Radio 4 Listings for 11/07/2009 - 17/07/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 11 JULY 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00lj1tw (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
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SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00lk4dr (Listen)
SAT       Stalin's Nemesis, Episode 5
SAT       Nigel Anthony reads from Bertrand M Patenaude's account of
SAT       the exile and subsequent assassination of Leon Trotsky.
SAT       On August 17th 1940 at 4.35pm, the iron doors of Trotsky's
SAT       safe haven gave way and a man known to Trotsky as Frank
SAT       Jacson, a Canadian businessman, was admitted to the patio.
SAT       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00lj1ty (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00lj1v0 (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00lj1v2 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00lj1v4 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00lj1v6 (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00lj1v8 (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00lj1vb (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00lj832 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       06:07 Open Country b00lj8yf (Listen)
SAT       Sussex Visions
SAT       Matt Baker takes a fresh look at one of Britain's most
SAT       visited landscape.
SAT       His first step is to join the Natural Navigator, Tristan
SAT       Gooley, to learn how to travel the Sussex Downs without a
SAT       map or compass, relying instead on the angle of plant
SAT       growth and the tracks of animals.
SAT       The beauties of the Sussex landscape lacked a certain
SAT       something in the late-18th century, according to local
SAT       landowner, 'Mad' Jack Fuller, and so he embarked on
SAT       Britain's greatest programme of folly building. His
SAT       pyramids, observatories and towers continue to dominate
SAT       the landscape. Matt joins local writer John Naish for a
SAT       tour of Fuller's follies.
SAT       Matt will also be examining the literary landscape of
SAT       Sussex, from the pre-war works of Edward Thomas and
SAT       Virginia Woolf through to the darker visions of the
SAT       landscape from sci-fi writers like John Wyndham and
SAT       contemporary thriller writer, Peter Moore.
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SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00lj8yh (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00lj8yk (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00lj8ym (Listen)
SAT       With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
SAT       Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00lj8yp (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Rev Richard Coles is joined by James
SAT       Palumbo, the founder of the Ministry of Sound nightclub
SAT       and brand. With poetry from Kate Fox.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00lj8yr (Listen)
SAT       Voyaging by cargo ship is a more leisurely and potentially
SAT       greener way to go. They will often take you to places the
SAT       ordinary tourist would never visit. Sandi Toksvig talks to
SAT       Ghislaine Armitage and Hannah Isaacs about voyaging as
SAT       passengers amongst the containers to China and back, and
SAT       to David Baboulene about his experiences as a crew member
SAT       on freighters round the globe - including being attacked
SAT       by pirates.
SAT       Although there are just ten basic types of clouds they
SAT       vary in style and formation all round the world. Sandi
SAT       hears from Gavin Pretor-Pinney of The Cloud Appreciation
SAT       Society about how cloudspotting can be a perfect pastime
SAT       for travellers, and why the 600-mile long 'Morning Glory'
SAT       cloud in Australia has become a tourist attraction in
SAT       itself.
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SAT       10:30 Tarantino's Jukebox b00lj8yt (Listen)
SAT       Episode 1
SAT       Composer and film music historian Robert Ziegler talks to
SAT       American film-maker Quentin Tarantino about the music he
SAT       has used to soundtrack his films.
SAT       Music plays a key role in Tarantino's films, including
SAT       Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, and he
SAT       reveals to Robert his musical influences and the way in
SAT       which he plunders his own backstory, remembering the
SAT       tracks of his youth and making references to - and
SAT       featuring music from - cult films and television.
SAT       Recorded on location in Tarantino's favourite Los Angeles
SAT       diner, the programme also provides an insight into the way
SAT       music can infuse a film, and the way a film can bring
SAT       music back to life from the dusty vaults.
SAT       The programme also features contributions from Mary Wilson
SAT       of the Supremes, Dusty Springfield's manager Vicki
SAT       Wickham, film producer Laurence Bender, music and film
SAT       critic Paul Gambaccini, film editor Sally Menke and music
SAT       supervisors Mary Ramos and Karyn Rachtman.
SAT       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00lj8yw (Listen)
SAT       This week Peter Riddell looks behind the scenes at
SAT       Westminster.
SAT       Two former defence secretaries John Hutton and Sir Malcolm
SAT       Rifkind look at the options for the defence review
SAT       announced this week, given the current state of the
SAT       economy and Britain's substantial commitments abroad not
SAT       least in Afghanistan.
SAT       The state of the economy at the moment seems to inhibit a
SAT       balanced discussion over the spending and saving plans of
SAT       both government and opposition. Andrew Haldenby from
SAT       Reform and Richard Reeves from Demos take on the big
SAT       debate over what the size and role of the state should be.
SAT       The Lords debated the new Parliamentary Standards Bill on
SAT       Wednesday which will regulate the conduct and expenses of
SAT       MPs. Many of them were unhappy that the speed with which
SAT       the bill was being introduced would endanger some of the
SAT       rights and privileges of parliament. Lord Norton an
SAT       authority on the constitution and Lord Tyler formerly
SAT       shadow Liberal Democrat leader of the House of Commons
SAT       discuss the bill's progress.
SAT       And why did Frank Field fail in his attempt on Tuesday to
SAT       extract more compensation from the government for those
SAT       who lost out on the abolition of the 10p tax rate?
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SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00lj8yy (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00lj8z0 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00lj1n9 (Listen)
SAT       Series 28, Episode 3
SAT       Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of
SAT       the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin,
SAT       Jon Holmes and Carrie Quinlan.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00lj8z2 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00lj8z4 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00lj1nc (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Consett,
SAT       County Durham. The panellists are the former Cabinet
SAT       minsiter and now independent MP Clare Short, Pat McFadden,
SAT       minister for business, innovation and skills, Green Party
SAT       MEP Jean Lambert and former Chancellor Lord Norman Lamont.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00lj8z6 (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 b007m9y3 (Listen)
SAT       The Windsor Jewels
SAT       Robin Glendinning's black comedy tells the story of a real
SAT       mystery.
SAT       In 1946, the Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) and
SAT       his wife (formerly Wallis Simpson) paid a visit to
SAT       Britain, hoping to secure a government job for the Duke
SAT       and a title for the Duchess. During the visit, the
SAT       Duchess' jewels, worth millions, were stolen. Conspiracy
SAT       theories abounded. Was it an inside job by the Royal
SAT       Family, or even an insurance fraud by the Duke and Duchess?
SAT       Duke of Windsor ...... Jon Glover
SAT       Duchess of Windsor ...... Christine Kavanagh
SAT       Capstick ...... Christian Rodska
SAT       Evans ...... Chris Yapp
SAT       Miss Martin/Mrs Jones/Resident ...... Amy Clifton
SAT       Bevin/Gardener ...... Alan Moore
SAT       Attlee ...... Paul Humpoletz
SAT       Lascelles/Newsreel ...... David Collins
SAT       First Hack ...... Stephen Perring
SAT       Second Hack ...... Paul Mohan.
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SAT       15:30 John Mayall's Blues Adventures b00lg9y2 (Listen)
SAT       Blues musician John Mayall presents a homage to the rhythm
SAT       and blues scene which exploded in Britain in the early
SAT       1960s. With contributions from Bill Wyman, Zoot Money and
SAT       Eric Burdon.
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SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00lj8z8 (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour with Jane Garvey.
SAT       Including music from Florence and the Machine; performance
SAT       poetry for the i-pod generation; the forgotten bravery of
SAT       women on the First World War frontline; the dangers of
SAT       city cycling; one woman's fight for justice and the stage
SAT       production it inspired; mobile phones for the under-10s;
SAT       and tales from the world's oldest dogs' home.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00lj8zb (Listen)
SAT       Saturday PM
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
SAT       Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 Bottom Line b00lh4zj (Listen)
SAT       You're at the top of your company, but you're the person
SAT       with least control over your time. PAs, PRs, your spouse -
SAT       all these people are battling over your diary. So can you,
SAT       when you're a chief executive, carve out a piece of the
SAT       day for yourself or are you at the mercy of others from
SAT       the moment you get up?
SAT       Evan Davis discusses this with his three big business
SAT       guests: Nikki King of Isuzu Trucks, Samir Brikho of AMEC
SAT       and Gavin Slark of the BSS Group.
SAT       He also finds out how possible it is to plan for the long
SAT       term when everyone is pressurising you for short term
SAT       results.
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SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00lj8zd (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00lj8zg (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00lj8zj (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
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SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00lj8zl (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson is joined by actress June Brown, television
SAT       producer Paul Jackson and music journalist Paul Morley.
SAT       Having recently commited his own memoirs to print, Arthur
SAT       Smith talks to fellow autobiographer Byron Rogers. Plus,
SAT       comedy from Jamie Kilstein and music from Dub Collossus
SAT       and Peggy Sue.
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SAT       19:00 Profile b00lw8d5 (Listen)
SAT       Andy Coulson
SAT       It is said a spin doctor should never become the story.
SAT       But David Cameron's Communications Director, Andy Coulson,
SAT       has been catapulted into the spotlight after News of the
SAT       World staff were accused of paying private investigators
SAT       to intercept the phone messages of politicians and
SAT       celebrities while he was the editor. James Silver examines
SAT       the life a man whose job is to create headlines rather
SAT       than be the subject of them.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00lj8zq (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe is joined by comedian Natalie Haynes, writer
SAT       David Benedict and writer and comedian Danny Robins to
SAT       discuss the cultural highlights of the week - featuring a
SAT       reclusive soprano, Austria's top fashionista and a
SAT       profusion of Union Jacks.
SAT       Bruno is Sasha Baron Cohen's latest comedy incarnation.
SAT       When this gay, Austrian fashionista gets the push as host
SAT       of Funkyzeit mit Bruno, he heads to the US with the aim of
SAT       becoming a global celebrity. Cue Baron Cohen's stock in
SAT       trade of pulling the rug from under public figures and the
SAT       general public with stunts of jaw-dropping tastelessness.
SAT       Is it really satire? Maybe.
SAT       Prima Donna represents singer/songwriter Rufus
SAT       Wainwright's first compositional foray into the world of
SAT       opera. Janis Kelly sings the lead role of Regine
SAT       Saint-Laurent, a fading operatic soprano who is
SAT       considering a return to the stage. The opera is playing at
SAT       the Palace Theatre, Manchester, as part of the Manchester
SAT       International Festival.
SAT       Dara Horn was named as one of the Best Young American
SAT       Novelists by Granta magazine in 2007. All Other Nights is
SAT       her third novel and its protagonist is a young Jewish
SAT       soldier in the American Civil War - Jacob Rappaport.
SAT       Having run away from home to join the Union army, Jacob
SAT       finds himself selected to carry out acts of
SAT       counter-espionage against Confederate conspirators which
SAT       have devastating consequences
SAT       Zaha Hadid is a renowned architect who became the first
SAT       female recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture
SAT       Prize in 2004. As part of the Manchester International
SAT       Festival, she has been commissioned to create a chamber
SAT       music hall within Manchester Art Gallery. The resulting
SAT       installation consists of a series of graceful curves
SAT       partially enclosing a small auditorium and stage. A
SAT       limited number of performances will be taking place in the
SAT       hall.
SAT       The Jack in Gilbert and George's Jack Freak Pictures
SAT       refers to the Union Jack which is a recurrent motif in the
SAT       single largest series of work the duo have produced. As
SAT       usual, the artists themselves are a key feature of the
SAT       work, in various distorted and manipulated guises, along
SAT       with maps, medals, nettles and graffiti. The exhibition is
SAT       staged at the White Cube galleries in Mason's Yard and
SAT       Hoxton Square, London.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00lj8zs (Listen)
SAT       Walking on the Moon
SAT       To mark the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing in
SAT       July 1969, Buzz Aldrin relives the dangerous and dramatic
SAT       moments of the final descent to the lunar surface. The
SAT       programme features unique oral archive from NASA,
SAT       broadcast on British radio for the first time, and the
SAT       recollections of people from around the world who remember
SAT       the historic event.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00ldzsp (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Smiley - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,
SAT       Episode 1
SAT       Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic
SAT       novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
SAT       Berlin, the early 1960s - the Wall is up between East and
SAT       West and the Cold War is at freezing point. Alec Leamas is
SAT       Circus Head of Station in Berlin, and his network of
SAT       agents in East Germany is in great danger.
SAT       Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SAT       Alec Leamas ...... Brian Cox
SAT       Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell
SAT       Control ...... John Rowe
SAT       Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
SAT       Elsie/Elvira ...... Siobhan Redmond
SAT       Ashe ...... Jamie Newall
SAT       Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy
SAT       Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Grocer ...... David Hargreaves
SAT       CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew
SAT       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 26th July as
SAT       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00lj8zw (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00lh227 (Listen)
SAT       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
SAT       behind the week's news. Claire Fox, Michael Portillo,
SAT       Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik cross-examine witnesses.
SAT       While Conservative and Labour politicians are trading
SAT       insults with each other in a bid to win over the 'gay
SAT       vote', the Bishop of Rochester has taken a different tack.
SAT       With the rainbow bunting from London's Pride festival
SAT       hardly yet packed away, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali said
SAT       homosexuals should change and repent their sin.
SAT       The Church of England has been embroiled in a doctrinal
SAT       battle over sexuality since the ordination of the first
SAT       openly homosexual bishop in 2003. The Bishop of Rochester
SAT       was speaking just before the launch of the Fellowship of
SAT       Confessing Anglicans, a conservative group in the Church
SAT       of England. 'We want to hold on to the traditional
SAT       teachings of the Church. We don't want to be rolled over
SAT       by culture and trends in the Church.' Well, despite
SAT       Michael Nazir-Ali's attempts to clarify his position,
SAT       saying that we all need to repent for straying from God's
SAT       purpose for us, it hasn't stopped the accusations of
SAT       homophobia.
SAT       The 2008 Criminal Justice and Immigration Act created the
SAT       criminal offence of 'incitement to hatred on the grounds
SAT       of sexual orientation'. But after lobbying from religious
SAT       groups, the government was forced to accept a Lords
SAT       amendment that allowed a freedom of speech defence.
SAT       Bishops in the Lords are now fighting the government's
SAT       latest attempts to get that defence dropped.
SAT       Where should we draw the line between religious conscience
SAT       and freedom of speech? Should your faith allow you the
SAT       freedom to challenge and question the way we live, or is
SAT       this a thinly-disguised mask for intolerance and
SAT       prejudice? Anti-discrimination legislation once aimed to
SAT       ensure that society treated citizens equally. Instead of
SAT       fighting for equality, are the godly just demanding
SAT       special treatment for themselves and the social
SAT       fragmentation that goes with it? Or, with 116 separate
SAT       pieces of equality legislation in force, have we gone too
SAT       far in our efforts to legislate against unfairness and to
SAT       wipe out differences?
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Quote... Unquote b00lg72k (Listen)
SAT       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
SAT       of quotations and anecdotes.
SAT       With guests Adele Geras, Conn Iggulden, Christopher
SAT       Luscombe and Simon Pearsall.
SAT       The reader is Peter Jefferson.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Walking With Whitman b00lf0vj (Listen)
SAT       Stuart Maconie meets devotees of Walt Whitman in Bolton
SAT       and explores the history of the town's unlikely yet
SAT       enduring relationship with the American poet.
SAT       A group of devoted fans established the Whitman Fellowship
SAT       from 1885 onwards, and, although he never visited the
SAT       town, Whitman developed strong ties through his
SAT       correspondence with members of the group. Today, Whitman
SAT       devotees gather for the annual Whitman Walk, to recite his
SAT       works and share from Whitman's Loving Cup, a gift
SAT       presented to his followers in Bolton in 1894.
SAT       Stuart joins this happy band of walkers and Whitmanites to
SAT       discover why the poet is still celebrated there, nearly
SAT       120 years after his death.
SAT       A Made in Manchester production for BBC Radio 4.
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SUN       SUNDAY 12 JULY 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00lj97s (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b0085d9t (Listen)
SUN       Ones to Watch (Volume 2), Something I've Never Told You
SUN       A talent showcase of unpublished work from new writers. A
SUN       chance encounter summons memory, honesty and regret. Read
SUN       by Susannah Harker.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00lj97v (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00lj97x (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00lj97z (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00lj981 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00lj983 (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Thomas's Church, Oxford.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00lw8d5 (Listen)
SUN       Andy Coulson
SUN       It is said a spin doctor should never become the story.
SUN       But David Cameron's Communications Director, Andy Coulson,
SUN       has been catapulted into the spotlight after News of the
SUN       World staff were accused of paying private investigators
SUN       to intercept the phone messages of politicians and
SUN       celebrities while he was the editor. James Silver examines
SUN       the life a man whose job is to create headlines rather
SUN       than be the subject of them.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00lj985 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00lj987 (Listen)
SUN       Volunteer Vision
SUN       Mike Wooldridge celebrates the role of the volunteer in
SUN       the company of Glyn Roberts, whose own voluntary
SUN       organisation has sent over two million reconditioned tools
SUN       to help poor craftsmen and women in Africa and Asia to
SUN       help themselves.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00ljhlp (Listen)
SUN       Elinor Goodman visits an estate which grows tea, not in
SUN       Kenya or India, but in Cornwall. She also takes to the
SUN       water at Tregothnan to find a unique plum orchard, and on
SUN       the way comes face to face with some monster signs of the
SUN       recession. She also finds out about the estate's attempts
SUN       to breathe new life into the British cut flower industry.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00ljhlr (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00ljhlt (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00ljhlw (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 b00ljhly (Listen)
SUN       Child Brain Injury Trust
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SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00ljhm0 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00ljhm2 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00ljhm4 (Listen)
SUN       From Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, marking the 500th
SUN       anniversary of the birth of John Calvin, the French
SUN       reforming theologian whose influence led to Scotland being
SUN       called a Calvinist country.
SUN       Rev Johnston McKay and former Moderator of the General
SUN       Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Alison Elliot, draw on
SUN       the tradition of worship which sprang from his thinking,
SUN       and look behind the caricature of the man.
SUN       With Greyfriars Church Choir and the Edinburgh Singers,
SUN       conducted by John Gormley.
SUN       Organist: Henry Wallace.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00lj1nf (Listen)
SUN       Bower Birds
SUN       Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural
SUN       histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
SUN       One of the most extraordinary structures in the animal
SUN       world is constructed by a Bower Bird. Sir David tells the
SUN       life story of the Vogelkopf Bower Bird, the one that
SUN       raises the bar higher than the rest.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00ljhm6 (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00ljhm8 (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00ljhmb (Listen)
SUN       Prof Hugh Pennington
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is Professor Hugh Pennington.
SUN       Professor Pennington has spent his life trying to
SUN       understand diseases and how they spread. He has chaired
SUN       two major enquiries into E. coli and his influence is felt
SUN       everywhere from school kitchens to hospital wards.
SUN       But he concedes that in his own home, efforts to ban the
SUN       humble tea-towel from his kitchen have so far failed.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00lg8hd (Listen)
SUN       Series 51, Episode 4
SUN       The perennial antidote to panel games comes from the
SUN       Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, with Jack Dee taking on
SUN       the chairman's role from the late Humphrey Lyttelton.
SUN       Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor
SUN       are joined by Jeremy Hardy.
SUN       With Colin Sell at the piano.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00ljhmd (Listen)
SUN       Food and Film
SUN       Sheila Dillon asks why food has become such a popular
SUN       subject for film-makers.
SUN       A new wave of opinion-forming films have been released. In
SUN       the United States, Food, Inc, an investigation into
SUN       poultry and pork production, has caused controversy, and
SUN       in the UK a film about fish stocks, The End of the Line,
SUN       has made fishing practices the subject of newspaper
SUN       headlines.
SUN       As well as these campaigning films, an increasing number
SUN       of cities are playing host to festivals dedicated to films
SUN       which feature food, from Ratatouille to Babette's Feast.
SUN       Sheila speaks to film-makers and festival organisers to
SUN       hear why the two worlds of food and cinema are
SUN       increasingly bound together.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00ljhmg (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00ljhmj (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Gordon's Women b00lnf1p (Listen)
SUN       Martha Kearney explores whether or not Gordon Brown really
SUN       does have a problem working with women, after a former
SUN       minister accused him of using women in the Cabinet as
SUN       merely 'window dressing'.
SUN       She talks to close colleagues of the prime minister and
SUN       former and current Cabinet members. Martha asks if there
SUN       is a macho culture at Number 10 and if Gordon Brown is
SUN       allowing briefings against senior Labour women to take
SUN       place.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00lj1n5 (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer
SUN       questions posed by gardeners in Berkshire.
SUN       Including Gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 The Estuary b008khxv (Listen)
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Peter France narrates an extraordinary story of life on
SUN       the Wash as the tides and the seasons change, set against
SUN       a backdrop of sounds recorded on location by Chris Watson.
SUN       As the tide turns and starts to advance across the mud
SUN       flats, the dunlin, knot, curlew and other feeding birds
SUN       are forced to move nearer and nearer the shore.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00ljhml (Listen)
SUN       The Complete Smiley - The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Dramatisation by Robert Forrest of John le Carre's classic
SUN       novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
SUN       The trap is set to catch the East German spymaster who has
SUN       ruthlessly destroyed Alec Leamas's Berlin network - and
SUN       the bait is Leamas himself.
SUN       Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SUN       Alec Leamas ...... Brian Cox
SUN       Fiedler ...... Henry Goodman
SUN       Liz Gold ...... Ruth Gemmell
SUN       Control ...... John Rowe
SUN       Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
SUN       Mundt ...... Sam Dale
SUN       Ashe ...... Jamie Newall
SUN       Doorman ...... Stephen Hogan
SUN       Miss Crail ...... Liza Sadovy
SUN       Mr Pitt ...... Philip Fox
SUN       Grocer ...... David Hargreaves
SUN       CIA Man ...... Benjamin Askew
SUN       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 26th July as
SUN       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00ljhrm (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to Marina Lewycka, whose
SUN       spectacular debut at the age of 58 was the bestselling A
SUN       Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian. She explains why
SUN       she's turned her attention from tractors to adhesives (as
SUN       well as old age, relationships and the Arab-Israeli
SUN       question) in her new novel We Are All Made of Glue.
SUN       Recently a number of books have been published by
SUN       servicemen writing about their experiences in Afghanistan
SUN       and Iraq. To find out what has prompted this trend, and
SUN       learn the difficulties of getting such books into print,
SUN       Mariella talks to publisher and author Rowland White, and
SUN       to military historian Sir Max Hastings.
SUN       There's news from Andrew Purcell in New York of a surprise
SUN       posthumous book by Ernest Hemingway - his Paris memoirs
SUN       have been published in a new version by the author's
SUN       grandson.
SUN       And Lawrence Norfolk joins Mariella to give a
SUN       novelist's-eye view of the strange and wonderful work of
SUN       Franz Kafka, three of whose best-known books have been
SUN       reissued in new translations.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00ljhrs (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough introduces poems including works by Milton,
SUN       Ben Okri and Mary Oliver.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00lgj3h (Listen)
SUN       Following a series of blunders by the justice authorities,
SUN       who left a dangerous criminal free to torture and murder
SUN       two French students in London, Allan Urry asks whether
SUN       government ministers can still justify their claim that
SUN       Britain's system of public protection from violent
SUN       offenders and sex abusers is among the best in the world.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00lw8d5 (Listen)
SUN       Andy Coulson
SUN       It is said a spin doctor should never become the story.
SUN       But David Cameron's Communications Director, Andy Coulson,
SUN       has been catapulted into the spotlight after News of the
SUN       World staff were accused of paying private investigators
SUN       to intercept the phone messages of politicians and
SUN       celebrities while he was the editor. James Silver examines
SUN       the life a man whose job is to create headlines rather
SUN       than be the subject of them.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00ljjmj (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00ljjml (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ljjmn (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00ljjmq (Listen)
SUN       Jenni Murray introduces her selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       Programmes featured this week:
SUN       All of Me: the Betrayal of Billie Holiday - Radio 2
SUN       Walking on the Moon - Radio 4
SUN       Save Our Sounds - World Service
SUN       I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - Radio 4
SUN       Continuity Announcement - Radio 4
SUN       Midweek - Radio 4
SUN       Off The Page - Radio 4
SUN       The Long View - Radio 4
SUN       John Mayall's Blues Adventure - Radio 4
SUN       Heaven By Water - Radio 4
SUN       David Attenborough's Life Stories - Radio 4
SUN       Arthur Smith's Balham Bash - Radio 4
SUN       The Garden Room Girls - Radio 4
SUN       The Essay: Haydn's Head - Radio 3
SUN       The Wreck of the Alba - Radio 4
SUN       Radio 2 Live: Diana Krall - Radio 2.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00ljjms (Listen)
SUN       Joe scores points for creativity at the fete.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00ljjmv (Listen)
SUN       Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the
SUN       stories shaping America today. Combining location reports
SUN       with lively discussion and exclusive interviews, the show
SUN       provides new and surprising insights into contemporary
SUN       America.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b008cnz6 (Listen)
SUN       Blake's Doors of Perception, Demonstrating Grace
SUN       Short stories inspired by poet William Blake.
SUN       The story follows the fortunes of Ellen at home in London
SUN       and her sister Sarah across the Atlantic in Cape Cod.
SUN       By Jenny Worton, read by Sally Hawkins.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00lh6dy (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer faces a panel of
SUN       listeners and responds to their comments about the
SUN       station. Coverage of America, Thought For The Day and
SUN       drama are among the issues raised.
SUN       Most people have heard of art preservation and
SUN       architectural art preservation, but what about sound
SUN       preservation? Feedback goes behind the scenes of a World
SUN       Service project to preserve the disappearing sounds of the
SUN       world.
SUN       Plus listener comments on BBC Radio.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00lh4m8 (Listen)
SUN       John Wilson presents the obituaries programme.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00lj8z0 (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00ljhly (Listen)
SUN       Child Brain Injury Trust
SUN       Paul Daniels appeals on behalf of Child Brain Injury Trust.
SUN       Donations to Child Brain Injury Trust, should be sent to
SUN       FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
SUN       envelope Child Brain Injury Trust. Credit cards: Freephone
SUN       0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide
SUN       Child Brain Injury Trust with your full name and address
SUN       so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation worth
SUN       another 25 per cent. The online and phone donation
SUN       facilities are not currently available to listeners
SUN       without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No: 1113326/Scotland/SC 039703.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00lg8hg (Listen)
SUN       Inspiring Green Innovation
SUN       The dangers of climate change are well understood, but
SUN       what innovations need to be nurtured to fight global
SUN       warming? Tim Harford, The Undercover Economist, examines
SUN       the different ways to inspire the creators and inventors
SUN       who will lead the way in this field.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00ljjmx (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00ljjmz (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Mark
SUN       D'Arcy. Including The Call in the Middle of the Night.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 The Film Programme b00lj1n7 (Listen)
SUN       Behind the scenes of Blade Runner and The Deer Hunter with
SUN       producer Michael Deeley. Composer Neil Brand tells us the
SUN       score about Vangelis's theme for Ridley Scott's cult
SUN       science fiction opus.
SUN       Novelist, screenwriter, director and painter Rebecca
SUN       Miller discusses her film career, her collaboration with
SUN       husband Daniel Day-Lewis and life as the daughter of
SUN       Arthur Miller.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00lj987 (Listen)
SUN       Volunteer Vision
SUN       Mike Wooldridge celebrates the role of the volunteer in
SUN       the company of Glyn Roberts, whose own voluntary
SUN       organisation has sent over two million reconditioned tools
SUN       to help poor craftsmen and women in Africa and Asia to
SUN       help themselves.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 13 JULY 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00ljjyz (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00lh223 (Listen)
MON       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
MON       society works.
MON       Darwinian theory has provided a powerful explanation for
MON       animal behaviour, but can it be used to explain how humans
MON       act? Evolutionary psychologists contend that it can and
MON       have brought their critique to bear on many fields
MON       including economics, law, anthropology and sociology.
MON       Laurie speaks to Lesley Newson about her theory that
MON       evolution can explain how societies become modern.
MON       Also on the programme, why western women are increasingly
MON       relaxed about attending sex clubs and 'ping pong' bars in
MON       Thailand. Erin Sanders tells Laurie about her latest
MON       research.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00lj983 (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Thomas's Church, Oxford.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ljk1m (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ljk5m (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ljk3h (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00ljk5y (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00ljk8m (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00ljkcj (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00ljqf1 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00ljmmv (Listen)
MON       With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00ljqf3 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr discusses justice with Amartya Sen, and
MON       meaningful work in a recession with Richard Sennett. Plus
MON       Sally Muggeridge on mixing business with politics, and
MON       Anders Ostergaard on his Burma film.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00ljn19 (Listen)
MON       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 1
MON       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
MON       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
MON       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
MON       North Yorkshire.
MON       Mike returns from the hurly-burly of London to life as a
MON       village copper in the Yorkshire Dales. But one quiet
MON       Sunday afternoon turns into a stand-off with a
MON       sword-wielding hothead.
MON       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00ljn6b (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       Nigerian writer Chika Unigwe became curious of the African
MON       prostitutes she saw working on the streets of Belgium
MON       where she lives. To find out more, she donned a pair of
MON       thigh-high boots and a mini skirt, and went to talk to the
MON       women. She shares the stories she heard with Jane, and
MON       talks about how they inspired her first novel.
MON       The Woman's Hour drama is The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, a
MON       journey through the unique life of a young woman with
MON       learning disabilities. It includes a truly remarkable
MON       performance from Donna Lavin in the lead role - who
MON       herself has learning difficulties. Jane talks to Donna
MON       about playing the part.
MON       There's been good news for lovers of cod; stocks in the
MON       North Sea are thought to have increased by five per cent
MON       over the last year. But how can consumers reconcile this
MON       information with the concerns conservation groups have
MON       about the long-term impact of commercial global fishing?
MON       Jane is joined by Rupert Howes from the Marine Stewardship
MON       Council and Phillip MacMullen from Seafish, which
MON       represents the UK seafood industry.
MON       With a generation of head teachers approaching retirement,
MON       the National College for School Leadership is calling on
MON       more women to take up leadership roles. Latest statistics
MON       show that only 37 per cent of secondary school heads are
MON       female, although 59 per cent of secondary teachers are
MON       women. Why are women reluctant to take up these leadership
MON       roles, where does the next generation of heads come from?
MON       Jane will be discussing the issues.
MON       
MON       11:00 The Political Club b00ljqf5 (Listen)
MON       Michael Crick reveals how politicians are increasingly
MON       becoming a professionalised and separate class, who use
MON       their status to channel taxpayers' money into the coffers
MON       of their parties.
MON       The recent scandal over MPs' expenses has revealed how
MON       politicians are spending taxpayers' money on themselves,
MON       but what has not been revealed - until now - is how much
MON       public money is being diverted to political parties, or
MON       how that development is intimately related to the rise of
MON       a new club of professional politician. Michael reveals the
MON       extent - and cost - of this development, and what it means
MON       for our democracy.
MON       He speaks to former cabinet ministers and members of both
MON       local councils and the European Parliament to find out why
MON       this has happened, what it means, and whether it is
MON       inevitable.
MON       
MON       11:30 Hazelbeach b00ljy24 (Listen)
MON       Series 2, Episode 1
MON       Comedy drama series by Caroline and David Stafford,
MON       featuring likeable conman Ronnie Hazelbeach and his
MON       hapless friend, Nick.
MON       Ronnie and Nick's domestic harmony is disrupted by a very
MON       unwelcome guest.
MON       Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman
MON       Nick ...... Paul Bazely
MON       James ...... Neil Stuke
MON       Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
MON       Carlton Hobbs ...... Philip Fox
MON       Doctor ...... Stephen Hogan
MON       Directed by Marc Beeby.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00ljn7y (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00ljn9y (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00ljncm (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Quote... Unquote b00ljy26 (Listen)
MON       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
MON       of quotations and anecdotes.
MON       With guests Paul Bailey, Marcus du Sautoy, Lucy Mangan and
MON       Michael Simkins.
MON       The reader is Peter Jefferson.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00ks1xb (Listen)
MON       Adam steps into the breach for Lilian.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b008w3xq (Listen)
MON       Be My Baby
MON       Amanda Whittington's drama-documentary combines the
MON       fictional stories of young women who gave up their
MON       illegitimate babies for adoption in the 1960s with the
MON       real stories of three adoptees, now in their forties, who
MON       have made contact with their mothers.
MON       Mary ...... Laura Molyneux
MON       Queenie ...... Alinka Wright
MON       Norma ...... Joannah Tincey
MON       Matron ...... Rachel Atkins.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00lj8zs (Listen)
MON       Walking on the Moon
MON       To mark the fortieth anniversary of the moon landing in
MON       July 1969, Buzz Aldrin relives the dangerous and dramatic
MON       moments of the final descent to the lunar surface. The
MON       programme features unique oral archive from NASA,
MON       broadcast on British radio for the first time, and the
MON       recollections of people from around the world who remember
MON       the historic event.
MON       
MON       15:45 The Inconstant Moon b00ljnkh (Listen)
MON       The Real Moon
MON       Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, author Jeanette
MON       Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the
MON       moon.
MON       Jeanette considers what the moon means to us.
MON       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00ljhmd (Listen)
MON       Food and Film
MON       Sheila Dillon asks why food has become such a popular
MON       subject for film-makers.
MON       A new wave of opinion-forming films have been released. In
MON       the United States, Food, Inc, an investigation into
MON       poultry and pork production, has caused controversy, and
MON       in the UK a film about fish stocks, The End of the Line,
MON       has made fishing practices the subject of newspaper
MON       headlines.
MON       As well as these campaigning films, an increasing number
MON       of cities are playing host to festivals dedicated to films
MON       which feature food, from Ratatouille to Babette's Feast.
MON       Sheila speaks to film-makers and festival organisers to
MON       hear why the two worlds of food and cinema are
MON       increasingly bound together.
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00ljy28 (Listen)
MON       Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether adopting poverty as a
MON       spiritual practice could have advantages. Can spiritual
MON       fulfillment be found in wealth and possessions or should
MON       these be given away in pursuit of higher goals?
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00ljpcz (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 b00ljpf0 (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 b00ljy2b (Listen)
MON       Series 51, Episode 5
MON       The perennial antidote to panel games comes from the
MON       Theatre Royal in Newcastle, with Rob Brydon taking on the
MON       chairman's role from the late Humphrey Lyttelton.
MON       Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor
MON       are joined by Phill Jupitus.
MON       With Colin Sell at the piano.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00ljndb (Listen)
MON       Usha decides to camp it up.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00ljpk0 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
MON       interview with the writer and director Dominic Savage,
MON       whose new TV drama Freefall focuses on the current
MON       financial crisis.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ljpk2 (Listen)
MON       The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, Episode 1
MON       By Esther Wilson. A week in the life of Darleen Fyles, a
MON       young woman with learning disabilities. Created in part
MON       through improvisation and interaction with Donna Lavin,
MON       who plays Darleen, and inspired by true stories.
MON       Darleen is living unhappily in the home of a service
MON       carer, and looks to her boyfriend Jamie for help.
MON       Darleen ...... Donna Lavin
MON       Jamie ...... Edmund Davies
MON       Treena ...... Siobhan Finneran
MON       Tony ...... Rob Pickavance
MON       Fran ...... Olwen May
MON       Colin ...... Lee Boardman
MON       Directed by Pauline Harris.
MON       
MON       20:00 Trading on HIV b00hth01 (Listen)
MON       Miriam O'Reilly travels to Johannesburg and Durban to
MON       investigate reports by some charities that the
MON       recreational use of anti-retroviral Aids drugs could be
MON       putting their effectiveness at risk. Almost one in five of
MON       South Africa's population is HIV positive, and
MON       anti-retroviral drugs are the only effective treatment
MON       against the Aids virus.
MON       
MON       20:30 Analysis b00ljy2d (Listen)
MON       Preserving Pakistan
MON       International leaders have warned that the survival of
MON       Pakistan's government could be threatened by Islamic
MON       radicals. Owen Bennett-Jones discovers who the radicals
MON       are, why they have made such an impact and whether
MON       military action alone can ever defeat them.
MON       
MON       21:00 Frontiers b00ljy2g (Listen)
MON       Synthetic Biology
MON       Richard Hollingham investigates the practical and moral
MON       questions raised by synthetic biology.
MON       He meets some of the scientists who are designing 'new
MON       life' and visits the new Centre for Synthetic Biology and
MON       Innovation at Imperial College, London. Richard talks to
MON       biologist and entrepreneur Craig Venter, whose research
MON       team has recently transformed one species of bacteria into
MON       another by gene transplantation.
MON       He also discusses some of the moral and ethical issues
MON       raised by the creation of synthetic life, and asks if a
MON       new regulatory framework is needed that both protects the
MON       public and provides scientists with unambiguous boundaries
MON       for their work.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00ljqf3 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr discusses justice with Amartya Sen, and
MON       meaningful work in a recession with Richard Sennett. Plus
MON       Sally Muggeridge on mixing business with politics, and
MON       Anders Ostergaard on his Burma film.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00ljpsw (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00ljpv5 (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ljq5f (Listen)
MON       To Heaven By Water, Episode 6
MON       Bill Nighy reads from the novel by Justin Cartwright,
MON       about a family as they come to terms with the loss of a
MON       wife and mother.
MON       Ed becomes oppressed by his wife's longing for a child.
MON       Abridged by Jane Marshall.
MON       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00lh453 (Listen)
MON       You're Fired!
MON       Whether it is dressed up as 'downsizing', 'delayering',
MON       'realigning the business' or simply having to 'let people
MON       go', firing or being fired is still a painful process.
MON       Broadcaster Anna Raeburn, writer Jeremy Clarke and
MON       psychologist Linda Blair join Dominic Arkwright to discuss
MON       the consequences of being sacked.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ljq5t (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with Susan Hulme.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 14 JULY 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00ljjx5 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00ljn19 (Listen)
TUE       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 1
TUE       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
TUE       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
TUE       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
TUE       North Yorkshire.
TUE       Mike returns from the hurly-burly of London to life as a
TUE       village copper in the Yorkshire Dales. But one quiet
TUE       Sunday afternoon turns into a stand-off with a
TUE       sword-wielding hothead.
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ljjz1 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ljk3k (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ljk1p (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00ljk5p (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00ljk8c (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00ljkc6 (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00ljmmg (Listen)
TUE       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 The Long View b00ln3tx (Listen)
TUE       Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the
TUE       past behind the present.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Musical Migrants b00b4nsl (Listen)
TUE       Series 1, From England to Scotland
TUE       Stories of people who relocated to other countries,
TUE       influenced by music.
TUE       Scotland-based band Lau won the 2008 Radio 2 Folk Music
TUE       Best Group Award. Lau comprises two Scottish musicians and
TUE       English accordionist Martin Green, who describes how
TUE       Scotland's astonishingly vibrant folk music scene lured
TUE       him north.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00ljmx3 (Listen)
TUE       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 2
TUE       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
TUE       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
TUE       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
TUE       North Yorkshire.
TUE       When the Derwent floods, PC Mike Pannett is called on to
TUE       rescue damsels in distress, travel through Malton in an
TUE       unlikely ferry (possibly driven by a drunk driver) and
TUE       meet the Deputy Prime Minister - or 'John' to his new
TUE       friend.
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00ljn4d (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey. Including drama: The Pursuits of Darleen
TUE       Fyles.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 The Royal Show in Crisis b00lg9xy (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Tom Heap gains exclusive access to the battle to save The
TUE       Royal Show, Britain's most presitigious agricultural show.
TUE       Tom visits the final Show, gaining behind-the-scenes
TUE       access to the team organising the event to report on their
TUE       plans for what is going to replace it.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 The Grand Masquerade b00ljymy (Listen)
TUE       Thirty years after the publication of Kit Williams's
TUE       groundbreaking picture puzzle book Masquerade in 1979,
TUE       John O'Farrell reflects on the mayhem that followed as
TUE       millions of readers became caught up in the search for a
TUE       jewel-encrusted hare, buried somewhere in the British
TUE       countryside.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00ljn6d (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00ljn80 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00ljnb0 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Music from Beyond the Veil b00ljyn0 (Listen)
TUE       Prof Paul Robertson examines the claims and counter-claims
TUE       for musical mediumship and asks whether musical
TUE       inspiration comes from within ourselves or if it could
TUE       come from somewhere beyond.
TUE       He recounts the story of how, 40 years ago, a Balham
TUE       housewife and medium with little musical training created
TUE       a sensation when she claimed to have received new works
TUE       from beyond the grave from Liszt, Brahms, Beethoven,
TUE       Rachmaninov and other great composers. Rosemary Brown's
TUE       abilities divided the musical world, with her supporters
TUE       convinced that the works were genuine while her critics
TUE       dismissed them as pastiche.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00ljndb (Listen)
TUE       Usha decides to camp it up.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00h315g (Listen)
TUE       McLevy - Series 5, To Keep Him Honest
TUE       Four-part series of stories about David Ashton's Victorian
TUE       detective based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector
TUE       James McLevy.
TUE       The crowds are making for Leith Links, where the champion
TUE       boxer Toff Richmond is taking on a local challenger. The
TUE       purse is generous, the gamblers are plunging deep, the
TUE       stall-holders are doing a roaring trade. Unfortunately, so
TUE       is the criminal fraternity.
TUE       McLevy ...... Brian Cox
TUE       Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond
TUE       Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
TUE       Roach ...... David Ashton
TUE       Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil
TUE       Tommy ...... James Bryce
TUE       Bernard ...... John Kielty
TUE       Richmond ...... Mark McDonnell
TUE       Donald ...... Andrew Neil
TUE       Sally ...... Laura Smales
TUE       Joe Ritchie ...... Finlay Welsh
TUE       Directed by Patrick Rayner.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00ljyn2 (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it,
TUE       from astronomy to geology, biology to environmental
TUE       science.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ljyw4 (Listen)
TUE       The Adventures of Mr Thake, Thake on the Riviera
TUE       Leslie Phillips reads the letters, out of print since the
TUE       1930s, sent to JB Morton's columnist Beachcomber from the
TUE       calamitous travels abroad of fictional upper-class twit,
TUE       Oswald Bletisloe Hattersley Thake.
TUE       Thake scents adventure in the snowy peaks of Biarritz.
TUE       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 The Inconstant Moon b00ln544 (Listen)
TUE       The Invented Moon
TUE       Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, author Jeanette
TUE       Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the
TUE       moon.
TUE       Jeanette considers the moon in fiction.
TUE       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Word of Mouth b00ljzdh (Listen)
TUE       Chris Ledgard explores the words we use to talk about
TUE       music. What are 'acid house' and 'grime', and how did the
TUE       terms come about? The word 'jazz', too, carries an
TUE       illuminating and largely unknown story. And how do artists
TUE       feel about the categories to which they are assigned in
TUE       music stores, on radio stations and on the web?
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00ljzdk (Listen)
TUE       Kate Mosse talks to broadcaster and academic Dr Alice
TUE       Roberts and writer and Benedictine monk Father Christopher
TUE       Jamison about their favourite books. One book takes us for
TUE       a walk in the woods, one to 1950s small-town America and
TUE       the other to war-torn Turkey.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00ljpb9 (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 b00ljpd1 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Laurence and Gus: Hearts and Minds b00lk026 (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 1
TUE       Comic sketches starring Laurence Howarth and Gus Brown.
TUE       Sketches about beauty and ugliness. With Duncan Wisbey,
TUE       Isy Suttie and Kate Fleetwood.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00ljncp (Listen)
TUE       Brenda gets the wedding blues.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00ljpf2 (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including the
TUE       verdict on the film Frozen River, which won two Oscar
TUE       nominations and was shot in the wintry landscapes of the
TUE       Canada-United States border.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lp2bs (Listen)
TUE       The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, Episode 2
TUE       By Esther Wilson. A week in the life of Darleen Fyles, a
TUE       young woman with learning disabilities. Created in part
TUE       through improvisation and interaction with Donna Lavin,
TUE       who plays Darleen, and inspired by true stories.
TUE       Darleen wants to live with her boyfriend Jamie, but faces
TUE       strong resistance. She starts a new work placement scheme
TUE       in a supermarket, and new so-called friends play a trick
TUE       on her.
TUE       Darleen ...... Donna Lavin
TUE       Jamie ...... Edmund Davies
TUE       Treena ...... Siobhan Finneran
TUE       Tony ...... Rob Pickavance
TUE       Chelsea ...... Vicky Binns
TUE       Becca ...... Victoria Connett
TUE       Sarah ...... Deborah McAndrew
TUE       Directed by Pauline Harris.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00lk028 (Listen)
TUE       With an inquiry underway into the mid-air explosion in
TUE       2006 aboard a Nimrod aircraft, which killed 14 service
TUE       personnel, Angus Stickler examines the safety record of
TUE       the RAF in recent conflicts.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00lk03w (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 All in the Mind b00lk03y (Listen)
TUE       Claudia Hammond examines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to
TUE       find out if it is, as some people think, the easy option
TUE       in helping them come to terms with mental illness.
TUE       CBT has been branded a panecea for treating mental
TUE       illness. Some people think it would be easier to have a
TUE       course of this than to delve into their past and address
TUE       their relationships with their parents. Yet is a course of
TUE       CBT that easy? It looks at people's behavioural patterns
TUE       and sees how they can change them in order to deal with
TUE       situations better. Change is sometimes hard to come to
TUE       terms with, so CBT might not be the easy option.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 The Long View b00ln3tx (Listen)
TUE       Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the
TUE       past behind the present.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00ljpsm (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00ljptx (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ljq3p (Listen)
TUE       To Heaven By Water, Episode 7
TUE       Bill Nighy reads from the novel by Justin Cartwright,
TUE       about a family as they come to terms with the loss of a
TUE       wife and mother.
TUE       David is surprised when the woman with the dog from the
TUE       Heath turns up on his doorstep, and the following morning
TUE       he has much to reflect on.
TUE       Abridged by Jane Marshall.
TUE       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b00lk09w (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home for music
TUE       and comedy.
TUE       Benjamin Zephaniah, Stephen K Amos and Matt Holness join
TUE       regular contributor Pippa Evans, as singer-songwriter
TUE       Loretta Maine.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ljq5h (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with David Wilby.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 15 JULY 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00ljjx7 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00ljmx3 (Listen)
WED       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 2
WED       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
WED       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
WED       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
WED       North Yorkshire.
WED       When the Derwent floods, PC Mike Pannett is called on to
WED       rescue damsels in distress, travel through Malton in an
WED       unlikely ferry (possibly driven by a drunk driver) and
WED       meet the Deputy Prime Minister - or 'John' to his new
WED       friend.
WED       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ljjz3 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ljk3m (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ljk1r (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00ljk5r (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00ljk8f (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00ljkc8 (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00ljmmj (Listen)
WED       With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
WED       Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00lk12c (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests including Rick Stein.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00ljmx5 (Listen)
WED       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 3
WED       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
WED       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
WED       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
WED       North Yorkshire.
WED       Spring is in the air and a call from a Girl Guide troop
WED       brings PC Mike Pannett mixed blessings. There is an
WED       idyllic walk through newly budding countryside and an
WED       open-air fry-up courtesy of the Guides, but a dead otter
WED       caught in a trap requires all his experience as a wildlife
WED       policeman to resolve.
WED       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00ljn4g (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Pursuits of
WED       Darleen Fyles.
WED       
WED       11:00 In Living Memory b00lk12f (Listen)
WED       Series 10, The Contraceptive Train
WED       Contemporary history series.
WED       Early one Saturday in May 1971, a group of women boarded a
WED       train to Belfast from Connolly Station in Dublin. Although
WED       it was illegal to import or sell contrceptives in the
WED       Irish Republic, they came back with thousands of them and
WED       challenged customs officers in Dublin. The episode became
WED       a landmark in the history of the Irish women's movement.
WED       Chris Ledgard hears the story from those who were on the
WED       train and others who were not prepared to make the trip.
WED       
WED       11:30 Baggage b00lk12h (Listen)
WED       Series 4, Carping Diem
WED       Comedy series by Hilary Lyon, set in Edinburgh.
WED       It's Festival time and Caroline is in love: great timing
WED       for her best friend Ruth to habitually invade her privacy,
WED       her toddler daughter April to be teething and her
WED       larger-than-life dad Hector to turn up unannounced.
WED       Caroline ...... Hilary Lyon
WED       Fiona ...... Phyllis Logan
WED       Ruth ...... Adie Allen
WED       Roddy ...... Robin Cameron
WED       Hector ...... David Rintoul
WED       Polly ...... Nicola Grier
WED       Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00ljn6g (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00ljn82 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00ljnb2 (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00lk12k (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00ljncp (Listen)
WED       Brenda gets the wedding blues.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00lk12m (Listen)
WED       The Night They Tried to Kidnap the Prime Minister
WED       Martin Jameson's fictionalised account of the incident in
WED       1964 when a group of students attempted to kidnap the
WED       then-Prime Minister, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, in Scotland.
WED       Sir Alec ...... Tim McInnerny
WED       Robbie ...... Chris Starkie
WED       Eric ...... Benjamin Askew
WED       Sheila ...... Michelle Duncan
WED       The Girl ...... Grainne Dromgoole
WED       With Annabelle Dowler and David Hargreaves.
WED       Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00lk12p (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis takes listeners' questions on employment rights
WED       and redundancy. Paul is joined by guests Sarah Veale, head
WED       of equality and employment rights at the TUC, Jane
WED       Amphlett, employment partner at Finers Stephens Innocent
WED       LLP and Rachel Hadwen, rights advisor at Working Families.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ljyz1 (Listen)
WED       The Adventures of Mr Thake, Thake on the Riviera
WED       Leslie Phillips reads the letters, out of print since the
WED       1930s, sent to JB Morton's columnist Beachcomber from the
WED       calamitous travels abroad of fictional upper-class twit,
WED       Oswald Bletisloe Hattersley Thake.
WED       The hapless traveller sends news home to Beachcomber after
WED       losing his hat at Niagara Falls.
WED       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       15:45 The Inconstant Moon b00ln53w (Listen)
WED       The Mad Moon
WED       Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, author Jeanette
WED       Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the
WED       moon.
WED       Jeanette considers why lunar is lunatic.
WED       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00lk12r (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 All in the Mind b00lk03y (Listen)
WED       Claudia Hammond examines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to
WED       find out if it is, as some people think, the easy option
WED       in helping them come to terms with mental illness.
WED       CBT has been branded a panecea for treating mental
WED       illness. Some people think it would be easier to have a
WED       course of this than to delve into their past and address
WED       their relationships with their parents. Yet is a course of
WED       CBT that easy? It looks at people's behavioural patterns
WED       and sees how they can change them in order to deal with
WED       situations better. Change is sometimes hard to come to
WED       terms with, so CBT might not be the easy option.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00ljpbc (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 b00ljpd3 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4, followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       18:30 Look Away Now b00lk12t (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Episode 3
WED       Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at
WED       the week's sporting news, featuring sketches, spoof
WED       interviews, highly inexpert analysis and music.
WED       With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Miles Jupp,
WED       Katherine Jakeways and special guests.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00ljncr (Listen)
WED       The Tucker family get a new addition.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00ljpf4 (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lp284 (Listen)
WED       The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, Episode 3
WED       By Esther Wilson. A week in the life of Darleen Fyles, a
WED       young woman with learning disabilities. Created in part
WED       through improvisation and interaction with Donna Lavin,
WED       who plays Darleen, and inspired by true stories.
WED       Darleen is courageous and quick-thinking in a moment of
WED       crisis at work. Things appear to be looking up,
WED       particularly as she has organised a romantic evening for
WED       her and Jamie. But unfortunately it doesn't quite go to
WED       plan.
WED       Darleen ...... Donna Lavin
WED       Jamie ...... Edmund Davies
WED       Treena ...... Siobhan Finneran
WED       Chelsea ...... Vicky Binns
WED       Becca ...... Victoria Connett
WED       Sarah ...... Deborah McAndrew
WED       Directed by Pauline Harris.
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00lk12w (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. Michael Portillo, Melanie
WED       Phillips, Claire Fox and Matthew Taylor cross-examine
WED       witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45 The Call in the Middle of the Night b00lnf66 (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       Who makes the decision to wake presidents and prime
WED       ministers in the middle of the night to tell them bad
WED       news? Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's former chief of staff,
WED       interviews key advisers to American presidents and British
WED       prime ministers to find out whether it is better to wake
WED       the leader or let sleeping politicians lie.
WED       
WED       21:00 A Life With ... b00lk12y (Listen)
WED       Series 5, Microbes
WED       Writer and naturalist Paul Evans meets Prof Lynn Margulis,
WED       whose study of the Earth's smallest creatures led to a
WED       revolutionary theory for all life on Earth. The cell,
WED       symbiosis, Gaia and a row with Richard Dawkins all combine
WED       to offer a new perspective on evolution.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00lk12c (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests including Rick Stein.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00ljpsp (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00ljptz (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ljq3r (Listen)
WED       To Heaven By Water, Bill Nighy reads from the new novel by
WED       Justin Cartwright. When Lucy awakes she h
WED       Bill Nighy reads from the novel by Justin Cartwright,
WED       about a family as they come to terms with the loss of a
WED       wife and mother.
WED       When Lucy awakes she has a new man in her life.
WED       Abridged by Jane Marshall.
WED       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00 Act Your Age b00fn0vg (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       Simon Mayo hosts a new comedy show that pits the comic
WED       generations against each other to find out which is the
WED       funniest. With captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and
WED       Roy Walker and guests Josh Howie, Stephen K Amos and Barry
WED       Cryer.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ljq5k (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Sean Curran.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 16 JULY 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00ljjx9 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00ljmx5 (Listen)
THU       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 3
THU       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
THU       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
THU       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
THU       North Yorkshire.
THU       Spring is in the air and a call from a Girl Guide troop
THU       brings PC Mike Pannett mixed blessings. There is an
THU       idyllic walk through newly budding countryside and an
THU       open-air fry-up courtesy of the Guides, but a dead otter
THU       caught in a trap requires all his experience as a wildlife
THU       policeman to resolve.
THU       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ljjz5 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ljk3p (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ljk1t (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00ljk5t (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00ljk8h (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00ljkcb (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00ljmml (Listen)
THU       With Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk;
THU       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 Inside the Ethics Committee b00lk1kv (Listen)
THU       Series 5, Hospital Phobia
THU       Series in which Joan Bakewell is joined by a panel of
THU       experts to tackle the ethics involved in a real hospital
THU       case.
THU       The story of a young man called Chris who has been
THU       diagnosed with kidney cancer. He desperately needs an
THU       operation to have the cancerous kidney removed; if the
THU       cancer begins to spread, it is highly likely to kill him.
THU       But Chris is terrified of going under anaesthetic and has
THU       therefore cancelled a string of consultations and
THU       surgeries. What is the surgeon's duty of care to a patient
THU       who is refusing to have a life-saving operation? What is a
THU       reasonable degree of persuasion for the surgeon to use?
THU       And at what point does persuasion tip over into possible
THU       accusations of coercion or even assault? What about
THU       Chris's rights? Given he has a severe phobia, does he
THU       really have the capacity to refuse this life-savi
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00ljmx7 (Listen)
THU       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 4
THU       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
THU       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
THU       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
THU       North Yorkshire.
THU       It is May and summer is just around the corner. Mike's
THU       introduction of someone special to somewhere cherished is
THU       curtailed by a night shift spent with a copper who knows
THU       how to eat and the high-speed pursuit across the Dales of
THU       two joyriders towing a caravan.
THU       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00ljn4j (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Pursuits of
THU       Darleen Fyles.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00lk1kx (Listen)
THU       Pakistan
THU       Bill Law investigates if Pakistani youngsters are in
THU       danger of joining the ranks of the Taliban or if they are
THU       fighting back against the extremists. Two-thirds of the
THU       Pakistani population is under the age of 25. In a country
THU       under siege from the forces of religious extremism, this
THU       youth bulge serves as a ticking time bomb.
THU       
THU       11:30 Journey to Armenia: Komitas - The Saddest Music in
THU       the World b00lk2z9 (Listen)
THU       British writer Toby Litt travels to Armenia in search of
THU       Komitas, an orphan whose musical talent turned him into
THU       the voice of his country. Six decades after his death in
THU       1935, his music and the vast body of folk songs that he
THU       collected guarantees him a unique place in Armenian
THU       culture, remembered and revered as much by cow herdsmen as
THU       by musicians.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00ljn6j (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00ljn84 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00ljnb4 (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b00lk2zc (Listen)
THU       Turn That Down
THU       Musician Andrea Oliver and comedian Simon Evans join
THU       Dominic Arkwright to talk about noise and how loud or
THU       quiet we all ought to be. Father Tom Cullinan, a monk who
THU       has lived for many years in complete silence, breaks it to
THU       talk about the reality of the solitary life.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00ljncr (Listen)
THU       The Tucker family get a new addition.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00lpcgw (Listen)
THU       The Understanding
THU       Written to accompany the series of Inside The Ethics
THU       Committee and produced in association with The Open
THU       University, PG Morgan's drama gets inside the emotional
THU       realities of dealing with an ethical dilemma.
THU       A young woman is urgently admitted to hospital and
THU       prepared to deliver her baby by Caesarian section. What
THU       happens in the next few minutes will test the judgement -
THU       and the understanding - of everyone in the room.
THU       Vic ...... Philip Fox
THU       Jessie ...... Katy Cavanagh
THU       Alison ...... Golda Rosheuvel
THU       Alan ...... Sam Dale
THU       Carmel ...... Gbemisola Ikumelo
THU       Judith ...... Caroline Guthrie
THU       Produced by Steven Canny and Jonquil Panting
THU       Directed by David Hunter.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00lj8yf (Listen)
THU       Sussex Visions
THU       Matt Baker takes a fresh look at one of Britain's most
THU       visited landscape.
THU       His first step is to join the Natural Navigator, Tristan
THU       Gooley, to learn how to travel the Sussex Downs without a
THU       map or compass, relying instead on the angle of plant
THU       growth and the tracks of animals.
THU       The beauties of the Sussex landscape lacked a certain
THU       something in the late-18th century, according to local
THU       landowner, 'Mad' Jack Fuller, and so he embarked on
THU       Britain's greatest programme of folly building. His
THU       pyramids, observatories and towers continue to dominate
THU       the landscape. Matt joins local writer John Naish for a
THU       tour of Fuller's follies.
THU       Matt will also be examining the literary landscape of
THU       Sussex, from the pre-war works of Edward Thomas and
THU       Virginia Woolf through to the darker visions of the
THU       landscape from sci-fi writers like John Wyndham and
THU       contemporary thriller writer, Peter Moore.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00ljhly (Listen)
THU       Child Brain Injury Trust
THU       Paul Daniels appeals on behalf of Child Brain Injury Trust.
THU       Donations to Child Brain Injury Trust, should be sent to
THU       FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
THU       envelope Child Brain Injury Trust. Credit cards: Freephone
THU       0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide
THU       Child Brain Injury Trust with your full name and address
THU       so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation worth
THU       another 25 per cent. The online and phone donation
THU       facilities are not currently available to listeners
THU       without a UK postcode.
THU       Registered Charity No: 1113326/Scotland/SC 039703.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ljyz3 (Listen)
THU       The Adventures of Mr Thake, Thake and the French Widow
THU       Leslie Phillips reads the letters, out of print since the
THU       1930s, sent to JB Morton's columnist Beachcomber from the
THU       calamitous travels abroad of fictional upper-class twit
THU       Oswald Bletisloe Hattersley Thake.
THU       Beachcomber receives word from Paris that the gregarious
THU       toff has lost his heart - and most of his valuables - to a
THU       bewitching femme fatale.
THU       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       15:45 The Inconstant Moon b00ln53y (Listen)
THU       The Mythic Moon
THU       Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, author Jeanette
THU       Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the
THU       moon.
THU       The ancient and long-held dream of the moon begins to come
THU       true.
THU       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00ljhrm (Listen)
THU       Mariella Frostrup talks to Marina Lewycka, whose
THU       spectacular debut at the age of 58 was the bestselling A
THU       Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian. She explains why
THU       she's turned her attention from tractors to adhesives (as
THU       well as old age, relationships and the Arab-Israeli
THU       question) in her new novel We Are All Made of Glue.
THU       Recently a number of books have been published by
THU       servicemen writing about their experiences in Afghanistan
THU       and Iraq. To find out what has prompted this trend, and
THU       learn the difficulties of getting such books into print,
THU       Mariella talks to publisher and author Rowland White, and
THU       to military historian Sir Max Hastings.
THU       There's news from Andrew Purcell in New York of a surprise
THU       posthumous book by Ernest Hemingway - his Paris memoirs
THU       have been published in a new version by the author's
THU       grandson.
THU       And Lawrence Norfolk joins Mariella to give a
THU       novelist's-eye view of the strange and wonderful work of
THU       Franz Kafka, three of whose best-known books have been
THU       reissued in new translations.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00lk2zf (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper talks to the scientists chasing the 2009
THU       solar eclipse that will stretch from the edge of India to
THU       the heart of the South Pacific, passing over Bhutan,
THU       Shanghai and Japan on its way. There will not be another
THU       eclipse like it for 120 years. For scientists, this is an
THU       unparalled chance to peer into the Sun's corona, while the
THU       rest is hidden from view.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00ljpbf (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 b00ljpd5 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 Shappi Talk b00lk2zh (Listen)
THU       Episode 2
THU       Comedy series in which Shappi Khorsandi examines what it
THU       is like growing up in multi-cultural families.
THU       She is joined by comedian John Gordillo, who shares his
THU       memories of growing up in a Spanish family with a very
THU       forceful father. Shappi also talks to Lenny Henry about
THU       his family.
THU       Plus a song from comedian Hils Barker.
THU       An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00ljnct (Listen)
THU       Jolene steps into the breach.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00ljpf6 (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, who reports on a
THU       new play by Lucy Prebble about the collapse of American
THU       energy company Enron.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lp286 (Listen)
THU       The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, Episode 4
THU       By Esther Wilson. A week in the life of Darleen Fyles, a
THU       young woman with learning disabilities. Created in part
THU       through improvisation and interaction with Donna Lavin,
THU       who plays Darleen, and inspired by true stories.
THU       Darleen goes to a nightclub and is put in a terrible and
THU       traumatic situation.
THU       Darleen ...... Donna Lavin
THU       Jamie ...... Edmund Davies
THU       Chelsea ...... Vicky Binns
THU       Becca ...... Victoria Connett
THU       Nick ...... Greg Wood
THU       Directed by Pauline Harris.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00lk30k (Listen)
THU       As details emerge about the treatment of two British
THU       hostages captured in Iraq in 2007, questions are being
THU       raised about the government's hostage strategy. With other
THU       nations' governments apparently showing greater
THU       willingness to make concessions to kidnappers, are British
THU       captives at a disadvantage? Simon Cox investigates the
THU       UK's policy towards hostage-takers and reports on new
THU       threats to tourists in emerging danger areas.
THU       
THU       20:30 Bottom Line b00lk30m (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 Inside the Ethics Committee b00lk1kv (Listen)
THU       Series 5, Hospital Phobia
THU       Series in which Joan Bakewell is joined by a panel of
THU       experts to tackle the ethics involved in a real hospital
THU       case.
THU       The story of a young man called Chris who has been
THU       diagnosed with kidney cancer. He desperately needs an
THU       operation to have the cancerous kidney removed; if the
THU       cancer begins to spread, it is highly likely to kill him.
THU       But Chris is terrified of going under anaesthetic and has
THU       therefore cancelled a string of consultations and
THU       surgeries. What is the surgeon's duty of care to a patient
THU       who is refusing to have a life-saving operation? What is a
THU       reasonable degree of persuasion for the surgeon to use?
THU       And at what point does persuasion tip over into possible
THU       accusations of coercion or even assault? What about
THU       Chris's rights? Given he has a severe phobia, does he
THU       really have the capacity to refuse this life-savi
THU       
THU       21:45 Top of the Class b00czyjx (Listen)
THU       Gary Rhodes
THU       John Wilson meets leading figures in their fields and
THU       takes them back to the places and people they left behind
THU       but who influenced their later success.
THU       Gary Rhodes is reunited with his best friend from catering
THU       college and the lecturer who taught him everything he knew.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00ljpsr (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00ljpv1 (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ljq3t (Listen)
THU       To Heaven By Water, Episode 9
THU       Bill Nighy reads from the novel by Justin Cartwright,
THU       about a family as they come to terms with the loss of a
THU       wife and mother.
THU       With her father in Africa with his brother, Lucy is
THU       comforted by Ed after a traumatic encounter with her
THU       ex-boyfriend.
THU       Abridged by Jane Marshall.
THU       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00 Look Away Now b00lk12t (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Episode 3
THU       Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at
THU       the week's sporting news, featuring sketches, spoof
THU       interviews, highly inexpert analysis and music.
THU       With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Miles Jupp,
THU       Katherine Jakeways and special guests.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ljq5m (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Robert Orchard.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 17 JULY 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00ljjxc (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00ljmx7 (Listen)
FRI       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 4
FRI       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
FRI       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
FRI       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
FRI       North Yorkshire.
FRI       It is May and summer is just around the corner. Mike's
FRI       introduction of someone special to somewhere cherished is
FRI       curtailed by a night shift spent with a copper who knows
FRI       how to eat and the high-speed pursuit across the Dales of
FRI       two joyriders towing a caravan.
FRI       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ljjz7 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ljk3r (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ljk1w (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00ljk5w (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00ljk8k (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Murdoch.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00ljkcd (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00ljmmn (Listen)
FRI       With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
FRI       Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00ljhmb (Listen)
FRI       Prof Hugh Pennington
FRI       Kirsty Young's castaway is Professor Hugh Pennington.
FRI       Professor Pennington has spent his life trying to
FRI       understand diseases and how they spread. He has chaired
FRI       two major enquiries into E. coli and his influence is felt
FRI       everywhere from school kitchens to hospital wards.
FRI       But he concedes that in his own home, efforts to ban the
FRI       humble tea-towel from his kitchen have so far failed.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00ljmx9 (Listen)
FRI       You're Coming With Me Lad, Episode 5
FRI       Graham Fellows reads from Mike Pannett's account of his
FRI       experiences as a rural policeman, having swapped a post
FRI       with the Metropolitan Police for a return to his native
FRI       North Yorkshire.
FRI       Mike confronts two kinds of explosive devices: one in the
FRI       hands of children is dealt with by the constable; the
FRI       other, dispatched to North Yorkshire by Herr Hitler, is
FRI       best left to the Army.
FRI       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00ljn4l (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Pursuits of
FRI       Darleen Fyles.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Touring Round Torquay b00lmcy9 (Listen)
FRI       Steve Carver becomes a coach holiday courier on a six-day
FRI       trip to south Devon.
FRI       Coach holidays are largely the preserve of the over-70s,
FRI       and Steve has to look after more than 30 of them as they
FRI       leave the Midlands for their summer holidays on the south
FRI       coast.
FRI       While serving tea and coffee on board the bus, he must
FRI       point out the main attractions off the M5. Arriving at the
FRI       hotel, he has to ensure the right cases go to the right
FRI       rooms, and how will he cope with his customers' complaints
FRI       of under-cooked vegetables?
FRI       As a novice courier, he will be nursed through initial
FRI       teething problems by his experienced driver Paul and
FRI       fellow courier Val. They have seen it all before: lost
FRI       teeth, complaints about the lack of a sea view in Cardiff
FRI       and indigestion masquerading as a heart attack.
FRI       Will Steve manage to last the course of the full six days,
FRI       returning all his customers with their luggage, happy and
FRI       relaxed after a fun-filled holiday touring round Torquay?
FRI       
FRI       11:30 Cabin Pressure b00lmcyc (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Helsinki
FRI       Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny
FRI       charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs
FRI       are too difficult.
FRI       Carolyn and her sister haven't spoken for 15 years. Which
FRI       is why Arthur has invited her to a party on board,
FRI       together with 500 euros-worth of smuggled orchids.
FRI       Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
FRI       First Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
FRI       Capt Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
FRI       Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
FRI       Ruth Gregson ...... Alison Steadman
FRI       Kieran Gregson ...... Matt Green
FRI       Milo ...... Simon Greenall.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00ljn6l (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00ljn86 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00ljnb6 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00lk9dy (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00ljnct (Listen)
FRI       Jolene steps into the breach.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00lmd98 (Listen)
FRI       Incident at Boulonvilliers
FRI       By Dave Sheasby.
FRI       It is June 1982 and the Falklands War is drawing to a
FRI       close. Three WWII veterans return to Normandy on a coach
FRI       trip and are forced to confront a difficult incident back
FRI       in 1944 and also their own 'heroism'.
FRI       Frank ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
FRI       Tommy ...... Michael Mears
FRI       Arthur ...... David Hargreaves
FRI       Mandy ...... Ella Smith
FRI       Madame ...... Gabrielle Reidy
FRI       Directed by David Hunter.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00lmd9b (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness answer
FRI       questions posed by gardeners in Northamptonshire.
FRI       Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 The Inconstant Moon b00ln540 (Listen)
FRI       The Attempted Moon
FRI       Forty years after the Apollo 11 landing, author Jeanette
FRI       Winterson offers a series of reflective readings about the
FRI       moon.
FRI       Jeanette considers earlier attempts on the moon - the so
FRI       near yet so far planet of our dreams.
FRI       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00lmd9d (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 b00lmd9g (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Lars Von Trier about his
FRI       controversial film Antichrist, which was booed at its
FRI       premiere in Cannes.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00ljpbh (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 b00ljpd7 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00lmdh0 (Listen)
FRI       Series 28, Episode 4
FRI       Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of
FRI       the week's news, recorded at the Latitude Festival, with
FRI       help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, Jon Holmes, Marcus
FRI       Brigstocke.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00ljncw (Listen)
FRI       Lilian gets an uncomfortable update.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00ljpf8 (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lp288 (Listen)
FRI       The Pursuits of Darleen Fyles, Episode 5
FRI       By Esther Wilson. A week in the life of Darleen Fyles, a
FRI       young woman with learning disabilities. Created in part
FRI       through improvisation and interaction with Donna Lavin,
FRI       who plays Darleen, and inspired by true stories.
FRI       Darleen is forced into some tough decision making and at
FRI       long last visits her 'Auntie Eileen' in hospital in
FRI       Scarborough.
FRI       Darleen ...... Donna Lavin
FRI       Treena ...... Siobhan Finneran
FRI       Sarah ...... Deborah McAndrew
FRI       Directed by Pauline Harris.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00lmdh2 (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Norwich.
FRI       Panellists include historian David Cannadine and writer
FRI       and chairman of the National Trust Simon Jenkins.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00lmdh4 (Listen)
FRI       Dragons
FRI       Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural
FRI       histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
FRI       What did Sir David do when he was confronted by a
FRI       ten-foot-long grey-scaled reptile, with a long yellow
FRI       forked tongue whipping in and out of its mouth? He didn't
FRI       run and, in fact, was one of the first to film it: the
FRI       Komodo dragon.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 The Inconstant Moon Omnibus b00lmdnk (Listen)
FRI       Episode 1
FRI       Omnibus edition of the first half of Jeanette Winterson's
FRI       series of artistic reflections on the moon.
FRI       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00ljpst (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00ljpv3 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ljq3w (Listen)
FRI       To Heaven By Water, Episode 10
FRI       Bill Nighy reads from the novel by Justin Cartwright about
FRI       a family as they come to terms with the loss of a wife and
FRI       mother.
FRI       David, camping with his brother in Africa and away from
FRI       the constraints of his daily life, grapples with the
FRI       thoughts that have been nagging him.
FRI       Abridged by Jane Marshall.
FRI       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00ljzdk (Listen)
FRI       Kate Mosse talks to broadcaster and academic Dr Alice
FRI       Roberts and writer and Benedictine monk Father Christopher
FRI       Jamison about their favourite books. One book takes us for
FRI       a walk in the woods, one to 1950s small-town America and
FRI       the other to war-torn Turkey.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00ljq5p (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI       
FRI       
FRI