Radio 4 Listings for 12/09/2009 - 18/09/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00mj172 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00mffs3 (Listen)
SAT       William Golding - The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies,
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       Christian Rodska reads from John Carey's biography of the
SAT       prize-winning author.
SAT       In 1983, Golding is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mj1py (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Shipping Forecast b00mj1q0 (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mj1q2 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00mj1q4 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00mj1q6 (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Twaddle.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 Wars of The Roses b00fn89s (Listen)
SAT       Episode 3
SAT       Wesley Kerr follows the Somerset town of Taunton in its
SAT       bid to win the RHS Britain in Bloom competition.
SAT       It is judgment day in Taunton, as the town makes
SAT       last-minute preparations before the final tour. Will
SAT       Taunton have done enough to impress the judges and win the
SAT       gold medal?
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00mj1q8 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00mj1qb (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00mj3xq (Listen)
SAT       Haweswater
SAT       The village of Mardale was flooded in 1935 to create
SAT       Haweswater reservoir to provide for the needs of
SAT       Manchester. When water levels are really low the walls of
SAT       Mardale reappear. Helen Mark meets Booker-nominated
SAT       novelist Sarah Hall to talk about the power the landscape
SAT       has had on her writing, including her first novel,
SAT       Haweswater.
SAT       Helen joins Ian Winfield from the Centre for Hydrology and
SAT       Ecology as his team count the fish in the lake using
SAT       hydroacoustic equipment. Haweswater is now managed to
SAT       protect the rare Shelley and Arctic Char which are found
SAT       in its waters. John Gorst from United Utilities explains
SAT       that the fish are recovering in numbers since it was
SAT       realised that low lake levels in summer were having a
SAT       detrimental effect on their ability to breed.
SAT       Helen also meets Spike Webb from the RSPB in the only
SAT       valley in England which is a permanent home to a golden
SAT       eagle.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00mj3xs (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       Our countryside is getting noisier. Wind farms, airports,
SAT       bird scarers and increasing traffic noise are all
SAT       impacting on the rural idyll. Charlotte Smith looks at
SAT       whether the countryside is getting a rough deal, or
SAT       whether it is just playing its part in modern life.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00mj4fx (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00mj4fz (Listen)
SAT       With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk;
SAT       Weather; Thought for the Day.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00mj4g1 (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by businesswoman
SAT       Martha Lane Fox. With poetry from Matt Harvey.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00mj4g3 (Listen)
SAT       Alan Whicker has been making television programmes from
SAT       all over the world for decades. Sandi Toksvig asks him
SAT       about the appeal of travelling and whether it ever wears
SAT       off. He tells her about revisiting some of the people and
SAT       places that featured in his earlier reports, and reflects
SAT       on the way the world has changed in the intervening years.
SAT       Stephen Fry is not a man who likes to rough it, but he is
SAT       forced to do just that in visiting the remoter parts of
SAT       the world to see some of the most endangered species.
SAT       Sandi asks him whether seeing the aye-aye, the blue whale
SAT       and the komodo dragon was really worthwhile - especially
SAT       as it involved not just discomfort but seriously
SAT       fracturing his arm.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Give Us A Job b00mj4g5 (Listen)
SAT       Michael Portillo, one-time Conservative Secretary of State
SAT       for Employment, looks back at the history of the
SAT       institutions that are now called Job Centre Plus but
SAT       opened as Labour Exchanges 100 years ago. Featuring
SAT       contributions from Yvette Cooper and Mark Serwotka.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Beyond Westminster b00mj4g7 (Listen)
SAT       As trade unions gather for the TUC Congress, Jim Hancock
SAT       examines calls from some activists to end the political
SAT       levy to the Labour Party. They claim that the party has
SAT       not done enough to protect jobs and services. What impact
SAT       would reducing or even ending their political funding have
SAT       on the government, just months away from having to call a
SAT       general election?
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00mj4g9 (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00mj571 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       Tempted by a golden opportunity? We look at the pros and
SAT       cons of buying and selling gold.
SAT       If it's time to pick an annuity, how do you get the best
SAT       deal for your retirement?
SAT       Plus the latest news for customers of collapsed holiday
SAT       company XL Leisure Group.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 I Guess That's Why They Call It The News b00mj10k (Listen)
SAT       Episode 4
SAT       Fred MacAulay chairs a topical panel show in which two
SAT       teams play games inspired by the week's headlines. The
SAT       show asks both the big and the little questions, and
SAT       provides thoroughly silly answers to both. With Justin
SAT       Edwards, Paul Sinha and Justin Moorhouse.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00mj573 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00mj575 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00mj16f (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from
SAT       Sunbury-on-Thames in Middlesex. The panellists are armed
SAT       forces minister Bill Rammell, shadow security minister
SAT       Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former chief scientific
SAT       adviser to the UK government, Sir David King, and senior
SAT       politics editor at the New Statesman, Mehdi Hasan.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00mj577 (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 b00mj579 (Listen)
SAT       The Conflict is Over
SAT       Dramatisation by Michael Eaton of the events that led to
SAT       the signing of the Downing Street Declaration in December
SAT       1993 and the subsequent IRA ceasefire in August 1994, told
SAT       through the relationship between John Major and Albert
SAT       Reynolds.
SAT       John Major ...... Michael Maloney
SAT       Albert Reynolds ...... Dermot Crowley
SAT       Martin Mansergh ...... Patrick Drury
SAT       Robin Butler ...... Thomas Wheatley
SAT       Patrick Mayhew ...... Michael Cochrane
SAT       Martin McGuinness ...... Lloyd Hutchinson
SAT       Bill Clinton ...... Matthew Marsh
SAT       Directed by Nicolas Kent
SAT       A Promenade production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Soul Music b00mg3yv (Listen)
SAT       Series 8, The Look of Love
SAT       Series exploring famous pieces of music and their
SAT       emotional appeal.
SAT       Hal David discusses writing The Look of Love with Burt
SAT       Bacharach, for the soundtrack of the spoof 1967 James Bond
SAT       film Casino Royale. This classic track, sung by Dusty
SAT       Springfield, provided the musical backdrop for a love
SAT       scene between Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress.
SAT       Dusty Springfield's former backing singer, Simon Bell,
SAT       remembers being on stage at the Albert Hall when Dusty
SAT       laughed her way through a performance of the song, and
SAT       musician Jonathan Cohen describes how the samba rhythm
SAT       underscoring Dusty's smooth vocals combine to make this an
SAT       enduringly popular love song.
SAT       It has been covered many times by artists including Isaac
SAT       Hayes, Gladys Knight and the French singer Mirielle
SAT       Mathieu. This programme hears from people whose personal
SAT       memories of love and loss are forever linked with The Look
SAT       of Love.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00mj5r8 (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey.
SAT       Including author Barbara Taylor Bradford on her latest
SAT       novel; design guru Stephen Bayley on the inspiration of
SAT       the female form; Beth Ditto on music and fashion; rape and
SAT       whether it should ever be a subject for comedy; the
SAT       progress of the battle against the drug trade in
SAT       Afghanistan; breast cancer and how far women go in
SAT       reducing their risk; and trumpeter Alison Balsom ahead of
SAT       her performance at The Last Night of the Proms.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00mj64d (Listen)
SAT       Saturday PM
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula
SAT       Shah, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 iPM b00mj64g (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00mj64j (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00mj64l (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00mj64n (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00mj64q (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of
SAT       conversation, music and comedy.
SAT       He is joined by the founding member and drummer of The
SAT       Police, Stewart Copeland, 'The Black Farmer' Wilfred
SAT       Emmanuel-Jones, and the actor Danny Dyer.
SAT       With music from three musical greats: the American Grammy
SAT       Award-winning country-rock singer-songwriter Steve Earle,
SAT       New York bohemian Amanda Palmer and 89-year-old bluesman
SAT       T-Model Ford, who talks to Gideon Coe.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00mj64s (Listen)
SAT       Angela Merkel
SAT       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Germany's Chancellor, Angela
SAT       Merkel.
SAT       She has gone from being Helmut Kohl's 'little girl' to one
SAT       of the world's most influential stateswomen. Forbes
SAT       Magazine recently declared Ms Merkel to be the most
SAT       powerful woman in the world for the fourth time. All the
SAT       opinion polls indicate that she will remain as Chancellor
SAT       after the latest elections.
SAT       So how did this physicist from a small town in East
SAT       Germany become a world leader?
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00mj64v (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00mj64x (Listen)
SAT       Agatha Christie's Life in Her Words
SAT       Crime writer Val McDermid listens to recordings made by
SAT       Agatha Christie which have never before been broadcast.
SAT       A panel of guests, including dramatist Kevin Elyot,
SAT       biographer Laura Thompson, archivist John Curran, who has
SAT       recently deciphered Christie's notebooks, director Enyd
SAT       Williams and writer Michael Bakewell, discuss their
SAT       approach to dramatising her novels for TV and radio and
SAT       the light that these recordings shed on Christie's working
SAT       methods.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00mf2mj (Listen)
SAT       The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson, Episode
SAT       1
SAT       Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography
SAT       of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of
SAT       Johnson's birth.
SAT       Young Boswell comes to London to seek out his hero. He
SAT       wants to write a biography of the great man 'in scenes',
SAT       with Johnson's conversation cast as dialogue. Nothing
SAT       quite like this has ever been attempted before.
SAT       Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham
SAT       James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins
SAT       King George ...... David Hargreaves
SAT       Louisa ...... Lizzy Watts
SAT       Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis
SAT       Oliver Goldsmith ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Lady Di ...... Annabelle Dowler
SAT       Davies ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Directed by Claire Grove.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00mj6ff (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Iconoclasts b00mgwhy (Listen)
SAT       Series 2, Episode 1
SAT       Edward Stourton chairs a live discussion series in which
SAT       guests set out their strong views on a subject, before
SAT       being challenged by a panel of experts.
SAT       Economist and writer Philippe Legrain argues that Britain
SAT       should abolish all immigration controls. The movement of
SAT       people across our borders should, he says, be as free as
SAT       the movement of goods and services.
SAT       Legrain's views are challenged by Sir Andrew Green,
SAT       chairman of Migrationwatch UK, Labour MP for Keighley and
SAT       Ilkeley Ann Cryer and Tony Saint, a writer and former
SAT       immigration officer.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Round Britain Quiz b00mg0wr (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic general knowledge quiz,
SAT       featuring teams from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 The Poet of Sparty Lea: In Search of Barry
SAT       MacSweeney b00mf3ds (Listen)
SAT       Young poet Tom Chivers reclaims the reputation of
SAT       counter-cultural poet Barry MacSweeney, who wrote his
SAT       first poem at seven, began a lifelong struggle with
SAT       solitary hard drinking at 16 and was nominated for the
SAT       Oxford Poetry Chair at 18.
SAT       A protégée of Northumbrian poet Basil Bunting, he was a
SAT       regular at the Morden Tower in Newcastle along with Ted
SAT       Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Allen Ginsberg, and Ed Dorn.
SAT       MacSweeney was a man of contradictions; a Romantic poet, a
SAT       political journalist who raged against the world but also
SAT       a naturalist whose writing was rooted in the Northumbrian
SAT       landscape. His refusal to engage with the Establishment
SAT       was incompatible with commercial or mainstream success,
SAT       and he died an alcoholic's death, on the fringes of the
SAT       poetry scene.
SAT       A 16-year-old Tom Chivers encountered MacSweeney at what
SAT       would turn out to be his final poetry reading; a week
SAT       later he was dead. Now Tom goes on a personal journey to
SAT       explore the life and work of his hero. Travelling to the
SAT       Northumbrian landscape which anchored MacSweeney's work,
SAT       Tom investigates why his radical style was never palatable
SAT       to the mainstream but also why his work still appeals to a
SAT       new generation of poets today.
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SUN       SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00mj7rp (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b0088s8k (Listen)
SUN       Telling the World, Baucis and Philemon
SUN       Series of stories from cultures and folklore around the
SUN       world.
SUN       Daniel Morden tells one of Ovid's timeless tales of
SUN       transformation, drawing on classical mythology to
SUN       illustrate the power of enduring love.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mj7rr (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00mj7rt (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mj7rw (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00mj7ry (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00mj7s0 (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Michael's Church, Whichford in
SUN       South Warwickshire.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00mj64s (Listen)
SUN       Angela Merkel
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Germany's Chancellor, Angela
SUN       Merkel.
SUN       She has gone from being Helmut Kohl's 'little girl' to one
SUN       of the world's most influential stateswomen. Forbes
SUN       Magazine recently declared Ms Merkel to be the most
SUN       powerful woman in the world for the fourth time. All the
SUN       opinion polls indicate that she will remain as Chancellor
SUN       after the latest elections.
SUN       So how did this physicist from a small town in East
SUN       Germany become a world leader?
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00mj7s2 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00mj7s4 (Listen)
SUN       Understanding Prayer
SUN       Mark Tully talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan
SUN       Williams, about his personal understanding of prayer, once
SUN       described by the poet George Herbert as 'something
SUN       understood'.
SUN       The readers are Frank Stirling and David Westhead.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00mj7s6 (Listen)
SUN       Caz Graham meets Hamish Wilson, a former camel boy in
SUN       Somalia. He now runs a Welsh hill farm helping inner-city
SUN       Somali communities learn about their heritage.
SUN       'I just come alive when I come here' is the response of
SUN       one visitor to Hamish Wilson's Welsh hill farm. He has
SUN       adapted the farm in Radnorshire to become a 'Degmo'. Based
SUN       on nomadic settlements, his family host Somalian families
SUN       and community groups from inner-city Britain. While
SUN       camping in the countryside, they learn about the way the
SUN       farm is run, how its produce can be used and compare this
SUN       with Somali methods. For the very young, many of whom have
SUN       only lived in the UK, it's a way to learn about their
SUN       heritage and for the elders a chance to show off their
SUN       skills and reconnect with the past. For Hamish, though,
SUN       the 'Degmo' was also a fulfilment of a long-standing
SUN       friendship and c
SUN       Caz Graham visits along with a large group from Ocean
SUN       Somali Community Association as, despite the cold, they
SUN       fall in love with the Welsh hills.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00mj7s8 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00mj7sb (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00mj7sd (Listen)
SUN       Jane Little 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 b00mjjv7 (Listen)
SUN       Epilepsy Research
SUN       Rabbi Lionel Blue appeals on behalf of Epilepsy Research.
SUN       Donations to Epilepsy Research UK should be sent to
SUN       FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
SUN       envelope Epilepsy Research UK. Credit cards: Freephone
SUN       0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide
SUN       Epilepsy Research UK with your full name and address so
SUN       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online
SUN       and phone donation facilities are not currently available
SUN       to listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No: 1100394.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00mjjv9 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00mjjvc (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00mjjvf (Listen)
SUN       A service from Lichfield Cathedral celebrating the 300th
SUN       anniversary of the birth of the author and devout Anglican
SUN       Dr Samuel Johnson.
SUN       Led by Canon Pete Wilcox and Canon Wealands Bell with the
SUN       Lichfield Cathedral Chamber Choir, directed by Martyn
SUN       Rawles.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00mj16h (Listen)
SUN       Tracks
SUN       Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural
SUN       histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
SUN       Following the tracks left by animals is a great craft
SUN       owned by many aboriginal people. Doing the same with
SUN       fossilised tracks is much the same skill, but with a whole
SUN       new set of extraordinary revelations.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00mjk5g (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00mjk5j (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 The Reunion b00mjk5l (Listen)
SUN       Nelson Mandela Release
SUN       Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group
SUN       of people intimately involved in a moment of modern
SUN       history.
SUN       Sue gathers together the core negotiators and key
SUN       campaigners involved in the secret talks which ultimately
SUN       led to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990
SUN       and the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
SUN       She is joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who led the Free
SUN       Mandela Campaign throughout the 1980s; Dr Niel Barnard,
SUN       who was the head of South Africa's National Intelligence
SUN       Service and who had dozens of clandestine meetings with
SUN       Mandela; Professor Willie Esterhuyse, an Afrikaner
SUN       academic who liaised between the government and the ANC;
SUN       Aziz Pahad, who was a core member of the ANC and led many
SUN       of its delegations; former President Thabo Mbeki, who was
SUN       a lead negotiator for the ANC; and journalist and
SUN       political commentator Allister Sparks, who chronicled the
SUN       negotiations in a revealing book.
SUN       Former President FW de Klerk also contributes to the
SUN       programme, describing the surprise that he and other
SUN       cabinet figures felt when they learnt of the years of
SUN       secret meetings.
SUN       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00mg2v4 (Listen)
SUN       Series 55, Episode 7
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game.
SUN       Jenny Eclair and Stephen Fry compare what they shop for
SUN       online and Paul Merton and Charles Collingwood discuss how
SUN       best to go about making an impression.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00mjk5n (Listen)
SUN       Indigenous Veg
SUN       Africa has hundreds of indigenous vegetables, which have
SUN       been grown, gathered and eaten for centuries. But in the
SUN       past half century 'exotic' imports have started to
SUN       displace them; the likes of cabbage, kale and carrots were
SUN       associated with being more developed, and cosmopolitan,
SUN       while the traditional foods became food for the poor.
SUN       So does it matter? Aren't all vegetables healthy? Sheila
SUN       Dillon looks at a project run by Bioversity International
SUN       in Kenya to increase the availability and consumption of
SUN       Africa's indigenous green leafy vegetables. She finds out
SUN       what role many people believe they can play in solving
SUN       some of the continent's most pressing problems, including
SUN       malnutrition and crop failures due to global warming.
SUN       Indigenous vegetables are nutrient-dense compared to their
SUN       replacements. They are particularly helpful in supplying
SUN       vitamin A and iron - both of which are commonly lacking in
SUN       the African diet, which has become increasingly
SUN       westernised - and lacking in nutrients. Indigenous plants
SUN       are also perfectly adapted to the local weather and
SUN       landscape, able to withstand the droughts common to many
SUN       parts of the continent, and likely to become more
SUN       widespread with global warming.
SUN       Getting the plants to urban shoppers today requires
SUN       involving commercial farmers, and they require more
SUN       reliable and uniform seeds than have been traditionally
SUN       gathered from the wild. Peter Hanson is leader of
SUN       Vegetable Breeding at AVRDC World Vegetable Centre in
SUN       Taiwan, responsible for overseeing the breeding of these
SUN       new seeds.
SUN       Sheila is joined in discussion by Pablo Eyzaguirre, senior
SUN       scientist at Bioversity International, which is carrying
SUN       out work in Kenya and around the world promoting
SUN       biodiversity of agriculture and diet, and Dr Einir M
SUN       Young, head of sustainable development at the the Welsh
SUN       Institute for Natural Resources at Bangor University,
SUN       which is involved in the production of the
SUN       recently-published African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban
SUN       Agriculture.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00mjk5q (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00mjk5s (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Ireland: From Boom to Bust b00ktdb0 (Listen)
SUN       Olivia O'Leary tells the story of the biggest economic
SUN       crisis Ireland has ever known and its search for a
SUN       post-crash identity.
SUN       For the last 20 years the Irish economy was the pride of
SUN       Europe. If the rush to riches was very un-Irish, Olivia
SUN       tries to find out if her country is now reverting to a
SUN       more familiar state of penance. William Butler Yeats
SUN       described the indigenous character trait as an abiding
SUN       sense of tragedy that sustained people through temporary
SUN       periods of joy.
SUN       For many younger people, who were told that they had more
SUN       money and more freedom than any previous generation, the
SUN       maudlin emigration songs with their tales of yearning and
SUN       aching loneliness felt like stories from a distant era.
SUN       Suddenly, though, they no longer feel so remote. As the
SUN       shutters are pulled down on job opportunities at home, the
SUN       harsh prospect of having to find work abroad is all too
SUN       real for thousands of young people.
SUN       Olivia finds that Ireland's economic crisis is far from
SUN       over and finds out how the country is re-imagining itself
SUN       anew.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00mh2yp (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs answer
SUN       questions sent in by post at the Gardeners' Question Time
SUN       potting shed at Sparsholt College in Hampshire.
SUN       If you are eternally battling the dreaded Japanese
SUN       Knotweed, Dr Richard Shaw has some ideas about a new bio
SUN       control.
SUN       Plus the latest news on the garden trials with Sparsholt
SUN       College's Rosie Yeomans, including an update on our
SUN       treasured courgettes and plans for over-wintering Dahlias.
SUN       Including Gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Food For Thought b00mjk5v (Listen)
SUN       Afternoon Tea at The Ritz with Joan Rivers
SUN       Series of conversations in which journalist Nina Myskow
SUN       discovers how attitudes to food affect individual lives.
SUN       Over tea and chocolate tart in a suite at the Ritz,
SUN       comedian Joan Rivers recounts a lifetime of self-loathing
SUN       and fear of being fat. She recalls the shock of
SUN       discovering she wasn't beautiful, her mother's advice on
SUN       dinner parties and an extraordinary daily diet of vitamin
SUN       pills, low-calorie ice cream sandwiches and cereal with
SUN       whipped cream.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00mjklh (Listen)
SUN       The A-Z of Dr Johnson - Boswell's Life of Johnson, Episode
SUN       2
SUN       Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of James Boswell's biography
SUN       of Samuel Johnson, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of
SUN       Johnson's birth.
SUN       Boswell visits Johnson only intermittently, but relies on
SUN       him more and more. Johnson meets Hester Thrale, who
SUN       becomes his devoted friend and confidante, and the most
SUN       important person in his life.
SUN       Samuel Johnson ...... Kenneth Cranham
SUN       James Boswell ...... Paul Higgins
SUN       Hester Thrale ...... Annabelle Dowler
SUN       David Garrick ...... David Hargreaves
SUN       Mrs Desmoulins ...... Susan Jameson
SUN       Joshua Reynolds ...... Matt Addis
SUN       Dilly ...... Stephen Hogan
SUN       Wilkes ...... Philip Fox
SUN       Directed by Claire Grove.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00mjklk (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist William Boyd about his
SUN       latest book, Ordinary Thunderstorms. In an extended
SUN       interview, he looks back at a career which now includes 11
SUN       novels, and discusses his interest in biography, both real
SUN       and imagined.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00mjklm (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough presents requests for much-loved poems that
SUN       contrast the joy of living with the experience of memory
SUN       loss.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 Top Dogs: Britain's New Supreme Court b00mg8mz (Listen)
SUN       The UK Supreme Court is replacing the House of Lords as
SUN       the highest court in the land. Yet hardly anyone knows who
SUN       its justices are, why the reform has been made and how it
SUN       will change our lives. Joshua Rozenberg goes behind the
SUN       scenes to talk to the judges and to visit their new court,
SUN       and discovers from leading politicians how the new court
SUN       was created. He also asks if Parliament will find the new
SUN       judicial top dogs to be dangerous rivals for power.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00mj64s (Listen)
SUN       Angela Merkel
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Germany's Chancellor, Angela
SUN       Merkel.
SUN       She has gone from being Helmut Kohl's 'little girl' to one
SUN       of the world's most influential stateswomen. Forbes
SUN       Magazine recently declared Ms Merkel to be the most
SUN       powerful woman in the world for the fourth time. All the
SUN       opinion polls indicate that she will remain as Chancellor
SUN       after the latest elections.
SUN       So how did this physicist from a small town in East
SUN       Germany become a world leader?
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00mjl4x (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00mjl4z (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00mjl51 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00mjl53 (Listen)
SUN       John Waite introduces his selection of highlights from the
SUN       past week on BBC radio.
SUN       Wake Up To Wogan - Radio 2
SUN       Ena - Radio 4
SUN       Lost, Stolen or Shredded, Radio 4
SUN       Agatha Christie's Life in Her Words - Radio 4
SUN       What Became of the Bank Manager - Radio 4
SUN       Peston and the Money Men - Radio 4
SUN       Chain Reaction - Radio 4
SUN       Au Pairs - Radio 4
SUN       Nature - Radio 4
SUN       Soul Music - Radio 4
SUN       Where Did It All Go Right? - Radio 4
SUN       Uncle Sam Goes Pop - Radio 2
SUN       Simpson in Afghanistan - Radio 4
SUN       Islam, Mullahs and the Media - Radio 4
SUN       In Tune - Radio 3.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00mjl77 (Listen)
SUN       The peace is restored at Home Farm.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00mjl79 (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       Matt Frei talks to Shannon Brownlee, the author of the
SUN       book Overtreated, about the challenges and priorities of
SUN       healthcare reform in the United States. She says that,
SUN       'About 20,000 Americans die prematurely each year from
SUN       lack of access. But getting unnecessary care isn't any
SUN       better for you. In fact, about 30,000 Medicare recipients
SUN       die each year from overtreatment.'
SUN       President Obama kicked off the academic school year with a
SUN       speech directed at students aged four to eighteen and was
SUN       full of advice and encouragement. Americana speaks to high
SUN       school senior Casey Tong about her impressions of Obama's
SUN       speech. Tong attends the same school that President Obama
SUN       attended in Honolulu, Hawaii, and she has some of her own
SUN       advice to offer the President.
SUN       Producer Dan Collison offers a montage of Hawaiian voices
SUN       telling of the impact of a foreigner who came to Hawaii,
SUN       stayed, and is causing significant impact: a frog called
SUN       the Coqui.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b008m6nn (Listen)
SUN       Granta Stories, The Death of a Chair
SUN       Extracts from the archives of Granta, the UK's most
SUN       prestigious literary magazine.
SUN       By Doris Lessing, read by Barbara Marten.
SUN       A lived-in chair is bought at auction, where it begins its
SUN       final journey towards discovery and destruction.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 More or Less b00mh27z (Listen)
SUN       Tim Harford and the More or Less team examine reports that
SUN       the world will cool over the next two decades, before
SUN       global warming resumes. They also examine a claim that
SUN       beautiful people have more daughters, and use maths to
SUN       decode a Beatles musical mystery.
SUN       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00mh2yr (Listen)
SUN       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
SUN       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
SUN       recently died.
SUN       Lord Hattersley, Sir Michael Parkinson and Bill Hagerty
SUN       remember journalist and writer Keith Waterhouse;
SUN       disability campaigner Baroness Chapman - her brother Dan
SUN       and Baroness Finlay pay tribute; Hollywood film director
SUN       Andrei Konchalovsky remembers his father, Soviet writer
SUN       Sergei Mikhalkov; DJ Chris Goldfinger recalls reggae
SUN       producer and musician Wycliffe 'Steely' Johnson; and
SUN       memories of hang-gliding innovator Francis Rogallo.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00mj571 (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       Tempted by a golden opportunity? We look at the pros and
SUN       cons of buying and selling gold.
SUN       If it's time to pick an annuity, how do you get the best
SUN       deal for your retirement?
SUN       Plus the latest news for customers of collapsed holiday
SUN       company XL Leisure Group.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00mjjv7 (Listen)
SUN       Epilepsy Research
SUN       Rabbi Lionel Blue appeals on behalf of Epilepsy Research.
SUN       Donations to Epilepsy Research UK should be sent to
SUN       FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
SUN       envelope Epilepsy Research UK. Credit cards: Freephone
SUN       0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide
SUN       Epilepsy Research UK with your full name and address so
SUN       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online
SUN       and phone donation facilities are not currently available
SUN       to listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No: 1100394.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00mgy5k (Listen)
SUN       Student Start-Ups
SUN       Britain's universities are alive with a new wave of
SUN       business activity, and in many of them the largest student
SUN       societies are the ones which bring would-be entrepreneurs
SUN       together with potential backers and mentors.
SUN       Peter Day samples some of the start-up ideas on show at
SUN       Cambridge University and hears how academic attitudes to
SUN       business have changed over the past few decades.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00mjl7c (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00mjl7f (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Scotland's Colony.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 The Film Programme b00mj10h (Listen)
SUN       When Harry Met Sally creator Nora Ephron discusses her
SUN       biopic of America's first celebrity chef, Julia Child.
SUN       Julie And Julia, starring Meryl Streep, shows how the
SUN       housewife superstar got America cooking. Ephron reveals
SUN       the effect that Child had on her own life and lets us in
SUN       on a secret about writing romantic comedies.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00mj7s4 (Listen)
SUN       Understanding Prayer
SUN       Mark Tully talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan
SUN       Williams, about his personal understanding of prayer, once
SUN       described by the poet George Herbert as 'something
SUN       understood'.
SUN       The readers are Frank Stirling and David Westhead.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00mjlq9 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00mgd81 (Listen)
MON       New research on a group of high achieving 12 and
MON       13-year-old children could provide insight into why
MON       children underachieve in school. Laurie Taylor talks to
MON       Becky Francis from Roehampton University, one of the
MON       authors of a new report into the uneasy relationship
MON       between being clever and popular.
MON       Laurie finds out how children negotiate being both
MON       academically successful and liked by their peers, and the
MON       differences in classroom experience for boys and girls.
MON       While a boy can avoid being bullied if he is both sporty
MON       and successful, girls are more likely to be picked on and
MON       seen as asexual if they do well in school. Does the risk
MON       of being bullied or labelled a 'swot' prompt children of
MON       both sexes to avoid performing to their best ability?
MON       Also, Laurie explores the letters sent home by soldiers in
MON       WWI and what they reveal about the emotional experience of
MON       war. He talks to Michael Roper and Joanna Bourke about the
MON       role of the connection between the home front and the
MON       battlefield, and why it was critical in helping soldiers
MON       cope with the horrors of war.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00mj7s0 (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Michael's Church, Whichford in
MON       South Warwickshire.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mjlr8 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00mjlzn (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mjlwt (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00mjm1g (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00mjm6k (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Twaddle.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00mjmf3 (Listen)
MON       Despite the summer not turning out to be one for
MON       barbecues, it has been a very good year for British
MON       oysters. Traditionally they start being harvested as soon
MON       as there is an R in the month, and September's crop is
MON       proving to be big thanks to this summer's weather.
MON       Charlotte Smith finds out why.
MON       Also, there are calls for landowners to be forced to give
MON       up land to be turned into allotments.
MON       And Charlotte hears about something very unusual: a happy
MON       dairy farmer.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00mjrbq (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00mjmv9 (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Children of the Olympic Bid b00mjrbs (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 1
MON       Peter White talks to the London youngsters who contributed
MON       to the bid to stage the 2012 Olympics.
MON       Peter catches up with promising athlete Jessica Manning,
MON       who, at the time of London's 2012 bid, was widely thought
MON       to be a real contender for the London games. But since
MON       then she has found it hard to commit to training,
MON       following a move with her family to Canada. However, she
MON       has just been selected to take part in the opening
MON       ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in January
MON       2010 and is thrilled to see how preperations there have
MON       been going.
MON       Thomas Brown, a promising swimmer who narrowly missed out
MON       on competing in Beijing, is facing a make or break race
MON       for a place in the British swim squad. With everything
MON       resting on a selection event in Sheffield, he has to try
MON       and put his break-up with girlfriend Zaira behind him.
MON       Leisje has left the comfort of home for a scholarship
MON       sixth-form place at a specialist boarding school, where
MON       she hopes to boost her chances in the sport she loves.
MON       
MON       09:30 Jeopardising Justice b00mjrjn (Listen)
MON       Episode 3
MON       Helena Kennedy QC examines the ways in which the best
MON       intentions in legal reform can sometimes produce
MON       unexpected and unpalatable consequences.
MON       Helena looks at the development of alternative systems of
MON       justice that bypass the courts. Restraining orders to
MON       protect the victims of domestic violence, once championed
MON       by liberal lawyers like Helena, have in recent years been
MON       broadened in scope and application by politicians, with
MON       possibly troubling results.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00mjn13 (Listen)
MON       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 1
MON       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
MON       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
MON       Quirky Python business, challenging railway journeys and
MON       daughter Rachel is about to start school.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00mjn15 (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey - including:
MON       'I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I
MON       have the heart and stomach of a King'. With these words
MON       Queen Elizabeth I showed her distaste for the shortcomings
MON       associated with her sex. But despite this apparent
MON       dismissal of women's capabilities, her life would be
MON       profoundly influenced by the women who surrounded her.
MON       From her mother Anne Boleyn and a succession of doomed
MON       stepmothers, to her half sister Mary, the fates of these
MON       women set the course of Elizabeth's life. Tracy Borman is
MON       the author of Elizabeth's Women, and she joins Jane to
MON       discuss this fascinating aspect of the monarch's history
MON       With Germany's general election looming, the Christian
MON       Democrats, Angela Merkel's party, has shifted into top
MON       gear with a new campaign that focuses on probably its best
MON       asset - Mrs Merkel herself. The German Chancellor's
MON       personal popularity is said to comfortably exceed that of
MON       her party. But she also has a reputation for being
MON       uncharismatic, boring and dowdy to the point of
MON       frumpiness. Jane is joined by Labour MP Gisela Stuart and
MON       journalist Anne McElvoy to discuss what makes Angela
MON       Merkel such an important politician.
MON       The Darwin Centre will house over 20 million plant and
MON       insect specimens and will reveal to the public for the
MON       first time the collections, scientists and research that
MON       has been going on behind the scenes for over 100 years. To
MON       discuss some of the work that is carried out there, Jane
MON       is joined by Yvonne Linton - an entomologist working on
MON       the mosquito bar-coding project; and Amoret Whittaker, a
MON       forensic entomologist who studies fly larvae and their
MON       development within decaying flesh - and often gives
MON       essential evidence in court in hearings for cases of
MON       suspicious deaths.
MON       The Butterfly Garden in Bournemouth, Dorset, is a home for
MON       the ashes of any deceased baby, whether it is one that has
MON       died in the womb or has been aborted. Hospital Chaplain,
MON       Canon Jane Lloyd, performs a regular monthly service for
MON       the very young babies that have not lived. She scatters
MON       their ashes in the Butterfly Garden. Ruth Oliver goes to
MON       watch one of the memorial services.
MON       
MON       11:00 A River Runs Through It b00mjrtg (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Edward Stourton explores the Jordan, one of the most
MON       powerfully symbolic rivers in the world.
MON       In the Bible the River Jordan is 'deep and wide', a divide
MON       between this world and the Promised Land. The reality
MON       today is that at many points the river has been reduced to
MON       little more than a contaminated trickle. Can the Jordan,
MON       which is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike, be
MON       saved?
MON       Edward's journey starts on the melting snows of Mount
MON       Hermon, the source of the water of the Jordan.
MON       
MON       11:30 The Maltby Collection b00mjrxp (Listen)
MON       Series 3, Episode 4
MON       Sitcom by David Nobbs, set in a museum.
MON       Museum cleaner Eva Tattle has been interviewed 'in depth'
MON       by Cleaners' Weekly (incorporating The Scrubbers' Gazette)
MON       and has managed to offend the entire museum in the process.
MON       Rod Millet ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
MON       Walter Brindle ...... Geoffrey Palmer
MON       Prunella Edgecumbe ...... Rachel Atkins
MON       Susie Maltby ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
MON       Julian Crumb-Loosely ...... Ben Willbond
MON       Wilf Arbuthnot ...... Geoff McGivern
MON       Eva Tattle ...... Juklia Deakin
MON       Des Wainwright ...... Michael Smiley
MON       Stelios Constantinopoulis ...... Chris Pavlo
MON       Mike ...... Stephen K Amos
MON       Hypnotist ...... Julia Deakin.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00mjn59 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00mjnb6 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00mjndd (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Round Britain Quiz b00mjrxs (Listen)
MON       Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic general knowledge quiz,
MON       featuring teams from Wales and the north of England.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00mjl77 (Listen)
MON       The peace is restored at Home Farm.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00cj8db (Listen)
MON       I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse
MON       Duncan Macmillan's romantic comedy about the end of the
MON       world, a woman who falls in love with the moon, and her
MON       husband who falls back in love with her.
MON       Keith ...... Bill Nighy
MON       Tilda ....... Amelia Bullmore
MON       Oscar ...... Harry Child
MON       With Sarah Adams, Stephen Critchlow, Ben Crowe, Nyasha
MON       Hatendi, Helen Longworth, Chris Pavlo, Liz Sutherland and
MON       Joan Walker.
MON       Directed by Sam Hoyle.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00mj64x (Listen)
MON       Agatha Christie's Life in Her Words
MON       Crime writer Val McDermid listens to recordings made by
MON       Agatha Christie which have never before been broadcast.
MON       A panel of guests, including dramatist Kevin Elyot,
MON       biographer Laura Thompson, archivist John Curran, who has
MON       recently deciphered Christie's notebooks, director Enyd
MON       Williams and writer Michael Bakewell, discuss their
MON       approach to dramatising her novels for TV and radio and
MON       the light that these recordings shed on Christie's working
MON       methods.
MON       
MON       15:45 Inside The Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved
MON       b00mjpc9 (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the
MON       Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this
MON       mysterious area.
MON       What is the genesis of the Bermuda Triangle story, how did
MON       it grow and why does it persist to this day?
MON       A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00mjk5n (Listen)
MON       Indigenous Veg
MON       Africa has hundreds of indigenous vegetables, which have
MON       been grown, gathered and eaten for centuries. But in the
MON       past half century 'exotic' imports have started to
MON       displace them; the likes of cabbage, kale and carrots were
MON       associated with being more developed, and cosmopolitan,
MON       while the traditional foods became food for the poor.
MON       So does it matter? Aren't all vegetables healthy? Sheila
MON       Dillon looks at a project run by Bioversity International
MON       in Kenya to increase the availability and consumption of
MON       Africa's indigenous green leafy vegetables. She finds out
MON       what role many people believe they can play in solving
MON       some of the continent's most pressing problems, including
MON       malnutrition and crop failures due to global warming.
MON       Indigenous vegetables are nutrient-dense compared to their
MON       replacements. They are particularly helpful in supplying
MON       vitamin A and iron - both of which are commonly lacking in
MON       the African diet, which has become increasingly
MON       westernised - and lacking in nutrients. Indigenous plants
MON       are also perfectly adapted to the local weather and
MON       landscape, able to withstand the droughts common to many
MON       parts of the continent, and likely to become more
MON       widespread with global warming.
MON       Getting the plants to urban shoppers today requires
MON       involving commercial farmers, and they require more
MON       reliable and uniform seeds than have been traditionally
MON       gathered from the wild. Peter Hanson is leader of
MON       Vegetable Breeding at AVRDC World Vegetable Centre in
MON       Taiwan, responsible for overseeing the breeding of these
MON       new seeds.
MON       Sheila is joined in discussion by Pablo Eyzaguirre, senior
MON       scientist at Bioversity International, which is carrying
MON       out work in Kenya and around the world promoting
MON       biodiversity of agriculture and diet, and Dr Einir M
MON       Young, head of sustainable development at the the Welsh
MON       Institute for Natural Resources at Bangor University,
MON       which is involved in the production of the
MON       recently-published African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban
MON       Agriculture.
MON       
MON       16:30 Tracing Your Roots b00mk58r (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 3
MON       Sally Magnusson presents the series exploring the practice
MON       of researching family history.
MON       Sally and resident genealogist Nick Barratt explore family
MON       roots in India. Sam Merry's Indian great-grandmother was
MON       disowned by her family when she married a British soldier.
MON       Moving with him to Nottinghamshire, she never spoke of her
MON       homeland again. Now, more than a 100 years later, Sam
MON       wants to trace his family's Indian roots, and wonders what
MON       his ancestor's new life in Mansfield would have been like.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00mjphn (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 b00mjpm0 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00mk5x7 (Listen)
MON       Series 55, Episode 8
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. The
MON       panellists are Graham Norton, Gyles Brandreth, Paul Merton
MON       and Suki Webster.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00mjnf1 (Listen)
MON       The battle lines are drawn for Adam and Lynda.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00mjpzm (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00mjq3y (Listen)
MON       Liam, Short Trousers
MON       By Mike Bartlett. Charting the search for a ten-year-old
MON       boy who goes missing in Sussex.
MON       Liam's parents are suspects in the case of his
MON       disappearance, and his mother feels guilty.
MON       Liam ...... Ryan Watson
MON       Susan ...... Amanda Lawrence
MON       Tony ...... Paul Rider
MON       Inspector ...... Steve Hogan
MON       Directed by Claire Grove.
MON       
MON       20:00 Where Did It All Go Right? b00mk5x9 (Listen)
MON       Inward Investment into the Japanese Car Industry
MON       Prof Philip Cowley presents a three-part series examining
MON       initially controversial political policies which were
MON       later judged by most people to have been a success.
MON       The Conservative government's wooing of Japanese car
MON       makers to invest in Britain in the early 1980s. Japanese
MON       investment was vigorously opposed at the time, but brought
MON       lots of jobs and made a valuable contribution to our
MON       economy.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00mgx83 (Listen)
MON       Egypt
MON       Magdi Abdelhadi explores what kind of society Egyptian
MON       president Hosni Mubarak, who has no obvious successor in
MON       place, will leave behind when he dies.
MON       Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and
MON       is pivotal for stability in the region and beyond, but
MON       after nearly three decades in power, the absence of a
MON       potential successor to the 81-year-old President Mubarak,
MON       has raised fears of a succession crisis.
MON       Magdi finds, to his surprise, that nearly 60 years after
MON       the military seized power and abolished the monarchy,
MON       Egyptians still look to the army for a saviour.
MON       
MON       21:00 Costing the Earth b00mk5xc (Listen)
MON       Buildings
MON       The places where we live and work account for well over a
MON       third of the energy the world uses - our homes, offices,
MON       cinemas and sports centres are a much bigger problem for
MON       the planet than cars, lorries, planes and ships. Does that
MON       mean we can fly as much as we like as long as we sort out
MON       the problems on the ground? Tom Heap investigates.
MON       A recent report backed by some of the world's leading
MON       corporations identified buildings as major contributors to
MON       problems of climate change. The even worse news is that
MON       most of the homes, offices and public buildings that will
MON       be standing in the middle of the century have already been
MON       built, so they will have to be expensively adapted if they
MON       are to be made green enough to meet even modest
MON       energy-saving targets. The business leaders behind the
MON       report have said that although the work is expensive, it
MON       will pay for itself in reduced energy bills in a
MON       surprisingly short time.
MON       But they also say that it simply won't get done until
MON       governments make it compulsory. Have the politicians got
MON       the bottle? Do the numbers really work? Tom Heap visits
MON       homes, offices and experts to ask whether payback time has
MON       arrived, who is footing the bill, and how much disruption
MON       it will mean at home, at work and at play.
MON       
MON       21:30 Children of the Olympic Bid b00mjrbs (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 1
MON       Peter White talks to the London youngsters who contributed
MON       to the bid to stage the 2012 Olympics.
MON       Peter catches up with promising athlete Jessica Manning,
MON       who, at the time of London's 2012 bid, was widely thought
MON       to be a real contender for the London games. But since
MON       then she has found it hard to commit to training,
MON       following a move with her family to Canada. However, she
MON       has just been selected to take part in the opening
MON       ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver in January
MON       2010 and is thrilled to see how preperations there have
MON       been going.
MON       Thomas Brown, a promising swimmer who narrowly missed out
MON       on competing in Beijing, is facing a make or break race
MON       for a place in the British swim squad. With everything
MON       resting on a selection event in Sheffield, he has to try
MON       and put his break-up with girlfriend Zaira behind him.
MON       Leisje has left the comfort of home for a scholarship
MON       sixth-form place at a specialist boarding school, where
MON       she hopes to boost her chances in the sport she loves.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00mjqd0 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00mjqmn (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00mjqp4 (Listen)
MON       Ordinary Thunderstorms, Episode 1
MON       David Holt reads from the thriller by William Boyd. Adam
MON       Kindred, a young scientist, loses everything and is
MON       pursued by the police and a ruthless hitman.
MON       When Adam Kindred tries to return some papers to a
MON       scientist he has met in a restaurant, he doesn't realise
MON       that his act of kindness is about to set off a train of
MON       events that will threaten his life.
MON       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00 With Great Pleasure b00ctlhk (Listen)
MON       Dominic Dromgoole
MON       Guest performers select their favourite pieces of writing.
MON       Dominic Dromgoole, artistic director of Shakespeare's
MON       Globe Theatre, where this programme is recorded, shares
MON       his passion for poetry and prose, without so much as a
MON       word by the Bard. Readers are Michelle Terry and John
MON       Light.
MON       
MON       23:30 Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico b00gd1t0 (Listen)
MON       Marc Riley tells the story of Christa Paffgen, the German
MON       model and actress who would become better known as Nico,
MON       the singer with influential 1960s rock band The Velvet
MON       Underground. Featuring interviews with her son Ari, her
MON       manager during her time in Manchester, Alan Wise, her
MON       biographer Richard Witts and John Cale, one of her
MON       colleagues in The Velvet Underground.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00mjlp4 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00mjn13 (Listen)
TUE       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 1
TUE       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
TUE       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
TUE       Quirky Python business, challenging railway journeys and
TUE       daughter Rachel is about to start school.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mjlqc (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00mjlww (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mjlrb (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00mjlzq (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00mjm1j (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Twaddle.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00mjm6m (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00mjmf5 (Listen)
TUE       With James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Including Sports
TUE       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 The House I Grew up In b00mk6dl (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Erin Pizzey
TUE       Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood
TUE       neighbourhoods of influential Britons.
TUE       Campaigner, author and founder of the women's refuge
TUE       movement, Erin Pizzey, explores her troubled childhood in
TUE       post-war Dorset.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 The Good Samaritan b00mk6dn (Listen)
TUE       Hassan's Story
TUE       Dominic Arkwright meets people who have lent a helping
TUE       hand, with varying consequences.
TUE       When a group of Jewish commuters were attacked on the New
TUE       York subway, a slightly-built accountancy student decided
TUE       it was time to act.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00mjmvc (Listen)
TUE       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 2
TUE       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
TUE       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
TUE       Bedroom frolics in The Missionary and a confusing scene at
TUE       the ear specialist, where life reflects comic art.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00mqg61 (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Liam.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 A River Runs Through It b00mk6dq (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Edward Stourton explores the Jordan, one of the most
TUE       powerfully symbolic rivers in the world.
TUE       Its unique mix of faith, politics and beauty has intrigued
TUE       and inspired writers and travellers from Biblical times to
TUE       the present day. In a region where water is said to be
TUE       more precious than oil, it is understandable that the
TUE       River Jordan has also, for centuries, been at the centre
TUE       of conflicts that have swept through the Middle East. But
TUE       that may now be starting to change, as Edward discovers
TUE       when he visits the Jordan valley.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 You're Entering The Twilight Zone b00mk6t9 (Listen)
TUE       Alan Dein explores the classic American television series
TUE       The Twilight Zone, as well as the life and imagination of
TUE       its creator, Rod Serling.
TUE       Fifty years ago, Serling ushered audiences into a new
TUE       realm of light and shadow. He had already electrified the
TUE       new medium of television with his powerful dramas and
TUE       their explorations of race, morality and capitalism, but
TUE       now he offered glimpses of American dreams and nightmares.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00mjn42 (Listen)
TUE       Call You and Yours
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00mjn5c (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00mjnb8 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Soul Music b00mk6tc (Listen)
TUE       Series 8, Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas
TUE       Tallis
TUE       Series exploring famous pieces of music and their
TUE       emotional appeal.
TUE       When Vaughan Williams wrote his Tallis Fantasia in 1910,
TUE       he changed the course of British music. Here at last was a
TUE       piece of music which was no longer under the Teutonic
TUE       influence, but which drew on old English hymn tunes and
TUE       folk idioms for its themes. As the string music builds to
TUE       a climax, interviewees tell how this music has brought
TUE       solace and hope in times of tragedy and changed the course
TUE       of their lives.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00mjnf1 (Listen)
TUE       The battle lines are drawn for Adam and Lynda.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00b1ny6 (Listen)
TUE       The Playwright and the Grammarian
TUE       Comedy by Marcy Kahan.
TUE       A playwright and a retired civil servant confront one
TUE       another over a Radio 4 microphone and go on to transform
TUE       eachother's lives, to the consternation of their best
TUE       friends.
TUE       Tricia Ketchworth ...... Penelope Wilton
TUE       Scarlet MacNamara ...... Alison Pettit
TUE       Moo ...... Carl Prekopp
TUE       Jasper ...... Malcolm Sinclair
TUE       Roger Bolton ...... Himself
TUE       Peter Donaldson ...... Himself
TUE       Directed by Gordon House.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00mk71b (Listen)
TUE       Wood is, according to many, one of the greenest fuels
TUE       available. If more trees are planted to replace those
TUE       burnt for heat then it has a very small carbon footprint.
TUE       Yet burning wood can also produce large amounts of noxious
TUE       smoke, some elements of which can cause major health
TUE       problems. So how can these two observations be reconciled?
TUE       Are we swapping low carbon for high pollution?
TUE       And what about aircraft contrails? They are visible from
TUE       almost all parts of the planet, so are they blocking out
TUE       sunlight and having an effect on global temperatures? Then
TUE       there's the story of acid rain: did it really go away?
TUE       Plus concerns over carbon capture and storage, and what
TUE       causes the mysterious lights reported during earthquakes?
TUE       On the panel are Dr Lynn Dicks, Ehsan Masood and Pro
TUE       Philip Stott, an environmental scientist from the
TUE       University of London. As always we want to hear your
TUE       comments on the topics discussed and any questions you
TUE       might want to put to future programmes.
TUE       Don't forget we want to hear your observations of House
TUE       Martins. Have they returned this year and when, and have
TUE       they bred successfully?
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00mk71d (Listen)
TUE       Agatha Christie's Mysterious Mr Quin, The Coming of Mr Quin
TUE       Martin Jarvis reads three stories written by Agatha
TUE       Christie in the 1920s featuring her personal favourite
TUE       character, the mysterious Mr Harley Quin.
TUE       Guests at a house party recall the unexpected suicide of
TUE       the previous owner. Then a mysterious stranger arrives, Mr
TUE       Quin, who throws new light on the case. But there is
TUE       another mystery - who is Mr Harley Quin himself?
TUE       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Inside The Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved
TUE       b00mkx5f (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the
TUE       Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this
TUE       mysterious area.
TUE       In 1948, British South American Airways flight Star Tiger
TUE       vanished into the Triangle, becoming one of its best-known
TUE       disappearances. But digging around for some long-neglected
TUE       facts, the mist begins to clear.
TUE       A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 From Abacus to Circle Time: A Short History of the
TUE       Primary S b00mk74t (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Education journalist Mike Baker traces the controversial
TUE       changes to the ways we have educated our youngest children
TUE       over the past 150 years, from the rigidity of the
TUE       Victorian age to the occasionally anarchic, experiential
TUE       learning of the progressive 1970s.
TUE       Mike explores the strict, no-nonsense Victorian schoolroom
TUE       and hears from former pupils about their experience of
TUE       primary schools from the 1930s to the 1960s, including
TUE       Baroness Shirley Williams, who recalls the poverty of her
TUE       fellow pupils in her London elementary shool in the 1930s.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00mk7rl (Listen)
TUE       Series 19, Miriam Makeba
TUE       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
TUE       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
TUE       Kate Humble discusses her heroine, the South African
TUE       singer and anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00mjpg7 (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 b00mjphq (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b00mk7rn (Listen)
TUE       Series 4, Episode 4
TUE       Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert
TUE       Webb, with Olivia Colman, James Bachman and Sarah Hadland.
TUE       Including a plea for donations to Britain's only sanctuary
TUE       for balloon animals, the heartbreaking story of a little
TUE       wooden boy who is ever so slightly annoying, and what to
TUE       do at work if you suspect you have a decadent colleague.
TUE       Plus a clip from the lazy writers' exciting new drama,
TUE       Thatcher: The Years They Haven't Done Yet.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00mjndg (Listen)
TUE       Lilian stands by her man at Court.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00mjpnk (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00mjpzp (Listen)
TUE       Liam, Mutual Trust
TUE       By Mike Bartlett. Charting the search for a ten-year-old
TUE       boy who goes missing in Sussex.
TUE       The police interview Liam's mother, then a report comes in
TUE       that Liam's bag has been found in some woods.
TUE       Inspector ...... Steve Hogan
TUE       Wife ...... Janice Acquah
TUE       Susan ...... Amanda Lawrence
TUE       Tony ...... Paul Rider
TUE       Directed by Claire Grove.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 Persuading Us to Be Good b00mk7rq (Listen)
TUE       Danny Finkelstein explores how and to what extent the
TUE       increasingly popular and important ideas of social
TUE       psychology and behavioural economics can be exploited to
TUE       make us behave better - to recycle more, conserve energy,
TUE       litter less, eat healthily, drink less, and turn up for
TUE       our medical appointments. It is becoming a more
TUE       significant issue, as the economic situation means that
TUE       politicians are looking for ways of achieving public
TUE       policy outcomes that do not cost a great deal of money.
TUE       The programme examines how these ideas are being
TUE       considered by David Cameron and George Osborne and
TUE       includes interviews with leading American thinkers whose
TUE       ideas are now spreading to Britain - Richard Thaler,
TUE       co-author of Nudge, who has been advising the Tories; and
TUE       Bob Cialdini, author of the best-selling book Influence,
TUE       who spoke at a seminar in Downing Street.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00mk7rs (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00mk7rv (Listen)
TUE       Dr Mark Porter finds out what the future holds for school
TUE       nurses. No longer searching for nits and handing out
TUE       plasters, school nurses now help children with complex
TUE       diseases cope in the classroom and give advice about
TUE       healthy lifestyles to children and families.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 The House I Grew up In b00mk6dl (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Erin Pizzey
TUE       Wendy Robbins presents a series revisiting the childhood
TUE       neighbourhoods of influential Britons.
TUE       Campaigner, author and founder of the women's refuge
TUE       movement, Erin Pizzey, explores her troubled childhood in
TUE       post-war Dorset.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00mjqbp (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00mjqd2 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00mjqmq (Listen)
TUE       Ordinary Thunderstorms, Episode 2
TUE       David Holt reads from the thriller by William Boyd. Adam
TUE       Kindred, a young scientist, loses everything and is
TUE       pursued by the police and a ruthless hitman.
TUE       After discovering Philip Wang dying in his flat, Adam has
TUE       fled the scene, aware that he has traces of the dead man's
TUE       blood on his clothes and that his fingerprints are on the
TUE       murder weapon.
TUE       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Heresy b00k8t4w (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 5
TUE       Victoria Coren chairs the programme which challenges
TUE       established ideas. Panellists are Dave Gorman, Jeremy
TUE       Hardy and Sue Perkins.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b007779x (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 1
TUE       Milton Jones bestrides the globe as an expert in his
TUE       field, with no ability whatsoever. This programme finds
TUE       him as a famous barrister who gets tangled up in the case
TUE       of the missing Bayeux Tapestry and the curse of the Da
TUE       Vinci Code.
TUE       Also starring Tom Goodman-Hill, Dave Lamb and Lucy
TUE       Montgomery.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00mjlp6 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00mjmvc (Listen)
WED       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 2
WED       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
WED       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
WED       Bedroom frolics in The Missionary and a confusing scene at
WED       the ear specialist, where life reflects comic art.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mjlqf (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00mjlwy (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mjlrd (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00mjlzs (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00mjm1l (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Twaddle.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00mjm6p (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00mjmf7 (Listen)
WED       With James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00mk82k (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00mjmvf (Listen)
WED       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 3
WED       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
WED       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
WED       Mother makes it big in America, grappling with Betty and a
WED       crucial meeting with George Harrison.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00mqg63 (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Liam.
WED       
WED       11:00 A River Runs Through It b00mk82m (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Edward Stourton explores the Jordan, one of the most
WED       powerfully symbolic rivers in the world.
WED       Edward reaches the end of his journey. The Jordan flows
WED       into the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth. But by the
WED       time it gets there the Jordan is a sad shadow of what it
WED       once was. So diminished, in fact, that it raises a
WED       paradoxical question - is the Dead Sea dying?
WED       
WED       11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b008m5xj (Listen)
WED       Series 2, The King's Kilt
WED       Series of comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
WED       By Rona Munro.
WED       A recalcitrant Highland kilt maker is faced with the task
WED       of producing a garment for George IV to wear on his first
WED       visit to Edinburgh in 1822.
WED       Donald Nicholson ...... Stanley Baxter
WED       Walt Silver ...... John Guerrasio
WED       Miss/Mistress MacEvoy ...... Alison Peebles
WED       Sir Walter Scott ...... Gordon Kennedy
WED       Directed by Marilyn Imrie
WED       A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00mjn44 (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00mjn5f (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00mjnbb (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00mk89q (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00mjndg (Listen)
WED       Lilian stands by her man at Court.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b007s76s (Listen)
WED       Brief Lives - Series 1, Episode 3
WED       Series by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly, set in a Manchester
WED       legal practice.
WED       Ben defends a suspected wife beater, to Sarah's annoyance.
WED       Frank ...... David Schofield
WED       DeeDee ...... Denise Welch
WED       Ben ...... Kwame Kwei Armah
WED       Sarah ...... Gina Bellman
WED       Debbie ...... Emma Atkins
WED       Scott ...... Mark Chatterton
WED       Armstrong/Townsend ...... Jeff Hordley
WED       DS Sandra Morgan ...... Becky Hindley
WED       Music by Carl Harms.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00mkbyg (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on
WED       financial issues.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00mp4fv (Listen)
WED       Agatha Christie's Mysterious Mr Quin, The Soul of the
WED       Croupier
WED       Martin Jarvis reads three stories written by Agatha
WED       Christie in the 1920s featuring her personal favourite
WED       character, the mysterious Mr Harley Quin.
WED       Can Mr Quin assist his friend Satterthwaite to solve a
WED       conundrum concerning a beautiful Countess and a brash
WED       young American, amid the roulette tables of Monte Carlo?
WED       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       15:45 Inside The Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved
WED       b00mkx4n (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the
WED       Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this
WED       mysterious area.
WED       Tom visits Lloyds Register in London to fathom two of the
WED       Triangle's most enduring maritime mysteries. The files
WED       reveal that they were not inexplicable events, but
WED       entirely predictable and tragic accidents.
WED       A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00mkbyj (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00mk7rv (Listen)
WED       Dr Mark Porter finds out what the future holds for school
WED       nurses. No longer searching for nits and handing out
WED       plasters, school nurses now help children with complex
WED       diseases cope in the classroom and give advice about
WED       healthy lifestyles to children and families.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00mjpg9 (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 b00mjphs (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 Chain Reaction b00mkbyl (Listen)
WED       Series 5, Eddie Izzard
WED       Chat show in which a previous week's interviewee becomes
WED       this week's interviewer.
WED       Frank Skinner interviews Eddie Izzard, asking him about
WED       performing up lamp-posts, the secret to improvising and
WED       (literally) breaking in to Hollywood.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00mjndj (Listen)
WED       Wayne endears himself to the locals.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00mjpnm (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00mjpzr (Listen)
WED       Liam, Caveman
WED       By Mike Bartlett. Charting the search for a ten-year-old
WED       boy who goes missing in Sussex.
WED       Liam's mother breaks down at a press conference. His
WED       father secretly blames her for Liam's disappearance.
WED       Liam ...... Ryan Watson
WED       Susan ...... Amanda Lawrence
WED       Tony ...... Paul Rider
WED       Inspector ...... Steve Hogan
WED       Justin ...... Matt Addis
WED       Directed by Claire Grove.
WED       
WED       20:00 Iconoclasts b00mkbyn (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Episode 2
WED       Edward Stourton chairs a discussion series in which guests
WED       set out their strong views on a subject, before being
WED       challenged by a panel of experts.
WED       Kenyan economist James Shikwati argues that aid to
WED       developing countries does more harm than good. He says
WED       that aid promotes corruption and complacency, damages
WED       local economies and teaches people to be beggars.
WED       
WED       20:45 Scotland's Colony b00mkbyq (Listen)
WED       Iain MacWhirter investigates why the Scottish government
WED       has gone beyond its remit to set up a strong international
WED       development policy with Malawi, the country stumbled upon
WED       by David Livingstone 150 years ago.
WED       
WED       21:00 Nature b00mkbys (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Mud, Birds and Tides: The Severn Estuary
WED       The Severn Estuary is the largest, muddiest and most
WED       dynamic estuary in Britain, and thousands of birds use it
WED       every year as a stopping-off point on their migrations to
WED       and from Africa. Other migrants, including butterflies and
WED       fish, make use of it, too.
WED       In fact, as Chris Sperring discovers, the Severn Estuary
WED       is a vital nursery ground for some of our most
WED       commonly-eaten marine fish; tiny sea bass make it as far
WED       as Gloucester before heading off back to sea.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00mk82k (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00mjqbr (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00mjqd4 (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
WED       Shah.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00mjqms (Listen)
WED       Ordinary Thunderstorms, Episode 3
WED       David Holt reads from the thriller by William Boyd. Adam
WED       Kindred, a young scientist, loses everything and is
WED       pursued by the police and a ruthless hitman.
WED       Having discovered that the man he is wrongly suspected of
WED       murdering was involved with a research project at St
WED       Botolph's Hospital, Adam decides to pay a visit.
WED       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00 Cowards b007d5bl (Listen)
WED       Series 1, Episode 4
WED       Sketch comedy from Tom Basden, Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key
WED       and Lloyd Woolf.
WED       
WED       23:30 A Charles Paris Mystery: Dead Side of The Mic
WED       b00fzw4v (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Dramatised by Jeremy Front from the novel by Simon Brett.
WED       Charles has a chance meeting with Charlotte Green.
WED       Charles Paris ...... Bill Nighy
WED       Frances Paris ...... Suzanne Burden
WED       Juliet Paris ...... Tilly Gaunt
WED       Maurice ...... Jon Glover
WED       Tom McLeish ...... Nicky Henson
WED       Steph Kennett ...... Emily Raymond
WED       Edwin Palmer ...... Chris Pavlo
WED       Charlotte Green ...... Herself
WED       Jamie ...... Alex Lanipekun
WED       Nick/Train Driver ...... Dan Starkey
WED       Kasia/Beth ...... Jill Cardo
WED       Verity ...... Donnla Hughes
WED       Directed by Sally Avens.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00mjlp8 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00mjmvf (Listen)
THU       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 3
THU       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
THU       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
THU       Mother makes it big in America, grappling with Betty and a
THU       crucial meeting with George Harrison.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mjlqh (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00mjlx0 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mjlrg (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00mjlzv (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00mjm1n (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Twaddle.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00mjm6r (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00mjmf9 (Listen)
THU       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
THU       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00mkd63 (Listen)
THU       St Thomas Aquinas
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas, the
THU       Catholic Church's foremost western philosopher and
THU       theologian.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00mjmvh (Listen)
THU       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 4
THU       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
THU       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
THU       Michael's fond recollections of his sister, Angela, and
THU       the germ of A Fish Called Wanda.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00mqg65 (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Liam.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00mkgmz (Listen)
THU       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
THU       stories behind the headlines.
THU       
THU       11:30 The A-Z of Dr Johnson: Words, Words, Words b00mkgn1 (Listen)
THU       Comedian Sue Perkins explores the house of Dr Johnson,
THU       author of the great English dictionary, which would set
THU       the standard for all future dictionaries and yet still led
THU       to his being sent to debtor's prison.
THU       The towering figure of Dr Johnson has dominated the
THU       classification of English. The publication in 1755 of his
THU       dictionary has traditionally been seen as the starting
THU       point of the defining of our language, but this was by no
THU       means the first dictionary.
THU       Sue gets her hands on a precious first edition of the
THU       Johnson's Dictionary and, along with biographer Henry
THU       Hitchens, meets the editor of the Oxford English
THU       Dictionary, John Simpson, to find out how Johnson set
THU       about his monumental task, which he completed in just nine
THU       years. Sue also visits the British Library in the company
THU       of antiquarian book seller Karen Thomson, who gives her a
THU       whirlwind tour of our earliest dictionaries, with all
THU       their attendant quirks and oddities.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00mjn46 (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00mjn5h (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00mjnbd (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Costing the Earth b00mk5xc (Listen)
THU       Buildings
THU       The places where we live and work account for well over a
THU       third of the energy the world uses - our homes, offices,
THU       cinemas and sports centres are a much bigger problem for
THU       the planet than cars, lorries, planes and ships. Does that
THU       mean we can fly as much as we like as long as we sort out
THU       the problems on the ground? Tom Heap investigates.
THU       A recent report backed by some of the world's leading
THU       corporations identified buildings as major contributors to
THU       problems of climate change. The even worse news is that
THU       most of the homes, offices and public buildings that will
THU       be standing in the middle of the century have already been
THU       built, so they will have to be expensively adapted if they
THU       are to be made green enough to meet even modest
THU       energy-saving targets. The business leaders behind the
THU       report have said that although the work is expensive, it
THU       will pay for itself in reduced energy bills in a
THU       surprisingly short time.
THU       But they also say that it simply won't get done until
THU       governments make it compulsory. Have the politicians got
THU       the bottle? Do the numbers really work? Tom Heap visits
THU       homes, offices and experts to ask whether payback time has
THU       arrived, who is footing the bill, and how much disruption
THU       it will mean at home, at work and at play.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00mjndj (Listen)
THU       Wayne endears himself to the locals.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00mkh7z (Listen)
THU       Ruminations upon Mortality
THU       By Nigel Baldwin. When a prominent Bishop's private life
THU       is suddenly in the tabloids, his psychiatrist knows that
THU       the blame lies with his vengeful daughter. But whom is she
THU       taking vengeance on, and why?
THU       Phil Gilpin ...... Roger Lloyd Pack
THU       Francis Hargreaves ...... Philip Jackson
THU       Helen Gilpin ...... Lizzy Watts
THU       Gunter ...... Orlando James
THU       Fritz ...... Michael Shelford
THU       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00mj3xq (Listen)
THU       Haweswater
THU       The village of Mardale was flooded in 1935 to create
THU       Haweswater reservoir to provide for the needs of
THU       Manchester. When water levels are really low the walls of
THU       Mardale reappear. Helen Mark meets Booker-nominated
THU       novelist Sarah Hall to talk about the power the landscape
THU       has had on her writing, including her first novel,
THU       Haweswater.
THU       Helen joins Ian Winfield from the Centre for Hydrology and
THU       Ecology as his team count the fish in the lake using
THU       hydroacoustic equipment. Haweswater is now managed to
THU       protect the rare Shelley and Arctic Char which are found
THU       in its waters. John Gorst from United Utilities explains
THU       that the fish are recovering in numbers since it was
THU       realised that low lake levels in summer were having a
THU       detrimental effect on their ability to breed.
THU       Helen also meets Spike Webb from the RSPB in the only
THU       valley in England which is a permanent home to a golden
THU       eagle.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00mjjv7 (Listen)
THU       Epilepsy Research
THU       Rabbi Lionel Blue appeals on behalf of Epilepsy Research.
THU       Donations to Epilepsy Research UK should be sent to
THU       FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
THU       envelope Epilepsy Research UK. Credit cards: Freephone
THU       0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide
THU       Epilepsy Research UK with your full name and address so
THU       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online
THU       and phone donation facilities are not currently available
THU       to listeners without a UK postcode.
THU       Registered Charity No: 1100394.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00mp4fj (Listen)
THU       Agatha Christie's Mysterious Mr Quin, At the Bells and
THU       Motley
THU       Martin Jarvis reads three stories written by Agatha
THU       Christie in the 1920s featuring her personal favourite
THU       character, the mysterious Mr Harley Quin.
THU       Mr Satterthwaite encounters Mr Quin at a country inn. Quin
THU       invites his friend to re-examine the strange case of a
THU       wealthy young local woman and her new husband's
THU       disappearance. Was it murder, or is there some other game
THU       afoot?
THU       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       15:45 Inside The Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved
THU       b00mkx4q (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the
THU       Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this
THU       mysterious area.
THU       Tom meets the most recent of the many Bermuda Triangle
THU       authors who have perpetuated the myth since the 1950s, and
THU       puts his ideas and theories to the test.
THU       A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00mjklk (Listen)
THU       Mariella Frostrup talks to novelist William Boyd about his
THU       latest book, Ordinary Thunderstorms. In an extended
THU       interview, he looks back at a career which now includes 11
THU       novels, and discusses his interest in biography, both real
THU       and imagined.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00mkz8y (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper and guests dissect the week's science.
THU       As international negotiations approach for the replacement
THU       for the Kyoto climate protocol, it is a sobering thought
THU       that the greatest reduction in greenhouse gases comes from
THU       a completely different treaty. The Montreal Protocol,
THU       which came into force 20 years ago to protect the ozone
THU       layer, also managed to remove huge quantities of
THU       heat-trapping CFC gases from the atmosphere.
THU       To mark World Ozone Day, Quentin Cooper examines the
THU       lessons from this most successful of environmental
THU       treaties.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00mjpgc (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 b00mjphv (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Electric Ink b00lc7f6 (Listen)
THU       Episode 5
THU       Satirical comedy by Alistair Beaton. Old hacks meet new
THU       media in the newspaper industry.
THU       While Freddy introduces buzzwords to the paper, Maddox
THU       uncovers a top story about the PM. But will it be
THU       suppressed?
THU       Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
THU       Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
THU       Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
THU       Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
THU       Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
THU       Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
THU       PM's Wife ...... Janice Acquah
THU       With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00mjndl (Listen)
THU       Emma indulges in some possessive parenting.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00mjpnp (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00mjpzt (Listen)
THU       Liam, The Truth
THU       By Mike Bartlett. Charting the search for a ten-year-old
THU       boy who goes missing in Sussex.
THU       As the nationwide search for Liam intensifies, his father
THU       lashes out at a journalist.
THU       Justin ...... Matt Addis
THU       Tony ...... Paul Rider
THU       Flatmate ...... Benedict Sandiford
THU       Directed by Claire Grove.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00mkz90 (Listen)
THU       As the Conservatives intensify their campaign to highlight
THU       what they describe as 'broken Britain', Phil Mackie
THU       travels to Birmingham to examine the reality on the ground.
THU       The government says it has been reducing unemployment and
THU       improving the lot of the country's poorest communities.
THU       The Tories, however, accuse the government of failing to
THU       tackle long-term unemployment and deliberately attempting
THU       to hide the true scale of the problem.
THU       In at least one district in Birmingham, four out of five
THU       people of working age are without a job, and that picture
THU       is set to worsen with the economy deep in recession.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00ml2r3 (Listen)
THU       Hard to Credit
THU       Smaller businesses are still struggling to cope with the
THU       impact of the credit crunch as banks stay tough on their
THU       customers and vital trade insurance is hard to get, as
THU       Peter Day reports.
THU       
THU       21:00 Leading Edge b00ml2r5 (Listen)
THU       Geoff Watts talks to anthropologist Prof Tim Ingold, who
THU       has lived with reindeer herders in Lapland, and is now
THU       working with artists and designers to discover how to live
THU       truly sustainable lives.
THU       According to Ingold, design can change our relationship
THU       with our environment. Central to understanding that
THU       relationship, he says, is anthropology.
THU       He lived for several years with reindeer herders in
THU       Lapland, studying their relationship with animals and
THU       nature. Fascinated by how people make their place in their
THU       environment, he then worked with artists, architects and
THU       even hillwalkers to study how they learned through their
THU       daily activities, improvising along the way. This led to
THU       his rather curious latest passion, lines - the lines we
THU       draw, the paths we walk, the threads we weave, and even
THU       the storylines we tell.
THU       He talks about what enthuses him about anthropology, the
THU       study of the culture and practices of people at all times
THU       and in all places. Is it a true science, or an arts and
THU       humanities discipline? What about the 'sideways glance' he
THU       says that every anthropologist needs, 'questioning the
THU       taken-for-granted, making the familiar strange and the
THU       strange familiar'?
THU       Ingold has just launched a new project in Glasgow called
THU       Designing Environments for Life. This brings together
THU       anthropologists, architects, artists and designers to
THU       bridge the gap between our familiar everyday environments
THU       and the abstract 'environment' of government-speak and
THU       global warming messages. If they can convince us that they
THU       are one and the same, we might manage a more sustainable
THU       life.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00mkd63 (Listen)
THU       St Thomas Aquinas
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas, the
THU       Catholic Church's foremost western philosopher and
THU       theologian.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00mjqbt (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00mjqd6 (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00mjqmv (Listen)
THU       Ordinary Thunderstorms, Episode 4
THU       David Holt reads from the thriller by William Boyd. Adam
THU       Kindred, a young scientist, loses everything and is
THU       pursued by the police and a ruthless hitman.
THU       Adam is lying low, suspected of murdering the scientist
THU       Philip Wang. But it is not only the police who want to
THU       find him, the real killer is also onto his trail.
THU       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00f06vr (Listen)
THU       Series 1, Esther Rantzen
THU       Marcus Brigstocke invites Esther Rantzen to try new
THU       experiences.
THU       
THU       23:30 Jon Ronson On b00db64g (Listen)
THU       Series 4, States of Mind
THU       Jon Ronson looks at how we all exist in different states
THU       of reality, according to the balance of our minds.
THU       He talks to ex-Labour spin doctor and psychoanalyst Derek
THU       Draper about the sociopathic behaviour in Parliament. Jon
THU       also interviews the ex-Norwegian prime minister who
THU       resigned after announcing he was depressed and who later
THU       went on to be re-elected.
THU       There is also an update on a previous story involving
THU       ex-MI5 officer David Shayler, who announced he is the
THU       Messiah and invites Jon along to his first press
THU       conference.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00mjlpb (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00mjmvh (Listen)
FRI       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 4
FRI       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
FRI       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
FRI       Michael's fond recollections of his sister, Angela, and
FRI       the germ of A Fish Called Wanda.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00mjlqk (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00mjlx2 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00mjlrj (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00mjlzx (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00mjm1q (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Alison Twaddle.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00mjm6t (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00mjmfc (Listen)
FRI       With Sarah Montague and Justin Webb. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 The Reunion b00mjk5l (Listen)
FRI       Nelson Mandela Release
FRI       Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group
FRI       of people intimately involved in a moment of modern
FRI       history.
FRI       Sue gathers together the core negotiators and key
FRI       campaigners involved in the secret talks which ultimately
FRI       led to the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990
FRI       and the end of the apartheid regime in South Africa.
FRI       She is joined by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who led the Free
FRI       Mandela Campaign throughout the 1980s; Dr Niel Barnard,
FRI       who was the head of South Africa's National Intelligence
FRI       Service and who had dozens of clandestine meetings with
FRI       Mandela; Professor Willie Esterhuyse, an Afrikaner
FRI       academic who liaised between the government and the ANC;
FRI       Aziz Pahad, who was a core member of the ANC and led many
FRI       of its delegations; former President Thabo Mbeki, who was
FRI       a lead negotiator for the ANC; and journalist and
FRI       political commentator Allister Sparks, who chronicled the
FRI       negotiations in a revealing book.
FRI       Former President FW de Klerk also contributes to the
FRI       programme, describing the surprise that he and other
FRI       cabinet figures felt when they learnt of the years of
FRI       secret meetings.
FRI       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00mjmvk (Listen)
FRI       Halfway to Hollywood, Episode 5
FRI       Michael Palin reads from his second volume of memoirs,
FRI       covering his film work and family life in the 1980s.
FRI       Lots of kissing, the rushes look good, and a career swerve
FRI       into world travel beckons.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00mqg67 (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Liam.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 The Men with the Golden Feet b00mlvvg (Listen)
FRI       Jim White speaks to present and former professional
FRI       footballers about the money they earn and the choices they
FRI       face with what to do with it.
FRI       A Fabian Society report on attitudes to pay has revealed
FRI       that the public thought footballers were the least
FRI       deserving of their wealth. A footballer starting his
FRI       career in the Premier League today, assuming he is lucky
FRI       enough to play for ten years, could expect to earn at
FRI       least 15 million pounds and probably a lot more, and the
FRI       money sloshing around in the game shows no sign of
FRI       diminishing.
FRI       Today, footballers are retiring with capital, not savings,
FRI       but what are they doing with it? Are they in any shape to
FRI       make sensible decisions about how they use their wealth?
FRI       And who else is gaining?
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Pickerskill Reports b00mlw59 (Listen)
FRI       Crispin Biggerstaffe
FRI       By Andrew McGibbon. Dr Henry Pickerskill, the
FRI       highly-respected, now retired, English master of
FRI       Haunchurst School for boys, looks back on his favourite
FRI       pupils and their fortunes in the adult world based on
FRI       school reports and their letters to him after they left.
FRI       Pickerskill is forced by the warden, ARF
FRI       Somerset-Stephenson, to intercept intimate letters left
FRI       carelessly by a lovesick pupil, as they threaten to expose
FRI       and embarrass the boy's father, a well-known Conservative
FRI       MP.
FRI       Dr Henry Pickerskill ...... Ian McDiarmid
FRI       Crispin Biggerstaffe ...... James Rowland
FRI       ARF Somerset-Stephenson ...... Mike Sarne
FRI       Chadwick ...... Tom Kane
FRI       Calman ...... Williams
FRI       Mrs Pickerskill/Bernadette Feane ...... Abigail Hollick
FRI       Directed by Andrew McGibbon
FRI       A Curtains for Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00mjn48 (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00mjn5k (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00mjnbg (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00mlxfh (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00mjndl (Listen)
FRI       Emma indulges in some possessive parenting.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00mlxfk (Listen)
FRI       The Milk Race
FRI       Comedy by Mark Tuohy.
FRI       Two west London milkmen race each other to Bognor Pier in
FRI       their milk floats to decide which of them wins exclusive
FRI       rights to their local round.
FRI       Declan ...... Ivan Kaye
FRI       Indarjit ...... Amarjit Bassan
FRI       Kay ...... Kate Binchy
FRI       Roisin ...... Mairead Conneely
FRI       Kiran ...... Melissa Advani
FRI       Farmer ...... Stephen Hogan
FRI       Fox Man ...... David Hargreaves
FRI       Landlady ...... Kate Layden
FRI       Other parts played by Piers Wehner, Rhys Jennings, Tessa
FRI       Nicholson and Emerald O'Hanrahan.
FRI       Directed by Toby Swift.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00mlxfm (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer
FRI       questions posed at the annual Gardeners' Question Time
FRI       Summer Garden Party, which is held at the programme's
FRI       northern garden at RHS Harlow Carr in Yorkshire.
FRI       Set against the hustle and bustle of this all-day event,
FRI       Peter Gibbs offers an expert's guide to running a DIY
FRI       weather station, and Bob Flowerdew faces his very own
FRI       scrapheap challenge - in the process, he grants an old
FRI       bicycle a new lease of life. Listeners are able to extend
FRI       their plant collection at the GQT Plant Swap Shop and seek
FRI       expert advice at Pippa Greenwood's pest and diseases
FRI       clinic.
FRI       Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Inside The Bermuda Triangle: The Mysteries Solved
FRI       b00mkx4s (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Investigative journalist Tom Mangold journeys inside the
FRI       Bermuda Triangle to try to get to the truth about this
FRI       mysterious area.
FRI       Tom's scepticism is challenged by a pilot whose experience
FRI       in the Triangle suggests that something strange may, in
FRI       fact, be out there.
FRI       A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00mlxfp (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 b00mlxfr (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock interviews actor Paul Bettany and director
FRI       Sam Mendes about their latest projects.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00mjpgf (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 b00mjphx (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 I Guess That's Why They Call It The News b00mlxft (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Fred MacAulay chairs a topical panel show in which two
FRI       teams play games inspired by the week's headlines. The
FRI       show asks both the big and the little questions, and
FRI       provides thoroughly silly answers to both. With Will
FRI       Smith, Paul Sinha and Sarah Millican.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00mjndn (Listen)
FRI       Sid strikes while the iron's hot at the Bull.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00mjpnr (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00mjpzw (Listen)
FRI       Liam, Pets
FRI       By Mike Bartlett. Charting the search for a ten-year-old
FRI       boy who goes missing in Sussex.
FRI       Reports come in that missing Liam has been found. Police
FRI       question a teenage girl.
FRI       Becky ...... Lizzy Watts
FRI       Liam ...... Ryan Watson
FRI       Susan ...... Amanda Lawrence
FRI       Tony ...... Paul Rider
FRI       Inspector ...... Steve Hogan
FRI       Directed by Claire Grove.
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FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00mlxpr (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Ashbourne
FRI       in Derbyshire. The panellists are Shadow Secretary of
FRI       State for Defence Liam Fox, former cabinet minister
FRI       Margaret Beckett, broadcaster Saira Khan and Julia Unwin,
FRI       chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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FRI       20:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00mlxpv (Listen)
FRI       Bird's Nest Soup
FRI       Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural
FRI       histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
FRI       Filming the birds that make the nests of saliva so prized
FRI       by Chinese gourmet chefs in the total darkness of a Borneo
FRI       cave proved difficult, until a conical mound of bat guano
FRI       provided a natural platform.
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FRI       21:00 Saturday Play b00fjd0n (Listen)
FRI       Murder Every Monday
FRI       Mark Gatiss' adaptation of Pamela Branch's comedy.
FRI       Asterisk Club founder Clifford Flush hasn't murdered
FRI       anyone for years, but when the urge comes on him to bump
FRI       off his bridge partner, he and the rest of the Club are
FRI       forced to leave London in a hurry. Once out of harm's way
FRI       in the rural hamlet of Krunte Abbas, they acquire
FRI       dilapidated Dankry Manor, where they establish themselves
FRI       as 'homicide consultants'.
FRI       Armitage/Paget ...... Simon Williams
FRI       Clifford Flush ...... John Castle
FRI       Mrs Barratt ...... Barbara Kirby
FRI       Colonel Quincey ...... Graham Crowden
FRI       Creaker ...... David Ryall
FRI       Cyril Revere ...... Mark Gatiss
FRI       Chloe Carlisle ...... Stephanie Beacham
FRI       Manelli ...... Mark Benton
FRI       Bill Thurlow ...... Ian Hallard
FRI       Dina Parrish ...... Cal Jaggers.
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FRI       21:58 Weather b00mjqbx (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00mjqd8 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00mjqmx (Listen)
FRI       Ordinary Thunderstorms, Episode 5
FRI       David Holt reads from the thriller by William Boyd. Adam
FRI       Kindred, a young scientist, loses everything and is
FRI       pursued by the police and a ruthless hitman.
FRI       Reduced to begging for coppers and depressed at the way
FRI       his life has turned out, Adam decides to seek some
FRI       friendly human contact.
FRI       A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4.
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FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00mk7rl (Listen)
FRI       Series 19, Miriam Makeba
FRI       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
FRI       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
FRI       Kate Humble discusses her heroine, the South African
FRI       singer and anti-apartheid activist, Miriam Makeba.
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FRI       23:30 Listen Against b00ft3nq (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Episode 4
FRI       Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes take a satirical look back
FRI       over the past week of radio.
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