06 February, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for Week Beginning 07/02/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00h9036 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00hd350 (Listen) SAT The Last Supper, Episode 5 SAT Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's SAT three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some SAT of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting SAT to a more relaxed way of life. SAT The family explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their trip SAT draws to an end. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h9038 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h903b (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h903d (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00h903g (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h903j (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00h903l (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00h903n (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00h9dk5 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00h9dk7 (Listen) SAT Portland Quarry SAT Stone from the Isle of Portland envelops London's most SAT prestigious buildings, so why do some locals want the SAT quarrying to stop? Helen Mark finds out. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today This Week b00h9dk9 (Listen) SAT News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00h9dkc (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00h9dkf (Listen) SAT With Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk, SAT Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00h9dkh (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Clare Balding is joined by former SAT cricketer and writer Ed Smith, with poetry from Murray SAT Lachlan Young. SAT As a professional cricketer, Ed played for Kent, captained SAT Middlesex and represented England. He has also written SAT three books and has a weekly column in The Daily Telegraph. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00h9dkk (Listen) SAT John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and SAT joys of travel. SAT SAT 10:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00h9dkm (Listen) SAT Series 2, Shakespeare in Love SAT Series in which Paul Gambaccini explores what SAT Oscar-winning films can tell us about the American society SAT of the time. SAT Paul examines the last comedy to win the Best Picture SAT Oscar and Dame Judi Dench's performance, which was one of SAT the shortest appearances to win the Best Supporting SAT Actress award. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00h9dkp (Listen) SAT A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Riddell. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00h9dkr (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00h9dkt (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis on the world of personal finance. Reports on SAT the impact of rock bottom interest rates, biometrics in SAT banking and a crackdown on 'sale and rent back' firms. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00h900h (Listen) SAT Series 67, Episode 5 SAT Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with SAT panellists Jeremy Hardy, Chris Addison, Andy Hamilton and SAT Phill Jupitus. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00h9dkw (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00h9dky (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00h900k (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Canterbury. SAT The panel includes Ann Widdecombe, John Sergeant, Greg SAT Dyke and Chuka Umunna. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00h9dl0 (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 b00h9dl2 (Listen) SAT On the Ceiling SAT By Nigel Planer. High up on the wooden scaffolding tower SAT of the Sistine Chapel, two fresco plasterers prepare the SAT ceiling for their boss, Michelangelo, who has not bothered SAT to turn up again. As they do so, they bemoan the SAT uselessness of the great master. SAT Lapo ...... Phil Daniels SAT Loti ...... Bryan Dick SAT Pope Julius ...... Gary Waldhorn SAT Cardinal Alidosi ...... Roger Lloyd Pack SAT Directed by Mary Peate. SAT SAT 15:30 Robert Winston's Musical Analysis b00h6ysz (Listen) SAT Schumann SAT Professor Robert Winston explores the relationship between SAT the music and the medical conditions of composers who SAT suffered mental and physical illness. SAT Robert investigates Robert Schumann, who died in 1856 aged SAT 46 in Endenich Sanatorium in Bonn, following a series of SAT mental breakdowns and suicide attempts. SAT He hears a convincing case from fellow sufferers Kay SAT Redfield Jamison and Stephen Johnson that Schumann SAT suffered from bipolar disorder, and not syphillis, as has SAT been claimed previously. He also meets pianist Lucy SAT Parham, who introduces him to the music of Schumann's SAT imaginary friends. SAT SAT 16:00 Weekend Woman's Hour b00h9dt8 (Listen) SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with SAT Jane Garvey and Jenni Murray. Including an interview with SAT Meryl Streep. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00h9dtb (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 b00h9dtd (Listen) SAT Evan Davis and his business guests talk about government SAT intervention as President Obama plans to limit the SAT salaries of corporate bosses who receive bailout funds. SAT Are these extreme measures for extreme times or could we SAT see a new partnership between politicians and big business SAT emerging from this economic downturn? And Paul Bennett, SAT partner in global design firm IDEO, Hilary Devey, CEO of SAT successful freight transport company Pall-Ex, and Robyn SAT Jones, CEO of contract caterers Charlton House, discuss SAT why home working didn't take off as predicted back in the SAT early 1990s. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00h9dtg (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00h9dtj (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h9dtl (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00h9dtn (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, SAT comedy and music. He is joined by Rory McGrath, actor SAT Stephen Mangan and Carole Hayman and Lou Wakefield, SAT authors of Ladies of Letters. Plus Arthur Smith talks SAT romance and kissing with Tom Mitchelson and music comes SAT from Speech DeBelle and Ane Brun. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00h9f6v (Listen) SAT Greg Stemm SAT Stephen Sackur profiles Greg Stemm, the American behind SAT the controversial exploration of HMS Victory in the SAT English Channel. SAT The ship, the predecessor to Nelson's Victory, sank in SAT 1744 with the loss of over 1000 lives. Stemm and his SAT company, Odyssey, have already recovered two rare bronze SAT cannon and are seeking permission from the British SAT authorities to raise the rest of the cargo, which may SAT include valuable treasure. Stephen talks to crew members SAT from Stemm's exploration team, as well as marine SAT archaeologists, about the man who started off as Bob SAT Hope's assistant but always dreamt of underwater SAT exploration. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00h9f6x (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests Miranda Sawyer, Kathryn Hughes SAT and Paul Farley review the week's cultural highlights, SAT including the new rock musical Spring Awakening. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00hgc2m (Listen) SAT The Book Burners SAT To mark 20 years since the fatwa was issued against Salman SAT Rushdie over the publication of The Satanic Verses, Mike SAT Wooldridge talks to those who took part in the protests SAT and burned the book. SAT When The Satanic Verses was published, one of the book SAT burners, Inayat Bunglawala, was a second-year student at SAT Queen Mary University in London. He, like many others, SAT reasoned that the Thatcher government had banned Peter SAT Wright's Spycatcher and had gone to court to prevent its SAT distribution, so surely Rushdie's novel, which caused such SAT offence to hundreds of millions of Muslims, deserved a SAT similar fate? SAT When, on the 14 February 1989, the Iranian Islamic leader SAT Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's SAT death, the protestors were elated. London's Hyde Park saw SAT 70,000 Muslims gather for what became one of the largest SAT protests. Bradford was also the centre of much opposition. SAT But 20 years on, do the young men who took part in the SAT demonstrations and the book burning still believe that SAT their actions were justified, and would they do it again? SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00h4d2x (Listen) SAT The Invasion - Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade, SAT Episode 1 SAT By Jonathan Myerson. The story of the First Crusade, SAT re-imagined from the Arab point of view, using the SAT chronicles of the period. SAT Small-time merchant Firuz's life is changed when his land SAT is invaded by a rag-tag army of incomprehensible, odorous SAT and ill-disciplined warriors from the West, fuelled by SAT religious fanaticism. SAT Firuz ...... Andrew Lincoln SAT The Stitch ...... Neil Dudgeon SAT Rihab ...... Helen Schlesinger SAT Yaghi-Siyan ...... Nicholas Woodeson SAT Tatikios ...... Peter Polycarpou SAT Nadirah ...... Rachel Atkins SAT Suleima ...... Jill Cardo SAT Anna ...... Janice Acquah SAT Peter ...... Chris Pavlo SAT Qilij ...... Gunnar Cauthery SAT Shams Al-Dawla ...... Dan Starkey SAT Other parts played by Malcolm Tierney, Stephen Critchlow SAT and Robert Lonsdale SAT Directed by Jonquil Panting. SAT SAT 22:00 Weather b00h9fc9 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00h8qc3 (Listen) SAT Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions SAT behind the week's news. Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik, SAT Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips cross-examine SAT witnesses. SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b00h62rk (Listen) SAT Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange SAT of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Celia Walden, SAT Katherine Whitehorn, Richard Coles and Simon Singh. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00h4dh4 (Listen) SAT Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for poems by SAT Emily Bronte, Sheenagh Pugh and Linton Kwesi Johnson. With SAT readers Nadia Williams, Burt Caesar and Adjoa Andoh. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00h9fph (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b007v098 (Listen) SUN Be Prepared, The Dog Watch SUN To mark the centenary of the Scouting movement, a series SUN of stories inspired by their famous motto. SUN A couple tipsily celebrate their wedding anniversary. SUN By Candia McWilliam, read by Tamara Kennedy. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h9fsy (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h9ft0 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h9ft2 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00h9ft4 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00h9ft6 (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from Selby Abbey in Yorkshire. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00h9f6v (Listen) SUN Greg Stemm SUN Stephen Sackur profiles Greg Stemm, the American behind SUN the controversial exploration of HMS Victory in the SUN English Channel. SUN The ship, the predecessor to Nelson's Victory, sank in SUN 1744 with the loss of over 1000 lives. Stemm and his SUN company, Odyssey, have already recovered two rare bronze SUN cannon and are seeking permission from the British SUN authorities to raise the rest of the cargo, which may SUN include valuable treasure. Stephen talks to crew members SUN from Stemm's exploration team, as well as marine SUN archaeologists, about the man who started off as Bob SUN Hope's assistant but always dreamt of underwater SUN exploration. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00h9ft8 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00h9ftb (Listen) SUN The Violence Within SUN Mark Tully explores the relationship between inner SUN violence experienced as anger, repression and envy, and SUN outer violence, expressed as cruelty, aggression and SUN greed. If it is true that we are all, by nature, prone to SUN violence, why are some people able to contain their SUN violence and act peacefully in the world? SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00h9v8c (Listen) SUN Sea Lion Island SUN Lionel Kelleway travels to the Falkland Islands in search SUN of amorous marine mammals. The aptly named Sea Lion Island SUN is a temporary home for sea lions and elephant seals. SUN While it is winter in the UK, it is summertime in the SUN Falklands, and peak time for mating and pupping. Lionel SUN may even get to experience the incredible spectacle of the SUN local pod of killer whales in full hunting action. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00h9v8f (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00h9v8h (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00h9v8k (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news SUN of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, SUN both familiar and unfamiliar. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00h9v8m (Listen) SUN Housing Justice SUN John Hegley appeals on behalf of Housing Justice. SUN Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: SUN Freephone 0800 404 8144. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00h9vcl (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00h9vcn (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00h9vcq (Listen) SUN As Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor prepares to retire from SUN his position as Archbishop of Westminster, he joins the SUN community of seminarians at Allen Hall in London to SUN reflect on priesthood and vocation in the 21st Century. SUN Led by the Rector of Allen Hall, Msgr Mark O'Toole. SUN Director of Music: Charles Cole. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00h900m (Listen) SUN A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Harold Evans. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00h9vcs (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00h9vcv (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00h9vcx (Listen) SUN David Suchet SUN Kirsty Young invites the actor David Suchet to choose SUN eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00h6sdr (Listen) SUN Series 54, Episode 6 SUN Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. The SUN panellists are Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Jack Dee and SUN Josie Lawrence. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00hw0zh (Listen) SUN Sicilian citrus industry SUN Sheila Dillon finds out what happened when, inspired by a SUN previous programme on the decline of Sicily's citrus SUN industry, some of the farmers involved decided to travel SUN to a trade fair in London with an articulated lorry SUN containing 73,000 oranges, with the aim of trying to save SUN the island's citrus groves. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00h9vgt (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 World This Weekend b00h9vgw (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Fry's English Delight b00d6jfx (Listen) SUN Quotation SUN Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the SUN English language. SUN Stephen examines the thought processes of those who SUN compile quotation dictionaries as well as those who use SUN and abuse them. Such compilers can wield unsuspected SUN power, conferring greatness on the most insignificant text. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardener's Question Time b00h9008 (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN John Cushnie, Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank answer SUN the questions posed by gardeners in South Wales. SUN Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather SUN forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 A View Through a Lens b00h9vgy (Listen) SUN Wolves SUN Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison combines location SUN recordings with personal narratives which highlight the SUN uniqueness of human experience, the beauty of nature and SUN the connections which unite society and nature. SUN John travels to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to SUN film wolves hunting elk, something that has rarely been SUN seen let alone filmed. It is a hugely challenging task, as SUN temperatures plummet below freezing, but the results are SUN both exhilarating and shocking. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00h9vnh (Listen) SUN The Invasion - Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade, SUN Episode 2 SUN By Jonathan Myerson. The story of the First Crusade, SUN re-imagined from the Arab point of view, using the SUN chronicles of the period. SUN Antioch is under siege from the Crusaders and the local SUN Christian men have been expelled from the city for fear of SUN betrayal. But, with a little collaboration, The Stitch has SUN a plan to end the siege. SUN Firuz ...... Andrew Lincoln SUN The Stitch ...... Neil Dudgeon SUN Rihab ...... Helen Schlesinger SUN Yaghi-Siyan ...... Nicholas Woodeson SUN Tatikios ...... Peter Polycarpou SUN Nadirah ...... Rachel Atkins SUN Suleima ...... Jill Cardo SUN Anna ...... Janice Acquah SUN Peter ...... Chris Pavlo SUN Bohemond ...... Stephen Critchlow SUN Shams Al-Dawla ...... Dan Starkey SUN Other parts played by Gunnar Cauthery, Inam Mirza and SUN Malcolm Tierney SUN Directed by Jonquil Panting. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00h9vnk (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Kate SUN Grenville about her relationship with her country's past, SUN and her exploration of the subject in her book The SUN Lieutenant. SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00h9vwz (Listen) SUN In the lead up to Valentine's Day, Roger McGough SUN introduces listeners' requests for poems on the subject of SUN love. Burt Caesar, Mark Meadows and Adjoa Andoh read poems SUN by Carol Ann Duffy, Sophie Hannah and WH Auden. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00h8lfj (Listen) SUN Allan Urry investigates how criminal syndicates have been SUN able to target GPs, hospitals and chemists with cheap SUN counterfeit drugs. With the NHS under pressure to cut its SUN 11 billion-pound annual spending on medicines, has the SUN hunt for cheaper alternatives opened the door to these SUN dangerous fakes? SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00h9f6v (Listen) SUN Greg Stemm SUN Stephen Sackur profiles Greg Stemm, the American behind SUN the controversial exploration of HMS Victory in the SUN English Channel. SUN The ship, the predecessor to Nelson's Victory, sank in SUN 1744 with the loss of over 1000 lives. Stemm and his SUN company, Odyssey, have already recovered two rare bronze SUN cannon and are seeking permission from the British SUN authorities to raise the rest of the cargo, which may SUN include valuable treasure. Stephen talks to crew members SUN from Stemm's exploration team, as well as marine SUN archaeologists, about the man who started off as Bob SUN Hope's assistant but always dreamt of underwater SUN exploration. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00h9vx1 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00h9vx3 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h9vx5 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00h9vx7 (Listen) SUN Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from SUN the past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00h9vx9 (Listen) SUN Brian puts finance over family. SUN SUN 19:15 Go4it b00h9vxc (Listen) SUN Children's magazine. Barney Harwood meets author Cathy SUN Cassidy to talk about the unusual families that she SUN describes in her fiction. SUN SUN 19:45 The Star Jelly Mystery b00hl8n6 (Listen) SUN Euan McIlwraith investigates the identity of 'star jelly', SUN a mystery jelly found across the British countryside and SUN beyond - which has scientists and outdoor enthusiasts SUN stumped. Could it be alien excrement, seagull vomit or SUN remnants of a meteorite shower? Euan joins in the debate SUN on the origins of this curious substance and subjects it SUN to a DNA test. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00h8ymn (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00h900c (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 b00h9dkt (Listen) SUN Paul Lewis on the world of personal finance. Reports on SUN the impact of rock bottom interest rates, biometrics in SUN banking and a crackdown on 'sale and rent back' firms. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00h9v8m (Listen) SUN Housing Justice SUN John Hegley appeals on behalf of Housing Justice. SUN Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: SUN Freephone 0800 404 8144. SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00h8x2b (Listen) SUN The Remarkable Mr China SUN Peter Day talks to Irish businessman Liam Casey from his SUN base in the industrial powerhouse of Shenzen, close to SUN Hong Kong. He gives his insights into how China works and SUN how its influence is rippling through companies and SUN consumers all over the world. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00h9vzt (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00h9vzw (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn SUN Quinn. Including: I Was Put on Trial by al-Qaeda. SUN SUN 23:02 The Film Programme b00h900f (Listen) SUN Francine Stock talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright SUN John Patrick Shanley about his own adaptation of his stage SUN drama Doubt, which stars Meryl Streep as a nun who SUN harbours suspicions about a priest who teaches in the SUN Catholic school where she works. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00h9ftb (Listen) SUN The Violence Within SUN Mark Tully explores the relationship between inner SUN violence experienced as anger, repression and envy, and SUN outer violence, expressed as cruelty, aggression and SUN greed. If it is true that we are all, by nature, prone to SUN violence, why are some people able to contain their SUN violence and act peacefully in the world? SUN SUN MON MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2009 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00hb6d0 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. Followed by weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00h8q3y (Listen) MON Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how MON society works. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00h9ft6 (Listen) MON The sound of bells from Selby Abbey in Yorkshire. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hb6ny (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hb6zf (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hb7c3 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00hb88v (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hb9hh (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00hbb9h (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00hbs56 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00hbbh3 (Listen) MON With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00hbs58 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr debates freedom of expression 20 years after MON the fatwa imposed on the novelist Salman Rushdie. His MON guests include Kenan Malik and Tariq Modood. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00hbjv0 (Listen) MON Tequila Oil, Episode 1 MON Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road MON trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing MON how to drive. MON After an unexpected upgrade to first class on the flight MON to Mexico, Hugh meets a businessman who gives him the idea MON that will inspire his journey. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hbjvn (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. MON Including drama: MON Reading Between the Lines MON Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. MON When a celebrated writer, RP Beckford-Jones, leaves clues MON in his final novel implying that his recently deceased MON wife was murdered, DCI Kate Duncan is forced to look more MON carefully at the incriminating text. MON DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams MON Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert MON Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross MON Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo MON Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes MON Scotland ...... Jill Cardo MON Webster ...... Richard Howard MON Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace MON With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. MON Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. MON MON 11:00 God.com b00hc2cx (Listen) MON Dr Robert Beckford examines the popularity of religion on MON the internet. MON Every traditional religion and their denominations within MON has a web site as do a fast-growing number of individual MON churches, mosques and synagogues. Religion on the internet MON is second only to sex in terms of the number of sites and MON appears to be catching up. MON Robert asks a podcasting priest, a blogging rabbi and an MON imam whether on-line religion is replacing more MON traditional forms. He visits the Iqra Islamic Girls School MON in Oxford, where he asks the students about their MON experiences. And Mogg Morgan, a practising pagan, explains MON how the internet has also strengthened the worldwide pagan MON community. MON MON 11:30 The Yellowplush Papers b00hc2cz (Listen) MON My First Employer 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 Charles attracts the attention of an elegant gentleman, MON Frederick Altamont, who is pursuing the lovely Mary. MON Charles does his best to matchmake, until the awful truth MON about Altamont comes to light. MON Charles Yellowplush ...... Adam Buxton MON Mother ...... Janice Acquah MON Altamont ...... Joseph Kloska MON Shum ...... Paul Rider MON Mrs Shum ...... Liza Sadovy MON Mary ...... Manjeet Mann MON Betsy ...... Jill Cardo MON Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00hbk5g (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00hbk6q (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00hc2hx (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00hc2hz (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 b00h9vx9 (Listen) MON Brian puts finance over family. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00hc407 (Listen) MON The Need for Nonsense MON By Julia Blackburn. The story of the friendship between MON the writer and illustrator Edward Lear and his Greek MON manservant Giorgio, who inspired him to address the MON painful truths in his life. MON Edward Lear ...... Andrew Sachs MON Giorgio Kokalis ...... Alexi Kaye-Campbell MON Walter Congreve ...... Mark Meadows MON Hubert Congreve as a boy ...... Ross McKendrick MON Hubert Congreve as a young man ...... James Rastall MON Lady Wortlesham ...... Kim Hicks MON Directed by Mary Ward-Lowery. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00hgc2m (Listen) MON The Book Burners MON To mark 20 years since the fatwa was issued against Salman MON Rushdie over the publication of The Satanic Verses, Mike MON Wooldridge talks to those who took part in the protests MON and burned the book. MON When The Satanic Verses was published, one of the book MON burners, Inayat Bunglawala, was a second-year student at MON Queen Mary University in London. He, like many others, MON reasoned that the Thatcher government had banned Peter MON Wright's Spycatcher and had gone to court to prevent its MON distribution, so surely Rushdie's novel, which caused such MON offence to hundreds of millions of Muslims, deserved a MON similar fate? MON When, on the 14 February 1989, the Iranian Islamic leader MON Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for Rushdie's MON death, the protestors were elated. London's Hyde Park saw MON 70,000 Muslims gather for what became one of the largest MON protests. Bradford was also the centre of much opposition. MON But 20 years on, do the young men who took part in the MON demonstrations and the book burning still believe that MON their actions were justified, and would they do it again? MON MON 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hbkr2 (Listen) MON Politics and Progress MON Series charting the history of America, written and MON presented by David Reynolds. How politics took hold of the MON cities, for good and for ill. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00hw3m1 (Listen) MON Revisiting two audio food diaries recorded in the north MON and south poles in 2002. One tells the story of chef MON Gerard Baker who cooked for a group taking part in the MON British Antarctic project. The other is a food diary, MON recorded in the same year, by Christopher Cope, who MON completed a charity walk to the north pole. MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00hc4n9 (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 b00hbkt0 (Listen) MON Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie MON Mair. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hbkyv (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b00hc4nc (Listen) MON Series 54, Episode 7 MON Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. The MON panellists are Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and MON Gyles Brandreth. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00hbk9f (Listen) MON Tom takes it out on the staff at Bridge Farm. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00hbkzj (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hbnkg (Listen) MON Reading Between the Lines, Episode 1 MON Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. MON When a celebrated writer, RP Beckford-Jones, leaves clues MON in his final novel implying that his recently deceased MON wife was murdered, DCI Kate Duncan is forced to look more MON carefully at the incriminating text. MON DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams MON Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert MON Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross MON Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo MON Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes MON Scotland ...... Jill Cardo MON Webster ...... Richard Howard MON Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace MON With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. MON Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. MON MON 20:00 It's My Story b00hgywx (Listen) MON After Woolworths MON Following the fortunes of Steve, a former Woolworths MON employee, as he struggles to find a new job to feed his MON growing family after the company went into administration MON in late 2008, with the loss of over 27,000 staff. MON MON 20:30 Bottom Line b00h9dtd (Listen) MON Evan Davis and his business guests talk about government MON intervention as President Obama plans to limit the MON salaries of corporate bosses who receive bailout funds. MON Are these extreme measures for extreme times or could we MON see a new partnership between politicians and big business MON emerging from this economic downturn? And Paul Bennett, MON partner in global design firm IDEO, Hilary Devey, CEO of MON successful freight transport company Pall-Ex, and Robyn MON Jones, CEO of contract caterers Charlton House, discuss MON why home working didn't take off as predicted back in the MON early 1990s. MON MON 21:00 Costing the Earth b00hc4w6 (Listen) MON Crisis, What Crisis? MON Miriam O'Reilly investigates whether the crash in prices MON for old newspaper and plastic bottles has made recycling a MON waste of time. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00hbs58 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr debates freedom of expression 20 years after MON the fatwa imposed on the novelist Salman Rushdie. His MON guests include Kenan Malik and Tariq Modood. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00hbnr0 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00hbnrb (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hbntl (Listen) MON An Equal Stillness, Episode 1 MON Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a MON painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with MON her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother. MON Jennet Mallow, born in 1924 in a Yorkshire vicarage, MON begins to find her vocation and rejects an academic future. MON MON 23:00 With Great Pleasure b007wjc9 (Listen) MON Richard Briers MON Richard Briers chooses some of his favourite performance MON pieces for an entertaining half hour with his daughter MON Lucy Briers and his old friend Peter Egan. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00hbnxp (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Susan Hulme. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00hb6b0 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00hbjv0 (Listen) TUE Tequila Oil, Episode 1 TUE Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road TUE trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing TUE how to drive. TUE After an unexpected upgrade to first class on the flight TUE to Mexico, Hugh meets a businessman who gives him the idea TUE that will inspire his journey. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hb6d2 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hb6p0 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hb6zh (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00hb7c5 (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hb890 (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00hbb84 (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00hbbgs (Listen) TUE With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton. Including Sports TUE Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in TUE Parliament. TUE TUE 09:00 The Long View b00hclwm (Listen) TUE Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the TUE past behind the present. TUE With interest rates at their lowest for 300 years, TUE Jonathan explores the creation of the Bank of England and TUE the economic turmoil which led to the setting of inflation TUE rates for the first time in 1694. TUE Jonathan visits the Bank of England with an economic TUE historian and a financial journalist, among others. They TUE look at the early justification for the existence of the TUE Bank - to lend to the government at a reasonable rate and TUE to keep interest rates in check - and why we are now going TUE full circle. TUE TUE 09:30 Darwin: My Ancestor b00hc944 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of TUE her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to TUE discover the man behind the science. TUE Ruth explores the losses which Darwin experienced in his TUE life, how he coped with them and in what ways they shaped TUE his view of the world. He saw three of his children die, TUE one of which affected him particularly deeply and caused TUE him to lose much of his religious belief. He also had to TUE cope with the death of his mother when he was a boy, the TUE loss of his own health and almost losing his research for TUE On the Origin of Species. TUE Among Ruth's interviewees are Darwin biographer Janet TUE Browne, writer and fellow Darwin descendant Randal Keynes TUE and the former Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00hd9l5 (Listen) TUE Tequila Oil, Episode 2 TUE Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road TUE trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing TUE how to drive. TUE After running into a police roadblock and having his TUE unregistered car impounded, Hugh is offered an unusual way TUE out of his predicament - a job as a translator in a remote TUE sawmill. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hk98c (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. TUE Including drama: TUE Reading Between the Lines TUE Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. TUE When celebrated writer RP Beckford-Jones leaves clues in TUE his final novel implying that his recently-deceased wife TUE was murdered, DCI Kate Duncan is forced to look more TUE carefully at the incriminating text. TUE DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams TUE Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert TUE Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross TUE Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo TUE Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes TUE Scotland ...... Jill Cardo TUE Webster ...... Richard Howard TUE Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace TUE With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. TUE Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. TUE TUE 11:00 Jon Ronson and the Quest for the Aryan Cow b00hc946 (Listen) TUE Jon Ronson investigates the controversial story of the TUE work of Lutz Heck, the director of Berlin Zoo who TUE attempted to resurrect several pure-blooded, extinct TUE animal species as part of the Nazi programme to control TUE the genetic destiny of all creation. TUE He visits Munich Zoo, which proudly advertises its TUE 'formerly extinct aurochs' - a type of large and powerful TUE cow - but does not refer to the fact that behind this TUE apparent triumph lies the story of Heck's collusion with TUE Goering's aspiration to replace Europe's 'racially TUE degenerate' wildlife and plant life with pure, 'noble' and TUE extinct species. TUE TUE 11:30 Forever 22 b00hc948 (Listen) TUE Roger Daltrey explores the turbulent relationship between TUE Buddy Holly and his manager and producer, Norman Petty. TUE Niki Sullivan and JI Allison, guitarist and drummer with TUE The Crickets, and Buddy's widow Maria Elena reveal that TUE all was not well between the pair, and the tensions led to TUE a split. Roger hears how Petty made a series of unusual TUE business decisions on behalf of the band, and accrued TUE writing credits - and consequently royalty payments - to TUE himself which are still causing financial difficulties TUE some 50 years on. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00hbk47 (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00hbk5j (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00hbk6s (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Robert Winston's Musical Analysis b00hd27b (Listen) TUE Mahler TUE Professor Robert Winston explores the relationship between TUE the music and the medical conditions of composers who TUE suffered mental and physical illness. TUE Robert investigates Gustav Mahler, and the crisis in his TUE marriage that drove him to consult Sigmund Freud in the TUE final year of his life. Psychotherapist Dr Emanuel Garcia TUE tells Robert that the meeting with Freud, while curing TUE Mahler of his impotence, robbed him of his creativity. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00hbk9f (Listen) TUE Tom takes it out on the staff at Bridge Farm. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00hd3j8 (Listen) TUE McLevy - Series 5, The Chosen One TUE Stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective based on TUE real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James McLevy. TUE Marianna Eagle, the 'Princess of the Occult', is a TUE sell-out at the Usher Hall. Do her powers transcend mortal TUE understanding, or is she a fraud? McLevy takes his place TUE in the stalls. TUE McLevy ...... Brian Cox TUE Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond TUE Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell TUE Roach ...... David Ashton TUE Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil TUE Marianna ...... Claire Knight TUE Cyrus ...... Angus Macinnes TUE Donald ...... Andrew Neil TUE Mrs Gulliver ...... Sheila Donald TUE Craigie ...... Robin Laing TUE Directed by Patrick Rayner. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00hd3jb (Listen) TUE Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions TUE about the environment and the natural world. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hd3jd (Listen) TUE The Treasure Chest, Tales of Life and Death TUE Series of three comic mysteries by 19th-century German TUE author Johann Peter Hebel, read by Mark Williams. TUE TUE 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hbklp (Listen) TUE Roosevelt and Reform TUE How Theodore Roosevelt came to power and his battle to TUE bring big business to heel. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00hd42z (Listen) TUE Clive Coleman reports on legal issues behind the TUE headlines, investigating what happens when human rights TUE collide, and when and where you can take a photo in public. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00hd431 (Listen) TUE Kate Mosse talks to 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire TUE and writer and broadcaster Paul Blezard about their TUE favourite books. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00hbkr5 (Listen) TUE Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie TUE Mair. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hbkt2 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 Broken Arts b00hd4nf (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE David Quantick and company poke fun at the ridiculous in TUE popular culture. Featuring a guest appearance from Gilbert TUE and Sullivan and special correspondents Dan Maier, Richie TUE Webb, Jane Lamacraft and Margaret Cabourn-Smith. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00hbk8n (Listen) TUE Pat and Tony are up for inspection. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00hbkyx (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews. Kirsty Lang talks to the novelist TUE and film-maker Xiaolu Guo, author of A Concise TUE Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers, a novel about a TUE Chinese woman sent to study in the UK. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hk9kk (Listen) TUE Reading Between the Lines, Episode 2 TUE Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. TUE A celebrated writer leaves clues in his final novel TUE implying that his recently-deceased wife was murdered. TUE DCI Kate Duncan investigates the clues in the TUE posthumously-published A Guilty Death. TUE DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams TUE Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert TUE Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross TUE Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo TUE Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes TUE Scotland ...... Jill Cardo TUE Webster ...... Richard Howard TUE Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace TUE With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. TUE Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00hd4nh (Listen) TUE Lucy Ash investigates the behind-the-scenes role played by TUE Egypt and its President Hosni Mubarak in the latest crisis TUE in Gaza. Mubarak may have placed himself at the centre of TUE attempts to end the conflict, but how will he weather the TUE mounting criticism levelled at him both at home and abroad? TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00hd4nk (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00hd4nm (Listen) TUE Dr Mark Porter reports on the ovary - from fertility to TUE screening trials for ovarian cancer. He hears how doctors TUE aim to manage the symptoms of polycystic ovaries, which TUE can include infertility, unwanted body or facial hair, TUE weight problems and depression. Mark also hears about TUE research aimed at finding out which women are most at risk TUE of ovarian cancer, which, because of its vague symptoms, TUE is notoriously difficult to detect in time to be TUE successfully treated. TUE TUE 21:30 The Long View b00hclwm (Listen) TUE Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the TUE past behind the present. TUE With interest rates at their lowest for 300 years, TUE Jonathan explores the creation of the Bank of England and TUE the economic turmoil which led to the setting of inflation TUE rates for the first time in 1694. TUE Jonathan visits the Bank of England with an economic TUE historian and a financial journalist, among others. They TUE look at the early justification for the existence of the TUE Bank - to lend to the government at a reasonable rate and TUE to keep interest rates in check - and why we are now going TUE full circle. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00hbnp0 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00hbnr2 (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with David TUE Eades. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjlq9 (Listen) TUE An Equal Stillness, Episode 2 TUE Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a TUE painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with TUE her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother. TUE David Heaton enters Jennet's life. Will a love affair with TUE another painter foster Jennet's own talent? TUE TUE 23:00 Weird Tales b00hd4np (Listen) TUE Bleeder TUE Series of chilling and intimate plays. TUE By Ed Hime. Trainee surgeon Andy is left with a recurring TUE nightmare after being involved in a car crash which killed TUE his friend. The flashbacks give him problems in the TUE operating theatre, and, when his dreams start changing, TUE Andy can no longer be sure what is fantasy and what really TUE happened. TUE Alice ...... Lizzy Watts TUE Andy ...... Joseph Kloska TUE Richard ...... Benjamin Askew TUE Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan TUE Inside Out Man ...... Ewan Bailey TUE Dr Larson ...... Jonathan Tafler TUE Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00hbnxc (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with David Wilby. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00hb6b2 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00hd9l5 (Listen) WED Tequila Oil, Episode 2 WED Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road WED trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing WED how to drive. WED After running into a police roadblock and having his WED unregistered car impounded, Hugh is offered an unusual way WED out of his predicament - a job as a translator in a remote WED sawmill. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hb6d4 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hb6p2 (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hb6zk (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00hb7c7 (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hb894 (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00hbb88 (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. WED WED 06:00 Today b00hbbgv (Listen) WED With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton. Including Sports WED Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in WED Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00hd4p4 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00hd9l7 (Listen) WED Tequila Oil, Episode 3 WED Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road WED trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing WED how to drive. WED In Mexico City, the Oldsmobile is involved in a traffic WED accident and Hugh's whole journey is put in jeopardy. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hk98f (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. WED Including drama: WED Reading Between the Lines WED Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. WED When a celebrated writer, RP Beckford-Jones, leaves clues WED in his final novel implying that his recently-deceased WED wife was murdered, DCI Kate Duncan is forced to look more WED carefully at the incriminating text. WED The investigation begins to bear fruit. WED DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams WED Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert WED Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross WED Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo WED Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes WED Scotland ...... Jill Cardo WED Webster ...... Richard Howard WED Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace WED With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. WED Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. WED WED 11:00 The Party's Over b00hd80v (Listen) WED Sara Parker returns to Clapham, south London, where she WED went three years previously to report on the wealthy WED borough's inhabitants as they prepared for the annual fete. WED As the 2009 financial crisis bites, she returns to the WED Abbeville Village area, with its designer shops and WED restaurants, to meet up again with Frances and Melissa, WED two well-off and proactive mothers. She learns that a WED third, their friend Arlene, has since has moved to nearby WED Streatham in order to reduce her outgoings. WED Now fear of failure is in the air, and those who three WED years ago helped keep alive the expansive party atmosphere WED of Clapham en fete are worried. Sara asks if, for WED Abbeville Village, the party is now over? WED WED 11:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00hd80x (Listen) WED Series 4, Documentary WED Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur WED Strong is an expert in everything from the world of WED entertainment to the origins of the species, all false WED starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a WED delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance. WED To further his career as a top celebrity, Arthur manages WED to persuade Geoffrey away from his duties at the church WED hall to help make a documentary about Arthur himself for WED the BBC. On his trip down memory lane he visits one of the WED old theatres where he regularly topped the bill, only to WED find that it has recently changed hands. WED With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield, Alastair WED Kerr and Terry Kilkelly. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00hbk49 (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00hbk5l (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00hbk6v (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00hd969 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00hbk8n (Listen) WED Pat and Tony are up for inspection. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00hdb7y (Listen) WED Monsieur Monde Vanishes WED Ronald Frame's dramatisation of Georges Simenon's 1945 WED novel about a respectable Parisian who suddenly leaves his WED wife and business for a raffish new life in the dance WED halls and casinos of the Cote d'Azur. WED Monsieur Monde ...... Richard Greenwood WED Julie ...... Claire Knight WED Therese ...... Emma Currie WED Other parts played by Eliza Langland, Crawford Logan and WED Nick Underwood. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00hdb80 (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on mortgage WED issues. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hd3rn (Listen) WED The Treasure Chest, Tales of Wisdom and Common Sense WED Series of three comic mysteries by 19th-century German WED author Johann Peter Hebel, read by Mark Williams. WED A doctor suggests a surprisingly effective cure, and a WED barber's boy gets the better of a difficult customer. WED WED 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hbklr (Listen) WED The Taste of Empire WED By David Reynolds. America's expansion into Cuba and the WED Philippines and the impact it had at home. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00hdb82 (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how WED society works. WED WED 16:30 Case Notes b00hd4nm (Listen) WED Dr Mark Porter reports on the ovary - from fertility to WED screening trials for ovarian cancer. He hears how doctors WED aim to manage the symptoms of polycystic ovaries, which WED can include infertility, unwanted body or facial hair, WED weight problems and depression. Mark also hears about WED research aimed at finding out which women are most at risk WED of ovarian cancer, which, because of its vague symptoms, WED is notoriously difficult to detect in time to be WED successfully treated. WED WED 17:00 PM b00hbkrd (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie WED Mair. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hbkt4 (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 b00hdb84 (Listen) WED Series 2, Arthur Smith WED Marcus Brigstocke invites Arthur Smith to try new WED experiences. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00hbk8q (Listen) WED Duty calls for Tom and Peggy. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00hbkyz (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews. John Wilson reviews Notorious, a WED new film about the life of rapper Biggie Smalls, who was WED shot dead at the age of 24. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hk9nq (Listen) WED Reading Between the Lines, Episode 3 WED Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. WED A celebrated writer leaves clues in his final novel WED implying that his recently-deceased wife was murdered. WED The investigation begins to bear fruit. WED DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams WED Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert WED Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross WED Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo WED Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes WED Scotland ...... Jill Cardo WED Webster ...... Richard Howard WED Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace WED With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. WED Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00hdb86 (Listen) WED Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions WED behind the week's news. Kenan Malik, Claire Fox, Michael WED Portillo and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses. WED WED 20:45 I Was Put on Trial by Al Qaeda b009y492 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Allan Little describes his own terrifying interaction in WED November 1993 with a group of mujahideen volunteers who WED were fighting on behalf of Bosnian Muslims during the war WED there. He explores the role that Bosnia played as a WED recruiting arena for Islamist extremists and their effect WED on the local population. WED WED 21:00 A Life With ... b00hdbfp (Listen) WED Series 4, Bears WED Grant Sonnex meets people whose lives have been WED inextricably linked with Alaskan wildlife. WED Forty years of being a bear guide has convinced Derek WED Stonorov that grizzly bears are far from the fearsome WED creatures we are led to believe. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00hd4p4 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00hbnp2 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00hbnr4 (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with David WED Eades. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjlqc (Listen) WED An Equal Stillness, Episode 3 WED Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a WED painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with WED her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother. WED A shotgun marriage to David Heaton has not brought the WED happiness that Jennet sought. Moving from London to a WED Spanish village offers both young artists a fresh start. WED WED 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Quarters b00hdbgz (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED Comedy sketches and monologues by Nick Mohammed and WED friends. WED WED 23:15 The Correspondent b00hdbh1 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED Series of bittersweet comic monologues, performed by Tom WED Allen. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00hbnxf (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with Sean Curran. WED WED THU THURSDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00hb6b4 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00hd9l7 (Listen) THU Tequila Oil, Episode 3 THU Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road THU trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing THU how to drive. THU In Mexico City, the Oldsmobile is involved in a traffic THU accident and Hugh's whole journey is put in jeopardy. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hb6d6 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hb6p4 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hb6zm (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00hb7c9 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hb898 (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00hbb8b (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00hbbgx (Listen) THU With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00hdd5x (Listen) THU The Destruction of Carthage THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Mary Beard and Ellen THU O'Gorman discuss why the Romans were obsessed with THU Carthage and why it haunted the Roman imagination. When THU the Romans finally conquered their great enemy they razed THU it to the ground, sold off its library and tried to take THU an entire civilisation out of history. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00hd9l9 (Listen) THU Tequila Oil, Episode 4 THU Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road THU trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing THU how to drive. THU An extraordinary piece of luck lands Hugh a job looking THU after a luxurious golf club, and he finds himself the THU custodian of an electric golf cart and a well-stocked wine THU cellar. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hk98h (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. THU Including drama: THU Reading Between the Lines THU Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. THU When a celebrated writer, RP Beckford-Jones, leaves clues THU in his final novel implying that his recently-deceased THU wife was murdered, DCI Kate Duncan is forced to look more THU carefully at the incriminating text. THU A recluse called John Webster admits to publishing 16 THU novels under the pseudonym RP Beckford-Jones, but insists THU that he did not write A Guilty Death. THU DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams THU Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert THU Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross THU Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo THU Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes THU Scotland ...... Jill Cardo THU Webster ...... Richard Howard THU Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace THU With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. THU Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00hdd5z (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 John Mortimer in Conversation b0076twc (Listen) THU Another chance to hear the late Sir John Mortimer reflect THU on his career as a lawyer and a writer and discuss his THU views on free speech and religious faith, in conversation THU with Mark Lawson. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00hbk4c (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00hbk5n (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00hbk6x (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Costing the Earth b00hc4w6 (Listen) THU Crisis, What Crisis? THU Miriam O'Reilly investigates whether the crash in prices THU for old newspaper and plastic bottles has made recycling a THU waste of time. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00hbk8q (Listen) THU Duty calls for Tom and Peggy. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b0076z6b (Listen) THU Rumpole and the Teenage Werewolf THU By John Mortimer. Rumpole leaves London to defend a case THU in the Home Counties, where he meets up with Ben, a THU teenager accused of sending emails deemed to be sexually THU harassing, and of an actual physical attack on a girl. THU Horace Rumpole ...... Timothy West THU Hilda Rumpole ...... Prunella Scales THU Hermione Swithin ...... Felicity Montague THU Mr Beazley ...... Nicholas Le Prevost THU Chris Swithin ...... Philip Jackson THU Ben Swithin ...... Matt Smith THU Judge Denis Wintergreen ...... Karl Johnson THU Adrian Hodinott ...... Sean Baker THU Felicity Halliday ...... Ellie Beaven THU Directed by Marilyn Imrie. THU THU 15:02 Open Country b00h9dk7 (Listen) THU Portland Quarry THU Stone from the Isle of Portland envelops London's most THU prestigious buildings, so why do some locals want the THU quarrying to stop? Helen Mark finds out. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00h9v8m (Listen) THU Housing Justice THU John Hegley appeals on behalf of Housing Justice. THU Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit cards: THU Freephone 0800 404 8144. THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hd3rq (Listen) THU The Treasure Chest, Tales of Cunning THU Series of three comic mysteries by 19th-century German THU author Johann Peter Hebel, read by Mark Williams. THU A soldier is married on sentry duty, and Dr Rapunzius THU sells some amazing toothache pills. THU THU 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hbklt (Listen) THU The Wild West THU Series charting the history of America, written and THU presented by David Reynolds. How the West was finally THU settled and then turned into a myth by the American people. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00h9vnk (Listen) THU Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian novelist Kate THU Grenville about her relationship with her country's past, THU and her exploration of the subject in her book The THU Lieutenant. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00hdd61 (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper finds out if humans can sense pheromones, THU the subliminal chemical language of scents that is a key THU means of communication between animals. THU It is 50 years since the term was first used, and THU scientists now know how powerful such signals can be, or THU rather, how sensitive some creatures' noses are to the THU chemicals. Even before the word pheromone was invented, THU Charles Darwin showed how the smelliest crocodiles, ducks, THU goats and elephants were better at attracting mates. THU Pheromones even work under water, between lobsters for THU example. THU Do humans make and use their own pheromones? We use a host THU of expensive scents and deodorants to conceal, augment or THU replace our bodily odour, but, suprisingly, no definite THU human pheromone has been isolated and identified. But it THU seems clear they must exist, otherwise, for example, how THU else would groups of women living in close proximity THU synchronise their menstruation? THU THU 17:00 PM b00hbkrg (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie THU Mair. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hbkt6 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f9k92 (Listen) THU Series 5, Granddad THU Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds. THU Ed is visited by his new grandson, Smile, and is inspired THU to write a children's book. However, his daughter is not THU at all impressed with his flat. THU Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas THU House Husband ...... Nicholas Boulton THU Olive ...... Stephanie Cole THU Eli ...... Lisa Coleman THU Felix ...... John Fortune THU Jaz ...... Philip Jackson THU Pearl ...... Rita May THU Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy THU TV Man ...... Dan Tetsell THU Tim ...... Kim Wall THU Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00hbk8s (Listen) THU Shula fears the worst at the Stables. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00hbkz1 (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews. John Wilson reports from the THU opening night of England People Very Nice, a new comic THU play by Richard Bean, inspired by four centuries of THU immigration into Bethnal Green in east London. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hk9v9 (Listen) THU Reading Between the Lines, Episode 4 THU Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. THU A celebrated writer leaves clues in his final novel THU implying that his recently-deceased wife was murdered. THU A recluse called John Webster admits to publishing 16 THU novels under the pseudonym RP Beckford-Jones, but insists THU that he did not write A Guilty Death. THU DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams THU Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert THU Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross THU Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo THU Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes THU Scotland ...... Jill Cardo THU Webster ...... Richard Howard THU Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace THU With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. THU Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. THU THU 20:00 Could Shipman Happen Again? b00hc4nf (Listen) THU Ann Alexander talks to key players in the Harold Shipman THU case, including doctors, health academics, victims' THU families, politicians and police, to ask if adequate THU systems are now in place to prevent such an atrocity THU re-occurring. THU At the time of his trial, details of the way in which THU Shipman had managed to evade the systems designed to THU prevent and detect abuses of medical power prompted calls THU for urgent change. The Shipman Inquiry, chaired by Dame THU Janet Smith, produced an unprecedented series of six THU reports which recommended far-reaching changes to medical THU regulation, the control of drugs and procedures following THU the death of patients. THU Ann talks to Dame Janet Smith, who says that, while the THU government accepted the vast majority of her THU recommendations, it has failed to implement significant THU elements. THU THU 20:30 In Business b00hdd63 (Listen) THU Prophet Motive THU Peter Day hears about the influence of religion on THU business. THU THU 21:00 Leading Edge b00hdd65 (Listen) THU Geoff Watts with the latest stories from the world of THU science. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00hdd5x (Listen) THU The Destruction of Carthage THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Mary Beard and Ellen THU O'Gorman discuss why the Romans were obsessed with THU Carthage and why it haunted the Roman imagination. When THU the Romans finally conquered their great enemy they razed THU it to the ground, sold off its library and tried to take THU an entire civilisation out of history. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00hbnp4 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00hbnr6 (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with David THU Eades. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjlqf (Listen) THU An Equal Stillness, Episode 4 THU Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a THU painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with THU her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother. THU Jennet has blossomed in Spain, but her happiness is marred THU by David's depression and drinking. How can she serve the THU children, and her marriage, best? THU THU 23:00 Recorded for Training Purposes b00hdd69 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 6 THU Sketch show about modern communication, media noise and THU contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond, Dominic THU Coleman, Ingrid Oliver, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and THU Julie Mayhew. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00hbnxh (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Robert Orchard. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00hb6b6 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00hd9l9 (Listen) FRI Tequila Oil, Episode 4 FRI Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road FRI trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing FRI how to drive. FRI An extraordinary piece of luck lands Hugh a job looking FRI after a luxurious golf club, and he finds himself the FRI custodian of an electric golf cart and a well-stocked wine FRI cellar. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hb6d8 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hb6p6 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hb6zp (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00hb7cc (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hb89d (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00hbb8d (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00hbbgz (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00h9vcx (Listen) FRI David Suchet FRI Kirsty Young invites the actor David Suchet to choose FRI eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00hd9lc (Listen) FRI Tequila Oil, Episode 5 FRI Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road FRI trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing FRI how to drive. FRI Finally arriving in Belize, Hugh discovers that the market FRI for big American cars is not quite as he had believed it FRI to be. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hk98k (Listen) FRI With Jenni Murray. FRI Including drama: FRI Reading Between the Lines FRI Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. FRI When a celebrated writer, RP Beckford-Jones, leaves clues FRI in his final novel implying that his recently-deceased FRI wife was murdered, DCI Kate Duncan is forced to look more FRI carefully at the incriminating text. FRI DCI Kate Duncan begins to believe the reclusive author FRI when he insists that he did not write A Guilty Death. FRI DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams FRI Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert FRI Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross FRI Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo FRI Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes FRI Scotland ...... Jill Cardo FRI Webster ...... Richard Howard FRI Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace FRI With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. FRI Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. FRI FRI 11:00 The Sarah Party b00hg592 (Listen) FRI Programme that follows the UK's first ever 'Sarah Party', FRI inspired by an event held by two US women named Sarah who FRI wanted to celebrate the name. FRI Those Sarahs invited include Sarah Cracknell from the pop FRI band St Etienne, Sarah Whatmore from Pop Idol, Sarah FRI Anderson from The Travel Bookshop and Sarah Jane Morris. FRI The programme asks if other new sorts of self-styled FRI communities are springing up, besides this one, and FRI whether people of the same name feel a bond because of it. FRI FRI 11:30 HR b00hg6mz (Listen) FRI An Appraisal 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 Angry senior manager Peter has been caught abusing a FRI client and HR officer Sam must take him to task. But can FRI he? FRI Sam ...... Nicholas le Prevost FRI Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce FRI Directed by Peter Kavanagh. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00hbk4f (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00hbk5q (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00hbk6z (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00hg6n1 (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00hbk8s (Listen) FRI Shula fears the worst at the Stables. FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b0076z9n (Listen) FRI Rumpole and the Right to Privacy FRI By John Mortimer. Rumpole leaves the Old Bailey to defend FRI an editor of a local newspaper who is accused of breaching FRI a successful businessman's right to privacy. FRI Horace Rumpole ...... Timothy West FRI Hilda Rumpole ...... Prunella Scales FRI Mr Rankin ...... David Shaw-Parker FRI Claude Erskine-Brown ...... Nigel Anthony FRI Liz Probert ...... Elaine Claxton FRI Hugo Winterton ...... Anton Rodgers FRI Gervase Johnson ...... Stephen Critchlow FRI Sir Mike Smedley ...... Kim Durham FRI Mrs Justice Erskine-Brown ...... Joanna David FRI Directed by Marilyn Imrie. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardener's Question Time b00hg6n5 (Listen) FRI Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood answer FRI questions posed by gardeners. FRI Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather FRI forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hbklw (Listen) FRI Fun and God FRI Series charting the history of America, written and FRI presented by David Reynolds. The rise of the leisure, FRI baseball and the power of religion. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00hg6n7 (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 b00hg6n9 (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Bruce Robinson, the writer and FRI director of cult favourite Withnail and I, as he prepares FRI to make his first movie for 17 years, The Rum Diary. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00hbkrj (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 b00hbkt8 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00hg7k3 (Listen) FRI Series 67, Episode 6 FRI Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with FRI panellists Jeremy Hardy, Dave Gorman, Andy Hamilton and FRI Francis Wheen. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00hbk8v (Listen) FRI Mike and Clarrie join forces. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00hbkz3 (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on the rise of FRI the celebrity memoir, with guests including Julie Walters, FRI Paul O'Grady, Richard Madeley, Michael Parkinson, Maureen FRI Lipman and Alan Carr. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hkb15 (Listen) FRI Reading Between the Lines, Episode 5 FRI Murder mystery by Mark Lawson. FRI A celebrated writer leaves clues in his final novel FRI implying that his recently-deceased wife was murdered. FRI DCI Kate Duncan begins to believe the reclusive author FRI when he insists that he did not write A Guilty Death. FRI DCI Kate Duncan ...... Lia Williams FRI Rob Lorenzo ...... Mark Lambert FRI Parkinson ...... Hugh Ross FRI Briggs ...... Chris Pavlo FRI Charlotte ...... Donnla Hughes FRI Scotland ...... Jill Cardo FRI Webster ...... Richard Howard FRI Tony Parnell ...... Nickolas Grace FRI With Mark Lawson and Melvyn Bragg as themselves. FRI Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00hg7k5 (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Richmond, FRI North Yorkshire. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00hg7k7 (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Harold Evans. FRI FRI 21:00 America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus b00hg7k9 (Listen) FRI Reform to Expansion FRI Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of FRI America, written and presented by David Reynolds. FRI How America reformed its city politics and tried to bring FRI big business to heel. Plus, the history of its expansion FRI overseas for a taste of empire and into its own Wild West. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00hbnp6 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00hbnr8 (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Ritula FRI Shah. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjlqh (Listen) FRI An Equal Stillness, Episode 5 FRI Tom Goodman-Hill reads Francesca Kay's story of a FRI painter's lifelong struggle to balance her vocation with FRI her life as a lover, wife, daughter and mother. FRI Returning to England, with little money and an unreliable FRI husband, Jennet realises that their future lies in her FRI hands. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00hd431 (Listen) FRI Kate Mosse talks to 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire FRI and writer and broadcaster Paul Blezard about their FRI favourite books. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00hbnxk (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI

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