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SAT SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00kr7fs (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00kvg9j (Listen) SAT Jane's Fame, Episode 5 SAT Alice Krige reads from Claire Harman's exploration of Jane SAT Austen's rise to pre-eminence from humble family SAT scribblings to Hollywood movies. SAT The use of Jane Austen's name knows no generic boundaries. SAT At the beginning of the 21st century we are witness to the SAT spectacle of the young woman who happily limited her scope SAT to 'three or four families in a country village' being SAT marketed as a global brand. SAT A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kr7fv (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kr7fx (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kr7fz (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00kr7g1 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00kr7g3 (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard SAT Chartres, Bishop of London. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00kr7g5 (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00kr7g7 (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00krgcp (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Ramblings b00krgcr (Listen) SAT Series 12, Episode 3 SAT Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, SAT body and soul. SAT Clare walks in Wiltshire with the 'modern-day Troubadours' SAT who have been singing for their supper as they tramp the SAT length and breadth of Britain. After studying The SAT Canterbury Tales from his university desk, Will decided he SAT needed to experience the route on foot, a journey that has SAT now expanded to walking across Britain with school friends SAT Ed and Ginger. SAT It is a full time expedition, in which they travel on foot SAT and live outside, getting them right to the soul of the SAT land. They hope the folk music of yesteryear they play SAT will ancient rekindle memories and knowledge. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00krgct (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT Charlotte Smith considers the future of the dairy industry SAT after one of the country's largest milk co-operatives went SAT into receivership. 1,800 dairy farmers now wait to see if SAT a buyer can be found and members of Dairy Farmers of SAT Britain speak to the receivers at meetings across the UK. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00krgcw (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00krgcy (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in SAT Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00krgd0 (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by Lucy Worsley, the Chief Curator of SAT Historic Royal Palaces. With poetry from Kate Fox. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00krgd2 (Listen) SAT John McCarthy talks to author Chris Stewart about the SAT delights and disasters of his days as a novice sailor SAT around the Greek Islands, and crewing on a yacht in the SAT considerably more stormy north Atlantic. SAT Damian and Siobhan Horner explain how they escaped the rat SAT race by taking their two toddlers on a life-changing trip SAT on an old fishing boat through the waterways of France to SAT a new home in Spain. SAT And Janie Hampton tells the story behind the oldest ship SAT in Africa and the man it is named after. The SS Chauncy SAT Maples started as a missionary ship but now, more than a SAT century later, is becoming a floating clinic on Lake SAT Malawi. SAT SAT 10:30 Punt PI b00krgd4 (Listen) SAT Series 2, Episode 1 SAT Steve Punt turns private investigator, examining little SAT mysteries that perplex, amuse and beguile. SAT Steve examines persistent rumours that Hitler was SAT intending to set up his command headquarters in the most SAT unlikely of places - the south London suburb of Balham. SAT For years, the corridors of the large residential block Du SAT Cane Court have echoed to whispered claims of dubious SAT links. At first glance, it all seems to stack up - not SAT only was the building spared bombing by the Luftwaffe, but SAT many say it was a hotbed of German spies who were busily SAT laying the groundwork for Hitler's triumphant arrival. But SAT the picture soon becomes confused as Steve discovers that SAT Balham is not alone in claiming a Nazi pedigree. SAT Steve speaks to Balham locals, including Radio 4 favourite SAT Arthur Smith, and tracks down experts. He explores the SAT reality behind the Nazis' spy operation and their plans SAT for invasion, gaining privileged access to the original SAT documentation detailing the Third Reich's designs on SAT Britain. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00krgd6 (Listen) SAT A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00krgd8 (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00krgdb (Listen) SAT As three more firms cut their final salary pensions, is SAT the death knell sounding for this type of scheme? SAT Samantha Washington investigates allegations that insurers SAT are bullying car accident victims into settling claims SAT without legal or medical advice. SAT Plus the Financial Services Authority outlines how it will SAT protect homeowners who sell their property to a landlord SAT and then rent it back. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00kr7bk (Listen) SAT Series 68, Episode 6 SAT Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists SAT are Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Andy Hamilton and Sue SAT Perkins. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00krgdd (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00krgdg (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00kr7bm (Listen) SAT In the wake of the local and European elections, Jonathan SAT Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Billingshurst, West SAT Sussex. Panellists are Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee, SAT Northern Ireland secretary and former Conservative MP SAT Shaun Woodward, shadow local government spokesman Caroline SAT Spelman and Liberal Democrat peer, Jenny Tonge. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00krgdj (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 b0077134 (Listen) SAT Devastated Areas SAT Adam Thorpe's play explores civilian grief during and SAT after the Great War of 1914-1918 in three interweaving SAT stories. SAT In Berlin, a sculptress is working on a memorial statue to SAT the volunteers; in the valley of the Somme a glazier is SAT repairing the blown-out windows of a church; and on the SAT Berkshire Downs a gardener tends his roses. SAT Sofie ...... Eliza Langland SAT Ernst ...... Finlay Welsh SAT Reg ...... Richard Greenwood SAT Jess ...... Lucy Paterson SAT Auguste ...... Jimmy Chisholm SAT Monsieur le Curé ...... Gareth Thomas SAT Mrs Lombard ...... Noreen Leighton SAT Colin ...... Matthew Pidgeon SAT Pianist Leon Coates. SAT SAT 15:30 Performing to the Red Light b00kp9jy (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT Terence Curran goes behind the scenes to experience the SAT recording process as different classical performers SAT prepare for the studio. Among them is the pianist Kathryn SAT Stott. There are also interviews with notable performers SAT including Emma Johnson and Stephen Hough, producers and SAT record company executives who discuss the little-known SAT psychological aspects behind making a classical recording. SAT Terence explores how performers cope with the demands of SAT making their first recording. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00krgdl (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT With Jane Garvey. SAT Includes an interview with the father of missing chef SAT Claudia Lawrence; the life and legacy of Victorian SAT novelist George Eliot; the woman whose mother-in-law SAT treated her as a slave; research on the problems faced by SAT families of disabled children; an interview with the only SAT female civilian involved in planning the D-Day landings; SAT the campaign to save the threatened honey bee; and music SAT from the electric string quartet Escala. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00krgdn (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 b00kq562 (Listen) SAT Evan Davis and guests consider whether we have entered a SAT new era of austerity. Are we growing vegetables in our SAT gardens at home, instead of dining out at expensive SAT restaurants? Are we turning up our noses at gas-guzzling SAT cars, not just because we can't afford them, but because SAT they offend our new sensibilities of prudence and caution? SAT Evan talks to Dr Shumeet Banerji, chief executive of SAT management consultants Booz and Co, Rita Clifton, chairman SAT of Interbrand London, and hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry, SAT founder of Eclectica Asset Management, about whether they SAT believe we are in for a long, hard slog or if they can see SAT light at the end of the economic tunnel. SAT They also discuss the subject of consultants; with two of SAT them on the panel, Evan quizzes them about why they have SAT such a bad name. Is there really any justification for SAT highly-paid senior executives to pay someone else to help SAT them make their decisions? SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00krgdq (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00krgds (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00krgdv (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00krgdx (Listen) SAT An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. SAT Clive Anderson is joined by Stephen Fry, Joe Queenan and SAT Jo Brand. SAT Emma Freud talks to comedian and televison presenter Dom SAT Joly. SAT With comedy from Jimeoin and music from Starsailor and The SAT Leisure Society. SAT SAT 19:00 From Fact to Fiction b00krgdz (Listen) SAT Series 6, I Dreamed a Dream SAT Short story by Patrick Neate, read by Alistair McGowan. SAT In a week where policies have taken a back seat and the SAT elections have become a fight for one man's survival, you SAT may be somewhat disillusioned with British politics. But SAT if you think you feel that now, wait until you hear about SAT the greatest talent show on earth. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00krgf1 (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00kwfbz (Listen) SAT Bill Buckley - Mr Right SAT Michael Portillo presents some of conservative writer, SAT intellectual and wit William F Buckley's most glittering SAT exchanges with the leading politicians and personalities SAT of his day. SAT Buckley helped to move conservatism from the outer fringes SAT to the very centre of American political life. Waspish, SAT provocative, sometimes infuriating but never dull, his SAT weekly programme Firing Line became the world's SAT longest-running TV show with a single host. From 1966 to SAT 1999, everyone from presidents to poets, politicians and SAT punks submitted to Buckley's weekly interrogations. SAT A Paladin Invision production for radio 4. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00kmw7b (Listen) SAT Mugsborough, 1926 SAT Dramatisation by Andrew Lynch featuring the characters of SAT Robert Tressell's novel The Ragged Trousered SAT Philanthropists. SAT The threat of civil unrest is gripping the country. SAT Socialist ideas and talk of revolution are in the air as SAT workers and managers come to blows, and an illegitimate SAT child with a tragic secret is used as a pawn in a bigger SAT game. SAT Easton ...... Johnny Vegas SAT Old Misery/Hunter ...... Paul Whitehouse SAT Ruth ...... Shirley Henderson SAT Nora ...... Raquel Cassidy SAT Frankie ...... Iain McKee SAT Bert White ...... Des O'Malley SAT Bundy ...... Tom Pitts SAT Barrington ...... Tom Goodman-Hill SAT Charlie Linden ...... Carl Rice SAT Elsie ...... Nicola Stephenson SAT Sweater ...... Rupert Degas SAT Slyme ...... Kevin Eldon SAT Crass ...... Arthur Smith SAT Rushton ...... Bill Bailey SAT Young Elizabeth ...... Yasmin Gerrard SAT Freddie ...... Jody Latham SAT Older Elizabeth ...... Joanna Neary SAT Directed by Dirk Maggs. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00krhhn (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00kpw9n (Listen) SAT Michael Buerk is joined by Claire Fox, Melanie Phillips, SAT Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik to consider what has SAT become of moral authority. SAT It doesn't just apply to MPs; the moral authority of the SAT institutions and professions that we used to turn to as a SAT source of wisdom and guidance has been undermined, or even SAT fatally flawed. And now it seems we cannot even trust our SAT poets to be true prophetic voices. So where do we look to SAT for moral authority now, and does it even matter? Did any SAT of these bodies ever truly deserve our trust? Is it better SAT to rely on our own moral judgement, rather than abdicating SAT it to something or someone else? SAT Witnesses: SAT Esther Rantzen, journalist and television presenter SAT Dr Catherine Cowley RA, Assistant Director for the SAT Heythrop Institute for Religion, Ethics and Public Life SAT George Monbiot, environmental campaigner SAT John Lloyd, author of What the Media are Doing to Our SAT Politics. SAT SAT 23:00 Counterpoint b00knqp7 (Listen) SAT Series 23, Episode 13 SAT Paul Gambaccini chairs the final of the music quiz. The SAT contestants are Alan Douglas from Worcestershire, David SAT Roy from Hertfordshire and Peter Whitehead from Kent. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00kmz2c (Listen) SAT Roger McGough introduces requests for poems by Robert SAT Frost and Edward Thomas. Read by Peter Marinker and Philip SAT Franks. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 7 JUNE 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00krhvh (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b007s262 (Listen) SUN Murder She Thought - Series 1, KK SUN Compelling crime stories by women writers. SUN Theme-park monsters are meant to frighten the visitors, SUN not the other way round. Liza Cody's touching story shows SUN how appearances can be deceptive. SUN Read by Rosalyn Landor. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00krhvk (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00krhvm (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00krhvp (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00krhvr (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00krhvt (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from St Vedast, Foster Lane in the City SUN of London. SUN SUN 05:45 Bong! The Condensed History of Big Ben b00ksk4j (Listen) SUN The Great Clock of the Palace of Westminster is SUN celebrating 150 years of almost continuous time telling. SUN To mark the occasion Adam Long, co-founder of the Reduced SUN Shakespeare Company, and his two friends Simon Jermond and SUN Giles Terera, take a whirlwind musical tour of all things SUN Ben. SUN It is a story of arduous neo-Gothic design, bells that SUN kept cracking and the invention of something called a SUN double three-legged gravity escapement mechanism. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00krhvw (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00krhvy (Listen) SUN The Tree of Life SUN Mike Wooldridge considers 'The Tree of Life' - one of the SUN most enduring and universal symbols of life and SUN connectedness - from Genesis to Darwin to DNA, in SUN conversation with geneticist Professor Steve Jones. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00krj4y (Listen) SUN Starfish SUN Marine biologist Peter Heyward leads Lionel Kelleway SUN through the rock pools at low tide on the Gower Peninsular SUN in search of starfish. The common starfish is among the SUN most iconic of sea shore animals, but they also meet SUN rather less visible members of the family, including the SUN extraordinary sea potato. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00krj50 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00krj52 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00krj54 (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 b00krj56 (Listen) SUN Fairbridge SUN Colin Jackson appeals on behalf of Fairbridge. SUN Fairbridge is a national charity supporting young people SUN aged 13 to 25 to develop the confidence, motivation and SUN skills they need to turn their lives around. SUN Donations to Fairbridge, should be sent to FREEPOST BBC SUN Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope SUN Fairbridge. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144 If you SUN are a UK tax payer, please provide Fairbridge with your SUN full name and address so they can claim the Gift Aid on SUN your donation worth another 25 per cent. The online and SUN phone donation facilities are not currently available to SUN listeners without a UK postcode. SUN Registered Charity No: 206807 SC039288. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00krj58 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00krj5b (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00krkcm (Listen) SUN A service for Trinity Sunday from St James' Roman Catholic SUN Church in St Andrews, close to the home of the Culdees, SUN the religious community which lived in the town from the SUN 9th century onwards. SUN Presented by Professor John Haldane of the Department of SUN Moral Philosophy, St Andrews University, and Canon Brian SUN Halloran. SUN With the Cecilian Choir directed by Mary Veal. SUN Organist: Kevin Veal. SUN SUN 08:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00kr7bp (Listen) SUN Sloths SUN Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural SUN histories of creatures and plants from around the world. SUN David muses on the natural history of the sloth - perhaps SUN the most lethargic beast in the animal world, and one that SUN he has admitted to wanting to be. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00krkcp (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00krkcr (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00krkct (Listen) SUN Piers Morgan SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is the journalist and broadcaster SUN Piers Morgan. SUN He spent more than a decade as a Fleet Street editor and SUN pioneered a style of journalism that devoured the SUN day-to-day lives of celebrities. Now, he has become SUN something of a celebrity himself, fronting a TV interview SUN programme and sitting as a judge on both America's Got SUN Talent and Britain's Got Talent. He is, according to one SUN friend, 'the ultimate proof that self-confidence and SUN self-belief can become a self-fulfilling prophecy'. SUN SUN 12:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00knwyq (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 5 SUN John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three SUN guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary SUN museum. With Kate Adie, Jon Richardson and Roger Law. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00krsyf (Listen) SUN Newcastle SUN Newcastle's secret paladares. Five cooks from four SUN different countries - Bosnia, Pakistan and Colombia - open SUN up their homes to serve food to complete strangers. SUN Organised as part of a food festival in Newcastle, the SUN meals are based on Havana's paladares, family-hosted SUN intimate cafes serving local food. Behind these paladares SUN or 'pop up restaurants' in Newcastle are four volunteer SUN cooks who want to share food from their home countries SUN with people in the north east. SUN The programme follows them as the evening of the meals SUN unfold. Presented by Sheila Dillon. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00krsyh (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00krsyl (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Britain In Their Sites b00krsyn (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN Tristram Hunt tells the story of architectural change in SUN Britain over 60 years, tracing the country's changing idea SUN of itself through three controversial public building SUN projects. SUN Tristram tracks the creation of the skyline of Canary SUN Wharf, from the old docks of the Isle of Dogs to the new SUN tall towers of Canada Square, with insight from SUN architects, planners and politicians. SUN The Isle of Dogs was the subject of thwarted regeneration SUN attempts over the years, until in 1979 Michael Heseltine SUN was put in charge of inner city regeneration in Thatcher's SUN new administration. The government created the London SUN Docklands Development Corporation, introduced 'enterprise SUN zones', relaxed planning legislation and axed business SUN rates for 10 years in an attempt to get investors to build SUN on this near-derelict land. SUN But British architects had to stand back and watch as SUN American architectural firms won key contracts for the SUN buildings - that is, until their grand masterplans SUN collapsed in the 1990s when major developers went bankrupt. SUN Today, the skyline of Canary Wharf is one of London's SUN landmarks. Tristram asks what its story tells us about SUN Britain's recent architectural history. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00kr7bc (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Bob Flowerdew, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer SUN questions sent in by post and email. SUN Including 3.40 Gardening weather forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 A Guide to Water Birds b00krsyq (Listen) SUN Ducks SUN Brett Westwood presents a series of entertaining and SUN practical guides to identifying many of the birds found on SUN or near freshwater, aided by sound recordist Chris Watson. SUN Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss on the SUN Somerset Levels to find out how to distinguish one duck SUN from another, as they compare notes on mallards, teal and SUN wigeon, and listen to their calls. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00krtw3 (Listen) SUN Armadale, Episode 1 SUN Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by SUN Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired SUN temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate SUN and her own lusts and longings. SUN By unexpectedly inheriting a substantial estate in SUN Norfolk, callow Allan Armadale comes to the attention of SUN the beautiful and dangerous fortune hunter Lydia Gwilt. SUN She plans to seduce and marry him, but there are obstacles SUN in her way in the shape of Allan's pretty young neighbour SUN and his mysterious friend Midwinter. SUN Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson SUN Allan Armadale ...... Alex Robertson SUN Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon SUN Neelie ...... Perdita Avery SUN Maria ...... Carol Macready SUN Susan ...... Rebecca Saire SUN Major ...... Sean Baker SUN Bashwood ...... Richard Durden SUN Pedgift Jnr ...... Grant Gillespie SUN A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 16:00 Bookclub b00kryfr (Listen) SUN Kate Grenville SUN Orange Prize winner Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie SUN about her novel The Secret River and answers questions SUN from a group of readers. SUN Told through the eyes of 19th-century deportee William SUN Thornhill and his family as they arrive in Australia, the SUN novel examines the themes of ownership, belonging and SUN identity from the point of view of the settlers and the SUN Aboriginal people who were already there. SUN Writing the book, says Kate Grenville, was 'like getting a SUN new set of eyes and ears'. SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00kryft (Listen) SUN Roger McGough presents a programme dedicated to the poetry SUN of the Old Testament Book of Psalms, in old translations SUN and new, read by Kenneth Cranham and Henry Goodman. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00kpvfs (Listen) SUN Jenny Cuffe asks if the government policy of tightening SUN immigration rules to help preserve jobs for British SUN workers is being undermined by employers who are intent on SUN bringing overseas workers as a way of driving down pay. SUN SUN 17:40 From Fact to Fiction b00krgdz (Listen) SUN Series 6, I Dreamed a Dream SUN Short story by Patrick Neate, read by Alistair McGowan. SUN In a week where policies have taken a back seat and the SUN elections have become a fight for one man's survival, you SUN may be somewhat disillusioned with British politics. But SUN if you think you feel that now, wait until you hear about SUN the greatest talent show on earth. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00kryfw (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00kryfy (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00kryg0 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00kryg2 (Listen) SUN Ernie Rea introduces his selection of highlights from the SUN past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 18:56 Radio 4 Appeal b00krj56 (Listen) SUN Fairbridge SUN Colin Jackson appeals on behalf of Fairbridge. SUN Fairbridge is a national charity supporting young people SUN aged 13 to 25 to develop the confidence, motivation and SUN skills they need to turn their lives around. SUN Donations to Fairbridge, should be sent to FREEPOST BBC SUN Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope SUN Fairbridge. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144 If you SUN are a UK tax payer, please provide Fairbridge with your SUN full name and address so they can claim the Gift Aid on SUN your donation worth another 25 per cent. The online and SUN phone donation facilities are not currently available to SUN listeners without a UK postcode. SUN Registered Charity No: 206807 SC039288. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00kryg4 (Listen) SUN All publicity is good publicity for Brookfield Farm. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00kryg6 (Listen) SUN Matt Frei speaks to Van Jones, adviser to President Obama SUN on the subject of green jobs, and meets the young SUN Republicans who are looking to revamp the Grand Old Party. SUN The programme also visits the small town of Greensburg, SUN Kansas. In 2007 it was destroyed by one of the fiercest SUN tornados on record. Today it is being reborn as a 'green SUN town' and has been heralded by President Obama as an SUN example to the world. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b0082b3y (Listen) SUN The Closed Door, Family Crisis SUN The highly respectable Mr Parker loses his composure when SUN his daughter's departure threatens his orderly life. Read SUN by Neil Dudgeon. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00kq66m (Listen) SUN Richard Tait, chairman of the BBC Trust's Editorial SUN Standards Committee, answers listeners' criticism of their SUN decision to censure a report and an article by Middle East SUN editor Jeremy Bowen. SUN The executive editor of Saturday Live discusses that SUN programme's interview with Lynndie England, one of the SUN prison guards who featured in the notorious pictures taken SUN at Abu Graib prison in Iraq. SUN The makers of The Complete Smiley discuss the making of SUN Radio 4's new adaptations of the books of John le Carre. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00kr7bf (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 Election Special: European Elections 2009 b00kryhx (Listen) SUN Presented by Jim Naughtie and Carolyn Quinn in London and SUN Jonny Dymond in Brussels. With expert analysis from noted SUN British political scientist Professor Philip Cowley. SUN Join Radio 4's election team for comprehensive coverage SUN and debate as results come in from the UK and the rest of SUN the EU. Featuring interviews with key figures on what is SUN likely to be a night of surprises. After weeks of SUN political turmoil, the programme reports from every UK SUN region and from Europe's major cities as voters deliver SUN their verdict on those in power. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 8 JUNE 2009 MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00krhvt (Listen) MON The sound of bells from St Vedast, Foster Lane in the City MON of London. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00krywh (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kryzm (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00kryxv (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00krz1m (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00krz67 (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard MON Chartres, Bishop of London. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00krz6p (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00kslkj (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00krzby (Listen) MON With Sarah Montague and Edward Stourton. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00kslkl (Listen) MON Andrew Marr talks to John Keane about democracy, Katie MON Mitchell about virgin births and opera, Peter Hall about MON the vitality of regional theatre and Matthew Gale about MON Futurism. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00krzjq (Listen) MON The Locust and the Bird, Episode 1 MON Hanan reflects on an uneasy relationship with her mother MON and the decision to set down her life story. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00ks0kp (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. MON Does height matter? Jane Garvey is joined by Peter Allen MON to talk about the perils of being a shorter man. Is there MON anything to the notion of 'Napoleon Syndrome'? MON Libbie Escolme-Schmidt started her career as an air MON hostess in the 1960s, when exotic stopovers, crazy parties MON and romantic trysts seemed to come as part of the job. She MON joins Woman's Hour to talk about her new book, in which MON she celebrates being part of the golden age of commercial MON flying. MON The Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award was MON created in memory of Lady MacRobert, but in the prize's MON forty-year history only one woman has won it. Jane Garvey MON is joined by Fire Engineer Marianne Foley who explains why MON she is up for the prize, and Garth Morrison of the MON MacRobert Trust talks about the life and legacy of Lady MON MacRobert. MON The Independent Police Complaints Commission is MON investigating six cases where women were attacked or MON killed after reporting to the police that they were bring MON threatened. Jane Garvey is joined by Amerdeep Somal, MON Commissioner at the Independent Police Complaints MON Commission and Garry Shewan from the Association of Chief MON Police Officers, to find out what is being done to make MON sure victims of harrassment and stalking are being MON properly protected by the police. MON MON 11:00 Governors Needed b00kslkn (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON Reeta Chakrabati sets out to discover what is involved in MON being a school governor and how influential their work is MON on the success or failure of a school. They are the MON largest volunteer body in the UK but in certain areas MON there is a severe shortage; it involves a lot of work and MON its commitment in unpaid and largely unseen. MON Reeta discovers what it means to be a school governor in MON the independent sector. Talking to head teachers and MON governors at Rugby and Pinewood schools and Cheltenham MON Ladies College, she investigates the role that the MON governing body plays in their continued success. MON The reponsibilities of school governors have increased MON enormously in the independent sector as well as the MON maintained. How do they ensure the recruitment of skilled MON people needed, while trying to keep numbers up and fees MON down? MON MON 11:30 Newfangle b00kslkq (Listen) MON Changing Tunes MON Sitcom by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, set 100,000 MON years BC among a tribe of proto-humans. MON The tribe is tasked with building Alf the Alpha a giant MON mound, to help him survey his swamp kingdom. While working MON in the mud, Newfangle finds a rhythm in the clanking of MON flints in dirt- it's music and the tribe go ape for the MON original sound. MON Soon he and Crag are performing their songs to adoring MON fans, but then the band splits. Newfangle's dreams are MON shattered, until he meets a mysterious primate impresario MON in the forest who has a plan for a comeback tour. MON Newfangle ...... Russell Tovey MON Snaggle ...... Pippa Evans MON Crag ...... Gabriel Vick MON Coco ...... Maureen Lipman MON Alf ...... Hugh Bonneville MON Lucy ...... Amy Shindler MON An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00ks1m0 (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00ks1ry (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00ks1x2 (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00kslks (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange MON of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Dame Beryl MON Bainbridge, Ekow Eshun, Anthony Howard and Francesca Simon. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00kryg4 (Listen) MON All publicity is good publicity for Brookfield Farm. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00ksllr (Listen) MON How Are You Feeling, Alf? MON By James Graham. It is 1979 and the Winter of Discontent. MON A resurgent Conservative Party has forced a motion of no MON confidence in the ailing Labour government. Every vote MON counts, so will Labour stalwart Alf, ill and dying in his MON Leeds hospital bed, be able to make it down to London to MON cast his crucial vote? MON Alf ...... David Ryall MON Tilda ...... Annabelle Dowler MON Jim/Patient ...... Malcolm Tierney MON Humphrey ...... Pip Torrens MON Michael ...... David Hargreaves MON Walter/MP 2/Taxi driver ...... Paul Rider MON Whiskers/Speaker of the House ...... Philip Fox MON Fitt/MP 1/Spriggs/Johnson Voice/Waiter ...... Stephen Hogan MON McGuire/Presenter 1/Station Master ...... Matt Addis MON Presenter 2/Train Announcer/Nurse ...... Lizzy Watts MON Woman ...... Janice Acquah. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00kwfbz (Listen) MON Bill Buckley - Mr Right MON Michael Portillo presents some of conservative writer, MON intellectual and wit William F Buckley's most glittering MON exchanges with the leading politicians and personalities MON of his day. MON Buckley helped to move conservatism from the outer fringes MON to the very centre of American political life. Waspish, MON provocative, sometimes infuriating but never dull, his MON weekly programme Firing Line became the world's MON longest-running TV show with a single host. From 1966 to MON 1999, everyone from presidents to poets, politicians and MON punks submitted to Buckley's weekly interrogations. MON A Paladin Invision production for radio 4. MON MON 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00kslm2 (Listen) MON The Back of the Bus MON Series charting the history of America, written and MON presented by David Reynolds. MON The US Supreme Court orders schools to become racially MON mixed and Martin Luther King emerges as a civil rights MON leader. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00krsyf (Listen) MON Newcastle MON Newcastle's secret paladares. Five cooks from four MON different countries - Bosnia, Pakistan and Colombia - open MON up their homes to serve food to complete strangers. MON Organised as part of a food festival in Newcastle, the MON meals are based on Havana's paladares, family-hosted MON intimate cafes serving local food. Behind these paladares MON or 'pop up restaurants' in Newcastle are four volunteer MON cooks who want to share food from their home countries MON with people in the north east. MON The programme follows them as the evening of the meals MON unfold. Presented by Sheila Dillon. MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00kslpf (Listen) MON Ernie Rea debates traditional African beliefs, the faith MON system of new South African president, Jacob Zuma. What MON are these beliefs and how do they fit with Islam and MON Christianity? MON MON 17:00 PM b00ks2hs (Listen) MON Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie MON Mair. Plus Weather. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ks2n5 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 The Museum of Curiosity b00ksvt5 (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 6 MON John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three MON guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary MON museum. With Clive James, Ben Miller and Philip Pullman. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00ks1xg (Listen) MON Kenton has a bad case of itchy feet. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00ks2nh (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an MON interview with writer Peter Bowker, whose TV drama MON Occupation focuses on the effects of the Iraq war on three MON British soldiers. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ks45x (Listen) MON The Pillow Book, series 2 - Fire, Episode 1 MON By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings MON of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and MON lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi. MON It has been nine months since Lieutenant Yukinari and Lady MON Shonagon solved the crimes in the palace, and nine months MON since they parted. A chill wind brings ominous news, and a MON blood-stained letter from Yukinari. MON Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell MON Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley MON Tadanobu ...... Liam Brennan MON Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach MON Oshika ...... Nick Underwood MON Emperor ...... Simon Ginty. MON MON 20:00 The Ian Blair Years b00ksvt7 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The BBC's Home Affairs Correspondent Danny Shaw tells the MON inside story of Sir Ian Blair's tenure as Commissioner of MON the Metropolitan Police. MON This liberal, Oxford-educated, 'Blairite' was once seen as MON the ideal candidate to modernise British policing, and in MON particular to eliminate the taint of 'institutional MON racism' from the Met. But his tenure became increasingly MON controversial and he was forced to step aside: dogged by MON the police shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, accused of MON racial discrimination by one of his most senior officers MON and facing allegations of cronyism. MON Danny Shaw talks to those who have known Sir Ian MON throughout his career and examines how Britain's MON highest-flying officer came to be embroiled in a bitter MON dispute at the top of Britain's biggest police force. Was MON Blair a victim of politicisation or could he simply not do MON the job as he had promised? MON MON 20:30 Analysis b00l0xxl (Listen) MON Economy on the Edge MON In 2008 one of the world's most respected economic MON observers, Martin Wolf, the chief economic commentator of MON the Financial Times, forecast that the global downturn MON could be even worse than most experts realised. A year on, MON he returns to examine the current state of the global MON financial markets and talks to a range of financial MON experts to analyse what the future may hold. MON MON 21:00 Frontiers b00ksztn (Listen) MON Alcohol MON Sue Nelson goes behind the headlines to find out how MON alcohol affects our health. The impact of drink on our MON health is rarely out of the news, but information can be MON confusing. Latest studies link even moderate drinking to MON an increased risk of cancer, while others claim alcohol MON reduces heart disease. MON Sue talks to experts in the field and learns that despite MON links to cancer being known for 100 years, understanding MON the actual mechanisms in the body remains under-researched MON and under-funded. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00kslkl (Listen) MON Andrew Marr talks to John Keane about democracy, Katie MON Mitchell about virgin births and opera, Peter Hall about MON the vitality of regional theatre and Matthew Gale about MON Futurism. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00ks4l1 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00ks4mx (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ks5t3 (Listen) MON One Day, Episode 1 MON Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by MON David Nicholls. MON The friendship between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew MON begins on the day after graduation - the morning after MON they have spent the night together. MON A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Off the Page b00kpzdd (Listen) MON Welcome to the Real World MON Dominic Arkwright is joined by clinical psychologist MON Oliver James, author of The Selfish Capitalist and Britain MON on the Couch; French journalist Agnes Poirier; and Annie MON Caulfield, creator of the Radio 4 series Reasons to be MON Cheerful, to discuss why people avoid confronting reality, MON and what happens when they do. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00ks4ps (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Sean Curran. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 9 JUNE 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00krysd (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00krzjq (Listen) TUE The Locust and the Bird, Episode 1 TUE Hanan reflects on an uneasy relationship with her mother TUE and the decision to set down her life story. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kryty (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kryxx (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00krywk (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00kryzp (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00krz1p (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard TUE Chartres, Bishop of London. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00krz69 (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00krzbk (Listen) TUE With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. Including Sports TUE Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in TUE Parliament. TUE TUE 09:00 The Reith Lectures b00kt7sh (Listen) TUE The Reith Lectures 2009, Markets and Morals TUE Michael Sandel, Harvard Professor of Government, delivers TUE four lectures about the prospects of a new politics of the TUE common good. The series is presented and chaired by Sue TUE Lawley. TUE Sandel considers the expansion of markets and how we TUE determine their moral limits. Should immigrants, for TUE example, pay for citizenship? Should we pay schoolchildren TUE for good test results, or even to read a book? He calls TUE for a more robust public debate about such questions, as TUE part of a 'new citizenship'. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00kvp9f (Listen) TUE The Locust and the Bird, Episode 2 TUE Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of TUE her mother. Kamila falls in love, but her family have TUE other plans for her and events take a disturbing turn. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00ks0kf (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. Including drama: The Pillow Book. TUE TUE 11:00 Nature b00kt8r1 (Listen) TUE Series 2, Pollination TUE Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve TUE honeybees, their habitats and the flowers which provide TUE them with pollen and nectar. TUE The modern threats to honeybees, which include varroa TUE mites and colony collapse disorder, are being widely TUE publicised. But the honeybee in the UK is just a single TUE species - there are over 260 species of solitary bees and TUE bumblebees in the British Isles, all of which perform a TUE free and efficient pollination service. TUE TUE 11:30 The Body of Art b00kt8r3 (Listen) TUE Bob Dickinson talks to performance artists who have used TUE their own bodies as a site for art, and in doing so TUE challenged the limits of what it means to be human. TUE In 2008 the Australian artist, Stelarc, began a new TUE project in which he grew a genetically-cloned ear on his TUE left arm. This cloned organ will, after continuing TUE surgery, be fitted with a microphone and linked to the TUE internet, so that we will all be able to listen, from our TUE PCs, to what Stelarc is hearing through his 'extra ear'. TUE At the same time, the French artist, Orlan, produced an TUE installation, Harlequin Coat, which uses recombinant DNA TUE technology to fuse living cells taken from her body with TUE the cells of other humans, and animals. TUE Bob Dickinson talks to these artists and others, including TUE Marina Abramovic, Franko B and the Chinese artist He Yun TUE Chang, and asks them what makes them want to endure TUE discomfort, pain and isolation. He reports on the way in TUE which certain artists are now moving away from the limited TUE space of their bodies, fascinated by the way technology TUE and genetic engineering are remapping our understanding of TUE the self. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00ks1kl (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00ks1rp (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00ks1v0 (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Performing to the Red Light b00kt8r5 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Terence Curran goes behind the scenes to experience the TUE recording process as different classical performers TUE prepare for the studio. Among them is pianist Kathryn TUE Stott. There are also interviews with notable performers TUE including Emma Johnson and Stephen Hough, producers and TUE record company executives who discuss the little-known TUE psychological aspects behind making a classical recording. TUE Terence explores how more seasoned performers approach TUE recording and also looks at how decisions are reached in TUE chamber groups. Which member of a quartet decides the best TUE 'take', and what happens if no one can agree? TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00ks1xg (Listen) TUE Kenton has a bad case of itchy feet. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00ktb3t (Listen) TUE Bang Went the Sun TUE By Mark Shand. Eva's mother has gone missing. But with her TUE father sneezing in turquoise and acting high-pitched TUE orange, can Eva and her father find each other, let alone TUE their missing relative? TUE A play about synaesthesia - the mixing of senses - and how TUE a father and daughter rediscover each other. TUE Eva ...... Lucy Jo Hudson TUE Daniel ...... Kevin Doyle TUE Maria ...... Sue Kelly TUE Sarah ...... Olwen May TUE Policeman ...... Hamilton Berstock TUE Directed by Gary Brown. TUE TUE 15:00 Making History b00ktb3w (Listen) TUE One of the few surviving members of the British whaling TUE fleet recalls life on South Georgia, and Professor Tom TUE Williamson from the University of East Anglia reveals the TUE rich history of a now almost lost hamlet. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ktb3y (Listen) TUE More Love in the Afternoon, The Lark TUE By Alan Titchmarsh. A widow's life is transformed when she TUE embarks on an unexpected love affair. Read by Joanna Tope. TUE TUE 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00ks221 (Listen) TUE 'And We Shall Overcome' TUE Series charting the history of America, written and TUE presented by David Reynolds. TUE Activists confront segregationists in the south and TUE President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act after years TUE of protests and political pressure. TUE TUE 16:00 The Eureka Years b00cj90x (Listen) TUE Series 4, 1923 - Traffic Lights and Frozen Food TUE Adam Hart-Davis explores spectacular years in the history TUE of science. TUE Key inventions from 1923 include a crucial part of a TV TUE set, a packet of frozen peas, a device for separating TUE molecules and the story of the man who made us all stop TUE for a moment of peace at traffic lights. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00ktc9w (Listen) TUE Kate Mosse talks to journalist and campaigner Melissa Benn TUE and Terry Deary, the author of the Horrible Histories TUE series of books for children, about their favourite books. TUE The panel's choices include a vivid memoir, a biographical TUE novel and the last book from a much-loved novelist. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00ks2hg (Listen) TUE Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie TUE Mair. Plus Weather. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ks2kn (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 The Secret World b00jn4n1 (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Comedy series that offers an insight into the private TUE lives of the famous. TUE Jools Holland has an embarrassing encounter in a public TUE baths. TUE With Jon Culshaw, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Julian Dutton, TUE Lewis Macleod, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00ks1x4 (Listen) TUE Neil tries to bring home the bacon. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00ks2n7 (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a TUE discussion with the historians Antonia Fraser and Margaret TUE MacMillan about the art of writing about the past. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ks4b7 (Listen) TUE The Pillow Book, series 2 - Fire, Episode 2 TUE By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings TUE of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and TUE lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi. TUE Yukinari has been beaten and left for dead in a TUE blacksmith's bothy. Someone has been sending him writings TUE which speak of The Day of Fire, and an Incorruptible Lord TUE - a Lord Yukinari believes may now be in the Palace itself. TUE Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell TUE Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley TUE Tadanobu ...... Liam Brennan TUE Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00ktc9y (Listen) TUE Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that TUE industrial-scale pig farms in America played a key role in TUE exposing us to the swine flu virus. TUE Local people near the first known case in Mexico TUE questioned the role of an American-owned industrial scale TUE pig farm not far away. Any link was strenuously denied, TUE however, and the US pork industry soon helped persuade TUE medical authorities to drop the term 'swine flu'. TUE But for years American virologists have been studying the TUE links between new and potentially risky flu viruses and TUE farm animals. Whatever the role of pig farms in Mexico, TUE experts say that parts of the current flu virus can be TUE traced back to outbreaks of swine flu, then affecting only TUE pigs, in several American states in 1998. TUE As Julian reports from the USA, the move to highly TUE intensive pig farming methods by some companies has long TUE been denounced by green groups and the animal welfare TUE lobby, who allege massive damage to the environment, TUE intolerable smells, and health risks to farm workers and TUE their families. Now they are asking if factory farming TUE conditions could have increased the dangers of a global TUE flu pandemic. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00ktcb0 (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 All in the Mind b00ktcb2 (Listen) TUE Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest TUE scientific research about the brain and the mind. TUE Munchausen by Proxy, when a parent deliberately falsifies TUE illness in a child by making up or even causing symptoms, TUE has been renamed as Fabricated or Induced Illness after TUE controversial cases in the past few years. But senior TUE doctors are concerned that there is now a public TUE reluctance to accept that the condition does exist, TUE however rare. Claudia hears about the cases, usually TUE mothers, who do harm their children on purpose. TUE TUE 21:30 Unseen Britain b00j3v3c (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we TUE spend our money, where we travel and the state of our TUE health, while remaining unseen themselves. TUE Peter meets immigration officers Matt Dyson and Tim TUE Weatherall, who explain what a passport says about a TUE person and how they can be sure you are who you say you TUE are. He also learns about the unseen techniques used to TUE flush out those who attempt to smuggle drugs by swallowing TUE them. He is put through one of the machines used to detect TUE drugs and is shown the largest X-ray machine in the world. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00ks4jq (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00ks4l3 (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Robin TUE Lustig. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjz6 (Listen) TUE One Day, Episode 2 TUE Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by TUE David Nicholls. TUE It is July 1989, a year after Emma and Dexter first met - TUE and agreed to be 'just friends'. Dex is off travelling in TUE India and Em has slid into a grim waitressing job at a TUE Mexican restaurant. But their letters continue to fly back TUE and forth. TUE A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better TUE b00d45ny (Listen) TUE Series 2, Generosity TUE Mark Watson turns his wit to the subject of virtue, with TUE stand-up comedy on the subject of generosity. Tim Key and TUE Tom Basden kindly offer donations of poems and songs. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00ks4mz (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with Susan Hulme. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00krysg (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00kvp9f (Listen) WED The Locust and the Bird, Episode 2 WED Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of WED her mother. Kamila falls in love, but her family have WED other plans for her and events take a disturbing turn. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kryv0 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kryxz (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00krywm (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00kryzr (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00krz1r (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard WED Chartres, Bishop of London. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00krz6f (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00krzbm (Listen) WED With Edward Stourton and James Naughtie. Including Sports WED Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in WED Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00ktd9y (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests including art expert Philip Mould. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00kvp9h (Listen) WED The Locust and the Bird, Episode 3 WED Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of WED her mother. WED Following her forced marriage, Kamila risks everything WED when she secretly resumes the affair with her beloved WED Muhammad. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00ks0kh (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Pillow Book. WED WED 11:00 Ireland: From Boom to Bust b00ktdb0 (Listen) WED Olivia O'Leary tells the story of the biggest economic WED crisis Ireland has ever known and its search for a WED post-crash identity. WED For the last 20 years the Irish economy was the pride of WED Europe. If the rush to riches was very un-Irish, Olivia WED tries to find out if her country is now reverting to a WED more familiar state of penance. William Butler Yeats WED described the indigenous character trait as an abiding WED sense of tragedy that sustained people through temporary WED periods of joy. WED For many younger people, who were told that they had more WED money and more freedom than any previous generation, the WED maudlin emigration songs with their tales of yearning and WED aching loneliness felt like stories from a distant era. WED Suddenly, though, they no longer feel so remote. As the WED shutters are pulled down on job opportunities at home, the WED harsh prospect of having to find work abroad is all too WED real for thousands of young people. WED Olivia finds that Ireland's economic crisis is far from WED over and finds out how the country is re-imagining itself WED anew. WED WED 11:30 Spread A Little Happiness b00ktdb2 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a WED Yorkshire sandwich bar. WED A recent jog to work seems to have improved more than Hope WED and Jodie's muscles, judging by the number of breakfast WED baps they are selling. WED Hope ...... Suranne Jones WED Jodie ...... Susan Cookson WED Dave ...... Neil Dudgeon WED Ray ...... Shaun Prendergast WED Ben ...... Ben Crowe WED Directed by Chris Wallis. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00ks1kq (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00ks1rr (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00ks1v2 (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00ktdb4 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00ks1x4 (Listen) WED Neil tries to bring home the bacon. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b008jgm1 (Listen) WED Puddle WED Romantic comedy by Peter Souter. WED Advertising agency director Sam has mislaid his actress WED girlfriend Gemma, who is shooting a soap in New York, and WED is desperate to win her back. But when Sam finally gets to WED America, he hasn't the courage to confront her. Instead he WED ends up in a New York jail, where he pours out his a heart WED to a distinctly unimpressed fellow inmate. WED Sam ...... Rory Kinnear WED Gemma ...... Tamsin Greig WED Fats/NoNeck ...... Nicky Henson WED VO/Bella/Girl 2 ...... Laura Molyneux WED Jo/Girl 1 ...... Joannah Tincey WED Charlotte ...... Rachel Atkins WED Aaron/Noodle/NoNeck/Customer ...... Kerry Shale WED Directed by Gordon House. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00ktdb7 (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on insurance. WED He is joined by Peter Staddon of BIBA, Clare Francis from WED moneysupermarket.com and Malcolm Tarling of the ABI. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ktbf0 (Listen) WED More Love in the Afternoon, A Fortnight in Tuscany WED Series of three new short stories by leading romantic WED novelists. WED When a high-flying business executive signs up for a WED cookery course in Tuscany, it is not just her knife skills WED that improve. By Katie Fforde, read by Candida Benson. WED WED 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00ks223 (Listen) WED Black Power WED Series charting the history of America, written and WED presented by David Reynolds. WED Despite the gains of the civil rights movement, WED African-American frustration at the slow pace of change WED results in riots and the emergence of militant leaders. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00ktdbb (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how WED society works. WED WED 16:30 All in the Mind b00ktcb2 (Listen) WED Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest WED scientific research about the brain and the mind. WED Munchausen by Proxy, when a parent deliberately falsifies WED illness in a child by making up or even causing symptoms, WED has been renamed as Fabricated or Induced Illness after WED controversial cases in the past few years. But senior WED doctors are concerned that there is now a public WED reluctance to accept that the condition does exist, WED however rare. Claudia hears about the cases, usually WED mothers, who do harm their children on purpose. WED WED 17:00 PM b00ks2hj (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie WED Mair. Plus Weather. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ks2kq (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4, followed by Weather. WED WED 18:30 Spoon, Jar, Jar, Spoon: The Two Sides of Tommy WED Cooper b00jm66h (Listen) WED Rob Brydon explores two sides to comedian Tommy Cooper - WED his humour and his love of magic. On stage, Cooper assumed WED a manic and bumbling persona, but behind this was a man WED with a genuine talent for magic, as revealed by WED contributions from magicans Paul Daniels, Alan Alan and WED the late Ali Bongo. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00ks1x6 (Listen) WED The boys go out - Kenton Style. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00ks2n9 (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. The verdict on new WED productions of The Cherry Orchard and The Winter's Tale, WED both directed by Sam Mendes, with a cast including Ethan WED Hawke. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ks4b9 (Listen) WED The Pillow Book, series 2 - Fire, Episode 3 WED By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings WED of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and WED lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi. WED Lieutenant Yukinari is convinced that one of three Lords WED of the Palace is the leader of a rebellion which threatens WED the life of Emperor, the Sun God himself. WED Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell WED Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley WED Tadanobu ...... Liam Brennan WED Oshika ...... Nick Underwood. WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00ktdbd (Listen) WED Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions WED behind the week's news. With Claire Fox, Melanie Philips, WED Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik. WED WED 20:45 Street Circus b00jypr3 (Listen) WED Midge Ure travels to Cape Town in South Africa to visit WED Zip Zap School of Circus Arts for Social Change. Midge is WED expecting the big top, bright lights and clowns in comedy WED big shoes and red noses, but this is something entirely WED different. WED Founded in 1992 by Laurence and Brent van Rensburg, the WED vision for the Zip Zap circus school was to teach circus WED skills to South African children from all walks of life - WED from Cape Town's wealthy middle class elite to children WED born in the townships. Boys, girls, wealthy, homeless, WED extroverted, introverted, aged eight to 18, all have their WED places and responsibilities at Zip Zap, which attempts to WED embody Mandela's vision of the Rainbow Nation. WED Midge meets Zip Zap's founders in Cape Town, and joins WED Shannon and Neville, two trainers from Zip Zap who travel WED to Khayelitsha township once a week to run the circus WED outreach programme there for kids born with HIV. WED Shannon and Neville seem to embody what Zip Zap is all WED about. The former is a white American from Minneapolis who WED went over to train with Zip Zap and the latter is a black WED South African from Khayelitsha township - they got WED together at Zip Zap. WED At the Khayelitsha outreach programme, there is no big top WED or paying audiences, just 25 children aged between eight WED and 13 who were all born with HIV. They practise circus WED skills in the street, including juggling, unicycle and WED throwing hoops. Midge is initially a little sceptical WED about how teaching circus skills to kids born with HIV can WED improve their lives. He hears how they have been WED ostracised by their own communities and how the circus WED workshops attempt to enable these children to develop WED their physical strength and abilities, while gaining WED self-confidence. WED Midge says, 'I get it now. It's not about building up WED wonderful performers, it's about integration, it's about WED self-esteem. The circus works - it gives all these kids a WED focus, it gives them something to do, something to learn. WED But most importantly it gives them a little bit of hope.'. WED WED 21:00 Nature b00kt8r1 (Listen) WED Series 2, Pollination WED Paul Evans asks if enough is being done to conserve WED honeybees, their habitats and the flowers which provide WED them with pollen and nectar. WED The modern threats to honeybees, which include varroa WED mites and colony collapse disorder, are being widely WED publicised. But the honeybee in the UK is just a single WED species - there are over 260 species of solitary bees and WED bumblebees in the British Isles, all of which perform a WED free and efficient pollination service. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00ktd9y (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests including art expert Philip Mould. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00ks4js (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00ks4l5 (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyt (Listen) WED One Day, Episode 3 WED Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by WED David Nicholls. WED Dexter's career in television seems to be taking off, but, WED as they move into the early 1990s, Emma is still wondering WED what to do with her life - a dilemma not eased by Dexter's WED endless parade of girlfriends. WED A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Self-Storage b0080x3g (Listen) WED Series 1, Family WED Sitcom by Tom Collinson and Barnaby Power. WED Dave's family attempt some intervention therapy to arrest WED his descent. But living separately from your wife in a WED storage unit isn't such a big deal these days, is it? WED Dave ...... Reece Shearsmith WED Geoff ...... Mark Heap WED Ron ...... Tom Goodman-Hill WED Judy ...... Rosie Cavaliero WED Sarah ...... Susan Earl WED Dad ...... Philip Jackson. WED WED 23:15 Strangers on Trains b00d45p4 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Series of character comedies by Nat Segnit and Stewart WED Wright, in which Nat talks to people sitting alone on WED trains. He asks strange men about the jobs they do. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00ks4n1 (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with David Wilby. WED WED THU THURSDAY 11 JUNE 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00krysj (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00kvp9h (Listen) THU The Locust and the Bird, Episode 3 THU Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of THU her mother. THU Following her forced marriage, Kamila risks everything THU when she secretly resumes the affair with her beloved THU Muhammad. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kryv2 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kryy1 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00krywp (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00kryzt (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00krz1t (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard THU Chartres, Bishop of London. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00krz6h (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00krzbp (Listen) THU With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports THU Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in THU Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00ktfmw (Listen) THU The Augustan Age THU Melvyn Bragg and guests Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards and THU Duncan Kennedy discuss how the Emperor Augustus influenced THU the literature of Ovid and Virgil. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00kvp9l (Listen) THU The Locust and the Bird, Episode 4 THU Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of THU her mother. Kamila is forced to choose between her love THU for Muhammad and her daughters. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00ks0kk (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Pillow Book. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00ktgkj (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 Burl Ives b00ktgkl (Listen) THU Musician and writer CP Lee celebrates the life, career and THU music of singer and Oscar-winning actor Burl Ives, in the THU centenary year of his birth. THU CP Lee also explores Ives' co-operation in the 1950s with THU the anti-communist trials held by the House Un-American THU Activities Committee, and how he informed against his THU fellow folk musicians, notably Pete Seeger, in order to THU preserve his film career. THU Burl Ives came from Illinois, where he sang folk songs as THU a child, droping out of school in the late 1920s to become THU an itinerent banjo player during the economic depression. THU By the 1930s he was appearing on radio, singing the songs THU he made famous, such as Foggy Foggy Dew, The Bluetail Fly THU and the hobo ballad Big Rock Candy Mountain. THU Along with Woody Guthrie, Ives was one of a generation of THU musicians who were rediscovering American folk music, THU performing it to politicise their audiences as well as THU entertain them. Ives was also a talented actor, and during THU the Second World War, he found success in several roles in THU Broadway productions. Subsequently he won an Oscar for his THU role in the 1958 film, The Big Country. THU Like many other left-wing artists, Ives faced blacklisting THU in the late 1940s, when he was listed in a McCarthyite THU publication as having possible communist connections. But THU Ives survived the House UnAmerican Activities Committee THU two years later, by informing against other folk THU musicians, notably Pete Seeger. In 1993, however, two THU years before Ives' death, Seeger forgave him and the two THU were reunited and sang at a benefit concert in New York. THU CP Lee explores Ives' rise to fame, his music, and the THU dilemmas he faced, with the help of veteran American folk THU singer Julie Felix. They recall the music and the THU influence of a man whose career spanned more than one THU troubled period in American history, and who is best THU remembered today for the songs he recorded for children. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00ks1ks (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00ks1rt (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00ks1v4 (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b00ktprr (Listen) THU Stripping Off THU Dominic Arkwright is joined by life model Zoe Simon and THU writers Catherine Blyth and Phil Hilton to discuss the THU naked body. Is it art or obscenity? Self-expression or THU perversion? Titilation or a turn-off? THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00ks1x6 (Listen) THU The boys go out - Kenton Style. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00kvr5l (Listen) THU Taken THU By Suzanne Heathcote. The disappearance of a little girl THU in Simon's town brings home the fact that, since his THU divorce, his own daughter has no idea who he is. Fuelled THU by alcohol and nightmares, Simon's obsession with finding THU the missing girl and his failure to be a good father THU pushes him to the edge. THU Simon ...... Will Keen THU Amanda ...... Brigit Forsyth THU Peter ...... Joseph Kloska THU Hannah ...... Wendy Nottingham THU Sarah ...... Jasmine Hyde THU Brian ...... Alex Woodhall THU Newsreader ...... Crispin Clover THU Other parts played by Leighton Martin, Nicola Fox and THU Amelia Rubra. THU Directed by Carl Prekopp. THU THU 15:02 Ramblings b00krgcr (Listen) THU Series 12, Episode 3 THU Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, THU body and soul. THU Clare walks in Wiltshire with the 'modern-day Troubadours' THU who have been singing for their supper as they tramp the THU length and breadth of Britain. After studying The THU Canterbury Tales from his university desk, Will decided he THU needed to experience the route on foot, a journey that has THU now expanded to walking across Britain with school friends THU Ed and Ginger. THU It is a full time expedition, in which they travel on foot THU and live outside, getting them right to the soul of the THU land. They hope the folk music of yesteryear they play THU will ancient rekindle memories and knowledge. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00krj56 (Listen) THU Fairbridge THU Colin Jackson appeals on behalf of Fairbridge. THU Fairbridge is a national charity supporting young people THU aged 13 to 25 to develop the confidence, motivation and THU skills they need to turn their lives around. THU Donations to Fairbridge, should be sent to FREEPOST BBC THU Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope THU Fairbridge. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144 If you THU are a UK tax payer, please provide Fairbridge with your THU full name and address so they can claim the Gift Aid on THU your donation worth another 25 per cent. The online and THU phone donation facilities are not currently available to THU listeners without a UK postcode. THU Registered Charity No: 206807 SC039288. THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ktbf2 (Listen) THU More Love in the Afternoon, Fish and Chips THU By Freya North. An unexpected inheritance leads a young THU woman to see her life in a whole new way. Read by Melody THU Grove. THU THU 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00ks225 (Listen) THU Women's Liberation THU Series charting the history of America, written and THU presented by David Reynolds. THU American women push back against sexism, demanding career THU opportunities and access to birth control. THU THU 16:00 Bookclub b00kryfr (Listen) THU Kate Grenville THU Orange Prize winner Kate Grenville talks to James Naughtie THU about her novel The Secret River and answers questions THU from a group of readers. THU Told through the eyes of 19th-century deportee William THU Thornhill and his family as they arrive in Australia, the THU novel examines the themes of ownership, belonging and THU identity from the point of view of the settlers and the THU Aboriginal people who were already there. THU Writing the book, says Kate Grenville, was 'like getting a THU new set of eyes and ears'. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00kvr9g (Listen) THU As the UK research councils pour new money into THU eco-engineering, Quentin Cooper hears about the challenges THU of low-carbon housing. All new housing must be zero-carbon THU by 2016 according to government policy, but is such a THU commitment even meaningful? The aim seems worthy, but THU experts say that new homes often use twice the energy THU expected, partly because the engineering science is too THU poor. THU THU 17:00 PM b00ks2hl (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie THU Mair. Plus Weather. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ks2ks (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 Hut 33 b00c1d1m (Listen) THU Series 2, Getting Heavy THU Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941. THU Three code-breakers are forced to share a draughty wooden THU hut as they try to break German ciphers. Unfortunately, THU they hate each other. THU Hut 33's record is the worst in the complex. Charles is THU mortified with shame, Archie is desperate to prove himself THU and Gordon wants to impress a girl he has just met. They THU break into Hut 7b to get extra information on a message THU they are decoding, which turns out not to be a good idea. THU Charles ...... Robert Bathurst THU Archie ...... Tom Goodman-Hill THU Minka...... Olivia Colman THU Gordon ...... Fergus Craig THU Mrs Best ...... Lill Roughley THU Joshua ...... Alex MacQueen. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00ks1x8 (Listen) THU Times get tougher for the Carters. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00ks2nc (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. She talks to THU Oscar-nominated writer and director Guillermo del Toro, THU who has co-written a novel featuring a fearsome virus and THU vampires. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ks4bc (Listen) THU The Pillow Book, series 2 - Fire, Episode 4 THU By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings THU of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and THU lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi. THU An earthquake has shattered the Palace walls. Gifts arrive THU from across Japan, and from the Emperor of China himself. THU But Yukinari fears that the gifts are not as innocent as THU they seem. THU Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell THU Oshika ...... Nick Underwood THU Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley THU Tadanobu ...... Liam Brennan THU Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach. THU THU 20:00 The Report b00kvpzr (Listen) THU As the FA launches another investigation into claims of THU suspicious betting on a football match, Simon Cox reports THU on the industry behind the 40 billion pounds gambled on THU sport in the UK each year, and asks whether enough is THU being done to protect sport from corruption. THU THU 20:30 Bottom Line b00kvr9j (Listen) THU Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs THU and company bosses talk about the issues that matter to THU their companies and their customers. THU THU 21:00 Leading Edge b00kvr9l (Listen) THU Geoff Watts asks if science can be creative - is it open THU to new ideas, or does the peer review process only fund THU and publish work that supports the status quo and the THU vested interests of the reviewers? THU Geoff meets Don Braben, a visiting lecturer at UCL and THU former science impresario, who thinks that a percentage of THU the nation's science budget should go to supporting 'blue THU skies' research that is not focused on any recognised THU goal. He sees scientific freedom as a basic human need. THU Geoff also meets writer and inventor Anne Miller, who has THU published a book on 'how to get your ideas adopted (and THU change the world)'. It is something she is clearly quite THU good at herself, with 23 patents to her name and a claim THU to be Britain's most prolific female inventor. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00ktfmw (Listen) THU The Augustan Age THU Melvyn Bragg and guests Mary Beard, Catharine Edwards and THU Duncan Kennedy discuss how the Emperor Augustus influenced THU the literature of Ovid and Virgil. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00ks4jv (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00ks4l7 (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyw (Listen) THU One Day, Episode 4 THU Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by THU David Nicholls. THU Alcohol is beginning to take over Dexter's life, but the THU frenzied world of media partying seems to need that kind THU of fuel. His old friend Emma has qualified as a teacher THU and has begun to shake off her romantic feelings for Dex. THU A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 Down the Line b00js9g3 (Listen) THU Credit Crunch Special THU A one-off special edition of the spoof phone-in show on THU the subject of the credit crunch, starring Rhys Thomas as THU Gary Bellamy. THU With Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie THU Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse. Plus special THU guests Mark Gatiss and Robert Popper. THU A Down The Line production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00ks4n3 (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Sean Curran. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 12 JUNE 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00krysl (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00kvp9l (Listen) FRI The Locust and the Bird, Episode 4 FRI Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of FRI her mother. Kamila is forced to choose between her love FRI for Muhammad and her daughters. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00kryv4 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00kryy3 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00krywr (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00kryzw (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00krz1w (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with the Right Rev Richard FRI Chartres, Bishop of London. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00krz6k (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00krzbr (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in FRI Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00krkct (Listen) FRI Piers Morgan FRI Kirsty Young's castaway is the journalist and broadcaster FRI Piers Morgan. FRI He spent more than a decade as a Fleet Street editor and FRI pioneered a style of journalism that devoured the FRI day-to-day lives of celebrities. Now, he has become FRI something of a celebrity himself, fronting a TV interview FRI programme and sitting as a judge on both America's Got FRI Talent and Britain's Got Talent. He is, according to one FRI friend, 'the ultimate proof that self-confidence and FRI self-belief can become a self-fulfilling prophecy'. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00kvp9p (Listen) FRI The Locust and the Bird, Episode 5 FRI Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh's memoir of the life of FRI her mother. Kamila is haunted by her decision to abandon FRI her young daughters, and she seeks a reconciliation with FRI Hanan. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00ks0km (Listen) FRI With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Pillow Book. FRI FRI 11:00 Meet the Patels b00kvryj (Listen) FRI Exploring the success of the 210,000-strong community of FRI Patels in Britain, the stereotypical Asian corner FRI shopkeepers. FRI There are 50 Patel multi-millionaires and 500 millionaires FRI on the Britain's annual Rich List, a level of success FRI partly attributable to community solidarity. Community FRI elders often arrange get-togethers, including singles FRI nights, speed-dating events, and even a Patel matrimonial FRI website, which has been cited as the most successful FRI online marriage meet. FRI Clare Jenkins attends one of these events to find out why FRI it is seen as important to marry within this large - and FRI wealthy - community. FRI FRI 11:30 Electric Ink b00kvt7x (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI Satirical comedy by Alistair Beaton. Old hacks meet new FRI media in the in the newspaper industry. FRI In order to increase sales of the newspaper, the marketing FRI department decide to give away a free wall chart - with FRI disastrous results. FRI Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay FRI Oliver ...... Alex Jennings FRI Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington FRI Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar FRI Masha ...... Debbie Chazen FRI Freddy/Waiter/Voiceover ...... Ben Willbond FRI Announcer ...... Matt Addis FRI With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00ks1kx (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00ks1rw (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00ks1v6 (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00kvt7z (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00ks1x8 (Listen) FRI Times get tougher for the Carters. FRI FRI 14:15 On Mardle Fen b00kvt81 (Listen) FRI Series 2, A Water Baby FRI Series of four plays by Nick Warburton, set in an FRI idiosyncratic restaurant in the Fens. FRI After weeks of heavy rain, Mardle Fen is waterlogged and a FRI strange child leads Warwick through the flood. FRI Warwick ...... Trevor Peacock FRI Jack ...... Sam Dale FRI Marcia ...... Kate Buffery FRI Samuel ...... John Rowe FRI Zofia ...... Helen Longworth FRI Chloe ...... Lauren Mote FRI Dutch ...... Paul Rider FRI Directed by Claire Grove. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00kvt83 (Listen) FRI Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Chris Beardshaw are FRI guests of Sparsholt College in Hampshire. FRI Featuring the first in a series of visits to the garden of FRI Roy Lancaster to hear the stories behind some of his FRI favourite plants. FRI Including Gardening weather forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00ks227 (Listen) FRI The 'War on Poverty' FRI Series charting the history of America, written and FRI presented by David Reynolds. FRI Lyndon Johnson seizes the political moment after the FRI assassination of President Kennedy to make sweeping FRI reforms to America's healthcare and education programmes. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00kvt85 (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 b00kvt87 (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Ken Loach about working with Eric FRI Cantona on his new film, Looking for Eric. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00ks2hn (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 b00ks2kv (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00kvt89 (Listen) FRI Series 68, Episode 7 FRI Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists FRI include Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Sue Perkins. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00ks1xb (Listen) FRI Adam steps into the breach for Lilian. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00ks2nf (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. With a first-night FRI review of Helen Mirren's performance in the title role of FRI Racine's tragic drama Phedre, staged at the National FRI Theatre. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ks4bf (Listen) FRI The Pillow Book, series 2 - Fire, Episode 5 FRI By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings FRI of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and FRI lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi. FRI Shonagon and Yukinari find themselves in a damp cellar of FRI the Palace in the middle of the night, face to face with FRI Lord Oshika - a young man of high ideals and convictions, FRI and perhaps deadly intent. FRI Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell FRI Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley FRI Oshika ...... Nick Underwood FRI Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach FRI Emperor ...... Simon Ginty. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00kvt8c (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Knutsford, FRI Cheshire. Panellists include Labour MP Frank Field. FRI FRI 20:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00kvt8f (Listen) FRI Monstrous Flowers FRI Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural FRI histories of creatures and plants from around the world. FRI Deep in the steamy forests of Sumatra, the largest flowers FRI in the world bloom, albeit for under a week. But why are FRI they so big? FRI FRI 21:00 America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus b00kw9x0 (Listen) FRI Rights and Riots FRI Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of FRI America, written and presented by David Reynolds. FRI In the 1960s, tensions in American society come bubbling FRI to the surface as liberation movements fight for rights FRI for black Americans and women. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00ks4jx (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00ks4l9 (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Ritula FRI Shah. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00ksjyy (Listen) FRI One Day, Episode 5 FRI Julian Rhind-Tutt reads from the bittersweet novel by FRI David Nicholls. FRI Emma has bought a flat with her boyfriend Ian, and is FRI drifting away from Dexter and his drug-fuelled lifestyle. FRI Can their friendship bridge the difference between their FRI worlds? FRI A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00ktc9w (Listen) FRI Kate Mosse talks to journalist and campaigner Melissa Benn FRI and Terry Deary, the author of the Horrible Histories FRI series of books for children, about their favourite books. FRI The panel's choices include a vivid memoir, a biographical FRI novel and the last book from a much-loved novelist. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00ks4n5 (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI

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