside in Scotland, with the opening of a new 'green'
THU       distillery in Roseisle.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00hrt8n (Listen)
THU       Bowel and Cancer Research
THU       Dr Mark Porter appeals on behalf of Bowel and Cancer
THU       Research.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hvckp (Listen)
THU       Readings From Bath, The Successor
THU       Series of stories by Bath writers from the stage of the
THU       city's Literature Festival.
THU       An ex-wife looks on in disapproval at her husband's choice
THU       of successor, but her criticism turns to helplessness as
THU       danger threatens. By Rachel Fixsen, read by Pippa Haywood.
THU       
THU       15:45 My Alter Ego b00ht5cs (Listen)
THU       Kathleen Raine
THU       Series in which different presenters tell the story of a
THU       character from history that they identify with.
THU       Katrina Porteous tells the story of her fellow poet
THU       Kathleen Raine, with whom she shares Scottish roots, a
THU       Cambridge education and a connection with Northumberland,
THU       where Katrina lives and where Raine Kathleen was evacuated
THU       to during the First World War.
THU       
THU       16:00 Bookclub b00hs8xq (Listen)
THU       AL Kennedy
THU       James Naughtie talks to the author and part-time stand-up
THU       comedian AL Kennedy about her 2007 Costa prize-winning
THU       novel, Day, the story of RAF gunner Alfred Day and how he
THU       comes to terms with the end of the Second World War.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00hv1f2 (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper hears about the latest remarkable example
THU       of natural selection - a fish eye that focuses light using
THU       a dished mirror - and how it illustrates Charles Darwin's
THU       150-year-old theory.
THU       Darwin recognised that the eye, in all its perfection,
THU       could represent a real problem for the theory of
THU       evolution. But in fact, with hundreds of different seeing
THU       organs specialising in different functions across the
THU       animal kingdom, the eye actually reveals the great
THU       inventiveness of natural selection.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00ht5mt (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
THU       Mair.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ht5pp (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 Old Harry's Game b00hv1f4 (Listen)
THU       Series 7, Episode 3
THU       Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
THU       The presence of a baby in Hell is turning them all soft.
THU       As Scumspawn becomes the first demon to wear a papoose,
THU       Satan tries to locate Satan Junior's real family.
THU       Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
THU       Edith ...... Annette Crosbie
THU       Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
THU       Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
THU       With Jan Ravens and Felicity Montagu.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00hsrjt (Listen)
THU       Tom's impatience comes to the fore.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00ht5r9 (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ht62v (Listen)
THU       The Death of Grass, Episode 4
THU       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel by John
THU       Christopher.
THU       The journey to Blind Gill continues, with one addition to
THU       the group and one sudden, shocking loss. Both events shed
THU       new light on the increasingly disturbing behaviour of Mr
THU       Pirrie.
THU       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
THU       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
THU       John ...... Darrell Brockis
THU       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
THU       Roger ...... Gus Brown
THU       Millicent Pirrie ...... Abigail Burdess
THU       Olivia Buckley ...... Morag Cross
THU       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
THU       
THU       20:00 Seven Days b00hv1f6 (Listen)
THU       In Oldham
THU       As the town launches an enquiry into excessive alcohol
THU       consumption, Jenny Cuffe spends a week in Oldham with
THU       those people who are developing new ways to intervene in
THU       the lives of heavy drinkers.
THU       
THU       20:30 Analysis b00hv1f8 (Listen)
THU       The Threat of Thrift
THU       After decades of easy credit, Chris Bowlby asks if the
THU       concept of thrift has lost its moral attraction and if its
THU       revival could further damage the economy.
THU       
THU       21:00 Leading Edge b00hv1fb (Listen)
THU       Geoff Watts with the latest stories from the world of
THU       science.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00hv1dp (Listen)
THU       The Measurement Problem in Physics
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests including Roger Penrose discuss
THU       the measurement problem in physics.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00ht86r (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00ht88r (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ht8ft (Listen)
THU       The White Tiger, Episode 9
THU       Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning
THU       satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai,
THU       the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural
THU       poverty of his village into the bright lights and
THU       corruption of the city.
THU       Balram's fateful decision has been made and now is the
THU       moment when he passes the point of no return.
THU       
THU       23:00 Inside Alan Francis b00hv1rj (Listen)
THU       Episode 3
THU       Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the
THU       workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends
THU       and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.
THU       Alan and Jane are due to meet at the solicitors.
THU       With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ht8hc (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with David Wilby.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Weather b00hs9v0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00hzygc (Listen)
FRI       The Decisive Moment, Episode 4
FRI       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
FRI       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
FRI       up its mind.
FRI       Exploring the crucial role of the pre-frontal cortex in
FRI       decision-making. How a firefighter's ability to think
FRI       creatively in the middle of a horrific bush fire proved to
FRI       be a life-saving decision.
FRI       How is the human brain able to process huge amounts of
FRI       information under great time pressure, and where is the
FRI       seat of rational thought?
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hs9y1 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hs9zy (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hsb2h (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00hsb3l (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hsb5b (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00hsb7t (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00hsbbx (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk,
FRI       Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00hrt91 (Listen)
FRI       Lord Brian Rix
FRI       Kirsty Young invites Lord Brian Rix, actor and President
FRI       of Mencap, to choose eight records to take to Radio 4's
FRI       mythical desert island.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00hzygf (Listen)
FRI       The Decisive Moment, Episode 5
FRI       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
FRI       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
FRI       up its mind.
FRI       Exploring the certainty trap - a potential hazard for
FRI       pundits and politicians alike. It feels good to be
FRI       certain, but this can lead each of us to pretend that our
FRI       mind is in full agreement with itself, even when it is
FRI       not. In other words, we trick ourselves into being sure.
FRI       But is it possible to use our knowledge of the brain to
FRI       avoid such pitfalls?
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00hspk6 (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray.
FRI       Including drama:
FRI       The Death of Grass
FRI       Dramatisation of the science-fiction novel, by John
FRI       Christopher.
FRI       The end of the journey is in sight but there are still
FRI       plenty of obstacles ahead. At the last of them, John has
FRI       to make an agonising choice.
FRI       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
FRI       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
FRI       John ...... Darrell Brockis
FRI       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
FRI       Roger ...... Gus Brown
FRI       Ashton ...... Andrew Mayer
FRI       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Hairspray and Harmonies b00hv33b (Listen)
FRI       Episode 2
FRI       Kit Hesketh-Harvey follows the Birmingham-based ladies
FRI       barbershop chorus, Second City Sound.
FRI       Kit meets up with the group in Harrogate, as they prepare
FRI       to compete in the Ladies Association of British Barbershop
FRI       Singers.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 HR b00hv33d (Listen)
FRI       A Role Play
FRI       Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the
FRI       misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his
FRI       trouble-making colleague.
FRI       Peter learns that he has to apply for his own job - but he
FRI       is not the only one.
FRI       Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce
FRI       Sam ...... Nicholas le Prevost
FRI       Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00hsrbm (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00hsrd5 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00hsrh4 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with James Robbins.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00hv33g (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00hsrjt (Listen)
FRI       Tom's impatience comes to the fore.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00hvgbt (Listen)
FRI       Success Story
FRI       By Brett Goldstein. When Ray's low-budget film is picked
FRI       up by a major studio, his dreams of Hollywood start to
FRI       become a reality. Then, holed up in a hotel room doing
FRI       endless publicity interviews, he finds the past coming
FRI       back to bite him.
FRI       Ray ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild
FRI       Tara ...... Caroline Catz
FRI       Emily ...... Sasha Pick
FRI       Kristen ...... Laurel Lefkow
FRI       Directed by Toby Swift.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardener's Question Time b00hwbpb (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer
FRI       questions posed by gardeners at the Chipstead Flower Show
FRI       Association in Surrey.
FRI       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
FRI       forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 My Alter Ego b00ht5cv (Listen)
FRI       Varaztad Kazanjian
FRI       Series in which different presenters tell the story of a
FRI       character from history that they identify with.
FRI       Surgeon Iain Hutchison tells the story of Varaztad
FRI       Kazanjian, an American doctor posted with the British army
FRI       in the First World War, who became a pioneer in plastic
FRI       surgery.
FRI       As an Armenian refugee, Kazanjian had escaped a massacre
FRI       of his people in Turkey in 1895. He settled in Worcester,
FRI       Massachusetts and, along with many other Armenians, took a
FRI       job in the local wire factory. There he worked long, hot
FRI       hours but was determined to make a better life, and
FRI       dedicated himself to years of evening classes.
FRI       Eventually he decided to try for a career as a dentist,
FRI       and in 1902 was accepted by Harvard Dental School,
FRI       qualifying in 1905. He was happily married and
FRI       successfully running his own dental practice when the
FRI       First World War broke out. He volunteered to join the
FRI       Harvard Medical Corps, and was posted to a huge tented
FRI       hospital complex in northern France.
FRI       There he began to treat some of the worst injuries
FRI       suffered in trench warfare: jaws, noses, cheeks and skulls
FRI       shattered by bullets and grenades. Although he was not a
FRI       qualified surgeon, he had become known for treating the
FRI       kind of facial injuries and disfigurements neglected by
FRI       the general medical community, and he brought this passion
FRI       and expertise to bear in France.
FRI       Many soldiers, who would otherwise have suffered dreadful
FRI       scarring and lifelong pain, had their injuries expertly
FRI       treated by Kazanjian. It was said that he advanced the
FRI       field of plastic surgery by 50 years during the four years
FRI       he served the British army. He received an honorary
FRI       knighthood from King George V and became one of the most
FRI       respected reconstructive facial surgeons in the world, at
FRI       one stage treating Sigmund Freud, whose jaw had been eaten
FRI       away by cancer.
FRI       Professor Iain Hutchison is founder and chief executive of
FRI       the Facial Surgery Research Foundation and is one of the
FRI       world's leading reconstructive facial surgeons. His first
FRI       career was in dentistry, before specialising in oral and
FRI       maxillo-facial surgery, and, like Kazanjian, he has
FRI       operated on some of the most difficult cases of facial
FRI       injury and disfigurement, all the while advancing this
FRI       particular area of surgery.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00hwtj3 (Listen)
FRI       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
FRI       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
FRI       recently died. The programme reflects on people of
FRI       distinction and interest from many walks of life, some
FRI       famous and some less well known.
FRI       
FRI       16:30 The Film Programme b00hwtj5 (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Julian Fellowes, the actor and
FRI       Oscar-winning writer of Gosford Park, about his latest
FRI       script, Young Victoria. Plus director Ole Christian Madsen
FRI       talks about his popular but controversial war movie, Flame
FRI       and Citron, which investigates the role of the Resistance
FRI       movement against the Nazi occupation of Denmark.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00ht5mw (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ht5pr (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00hwtj7 (Listen)
FRI       Series 26, Episode 1
FRI       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
FRI       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
FRI       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Jon Richardson.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00hsrjw (Listen)
FRI       Matt faces a difficult truth.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00ht5rc (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, who reports from a
FRI       terraced house, filled with wood carvings by a Kenyan-born
FRI       artist, and now owned by the National Trust.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ht63q (Listen)
FRI       The Death of Grass, Episode 5
FRI       Dramatisation of the science fiction novel by John
FRI       Christopher.
FRI       The end of the journey is in sight but there are still
FRI       plenty of obstacles ahead. At the last of them, John has
FRI       to make an agonising choice.
FRI       Narrator ...... David Mitchell
FRI       Pirrie ...... Bruce Alexander
FRI       John ...... Darrell Brockis
FRI       Ann ...... Rebecca Egan
FRI       Roger ...... Gus Brown
FRI       Ashton ...... Andrew Mayer
FRI       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00hwvf7 (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Sutton,
FRI       Surrey.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00hwvf9 (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine
FRI       Whitehorn.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b0077495 (Listen)
FRI       Stone, Mary Shane
FRI       By Danny Brocklehurst.
FRI       DCI John Stone is investigating the high profile case of a
FRI       missing teenage girl, Louise Sands. Then Mary Shane, 80,
FRI       turns up insisting that she must speak to Stone and
FRI       confesses to murdering three people 60 years earlier.
FRI       Mary Shane ...... Anne Reid
FRI       DCI Stone ...... Hugo Speer
FRI       Kate ...... Suranne Jones
FRI       Catriona ...... Zoe Henry
FRI       Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham
FRI       Sally ...... Danielle Henry
FRI       Jack Leary ...... James Nickerson
FRI       Ken ...... Terence Mann
FRI       Ryan ...... Aidan Parsons
FRI       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00ht86t (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00ht88t (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ht8fw (Listen)
FRI       The White Tiger, Episode 10
FRI       Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning
FRI       satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai,
FRI       the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural
FRI       poverty of his village into the bright lights and
FRI       corruption of the city.
FRI       Balram has made it out of the darkness and into the dazzle
FRI       of entrepreneurial success. The cost has been high, and
FRI       could be even higher in the future, but for the White
FRI       Tiger the price has been worth it.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00htn02 (Listen)
FRI       Sue MacGregor talks to writer Robyn Karney and DJ Huw
FRI       Stephens about their favourite books.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ht8hf (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI       
FRI       
FRI