26 June, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for 27/06/2009 - 03/07/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00l6jd7 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00l9pnn (Listen) SAT The Junior Officer's Reading Club, The Road to Sangin SAT Patrick Hennessey reads his soldier's tale for the 21st SAT century; an account of his experiences at Sandhurst and SAT then on deployment in the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan's SAT Helmand Province. SAT From Iraq to Helmand Province and the road to Sangin. SAT Battle contact, so long anticipated, proves satisfying for SAT Hennessey and Operation Silicon is a success. But they SAT must now fight their way up to Sangin, as the casualties SAT mount. SAT A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l6jd9 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l6jdc (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l6jdf (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00l6jdh (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00l6jdk (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00l6jdm (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00l6jdp (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00l92s9 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Ramblings b00l92sc (Listen) SAT Series 12, Episode 6 SAT Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, SAT body and soul. SAT Clare joins polar explorers Caroline Hamilton and Zoe SAT Hudson to walk in Scotland's picturesque Wester Ross. SAT Caroline is a record breaking polar explorer who led the SAT first all-female teams to have trekked to the North and SAT South Pole. Clare walks with Caroline and Zoe in what they SAT both describe as the landscape of their heart, the remote SAT outpost of Lower Diabaig. SAT Isolated and wild, with sweeping expanses of sky, it is a SAT landscape of extremes - with soaring mountains and deep SAT sea lochs, it is a place of space that begs to be SAT explored. Look north and you can almost taste the cold air SAT of the North Pole, a place that Caroline still longs for. SAT Walking from the tiny harbour dotted with white cottages, SAT and through the rocky headland towards views of the Isle SAT of Skye, Caroline and Zoe share their memories of polar SAT adventures at minus 50 degrees celsius, self-sufficient SAT living and wearing hats that look like mountains. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00l92sf (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT After the death of a woman who was trampled by cows, SAT Charlotte Smith hears from farmers, walkers and a cattle SAT behaviourist about the dangers of a stroll in the SAT countryside, and finds out the best way to act if SAT approached by a herd of cattle. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00l92sh (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00l92sk (Listen) SAT With James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in SAT Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00l92sm (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Rev Richard Coles is joined by Paul SAT Twivy. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00l92sp (Listen) SAT Travellers in the ancient Roman Empire made their way both SAT to its outposts and to the heart of it at the Forum in SAT Rome. Sandi Toksvig meets Philip Parker who tells her SAT about his visits to the edges of Roman jurisdiction and SAT what Hadrian's Wall has in common with southern Algeria. SAT Should the ruins be reconstructed or remain as rubble? SAT At the centre of the Pax Romana was the Forum, a jumble of SAT temples, monuments, shops and public buildings which was a SAT magnet to all visitors to Rome. Over the years as it fell SAT into ruins; it became a cattle market and a public park. SAT But has neglect turned into too much attention from the SAT archaeologists? Sandi discusses the appeal of the Forum to SAT tourists ancient and modern with David Watkin. SAT Sandi also talks to Ismini Samanidou about her travels SAT from Mexico to Malaysia and from North Carolina to North SAT Vietnam, looking at different kinds of weaving, the fables SAT behind the fabrics and discovering what a pepper pattern SAT can say about your mother-in-law. SAT SAT 10:30 A Funny Sort of Sound b00l92sr (Listen) SAT Julian Clary pays tribute to the wit and ingenuity of SAT comedy musical acts. He considers the appeal of acts like SAT TV's Mr Muscle, Tony Holland, who won Opportunity Knocks SAT six times in a row by flexing his biceps to the tune of SAT Wheels Cha Cha, and Bob - AKA Tray - Blackman, whose act SAT consisted of bashing a tea tray on his head while singing SAT Mule Train. SAT Julian also considers how the genre has evolved from the SAT heyday of music hall theatre, and talks to Ken Dodd and SAT Jim Tavare. SAT A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00l92st (Listen) SAT If anyone thought that the election of John Bercow as SAT commons speaker would end all controversy on that subject SAT they were wrong. His election was not supported by the SAT vast majority of Conservatives, and the Labour side was SAT accused of cocking a snook at the opposition for having SAT got rid of Speaker Martin. So much for grown-up politics. SAT Frank Dobson, Labour, and Keith Simpson, Conservative, SAT discuss tribal politics. SAT Apart from the election of the speaker the Parliamentary SAT Standards Bill was introduced in the commons this week SAT establishing an independent authority to oversee and SAT regulate MPs' conduct and expenses. SAT David Davis, Conservative, Chris Mullin, Labour, Elfyn SAT Llwyd, Plaid Cymru, and Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat, SAT consider how brave this new world will be. SAT And as the government succumbed to pressure to revise its SAT terms of reference for the Iraq war inquiry announced last SAT week, Lord Butler, former Cabinet Secretary, and former SAT cabinet minister, Clare Short, discuss what such inquiries SAT can achieve. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00l92sw (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00l92sy (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00l6fzl (Listen) SAT Series 28, Episode 1 SAT Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of SAT the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, SAT Jon Holmes and Marcus Brigstocke. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00l939r (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00l939t (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00l68v7 (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Birmingham. SAT Panellists are Hilary Benn, the secretary of state for SAT environment, food and rural affairs, Shadow work and SAT pensions secretary Theresa May, writer and historian Sir SAT Max Hastings and Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at SAT Cambridge University and Classics editor of the Times SAT Literary Supplement. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00l93b0 (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 b00l93z1 (Listen) SAT Journey into Space - The Host SAT Julian Simpson's adaptation of the classic 1950s science SAT fiction series created by Charles Chilton. SAT After receiving a distress call from an abandoned SAT freighter, Jet Morgan and his crew must find a way to SAT defeat the vastly superior Host. If they fail, they will SAT not only all perish, but mankind will become a dispensable SAT stepping stone to a new chapter in evolution. SAT Jet ...... Toby Stephens SAT Doc/Enceladus Control ...... Alan Marriott SAT Lemmy ...... Jot Davies SAT Mitch ...... Chris Pavlo SAT The Host ...... David Jacobs SAT Edie ...... Jana Carpenter SAT JJ Andreev ...... Basher Savage SAT Original music & sound design by David Chilton. SAT A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 15:30 Menotti b00l59rm (Listen) SAT Music writer Michael White tells the life story of SAT composer Gian Carlo Menotti and assesses why his music has SAT fallen from grace. SAT Menotti was a star - he partied at the White House with SAT the Kennedys and sailed on yachts with Maria Callas. His SAT music was celebrated, but today has been largely SAT forgotten. This programme tells his story through music, SAT memories, Menotti's own words, interviews with SAT musicologists and singers who worked with him. Michael SAT often visited Menotti in both his Scottish castle and in SAT Italy, and had rare access to the composer's private SAT papers. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00l9539 (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with SAT Jane Garvey. SAT Including an interview with the Motown singer Martha SAT Reeves; the risks posed by legal so-called 'party drugs'; SAT the impact of dementia on friendships and relationships; SAT three generations of women speak about life in the SAT airforce; the secrets of Saturn; why the complicated SAT heroine of the classical Medea myth continues to fascinate SAT audiences; is it time to stop shopping? SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00l953c (Listen) SAT Saturday PM SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn SAT Quinn, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 Bottom Line b00l5nt1 (Listen) SAT Evan Davis asks his guests about their personal style of SAT management. Does the TV image of the short-tempered, SAT blunt-speaking boss reflect what goes on in the boardroom? SAT PY Gerbeau, chief executive of X-Leisure and the man who SAT saved Disneyland Paris and the Millennium Dome, admits to SAT shouting sometimes, while David Roche, president of SAT Hotels.com, can't remember the last time he raised his SAT voice. And John McLaren, an investment banker turned SAT thriller writer, recalls how different the Japanese SAT business style is from the UK and US way of doing things. SAT Also, Evan asks his guests whether discounting really SAT gives people a better deal. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00l953f (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00l953h (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00l953k (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00l953m (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of SAT conversation, music and comedy. SAT Clive is joined by Sir Trevor McDonald, actress Doon SAT Mackichan and the man behind Thunderbirds and Fireball SAT XLV, Gerry Anderson. SAT Rachael Stirling talks to explorer and presenter Ben Fogle. SAT With music from the Kenyan Boys Choir and comedy from SAT Janey Godley. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00l953p (Listen) SAT John Bercow SAT Jonathan Maitland profiles the newly-elected Speaker of SAT the House of Commons, John Bercow. Bercow is on a mission SAT to reform the House during one of the most difficult times SAT for Parliament. His own political journey from right to SAT left has attracted accusations of opportunism from foes SAT while, supporters are impressed by his passionate pursuit SAT of political goals. Jonathan Maitland asks if Mr Bercow SAT can win over his doubters. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00l953r (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe is joined by novelist Kamila Shamsie, SAT broadcaster and film historian Matthew Sweet, and foreign SAT correspondent Bridget Kendall to discuss the cultural SAT highlights of the week, featuring Lynn Barber's long SAT awaited memoir, a documentary about David Hockney and a SAT new film from the makers of Little Miss Sunshine - SAT Sunshine Cleaning. SAT Sunshine Cleaning is a similar quirky look at a SAT dysfunctional American family starring Amy Adams, Emily SAT Blunt and Alan Arkin. A single mother enlists the help of SAT her sister in her new business cleaning up crime scenes, a SAT job neither of them knows anything about. Granddad is left SAT looking after the boy, mayhem ensues and finally their SAT triumph over adversity. SAT Lynn Barber is the winner of five Press Awards. She SAT started her journalistic career writing for Penthouse and SAT now writes for the Observer where her incisive and SAT penetrating interviews have won her the nickname of 'Demon SAT Barber'. Her long awaited memoir, An Education, SAT scrutinizes her own past for the first time, including a SAT formative relationship with a much older man when she was SAT only 15. SAT The artist David Hockney is followed over three years as SAT he leaves California, his home for the last 25 years, to SAT return to his native Yorkshire to paint a very English SAT countryside. Hockney, who is about to be 70, reflects on SAT the nature of his art and examines his uneasy love affair SAT with photography. SAT Walking In My Mind at the Hayward Gallery's 2009 Summer SAT Exhibition continues the tradition of inviting high SAT profile and up and coming artists from around the world to SAT transform the Gallery's unique outdoor and indoor SAT exhibition spaces. This year, ten artists have been SAT selected to show works that explore how the inner workings SAT of the mind - emotions, thoughts, memories and dreams - SAT can be represented in three-dimensional spaces. SAT While in Everything Must Go at the Soho Theatre in London, SAT ten writers come up with their take on the credit crunch. SAT Making a virtue of the 'living on a shoestring' aesthetic, SAT they explore the fear, denial, rage - and the SAT opportunities - the most severe economic downturn since SAT the 1930s may offer us. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00l953t (Listen) SAT An Unofficial Iris SAT Bidisha listens to archive interviews and dramatisations SAT to revisit the life and work of novelist Iris Murdoch. SAT Debate about Murdoch has continued since her death in SAT 1999. Her legacy as a writer has been overshadowed by the SAT publication of her husband John Bayley's memoir about her SAT decline into Alzheimer's disease and the subsequent film SAT adaptation, starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet, and SAT directed by Richard Eyre. SAT Bidisha listens to archive conversations between Murdoch SAT and writers AN Wilson, AS Byatt and Susan Hill, and SAT discovers a renaissance of interest in the writer as her SAT emphasis on morality and goodness in a godless world seems SAT to resonate today. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00l30sg (Listen) SAT Armadale, Episode 3 SAT Dramatisation by Robin Brooks of the 1866 mystery novel by SAT Wilkie Collins. The machinations of the flame-haired SAT temptress Lydia Gwilt are derailed by the workings of fate SAT and her own lusts and longings. SAT Lydia Gwilt has found a new and more violent way to secure SAT Allan Armadale's fortune, by impersonating his widow. Her SAT plans now include murder, but will her passion for Allan's SAT companion Midwinter help or hinder her? SAT Lydia ...... Lucy Robinson SAT Allan ...... Alex Robertson SAT Midwinter ...... Ray Fearon SAT Neelie ...... Perdita Avery SAT Bashwood ...... Richard Durden SAT Downward ...... Geoffrey Whitehead SAT Jemmy ...... Grant Gillespie SAT Vincent ...... Robin Brooks SAT Girl ...... Rebeccea Saire SAT A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00l9563 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 The Reith Lectures b00l59hf (Listen) SAT The Reith Lectures 2009, Genetics and Morality SAT Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the SAT prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series SAT is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley. SAT Recorded at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, Sandel SAT considers how we should use our ever-increasing scientific SAT knowledge. New genetic technologies hold great promise for SAT treating and curing disease, but how far we should go in SAT using them to manipulate muscles, moods and gender? SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b00l54wn (Listen) SAT Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange SAT of quotations and anecdotes. SAT With guests Lucy Mangan, Marcus du Sautoy, Michael Simkins SAT and Paul Bailey. SAT The reader is Peter Jefferson. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00l32z3 (Listen) SAT Roger McGough presents a weekly selection of favourite SAT poetry requested by listeners. SAT Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of its author SAT and the 150th anniversary of its publication, a SAT celebration of Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubaiyat of Omar SAT Khayyam. Gabriel Woolf reads what has been called 'the SAT most popular verse translation into English ever made'. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 28 JUNE 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00l95tn (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b0085c0h (Listen) SUN Ones to Watch (Volume 2), You're Dead SUN A talent showcase of unpublished work from new writers. SUN By Tom Williams. Read by Samuel Barnett. SUN The school bully is finally expelled when a summer SUN afternoon is revealed as less than idyllic. SUN A Watershed production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l95tq (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l95ts (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l95tv (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00l95tx (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00l95tz (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from St Peter's Church, Tiverton. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00l953p (Listen) SUN John Bercow SUN Jonathan Maitland profiles the newly-elected Speaker of SUN the House of Commons, John Bercow. Bercow is on a mission SUN to reform the House during one of the most difficult times SUN for Parliament. His own political journey from right to SUN left has attracted accusations of opportunism from foes SUN while, supporters are impressed by his passionate pursuit SUN of political goals. Jonathan Maitland asks if Mr Bercow SUN can win over his doubters. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00l95xb (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00l97nq (Listen) SUN Dark Sanctuary SUN Fergal Keane explores the physical and fairytale world SUN created by the forest. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00l97nt (Listen) SUN Tom Heap visits the farm of Pat and John Stanley, who SUN breed pedigree Longhorn Cattle, as they prepare their SUN animals for the Royal Show in Warwickshire. SUN They have been breeding cattle for the past 20 years and SUN have won the Best of Breed championship at the Royal four SUN times. They explain how animals are chosen for the show SUN and why Longhorn meat is so prized by top chefs such as SUN Heston Blumental. SUN With 2009 due to be the last Royal Show, the Stanleys, SUN like many famers, are concerned by the impact this might SUN have on all those who show pedigree livestock as part of SUN their business. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00l97nw (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00l97ny (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00l97z1 (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 b00l97z3 (Listen) SUN Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children SUN Michael Palin appeals on behalf of the Michael Palin SUN Centre for Stammering Children. SUN Donations to The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering SUN Children should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, SUN please mark the back of your envelope The Michael Palin SUN Centre for Stammering Children. Credit cards: Freephone SUN 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide SUN The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children 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: 801171. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00l97z5 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00l97z7 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00l2zbp (Listen) SUN Waiting on God SUN Bishop Martin Shaw visits Paris and Solesmes and talks to SUN author Sara Maitland as he reflects on the life and SUN writings of philosopher and political thinker Simone Weil, SUN in the centenary year of her birth. SUN SUN 08:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00l6g8s (Listen) SUN Giant Birds SUN Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural SUN histories of creatures and plants from around the world. SUN Madagascar, off the eastern coast of Africa, is the SUN largest continental island in the world. It is also the SUN place where the largest egg known to have existed was SUN laid, and the bird that laid it was also a giant. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00l97zc (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00l97zf (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00l97zh (Listen) SUN Arlene Phillips SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is the choreographer, Arlene SUN Phillips. SUN In a career spanning 40 years she set up the dance group SUN Hot Gossip and has masterminded numerous music videos and SUN West End shows. Already one of the country's leading SUN choreographers, the hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing then SUN turned her into a household name. SUN SUN 12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00l55xk (Listen) SUN Series 51, Episode 2 SUN The perennial antidote to panel games comes from Her SUN Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket in London, with Stephen Fry SUN the first to take on the chairman's role from the late SUN Humphrey Lyttelton. SUN Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor SUN are joined by Victoria Wood. SUN With Colin Sell at the piano. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00l97zk (Listen) SUN The Clink - Prison Fine Dining Restaurant SUN Sheila Dillon visits Al Crisci's restaurant, The Clink, SUN which is housed inside High Down Prison in Sutton. Al is SUN head chef at the prison, and as well as cooking for SUN inmates using fresh produce - including vegetables and SUN salad crops grown in the prison gardens - he also provides SUN the inmates with NVQ training in kitchen skills. SUN After winning the Best Dinner Man award at the 2005 Radio SUN 4 Food and Farming Awards, he announced his plans to open SUN a restaurant inside High Down, and he has now achieved his SUN objective. Part staff canteen for the prison employees and SUN part four-star restaurant for the public, The Clink aims SUN to have a standard equal to any West End top hotel or SUN restaurant. SUN Inmates receive training and hands-on experience of SUN working at the top end of the hospitality sector. SUN Potential employers are invited in to see the restaurant SUN in action, taste the food and hopefully commit to SUN employing its alumni. Ingredients are sourced from local SUN businesses, and Al has searched through the seed SUN catalogues to grow a succession of tasty salad crops and SUN vegetables throughout the summer. His aim is to ensure SUN that the inmates involved are fit to work in such SUN establishments on release, that they have the ability to SUN earn a decent salary and will keep out of crime. SUN Sheila visits the restaurant to learn about the food, the SUN training and the interface between the restaurant food and SUN that served within the prison. She also asks how the SUN project is to be funded, if there will be jobs for the SUN inmates when they leave, and who will be coming to eat SUN there. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00l97zm (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00l97zp (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world. SUN SUN 13:30 Moats, Mortgages and Mayhem b00lh47j (Listen) SUN The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson reflects on the SUN reporting of the MPs' expenses scandal and its dramatic SUN repercussions. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00l67zt (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Chris Beardshaw answer SUN questions posed by gardeners in Wiltshire. SUN Including Gardening weather forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 A Guide to Water Birds b00l97zr (Listen) SUN River Birds 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 to look SUN and listen out for birds which you are likely to see or SUN hear near rivers, including Kingfisher, Dipper, Grey SUN Wagtail and Common Sandpiper. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00l987f (Listen) SUN Confessions of an English Opium-Eater SUN By Lavinia Murray. SUN Dramatisation of Thomas De Quincey's 1821 autobiographical SUN account of his consumption of the liquid opiate laudanum, SUN a legal painkiller of the time, and his painful and SUN surreal descent into addiction. SUN Older Thomas ...... Oliver Cotton SUN Younger Thomas ...... James Nickerson SUN Brunnel/Tutor ...... Mark Chatterton SUN Able Big/Ong ...... Eric Potts SUN Betsy ...... Lisa Allen SUN Groaty/Wordsworth ...... David Fleeshman SUN Edith ...... Gemma Harvey SUN Ann ...... Sara Bahadori SUN Directed by Gary Brown. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00l99mh (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup presents the books magazine. SUN SUN 16:30 South of My Days b00l99mk (Listen) SUN Greta Scacchi presents a portrait of Australian poet SUN Judith Wright, who died in 2000. She broke new ground in SUN celebrating the beauty of the Australian landscape and SUN brought insight into women's relationships - writing about SUN love, pregnancy and birth. Wright was also a trailblazing SUN conservationist and a campaigner for Aboriginal land SUN rights. SUN Featuring contributions from Wright's daughter, Meredith SUN McKinney, and friends and colleagues, plus readings by SUN Kerry Fox. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00l5gm4 (Listen) SUN The government's flagship policy for public investment, SUN the Private Finance Initiative, has always relied on big SUN loans from banks. But now, as lenders demand far more for SUN their money, Michael Robinson investigates disturbing SUN increases in the cost of building our schools, hospitals SUN and roads. SUN In today's economic climate, does PFI represent value for SUN money for hard-pressed taxpayers? SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00l953p (Listen) SUN John Bercow SUN Jonathan Maitland profiles the newly-elected Speaker of SUN the House of Commons, John Bercow. Bercow is on a mission SUN to reform the House during one of the most difficult times SUN for Parliament. His own political journey from right to SUN left has attracted accusations of opportunism from foes SUN while, supporters are impressed by his passionate pursuit SUN of political goals. Jonathan Maitland asks if Mr Bercow SUN can win over his doubters. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00l99mm (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00l99mp (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00l99mr (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00l99mt (Listen) SUN Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from SUN the past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00l99mw (Listen) SUN Clarrie's detective skills come to the fore. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00l99my (Listen) SUN Kevin Connolly talks to Tina Brown about her website The SUN Daily Beast and the future of the news media. SUN He takes a trip to Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to find SUN out how the baseball players of the future live with local SUN families for a summer league which may open the door to SUN undreamed of sporting success. SUN Armistead Maupin reflects on 40 years of Gay Power since SUN the Stonewall riots, and examines gay retirement options. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b0082b44 (Listen) SUN The Closed Door, Summer Holiday SUN Series of stories by Dorothy Whipple, an often neglected SUN writer of the interwar years who was described by JB SUN Priestley as 'the Jane Austen of her age'. SUN A child's innocent remark has devastating consequences for SUN a favourite nursemaid. SUN Read by Patience Tomlinson. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00l99sl (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00l67zw (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 b00l92sy (Listen) SUN Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SUN finance. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00l97z3 (Listen) SUN Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children SUN Michael Palin appeals on behalf of the Michael Palin SUN Centre for Stammering Children. SUN Donations to The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering SUN Children should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, SUN please mark the back of your envelope The Michael Palin SUN Centre for Stammering Children. Credit cards: Freephone SUN 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide SUN The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children 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: 801171. SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b00l55xp (Listen) SUN Thought Experiments SUN Studies have shown that if the smell of fresh bread is in SUN the air we are far more generous than otherwise. In the SUN past few years, a fascinating range of experiments has SUN begun to shed light on the moral choices humans make. SUN Philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards asks whether the SUN results can tell us not just how we tend to behave, but SUN how we should behave. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00l99tt (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00l99tw (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including SUN Dave's Friends in the North. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00l68wx (Listen) SUN Francine Stock dips into The Pool Of London and talks to SUN its star, 91-year-old actor Earl Cameron. The dockland SUN crime drama was one of the first films to tackle the SUN subject of interracial relationships, and Earl discusses SUN the prejudice he faced during the war. SUN Iain Sinclair and Matthew Sweet chart the history of the SUN postwar crime movie, with help from another star of The SUN Pool Of London, Leslie Phillips. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00l97nq (Listen) SUN Dark Sanctuary SUN Fergal Keane explores the physical and fairytale world SUN created by the forest. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 29 JUNE 2009 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00l99x8 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00l5hdz (Listen) MON 'Who rules East Europe commands the Heartland. Who rules MON the Heartland commands the World-island. Who rules the MON World Island commands the World'. So decreed Halford MON Mackinder, one of the pioneers of geography and of the MON nascent science of geopolitics. He had a huge influence on MON the strategy of the British Empire and a great impact on MON the foreign policy of Hitler. MON Gerry Kearns, author of Geopolitics and Empire: The Legacy MON of Halford Mackinder tells Laurie Taylor that, with MON dwindling resources of gas and oil and the quest for MON sphere of influence, Mackinder is very much back in vogue. MON Also, Laurie speaks to Roma academics Delia Grigore and MON Ian Hancock about ambivalent feelings towards traditional MON gypsy or Romani culture and the threats and advantages of MON assimilation. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00l95tz (Listen) MON The sound of bells from St Peter's Church, Tiverton. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l9b12 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l9b2t (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l9b2h (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00l9b3s (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00l9b6m (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00l9b70 (Listen) MON Farmers are calling on the police to do more to put a stop MON to rural crime. Tractors, sheep and fuel are going MON missing, and there are concerns that there is not a big MON enough police presence in rural areas. Charlotte Smith MON asks the Association of Chief Police Officers what is MON being done about it. MON Also on the programme, we take a look at the current state MON of agricultural shows, ahead of the last ever Royal Show. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00lb26p (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00l9b92 (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00lb26r (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His MON guests include Edward Gardner, English National Opera's MON musical director, who discusses the UK premiere of Finnish MON conductor Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de loin. MON Plus philosopher Susan Neiman on her book Moral Clarity: A MON Guide for Grown-up Idealists, and Stephen Green, of HSBC, MON on his book Good With Money. Justin Cartwright discusses MON friendship, loss and renewal. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00l9bvk (Listen) MON The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, From Small MON Beginnings MON Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of MON English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his MON extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to MON Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding MON of a clothing empire. MON A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00l9c5r (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Sacred Hearts. MON MON 11:00 Iran: A Revolutionary State b0077049 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON John Tusa presents the first of three programmes MON chronicling the making of modern Iran. He talks to MON academics, statesmen and eye-witnesses, revisiting a MON turbulent century which began with the cultural revolution MON of 1906. MON MON 11:30 Newfangle b00lb26w (Listen) MON Sticks and Stones MON Sitcom by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, set 100,000 MON years BC among a tribe of proto-humans. MON For the first time in years there is peace in swamp. MON Thanks to Newfangle's invention of language and the MON development of peace treaties, the tribe has not fought MON with the Australopithecines for months. MON But then Alf upsets the fragile peace by mentioning their MON funny-shaped heads. Newfangle has to develop some kind of MON super-weapon to deal with the Aussies' superior MON technology, but what ideas will the hominid devise? 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 Chef ...... Lewis MacLeod. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00l9clq (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00l9cm5 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00l9pxl (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00lb26y (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange MON of quotations and anecdotes. MON With guests Dame Beryl Bainbridge, Ekow Eshun, Anthony MON Howard and Francesca Simon. MON The reader is Peter Jefferson. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00l99mw (Listen) MON Clarrie's detective skills come to the fore. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00lbn9t (Listen) MON Accomplices MON Thriller by Simon Passmore. What would you be prepared to MON do to escape the grind of a life going relentlessly MON downhill? For former City lawyer Alice, the price is MON getting higher by the minute. MON Alice ..... Claudia Harrison MON Hattie ...... Emily Joyce MON Patrick ...... Stephen Hogan MON Marcy ...... Lizzy Watts MON Stone ...... Paul Rider MON Directed by Toby Swift. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00l953t (Listen) MON An Unofficial Iris MON Bidisha listens to archive interviews and dramatisations MON to revisit the life and work of novelist Iris Murdoch. MON Debate about Murdoch has continued since her death in MON 1999. Her legacy as a writer has been overshadowed by the MON publication of her husband John Bayley's memoir about her MON decline into Alzheimer's disease and the subsequent film MON adaptation, starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet, and MON directed by Richard Eyre. MON Bidisha listens to archive conversations between Murdoch MON and writers AN Wilson, AS Byatt and Susan Hill, and MON discovers a renaissance of interest in the writer as her MON emphasis on morality and goodness in a godless world seems MON to resonate today. MON MON 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00l9rkk (Listen) MON The Acting President MON Series charting the history of America, written and MON presented by David Reynolds. MON Ronald Reagan, known more for his speechmaking than his MON work habits, turns his message of economic freedom and MON small government into resounding electoral victories. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00l97zk (Listen) MON The Clink - Prison Fine Dining Restaurant MON Sheila Dillon visits Al Crisci's restaurant, The Clink, MON which is housed inside High Down Prison in Sutton. Al is MON head chef at the prison, and as well as cooking for MON inmates using fresh produce - including vegetables and MON salad crops grown in the prison gardens - he also provides MON the inmates with NVQ training in kitchen skills. MON After winning the Best Dinner Man award at the 2005 Radio MON 4 Food and Farming Awards, he announced his plans to open MON a restaurant inside High Down, and he has now achieved his MON objective. Part staff canteen for the prison employees and MON part four-star restaurant for the public, The Clink aims MON to have a standard equal to any West End top hotel or MON restaurant. MON Inmates receive training and hands-on experience of MON working at the top end of the hospitality sector. MON Potential employers are invited in to see the restaurant MON in action, taste the food and hopefully commit to MON employing its alumni. Ingredients are sourced from local MON businesses, and Al has searched through the seed MON catalogues to grow a succession of tasty salad crops and MON vegetables throughout the summer. His aim is to ensure MON that the inmates involved are fit to work in such MON establishments on release, that they have the ability to MON earn a decent salary and will keep out of crime. MON Sheila visits the restaurant to learn about the food, the MON training and the interface between the restaurant food and MON that served within the prison. She also asks how the MON project is to be funded, if there will be jobs for the MON inmates when they leave, and who will be coming to eat MON there. MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00lb270 (Listen) MON To mark the 200th edition of the programme, Ernie Rea and MON guests AC Grayling, Anthony Carroll and Mona Siddiqui MON discuss whether Britain is now a post-secular society. MON What happened to the perceived wisdom that modernity would MON see religion wither and die? Why has the post-millennium MON world seen a rise in interest in all matters religious MON rather than the expected decline? Does immigration and MON 9/11 account for this resurgence in religion or are other MON factors at work? And should faith have a public space in MON today's complex world; should it have more rights than MON trade unions and political parties? MON MON 17:00 PM b00l9rrs (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 b00l9rz7 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00lb272 (Listen) MON Series 51, Episode 3 MON The perennial antidote to panel games comes from the MON Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, with Jack Dee taking on MON the chairman's role from the late Humphrey Lyttelton. MON Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor MON are joined by Jeremy Hardy. MON With Colin Sell at the piano. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00l9r83 (Listen) MON Changes are afoot at Willow Cottage. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00l9s0x (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an MON interview with Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies, as the MON spin-off series Torchwood returns to TV and radio. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00l9s42 (Listen) MON Sacred Hearts, Novice MON Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunnat, set in a MON convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been MON placed against her will. MON Serafina is locked in the convent of Santa Caterina. Her MON family declare she has a beautiful voice but she vows that MON she will never sing. MON Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins MON Zuana ...... Geraldine James MON Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer MON Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas MON Appolonia ...... Hannah Waddingham MON Dramtised by Rachel Joyce MON A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 20:00 Moats, Mortgages and Mayhem b00lh47j (Listen) MON The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson reflects on the MON reporting of the MPs' expenses scandal and its dramatic MON repercussions. MON MON 20:30 Analysis b00l55xp (Listen) MON Thought Experiments MON Studies have shown that if the smell of fresh bread is in MON the air we are far more generous than otherwise. In the MON past few years, a fascinating range of experiments has MON begun to shed light on the moral choices humans make. MON Philosopher Janet Radcliffe Richards asks whether the MON results can tell us not just how we tend to behave, but MON how we should behave. MON MON 21:00 Frontiers b00lb5lv (Listen) MON Stem Cells MON Sue Broom catches up on progress in stem cell research. MON She talks to leading scientists in the field and finds out MON when treatments and cures from our own bodies could become MON a realistic prospect. MON Stem cells have long held the promise to cure diseases MON such as heart disease, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, sickle MON cell anaemia and type 1 diabetes, as well as repair MON damaged tissue from injury such as spinal cord damage. But MON are they ready to be tried in humans? MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00lb26r (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His MON guests include Edward Gardner, English National Opera's MON musical director, who discusses the UK premiere of Finnish MON conductor Kaija Saariaho's L'Amour de loin. MON Plus philosopher Susan Neiman on her book Moral Clarity: A MON Guide for Grown-up Idealists, and Stephen Green, of HSBC, MON on his book Good With Money. Justin Cartwright discusses MON friendship, loss and renewal. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00l9s82 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00l9s9p (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00l9snr (Listen) MON The Spy Game, Episode 6 MON Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in MON 1960s England. MON In the snowy winter of 1962, Peter and Anna continue their MON investigations into the life and death of their mother. MON They are convinced that she cannot simply have died in a MON car crash. The mystery casts a long shadow over Anna's MON life. MON Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths. MON MON 23:00 Off the Page b00l5mhs (Listen) MON Vegas MON Michael Simkins, American satirist Joe Queenan and Karen MON Marchbank, author of A Brit's Guide to Vegas, discuss Las MON Vegas. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00l9sc9 (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Sean Curran. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 30 JUNE 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00l99wy (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00l9bvk (Listen) TUE The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, From Small TUE Beginnings TUE Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of TUE English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his TUE extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to TUE Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding TUE of a clothing empire. TUE A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l99zs (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l9b2k (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l9b14 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00l9b3j (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00l9b54 (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00l9b6p (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00l9b8r (Listen) TUE With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports TUE Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in TUE Parliament. TUE TUE 09:00 The Reith Lectures b00lb6bt (Listen) TUE The Reith Lectures 2009, A New Politics of the Common Good TUE Professor Michael Sandel delivers four lectures about the TUE prospects of a new politics of the common good. The series TUE is presented and chaired by Sue Lawley. TUE Sandel makes the case for a moral and civic renewal in TUE democratic politics. Recorded at George Washington TUE University in Washington DC, he calls for a new politics TUE of the common good and says that we need to think of TUE ourselves as citizens, not just consumers. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00lf4cn (Listen) TUE The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, First Signs of TUE Greatness TUE Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of TUE English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his TUE extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to TUE Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding TUE of a clothing empire. TUE Many of the killer shots Perry perfects to win the world TUE table tennis championships in 1929, he adapts and applies TUE to the tennis court. TUE A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00l9c5f (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Sacred Hearts. TUE TUE 11:00 Iran: A Revolutionary State b007707y (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE John Tusa presents the second of three programmes TUE chronicling the making of modern Iran. The oil crisis of TUE the 1950s led to the overthrow of a democratically elected TUE government, with British and American assistance. TUE TUE 11:30 Sitting for Fay b00lb6q7 (Listen) TUE Christine Finn discovers a rich seam of literary life in TUE photographer Fay Godwin's work. TUE Best known for her later landscape work, Godwin spent the TUE 1970s and 80s taking portraits of some of the leading TUE figures of the literary scene. Many iconic book-jacket TUE images were taken by her, including a sultry Ted Hughes TUE with that lock of hair falling over his face, Philip TUE Larkin and the rubber plant, Seamus Heaney and the tree, TUE Desmond Morris in a safari suit, a pensive Ruth Prawer TUE Jhabvala, Keith Waterhouse slumped in a basket chair and TUE Salman Rushdie with a hookah. TUE Christine gained access to Godwin's home and studio as it TUE was being prepared for sale, and with Godwin's friend, TUE photographic historian Roger Taylor, examined the archive. TUE It shows that many of Godwin's later collaborations on TUE books of landscapes - most notably with Ted Hughes, but TUE also with Richard Ingrams and Philip Larkin - were born in TUE the portrait sittings and the relationships that grew out TUE of them. TUE The programme also hears from poet Alan Brownjohn about TUE the experience of sitting for Fay, and examines an archive TUE of prints, contact sheets and letters from her sitters, TUE held in the British Library since her death in 2005, with TUE photo critic and editor Sue Steward. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00l9cjd (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00l9cls (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00l9pxb (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Settling the Score b00lbgqq (Listen) TUE Tim Blackmore examines the complex relationship between TUE composer and commissioner and asks if having boundaries TUE set on the creative process is a help or a hindrance. TUE The programme follows the progress of writing a new TUE musical, Feather Boy, by film composer Debbie Wiseman. She TUE has been commissioned by the National Theatre to write for TUE this musical which will performed in 'workshop' style in TUE July. Her commissioner is the director Anthony Banks. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00l9r83 (Listen) TUE Changes are afoot at Willow Cottage. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00lbt3t (Listen) TUE Dignity TUE Semi-autobiographical drama by Laura McDaid, based on the TUE direct experience of one young couple. One half of that TUE couple, the writer, gives a raw and unflinching account of TUE the turmoil that led her partner to pursue assisted TUE suicide. TUE Lauren ...... Niki Doherty TUE Finn ...... Robert Sheehan TUE Dr Klaus Steiner ...... Wolf Kahler TUE Tom ...... Mark Lambert TUE Liam ...... Luke Griffin TUE Margaret ...... Julia Dearden TUE Caller/Doctor ...... Patrick Fitzsymons TUE Nurse ...... Miche Doherty TUE Female Volunteer ...... Brigitte Brosit TUE Directed by John Simpson. TUE TUE 15:00 Making History b00lbgqs (Listen) TUE Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring TUE ordinary people's links with the past. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00lbgqv (Listen) TUE One More Year, Maia in Yonkers TUE Series of stories from the debut collection by Sana TUE Krasikov, exploring the experiences of characters who TUE leave the former Soviet Union for a new life in America. TUE Following the death of her husband and with no job, Maia TUE finds work in New York, caring for an elderly woman. She TUE sends money back home to her sister, who looks after her TUE teenage son Gogi, so they can live a better life. Gogi TUE sees his mother's absence differently, and Maia must TUE contend with his resentment on his much-anticipated visit TUE to the Big Apple. TUE Read by Sian Thomas. TUE Abridged by Richard Hamilton. TUE TUE 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00l9rk9 (Listen) TUE Reagan and the 'Evil Empire' TUE Series charting the history of America, written and TUE presented by David Reynolds. TUE President Reagan makes progress with a new Cold War TUE strategy, combining tough anti-communist talk with a TUE willingness to negotiate over nuclear arms. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00lbgtc (Listen) TUE Clive Coleman reports on legal issues behind the headlines. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00lbgtf (Listen) TUE Kate Mosse talks to newsreader Emily Maitlis and the TUE Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, about their TUE favourite books. They discuss a moving account of TUE dementia, a novel set during the siege of Sarajevo and an TUE engaging portrait of an eccentric judge. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00l9rpq (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 b00l9rv3 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 The Secret World b00k3zzl (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE Comedy series that offers an insight into the private TUE lives of the famous. TUE The identity of Robert Mugabe's life coach revealed. TUE With Jon Culshaw, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Julian Dutton, TUE Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson and Duncan Wisbey. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00l9r7d (Listen) TUE There is trouble in paradise for Alan and Usha. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00l9rz9 (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who talks to TUE writer Glen David Gold, whose new novel focuses on the TUE life of Charlie Chaplin and the early years of Hollywood. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lb30l (Listen) TUE Sacred Hearts, Songbird TUE Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunnat, set in a TUE convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been TUE placed against her will. TUE Serafina reluctantly helps Suora Zuana in the dispensary, TUE but by night her heart exults to the sound of a man's TUE voice singing outside the convent walls. TUE Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins TUE Zuana ...... Geraldine James TUE Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer TUE Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas TUE Appolonia ...... Hannah Waddingham TUE Dramtised by Rachel Joyce. TUE A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00lbhtk (Listen) TUE With payouts in clinical negligence cases expected to TUE reach a record 700 million pounds in 2010, Miriam O'Reilly TUE investigates no-win, no-fee lawyers. Some of them are TUE allowed to charge up to 800 pounds per hour in bringing TUE claims against the NHS, enabling many law firms to earn TUE substantially more in fees than their clients receive in TUE damages. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00lbhtp (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 All in the Mind b00lbhtw (Listen) TUE In April 2009, Lord Bradley completed a review of how TUE those with mental illness are treated in the Criminal TUE Justice System. The aim was to see how those with mental TUE illness and learning difficulties could be diverted from TUE prison and given other care and guidance to prevent them TUE reoffending. The review has come up with many TUE recommendations. TUE Claudia Hammond visits two Diversion Schemes - one aimed TUE at adults and the other at young offenders, to see what TUE diversion really means and how these approaches can help TUE someone with mental illness. TUE TUE 21:30 The Accidental Volunteer b00j5883 (Listen) TUE Sian Pari Huws visits Rhayader in Mid Wales which seems to TUE be run entirely by volunteers. Like many communities, it TUE increasingly depends on such people for essential services. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00l9s6x (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00l9s84 (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Ritula TUE Shah. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00l9snt (Listen) TUE The Spy Game, Episode 7 TUE Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in TUE 1960s England. TUE Ten-year-old Anna continues to watch more mysteries TUE unfold. Issues that are simply too difficult to deal with TUE are buried deeply in the harsh winter, but Anna glimpses TUE something out of the corner of her eye that is truly TUE shocking. TUE Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths. TUE TUE 23:00 Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better TUE b00dhg7k (Listen) TUE Series 2, Humility TUE Mark Watson turns his wit to the subject of virtue, with TUE stand-up comedy on the subject of humility. Tim Key and TUE Tom Basden modestly offer up their poems and songs. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00l9s9r (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with Susan Hulme. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00l99x0 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00lf4cn (Listen) WED The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, First Signs of WED Greatness WED Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of WED English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his WED extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to WED Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding WED of a clothing empire. WED Many of the killer shots Perry perfects to win the world WED table tennis championships in 1929, he adapts and applies WED to the tennis court. WED A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l99zv (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l9b2m (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l9b16 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00l9b3l (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00l9b56 (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00l9b6r (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00l9b8t (Listen) WED With Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00lbky5 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests including members of the Kenyan Boys Choir. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00lf4cr (Listen) WED The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, Wimbledon Glory WED Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of WED English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his WED extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to WED Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding WED of a clothing empire. WED Perry dominates the game in the 1930s, winning the WED Wimbledon championship three times in succession. WED A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00l9c5h (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Sacred Hearts. WED WED 11:00 Iran: A Revolutionary State b00770cs (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED John Tusa presents the last of three programmes WED chronicling the making of modern Iran. The fall of the WED Shah and the unstoppable rise of Ayatollah Khomeini led to WED the creation of the world's first Islamic republic. How WED has the nation adjusted to rule by clerics? WED WED 11:30 Spread A Little Happiness b00lbky7 (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED Comedy by John Godber and Jane Thornton, set in a WED Yorkshire sandwich bar. WED Hope is in great demand. If only all these people wanted WED to buy a sandwich, apart from the one that does. WED Hope ...... Suranne Jones WED Jodie ...... Susan Cookson WED Dave ...... Neil Dudgeon WED Gavin ...... Ralph Brown WED Eve ...... Joanne Froggatt WED Carrie ...... Elizabeth Godber WED Ray ...... Shuan Prendergast WED Directed by Chris Wallis. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00l9cjg (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00l9clv (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00l9pxd (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00lbn9r (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00l9r7d (Listen) WED There is trouble in paradise for Alan and Usha. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00lg4c7 (Listen) WED Torchwood - Asylum WED By Anita Sullivan. When PC Andy arrests a teenager for WED shoplifting, he thinks it is going to be a routine case. WED Then he sees the weapon she is carrying and decides to WED call in the Torchwood team. Under questioning from Gwen, WED the girl remembers her name but little else, and when she WED speaks it is in a strange mix of English and Scandinavian, WED but with a Cardiff accent. Then the girl's blood tests WED come through and the team is faced with a dilemma. WED Jack ...... John Barrowman WED Gwen ...... Eve Myles WED Ianto ...... Gareth David-Lloyd WED PC Andy ...... Tom Price WED Freda ...... Erin Richards WED Security Guard ...... Matthew Gravelle WED Policewoman ...... Sara McGaughey WED Dog Walker ...... Dick Bradnum WED Girl ...... Isabel Lewis WED Directed by Kate McAll. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00lbn9w (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on financial WED issues. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00lbq2j (Listen) WED One More Year, Companion WED Series of stories from the debut collection by Sana WED Krasikov, exploring the experiences of characters who WED leave the former Soviet Union for a new life in America. WED Ilona Siegal leaves conflict-riven Georgia and arrives in WED America looking for a brighter future. When she meets WED Thomasz, who has recently left his homeland behind him, WED the two find common ground in the hardships they have WED suffered. Then there is Earl, the elderly man who lets her WED have a room in his apartment while she gets her life in WED order, in return for her companionship. WED Read by Sian Thomas. WED Abridged by Richard Hamilton. WED WED 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00l9rkc (Listen) WED The Information Revolution WED Series charting the history of America, written and WED presented by David Reynolds. WED The personal computer breaks into the mainstream, WED demonstrating the flexibility and ingenuity of the WED American economy. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00lbn9y (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how WED society works. WED WED 16:30 All in the Mind b00lbhtw (Listen) WED In April 2009, Lord Bradley completed a review of how WED those with mental illness are treated in the Criminal WED Justice System. The aim was to see how those with mental WED illness and learning difficulties could be diverted from WED prison and given other care and guidance to prevent them WED reoffending. The review has come up with many WED recommendations. WED Claudia Hammond visits two Diversion Schemes - one aimed WED at adults and the other at young offenders, to see what WED diversion really means and how these approaches can help WED someone with mental illness. WED WED 17:00 PM b00l9rps (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 b00l9rv5 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4, followed by Weather. WED WED 18:30 Look Away Now b00lbnb0 (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 1 WED Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at WED the week's sporting news, featuring sketches, spoof WED interviews, highly inexpert analysis and music. WED With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Katherine WED Jakeways and special guests. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00l9r7g (Listen) WED Brookfield prepares for a Royal old time. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00l9rzc (Listen) WED John Wilson reports on Gay Icons, a National Portrait WED Gallery exhibition, with images selected by guest curators WED including Elton John, Ian McKellen and Billie Jean King. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lb30n (Listen) WED Sacred Hearts, Ecstasy WED Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunnat, set in a WED convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been WED placed against her will. WED At The Feast of St Agnes, Serafina sings for the first WED time and is rewarded by an unexpected voice from the WED audience. WED Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins WED Zuana ...... Geraldine James WED Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer WED Letizia ...... Ayesha Antoine WED Magdalene ...... Helen Ryan WED Dramtised by Rachel Joyce. WED A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00lbnb2 (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 Dave's Friends in the North b00lbnb4 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Anne McElvoy examines whether the Conservatives can shake WED off their southern image in order to win a general WED election. WED As a native north-easterner, Anne remembers the animosity WED toward the Conservative Party in the north during the WED Thatcher era. But now the Tories have set their sights on WED a revival in the north as a means of clinching an election WED victory. WED In this programme, Anne asks why Cameron's Tories need the WED north. She argues that it goes beyond a blunt electoral WED need to win back seats held under Margaret Thatcher in the WED 1980s. Cameron wants to be a One Nation Tory, so this is WED also a matter of culture and credibility. WED But is forging a One Nation party a losing battle, WED particularly for a leader based firmly in a metropolitan WED elite? Or could he emulate that other well-heeled public WED school southerner, Harold Macmillan, who used his Stockton WED seat as a launchpad to power by identifying with the north? WED Interviewees include William Hague, Michael Gove, Alan WED Duncan, Hazel Blears, Nick Clegg and Professor John WED Curtice. WED WED 21:00 The Greening of the Deserts b00lbsbq (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Ayisha Yahya explores predictions from some scientists and WED meteorologists that some deserts, including the Sahara, WED could get greener in the future and experience more WED rainfall. WED Ayisha visits the Egyptian settlement of Abu Minqar, which WED is entirely dependent on water from the ancient Nubian WED aquifer. WED Faced with ever-growing population pressure in the fertile WED Nile delta, and the possibility that, according to some WED scenarios of global warming, much of the delta may be WED inundated by rising sea levels, scientists in Egypt are WED experimenting with high-tech techniques to make the desert WED bloom. WED Satellite and radar imaging have enabled ancient WED groundwater in the deserts to be identified and tapped. WED Using water pumped from the aquifer deep below the sand, WED thousands of acres of the Saharan desert have been WED cultivated. The Egyptian government is keen to encourage WED people to move to the desert by pressing ahead with a WED controversial plan to reclaim millions more acres of WED desert over the next 10 years. But is such a plan WED practical or sustainable? WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00lbky5 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests including members of the Kenyan Boys Choir. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00l9s6z (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00l9s86 (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00l9snw (Listen) WED The Spy Game, Episode 8 WED Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in WED 1960s England. WED After the shocking discovery of Sarah Cahn's suicide, WED Peter steps up his investigation into the mystery of his WED mother's disappearance. His actions place him in danger, WED and Anna, as his unwilling accomplice, is put in a WED difficult position. Their father is forced to talk about WED their mother's death, but will the answers that he gives WED be convincing enough? WED Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths. WED WED 23:00 Bespoken Word b00lbsh0 (Listen) WED Performance poetry series. Featuring a reading by Adrian WED Mitchell, who died in 2008, of an updated version of his WED poem To Whom It May Concern, recorded in the last year of WED his life. Plus an appearance by performance poet Mister WED Gee. WED WED 23:15 Strangers on Trains b00dgjgd (Listen) WED Episode 4 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 what home means to them. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00l9s9t (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with David Wilby. WED WED THU THURSDAY 2 JULY 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00l99x2 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00lf4cr (Listen) THU The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, Wimbledon Glory THU Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of THU English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his THU extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to THU Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding THU of a clothing empire. THU Perry dominates the game in the 1930s, winning the THU Wimbledon championship three times in succession. THU A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l99zx (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l9b2p (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l9b18 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00l9b3n (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00l9b58 (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00l9b6t (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00l9b8w (Listen) THU With Evan Davis and John Humphrys. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00lbsj3 (Listen) THU Logical Positivism THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Barry Smith discuss THU Logical Positivism, the radical philosophy of the Vienna THU Circle. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00lf4ct (Listen) THU The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, Hollywood THU Glamour THU Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of THU English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his THU extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to THU Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding THU of a clothing empire. THU Perry's off-court encounters attract attention, as he is THU seen out on the town with the stars of the day, including THU Bette Davis, Loretta Young and Marlene Dietrich. THU A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00l9c5k (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Sacred Hearts. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00lbsj5 (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 The Grandfather of Self Help b00lbt3p (Listen) THU Historian Kate Williams investigates the success and THU lasting legacy of Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help. THU It outsold both Darwin's On the Origin of Species and THU Mill's On Liberty, also published that year, and gave THU birth to the idea that we can all achieve greatness THU through the application of sheer hard work. THU Kate finds out if it contains a message for our own times, THU examines its enduring popularity and meets some of those THU who have been influenced by its ideas, including former THU politician Michael Portillo, who also reveals the book's THU influence on Margaret Thatcher. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00l9cjj (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00l9clx (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00l9pxg (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b00lbt3r (Listen) THU Falling on Your Sword THU Has something happened to the ideas of honour, dignity, THU duty and virtue? Are people less willing to fall on their THU swords than they used to do? Is it admirable, anyway, to THU admit defeat? THU Political journalist Anthony Howard, author and THU broadcaster Anne Atkins and journalist Toby Young join THU Dominic Arkwright to explore the subject through their THU writing. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00l9r7g (Listen) THU Brookfield prepares for a Royal old time. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00lg4nq (Listen) THU Torchwood - Golden Age THU By James Goss. The Torchwood team are led to Delhi on the THU trail of a dangerous energy field. As the field grows, THU they witness the simultaneous disappearance of hundreds of THU people. Jack discovers that the field centres on an old THU colonial mansion, Torchwood India. THU Shocked to find that Torchwood India is still going strong THU after he shut it down himself over 80 years ago, he is THU even more surprised to find that its members, including THU his old flame the Duchess, haven't aged a day. THU Jack ...... John Barrowman THU Gwen ...... Eve Myles THU Ianto ...... Gareth David-Lloyd THU The Duchess ...... Jasmine Hyde THU Mr Daz ...... Amerjit Dew THU Mahajan ...... Ravin J Ganatra THU Gissing ...... Richard Mitchley THU Directed by Kate McAll. THU THU 15:00 Ramblings b00l92sc (Listen) THU Series 12, Episode 6 THU Clare Balding explores walks that are good for the mind, THU body and soul. THU Clare joins polar explorers Caroline Hamilton and Zoe THU Hudson to walk in Scotland's picturesque Wester Ross. THU Caroline is a record breaking polar explorer who led the THU first all-female teams to have trekked to the North and THU South Pole. Clare walks with Caroline and Zoe in what they THU both describe as the landscape of their heart, the remote THU outpost of Lower Diabaig. THU Isolated and wild, with sweeping expanses of sky, it is a THU landscape of extremes - with soaring mountains and deep THU sea lochs, it is a place of space that begs to be THU explored. Look north and you can almost taste the cold air THU of the North Pole, a place that Caroline still longs for. THU Walking from the tiny harbour dotted with white cottages, THU and through the rocky headland towards views of the Isle THU of Skye, Caroline and Zoe share their memories of polar THU adventures at minus 50 degrees celsius, self-sufficient THU living and wearing hats that look like mountains. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00l97z3 (Listen) THU Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children THU Michael Palin appeals on behalf of the Michael Palin THU Centre for Stammering Children. THU Donations to The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering THU Children should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, THU please mark the back of your envelope The Michael Palin THU Centre for Stammering Children. Credit cards: Freephone THU 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide THU The Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children 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: 801171. THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00lbq2l (Listen) THU One More Year, The Repatriates THU Series of stories from the debut collection by Sana THU Krasikov, exploring the experiences of characters who THU leave the former Soviet Union for a new life in America. THU After years of living in America, Grisha and Lera Arsenyev THU return to Moscow. Grisha, full of contempt for the West, THU believes that his dreams of success will be fulfilled in THU his homeland, but the couple find that their country has THU changed beyond recognition. Now Moscow is a different THU place, and they struggle to understand the life and THU culture of the city. Soon they find that their THU expectations and their dreams cannot be reconciled. THU Read by Sian Thomas. THU Abridged by Richard Hamilton. THU THU 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00l9rkf (Listen) THU 'Tear Down This Wall' THU Series charting the history of America, written and THU presented by David Reynolds. THU The first President Bush responds pragmatically to the THU dramatic events of 1989, when the Berlin Wall falls and THU the Chinese government cracks down on student protesters THU in Tiananmen Square. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00l99mh (Listen) THU Mariella Frostrup presents the books magazine. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00lbt3w (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper and guests dissect the week's science. THU THU 17:00 PM b00l9rpv (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 b00l9rv7 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00lbt3y (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU Comedian and activist Mark Thomas creates a People's THU Manifesto, taking suggestions from his studio audience and THU then getting them to vote for the best. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00l9r7j (Listen) THU Brenda's diplomacy is put to the test. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00l9rzf (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lb30q (Listen) THU Sacred Hearts, Fever THU Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunnat, set in a THU convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been THU placed against her will. THU While the convent is hit by fever, Serafina begins to make THU her plans for escape. THU Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins THU Zuana ...... Geraldine James THU Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer THU Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas THU Letizia ...... Ayesha Antoine THU Dramtised by Rachel Joyce. THU A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 20:00 Law in Action b00lbgtc (Listen) THU Clive Coleman reports on legal issues behind the headlines. THU THU 20:30 Bottom Line b00lbt40 (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 b00lbt42 (Listen) THU Science communication has come a long way from the days in THU which white-coated professors worked in their ivory THU towers, speaking only to students in a language that even THU they could barely understand. Today, we have not only THU 'Public Understanding of Science' initiatives, but 'Public THU Engagement with Science'. But how effective are such THU initiatives? Are scientists and journalists doing enough THU and to what extent are they controlled by publishers, THU editors and the peer review process? THU Geoff Watts attends the 6th World Conference of Science THU Journalists, in London, to find out. He challenges his THU colleagues to see if they are providing the science THU coverage the public wants and needs, to make informed THU choices in a technological world. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00lbsj3 (Listen) THU Logical Positivism THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Barry Smith discuss THU Logical Positivism, the radical philosophy of the Vienna THU Circle. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00l9s73 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00l9s88 (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00l9sny (Listen) THU The Spy Game, Episode 9 THU Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in THU 1960s England. THU Anna's quest to find the truth about her mother continues THU into adulthood and she decides to visit her mother's THU birthplace, Kaliningrad, to seek answers. THU Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths. THU THU 23:00 Look Away Now b00lbnb0 (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU Garry Richardson presents a topical comedy show looking at THU the week's sporting news, featuring sketches, spoof THU interviews, highly inexpert analysis and music. THU With Laurence Howarth, Richie Webb, Dave Lamb, Katherine THU Jakeways and special guests. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00l9s9w (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with David Wilby. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 3 JULY 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00l99x4 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00lf4ct (Listen) FRI The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, Hollywood FRI Glamour FRI Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of FRI English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his FRI extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to FRI Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding FRI of a clothing empire. FRI Perry's off-court encounters attract attention, as he is FRI seen out on the town with the stars of the day, including FRI Bette Davis, Loretta Young and Marlene Dietrich. FRI A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00l99zz (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00l9b2r (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00l9b1b (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00l9b3q (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00l9b5b (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Catherine Cowley. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00l9b6w (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00l9b8y (Listen) FRI With James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in FRI Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00l97zh (Listen) FRI Arlene Phillips FRI Kirsty Young's castaway is the choreographer, Arlene FRI Phillips. FRI In a career spanning 40 years she set up the dance group FRI Hot Gossip and has masterminded numerous music videos and FRI West End shows. Already one of the country's leading FRI choreographers, the hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing then FRI turned her into a household name. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00lf4cw (Listen) FRI The Last Champion - The Life of Fred Perry, The Founding FRI of A Clothing Empire FRI Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of FRI English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his FRI extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to FRI Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding FRI of a clothing empire. FRI Perry faces life after tennis and finds success as a FRI businessman. FRI A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00l9c5m (Listen) FRI With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Sacred Hearts. FRI FRI 11:00 Three Rivers b00lc66g (Listen) FRI The Mersey FRI Hardeep Singh Kohli travels from source to sea of three FRI major rivers that are being regenerated after years of FRI neglect and industrial use. FRI Hardeep begins his journey along the Mersey beside the FRI River Goyt in the Peak District, the main tributary of the FRI Mersey. He visits Stockport, which is the official FRI beginning of the Mersey, and spots the plaque which FRI announces that fact hidden behind a Sainsbury's store. FRI From there, Hardeep ventures on to the Manchester Ship FRI Canal and eventually reaches Liverpool's Albert Dock. FRI A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:30 Electric Ink b00lc7f6 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Satirical comedy by Alistair Beaton. Old hacks meet new FRI media in the newspaper industry. FRI While Freddy introduces buzzwords to the paper, Maddox FRI uncovers a top story about the PM. But will it be FRI suppressed? FRI Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay FRI Oliver ...... Alex Jennings FRI Freddy ...... Ben Willbond FRI Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington FRI Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar FRI Masha ...... Debbie Chazen FRI PM's Wife ...... Janice Acquah FRI With additional material by Tom Mitchelson. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00l9cjl (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00l9clz (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00l9pxj (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00lc9fc (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00l9r7j (Listen) FRI Brenda's diplomacy is put to the test. FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00lg4vz (Listen) FRI The Dead Line FRI By Phil Ford. When a Cardiff hospital is inundated with FRI patients who have fallen into coma -like trances, FRI Torchwood move in to investigate. The trances appear to FRI have been triggered by phone calls, all received on retro FRI phones and made from a number that hadn't been active for FRI over 30 years. Determined to find out who has been calling FRI the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number, FRI but the line is dead. But then it calls Jack back. FRI Jack ...... John Barrowman FRI Gwen ...... Eve Myles FRI Ianto ...... Gareth David-Lloyd FRI Rhys ...... Kai Owen FRI Stella ...... Dona Croll FRI Jan ...... Eiry Thomas FRI Bob ...... Matthew Gravelle FRI Tyler ...... Brendan Charleson FRI Directed by Kate McAll. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00lcksx (Listen) FRI Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Anne Swithinbank, John Cushnie and Matthew Wilson answer FRI questions posed by gardeners in East Sussex. FRI Including Gardening weather forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00l9rkh (Listen) FRI 'A New World Order'? FRI Series charting the history of America, written and FRI presented by David Reynolds. FRI A swift victory in Iraq points to a new international FRI consensus, but the failure to remove Saddam Hussein from FRI power sows the seeds of future conflict. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00lcksz (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 b00lclqx (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Michael Mann about his gangster FRI epic, Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp. Michael FRI Powell's widow, Thelma Schoonmaker, discusses her FRI husband's classic The Red Shoes, which she and Martin FRI Scorsese have just restored to its former glory. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00l9rpx (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 b00l9rv9 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The Now Show b00lclwj (Listen) FRI Series 28, Episode 2 FRI Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of FRI the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, FRI Jon Holmes and Marcus Brigstocke. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00l9r7l (Listen) FRI Ambridge gets a new resident. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00l9rzh (Listen) FRI Mark Lawson reports from the Manchester International FRI Festival. Featuring a collaboration between theatre group FRI Punchdrunk, documentary maker Adam Curtis and musician FRI Damon Albarn. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00lb30s (Listen) FRI Sacred Hearts, Carnival FRI Dramatisation of the novel by Sarah Dunnat, set in a FRI convent in Renaissance Italy, where a young woman has been FRI placed against her will. FRI The convent celebrates the long-awaited carnival, but FRI where is Serafina? FRI Abbess ...... Eileen Atkins FRI Zuana ...... Geraldine James FRI Serafina ...... Natalie Dormer FRI Umiliana ...... Sian Thomas FRI Letizia ...... Ayesha Antoine FRI Dramtised by Rachel Joyce. FRI A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00lcm65 (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Cranleigh. FRI Panellists include historian Linda Colley and commentators FRI and columnists Amanda Platell and Rod Liddle. FRI FRI 20:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories b00lcmcq (Listen) FRI Songsters FRI Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural FRI histories of creatures and plants from around the world. FRI People are not the only species who sing. Many birds do FRI and even another ape. What messages are conveyed in the FRI syllables, melodies and repeated phrases, and who is FRI listening? FRI FRI 21:00 America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus b00lcntn (Listen) FRI Revolution and Democracy FRI Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of FRI America, written and presented by David Reynolds. FRI America's power rises once again in the 1980s as the Iron FRI Curtain crumbles and technological changes bring the world FRI closer together, ushering in a new phase in international FRI relations. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00l9s75 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00l9s8b (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Robin FRI Lustig. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00l9sp0 (Listen) FRI The Spy Game, Episode 10 FRI Diana Quick reads the novel by Georgina Harding, set in FRI 1960s England. FRI Unlike her brother, Anna has been unable to lay the FRI mystery of their mother's past to rest. She visits her FRI mother's birthplace to gather evidence and look for clues, FRI deploying all the old tricks of the spy game. Will she FRI find the answers to the questions that have haunted her FRI throughout her life? FRI Abridged by Lauris Morgan Griffiths. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00lbgtf (Listen) FRI Kate Mosse talks to newsreader Emily Maitlis and the FRI Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, about their FRI favourite books. They discuss a moving account of FRI dementia, a novel set during the siege of Sarajevo and an FRI engaging portrait of an eccentric judge. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00l9s9y (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI