Radio 4 Listings for Week Beginning 07/02/2009

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