Radio 4 Listings for 21/03/2009 - 27/03/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00j58y1 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00j7lyd (Listen)
SAT       A View from the Foothills, Episode 5
SAT       Sam Dale reads an adaptation of the diary kept by Chris
SAT       Mullin during his time as a minister in the New Labour
SAT       government.
SAT       It is May 2005 and Chris leaves the Foreign Office with
SAT       his future unclear.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j58y3 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j58y5 (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j58y7 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00j58y9 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j58yc (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00j58yf (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00j58yh (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00j5gp2 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00j5gp4 (Listen)
SAT       Countryside magazine. Caz Graham joins the tenth
SAT       anniversary celebrations of Keswick's Theatre by the Lake,
SAT       which has inspired a revival of Cumbria's literary
SAT       heritage.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today This Week b00j5gp6 (Listen)
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00j5gp8 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00j5gpb (Listen)
SAT       21 March 2009: 0600-0748
SAT       With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
SAT       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       07:48 Thought for the Day b00jd7xh (Listen)
SAT       With Catherine Pepinster.
SAT       
SAT       07:51 Today b00jd8dy (Listen)
SAT       21 March 2009: 0751-0900
SAT       With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
SAT       Desk, Weather, Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00j5gpd (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Clare Balding is joined by Sandra
SAT       Howard - novelist, former model and wife of the former
SAT       Conservative leader, Michael. Plus poetry from Murray
SAT       Lachlan Young.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00j5gpg (Listen)
SAT       Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and
SAT       joys of travel.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Music to Drive to b00j5gpj (Listen)
SAT       James May explores the idea that listening to music while
SAT       driving can change lives.
SAT       Is the car's principle purpose to get us from A to B, or
SAT       is it actually more important as a giant mobile hi-fi? A
SAT       place where we can create our own private version of the
SAT       Albert Hall or Wembley Arena? James hears from people
SAT       about how music in the car has had an impact on their
SAT       journeys and sometimes their subsequent lives.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00j5gpl (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve
SAT       Richards.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00j5gpn (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00j5h4v (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00j58sh (Listen)
SAT       Series 26, Episode 3
SAT       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
SAT       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
SAT       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Paul Sinha.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00j5h4x (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00j5h4z (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00j58sk (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London.
SAT       Panellists are Mayor of London Boris Johnson, employment
SAT       minister Tony McNulty, director of the Human Fertilisation
SAT       and Embryology Authority Professor Lisa Jardine and the
SAT       Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00j5h51 (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 b00j5h53 (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Ripley, The Boy Who Followed Ripley
SAT       Fourth in a series of five plays based on the novels by
SAT       Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley.
SAT       A rich young man arrives at Belle Ombre and he and Tom end
SAT       up having to fight for their lives in sexually ambiguous,
SAT       underworld Berlin.
SAT       Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart
SAT       Frank Pierson ...... Nicholas Hoult
SAT       Heloise ...... Helen Longworth
SAT       Lily Pierson ...... Janice Acquah
SAT       Reeves Minot ...... Paul Rider
SAT       Eric Lanz ...... Jonathan Tafler
SAT       Ralph Thurlow ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Max ...... Matt Addis
SAT       Directed by Steven Canny and Claire Grove.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j492t (Listen)
SAT       Series 7, Fats Waller
SAT       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
SAT       Century.
SAT       Fats Waller is most familiar to some as a comic singer,
SAT       but he was also a skilled jazz pianist. His father had
SAT       wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a
SAT       minister. But the keyboard skills that Fats learned while
SAT       playing the organ at church services were instead
SAT       transferred to theatres and cabaret clubs, where he
SAT       accompanied the likes of Bessie Smith as well as playing
SAT       his own solos.
SAT       Ken is joined by singer Gwyneth Herbert, who talks about
SAT       her love of Waller's music.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00j5h55 (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey. Including reports on a student branch of the
SAT       WI, women in EU politics, Eurovision song contest
SAT       controversy in Israel, saying 'I love you' and a
SAT       performance from singer Melody Gardot.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00j5h57 (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula
SAT       Shah, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 Bottom Line b00j5h59 (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis presents the business magazine. The stock
SAT       markets have crashed, risen and then crashed again. It has
SAT       been a tough year for shareholders and pension owners
SAT       alike, but how does it affect companies and the people who
SAT       run them? Evan talks to the bosses of confectionary giant
SAT       Cadbury and insurance group Aviva to find out what they do
SAT       when their market value plunges. He also quizzes them
SAT       about compliance, the dreaded word that is on the lips of
SAT       everyone in business.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00j5h5c (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00j5h5f (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j5h5h (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00j5h5k (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation,
SAT       comedy and music.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00j5h5m (Listen)
SAT       Sir Liam Donaldson
SAT       Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief
SAT       Medical Officer of England. He has said that Britain is
SAT       blighted by 'passive drinking' and caused uproar by
SAT       proposing minimum pricing for alcohol in an effort to
SAT       change the country's binge drinking culture. To many
SAT       Donaldson is a visionary, driven to improve the health of
SAT       the nation, but some others accuse him of meddling in
SAT       people's lifestyle choices.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00j5h5p (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights, including Jonathan Littell's controversial
SAT       novel The Kindly Ones, the fictional memoir of an SS man.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00j5hxf (Listen)
SAT       Tell Me A StoryCorps
SAT       Writer Simon Garfield tells the tale of StoryCorps, the
SAT       project created in the US in 2003 by radio producer David
SAT       Isay which has seen thousands of ordinary Americans enter
SAT       Storybooths to record their responses to the simple
SAT       question, 'Tell me about your life'.
SAT       Simon compares StoryCorps with traditional oral history
SAT       and asks if, that now we all possess the means to record
SAT       our lives, those recordings are still of value and worth
SAT       keeping.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00j2j2g (Listen)
SAT       Sunset Song, Episode 1
SAT       Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis
SAT       Grassic Gibbon, set in north-east Scotland before and
SAT       during the First World War.
SAT       Chris Guthrie is torn between her love of the land and her
SAT       ambition to become a teacher. As Chris' domineering father
SAT       struggles with the harshness of the land, her mother's
SAT       fear of childbirth leads her to despair.
SAT       Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart
SAT       John Guthrie ...... Liam Brennan
SAT       Jean Guthrie ...... Bridget McCann
SAT       Will Guthrie ...... Gordon Brandie
SAT       Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton
SAT       Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac
SAT       Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell
SAT       Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price
SAT       Margot Strachan ...... Sally Reid
SAT       Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog
SAT       Directed by David Ian Neville.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00j5hxh (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Decision Time b00j4hk4 (Listen)
SAT       The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on
SAT       the process by which controversial decisions are reached
SAT       behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside
SAT       experts, he examines the problems that future governments
SAT       will face and hear the arguments about how they might be
SAT       resolved.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Counterpoint b00j3vct (Listen)
SAT       Series 23, Episode 2
SAT       Paul Gambaccini chairs the second heat of the music quiz
SAT       from Manchester, with contestants from Yorkshire,
SAT       Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Paul puts the questions to
SAT       amateur music lovers Gordon Balmforth from Huddersfield,
SAT       Richard Grothusen from Thornton Cleveleys and Chris
SAT       Stanley from Nottingham.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A Reluctant Beat b00j2jkc (Listen)
SAT       A celebration of the 90th birthday of poet, publisher and
SAT       City Lights Bookstore co-founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a
SAT       key figure in the literary scene of 1950s San Francisco
SAT       and the development of the Beat movement.
SAT       Featuring new interviews and readings from Ferlinghetti
SAT       himself, including from his most recent work, Poetry as
SAT       Insurgent Art.
SAT       
SAT       
SUN       SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00j5kc4 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Lent Talks b00j4hk6 (Listen)
SUN       Does God Make Mistakes?
SUN       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
SUN       from their own perspective.
SUN       Sister Frances Dominica, founder and trustee of Helen and
SUN       Douglas House hospice, reflects on her experiences
SUN       alongside children and their families.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5kc6 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5kc8 (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5kcb (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00j5kcd (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00j5kcg (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Eadburgha in Ebrington,
SUN       Gloucestershire.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00j5h5m (Listen)
SUN       Sir Liam Donaldson
SUN       Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief
SUN       Medical Officer of England. He has said that Britain is
SUN       blighted by 'passive drinking' and caused uproar by
SUN       proposing minimum pricing for alcohol in an effort to
SUN       change the country's binge drinking culture. To many
SUN       Donaldson is a visionary, driven to improve the health of
SUN       the nation, but some others accuse him of meddling in
SUN       people's lifestyle choices.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00j5kcj (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00j5kcl (Listen)
SUN       Mothering Sunday
SUN       Madeleine Bunting explores the delights, dilemmas and
SUN       dangers of modern parenting.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00j5kcn (Listen)
SUN       Chris Impey visits pig farmer and restaurant owner Sally
SUN       Jackson in north Lincolnshire, who is abandoning her
SUN       organic status after 10 years. Sally has built up a
SUN       successful business over the last decade, but says the
SUN       cost of feed means that she can no longer afford to farm
SUN       organically.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00j5kcq (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00j5kcs (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00j5kcv (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of
SUN       the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00j5kcx (Listen)
SUN       Rainforest Foundation UK
SUN       Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00j5kcz (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00j5kd1 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00j5kd3 (Listen)
SUN       Journey into Touching
SUN       Observing Lent through the senses. A service for Mothering
SUN       Sunday from St Alphege Church, Solihull, led by Rev Tim
SUN       Pilkington. Preacher: Dr Paula Gooder. Featuring the BBC
SUN       Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year, Alice Halstead.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00j58sm (Listen)
SUN       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine
SUN       Whitehorn.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00j5kd5 (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00j5kd7 (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00j5kd9 (Listen)
SUN       Athene Donald
SUN       Kirsty Young invites scientist Athene Donald to choose
SUN       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00j3vcy (Listen)
SUN       Series 54, Episode 10
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with
SUN       panellists Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Tony Hawks and Justin
SUN       Moorhouse.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00j5tf5 (Listen)
SUN       Restaurants and Recession
SUN       Sheila Dillon examines how the current recession is
SUN       changing the restaurant business. From developing new
SUN       menus to sourcing cheaper ingredients, how are chefs and
SUN       restaurateurs planning to survive?
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00j5tf7 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 World This Weekend b00j5tf9 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 It's About Time... b00h62pm (Listen)
SUN       Comedian and writer Dave Cohen seeks help from experts in
SUN       trying to achieve a 'work-life balance'. He hardly sees
SUN       his family - during any 'downtime' he is actually looking
SUN       for more work. Years of freelancing and the current
SUN       economic climate make it hard to say no to any offer.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00j588c (Listen)
SUN       Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer
SUN       gardeners' questions sent in by post and email.
SUN       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
SUN       forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Ankle High History b00j5tfc (Listen)
SUN       Episode 1
SUN       Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological
SUN       history. Mark follows a drover's road between two glens
SUN       and discovers the remnants of a lost way of life.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00j5tt9 (Listen)
SUN       Sunset Song, Episode 2
SUN       Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis
SUN       Grassic Gibbon, set in north-east Scotland before and
SUN       during the First World War.
SUN       After her father's death, Chris is determined to stay and
SUN       work the farm alone if need be. Joined by Ewan Tavendale
SUN       in marriage and on the farm, Chris gives birth to a son.
SUN       But the outbreak of the First World War brings devastating
SUN       change to her family, the rural landscape and the
SUN       community.
SUN       Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart
SUN       Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog
SUN       Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell
SUN       Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac
SUN       Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton
SUN       Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price
SUN       Rev Colquohoun ...... Fraser Sivewright
SUN       Rev Gibbon ...... Keith Hutcheon
SUN       Directed by David Ian Neville.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00j5ttc (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie Gee about her new novel
SUN       My Driver. And 50 years after the death of Raymond
SUN       Chandler, William Boyd explains why he thinks the creator
SUN       of the hard-bitten Los Angeles sleuth Philip Marlowe was
SUN       one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Lost Voices b00j9hng (Listen)
SUN       Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire
SUN       Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of
SUN       lesser-known or forgotten poets.
SUN       Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a
SUN       trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s
SUN       changed his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled
SUN       with distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully
SUN       lyrical poetry.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00j4f1s (Listen)
SUN       As local authorities struggle to balance the books because
SUN       of the economic downturn, Allan Urry reports on a crisis
SUN       in town hall finances. At a time when councils say that
SUN       they are being forced to lay off thousands of staff, Allan
SUN       asks why they have been investing a billion pounds of
SUN       taxpayers' cash in banks which have crashed, with no sign
SUN       of recovering the money.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00j5h5m (Listen)
SUN       Sir Liam Donaldson
SUN       Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief
SUN       Medical Officer of England. He has said that Britain is
SUN       blighted by 'passive drinking' and caused uproar by
SUN       proposing minimum pricing for alcohol in an effort to
SUN       change the country's binge drinking culture. To many
SUN       Donaldson is a visionary, driven to improve the health of
SUN       the nation, but some others accuse him of meddling in
SUN       people's lifestyle choices.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00j5vph (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00j5vpk (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j5vpm (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00j5vpp (Listen)
SUN       Mark Lawson introduces his selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00j5vpr (Listen)
SUN       Mike gets an unexpected house guest.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00j5vpt (Listen)
SUN       Children's magazine as Barney Harwood presents a show
SUN       packed with lively debate and special guests.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b008nwjs (Listen)
SUN       Portraits of East Anglia, Man in the Water
SUN       Specially commissioned stories by local authors, inspired
SUN       by paintings of the East Anglian landscape. Recorded in
SUN       front of an audience in Halesworth, Suffolk, the readings
SUN       are introduced by Neil Innes.
SUN       Jenny swears that she sees a man in the water and her
SUN       father takes his fishing boat out to search for him. But
SUN       when he finds nobody and there are no reports of a missing
SUN       person, he begins to question her motives.
SUN       By Rose Tremain, read by Richard Hope.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00j5887 (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00j58sc (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 b00j5h4v (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00j5kcx (Listen)
SUN       Rainforest Foundation UK
SUN       Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00j56l9 (Listen)
SUN       The Financial Tsunami
SUN       Ngaire Woods considers how the financial crisis is
SUN       affecting the world's most vulnerable people. As global
SUN       leaders prepare to meet in London to try to clear up the
SUN       western world's economic mess, where does the global
SUN       banking meltdown leave developing countries?
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00j5vpw (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00j5vpy (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Norman
SUN       Smith. Including The Prime Ministers.
SUN       
SUN       23:02 The Film Programme b00j58sf (Listen)
SUN       Francine Stock talks to Michael Sheen about his starring
SUN       role as Brian Clough in the adaptation of David Peace's
SUN       novel, The Damned United. She also talks to Polish
SUN       film-maker Jerzy Skolimowski.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00j5kcl (Listen)
SUN       Mothering Sunday
SUN       Madeleine Bunting explores the delights, dilemmas and
SUN       dangers of modern parenting.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 23 MARCH 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00j5w1j (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00j4hk0 (Listen)
MON       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
MON       society works.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00j5kcg (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Eadburgha in Ebrington,
MON       Gloucestershire.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w41 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w6w (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w5j (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00j5wbc (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbp (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00j5wkj (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00j67mf (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00j5wkx (Listen)
MON       23 March 2009: 0600-0748
MON       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather.
MON       
MON       07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf6ml (Listen)
MON       With Rev Dr Colin Morris.
MON       
MON       07:51 Today b00jf6s3 (Listen)
MON       23 March 2009: 0751-0900
MON       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00j67mh (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His
MON       guests include American economist Richard Thaler, who
MON       discusses his book Nudge.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00j72t9 (Listen)
MON       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 1
MON       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
MON       from her childhood in the 1970s.
MON       In 1970, three-year-old Emma and her parents Brenda and
MON       Tony took their first family holiday. It featured a tent,
MON       a bucket and an awful lot of Welsh rain.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00j61cw (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith on her new
MON       compendium of recipes and an extended panel discussion
MON       about children and divorce.
MON       Plus drama:
MON       This Book Will Save Your Life
MON       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
MON       Richard Novak has spent most of life getting rich in LA
MON       and avoiding people. Things are about to change.
MON       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
MON       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
MON       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
MON       Ex wife ...... Adriana Sevan
MON       With JB Blanc, Logan Fahey, Lisa Pelikan.
MON       Directed by Tim Dee.
MON       
MON       11:00 Unseen Britain b00j67ml (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we
MON       spend our money, where we travel and the state of our
MON       health, while remaining unseen themselves.
MON       Peter meets the unseen bank staff who spend their days
MON       watching our spending habits and alerting us to possible
MON       fraud when our usual spending patterns are broken.
MON       He then uses his bonus points card at a supermarket, which
MON       prompts him to question who knows what about his buying
MON       habits and how this information helps analysts to persuade
MON       him to spend more, by targetting him with tailor-made and
MON       tempting offers.
MON       
MON       11:30 Hazelbeach b0084hvy (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Comedy drama series by Caroline and David Stafford.
MON       Nick goes in search of his long-lost mother while Ronnie
MON       tries to sell heart-rate monitors to Monty Python fans.
MON       Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman
MON       Nick ...... Paul Bazely
MON       Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
MON       James ...... John Dougall
MON       Vince/Mr Tuft ...... Simon Treves
MON       Andrea ...... Liza Sadovy
MON       Directed by Marc Beeby.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00j61y3 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00j61z4 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00j620b (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Counterpoint b00j6bbl (Listen)
MON       Series 23, Episode 3
MON       Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the music quiz
MON       from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from
MON       the south of England. The contestants are Paul Fischer
MON       from Sleaford, Peter Trickey from Uxbridge and Tim Wise
MON       from Wallington.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00j5vpr (Listen)
MON       Mike gets an unexpected house guest.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j6bbn (Listen)
MON       The Road Wife
MON       By Eoin McNamee. A truck driver in Ireland gives a lift to
MON       a female Asian hitchhiker but gets more than he bargained
MON       for, especially when his truck is stopped by immigration
MON       officers and he and his illegal occupant are taken in for
MON       questioning.
MON       Coyle ...... Stuart Graham
MON       The Road Wife ...... Su-Lin Looi
MON       Michelle ...... Alison McKenna
MON       Sloan ...... Gerard McSorley
MON       Natasha ...... Samantha Heaney
MON       Jesus ...... Oliver Miceli
MON       Lee ...... Logan Wong
MON       McCall ...... Vincent Higgins
MON       Bobby ...... Peter Ballance
MON       Huttenlocher ...... Peter Jankowsky
MON       Nigerian Child ...... Loretta Adenuga
MON       Directed by Heather Larmour.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00j5hxf (Listen)
MON       Tell Me A StoryCorps
MON       Writer Simon Garfield tells the tale of StoryCorps, the
MON       project created in the US in 2003 by radio producer David
MON       Isay which has seen thousands of ordinary Americans enter
MON       Storybooths to record their responses to the simple
MON       question, 'Tell me about your life'.
MON       Simon compares StoryCorps with traditional oral history
MON       and asks if, that now we all possess the means to record
MON       our lives, those recordings are still of value and worth
MON       keeping.
MON       
MON       15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62b7 (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of
MON       lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya.
MON       After a successful night's hunting, Beberu the old pride
MON       male, and his family, are gathered together unaware of the
MON       two nomadic males nearby, looking for a pride to take over.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00j5tf5 (Listen)
MON       Restaurants and Recession
MON       Sheila Dillon examines how the current recession is
MON       changing the restaurant business. From developing new
MON       menus to sourcing cheaper ingredients, how are chefs and
MON       restaurateurs planning to survive?
MON       
MON       16:30 Click On b00j6bbq (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 3
MON       Simon Cox presents the topical magazine series covering
MON       the latest developments and issues in the world of IT. How
MON       does technology bring out our creative side? Simon visits
MON       an event in Newcastle that seeks to embrace digital
MON       invention and DIY.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00j62pm (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
MON       Quinn.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62sv (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00j6bdt (Listen)
MON       Series 3, Episode 1
MON       David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are
MON       encouraged to tell lies. With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison,
MON       Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00j620q (Listen)
MON       Matt's name is mud for Tony and Jennifer.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00j62vj (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who gives his
MON       verdict on The Damned United, a film based on David
MON       Peace's novel about Brian Clough's 44 days in charge of
MON       Leeds United.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00j62vl (Listen)
MON       This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 1
MON       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
MON       Richard Novak has spent most of life getting rich in LA
MON       and avoiding people. Things are about to change.
MON       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
MON       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
MON       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
MON       Ex wife ...... Adriana Sevan
MON       With JB Blanc, Logan Fahey, Lisa Pelikan
MON       Directed by Tim Dee.
MON       
MON       20:00 Document b00j6lfk (Listen)
MON       Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary
MON       evidence to throw new light on past events.
MON       Mike uncovers papers which accused the BBC of biased
MON       reporting as Iran descended into revolution in 1978 and
MON       1979. The documents show that the BBC's Persian Service
MON       found itself attacked on all sides, with the most
MON       vociferous critics claiming that the Corporation was not
MON       simply reporting events but influencing them in favour of
MON       regime change. As Ayatollah Khomeini sat in exile in
MON       Paris, the BBC stood charged with galvanising the radical
MON       cleric's supporters and acting as his mouthpiece in Tehran.
MON       Featuring interviews with then Foreign Secretary Lord
MON       Owen, the then Iranian Ambassador, senior BBC figures and
MON       academic experts.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00j4hmx (Listen)
MON       Israel's Goodness Gracious Me
MON       Mukul Devichand meets the creators and cast of Arab
MON       Labour, a prime-time Israeli TV comedy that sees the
MON       humorous side of Arab lives in the Jewish state.
MON       Israel's elections and its military operation in Gaza have
MON       polarised relations between Jewish Israelis and the 20 per
MON       cent Arab minority. Mukul examines the dark humour and
MON       moral dilemmas of an Arab population caught between
MON       feelings of Palestinian brotherhood and a determination to
MON       remain Israeli citizens.
MON       
MON       21:00 The Criminal Mind b00j6lh9 (Listen)
MON       Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the
MON       criminal mind. He joins scientists as they examine the
MON       brains of violent criminals and sees startling evidence of
MON       physical brain damage caused by neglect and abuse during
MON       infancy. Joshua asks whether offenders who suffer from
MON       this kind of brain dysfunction can be held responsible for
MON       their behaviour.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00j67mh (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His
MON       guests include American economist Richard Thaler, who
MON       discusses his book Nudge.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00j633d (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00j633q (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j636h (Listen)
MON       It's Beginning To Hurt, Caterpillars
MON       Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping
MON       short stories by James Lasdun.
MON       On a walking holiday in France, a couple are forced to
MON       confront both a legion of poisonous caterpillars and the
MON       consequences of their own convictions. Read by Laurel
MON       Lefkow.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00j4hsc (Listen)
MON       Dominic Arkwright discusses bad taste and guilty pleasures
MON       with Bidisha, Toby Young and Sarfraz Manzoor.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00j637d (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with David Wilby.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00j5vzv (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00j72t9 (Listen)
TUE       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 1
TUE       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
TUE       from her childhood in the 1970s.
TUE       In 1970, three-year-old Emma and her parents Brenda and
TUE       Tony took their first family holiday. It featured a tent,
TUE       a bucket and an awful lot of Welsh rain.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1l (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5l (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w43 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00j5w6y (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbf (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00j5wfz (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00j5wkl (Listen)
TUE       24 March 2009: 0600-0748
TUE       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
TUE       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather.
TUE       
TUE       07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf6sr (Listen)
TUE       With the Right Rev Tom Butler.
TUE       
TUE       07:51 Today b00jf6xy (Listen)
TUE       24 March 2009: 0751-0900
TUE       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
TUE       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
TUE       Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Call Yourself a Feminist b00j6xxs (Listen)
TUE       Episode 3
TUE       Historian Bettany Hughes presents the third in a series of
TUE       three discussions tracing the development of feminist
TUE       ideas from the 1960s onwards.
TUE       Bettany and guests discuss how a new generation of women
TUE       embrace the label 'feminist', the issues which motivate
TUE       them and how definitions of feminism have changed since
TUE       the 1960s.
TUE       The panellists are journalist and critic Miranda Sawyer,
TUE       American writer Jessica Valenti, blogger Zohra Moosa,
TUE       film-maker Jobeda Ali and academic Dr Geetanjali Gangoli.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 The Prime Ministers b00j6xxv (Listen)
TUE       Benjamin Disraeli
TUE       BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's
TUE       prime ministers have used their power, responded to the
TUE       challenges of their time and made the job what it is today.
TUE       Benjamin Disraeli, who turned his skills as a novelist to
TUE       politics and became Britain's first Jewish-born prime
TUE       minister.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k37 (Listen)
TUE       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 2
TUE       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
TUE       from her childhood in the 1970s.
TUE       1972 was the year of the trip to Hadrian's Wall and rather
TUE       a lot of cross-border matrimonial raids, all of which are
TUE       doomed to end in tears.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdjq6 (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       Including drama:
TUE       This Book Will Save Your Life
TUE       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
TUE       Richard Novak's meals were previously prepared for him by
TUE       a nutritionist, but now he has remembered how tasty donuts
TUE       are. Is his life falling apart or starting over?
TUE       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
TUE       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
TUE       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
TUE       Cecelia ...... Adriana Sevan
TUE       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
TUE       Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc
TUE       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
TUE       With JB Blanc, Logan Fahey, Lisa Pelikan.
TUE       Directed by Tim Dee.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Peace Work b00j6xxx (Listen)
TUE       Mark Devenport finds out how Northern Ireland is sending
TUE       its politicians around the world to share their
TUE       experiences of successful conflict resolution.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 Alan Garner: The Return to Brisingamen b00j6xxz (Listen)
TUE       John Waite meets Alan Garner, author of the book that
TUE       helped shape Waite's own childhood, The Weirdstone of
TUE       Brisingamen, to discuss his life and writing career.
TUE       He discovers how Garner had his mouth scrubbed with
TUE       carbolic soap at primary school to rid him of his thick
TUE       Cheshire accent, what happened when he heard himself
TUE       declared dead - twice - and how nothing has influenced him
TUE       more strongly than his artisan ancestors who have lived in
TUE       the area for centuries.
TUE       John also hears from Garner fans including academic
TUE       Charles Butler and novelist Philip Pullman.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00j61dd (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00j61y5 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00j61z6 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j6xy1 (Listen)
TUE       Series 7, Benny Goodman
TUE       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
TUE       century.
TUE       Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as
TUE       the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the
TUE       Jewish ghetto of Chicago's South Side, by the end of the
TUE       1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop
TUE       star
TUE       There were reports of ballroom riots, jitterbuggers
TUE       dancing in the aisles at his concerts and solemn words
TUE       being written about how the nation's youth was being
TUE       corrupted by his music.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00j620q (Listen)
TUE       Matt's name is mud for Tony and Jennifer.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b008h01r (Listen)
TUE       Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, The Lake
TUE       Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus
TUE       through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
TUE       The Lake means everything to Peter and Andrew. How could
TUE       they leave it behind?
TUE       Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
TUE       Peter ...... Peter Firth
TUE       Andrew ...... Paul Copley
TUE       Baptist ...... Stephen Greif
TUE       Elder ...... Sam Dale
TUE       Possessed man ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
TUE       John ...... Simon Treves
TUE       Woman ...... Laura Molyneux
TUE       Tempter ...... Peter Marinker
TUE       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00j6xyk (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the environment and the natural world.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Actor's Words b007xkww (Listen)
TUE       Le Rayon Vert
TUE       Actors read self-penned stories.
TUE       By Tim Pigott-Smith.
TUE       On a blazing hot day in Biarritz, the narrator waits on
TUE       the beach in the hope of seeing the rare and famous light
TUE       effect in the evening sky.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jv (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of
TUE       lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya.
TUE       Beberu, the old pride male, is chased out of his territory
TUE       by two nomadic males which then kill the cubs and mate
TUE       with the lionesses.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Law in Action b00j71vw (Listen)
TUE       Would it be a good idea if there was a halfway house
TUE       between marriage and living together? In France couples
TUE       can sign Civil Solidarity Pacts, while in Scotland
TUE       cohabitants can have a claim on each other if they split
TUE       up. Clive Coleman asks which example England and Wales
TUE       should follow.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00j71vy (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to musician Thea Gilmore and
TUE       broadcaster and writer Paul Gambaccini about their
TUE       favourite books.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00j62n0 (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
TUE       Quinn.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pp (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Cabin Pressure b00cqhr3 (Listen)
TUE       Edinburgh
TUE       Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny
TUE       charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs
TUE       are too difficult.
TUE       A very special passenger makes Douglas grovel, Martin
TUE       crawl, Carolyn frisk and Arthur cry and drink nail varnish.
TUE       Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
TUE       1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
TUE       Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
TUE       Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
TUE       Mr Birling ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
TUE       Philip ...... Adam G Goodwin.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00j620d (Listen)
TUE       Ed finds someone in the know.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00j62sx (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports from the
TUE       opening night of the stage musical Priscilla, Queen of the
TUE       Desert, starring Jason Donovan and based on the hit
TUE       Australian film.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdjq8 (Listen)
TUE       This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 2
TUE       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
TUE       Richard Novak's meals were previously prepared for him by
TUE       a nutritionist, but now he has remembered how tasty donuts
TUE       are. Is his life falling apart or starting over?
TUE       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
TUE       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
TUE       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
TUE       Cecelia ...... Adriana Sevan
TUE       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
TUE       Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc
TUE       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
TUE       Directed by Tim Dee.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00j72bb (Listen)
TUE       Fran Abrams asks if Britain has become a haven for
TUE       torturers, and investigates the case for new laws and
TUE       tougher policing to prevent alleged human rights abusers
TUE       from taking refuge in this country.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00j72bd (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Type A Meet Type B! b00j72bg (Listen)
TUE       Blood type A person Andrew Brown and type B Louise Yeoman
TUE       travel to Denmark to unravel the science of what makes
TUE       people early or late risers and to examine how society
TUE       copes with those who do not fit the 9 to 5 norm.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Call Yourself a Feminist b00j6xxs (Listen)
TUE       Episode 3
TUE       Historian Bettany Hughes presents the third in a series of
TUE       three discussions tracing the development of feminist
TUE       ideas from the 1960s onwards.
TUE       Bettany and guests discuss how a new generation of women
TUE       embrace the label 'feminist', the issues which motivate
TUE       them and how definitions of feminism have changed since
TUE       the 1960s.
TUE       The panellists are journalist and critic Miranda Sawyer,
TUE       American writer Jessica Valenti, blogger Zohra Moosa,
TUE       film-maker Jobeda Ali and academic Dr Geetanjali Gangoli.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00j631n (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00j633g (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9t (Listen)
TUE       It's Beginning To Hurt, Annals of the Honorary Secretary
TUE       Series of five psychologically gripping short stories by
TUE       James Lasdun.
TUE       An enigmatic and select society welcomes the arrival of a
TUE       promising new member. But her mysterious gifts generate
TUE       unexpected sensations and revelations. Read by Bill
TUE       Paterson.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Arturart b00j72bj (Listen)
TUE       Classical Civilisation and Arturantiquities
TUE       Arthur Smith presents a series of comedy lectures on
TUE       different aspects of Art.
TUE       Arthur considers the beginnings of art with a visit to the
TUE       oldest man-made image in Britain, reveals the truth about
TUE       Van Gogh's ear and presents a guide to the unfathomable
TUE       world of Dada. With contributions from Miriam Elia, Phil
TUE       Nice and Paul Bahn.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00j6374 (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Sean Curran.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00j5vzx (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k37 (Listen)
WED       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 2
WED       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
WED       from her childhood in the 1970s.
WED       1972 was the year of the trip to Hadrian's Wall and rather
WED       a lot of cross-border matrimonial raids, all of which are
WED       doomed to end in tears.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1n (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5n (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w45 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00j5w70 (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbh (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00j5wg1 (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00j5wkn (Listen)
WED       25 March 2009: 0600-0748
WED       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather.
WED       
WED       07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf71d (Listen)
WED       With Professor Mona Siddiqui.
WED       
WED       07:51 Today b00jf71g (Listen)
WED       25 March 2009: 0751-0900
WED       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00j72s6 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k39 (Listen)
WED       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 3
WED       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
WED       from her childhood in the 1970s.
WED       Britain had joined the European Union and the matriarch of
WED       the Kennedy family decided that the time had come for the
WED       annual family holiday to be taken abroad. Encounters with
WED       foreign food inevitably follow.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdjtp (Listen)
WED       With Jane Garvey.
WED       Including drama:
WED       This Book Will Save Your Life
WED       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
WED       Richard's life is changing. He is still making millions
WED       but he has become an accidental hero as well, befriending
WED       a crying woman and rescuing a horse. Is he happier?
WED       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
WED       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
WED       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
WED       Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan
WED       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
WED       Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc
WED       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
WED       Directed by Tim Dee.
WED       
WED       11:00 Battling Back b00j72s8 (Listen)
WED       Frank Gardner joins Operation Snow Warrior, a military
WED       winter training exercise with a difference. All the
WED       servicemen and women taking part are disabled and, like
WED       Frank, have returned to winter sports to prove to
WED       themselves that their active lives are not over.
WED       
WED       11:30 Clare in the Community b00j72sb (Listen)
WED       Series 5, The 1864 Mining Disaster
WED       Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
WED       Clare organises a charity benefit in aid of the Keep
WED       Sparrowhawk Family Centre Open campaign, and Ray is
WED       determined to sing his folk songs.
WED       Clare ...... Sally Phillips
WED       Brian ...... Alex Lowe
WED       Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck
WED       Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
WED       Megan/Nali ...... Nina Conti
WED       Irene ...... Ellen Thomas
WED       Simon ...... Andrew Wincott.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00j61dg (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00j61y7 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00j61z8 (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00j7336 (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00j620d (Listen)
WED       Ed finds someone in the know.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j751w (Listen)
WED       Miss St Andrews
WED       By Mike Bartlett. Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews
WED       1961 meets her old rival for the university Charities
WED       Queen title nearly 50 years later.
WED       Young Robert ...... Joe McFadden
WED       Jenny ...... Ellie Haddington
WED       Young Jenny ...... Tracy Wiles
WED       Robert ...... Tom Mannion
WED       Judy ...... Sandy Walsh
WED       Holly ...... Caroline Guthrie
WED       Directed by Claire Grove.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00j751y (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on divorce and
WED       separation. He is joined by John Fotheringham, consultant
WED       in family law at Fyfe Ireland, Jane Craig, family partner
WED       at Manches, and Kirsty Marshall, senior advice worker at
WED       Gingerbread.
WED       
WED       15:30 Actor's Words b007xkwy (Listen)
WED       Agnes
WED       Actors read self-penned stories.
WED       By Sian Phillips.
WED       As Agnes lies in her hospital bed, she realises that
WED       surgery has had a major and unexpected side effect.
WED       
WED       15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jx (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of
WED       lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya.
WED       Having been separated from Zuri, his mother, when a herd
WED       of buffalo attacked the pride, Kidogu the young male lion
WED       cub is finally reunited with her. As the weeks pass, he is
WED       introduced to the rest of the pride and joins them after a
WED       successful night's hunting.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00j7520 (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Type A Meet Type B! b00j72bg (Listen)
WED       Blood type A person Andrew Brown and type B Louise Yeoman
WED       travel to Denmark to unravel the science of what makes
WED       people early or late risers and to examine how society
WED       copes with those who do not fit the 9 to 5 norm.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00j62n2 (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
WED       Quinn.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pr (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4, followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00j7522 (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates
WED       a stand-up show for a local audience based on what he
WED       finds out about the area.
WED       Mark records a show in Boston, Lincolnshire, celebrating
WED       sprouts, chavs, Puritans and the Boston Stump.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00j620g (Listen)
WED       Virtuousness comes at a price for Robert.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00j62sz (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
WED       interview with the children's writer and illustrator
WED       Shirley Hughes.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdjtr (Listen)
WED       This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 3
WED       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
WED       Richard's life is changing. He is still making millions
WED       but he has become an accidental hero as well, befriending
WED       a crying woman and rescuing a horse. Is he happier?
WED       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
WED       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
WED       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
WED       Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan
WED       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
WED       Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc
WED       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
WED       Directed by Tim Dee.
WED       
WED       20:00 Decision Time b00j7524 (Listen)
WED       The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on
WED       the process by which controversial decisions are reached
WED       behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside
WED       experts, he examines the problems that future governments
WED       will face and hear the arguments about how they might be
WED       resolved.
WED       
WED       20:45 Lent Talks b00j7526 (Listen)
WED       The Eyes of God
WED       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
WED       from their own perspective.
WED       George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at
WED       Oxford University, reflects on the benefits of God's
WED       absence.
WED       
WED       21:00 The Island of Secrets b00j7528 (Listen)
WED       Haunting sound portrait of Orford Ness in Suffolk,
WED       Europe's largest vegetated shingle spit.
WED       Writer and narrator Paul Evans and wildlife sound
WED       recordist Chris Watson explore this wild and remote
WED       extremity of eastern England, which is also the site of
WED       secret cold war military testing. It is an unsettling
WED       landscape where the wind howls, the sea sighs and hisses
WED       across the shingle, gulls screech, redshank cry in a morse
WED       code of alarms, railings whine and rattle, twisted metal
WED       clangs, doors crash and shadows flit.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00j72s6 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00j631q (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00j633j (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9c (Listen)
WED       It's Beginning To Hurt, Totty
WED       Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping
WED       short stories by James Lasdun.
WED       Finally free from a marriage that involved adulteries on
WED       both sides, June embarks on a fresh new life in the Sussex
WED       countryside. But it is not long before her past starts to
WED       infringe on her present. Read by Greta Scacchi.
WED       
WED       23:00 Bespoken Word b00d0sjs (Listen)
WED       Series 4, Episode 6
WED       Mister Gee presents the performance poetry series,
WED       recorded at London's Troubadour Coffee House. Featured
WED       performers include John Agard, Poeticat and shortMAN.
WED       
WED       23:15 One b0077224 (Listen)
WED       Series 1, Episode 6
WED       The sketch show where no sketch features more than one
WED       voice.
WED       Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie
WED       Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan
WED       Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill
WED       Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00j6376 (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00j5vzz (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k39 (Listen)
THU       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 3
THU       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
THU       from her childhood in the 1970s.
THU       Britain had joined the European Union and the matriarch of
THU       the Kennedy family decided that the time had come for the
THU       annual family holiday to be taken abroad. Encounters with
THU       foreign food inevitably follow.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1q (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5q (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w47 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00j5w72 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbk (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00j5wg3 (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00j5wkq (Listen)
THU       26 March 2009: 0600-0748
THU       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk,
THU       Yesterday in Parliament, Weather.
THU       
THU       07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf74d (Listen)
THU       With Dom Antony Sutch.
THU       
THU       07:51 Today b00jf74g (Listen)
THU       26 March 2009: 0751-0900
THU       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk,
THU       Yesterday in Parliament, Weather.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00j7txt (Listen)
THU       The School of Athens
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests including Angie Hobbs and Jill
THU       Kraye discuss the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael's
THU       depiction of Plato and Aristotle and what it tells us
THU       about both the subjects and the painter.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k3c (Listen)
THU       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 4
THU       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
THU       from her childhood in the 1970s.
THU       Emma's mother agrees that this year's family holiday can
THU       be to France, but without the tent. However, the delights
THU       of being under a proper roof are soon replaced by a fear
THU       of nocturnal noises and strangers in the night.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdjxd (Listen)
THU       With Jane Garvey.
THU       Including drama:
THU       This Book Will Save Your Life
THU       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
THU       Richard has moved to Malibu. His neighbour looks like a
THU       homeless man but drives a Bentley. Things are not as they
THU       seem. And is that car on the freeway flashing an SOS
THU       signal at Richard?
THU       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
THU       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
THU       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
THU       Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan
THU       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
THU       Nic ...... JB Blanc
THU       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
THU       Directed by Tim Dee.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00j7txw (Listen)
THU       Ethiopia - Troubles Downstream
THU       Peter Greste journeys down the Omo River from Ethiopia's
THU       central highlands to Northern Kenya where the lives of
THU       nearly half a million of the world's most remote
THU       tribespeople are threatened by a massive hydro-electricity
THU       project. The tribes, already fighting over increasingly
THU       scarce water and land, have warned that the dam could
THU       plunge them into an all-out struggle for survival.
THU       
THU       11:30 With Great Pleasure b00j7txy (Listen)
THU       Dame Jacqueline Wilson
THU       Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson shares her love
THU       of literature with anecdotes and a choice of readings.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00j61dj (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00j61y9 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00j61zb (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b00j7ty0 (Listen)
THU       Dominic Arkwright discusses modern family life and how it
THU       matches up to the ideal with John O'Farrell, Kathryn Flett
THU       and Andi Oliver.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00j620g (Listen)
THU       Virtuousness comes at a price for Robert.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j7vth (Listen)
THU       Gondwanaland
THU       Stephen Keyworth's drama inspired by the friendship
THU       between family planning pioneer Marie Stopes and explorer
THU       Captain Robert Scott
THU       Marie Stopes ...... Meg Fraser
THU       Captain Robert Scott ...... Nick Underwood
THU       Kathleen Bruce ...... Rosalind Sydney
THU       Helena ...... Lucy Paterson
THU       Marbury ...... Crawford Logan
THU       Hubert ...... James Anthony Pearson.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00j5gp4 (Listen)
THU       Countryside magazine. Caz Graham joins the tenth
THU       anniversary celebrations of Keswick's Theatre by the Lake,
THU       which has inspired a revival of Cumbria's literary
THU       heritage.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00j5kcx (Listen)
THU       Rainforest Foundation UK
THU       Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK.
THU       
THU       15:30 Actor's Words b007xkx0 (Listen)
THU       Refuge
THU       Actors read self-penned stories.
THU       By Imogen Stubbs.
THU       Two refugees from war seek to rebuild their lives through
THU       the redemptive power of music.
THU       
THU       15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jz (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of
THU       lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya.
THU       Now more than a year old, Kidogu is old enough to join the
THU       pride when they go hunting. He learns a useful lesson
THU       early on and successfully targets a herd of wildebeest
THU       when he goes hunting at night.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00j5ttc (Listen)
THU       Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie Gee about her new novel
THU       My Driver. And 50 years after the death of Raymond
THU       Chandler, William Boyd explains why he thinks the creator
THU       of the hard-bitten Los Angeles sleuth Philip Marlowe was
THU       one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00j7vtk (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper puts listeners' science questions to a
THU       panel of experts, including why some things are a darker
THU       colour when they are wet, why mud continues to stick when
THU       dry, why snowflakes are symmetrical and whatever happened
THU       to left-handed sugar.
THU       Others range from the very big - the scale, shape and
THU       motion of the entire universe - and the very long - the
THU       time it will take for our planet to cool and the time for
THU       which the human species might survive - to the very
THU       everyday - such as the speed of smell and the best colour
THU       for a heat-retaining teapot.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00j62n4 (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
THU       Quinn.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pt (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 Old Harry's Game b00j7vtm (Listen)
THU       Series 7, Episode 6
THU       Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in hell.
THU       Satan has worked out how to return Baby Patrick to Earth
THU       behind God's back. But God has eyes in his back and is now
THU       feeling pretty wrathful.
THU       Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
THU       Edith ...... Annette Crosbie
THU       Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
THU       Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
THU       God ...... Timothy West
THU       With Mike Fenton Stevens, Philip Pope and Felicity Montagu.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00j620j (Listen)
THU       Matt comes clean to the authorities.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00j62t1 (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdjxg (Listen)
THU       This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 4
THU       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
THU       Richard has moved to Malibu. His neighbour looks like a
THU       homeless man but drives a Bentley. Things are not as they
THU       seem. And is that car on the freeway flashing an SOS
THU       signal at Richard?
THU       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
THU       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
THU       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
THU       Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan
THU       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
THU       Nic ...... JB Blanc
THU       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
THU       Directed by Tim Dee.
THU       
THU       20:00 Born in Bradford b00fb99g (Listen)
THU       Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of some of the
THU       thousands of babies being tracked by the Bradford
THU       Institute for Health Research in an effort to find out why
THU       genetic disorders and cases of infant and child mortality
THU       are so high in the city of Bradford.
THU       Eventually, 10,000 families will be recruited in what will
THU       be the most ambitious study of children's health ever
THU       undertaken in the world.
THU       This is the first of three programmes to be broadcast over
THU       18 months that will follow the progress of the study.
THU       
THU       20:30 Analysis b00j7xgg (Listen)
THU       Obama's Pentagon
THU       Newsnight's defence correspondent Mark Urban asks if the
THU       Obama presidency will see substantial reform at the
THU       Pentagon.
THU       During his campaign to become commander-in-chief, Barack
THU       Obama pledged to adapt 'US military capabilities for
THU       current, not Cold War, needs'. Mark looks at whether the
THU       'small war' strategists, those promoting 'non-kinetic'
THU       approaches such as better intelligence gathering and
THU       nation building are going to win out over the
THU       traditionalists who believe that the defence of America
THU       still lies in investing billions of dollars in planes,
THU       tanks and ships.
THU       
THU       21:00 Oceans: What Lies Beneath b00j7xgj (Listen)
THU       Episode 3
THU       Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the
THU       oceans that make up nearly 80 per cent of our planet.
THU       She considers some of the remarkable resources that the
THU       oceans have to offer - from golden treasures lying hidden
THU       in the murky depths to possible new cures for cancer and
THU       antibiotic-resistant infections. She talks to
THU       oceanographers who are only just beginning to discover the
THU       oceans' potential and asks who owns the oceans and their
THU       valuable commodities.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00j7txt (Listen)
THU       The School of Athens
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests including Angie Hobbs and Jill
THU       Kraye discuss the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael's
THU       depiction of Plato and Aristotle and what it tells us
THU       about both the subjects and the painter.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00j631s (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00j633l (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9f (Listen)
THU       It's Beginning To Hurt, Cranley Meadows
THU       Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping
THU       short stories by James Lasdun.
THU       Bryony is married to Lev, her former astronomy professor.
THU       But while Lev faces up to the realities of having been
THU       made redundant, Bryony is forced to confront the truth of
THU       her own desires. Read by Laurel Lefkow.
THU       
THU       23:00 The Personality Test b007s27h (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Episode 2
THU       Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host every week.
THU       Lorraine Kelly is in the hot seat, and the panellists are
THU       comedians Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter, Robin Ince and Will
THU       Smith.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00j6378 (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Sean Curran.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00j5w01 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k3c (Listen)
FRI       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 4
FRI       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
FRI       from her childhood in the 1970s.
FRI       Emma's mother agrees that this year's family holiday can
FRI       be to France, but without the tent. However, the delights
FRI       of being under a proper roof are soon replaced by a fear
FRI       of nocturnal noises and strangers in the night.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1s (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5s (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w49 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00j5w74 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbm (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00j5wg5 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00j5wks (Listen)
FRI       27 March 2009: 0600-0748
FRI       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
FRI       Weather; Yesterday in Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf86n (Listen)
FRI       With the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks.
FRI       
FRI       07:51 Today b00jf86q (Listen)
FRI       27 March 2009: 0751-0900
FRI       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
FRI       Weather.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00j5kd9 (Listen)
FRI       Athene Donald
FRI       Kirsty Young invites scientist Athene Donald to choose
FRI       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k3f (Listen)
FRI       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 5
FRI       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
FRI       from her childhood in the 1970s.
FRI       Emma, now 13, takes her final family camping trip to
FRI       France. The perils of sunburn are nothing compared to the
FRI       public humiliation that follows.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdl9y (Listen)
FRI       With Sheila McClennon.
FRI       Including drama:
FRI       This Book Will Save Your Life
FRI       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
FRI       Richard's life has changed, but so has the city - it is on
FRI       fire and seems to be falling into the Pacific Ocean. And
FRI       Richard's son arrives to see him after years apart.
FRI       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
FRI       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
FRI       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
FRI       Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan
FRI       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
FRI       Nic ...... JB Blanc
FRI       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
FRI       Directed by Tim Dee.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Darwin Songs b00j8cl9 (Listen)
FRI       Chris Eldon Lee hears the results after eight contemporary
FRI       singer-songwriters are holed up for a week in a remote
FRI       farmhouse in Shropshire and tasked to write songs about
FRI       the life and work of Charles Darwin. Featuring their daily
FRI       creative life in the farmhouse, their expeditions into the
FRI       land that the young Darwin knew and the premiere
FRI       performance of their songs at Shrewsbury's new Theatre
FRI       Severn, close to Darwin's birthplace.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00j8djx (Listen)
FRI       Series 3, Astonishing Archie
FRI       Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
FRI       When two brothers get together to plan the funeral of an
FRI       old friend, the choice of music is a bone of contention -
FRI       will it be Sinatra or Presley? A generation and a whole
FRI       philosophy of popular music separate the brothers, and the
FRI       choice they finally make is a heartwarming musical
FRI       compromise. By Bill Paterson.
FRI       Ronnie Purgavey ...... Stanley Baxter
FRI       Alan Purgavey ...... Bill Paterson
FRI       Rev Margot Turnbull ...... Maureen Beattie
FRI       Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00j61dl (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00j61yc (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00j61zd (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Brian Hanrahan.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00j8djz (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00j620j (Listen)
FRI       Matt comes clean to the authorities.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j8dk1 (Listen)
FRI       Stream, River, Sea
FRI       Romantic comedy by Peter Souter about sudden death and the
FRI       effect it has on two dysfunctional adults and a highly
FRI       precocious 13-year-old girl.
FRI       Hugh ...... Alex Jennings
FRI       Bella ...... Juliet Stevenson
FRI       Daisy ...... Lizzy Watts
FRI       Directed by Gordon House.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00j8dk3 (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood
FRI       answer questions posed by gardeners in Devon.
FRI       To mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanical
FRI       Gardens in Kew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs, who
FRI       trained there, return to what is regarded by some as the
FRI       most important botanical gardens in the world.
FRI       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
FRI       forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62k1 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of
FRI       lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya.
FRI       Now more than two years old, it is time for Kidogu to
FRI       leave his family and find a territory of his own. An
FRI       encounter with a group of elephants has tragic
FRI       consequences.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00j8f46 (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 b00j8f48 (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Colin Firth about his new film
FRI       Genova, a ghost story with a twist directed by Michael
FRI       Winterbottom. Plus Rupert Wyatt, director of The Escapist,
FRI       discusses the work of Jean-Pierre Melville and its
FRI       influence on his prison drama.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00j62n6 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
FRI       Quinn. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pw (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00j8f4b (Listen)
FRI       Series 26, Episode 4
FRI       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
FRI       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
FRI       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Holly Walsh.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00j620l (Listen)
FRI       Chris makes a very permanent gesture.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00j62t3 (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdlb8 (Listen)
FRI       This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 5
FRI       Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes.
FRI       Richard's life has changed, but so has the city - it is on
FRI       fire and seems to be falling into the Pacific Ocean. And
FRI       Richard's son arrives to see him after years apart.
FRI       Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey
FRI       Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini
FRI       Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad
FRI       Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan
FRI       Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan
FRI       Nic ...... JB Blanc
FRI       Ben ...... Logan Fahey
FRI       Directed by Tim Dee.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00j8f4d (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Carlisle.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00j9k7c (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00j9kbx (Listen)
FRI       Stone, God's Witness
FRI       By Danny Brocklehurst.
FRI       Last in a series of four detective dramas featuring DCI
FRI       John Stone. A woman witnesses the murder of a young boy by
FRI       a notorious gang and chooses to speak up, but can she
FRI       really risk her safety and that of her family?
FRI       Stone ...... Hugo Speer
FRI       Paula ...... Maxine Peake
FRI       Liz/Sue ...... Deborah McAndrew
FRI       Ray ...... Tony Mooney
FRI       Anna/Shirley ...... Fiona Clarke
FRI       Kyle/Michael ...... Oliver Lee
FRI       Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham
FRI       Catriona ...... Zoe Henry
FRI       Ned ...... James Quinn
FRI       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00j631v (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00j633n (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9h (Listen)
FRI       It's Beginning To Hurt, The Half-Sister
FRI       Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping
FRI       short stories by James Lasdun.
FRI       Martin once aspired to be a professional guitarist but has
FRI       now reconciled himself to the realities of his daily life
FRI       as a guitar teacher to the children of the wealthy. But
FRI       one of his clients has a hidden agenda. Read by Ben Meyjes.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00j71vy (Listen)
FRI       Sue MacGregor talks to musician Thea Gilmore and
FRI       broadcaster and writer Paul Gambaccini about their
FRI       favourite books.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00j637b (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
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