13 February, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for Week Beginning 14/02/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00hgc2k (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00hd9lc (Listen) SAT Tequila Oil, Episode 5 SAT Jot Davies reads Hugh Thomson's account of his 1979 road SAT trip through Mexico to Belize, aged 18 and without knowing SAT how to drive. SAT Finally arriving in Belize, Hugh discovers that the market SAT for big American cars is not quite as he had believed it SAT to be. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hgck6 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hgck8 (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hgckb (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00hgckd (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hgckg (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00hgcvh (Listen) SAT Tom Symonds presents the weekly interactive current SAT affairs magazine featuring online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00hgcvk (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00hh0m9 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00hh0mc (Listen) SAT Countryside magazine. Matt Baker travels to Essex to see SAT the vast area that the RSPB is turning into a nature SAT reserve. In a hungry world, can we justify the surrender SAT of prime farmland to the birds? SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today This Week b00hh0mf (Listen) SAT News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00hh0mh (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00hh0mk (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, SAT Thought for the Day, Weather. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00hh0mm (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Richard Coles is joined by American SAT crime writer Dennis Lehane, with poetry from Susan SAT Richardson. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00hh0mp (Listen) SAT John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and SAT joys of travel. SAT SAT 10:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00hh0mr (Listen) SAT Series 2, Crash 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 film that was loved and reviled in equal SAT measure by the very same LA society whose darker side it SAT set out to explore. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00hh28l (Listen) SAT A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve SAT Richards. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00hh28n (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00hh28q (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00hg7k3 (Listen) SAT Series 67, Episode 6 SAT Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with SAT panellists Jeremy Hardy, Dave Gorman, Andy Hamilton and SAT Francis Wheen. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00hh28s (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00hh28v (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00hg7k5 (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Richmond, SAT North Yorkshire. Panellists are former government minister SAT Denis MacShane MP, former Shadow Home Secretary David SAT Davis MP, editor-at-large of The Independent on Sunday SAT Janet Street-Porter and Jo Swinson MP, who speaks for the SAT Liberal Democrats on foreign affairs. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00hh28x (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 b00hh28z (Listen) SAT Joan of Arc, and How She Became a Saint SAT Written and directed by Patrick Barlow. Comic SAT interpretation of the story of Joan of Arc performed by SAT comic troupe the National Theatre of Brent. SAT Joan of Arc ...... Dawn French SAT St Catherine ...... Anne Reid SAT St Margaret/Madame Dupont ...... Maggie Steed SAT Bertram/The Storyteller ...... Nell Barlow SAT Monsieur Dupont/Duke de la Rennes ...... John Ramm SAT Monsieur D'Arc/Bishop de la Tremouille ...... Kevin Eldon SAT Madame D'Arc/Queen Ysabella ...... Cheryl Campbell SAT Alphonse Dupont ...... Marc Wootton SAT Pastor ...... Patrick Barlow SAT Jean de Metz ...... Andrew Dunn SAT Dauphin of France ...... Samuel Barnett SAT Jean du Cauchon, Chief Inquisitor ...... Jim Broadbent SAT Crowd and courtiers played by Beth Nestor, Carrie Quinlan, SAT Humphrey Ker, David Reed & Thom Tuck. SAT SAT 15:30 Robert Winston's Musical Analysis b00hd27b (Listen) SAT Mahler 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 Gustav Mahler, and the crisis in his SAT marriage that drove him to consult Sigmund Freud in the SAT final year of his life. Psychotherapist Dr Emanuel Garcia SAT tells Robert that the meeting with Freud, while curing SAT Mahler of his impotence, robbed him of his creativity. SAT SAT 16:00 Weekend Woman's Hour b00hh2bn (Listen) SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with SAT Jane Garvey. SAT Including: SAT More girls are now joining the Scouts and school football, SAT but do boys need their own all-boy space? Three mothers SAT with sons - sports writer Alyson Rudd, journalist Kathryn SAT Flett and Jenni Murray - discuss the issue. SAT A conference at the Royal Society of Medicine has SAT considered why the maternal mortality rate is plateauing SAT and threatening to rise. Professor Philip Steer, President SAT of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section of the Royal SAT Soceity of Medicine, and cardiologist Dr Sara Thorne of SAT the University Hospital Birmingham discuss the issue. SAT The American slumber party - or sleepover party - is here. SAT Usually they take palce at someone's house, though these SAT days even the Natual HIstory Museum does them. Sue Elliot SAT Nichols was the brave host of one for her teenage son for SAT a sepcial report. SAT Sonali Samarasinghe Wickrematunge, the widow of the Sri SAT Lankan journalist who was recently assassinated, talks SAT about her husband's death. SAT Jane discusses the life and work of the sculpor and artist SAT Dora Gordine. SAT A discussion of the impending changes expected in a SAT reshuffle of the French Cabinet. How will the female SAT members fare? SAT Reporter Caz Graham meets a group of women known as the SAT Mungrisedale Writers who have just released a collection SAT of work, Dating at 60 and Other Tribulations. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00hh2bq (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 Bottom Line b00hh46g (Listen) SAT Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs SAT and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to SAT their companies and their customers. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00hh46j (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00hh46l (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hh46n (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00hh46q (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, SAT comedy and music. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00hh46s (Listen) SAT Stephen Sackur profiles John McFall, the chairman of the SAT House of Commons Treasury Committee, who has been grilling SAT the top bankers at the heart of the economic crisis. A SAT former teacher, McFall, Labour MP for West Dumbartonshire, SAT has chaired the committee for eight years. Stephen hears SAT from those who have been called to his study, including SAT the Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00hh46v (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests Adam Mars-Jones, Bidisha and SAT Matthew D'Ancona review the week's cultural highlights, SAT including Morrissey's new album, Years of Refusal. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00hh46x (Listen) SAT Island Dreams SAT Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island and SAT island life, and the ways in which it continues to capture SAT the British imagination. She uses drama, talks and SAT documentary from the BBC audio archive to illustrate its SAT appeal, from reality TV programmes to Desert Island Discs SAT and the Shipping Forecast, and also cites the many SAT instances of island settings in classic literature, SAT including Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, Peter Pan and SAT Lord of the Flies. SAT Including contributions from literary critic Dame Gillian SAT Beer, historian Robert Colls, a group of people who tried SAT to set up an island utopia in the 1960s and the very last SAT man to leave the island of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00h9vnh (Listen) SAT The Invasion - Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade, SAT Episode 2 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 Antioch is under siege from the Crusaders and the local SAT Christian men have been expelled from the city for fear of SAT betrayal. But, with a little collaboration, The Stitch has SAT a plan to end the siege. 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 Bohemond ...... Stephen Critchlow SAT Shams Al-Dawla ...... Dan Starkey SAT Other parts played by Gunnar Cauthery, Inam Mirza and SAT Malcolm Tierney SAT Directed by Jonquil Panting. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00hh46z (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00hdb86 (Listen) SAT Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions SAT behind the week's news. Kenan Malik, Claire Fox, Michael SAT Portillo and Melanie Phillips cross-examine witnesses. SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b00hc2hz (Listen) SAT Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange SAT of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Catherine SAT Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00h9vwz (Listen) SAT In the lead up to Valentine's Day, Roger McGough SAT introduces listeners' requests for poems on the subject of SAT love. Burt Caesar, Mark Meadows and Adjoa Andoh read poems SAT by Carol Ann Duffy, Sophie Hannah and WH Auden. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00hh8s7 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b007v099 (Listen) SUN Be Prepared, Imagine SUN Stories inspired by the famous motto of the Scouting SUN movement. SUN The life story of a woman who shows the most incredible SUN capacity to look on the bright side. SUN By Pauline McLynn, read by Joanna Tope. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hhfb5 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hhfb7 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hhfb9 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00hhfbc (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00hhfbf (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from St Bartholomew's in Sutton cum SUN Lound, Nottinghamshire. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00hh46s (Listen) SUN Stephen Sackur profiles John McFall, the chairman of the SUN House of Commons Treasury Committee, who has been grilling SUN the top bankers at the heart of the economic crisis. A SUN former teacher, McFall, Labour MP for West Dumbartonshire, SUN has chaired the committee for eight years. Stephen hears SUN from those who have been called to his study, including SUN the Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00hhfbh (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00hhfbk (Listen) SUN Mysticism and Resistance SUN Mark Tully considers the link between mysticism and SUN resistance. He tests Thomas Merton's suggestion that the SUN monk is essentially someone who takes up a critical SUN attitude to the world, and the German theologian Dorothee SUN Soelle's insistence that authentic mystical experience SUN always leads to resistance to the world as it exists now. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00hhfbm (Listen) SUN Mollymawk Manor SUN Lionel Kelleway travels to the Falkland Islands in search SUN of the mollymawk, the local name for the black-browed SUN albatross. This wonderful ocean wanderer alights here to SUN nest and breed. Lionel encounters graceful adults, and SUN their eggs and chicks, at this critical time in the bird's SUN year. He also finds out what new things we are discovering SUN about this traveller. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00hhfbp (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00hhfbr (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00hhfbt (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 b00hhfbw (Listen) SUN Christian Blind Mission SUN Steve Mannion appeals on behalf of Christian Blind Mission. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00hhfby (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00hhfc0 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00hhfc2 (Listen) SUN Marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, SUN Simon Conway-Morris, Professor of Evolutionary SUN Palaeobiology at Cambridge University, reflects on the SUN compatibility of faith and science. From St John's College SUN Chapel, Cambridge. With Rev Duncan Dormor and the choir of SUN St John's College. Director of Music: Andrew Nethsingha. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00hg7k7 (Listen) SUN A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Harold Evans. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00hhfc4 (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00hhfc6 (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00hhfc8 (Listen) SUN Professor Dame Kay Davies SUN Kirsty Young invites Professor Dame Kay Davies, Director SUN of Genetics at Oxford University, to choose eight records SUN to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00hc4nc (Listen) SUN Series 54, Episode 7 SUN Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. The SUN panellists are Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Liza Tarbuck and SUN Gyles Brandreth. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00hhfcb (Listen) SUN Cheese SUN Sheila Dillon investigates the production of British SUN farmhouse cheeses. The extraordinary revival that they SUN have enjoyed is a testament to the hard work and SUN dedication of countless cheesemakers, whose attention to SUN detail is mirrored in their produce. Getting it right SUN requires particular conditions and circumstances, and the SUN result seems magical - but get it wrong and the outcome SUN can be disastrous. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00hhfcd (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 World This Weekend b00hhfcg (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Fry's English Delight b00d8p82 (Listen) SUN Cliche SUN Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the SUN English language. SUN Stephen looks at how cliche operates for both good and SUN bad. A cliche crisis affected the writing of Flaubert, SUN Joyce and Eliot and helped shape modern language and SUN culture. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardener's Question Time b00hg6n5 (Listen) SUN Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood answer SUN questions posed by gardeners. SUN Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather SUN forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 My Mile of the River b00hhfcj (Listen) SUN Episode 1 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 investigates a fungus which offers nature's SUN vegetarian alternative to chicken, strolls through ancient SUN woodland on the banks of the Wye, hunts for a yaffle and SUN listens to the dusk chorus. He finds you don't have to be SUN in the middle of nowhere to get away from it all. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00hhflv (Listen) SUN Scoop, Episode 1 SUN Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical SUN 1938 novel. SUN Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to SUN report on a war in Africa. SUN William Boot ...... Rory Kinnear SUN Lord Copper ...... David Warner SUN Salter ...... Nicholas Woodeson SUN Corker ...... Stephen Critchlow SUN Pigge ...... Chris Pavlo SUN Erik Olafsen ...... Dan Starkey SUN Jakes ...... Paul Rider SUN Benito ...... Cyril Nri SUN Paleologue ...... Nyasha Hatendi SUN Moke ...... Inam Mirza SUN Mr Baldwin ...... Jonathan Taffler SUN Julia ...... Fenella Woolgar SUN John Boot ...... Nicholas Boulton SUN Josephine ...... Imogen Front SUN Miss Holloway ...... Janice Acquah SUN Secretary ...... Manjeet Mann SUN Uncle Theodore ...... Malcolm Tierney SUN Evelyn Waugh ...... Tim McInnerny SUN Directed by Sally Avens. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00hhfnd (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup talks to poet Sophie Hannah, who in the SUN last few years has also become a bestselling thriller SUN writer. She talks about her new novel The Other Half Lives. SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00hhft7 (Listen) SUN Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems by the late SUN Adrian Mitchell, chosen and read by some of his friends SUN and fellow poets. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00hd4nh (Listen) SUN Lucy Ash investigates the behind-the-scenes role played by SUN Egypt and its President Hosni Mubarak in the latest crisis SUN in Gaza. Mubarak may have placed himself at the centre of SUN attempts to end the conflict, but how will he weather the SUN mounting criticism levelled at him both at home and abroad? SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00hh46s (Listen) SUN Stephen Sackur profiles John McFall, the chairman of the SUN House of Commons Treasury Committee, who has been grilling SUN the top bankers at the heart of the economic crisis. A SUN former teacher, McFall, Labour MP for West Dumbartonshire, SUN has chaired the committee for eight years. Stephen hears SUN from those who have been called to his study, including SUN the Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00hhgmf (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00hhgmh (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hhgmk (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00hhgmm (Listen) SUN John Waite introduces his selection of highlights from the SUN past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00hhgmp (Listen) SUN Mike and Clarrie go undercover. SUN SUN 19:15 Go4it b00hhgmr (Listen) SUN Children's magazine. Barney Harwood and the team find out SUN about Charles Darwin at the Natural History Museum, where SUN they meet up with the authors of What Darwin Saw, Mick SUN Manning and Brita Granstrom. Plus Kirsten O'Brien talks to SUN David Attenborough. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b007vhns (Listen) SUN Caravan Club, Not Wanted on Voyage SUN Series of short stories celebrating a British institution. SUN On a fractious family holiday, a young boy is charged with SUN looking after his erratic grandfather. SUN By Sian Preece, read by Grant O'Rourke. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00hg6n1 (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00hg6n7 (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 The Choice b00cv5mn (Listen) SUN Michael Buerk interviews people who have made SUN life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole SUN process, from the original dilemma to living with the SUN consequences. SUN Dutch politician Geert Wilders discusses his decision to SUN make a provocative anti-Islamic film. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00hhfbw (Listen) SUN Christian Blind Mission SUN Steve Mannion appeals on behalf of Christian Blind Mission. SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00hdd63 (Listen) SUN Prophet Motive SUN Peter Day hears about the influence of religion on SUN business. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00hhjg1 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00hhjg7 (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn SUN Quinn. Including the second part of 'I Was Put on Trial by SUN al-Qaeda'. SUN SUN 23:02 The Film Programme b00hg6n9 (Listen) SUN Francine Stock talks to Bruce Robinson, the writer and SUN director of cult favourite Withnail and I, as he prepares SUN to make his first movie for 17 years, The Rum Diary. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00hhfbk (Listen) SUN Mysticism and Resistance SUN Mark Tully considers the link between mysticism and SUN resistance. He tests Thomas Merton's suggestion that the SUN monk is essentially someone who takes up a critical SUN attitude to the world, and the German theologian Dorothee SUN Soelle's insistence that authentic mystical experience SUN always leads to resistance to the world as it exists now. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2009 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00hhjmg (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. Followed by weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00hdb82 (Listen) MON Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how MON society works. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00hhfbf (Listen) MON The sound of bells from St Bartholomew's in Sutton cum MON Lound, Nottinghamshire. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hhjp6 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hhjr3 (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hhjwl (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00hhjz1 (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hhk13 (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00hhk3w (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00hhthj (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00hhk4j (Listen) MON With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00hhthl (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. MON Director Mike Figgis, whose films includes Internal MON Affairs and Leaving Las Vegas, talks about how digital MON technology is affecting film making. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00hhk5k (Listen) MON Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, London Fields MON Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the MON chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East MON London and his own life there. MON The cement pearly king and queen and an assailant with an MON egg. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hhklr (Listen) MON With Sheila McClennon. Including adult lunch boxes, the MON paraplegic adventurer Karen Darke, making parental contact MON work and the Monday Panel discussion. MON Plus drama: MON The Elegance of the Hedgehog MON By Muriel Barbery. In a Parisian apartment building, MON lonely concierge Renee and 12-year-old Paloma, who lives MON in the building and plans to kill herself on her 13th MON birthday, are brought together by the sudden death of one MON of their wealthy neighbours and the arrival of a new owner. MON Renee ...... Heather Williams MON Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade MON Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa MON Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood MON Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks MON Directed by Sara Davies. MON MON 11:00 What is a Wife? b00hhthn (Listen) MON Writer Geraldine Bedell examines the role of the wife in MON modern society and asks why anyone would still want to be MON one. By 2011, it is predicted that less than half of us MON will be married. This may well be because no one knows MON what wives are for any more - and if they do, they don't MON want to be one. MON MON 11:30 The Yellowplush Papers b00hhthq (Listen) MON Captain Rook 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 helps his new employer Captain Rook, a wily and MON roguish cardsharp, to fleece a rich but naive gentleman. MON Charles Yellowplush ...... Adam Buxton MON Rook ...... Stephen Critchlow MON Blewitt ...... Dan Starkey MON Dawkins ...... Inam Mirza MON Becky ...... Donnla Hughes MON James/Waiter ...... Robert Lonsdale MON Clerk ...... Jonathan Tafler MON Directed by Abigail le Fleming. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00hhksn (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00hhkvb (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00hhm2f (Listen) MON National and international news with Shaun Ley. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00hhths (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange MON of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Bonnie Greer, Ken MON Follett, John Simpson and Sir Richard Eyre. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00hhgmp (Listen) MON Mike and Clarrie go undercover. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00hhthv (Listen) MON All At Sea MON Topical thriller by Colin MacDonald. David Murdoch is on a MON post-redundancy cruise in the Indian Ocean. Facing an MON uncertain future but with a healthy payoff, he is enjoying MON the holiday of a lifetime when the ship runs into trouble MON off the pirate-ridden coast of Somalia. MON David Murdoch ...... Grant O'Rourke MON Guleed ...... Maynard Eziashi MON Lena ...... Claire Knight MON Samatar ...... John Macaulay MON Captain ...... Nick Underwood. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00hh46x (Listen) MON Island Dreams MON Poet Gwyneth Lewis explores the idea of the island and MON island life, and the ways in which it continues to capture MON the British imagination. She uses drama, talks and MON documentary from the BBC audio archive to illustrate its MON appeal, from reality TV programmes to Desert Island Discs MON and the Shipping Forecast, and also cites the many MON instances of island settings in classic literature, MON including Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, Peter Pan and MON Lord of the Flies. MON Including contributions from literary critic Dame Gillian MON Beer, historian Robert Colls, a group of people who tried MON to set up an island utopia in the 1960s and the very last MON man to leave the island of St Kilda in the Outer Hebrides. MON MON 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hhmf0 (Listen) MON Too Proud to Fight MON The sinking of the Lusitania and Woodrow Wilson's fight to MON keep America out of the First World War. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00hhfcb (Listen) MON Cheese MON Sheila Dillon investigates the production of British MON farmhouse cheeses. The extraordinary revival that they MON have enjoyed is a testament to the hard work and MON dedication of countless cheesemakers, whose attention to MON detail is mirrored in their produce. Getting it right MON requires particular conditions and circumstances, and the MON result seems magical - but get it wrong and the outcome MON can be disastrous. MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00hhthx (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 b00hhmq6 (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 b00hhmz8 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b00hhz2z (Listen) MON Series 54, Episode 8 MON Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with MON panellists Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Justin Moorhouse and MON Tony Parks. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00hhm3g (Listen) MON Usha gives Alan a lesson in virtuousness. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00hhn5r (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an MON interview with Clint Eastwood, who discusses his changing MON political views and his new film, Gran Torino. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hhnbg (Listen) MON The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Episode 1 MON By Muriel Barbery. MON In a Parisian apartment building, lonely concierge Renee MON and 12-year-old Paloma, who lives in the building and MON plans to kill herself on her 13th birthday, are brought MON together by the sudden death of one of their wealthy MON neighbours and the arrival of a new owner. MON Renee ...... Heather Williams MON Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade MON Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa MON Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood MON Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks MON Directed by Sara Davies. MON MON 20:00 It's My Story b00hhz31 (Listen) MON 18 MON Following a group of Bristol teenagers who are about to MON turn 18, hearing how they plan to mark the transition to MON adulthood at a time when 'youth' is the subject of more MON discussion, legislation, fear and opprobrium than ever. MON These young people offer a snapshot of a generation at a MON point of change, as some prepare for University, some for MON vocational training, others face unemployment or even MON parenthood. MON MON 20:30 Bottom Line b00hh46g (Listen) MON Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs MON and business leaders talk about the issues that matter to MON their companies and their customers. MON MON 21:00 Islam and Science b00hj0jp (Listen) MON Episode 1 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 MON 21:30 Start the Week b00hhthl (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. MON Director Mike Figgis, whose films includes Internal MON Affairs and Leaving Las Vegas, talks about how digital MON technology is affecting film making. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00hhnln (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00hhnm3 (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hpc4v (Listen) MON An Equal Stillness, Episode 6 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 completes the frescos at Mount Street and takes her MON family to Cornwall on the proceeds. On the beach, MON surrounded by her children, a more contented David and her MON friends, she is at peace - but for how long? MON MON 23:00 With Great Pleasure b00cqhtw (Listen) MON Catherine Bott MON Guest performers select their favourite pieces of writing. MON Classical singer and broadcaster Catherine Bott shows how MON writers as diverse as JM Coetzee and Joyce Grenfell have MON attempted to convey what music means in words. Sharing her MON deep love of the Archers, the readers are Patricia Greene MON and Tim Bentinck (Jill and David Archer). MON MON 23:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdcs (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Historian Bettany Hughes begins a series that uses the MON latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the MON empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it. MON Bettany learns how treasures found in the empire's MON capital, modern-day Istanbul, reveal much about the life MON and importance of a civilisation that, whilst being MON devoutly Christian and the inheritors of the Romans, was MON also exotic and eastern. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00hhjhn (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00hhk5k (Listen) TUE Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, London Fields TUE Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the TUE chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East TUE London and his own life there. TUE The cement pearly king and queen and an assailant with an TUE egg. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hhjmj (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hhjp8 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hhjr5 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00hhjwn (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hhjz3 (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00hhk15 (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00hhk3y (Listen) TUE With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports TUE Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 The Long View b00hn8wy (Listen) TUE Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the TUE past behind the present. TUE He examines the parallels between the relationship between TUE football and business today and the story of a Victorian TUE club with expensive imported players which folded when its TUE profits fell. The company that owned the New Brighton TUE resort on The Wirral set up a football club, New Brighton TUE Tower, to maintain profits during the winter months. The TUE founders set about buying up quality players from other TUE top clubs but were initially denied entry to the Football TUE League and tickets to their home games at their massive TUE stadium proved too expensive for the local population, TUE with attendances barely scraping 1,000. With the club not TUE making money as planned, and having failed to gain TUE promotion to the first division of the Lea TUE Jonathan takes local historian Tom Sault and footballing TUE lecturer Rogan Taylor to the Wirral to tell the story of TUE New Brighton Tower and to draw parallels with today's TUE uneasy mix of the worlds of sport and business. TUE TUE 09:30 Darwin: My Ancestor b00hjxfk (Listen) TUE Episode 4 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 way in which Darwin became a writer and TUE was able to turn scientific theory into readable prose. TUE She looks at the works he read in his early life that TUE shaped his literary imagination and investigates how his TUE writings on the Beagle voyage marked the beginning of his TUE career as an author. Ruth also investigates the continuing TUE power of his books and asks how later novelists were TUE affected by his work. TUE Among her interviewees are the Darwin scholar Gillian TUE Beer, geologist Richard Fortey, writer and fellow Darwin TUE descendant Randal Keynes and the former Bishop of Oxford TUE Richard Harries. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00hn6rw (Listen) TUE Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, Mare Street TUE Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the TUE chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East TUE London and his own life there. TUE The cult of the cyclist and the history of the Town Hall. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hlfnb (Listen) TUE With Jenni Murray. TUE Including drama: TUE The Elegance of the Hedgehog TUE By Muriel Barbery. TUE Both Renee and Paloma have reasons to welcome the arrival TUE of a Japanese gentleman in the apartment on the fourth TUE floor. TUE Renee ...... Heather Williams TUE Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade TUE Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa TUE Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood TUE Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks TUE Directed by Sara Davies. TUE TUE 11:00 Vive La France b00hjzxl (Listen) TUE American satirist Joe Queenan travels to Amiens, Lyons and TUE Paris to find out why France and the United States, two TUE countries with so much in common, continually fall out. TUE TUE 11:30 Talking about Lionel b00fr715 (Listen) TUE Eddie Mair tells the story of composer Lionel Bart, TUE creator of Britain's most successful post-war musical, TUE Oliver! TUE From the height of his fame in the 1960s, Bart endured a TUE series of flops, leading to eventual bankruptcy, and he TUE suffered serious health problems, including long battles TUE with alcoholism and depression. TUE Eddie tells the story of this sensitive and troubled TUE artist with the help of those who knew him intimately. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00hhkqv (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00hhksq (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00hhkvd (Listen) TUE National and international news with Shaun Ley. TUE TUE 13:30 Robert Winston's Musical Analysis b00hjzxn (Listen) TUE Ravel 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 Maurice Ravel, who died in 1937 after TUE suffering for a number of years from a form of dementia, TUE now thought to be Pick's disease. The effect of the TUE disease was that while his creativity stayed alive, the TUE music that was still being created in his brain remained TUE trapped there. Robert discusses Ravel's condition with TUE neurologists Jason Warren and Eric Baek, Ravel expert TUE Deborah Mawer and composer Matthew King. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00hhm3g (Listen) TUE Usha gives Alan a lesson in virtuousness. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00hk12x (Listen) TUE McLevy - Series 5, The Reckoning TUE Four-part series of stories about David Ashton's Victorian TUE detective based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector TUE James McLevy. TUE Jean is busy with preparations for Hannah and Donald's TUE wedding. But somewhere in the city someone is planning a TUE terrible revenge, and death stalks McLevy's footsteps. 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 b00hk1cn (Listen) TUE Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions TUE about the environment and the natural world. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hk1cq (Listen) TUE The First Person, The Child TUE Series of three quirky short stories by Ali Smith. TUE A woman shopper finds her trolley occupied by someone TUE else's baby. When she tries to persuade others that the TUE child is not hers, no one believes her and she is forced TUE to take the peculiar child home. Read by Jackie Morrison. TUE TUE 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hhmdf (Listen) TUE A World Safe for Democracy TUE Series charting the history of America, written and TUE presented by David Reynolds. America enters the war in TUE Europe and accepts female suffrage at home. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00hkc6t (Listen) TUE After winning his case against the News of the World, FIA TUE president Max Mosley says he wants the law changed so that TUE journalists who breach privacy could face jail. He tells TUE Clive Coleman how he is pursuing cases through the courts TUE across Europe and about the idea of a fighting fund to TUE help individuals do battle with the newspapers. Private TUE Eye editor Ian Hislop responds. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00hkc6w (Listen) TUE Kate Mosse talks to director and playwright Jonathan TUE Holloway and playwright Nicholas McInerny about their TUE favourite books. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00hhmmx (Listen) TUE Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie TUE Mair. Plus Weather. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hhmq8 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 Broken Arts b00hkc6y (Listen) TUE Episode 6 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 b00hhm2h (Listen) TUE The future looks bleak for Tom. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00hhn5f (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an TUE interview with Peter Flannery, whose writing credits range TUE from Our Friends in the North to a new work for the TUE National Theatre set in Stalin's Russia. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hlxh0 (Listen) TUE The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Episode 2 TUE By Muriel Barbery. TUE Both Renee and Paloma have reasons to welcome the arrival TUE of a Japanese gentleman in the apartment on the fourth TUE floor. TUE Renee ...... Heather Williams TUE Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade TUE Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa TUE Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood TUE Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks TUE Directed by Sara Davies. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00hkc70 (Listen) TUE Michael Robinson investigates the legacy of toxic lending TUE by British banks and reveals why the threat it poses to UK TUE jobs, homes and incomes is especially acute. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00hkc72 (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00hkc74 (Listen) TUE Dr Mark Porter joins ambulance crews as they go out to TUE calls. He finds out what treatment paramedics are now able TUE to deliver to people with medical emergencies and what TUE they leave until they get to hospital. TUE TUE 21:30 The Long View b00hn8wy (Listen) TUE Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the TUE past behind the present. TUE He examines the parallels between the relationship between TUE football and business today and the story of a Victorian TUE club with expensive imported players which folded when its TUE profits fell. The company that owned the New Brighton TUE resort on The Wirral set up a football club, New Brighton TUE Tower, to maintain profits during the winter months. The TUE founders set about buying up quality players from other TUE top clubs but were initially denied entry to the Football TUE League and tickets to their home games at their massive TUE stadium proved too expensive for the local population, TUE with attendances barely scraping 1,000. With the club not TUE making money as planned, and having failed to gain TUE promotion to the first division of the Lea TUE Jonathan takes local historian Tom Sault and footballing TUE lecturer Rogan Taylor to the Wirral to tell the story of TUE New Brighton Tower and to draw parallels with today's TUE uneasy mix of the worlds of sport and business. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00hhnkh (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00hhnlq (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Ritula TUE Shah. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjn4p (Listen) TUE An Equal Stillness, Episode 7 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 Finally in a position to secure her future, and that of TUE the children, Jennet finds a wreck of a house by the banks TUE of the Thames to renovate. In her studio the river's TUE watery light begins to make its way into her painting. TUE International recognition brings an invitation to TUE represent Britain's young artists at the Venice Biennale, TUE but where does that leave David? TUE TUE 23:00 Weird Tales b00hkjr5 (Listen) TUE The Fly TUE Series of four chilling and intimate plays. TUE Lonely, middle-aged computer programmer Alan knows TUE everything there is to know about flies. Then one day, TUE online, he meets Amber, a Californian lady who knows TUE everything there is to know about spiders. TUE Lovecraft/Colby ...... Stephen Hogan TUE Mother ...... Stella Gonet TUE Alan ...... Alec Newman TUE Amber ...... Rachel Ogilvy TUE Other parts played by Caroline Guthrie, Janice Acquah and TUE Paul Rider. TUE Directed by Luke Fresle. TUE TUE 23:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dxdd3 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series that uses the TUE latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the TUE empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it. TUE Bettany examines the public and private life of the TUE Byzantines. Women had unprecedented power in the Empire, TUE as did the mysterious 'third sex' of eunuchs. But in this TUE part-Roman, part-fundamentalist Christian state, dangerous TUE political factions would keep the blood of political TUE dynasties flowing. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00hhjhq (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00hn6rw (Listen) WED Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, Mare Street WED Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the WED chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East WED London and his own life there. WED The cult of the cyclist and the history of the Town Hall. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hhjml (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hhjpb (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hhjr7 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00hhjwq (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hhjz6 (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00hhk17 (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00hhk40 (Listen) WED With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00hkl7d (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00hn6ry (Listen) WED Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, The Triangle WED Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the WED chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East WED London and his own life there. WED How Jayne Mansfield came to Hackney - together with half WED the world's paparazzi - and the philosophy of WED arch-criminal Tony Lambrianou, stout defender of the Kray WED brothers. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hlfnd (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. WED Including drama: WED The Elegance of the Hedgehog WED By Muriel Barbery. WED Both Renee and Paloma find themselves drawn to the new WED resident on the fourth floor. WED Renee ...... Heather Williams WED Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade WED Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa WED Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood WED Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks WED Directed by Sara Davies. WED WED 11:00 Whatever Happened To The Working Class b00hkl7g (Listen) WED From Engels to Oasis 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 Sarfraz visits Manchester, the site of the world's first WED industrial proletariat, where he spent his student years, WED to examine the origins and the modern reality of the WED working class. WED Featuring contributions from Hazel Blears MP, photographer WED Shirley Baker, Leslie Holmes of Salford Lads' Club, author WED Andrew Davies, football fan Colin Hendry, historian Selina WED Todd and resident of the Gorton area of Manchester Audrey WED Hurley. WED WED 11:30 Clare in the Community b00hklfr (Listen) WED Series 5, Name Calling WED Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. WED There are still plenty of challenges out there for an WED involved, caring social worker. Or even Clare. 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 WED 12:00 You and Yours b00hhkqx (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00hhkss (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00hhkvg (Listen) WED National and international news with Shaun Ley. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00hklvr (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00hhm2h (Listen) WED The future looks bleak for Tom. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00ftd09 (Listen) WED The Lottery Ticket WED Black comedy by Donna Franceschild. An unlikely friendship WED blossoms when an asylum seeker and a migrant worker find a WED stray lottery ticket and think it may be the answer to all WED their problems. WED Salih ...... Nitzan Sharron WED Jacek ...... John Kazek WED Woman ...... Meg Fraser WED Directed by Kirsty Williams. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00hkpr7 (Listen) WED As part of the BBC Money Matters Roadshow, Paul Lewis and WED guests take financial questions from shoppers at The WED Trafford Centre in Manchester. He is joined by Ray Boulger WED of John Charcol mortgage advisers, Beccy Boden-Wilks of WED National Debtline, Graham Hooper of Bestinvest and Sandie WED Lock of Citizens Advice. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hk1j9 (Listen) WED The First Person, Writ WED Series of three quirky short stories by Ali Smith. WED A middle-aged woman returns home one day to find her WED 14-year-old self sitting in her lounge. But what do you WED say to the person you used to be, and how much do you tell WED them about the future? Read by Siobhan Redmond. WED WED 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hhmdk (Listen) WED The Lost Peace WED Series charting the history of America, written and WED presented by David Reynolds. The battle to form a fair WED peace and create the League of Nations. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00hkpr9 (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how WED society works. WED WED 16:30 Case Notes b00hkc74 (Listen) WED Dr Mark Porter joins ambulance crews as they go out to WED calls. He finds out what treatment paramedics are now able WED to deliver to people with medical emergencies and what WED they leave until they get to hospital. WED WED 17:00 PM b00hhmmz (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie WED Mair. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hhmqb (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 b00hkprc (Listen) WED Series 2, Dame Joan Bakewell WED Dame Joan Bakewell listens to the Arctic Monkeys, has a WED beat boxing lesson and places a horse racing bet. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00hhm2k (Listen) WED The truth comes out for Ryan. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00hhn5h (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hlxl9 (Listen) WED The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Episode 3 WED By Muriel Barbery. WED Both Renee and Paloma find themselves drawn to the new WED resident on the fourth floor. WED Renee ...... Heather Williams WED Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade WED Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa WED Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood WED Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks WED Directed by Sara Davies. WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00hkprf (Listen) WED Michael Buerk celebrates the 500th edition of the WED programme with a debate held at the Royal Society of WED Medicine in London. Melanie Philips, Michael Portillo, WED Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses. WED WED 20:45 I Was Put on Trial by Al Qaeda b00hkpvq (Listen) WED Episode 2 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. WED He examines what we now know about the presence of WED hundreds of men from other parts of the Muslim world who WED came to train and fight in the Balkans during the conflict WED there. Known as the Bosnian Mujahedeen, some were WED eventually put on trial at the International Criminal WED Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague. WED WED 21:00 A Life With ... b00hkqw8 (Listen) WED Series 4, Salmon WED Grant Sonnex meets people whose lives have been WED inextricably linked with Alaskan wildlife. WED Grant visits Daniel Schindler and his wife Laura, who WED spend their summers with their five-year-old daughter WED studying the spawning grounds of the world's last great WED salmon run. He finds out what is so exciting about WED studying a fish and what it is like to live surrounded by WED bears, wolves and wilderness. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00hkl7d (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00hhnkk (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00hhnls (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjn4r (Listen) WED An Equal Stillness, Episode 8 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 Betrayal on both sides has irrevocably damaged the already WED fragile Heaton marriage. In a moment of rashness, Jennet WED dares all with David. WED WED 23:00 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders b00hkrbb (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Comedy series in which Josie Long attempts to better WED herself through learning from reference books, with help WED from Irish comedienne Maeve Higgins and special guests. WED Josie uses the book Astronomy for Dummies to try and WED unravel the greater mysteries of the cosmos. WED WED 23:15 One b007716v (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 1 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 and Jeremy Clarkson as himself. WED WED 23:30 Byzantium Unearthed b00dzlc7 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Historian Bettany Hughes presents a series that uses the WED latest archaeological evidence to learn more about the WED empire of Byzantium and the people who ruled it. WED Bettany ventures to the eastern edge of the empire, where WED the new religion of Islam first gained a foothold. WED For nearly a thousand years the empire made war and peace WED with the Muslim countries to its south and east. However, WED the fatal blow to Byzantium came not, as is widely thought WED from the Ottoman Turks in 1453, but from the Christian WED West 250 years earlier. WED WED THU THURSDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00hhjhs (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00hn6ry (Listen) THU Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, The Triangle THU Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the THU chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East THU London and his own life there. THU How Jayne Mansfield came to Hackney - together with half THU the world's paparazzi - and the philosophy of THU arch-criminal Tony Lambrianou, stout defender of the Kray THU brothers. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hhjmn (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hhjpd (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hhjr9 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00hhjws (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hhjz8 (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00hhk19 (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00hhk42 (Listen) THU With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Including Sports THU Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00hmpdd (Listen) THU The Observatory at Jaipur THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Chandrika Kaul and David THU Arnold discuss the observatory at Jaipur. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00hn6s0 (Listen) THU Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, Millfields THU Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the THU chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East THU London and his own life there. THU The story of Joe Kerr, head of Critical and Historical THU Studies at the Royal College of Art and a Hackney bus THU driver. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hlfng (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. THU Including drama: THU The Elegance of the Hedgehog THU By Muriel Barbery. THU Concierge Renee and precocious 12-year-old Paloma find THU that they have a lot in common, including their friendship THU with Kakuro. THU Renee ...... Heather Williams THU Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade THU Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa THU Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood THU Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks THU Directed by Sara Davies. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00hlbp0 (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 Blasted: The Life and Death of Sarah Kane b00hlbp2 (Listen) THU Dan Rebellato explores the life and work of playwright THU Sarah Kane, who caused controversy with her first play, THU Blasted, before committing suicide aged just 28. THU Blasted, which dealt with the horrors of the Balkan THU conflict, was described by one critic as a 'disgusting THU feast of filth', and its scenes of extreme violence, THU including rape and cannibalism, led to Kane being THU pilloried in the press. However, it is now considered by THU some to be a modern classic, with performances put on all THU over the world. THU Kane's work is credited with fundamentally changing THU British theatre, yet, after Blasted, she wrote just four THU more plays. Her final work, 4.48 Psychosis, was a THU meditation on mental illness. She killed herself just days THU after its completion. THU The programme features interviews with those who knew THU Sarah Kane, including her brother Simon, her agent Mel THU Kenyon, director James MacDonald and playwright Mark THU Ravenhill. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00hhkqz (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00hhksv (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00hhkvj (Listen) THU National and international news with Shaun Ley. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b00hlbp4 (Listen) THU Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on the word THU 'organisation' with former director general of the British THU Council Sir David Green, punk poet Attila the Stockbroker THU and writer Jay Griffiths. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00hhm2k (Listen) THU The truth comes out for Ryan. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b007721h (Listen) THU Sir Gawain and the Green Knight THU A new translation of the famous poem by Simon Armitage, THU narrated by Ian McKellen. THU Set in Arthurian Britain at Christmas time with the THU knights of the Round Table, whose festivities at Camelot THU are disrupted by the appearance of a green knight. The THU stranger has come to lay down a challenge - a test of THU courage and heart which Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, THU accepts. THU Sir Gawain ...... Samuel West THU The Green Knight/Sir Bertilak ...... David Fleeshman THU Bertilak's wife ...... Deborah McAndrew THU Arthur/Servant ...... Conrad Nelson THU With specially composed music by Gary Yershon. THU THU 15:02 Open Country b00hh0mc (Listen) THU Countryside magazine. Matt Baker travels to Essex to see THU the vast area that the RSPB is turning into a nature THU reserve. In a hungry world, can we justify the surrender THU of prime farmland to the birds? THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00hhfbw (Listen) THU Christian Blind Mission THU Steve Mannion appeals on behalf of Christian Blind Mission. THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hk1jc (Listen) THU The First Person, The First Person THU Series of three quirky short stories by Ali Smith. THU A couple debate and fabricate possible scenarios for their THU life together. Read by Ali Smith. THU THU 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hhmdq (Listen) THU 100 Percent American THU Series charting the history of America, written and THU presented by David Reynolds. America wrestles with the THU impact that its diverse population will bring. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00hhfnd (Listen) THU Mariella Frostrup talks to poet Sophie Hannah, who in the THU last few years has also become a bestselling thriller THU writer. She talks about her new novel The Other Half Lives. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00hlcr2 (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper investigates the cultural and genetic THU evolution of language. THU Professor Nick Chater of University College, London, THU believes that the evolution of language is cultural, THU rather than genetic. He argues because language is so THU unstable and quick to change, it is a creation of culture, THU and is bolted onto humans' biological abilities to adapt THU and process changing information. THU While Professor Mark Pagel of Reading University builds THU family trees for the words in a language, linking them to THU their cousins and ancestors. He has identified some THU meanings whose words evolve slowly enough to have time THU depths of at least 20,000 years, making them candidates THU for deep reconstruction of prehistoric, Neolithic THU languages. Professor Pagel has also shown how up to a THU third of the words in a language can change quite rapidly THU if a group of people split off and form a culturally or THU geographically new society. THU THU 17:00 PM b00hhmn1 (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie THU Mair. Plus Weather. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hhmqd (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 Old Harry's Game b00hlcr4 (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 1 THU Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell. THU Hell is thrown into confusion when a dog turns up. Animals THU are not supposed to end up in Satan's care because they THU are not evil - except for dolphins of course. THU Satan ...... Andy Hamilton THU Edith ...... Annette Crosbie THU Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan THU Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville THU With Michael Fenton Stevens and Philip Pope. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00hhm2m (Listen) THU Alistair and Shula deal with the fallout. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00hhn5k (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a report THU from Leeds on the opening night of a new production of THU Othello, with Lenny Henry in the title role. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hlxm6 (Listen) THU The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Episode 4 THU By Muriel Barbery. THU Concierge Renee and precocious 12-year-old Paloma find THU that they have a lot in common, including their friendship THU with Kakuro. THU Renee ...... Heather Williams THU Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade THU Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa THU Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood THU Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks THU Directed by Sara Davies. THU THU 20:00 Chinua Achebe: A Hero Returns b00hlczn (Listen) THU Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society, THU joins African novelist Chinua Achebe on his first trip THU back to his homeland of Nigeria for many years. The THU expectations of Nigerians are massive, but can Achebe, who THU is nearly 80, inspire a new generation to help the country THU achieve its enormous potential? THU THU 20:30 Analysis b00hlczq (Listen) THU Rolling Stones THU Alison Wolf asks whether human beings have an innate need THU to travel and, if so, whether that raises profound THU questions for transport policy. THU As we get richer, so we choose to travel faster, despite THU the damage it does to the planet. But what does the wrong THU kind of travelling or no travelling at all mean for our THU personal health and happiness? THU How should governments respond to this complex side of our THU psyche? Is it right to subsidise any form of transport or THU should towns and cities be designed in such a way that we THU are forced to abandon our cars? THU THU 21:00 Leading Edge b00hlczs (Listen) THU Geoff Watts with the latest stories from the world of THU science. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00hmpdd (Listen) THU The Observatory at Jaipur THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Chandrika Kaul and David THU Arnold discuss the observatory at Jaipur. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00hhnkm (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00hhnlv (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjn4t (Listen) THU An Equal Stillness, Episode 9 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 discovers that she is carrying a child - but whose? THU It is time to start over, but nothing can prepare her for THU the way events will turn out and nothing will assuage her THU guilt. THU THU 23:00 Inside Alan Francis b00hlf5j (Listen) THU Episode 1 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 realises he must have done something wrong to annoy THU Jane, but cannot remember what it is. THU With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock. THU THU 23:30 Crossing Continents b00776vc (Listen) THU The Gay Prince of Rajpipla THU Linda Pressly reports from India, where gay sex is a THU crime. When the son of a Maharajah came out publicly in THU the conservative state of Gujarat, he was shunned by his THU family and the local community. THU But Manvendra Singh Gohil is unfazed. He is breaking new THU ground by working with the wives of men who have sex with THU men, to protect them and their husbands from the HIV/Aids THU virus. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00hhjhv (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00hn6s0 (Listen) FRI Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, Millfields FRI Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the FRI chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East FRI London and his own life there. FRI The story of Joe Kerr, head of Critical and Historical FRI Studies at the Royal College of Art and a Hackney bus FRI driver. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hhjmq (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hhjpg (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hhjrc (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00hhjwv (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hhjzc (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Tina Beattie. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00hhk1c (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00hhk44 (Listen) FRI With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00hhfc8 (Listen) FRI Professor Dame Kay Davies FRI Kirsty Young invites Professor Dame Kay Davies, Director FRI of Genetics at Oxford University, to choose eight records FRI to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00hn6s2 (Listen) FRI Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire, Hackney Brook FRI Neil Pearson reads Iain Sinclair's account of the FRI chequered history and inhabitants of Hackney in East FRI London and his own life there. FRI Iain attempts to locate the lost river of Hackney and in FRI so doing finds himself on the set of EastEnders, by way of FRI the Olympic construction site. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00hlfnj (Listen) FRI iWith Jenni Murray. FRI Including drama: FRI The Elegance of the Hedgehog FRI By Muriel Barbery. FRI In learning Renee's secret, Paloma learns something about FRI herself, and both their lives are changed for ever. FRI Renee ...... Heather Williams FRI Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade FRI Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa FRI Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood FRI Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks FRI Directed by Sara Davies. FRI FRI 11:00 Lenny Henry Plays Othello b00hlp7l (Listen) FRI Following Lenny Henry as he prepares to take on the role FRI of Othello at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, from FRI coaching sessions and boot fittings to TV appearances and FRI trips to Africa for Comic Relief. Lenny keeps an audio FRI diary of his hopes and fears for the show and, as FRI rehearsals get under way, the microphones inside the FRI rehearsal room listen to the slow process of building FRI performance and production, right up to the first night. FRI The idea for Lenny to take on the challenge of Othello FRI stemmed from the last radio encounter between Lenny and FRI Barrie Rutter, who appeared in a pair of documentaries FRI that the comedian made for Radio 4 called Lenny and Will. FRI In these, Lenny discussed his previously fraught love-hate FRI relationship with Shakespeare and, by way of expiation, FRI was treated to three hours of intense work with the FRI director on Othello. At the end of the session, Barrie FRI offered Lenny the part, which is where the next stage of FRI Lenny's own personal odyssey began. FRI FRI 11:30 HR b00hls1b (Listen) FRI An Away-Day 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 and Sam both hate team away-days, but equally fear FRI performing badly and putting their jobs at risk. But is it FRI a good idea to try out bonding skills while inebriated? FRI Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce FRI Sam ...... Nicholas le Prevost FRI Directed by Peter Kavanagh. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00hhkr1 (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00hhksz (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00hhkvl (Listen) FRI National and international news with James Robbins. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00hls6k (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00hhm2m (Listen) FRI Alistair and Shula deal with the fallout. FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00hg6n3 (Listen) FRI The Last Smoker FRI Julia Dover's adaptation of a short story by Yasutaka FRI Tsutsui, set in modern-day Japan. Cantankerous novelist FRI Haruki, the world's last smoker, is hounded to a fate FRI worse than death by do-gooders and self-righteous FRI journalists, as they try to eradicate smoking once and for FRI all. FRI Haruki ...... John Byrne FRI Haruki's wife ...... Eileen McCallum FRI Yumi ...... Madeleine Worrall FRI Kuskabe ...... Stewart Conn FRI Doctor on the train ...... Madeleine Brolly FRI Translated by Andrew Driver FRI Directed by Matt Thompson. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardener's Question Time b00hls6m (Listen) FRI Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood FRI answer questions posed by gardeners at Topsham Allotments FRI and Garden Club, near Exeter. FRI Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather FRI forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00hhmdw (Listen) FRI The Jazz Age Hits Main Street FRI How a surfeit of music, sex and freedom ushered in the FRI Prohibition and fundamental religious belief. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00hlspj (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 b00hlspl (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Sacha Gervasi, the director of FRI Anvil, a new documentary about an old Canadian heavy metal FRI band that is already attracting a cult audience. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00hhmn3 (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie FRI Mair. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hhmqg (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00hlspn (Listen) FRI Series 67, Episode 7 FRI Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with FRI panellists Jeremy Hardy, Fred MacAulay, Shappi Khorsandi FRI and Mark Steel. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00hhm2p (Listen) FRI Tom builds bridges at Bridge Farm. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00hhn5m (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hlxn3 (Listen) FRI The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Episode 5 FRI By Muriel Barbery. FRI In learning Renee's secret, Paloma learns something about FRI herself, and both their lives are changed for ever. FRI Renee ...... Heather Williams FRI Paloma ...... Holly Bodimeade FRI Kakuro Ozu ...... Togo Igawa FRI Manuela ...... Pippa Haywood FRI Mme Pallieres ...... Kim Hicks FRI Directed by Sara Davies. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00hlspq (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Manchester. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00hlsps (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine FRI Whitehorn. FRI FRI 21:00 America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus b00hlspv (Listen) FRI War and Peace FRI Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of FRI America, written and presented by David Reynolds. FRI From the sinking of the Lusitania to entry into First FRI World War and the years beyond - the Jazz Age, Prohibition FRI and a growing struggle to decide how America should manage FRI its diverse population. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00hhnkp (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00hhnlx (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Robin FRI Lustig. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hjn4w (Listen) FRI An Equal Stillness, Episode 10 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 Jennet gradually finds a way to move forward and leave the FRI pain of the past behind. Under the over-arching skies of FRI her native Yorkshire, she paints her finest work yet. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00hkc6w (Listen) FRI Kate Mosse talks to director and playwright Jonathan FRI Holloway and playwright Nicholas McInerny about their FRI favourite books. FRI FRI 23:30 Crossing Continents b00cyl87 (Listen) FRI India - The Real Slumdog Story FRI Mukul Devichand reports from Mumbai on a controversial FRI scheme that may be able to provide the answer to the FRI developing world's slum problem. FRI Asia's largest slum, Dharavi, has gained greater exposure FRI thanks to the film Slumdog Millionaire. The scheme to raze FRI it to the ground is said by its backers to be the template FRI for slum re-development across the developing world. FRI Private companies are being asked to re-house the poor in FRI tower blocks in return for prime real estate. FRI But is this audacious scheme an innovative solution or FRI simply masking a land-grab from the poor? FRI FRI FRI

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