12 June, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for 13/06/2009 - 19/06/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00kwbkd (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00kvp9p (Listen) SAT The Locust and the Bird, Episode 5 SAT Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of SAT her mother. Kamila is haunted by her decision to abandon SAT her young daughters, and she seeks a reconciliation with SAT Hanan. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwbkg (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwbkj (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwbkl (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00kwbkn (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kwbkq (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00kwbks (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00kwbkv (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00kwcnt (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Ramblings b00kwcnw (Listen) SAT Series 12, Episode 4 SAT Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, SAT body and soul. SAT Clare meets Garth Gunn and his son Craig on the Isle of SAT Purbeck in Dorset, as they embark on the training route SAT that got Garth back on his feet as he recovered from ME. SAT Garth had been a keen long distance walker since the late SAT 1960s, trekking across the Isle of Wight east to west in a SAT day. In the early 1990s, however, he suffered a series of SAT traumas and was diagnosed with the energy-depleting SAT condition ME, leaving him unable to even sweep the leaves SAT up in his garden. SAT Walking played a huge role in his recovery. His son Craig, SAT who is a postman, would finish work at lunchtime and walk SAT Garth down to Poole harbour, a little bit further each day SAT to try and build up his confidence. Garth would look SAT across at the Purbeck Hills and think that he would never SAT feel them under his feet again, but with a little help he SAT did. He now regularly walks what he calls his 'training SAT circuit', even conquering the 210 hillside steps of SAT Jacob's Ladder to enjoy the stunning views across Dorset's SAT Jurassic coast. SAT Clare joins father, son and friends as they all complete SAT the seven-mile circuit. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00kwcny (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT There are calls for consumers and retailers to start SAT paying more for milk to save the UK's dairy industry. SAT Farming news has been dominated by the continuing fallout SAT from the collapse of Dairy Farmers of Britain. It went SAT into administration owing £140 million, much of it to SAT members. There have also been warnings that we are SAT 'milking cows to starvation'. SAT Charlotte Smith visits a Gloucestershire farm which is SAT selling up its dairy operation after 60 years in business SAT to ask if consumers and retailers are paying enough for SAT the price of milk. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00kwcp0 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00kwcp2 (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in SAT Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00kwf9t (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by journalist and SAT author Sathnam Sanghera. With poetry from Lemn Sissay. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00kwf9w (Listen) SAT John McCarthy hears from beer writer Pete Brown about how SAT India Pale Ale was developed for export to the SAT subcontinent, what it tells us about the British Empire SAT and how he retraced its journey from Burton-on-Trent to SAT Delhi, via Brazil. SAT Journalist and Delhi resident Sam Miller gives an SAT insider's view of the city, what it's like to explore it SAT on foot and the jostling of the historic and the modern, SAT while songwriter Richard Stilgoe talks about the contrast SAT between rich and poor and the efforts being made to SAT improve sanitation. SAT SAT 10:30 Punt PI b00kwf9y (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 2 SAT Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little SAT mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile. SAT Steve goes on the trail of TV detector vans, investigating SAT rumours that the vehicles are little more than a myth. SAT Some people are utterly convinced that the vans are empty SAT and that it is simply not possible to detect a television SAT set. SAT Faced with a wall of official silence, Steve travels SAT hundreds of miles to track down one of the vehicles for SAT himself. He searches out those who were once involved in SAT the TV licensing business and wades through the post SAT office archives to get the lowdown on the history of this SAT very British phenomenon. SAT And he turns to the scientific boffins to establish once SAT and for all whether the technology really does exist, SAT mounting a controlled experiment to find out if it is SAT possible to see into the living rooms of TV licence SAT evaders. SAT But just when Steve thinks that the case is closed, a SAT witness comes forward who throws the entire investigation SAT into confusion. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00kwfb0 (Listen) SAT What makes some coups against political leaders succeed SAT and others fail? Lord Fowler Lord Donoughue and Lord SAT McNally recall their experiences of past attempts to oust SAT political leaders, some of which succeeded. SAT For the moment Gordon Brown is staying put but the Labour SAT party is still well behind in the polls. There is now much SAT debate about which direction the party should take to SAT regain popularity. SAT Matthew Taylor of the Royal Society for the Arts, a former SAT Downing St adviser to Tony Blair discusses Labour’s future SAT with Neal Lawson of the left wing group Compass. SAT On Wednesday Gordon Brown outlined plans for SAT constitutional change and the strengthening of democracy. SAT How radical are the plans and is he serious about them? SAT Sir George Young chair of the Standards and Privileges SAT committee and Graham Allen a long time advocate of SAT constitutional change discuss the Prime Minister’s SAT blueprint. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00kwfb2 (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00kwfb4 (Listen) SAT What sort of deal will West Bromwich customers get now the SAT building society has to pay shareholders? Paul Lewis talks SAT to to chief executive Robert Sharpe. SAT What you can you do if a debt collection agency wrongly SAT identifies you as someone who owes their client money? And SAT should you fix your mortgage now, before lenders raise SAT their interest rates? SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00kvt89 (Listen) SAT Series 68, Episode 7 SAT Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists SAT include Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Sue Perkins. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00kwfb6 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00kwfb8 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00kvt8c (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Knutsford, SAT Cheshire. Panellists include Labour MP Frank Field. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00kwfbb (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 b00kwfbd (Listen) SAT J'Accuse SAT By Hattie Naylor. Dramatisation inspired by a newspaper SAT article written by Emile Zola in response to the Dreyfus SAT Affair of the 1890s, when a Jewish army officer was SAT persecuted and wrongly imprisoned by the French military SAT and judicial establishment. Louis Gregori gives a SAT right-wing and nationalistic perspective on the events SAT that led him to believe that the murder of the guiltless SAT Dreyfus was the correct and only action. SAT Louis ...... Mark Heap SAT Dominique ...... Kathryn Hunt SAT Arnaud ...... Graeme Hawley SAT Zola ...... Conrad Nelson SAT Eugene/Dreyfus ...... Paul Mundell SAT Gustav ...... Jonathan Keeble SAT Directed by Pauline Harris. SAT SAT 15:30 Performing to the Red Light b00kt8r5 (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT Terence Curran goes behind the scenes to experience the SAT recording process as different classical performers SAT prepare for the studio. Among them is pianist Kathryn SAT Stott. There are also interviews with notable performers SAT including Emma Johnson and Stephen Hough, producers and SAT record company executives who discuss the little-known SAT psychological aspects behind making a classical recording. SAT Terence explores how more seasoned performers approach SAT recording and also looks at how decisions are reached in SAT chamber groups. Which member of a quartet decides the best SAT 'take', and what happens if no one can agree? SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00kwfbg (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT With Jane Garvey. Including: Caroline Flint in her first SAT radio interview since resigning from the government; Maria SAT Friedman on starring in The King And I; sun exposure and SAT vitamin D; the new Children's Laureate Anthony Browne; SAT heroines for today; allowing fat back into cooking; and SAT tall women and shorter men - does height matter? SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00kwfbj (Listen) SAT Saturday PM SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 Bottom Line b00kvr9j (Listen) SAT Evan Davis tests his three guests on the tricky business SAT of succession: is there an ideal time to choose who is SAT going to take over from you, or is it better to hang on SAT until you're pushed? Following recent events in Downing SAT Street, Evan finds out whether businesses can manage SAT handovers any better than politicians. SAT He also asks the chief executive of Pizza Hut UK whether SAT size matters. Can big ever be too big? In this recession, SAT should companies become leaner and meaner to survive the SAT bad times? SAT Evan's guests are Jens Hofma, chief executive of Pizza Hut SAT UK, Chris Hyman, chief executive of Serco and Harriet SAT Green, chief executive of Premier Farnel. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00kwfbl (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00kwfbn (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00kwfbq (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00kwfbs (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson is joined by Ray Davies, David McCallum and SAT Carol Thatcher. SAT Natalie Haynes talks about music festivals with DJ and SAT festival organiser Rob Da Bank SAT With comedy from Terry Alderton and music from The Mummers SAT and Smoke Fairies. SAT SAT 19:00 From Fact to Fiction b00kwfbv (Listen) SAT Series 6, The Underdog SAT Offbeat Poet Tim Key attempts to tackle the burning issues SAT of the day, but gets distracted by England's World Cup SAT qualifier with Andorra. With Tom Basden. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00kwfbx (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00krhhl (Listen) SAT The First A and R Man SAT Paul Gambaccini delves into EMI's Hayes archive to uncover SAT the remarkable story of Fred Gaisberg, the music SAT collector, technician and entrepreneur who brought SAT recording to Britain over 100 years ago. SAT Fred became the first man to record Caruso and the first SAT to record the court music of the Chinese and Japanese SAT Emperors. In a series of adventures in the early years of SAT the 1900s, transporting his bulky apparatus - including an SAT acid bath - across continents, he amassed hundreds of SAT discs of indigenous music. Nearer home, he recorded the SAT last ever castrato and made precious recordings of the SAT great music hall and operatic stars. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00krtw3 (Listen) SAT Armadale, Episode 1 SAT Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by SAT Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired SAT temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate SAT and her own lusts and longings. SAT By unexpectedly inheriting a substantial estate in SAT Norfolk, callow Allan Armadale comes to the attention of SAT the beautiful and dangerous fortune hunter Lydia Gwilt. SAT She plans to seduce and marry him, but there are obstacles SAT in her way in the shape of Allan's pretty young neighbour SAT and his mysterious friend Midwinter. SAT Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson SAT Allan Armadale ...... Alex Robertson SAT Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon SAT Neelie ...... Perdita Avery SAT Maria ...... Carol Macready SAT Susan ...... Rebecca Saire SAT Major ...... Sean Baker SAT Bashwood ...... Richard Durden SAT Pedgift Jnr ...... Grant Gillespie SAT A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00kwfc1 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 The Reith Lectures b00kt7sh (Listen) SAT The Reith Lectures 2009, Markets and Morals SAT Michael Sandel, Harvard Professor of Government, delivers SAT four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the SAT common good. The series is presented and chaired by Sue SAT Lawley. SAT Sandel considers the expansion of markets and how we SAT determine their moral limits. Should immigrants, for SAT example, pay for citizenship? Should we pay schoolchildren SAT for good test results, or even to read a book? He calls SAT for a more robust public debate about such questions, as SAT part of a 'new citizenship'. SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b00kslks (Listen) SAT Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange SAT of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Dame Beryl SAT Bainbridge, Ekow Eshun, Anthony Howard and Francesca Simon. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00kryft (Listen) SAT Roger McGough presents a programme dedicated to the poetry SAT of the Old Testament Book of Psalms, in old translations SAT and new, read by Kenneth Cranham and Henry Goodman. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00kwfs9 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b007s363 (Listen) SUN Murder She Thought - Series 1, Three is a Lucky Number SUN Compelling crime stories by women writers. SUN Margery Allingham's electrifying 'bride in the bath' story SUN is as highly charged today as when first published in the SUN 1930s. SUN Read by Martin Jarvis. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwfsc (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwfsf (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwfsh (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00kwfsk (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00kwfsm (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from Christ Church, Radyr near Cardiff. SUN SUN 05:45 I Was Put on Trial by Al Qaeda b009y492 (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Allan Little describes his own terrifying interaction in SUN November 1993 with a group of mujahideen volunteers who SUN were fighting on behalf of Bosnian Muslims during the war SUN there. He explores the role that Bosnia played as a SUN recruiting arena for Islamist extremists and their effect SUN on the local population. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00kwfsp (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00kwfsr (Listen) SUN Charm SUN Mark Tully investigates the danger and usefulness of SUN charm, with guest Tony Benn. SUN One such example was when film director Michael Korda was SUN cornered by furious investors, wanting to know what had SUN happened to their money. He would stare at their feet, SUN riveted. 'What simply marvellous shoes,' he would remark - SUN thus defusing the confrontation, and escaping unscathed. SUN With music from Handel, Gluck and Gerard Souzay and SUN readings from Milton, Plutarch and The Last King of SUN Scotland. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00kwfst (Listen) SUN Ancient Orchards SUN Lionel Kelleway is guided by two National Trust experts SUN around a 100-year-old orchard in search of creatures that SUN can only be found among the old fruit trees. Species SUN include beetles that look like fleas and moth caterpillars SUN that can bore holes in a tree as wide as your finger. And SUN look out for the queen hornet and beasts that live only in SUN mistletoe on old apple trees. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00kwfsw (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00kwfsy (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00kwft0 (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 b00kwft2 (Listen) SUN Survivors Fund (SURF) SUN Lindsey Hilsum appeals on behalf of the Survivors Fund SUN (SURF). SUN Survivors Fund (SURF) strives to ensure that the voices of SUN survivors of the genocide in Rwanda are heard and acted SUN on, and that the genocide and its victims are never SUN forgotten. SUN Donations to Survivors Fund (SURF), should be sent to SUN FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your SUN envelope Survivors Fund. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 SUN 8144 If you are a UK tax payer, please provide Survivors SUN Fund with your full name and address so they can claim the SUN Gift Aid on your donation worth another 25 per cent. The SUN online and phone donation facilities are not currently SUN available to listeners without a UK postcode. SUN Registered Charity No: 1065705. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00kwft4 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00kwft6 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00kwft8 (Listen) SUN Annelies SUN Marking the 80th anniversary of Anne Frank's birth, a SUN meditation from Blackburn Cathedral featuring the music of SUN James Whitbourn's oratorio which sets words from Anne's SUN diary. SUN With Canon Chris Chivers and the Renaissance Singers. SUN Music director: Richard Tanner. SUN SUN 08:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00kvt8f (Listen) SUN Monstrous Flowers SUN Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural SUN histories of creatures and plants from around the world. SUN Deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra, the largest flowers SUN in the world bloom, albeit for under a week. But why are SUN they so big? SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00kwftb (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00kwftd (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00kwftg (Listen) SUN Lord Healey SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is the Labour peer and former SUN Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey. SUN As a politician he was known for his sharp intellect and SUN biting oratory and now, as he approaches his 92nd SUN birthday, those skills are still very much in evidence. SUN He talks of his regret that his lack of ambition meant SUN that he did not push himself further in politics but, he SUN says, it is better for people to wonder why he wasn't SUN prime minister than to wonder why he was. SUN SUN 12:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00ksvt5 (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 6 SUN John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three SUN guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary SUN museum. With Clive James, Tim Minchin and Philip Pullman. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00kwftj (Listen) SUN Diet and Prostate Cancer SUN Sheila Dillon discusses the latest research linking diet SUN and prostate cancer. SUN Food campaigner Geoff Tansey, diagnosed with prostate SUN cancer a year ago, has kept an audio diary relating his SUN experience of the disease and his quest to discover the SUN effects of diet. SUN Nutritional scientist Professor Margaret Rayman joins SUN Sheila to discuss her findings that show that the health SUN of the prostate can be helped by eating a diet rich in SUN certain foods and avoiding the harmful effects of others. SUN Professor Rayman is joined in the studio by Professor SUN Colin Cooper of the Department of Molecular Biology at the SUN Institute of Cancer Research. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00kwftl (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00kwfv3 (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Hallelujah b00jhpp8 (Listen) SUN Composer Jocelyn Pook celebrates the music and meaning of SUN the word Hallelujah through history and creates a new SUN composition inspired by the word. This exuberant SUN exclamation of joy and gratitude has survived the passage SUN of centuries, transcending the barriers of language, SUN religion and culture, and has inspired composers and SUN songwriters from the Psalms through Monteverdi, Handel, SUN Vivaldi, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen. SUN Featuring contributions from composer Julian Anderson and SUN singer-songwriter kd lang. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00kvt83 (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw are SUN guests of Sparsholt College in Hampshire. SUN Featuring the first in a series of visits to the garden of SUN Roy Lancaster to hear the stories behind some of his SUN favourite plants. SUN Including Gardening weather forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 A Guide to Water Birds b00kwh7d (Listen) SUN Warblers SUN Brett Westwood presents a series of entertaining and SUN practical guides to identifying many of the birds found on SUN or near freshwater, aided by sound recordist Chris Watson. SUN Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss on the SUN Somerset Levels to look and listen out for some of our SUN reed bed songsters, including the reed warbler, sedge SUN warbler and the loudest of them all, Cetti's warbler. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00kwh7g (Listen) SUN Armadale, Episode 2 SUN Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by SUN Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired SUN temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate SUN and her own lusts and longings. SUN Lydia Gwilt's plan to marry Allan Armadale and secure his SUN fortune has run into difficulties and her own passions, as SUN well as those around her, are starting to interfere with SUN her schemes. She is increasingly attracted to Allan's SUN companion Midwinter, and he to her. SUN Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson SUN Allan ...... Alex Robertson SUN Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon SUN Neelie ...... Perdita Avery SUN Pedgift Snr ...... GeoffreyWhitehead SUN Bashwood ...... Richard Durden SUN Mrs Benson ...... Rebeccea Saire SUN John ...... Robin Brooks SUN A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00kwh7j (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup speaks to the American crime writer SUN George Pelecanos about his new novel, The Way Home, an SUN exploration of shifting loyalties between a father and his SUN drop-out son against the backdrop of the worlds of crime SUN and punishment in his native Washington. He also talks SUN about how his role as screenwriter on the hit American SUN television drama The Wire has influenced his fiction. SUN Mariella looks back at the highs and lows of the SUN Palestinian Festival of Literature with Egyptian novelist SUN and chair of Palfest, Adhaf Soueif. The Festival brought SUN literary figures including Michael Palin and Deborah SUN Moggach to the West Bank. SUN Mariella also speaks to author Liz Jenson about her new SUN novel, The Rapture, set in the near future, in which a SUN therapist attempts to treat a young female psychiatric SUN patient who appears to be predicting the cataclysmic SUN global disasters which the world is experiencing. SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00kwh7l (Listen) SUN Carol Ann Duffy and others pay tribute to the poet UA SUN Fanthorpe, who died recently. Describing herself as a SUN 'middle-aged dropout', Fanthorpe only began writing at 50. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00ktc9y (Listen) SUN Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that SUN industrial-scale pig farms in America played a key role in SUN exposing us to the swine flu virus. SUN Local people near the first known case in Mexico SUN questioned the role of an American-owned industrial scale SUN pig farm not far away. Any link was strenuously denied, SUN however, and the US pork industry soon helped persuade SUN medical authorities to drop the term 'swine flu'. SUN But for years American virologists have been studying the SUN links between new and potentially risky flu viruses and SUN farm animals. Whatever the role of pig farms in Mexico, SUN experts say that parts of the current flu virus can be SUN traced back to outbreaks of swine flu, then affecting only SUN pigs, in several American states in 1998. SUN As Julian reports from the USA, the move to highly SUN intensive pig farming methods by some companies has long SUN been denounced by green groups and the animal welfare SUN lobby, who allege massive damage to the environment, SUN intolerable smells, and health risks to farm workers and SUN their families. Now they are asking if factory farming SUN conditions could have increased the dangers of a global SUN flu pandemic. SUN SUN 17:40 From Fact to Fiction b00kwfbv (Listen) SUN Series 6, The Underdog SUN Offbeat Poet Tim Key attempts to tackle the burning issues SUN of the day, but gets distracted by England's World Cup SUN qualifier with Andorra. With Tom Basden. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00kwh7n (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00kwh7q (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00kwh7s (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00kwh7v (Listen) SUN Clive Coleman introduces his selection of highlights from SUN the past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00kwh7x (Listen) SUN Lilian's patience is put to the test. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00kwh7z (Listen) SUN Hosted by Matt Frei from the BBC studio in Washington, DC. SUN Featuring the contrasting tales of two states: why the SUN California Dream has turned into a nightmare and why Iowa SUN is at the cutting edge of social debate. SUN Plus the enduring appeal of Nancy Drew, the fictional girl SUN detective who has inspired senators, First Ladies and at SUN least one would-be Supreme Court Justice. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b0082b40 (Listen) SUN The Closed Door, The Handbag SUN Series of stories by Dorothy Whipple. A councillor's SUN neglected wife lays a trap for her vainglorious husband. SUN Read by Patience Tomlinson. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00kwh81 (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00kvt85 (Listen) SUN Featuring the life of the controversial trade union leader SUN Eric Hammond, who did a secret deal to help Rupert Murdoch SUN move his newspapers to Wapping. SUN One of the founders of Google, Sergey Brin, pays tribute SUN to the computer scientist Professor Rajeev Motwani, who SUN helped them develop their search engine. SUN Matthew Bannister also discusses the Scottish poet Maurice SUN Lindsay, a passionate advocate for Scottish literature, SUN art and architecture, the 'ton up vicar' of the 1960s, SUN Father Bill Shergold, who encouraged hundreds of bikers to SUN join his church youth club in the East End of London, and SUN the record producer Ron Richards, who worked with the SUN Hollies, Gerry and the Pacemakers as well as on some of SUN the Beatles' first recording sessions. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00kwfb4 (Listen) SUN What sort of deal will West Bromwich customers get now the SUN building society has to pay shareholders? Paul Lewis talks SUN to to chief executive Robert Sharpe. SUN What you can you do if a debt collection agency wrongly SUN identifies you as someone who owes their client money? And SUN should you fix your mortgage now, before lenders raise SUN their interest rates? SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00kwft2 (Listen) SUN Survivors Fund (SURF) SUN Lindsey Hilsum appeals on behalf of the Survivors Fund SUN (SURF). SUN Survivors Fund (SURF) strives to ensure that the voices of SUN survivors of the genocide in Rwanda are heard and acted SUN on, and that the genocide and its victims are never SUN forgotten. SUN Donations to Survivors Fund (SURF), should be sent to SUN FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your SUN envelope Survivors Fund. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 SUN 8144 If you are a UK tax payer, please provide Survivors SUN Fund with your full name and address so they can claim the SUN Gift Aid on your donation worth another 25 per cent. The SUN online and phone donation facilities are not currently SUN available to listeners without a UK postcode. SUN Registered Charity No: 1065705. SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b00l0xxl (Listen) SUN Economy on the Edge SUN In 2008 one of the world's most respected economic SUN observers, Martin Wolf, the chief economic commentator of SUN the Financial Times, forecast that the global downturn SUN could be even worse than most experts realised. A year on, SUN he returns to examine the current state of the global SUN financial markets and talks to a range of financial SUN experts to analyse what the future may hold. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00kwh96 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00kwh98 (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including SUN Learning to Love the Microphone. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00kvt87 (Listen) SUN Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach about working with Eric SUN Cantona on his new film, Looking for Eric. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00kwfsr (Listen) SUN Charm SUN Mark Tully investigates the danger and usefulness of SUN charm, with guest Tony Benn. SUN One such example was when film director Michael Korda was SUN cornered by furious investors, wanting to know what had SUN happened to their money. He would stare at their feet, SUN riveted. 'What simply marvellous shoes,' he would remark - SUN thus defusing the confrontation, and escaping unscathed. SUN With music from Handel, Gluck and Gerard Souzay and SUN readings from Milton, Plutarch and The Last King of SUN Scotland. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 15 JUNE 2009 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00kwhst (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00ktdbb (Listen) MON Laurie Taylor discusses 'human zoos', the practice of MON putting colonial subjects on display to western audiences. MON He is joined by Charles Forsdick, co-editor of Human Zoos: MON Science and Spectacle in the Age of Colonial Empires, and MON the cultural commentator Kate Berridge. MON There were 20-25,000 on display, in special villages, in MON circuses and in bars. Millions of spectators from New York MON to London, Tokyo to Warsaw visited at their feeding times, MON watched as they gave birth and came to ogle at their MON extraordinary physicality as they stood nude behind bars. MON These were the people of Africa, Aboriginals from MON Australia, Fijians, Zulus and even Laplanders, brought to MON the cradle of imperialism to tell a story of savagery and MON civilisation. MON Also Girl Racers, an ethnographic study of car modifiers MON in Aberdeen, and how the women involved in the youth cult MON intergrate themselves in a traditionally male pass time. MON Karen Lumsden from Aberdeen University tells Laurie about MON her research. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00kwfsm (Listen) MON The sound of bells from Christ Church, Radyr near Cardiff. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwhts (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwhwv (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwhvy (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00kwhx5 (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kwhzh (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00kwj0z (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00kwqyp (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00kwj1c (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00kwr5d (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. MON His guests include the philosopher AC Grayling on why he MON thinks the 'war on terror' has led to a war on our civil MON rights, and the documentary maker Adam Wishart on how the MON NHS body NICE makes its decisions on expensive new drugs. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00kwj2g (Listen) MON Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 1 MON Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline MON Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. MON As Napoleon's position grew ever stronger, he was MON determined to find Pauline the husband of his choosing and MON even to name her first and only child. MON A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00kwkjh (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. With columnist Lynn Barber on her memoir MON 'An Education', and the drama Diary of an On-Call Girl. MON MON 11:00 The Job Clinic b00l0vc8 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Liz Barclay meets some job seekers whose search for MON employment is aided by three mentors - business guru MON Charles Handy, founder of Coffee Republic Sahar Hashemi MON and management coach Jenny Rogers. MON Whether a college graduate or a middle-aged businessman, MON they reveal how unemployment affects their daily lives and MON family relationships. MON MON 11:30 Newfangle b00l0vl7 (Listen) MON Grows on Trees MON Sitcom by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, set 100,000 MON years BC among a tribe of proto-humans. MON It's boiling hot down in the swamp and the tribe suffer MON while Alf and Lucy enjoy the cool breezes in their treetop MON home. Newfangle, aided by Crag, discovers that piles of MON mud can be shaped into shelters from the heat. These MON mudturtles, as Crag calls them, prove very popular with MON the other hominids - so popular that Newfangle devises a MON complicated payment system based on future harvests to MON cope with demand. But then the whole pyramid scheme comes MON crashing down when Crag intervenes with a big idea of his MON own. MON Newfangle ...... Russell Tovey MON Snaggle ...... Pippa Evans MON Crag ...... Gabriel Vick MON Coco ...... Maureen Lipman MON Alf ...... Hugh Bonneville MON Lucy ...... Amy Shindler. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00kwn5l (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00kwn89 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00kwn9l (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00l0vl9 (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange MON of quotations and anecdotes. MON With guests Adele Geras, Conn Iggulden, Christopher MON Luscombe and Simon Pearsall. MON The reader is Peter Jefferson. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00kwh7x (Listen) MON Lilian's patience is put to the test. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00l0xxb (Listen) MON A Bit of Explaining to Do MON By Graham White. Mark realises that he has made a MON potentially embarrassing mistake - there is a MON difficult-to-explain entry on his wife's credit card MON statement. He turns on the charm with a young woman, Jo, MON who works in a call centre, to see if she can make it MON disappear. MON But this is not just a domestic embarrassment for Mark - MON his wife Eve is a senior policewoman, very much in the MON public eye. MON Mark ...... Shaun Dingwall MON Jo ...... Lizzy Watts MON Eve ...... Jaye Griffiths MON Jeff ...... Ewan Bailey MON Trainee ...... Benjamin Askew MON Phone ....... Philip Fox MON Directed by Mary Peate. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00krhhl (Listen) MON The First A and R Man MON Paul Gambaccini delves into EMI's Hayes archive to uncover MON the remarkable story of Fred Gaisberg, the music MON collector, technician and entrepreneur who brought MON recording to Britain over 100 years ago. MON Fred became the first man to record Caruso and the first MON to record the court music of the Chinese and Japanese MON Emperors. In a series of adventures in the early years of MON the 1900s, transporting his bulky apparatus - including an MON acid bath - across continents, he amassed hundreds of MON discs of indigenous music. Nearer home, he recorded the MON last ever castrato and made precious recordings of the MON great music hall and operatic stars. MON MON 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00kwnwn (Listen) MON Cuba - That Four Letter Word MON Series charting the history of America, written and MON presented by David Reynolds. MON An American-backed invasion of Cuba fails but President MON Kennedy saves face when he stops the Soviet Union from MON placing missiles on the Caribbean island. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00kwftj (Listen) MON Diet and Prostate Cancer MON Sheila Dillon discusses the latest research linking diet MON and prostate cancer. MON Food campaigner Geoff Tansey, diagnosed with prostate MON cancer a year ago, has kept an audio diary relating his MON experience of the disease and his quest to discover the MON effects of diet. MON Nutritional scientist Professor Margaret Rayman joins MON Sheila to discuss her findings that show that the health MON of the prostate can be helped by eating a diet rich in MON certain foods and avoiding the harmful effects of others. MON Professor Rayman is joined in the studio by Professor MON Colin Cooper of the Department of Molecular Biology at the MON Institute of Cancer Research. MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00l54ws (Listen) MON Ernie Rea and guests discuss the theological issues raised MON by Alzheimer's disease. What insights do faith communities MON offer into what makes us human when we lose our cognitive MON abilities, and what is left of the self once Alzheimer's MON has done its worst? MON MON 17:00 PM b00kwnz3 (Listen) MON Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn MON Quinn. Plus Weather. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00kwnzh (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00l0xxg (Listen) MON Series 51, Episode 1 MON The perennial antidote to panel games comes from Her MON Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket in London, with Stephen Fry MON the first to take on the chairman's role from the late MON Humphrey Lyttelton. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden MON and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined by Victoria Wood. With MON Colin Sell at the piano. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00kwnb3 (Listen) MON Peggy tries to broker peace. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00kwp26 (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews. John Wilson reports from the MON Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, one of the MON contenders for the 2009 Art Fund Prize for museums. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00kwq0d (Listen) MON Diary of an On-Call Girl, Targets MON Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by MON 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the pseudonymous blogger who is also a MON serving police officer. MON Bloggsy gets one arrest closer to her monthly target - MON despite her misgivings. MON WPC Ellie Bloggs ...... Nadine Marshall MON Bongo/Max/Driver ...... Matt Addis MON Wayne Perril/Mr Grahams ...... Paul Rider MON Lisa Perril/Meryl ...... Rachel Atkins MON Will/TD ...... Stephen Hogan MON Becks ...... Annabelle Dowler MON Sgt Woodcock/Skipper ...... Philip Fox MON Minnie/Frances/Saira ...... Janice Acquah MON Luke/Boy ...... Benjamin Askew MON Colleen ...... Lizzy Watts MON Adam ...... Gene Goodman. MON MON 20:00 The Ian Blair Years b00l0xxj (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON The BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw tells the MON inside story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Commissioner of MON the Metropolitan Police. MON This liberal, Oxford-educated, 'Blairite' was once seen as MON the ideal candidate to modernise British policing, and in MON particular to eliminate the taint of 'institutional MON racism' from the Met. But his tenure became increasingly MON controversial and he was forced to step aside: dogged by MON the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, accused of MON racial discrimination by one of his most senior officers MON and facing allegations of cronyism. MON Danny Shaw talks to those who have known Sir Ian MON throughout his career and examines how Britain's MON highest-flying officer came to be embroiled in a bitter MON dispute at the top of Britain's biggest police force. Was MON Blair a victim of politicisation or could he simply not do MON the job as he had promised? MON MON 20:30 Analysis b00ksztl (Listen) MON A New Iraq? MON As British forces complete their withdrawal from Iraq and MON the government declares the mission a success, Bronwen MON Maddox considers the prospects of lasting peace for the MON Iraqi people. Have lessons been learnt that will change MON the way in which similar missions are tackled in the MON future? MON MON 21:00 Frontiers b00l0xxn (Listen) MON Bioprecipitation MON Richard Hollingham investigates if bacteria in the MON atmosphere can influence the weather and meets some of the MON scientists who are working in what has been called MON 'bioprecipitation'. MON He talks to David Sands from Montana University, who MON coined the term, and visits labs in Avignon and London MON where researchers are trying to understand more about the MON impact of bacterial particles on our weather. If the MON complexities of bioprecipitation can be unravelled, it MON might be possible to turn the process to our advantage and MON use these extraordinary bacteria to encourage rainfall in MON drought-affected regions of the world. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00kwr5d (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. MON His guests include the philosopher AC Grayling on why he MON thinks the 'war on terror' has led to a war on our civil MON rights, and the documentary maker Adam Wishart on how the MON NHS body NICE makes its decisions on expensive new drugs. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00kwqmm (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00kwqqg (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Robin MON Lustig. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kwqtr (Listen) MON One Day, Episode 6 MON Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by MON David Nicholls. MON It is now 1996 and the two friends have not spoken to each MON other since a painfully acrimonious evening the previous MON summer when Emma found herself admitting that she no MON longer liked Dexter very much. In the meantime her MON teaching career is surging ahead while Dexter is being MON edged into the graveyard slots of TV presenting. MON A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Off the Page b00ktprr (Listen) MON Stripping Off MON Dominic Arkwright is joined by life model Zoe Simon and MON writers Catherine Blyth and Phil Hilton to discuss the MON naked body. Is it art or obscenity? Self-expression or MON perversion? Titilation or a turn-off? MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00kwqv2 (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with David Wilby. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 16 JUNE 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00kwhc0 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00kwj2g (Listen) TUE Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 1 TUE Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline TUE Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. TUE As Napoleon's position grew ever stronger, he was TUE determined to find Pauline the husband of his choosing and TUE even to name her first and only child. TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwhsw (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwhw0 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwhtv (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00kwhwx (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kwhyj (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00kwhzk (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00kwj11 (Listen) TUE With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk, TUE Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 The Reith Lectures b00l0y01 (Listen) TUE The Reith Lectures 2009, Morality in Politics TUE Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the TUE prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series TUE is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley. TUE Sandel considers the role of moral argument in politics. TUE He believes that it is often not possible for government TUE to be neutral on moral questions and calls for a more TUE engaged civic debate about issues such as commercial TUE surrogacy and same-sex marriage. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00l6c82 (Listen) TUE Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 2 TUE Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline TUE Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. TUE At Napoleon's request, Pauline and her young son accompany TUE her husband Leclerc on the military campaign to the sugar TUE colony of Saint-Domingue. It is here that rumours of her TUE infidelity begin and tragedy is not far away. TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00kwkj5 (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. Including Jo Whiley on her years as a TUE Radio One DJ and drama: Diary of an On-Call Girl. TUE TUE 11:00 The Job Clinic b00l0ykx (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Liz Barclay meets some job seekers whose search for TUE employment is aided by three mentors: business guru TUE Charles Handy, founder of Coffee Republic Sahar Hashemi TUE and management coach Jenny Rogers. TUE The job seekers negotiate homework set by their personal TUE mentors and apply for yet another job, against the TUE backdrop of the severest recession for decades. TUE TUE 11:30 Waldemar on the Venice Biennale b00l0ykz (Listen) TUE Art critic Waldemar Januszczak visits the world's oldest TUE international contemporary art festival. Against the TUE backdrop of its feverish opening days and with a TUE soundtrack provided by the floating city - Venice's boats, TUE bars, crowds and of course its water - he looks at how art TUE on this international stage has become a propaganda tool TUE for national pride and values. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00kwn47 (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00kwn5n (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00kwn8c (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Oh My What A Rotten Song! b00l0yl1 (Listen) TUE Michael Rosen revels in songwriting duo RP Weston and Bert TUE Lee's uncanny knack for coming up with the catchy tune and TUE the witty chorus that everyone loved to sing. TUE The pair were among the foremost popular songwriters of TUE the 1910s and 1920s, writing separately or together some TUE 3,000 songs in their 21-year collaboration, many of which TUE have passed into the nation's collective musical psyche, TUE including Hello, Hello Who's Your Lady Friend?, I'm Henery TUE the Eighth I Am and, apparently, Knees Up Mother Brown. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00kwnb3 (Listen) TUE Peggy tries to broker peace. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00l0yl3 (Listen) TUE The Granny Killers TUE Black comedy by David Hodgson. Twins Chris and Liddy want TUE to kill their granny, the shoulder-padded, high-heeled, TUE money-crazed head of a property empire. But granny has TUE other plans - she wants to kill her new husband on their TUE wedding night. TUE Granny ...... Lesley Joseph TUE Alfonso ...... David Fleeshman TUE Chris ...... John Caterall TUE Liddy ...... Sara Sadeghi TUE Mrs Fothergill ...... Maggie Fox. TUE TUE 15:00 Making History b00l0yl5 (Listen) TUE Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring TUE ordinary people's links with the past. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00l0ymd (Listen) TUE Empath Man, The Optiagra Effect TUE Series of three stories written and read by poet Matt TUE Harvey featuring Empath Man, the 21st-century answer to TUE Superman who fights crime with advanced listening skills TUE and has the uncanny ability to stay open and vulnerable in TUE a tight situation. TUE Compassionately foiling muggers and armed robbers is all TUE in a day's walk for the Skinless Wonder. TUE TUE 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00kwnwb (Listen) TUE Vietnam - The Battleground of Freedom TUE Series charting the history of America, written and TUE presented by David Reynolds. TUE The threat of communism causes successive American leaders TUE to become embroiled in a disastrous foreign conflict. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00l0z36 (Listen) TUE Clive Coleman explores the age of criminal responsibility. TUE In most European countries this ranges from 12 to 18 years TUE old, but in England, Wales and Northern Ireland TUE 10-year-old children can be prosecuted. Clive asks if TUE criminalising young people at such an early age is the TUE best response to child crime. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00l0z38 (Listen) TUE Kate Mosse talks to writer Victoria Hislop - wife of TUE Private Eye editor Ian - and poet and musician Martin TUE Newell about their favourite books. Victoria recommends a TUE powerful contemporary novel, Martin chooses a staggeringly TUE bad-tempered but stylish rant by AA Gill, and Kate herself TUE brings in the haunting memoir of a disastrous family life. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00kwnxw (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 b00kwnz5 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 The Secret World b00jsxh6 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Comedy series that offers an insight into the private TUE lives of the famous. TUE Ray Winston becomes trapped in a duvet. TUE With Jon Culshaw, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Julian Dutton, TUE Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00kwn9n (Listen) TUE Kenton dreams big for Jaxx Caff. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00kwp0x (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a report TUE from The Wedgwood Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, shortlisted for TUE the 2009 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00l0vzx (Listen) TUE Diary of an On-Call Girl, Tuesday is Nothing Day TUE Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by TUE 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the pseudonymous blogger who is also a TUE serving police officer. TUE WPC Ellie Bloggs ...... Nadine Marshall TUE Bongo/Max/Driver ...... Matt Addis TUE Wayne Perril/Mr Grahams ...... Paul Rider TUE Lisa Perril/Meryl ...... Rachel Atkins TUE Will/TD ...... Stephen Hogan TUE Becks ...... Annabelle Dowler TUE Sgt. Woodcock/Skipper ...... Philip Fox TUE Minnie/Frances/Saira ...... Janice Acquah TUE Luke/Boy ...... Benjamin Askew TUE Colleen ...... Lizzy Watts TUE Adam ...... Gene Goodman. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00l0z3b (Listen) TUE Gerry Northam investigates allegations of incompetence and TUE neglect in England's biggest quango, the Learning and TUE Skills Council. As the recession leads to rocketing TUE unemployment, apprentices and local college students have TUE been hit by a dramatic cash crisis in this government TUE agency, which oversees their training. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00l0z3d (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 All in the Mind b00l0z3g (Listen) TUE Claudia Hammond travels to Portugal to find out how TUE decrimalising drugs could help addicts. TUE In 2001, Portugal became the only European country to TUE decriminalise all drugs, from cannabis to heroin. Claudia TUE reports from Lisbon to find out how the policy has TUE affected drug use in the intervening years. TUE Visiting a hospital there, she finds that psychiatrists TUE play a large role in determining people's level of TUE addiction. They counsel anyone using cannabis through to TUE harder, more addictive drugs such as crack cocaine and TUE heroin. Critics have said that spending time on cannabis TUE users reduces time spent on more serious cases. Yet those TUE in favour of the system argue that tackling drug abuse TUE from 'low level' use such as cannabis can lead to helping TUE more people with more severe problems. TUE On her return to the UK, Claudia finds out if such a TUE system would have any place within psychiatric care in TUE England. TUE TUE 21:30 Unseen Britain b00j67ml (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we TUE spend our money, where we travel and the state of our TUE health, while remaining unseen themselves. TUE Peter meets the unseen bank staff who spend their days TUE watching our spending habits and alerting us to possible TUE fraud when our usual spending patterns are broken. TUE He then uses his bonus points card at a supermarket, which TUE prompts him to question who knows what about his buying TUE habits and how this information helps analysts to persuade TUE him to spend more, by targetting him with tailor-made and TUE tempting offers. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00kwql2 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00kwqmp (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Robin TUE Lustig. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kwqqj (Listen) TUE One Day, Episode 7 TUE Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by TUE David Nicholls. TUE Dexter has fallen in love, a fact which he feels TUE compensates for his almost negligible career in TUE television. Meanwhile his old friend Emma has quit her TUE teaching job and secured a small advance to write her TUE first book. Their friendship has deteriorated to a TUE functional acquaintanceship. TUE A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better TUE b00d75nw (Listen) TUE Series 2, Honesty TUE Mark Watson turns his wit to the subject of virtue, with TUE stand-up comedy on the subject of honesty. Tim Key and Tom TUE Basden lie, cheat and steal in order to perform their TUE poems and songs. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00kwqtt (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with Sean Curran. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00kwhc2 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00l6c82 (Listen) WED Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 2 WED Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline WED Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. WED At Napoleon's request, Pauline and her young son accompany WED her husband Leclerc on the military campaign to the sugar WED colony of Saint-Domingue. It is here that rumours of her WED infidelity begin and tragedy is not far away. WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwhsy (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwhw2 (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwhtx (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00kwhwz (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kwhyl (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00kwhzm (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00kwj13 (Listen) WED With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports WED Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in WED Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00l13mw (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests including Paddy Ashdown. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00l6c7p (Listen) WED Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 3 WED Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline WED Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. WED Pauline returns to Paris a widow. However, it is not long WED before she finds herself another suitable husband and WED journeys with him to Rome. It is here that she suffers an WED unbearable loss that will turn her life around. WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00kwkj7 (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Diary of an On-Call WED Girl. WED WED 11:00 The Job Clinic b00l13my (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Last in a series of three programmes in which Liz Barclay WED follows the fortunes of job seekers. WED Realistic expectations are set against hopes for better WED times to come. Liz hears the Job Clinic contributors' WED experiences of financial hardship and tough job interviews WED over the last few months. WED WED 11:30 Spread A Little Happiness b00l13n0 (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a WED Yorkshire sandwich bar. WED Jodie and Dave try to get a little quality time with a WED rare night out, but there is no hiding place - not even in WED a small kebab. WED Hope ...... Suranne Jones WED Jodie ...... Susan Cookson WED Dave ...... Neil Dudgeon WED Gavin ...... Ralph Brown WED Eve ...... Joanne Froggatt WED Directed by Chris Wallis. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00kwn4b (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00kwn5q (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00kwn8f (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00l14p2 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00kwn9n (Listen) WED Kenton dreams big for Jaxx Caff. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b0090s0n (Listen) WED Gandhi's Goat WED By Matthew Coombes. Gandhi and Chaplin meet in London's WED East End in 1931. But the real cultural exchange is taking WED place between Anil and Emily, members of their respective WED entourages. WED Emily ...... Teresa Gallagher WED Anil ...... Zubin Varla WED Newsreader/Receptionist ...... Sam Dale WED Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00l14p4 (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on long-term WED care. WED Paul's guests are Pauline Thompson of Age Concern and Help WED the Aged, Philip Spiers of First Stop and Caroline WED Bielanska of Solicitors for the Elderly. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00l162z (Listen) WED Empath Man, From Court to Cult WED Series of three stories written and read by poet Matt WED Harvey featuring Empath Man, the 21st-century answer to WED Superman who fights crime with advanced listening skills WED and has the uncanny ability to stay open and vulnerable in WED a tight situation. WED The Skinless Wonder finds that springing the police WED chief's daughter from a dodgy organisation is not without WED its trials. WED WED 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00kwnwd (Listen) WED 1968 - Paralysis of a President WED Series charting the history of America, written and WED presented by David Reynolds. WED Domestic tensions and the war in Vietnam throw the Johnson WED administration into a tailspin, opening the door for WED radical movements and a conservative backlash. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00l14p6 (Listen) WED Post-Soviet Potato: Laurie Taylor discusses the politics WED of spuds. WED WED 16:30 All in the Mind b00l0z3g (Listen) WED Claudia Hammond travels to Portugal to find out how WED decrimalising drugs could help addicts. WED In 2001, Portugal became the only European country to WED decriminalise all drugs, from cannabis to heroin. Claudia WED reports from Lisbon to find out how the policy has WED affected drug use in the intervening years. WED Visiting a hospital there, she finds that psychiatrists WED play a large role in determining people's level of WED addiction. They counsel anyone using cannabis through to WED harder, more addictive drugs such as crack cocaine and WED heroin. Critics have said that spending time on cannabis WED users reduces time spent on more serious cases. Yet those WED in favour of the system argue that tackling drug abuse WED from 'low level' use such as cannabis can lead to helping WED more people with more severe problems. WED On her return to the UK, Claudia finds out if such a WED system would have any place within psychiatric care in WED England. WED WED 17:00 PM b00kwnxy (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie WED Mair. Plus Weather. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00kwnz7 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4, followed by Weather. WED WED 18:30 I Was... b00fpy6b (Listen) WED Dudley Moore's First Bandleader WED Andrew McGibbon presents a series of interviews analysing WED great artists from the perspective of someone who knew WED them. WED John Bassett met Dudley Moore, then a talented organ WED scholar, at Oxford in the late 1950s, and asked him to WED become the pianist in his jazz band, The Basset Hounds. WED The success of Moore's musical comedy skits led to Bassett WED introducing him to three other up-and-coming talents who WED would go on, with Moore, to find fame in Beyond the Fringe. WED Including contributions from Bassett Hound members Duncan WED Lamont and Pete Shade and Dudley's Beyond the Fringe WED colleague Jonathan Miller. WED A Curtains for Radio production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00kwn9q (Listen) WED Jazzer spots a ripe opportunity. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00kwp0z (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a report WED on the Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, a contender for WED the 2009 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00l0vzq (Listen) WED Diary of an On-Call Girl, Bloggs By Night WED Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by WED 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the pseudonymous blogger who is also a WED serving police officer. WED WPC Ellie Bloggs ...... Nadine Marshall WED Bongo/Max/Driver ...... Matt Addis WED Wayne Perril/Mr Grahams ...... Paul Rider WED Lisa Perril/Meryl ...... Rachel Atkins WED Will/TD ...... Stephen Hogan WED Becks ...... Annabelle Dowler WED Sgt. Woodcock/Skipper ...... Philip Fox WED Minnie/Frances/Saira ...... Janice Acquah WED Luke/Boy ...... Benjamin Askew WED Colleen ...... Lizzy Watts WED Adam ...... Gene Goodman. WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00l14p8 (Listen) WED Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions WED behind the week's news. With Claire Fox, Melanie Philips, WED Clifford Longley and Michael Portillo. WED WED 20:45 Learning to Love the Microphone b00l14pb (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Anne Perkins explores how politicians at the dawn of mass WED democracy utilised the new media of radio and newsreel. WED How politicians adapt to using new media is highly WED relevant today, as the internet, social networking and WED 24-hour TV news transform the political landscape. Yet it WED was equally relevant in the 1920s and 1930s, when WED politicians grappled with the new media of radio and WED newsreels. What lessons can our generation learn from WED theirs? WED Anne examines how two Prime Ministers - Stanley Baldwin WED and Neville Chamberlain - gradually mastered the new media WED of their day. She reveals how the first spin doctor used WED his wartime experience spying on the Germans to attack WED Labour and carefully craft the Conservative leaders' WED images to appeal to a new mass electorate. She also WED explains why the other parties were so slow by comparison. WED WED 21:00 James and the Giant Tree b00l14wp (Listen) WED Professional tree climber James Aldred climbs one of WED Britain's tallest trees, a giant redwood affectionately WED called Goliath, and sleeps in its branches. WED James has always loved climbing trees. The first time he WED used ropes to climb Goliath, he was 16 years old; he was WED absolutely terrified and didn't get further than the first WED branch. In this programme he returns to climb the tree, WED even spending the night in a hammock two thirds of the way WED up. WED Also, one of Britain's leading tree experts, Tony Russell, WED offers an insight into the history and natural history of WED the giant redwood, or Wellingtonia as it is also known. WED The largest of them grow in the United States, but they WED have become icons in the British countryside since their WED introduction in the 18th century. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00l13mw (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests including Paddy Ashdown. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00kwql4 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00kwqmr (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Ritula WED Shah. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kwqql (Listen) WED One Day, Episode 8 WED Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by WED David Nicholls. WED Dexter and Sylvie have got married and embarked on their WED new life together, and Emma is quietly becoming a success WED in the world of children's fiction. They are back in touch WED but their worlds are miles apart. WED A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Self-Storage b0081k9x (Listen) WED Series 1, Dating WED Sitcom by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power. WED Judy fixes Dave up on his first date since his marriage WED broke up. Unfortunately, Sarah needs a favour and Geoff WED needs Judy. WED Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith WED Geoff ...... Mark Heap WED Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill WED Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero WED Sarah ...... Susan Earl WED Liz ...... Nadia Kamil. WED WED 23:15 Strangers on Trains b00d75p2 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Series of character comedies by Nat Segnit and Stewart WED Wright, in which Nat talks to people sitting alone on WED trains. He asks strangers about their faiths and beliefs. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00kwqtw (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with Robert Orchard. WED WED THU THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00kwhc4 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00l6c7p (Listen) THU Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 3 THU Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline THU Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. THU Pauline returns to Paris a widow. However, it is not long THU before she finds herself another suitable husband and THU journeys with him to Rome. It is here that she suffers an THU unbearable loss that will turn her life around. THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwht0 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwhw4 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwhtz (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00kwhx1 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kwhyn (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00kwhzp (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00kwj15 (Listen) THU With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00l16vp (Listen) THU Elizabethan Revenge THU Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Julie Sanders and THU Janet Clare discuss why the Elizabethan stage was awash THU with revenge tragedies. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00l6c7r (Listen) THU Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 4 THU Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline THU Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. THU Now separated from her husband, Pauline's lifestyle and THU the loss of her son begin to take their toll on her health THU and her need for restorative waters are ever greater. THU However, it is her turn to support her brother who, THU following hard times, is forced to abdicate and accept in THU lieu the Kingdom of Elba. THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00kwkj9 (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. Actress Carol Drinkwater discusses her THU passion for the olive. Including drama: Diary of an THU On-Call Girl. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00l16vr (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 Bill Mitchell: The Man Who Wrestled Pumas... THU Probably b00l1q7h (Listen) THU Miriam Margolyes presents a documentary charting the life THU and career of her late colleague and friend Bill Mitchell, THU the voice-over artist who informed us the latest THU blockbusters would be 'at cinemas near you from Sunday', THU told us 'Carlsberg was probably the best lager in the THU world', and that Denim was 'for men who didn't have to try THU too hard'. THU Born in Canada, he admitted that heavy drinking and THU smoking from his teens helped preserve the voice, and THU indeed drove his excessive lifestyle. He 'had to' abuse THU his body to maintain the voice and he 'had to' be in a THU Soho pub because it was handy for the recording studios. THU Bill's career spanned acting, voice-over work, plus a THU brief spell as 1970s pop outfit Yin and Yan with friend THU Chris Sandford. His remains ranked as one of the greats THU within the advertising industry. THU Featuring contributions from Bill's daughter Amanda THU McAllister, musicians and friends Zoot Money and Kenny THU Clayton, and industry moguls Nick Angell and Rob Townsend. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00kwn4f (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00kwn5s (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00kwn8h (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b00l1qvz (Listen) THU Trivia THU What turns a fact into knowledge, and did you know that THU Pete Conrad was the first man to dance on the moon? THU Dominic Arkwright debates elitism in education with THU Kathryn Hughes, Francis Gilbert and Mark Mason, author or THU The Importance of Being Trivial. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00kwn9q (Listen) THU Jazzer spots a ripe opportunity. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00l1qw1 (Listen) THU Desperate Measures THU By David Ian Neville. In an old warehouse by the River THU Clyde, Paul and Mhairi Blaze have built a successful THU design company. But as the economic downturn bites, they THU need more than grand designs to save their business and THU their relationship. THU Mhairi ...... Gabriel Quigley THU Paul ...... Neil McKinven THU Clara ...... Daniela Nardini THU Helen ...... Molly Innes THU Charli ...... Nicola Jo Cully THU Harry ...... Phil McKee THU Directed by Kirsty Williams. THU THU 15:02 Ramblings b00kwcnw (Listen) THU Series 12, Episode 4 THU Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, THU body and soul. THU Clare meets Garth Gunn and his son Craig on the Isle of THU Purbeck in Dorset, as they embark on the training route THU that got Garth back on his feet as he recovered from ME. THU Garth had been a keen long distance walker since the late THU 1960s, trekking across the Isle of Wight east to west in a THU day. In the early 1990s, however, he suffered a series of THU traumas and was diagnosed with the energy-depleting THU condition ME, leaving him unable to even sweep the leaves THU up in his garden. THU Walking played a huge role in his recovery. His son Craig, THU who is a postman, would finish work at lunchtime and walk THU Garth down to Poole harbour, a little bit further each day THU to try and build up his confidence. Garth would look THU across at the Purbeck Hills and think that he would never THU feel them under his feet again, but with a little help he THU did. He now regularly walks what he calls his 'training THU circuit', even conquering the 210 hillside steps of THU Jacob's Ladder to enjoy the stunning views across Dorset's THU Jurassic coast. THU Clare joins father, son and friends as they all complete THU the seven-mile circuit. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00kwft2 (Listen) THU Survivors Fund (SURF) THU Lindsey Hilsum appeals on behalf of the Survivors Fund THU (SURF). THU Survivors Fund (SURF) strives to ensure that the voices of THU survivors of the genocide in Rwanda are heard and acted THU on, and that the genocide and its victims are never THU forgotten. THU Donations to Survivors Fund (SURF), should be sent to THU FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your THU envelope Survivors Fund. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 THU 8144 If you are a UK tax payer, please provide Survivors THU Fund with your full name and address so they can claim the THU Gift Aid on your donation worth another 25 per cent. The THU online and phone donation facilities are not currently THU available to listeners without a UK postcode. THU Registered Charity No: 1065705. THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00l162s (Listen) THU Empath Man, Hot Air Rises THU Series of three stories written and read by poet Matt THU Harvey featuring Empath Man, the 21st-century answer to THU Superman who fights crime with advanced listening skills THU and has the uncanny ability to stay open and vulnerable in THU a tight situation. THU Having excelled as a cult-buster, what becomes of the THU reconstructed male known as Empath Man when he falls into THU the clutches of his nemesis, the dangerously charming THU Scorpio Rising? THU THU 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00kwnwg (Listen) THU Vietnam - 'Peace With Honour'? THU Series charting the history of America, written and THU presented by David Reynolds. THU America wakes up to its involvement in south east Asia and THU Nixon pulls out the troops as public sentiment turns THU against the war. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00kwh7j (Listen) THU Mariella Frostrup speaks to the American crime writer THU George Pelecanos about his new novel, The Way Home, an THU exploration of shifting loyalties between a father and his THU drop-out son against the backdrop of the worlds of crime THU and punishment in his native Washington. He also talks THU about how his role as screenwriter on the hit American THU television drama The Wire has influenced his fiction. THU Mariella looks back at the highs and lows of the THU Palestinian Festival of Literature with Egyptian novelist THU and chair of Palfest, Adhaf Soueif. The Festival brought THU literary figures including Michael Palin and Deborah THU Moggach to the West Bank. THU Mariella also speaks to author Liz Jenson about her new THU novel, The Rapture, set in the near future, in which a THU therapist attempts to treat a young female psychiatric THU patient who appears to be predicting the cataclysmic THU global disasters which the world is experiencing. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00l1rg6 (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper and guests dissect the week's science. THU THU 17:00 PM b00kwny0 (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 b00kwnz9 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 Hut 33 b00c5xtc (Listen) THU Series 2, Yankee Diddle THU Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941. THU Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden THU hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, THU they hate each other. THU An American visitor is joining Hut 33. He seems to be very THU wealthy and very gullible, which presents Charles with an THU irresistible chance to fleece him. Not only does he have THU more money than sense, but he also happens to be THU Roosevelt's nephew. THU Charles ...... Robert Bathurst THU Archie ...... Tom Goodman-Hill THU Minka...... Olivia Colman THU Gordon ...... Fergus Craig THU Mrs Best ...... Lill Roughley THU Joshua ...... Alex MacQueen. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00kwn9s (Listen) THU Lilian gets a crash-course in Matt's mindset. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00kwp11 (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including news of THU the winner of the 2009 Art Fund Prize for museums and THU galleries, announced by the chair of the judges, Lord THU Puttnam. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00l0vzs (Listen) THU Diary of an On-Call Girl, The Unfair Sex THU Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by THU 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the pseudonymous blogger who is also a THU serving police officer. THU WPC Ellie Bloggs ...... Nadine Marshall THU Bongo/Max/Driver ...... Matt Addis THU Wayne Perril/Mr Grahams ...... Paul Rider THU Lisa Perril/Meryl ...... Rachel Atkins THU Will/TD ...... Stephen Hogan THU Becks ...... Annabelle Dowler THU Sgt. Woodcock/Skipper ...... Philip Fox THU Minnie/Frances/Saira ...... Janice Acquah THU Luke/Boy ...... Benjamin Askew THU Colleen ...... Lizzy Watts THU Adam ...... Gene Goodman. THU THU 20:00 Law in Action b00l0z36 (Listen) THU Clive Coleman explores the age of criminal responsibility. THU In most European countries this ranges from 12 to 18 years THU old, but in England, Wales and Northern Ireland THU 10-year-old children can be prosecuted. Clive asks if THU criminalising young people at such an early age is the THU best response to child crime. THU THU 20:30 Bottom Line b00l1rxv (Listen) THU Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs THU and company bosses talk about the issues that matter to THU their companies and their customers. THU THU 21:00 Leading Edge b00l1rxx (Listen) THU Geoff Watts looks into the science of seasonality in THU plants, animals and ourselves. Winter blues and summer THU celebrations - from hibernation to sex - the seasons THU affect the living world, including humans. THU On the other side of the world, in Antarctica, it is THU midwinter and those creatures that can't migrate are THU employing intriguing chemical tricks to slow their body THU processes, virtually stopping respiration and even THU heartbeat as they enter hibernation. But how are these THU extreme processes studied? What's it like to do research THU in freezing water under two metres of ice? And are there THU seasonal processes that affect our own moods, health and THU lives? THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00l16vp (Listen) THU Elizabethan Revenge THU Melvyn Bragg and guests Jonathan Bate, Julie Sanders and THU Janet Clare discuss why the Elizabethan stage was awash THU with revenge tragedies. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00kwql6 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00kwqmt (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Ritula THU Shah. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kwqqn (Listen) THU One Day, Episode 9 THU Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by THU David Nicholls. THU Emma and Dexter have surrendered to their desire to be THU together, and while ostensibly maintaining separate flats THU they are living at Dexter's old bachelor pad, trying for a THU baby and house hunting. The pressure is on. THU A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00j8djx (Listen) THU Series 3, Astonishing Archie THU Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. THU When two brothers get together to plan the funeral of an THU old friend, the choice of music is a bone of contention - THU will it be Sinatra or Presley? A generation and a whole THU philosophy of popular music separate the brothers, and the THU choice they finally make is a heartwarming musical THU compromise. By Bill Paterson. THU Ronnie Purgavey ...... Stanley Baxter THU Alan Purgavey ...... Bill Paterson THU Rev Margot Turnbull ...... Maureen Beattie THU Directed by Marilyn Imrie. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00kwqty (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with David Wilby. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00kwhc6 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00l6c7r (Listen) FRI Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 4 FRI Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline FRI Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. FRI Now separated from her husband, Pauline's lifestyle and FRI the loss of her son begin to take their toll on her health FRI and her need for restorative waters are ever greater. FRI However, it is her turn to support her brother who, FRI following hard times, is forced to abdicate and accept in FRI lieu the Kingdom of Elba. FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kwht2 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kwhw6 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kwhv1 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00kwhx3 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kwhyq (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Gopinder Kaur. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00kwhzr (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00kwj17 (Listen) FRI With Edward Stourton and Evan Davis. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in FRI Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00kwftg (Listen) FRI Lord Healey FRI Kirsty Young's castaway is the Labour peer and former FRI Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey. FRI As a politician he was known for his sharp intellect and FRI biting oratory and now, as he approaches his 92nd FRI birthday, those skills are still very much in evidence. FRI He talks of his regret that his lack of ambition meant FRI that he did not push himself further in politics but, he FRI says, it is better for people to wonder why he wasn't FRI prime minister than to wonder why he was. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00l6c7t (Listen) FRI Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte, Episode 5 FRI Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline FRI Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. FRI While Napoleon's great reign comes to an end, Pauline FRI re-establishes herself as a 'little queen' in Roman FRI society. But it is not long before she realises that her FRI brother's health is poor and that she must do all in her FRI power to help him. FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00kwkjc (Listen) FRI With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Diary of an On-Call FRI Girl. FRI FRI 11:00 The Horses of Spindles Farm b00l1w91 (Listen) FRI In January 2008 the RSPCA raided a farm in Buckinghamshire FRI and in a glare of publicity, removed more than 100 horses, FRI ponies and donkeys, as well as the carcasses of others. FRI Mike Embley follows the ensuing court case and finds out FRI what it reveals about the horse trade in Britain. FRI A White Pebble Media production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:30 Electric Ink b00l1w9t (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI Satirical comedy by Alistair Beaton. Old hacks meet new FRI media in the newspaper industry. FRI Using Twitter as a source, Freddy inadvertently breaks a FRI top story in the Treasury. FRI Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay FRI Oliver ...... Alex Jennings FRI Freddy ...... Ben Willbond FRI Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington FRI Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar FRI Masha ...... Debbie Chazen FRI Man ...... Matt Addis FRI With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00kwn4h (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00kwn5v (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00kwn8k (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00l20td (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00kwn9s (Listen) FRI Lilian gets a crash-course in Matt's mindset. FRI FRI 14:15 On Mardle Fen b00l20tg (Listen) FRI Series 2, Old Boggie FRI Series of four plays by Nick Warburton, set in an FRI idiosyncratic restaurant in the Fens. FRI Chef Warwick Hedges is invited to lunch in a remote part FRI of the Fens and he discovers treasure guarded by a FRI ghost-dog. FRI Warwick ...... Trevor Peacock FRI Jack ...... Sam Dale FRI Codlett ...... Malcolm Tierney FRI Samuel ...... John Rowe FRI Zofia ...... Helen Longworth FRI Imogen ...... Lizzy Watts FRI Directed by Claire Grove. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00l20tj (Listen) FRI Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer FRI questions posed by gardeners in Kent. FRI Including Gardening weather forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00kwnwj (Listen) FRI Watergate and the Imperial Presidency FRI Series charting the history of America, written and FRI presented by David Reynolds. FRI Paranoia and arrogance in the White House lead to the FRI downfall of President Nixon. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00l213l (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 b00l213n (Listen) FRI Two fans of Errol Flynn cross swords over the actor's best FRI movie in the week of the 100th anniversary of his birth. FRI Directors Nic Roeg, Franc Roddam and Don Boyd discuss FRI their work on Aria, a collection of short operatic movies FRI made in 1987 and released on DVD for the first time. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00kwny2 (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 b00kwnzc (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00l213q (Listen) FRI Series 68, Episode 8 FRI Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists FRI include Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Francis Wheen. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00kwn9v (Listen) FRI Mike and Vicky take the plunge. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00kwp13 (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Including an FRI interview with saxophonist and composer John Harle, who FRI has written a new work for 800 saxophones. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00l0vzv (Listen) FRI Diary of an On-Call Girl, The Long Dark Tea-time of the FRI Cells FRI Yvonne Antrobus' dramatisation of the blogs and book by FRI 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the pseudonymous blogger who is also a FRI serving police officer. FRI WPC Ellie Bloggs ...... Nadine Marshall FRI Bongo/Max/Driver ...... Matt Addis FRI Wayne Perril/Mr Grahams ...... Paul Rider FRI Lisa Perril/Meryl ...... Rachel Atkins FRI Will/TD ...... Stephen Hogan FRI Becks ...... Annabelle Dowler FRI Sgt. Woodcock/Skipper ...... Philip Fox FRI Minnie/Frances/Saira ...... Janice Acquah FRI Luke/Boy ...... Benjamin Askew FRI Colleen ...... Lizzy Watts FRI Adam ...... Gene Goodman. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00l2gv4 (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London. FRI Panellists include the Minister for the Olympics, Tessa FRI Jowell, Liberal Democrat peer Julia Neuberger, media FRI entrepreneur Kelvin Mackenzie and Alan Duncan. FRI FRI 20:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00l2h9p (Listen) FRI Platypus FRI Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural FRI histories of creatures and plants from around the world. FRI Along the soft, muddy river banks of New South Wales, the FRI female duck-billed platypus makes a burrow to raise her FRI family. Not only is this the strangest of creatures, it is FRI also one of the most tricky to film. FRI FRI 21:00 America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus b00l2h9r (Listen) FRI The Impotence of Omnipotence FRI Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of FRI America, written and presented by David Reynolds. FRI Fractious politics at home and the war in Vietnam expose FRI America's weaknesses throughout the tumultuous 1960s. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00kwql8 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00kwqmw (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Ritula FRI Shah. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kwqqq (Listen) FRI One Day, Episode 10 FRI Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by FRI David Nicholls. FRI Seventeen years after the one night they spent together in FRI 1988, memories of that fateful day are still strong - FRI perhaps even stronger, given the events that have shaped FRI and changed their lives for ever. FRI A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00l0z38 (Listen) FRI Kate Mosse talks to writer Victoria Hislop - wife of FRI Private Eye editor Ian - and poet and musician Martin FRI Newell about their favourite books. Victoria recommends a FRI powerful contemporary novel, Martin chooses a staggeringly FRI bad-tempered but stylish rant by AA Gill, and Kate herself FRI brings in the haunting memoir of a disastrous family life. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00kwqv0 (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI

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