Radio 4 Listings for 05/12/2009 - 11/12/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 5 DECEMBER 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00p352h (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00p6yws (Listen)
SAT       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind
SAT       seemingly trivial assumptions.
SAT       A ship that repaired itself; how the earliest telephones
SAT       worked without bells; why it's a good thing for
SAT       skyscrapers to sway; and how Europe to America in an hour,
SAT       by train, may one day become a reality.
SAT       Read by Toby Longworth.
SAT       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
SAT       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p352k (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p352m (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p352p (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00p358j (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p358l (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 Running Away b00f671m (Listen)
SAT       Andrew Sachs
SAT       Tim Samuels joins five famous guests as they put the
SAT       demands of their hectic daily lives on hold and escape for
SAT       a few hours.
SAT       Actor Andrew Sachs needs little persuasion to take a
SAT       well-earned break from penning his autobiography and enjoy
SAT       a grand day out at the zoo - and a stroll down memory lane.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00p358n (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00p3nz0 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00p3nz2 (Listen)
SAT       Gloucestershire Wildlife ER
SAT       Helen Mark visits Vale Wildlife Rescue, a hospital where
SAT       wild animals and birds are taken when they're found
SAT       injured in Gloucestershire and the surrounding region.
SAT       Perhaps surprisingly, the hospital provides good
SAT       indicators of the health of local wildlife: it's possible
SAT       to tell which species are flourishing by the numbers
SAT       brought in. They also run wildlife rehabilitation courses
SAT       for people who want to know what to do when they come
SAT       across an injured animal or bird.
SAT       Helen talks to the staff, and meets patients and long-term
SAT       residents, including owls, buzzards, foxes, deer....and a
SAT       skunk. A colony of skunks has sprung up in the nearby
SAT       Forest of Dean and one was recently brought into the
SAT       Rescue centre. The family who captured the skunk tell of
SAT       their adventure, and why it is that skunks are now to be
SAT       found living wild in the UK.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00p3nz4 (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       From robotic milking machines to meat grown in a
SAT       petri-dish, Farming Today This Week takes a close look at
SAT       the innovations and advances in agricultural technology
SAT       that will help to feed future generations.
SAT       Charlotte Smith puts research and development under the
SAT       spotlight and meets the farmers and scientists striving to
SAT       take agriculture forward.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00p3nz6 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00p3nz8 (Listen)
SAT       With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
SAT       Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00p3nzb (Listen)
SAT       The Rev Richard Coles is joined by Industry Leader for
SAT       Technology at Google Sarah Speake. With poetry from Matt
SAT       Harvey.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00p3p53 (Listen)
SAT       Actor Richard Johnson, star of Hollywood films, stage and
SAT       radio, was interested in environmental issues long before
SAT       they became a widespread concern. He talks to Sandi
SAT       Toksvig about his latest real-life role as the founder of
SAT       a responsible tourism website which enables people to find
SAT       and compare green destinations. He has also taken up
SAT       travel writing for a newspaper and reveals how it has led
SAT       him to go white water rafting at the age of 82.
SAT       Angola is often described as war-torn although the civil
SAT       war, which ravaged the country for decades, is now over.
SAT       Sandi meets Mike Stead, formerly 'our man in Luanda',
SAT       about why he has written a guide to a country where there
SAT       are few tourists and whose facilities for them can be
SAT       measured by the fact that it has, apparently, only one
SAT       working escalator.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Bob Marley: The Chrysler Year b00p3p56 (Listen)
SAT       Lifelong reggae fan Jonathan Charles traces the missing
SAT       year when Bob Marley dropped out of the Jamaican music
SAT       scene and spent a year driving a forklift truck in the
SAT       Chrysler car factory in Wilmington, Delaware.
SAT       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00p3p58 (Listen)
SAT       Peter Riddell of The Times takes soundings on whether or
SAT       not President Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan will work.
SAT       He also unpicks the latest drive for independence by the
SAT       SNP in Scotland, and hears why a record-breaking number of
SAT       MPs are standing down at the general election.
SAT       There's also a look at the latest reforms on conduct and
SAT       expenses in the House of Lords. What's to be done about
SAT       peers who don't show up?
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00p3pkz (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       It's been a turbulent few days in the history of Guinea on
SAT       Africa's west coast. The country's military leader was
SAT       attacked as those around him argued over who would be
SAT       blamed for a massacre of opposition supporters in
SAT       September. Mark Doyle's just back from the capital
SAT       Conakry, where he heard repeated demands for those
SAT       responsible for the killings to be brought to justice.
SAT       The days ahead will reveal much about the world's
SAT       determination - or lack of it - to confront the challenge
SAT       of global warming. Will the nations gathered at the
SAT       Copenhagen summit strike the kind of deal that will really
SAT       make a difference? We'll hear the politicians talk, and
SAT       watch the activists march. But far from the conference
SAT       chamber, almost unnoticed, some of the world's poorest
SAT       people will be struggling to cope with the hard realities
SAT       of climate change. David Shukman explains what the rising
SAT       temperatures mean for one neighbourhood in Bolivia.
SAT       'The earthquake itself was terrifying. The shaking and
SAT       shaking went on forever,' said a survivor on the South
SAT       Pacific island of Samoa. But what came next was even
SAT       worse. Dozens of people were swept to their death in the
SAT       tsunami triggered by the quake. All that was about two
SAT       months ago. And now Samoa's people are gradually coming to
SAT       terms with the aftermath of the disaster. John Pickford is
SAT       just back from Samoa and says its society has been drawing
SAT       on all its traditional resilience.
SAT       'Africa's time has come'. Those were the words of the
SAT       South African delegation as the country claimed the right
SAT       to stage the World Cup. It's still more than six months to
SAT       the kick-off, but already you can feel the anticipation
SAT       mounting. Andrew Harding says there are, of course, all
SAT       the usual worries. Will there be enough hotel rooms,
SAT       transport and so on? And in a country which has become
SAT       associated with incidents of violent crime, will the World
SAT       Cup visitors be safe?
SAT       Muslims around the world have just celebrated one of the
SAT       major events in their calendar, Eid al-Adha. It's a time
SAT       deeply imbued with notions of sacrifice and obedience to
SAT       God. But the festival is also an occasion for dressing
SAT       smartly, visiting relatives, handing out presents and
SAT       eating! And as Luke Freeman explains, the tradition of the
SAT       feast means that one particular animal suddenly finds
SAT       itself in a rather awkward spot.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00p3pl1 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       Card transaction fees anger airline customers, but how can
SAT       you avoid them?
SAT       Home insulation grants get squeezed.
SAT       Money Box listeners debate 'feckless' borrowers.
SAT       And how to be taxed as a foreigner, even if you're born
SAT       here.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00p34yr (Listen)
SAT       Series 29, Episode 2
SAT       Tonight Steve Punt & Hugh Dennis assess the threat of the
SAT       nuclear family; Marcus Brigstocke meets his nemesis; Mitch
SAT       Benn seeks independence for Alex Salmond and Jon Holmes
SAT       explains why Dubai is worse than Margate.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00p3pl3 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00p3pl5 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00p34yt (Listen)
SAT       Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from
SAT       Stratford-upon-Avon. Panellists include director of
SAT       Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, broadcaster John Sergeant,
SAT       associate editor of The Times Daniel Finkelstein and
SAT       columnist AA Gill.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00p3pl7 (Listen)
SAT       Eddie Mair takes listeners' calls and emails in response
SAT       to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00817zc (Listen)
SAT       Dover Beats the Band
SAT       Comedy thriller by Joyce Porter, dramatised by Paul
SAT       Mendelson.
SAT       Inspector Dover, with less than total enthusiasm,
SAT       investigates the murder of a mild-mannered philatelist in
SAT       a holiday camp. His sergeant, however, cares a bit too
SAT       much. But as the investigation begins to uncover a
SAT       sinister conspiracy, even Scotland Yard's laziest
SAT       detective becomes determined to catch the killer.
SAT       Chief Inspector Dover ...... Kenneth Cranham
SAT       Sergeant McGregor ...... Stuart McQuarrie
SAT       Dr Hirst/Nora Hull ...... Joanna Tope
SAT       Captain Maguire/Sven ...... Michael Mackenzie
SAT       Sir Egbert Rankin/Rupert Pettit ...... Finlay McLean
SAT       Inspector Telford/Osmond ...... Nick Underwood
SAT       Sandra/Doreen Knapper ...... Lucy Paterson
SAT       Mavis/WPC Elvira Marchmount ...... Samantha Young
SAT       Other parts played by members of the cast.
SAT       Directed by David Ian Neville.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Tales from the Stave b00p2cq0 (Listen)
SAT       Series 5, Bach's B-Minor Mass
SAT       There are very few scores anywhere in the world of more
SAT       value than Bach's famous Mass. So fragile is it that the
SAT       Berlin library where it's kept (the Staatsbibliothek zu
SAT       Berlin) allows only a very few people ever to see it, let
SAT       alone touch it.
SAT       Choral conductor Simon Halsey and the Bach soprano Deborah
SAT       York join Frances at the Library to get closer to the
SAT       great German composer's extraordinary industry and to
SAT       catch a glimpse of his humanity. It is often half-jokingly
SAT       said that, to his fans, Bach is not so much a composer as
SAT       a religion; but here, in his neat hand, are the crossings
SAT       out and re-workings of a man still seeking to perfect
SAT       music, much of which was written earlier in his life.
SAT       Simon Halsey has described the B-Minor Mass as 'Bach's
SAT       greatest hits', since in many ways it is a compilation of
SAT       pieces he had composed over a number of years. The Berlin
SAT       score isn't simply a fair copy of this assembly, but shows
SAT       Bach still hard at work, changing his mind, rewriting - a
SAT       phrase shifted here, a key modulated there - introducing
SAT       new instrumentation and striving for something better.
SAT       There is also an incredible technological story to tell.
SAT       Bach's pages are literally thick with music - so thick
SAT       that in many places the ink has actually burned through
SAT       the paper, leaving it almost impossible to read. So the
SAT       Library has had to split the single pages open and insert
SAT       a protective sheet to stabilise the ink-burn.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00p3pl9 (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey.
SAT       Delia Smith's advice on cooking turkeys, puddings and more
SAT       festive fare; black and white relationships in the era
SAT       depicted by Andrea Levy's novel Small Island; childbirth
SAT       and identifying those at risk of serious mental health
SAT       problems; singer Annie Lennox on World AIDS Day; is there
SAT       a need for a female alternative to Viagra?; and
SAT       performance from cabaret artist Camille O'Sullivan.
SAT       
SAT       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p3plc (Listen)
SAT       5th December 1989
SAT       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
SAT       years ago.
SAT       Mrs Thatcher faces her first leadership challenge.
SAT       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00p3plf (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 iPM b00p3plh (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00p3plk (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00p3plm (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p3plp (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00p3plr (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of
SAT       conversation, music and comedy.
SAT       Clive is joined by the Liberal Democrat MP Vince Cable,
SAT       entertainer Lionel Blair and restaurateur Oliver Peyton.
SAT       Emma Freud talks to professional time waster Robin Cooper,
SAT       a man who delights in sending organisations and clubs
SAT       absurd letters and phone calls, with humourous results.
SAT       With music from singer-songwriter Lissie and the soul-jazz
SAT       sounds of Michael Olatuja.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 From Fact to Fiction b00p3plt (Listen)
SAT       Series 7, Ghost Writing
SAT       The trial of alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk has begun
SAT       in Munich. Jeremy Front looks at why it's still important
SAT       to confront one's past. Performed by David Schneider and
SAT       Geoffrey Hutchings.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00p3q4b (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00p3q4d (Listen)
SAT       The Turner Prize Turnaround
SAT       As the Turner Prize reaches its 25th year, art critic
SAT       Waldemar Januszczak considers its transformation from a
SAT       widely criticised award to a much anticipated and often
SAT       controversial annual spectacle. Januszczak looks back at
SAT       the art and artists that have grabbed the headlines and
SAT       investigates how the Turner Prize has influenced the
SAT       appreciation of modern art in Britain, with millions now
SAT       visiting Tate Modern.
SAT       The programme includes new interviews with Turner
SAT       Prize-winner Damien Hirst, Tate director Nicholas Serota
SAT       and art critics Matthew Collings and Sarah Kent.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00p1fj2 (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Tinker, Tailor,
SAT       Soldier, Spy, Part 1
SAT       Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic
SAT       novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
SAT       Ever since the capture and torture of their agent in
SAT       Czechoslovakia, the British Secret Intelligence Service
SAT       has been in trouble. Now, the government has been forced
SAT       to call George Smiley back from retirement to investigate
SAT       the whole incident and to seek out the mole they believe
SAT       to be at the heart of the service.
SAT       George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SAT       Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
SAT       Jim Prideaux ...... Anthony Calf
SAT       Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey
SAT       Oliver Lacon ...... Alex Jennings
SAT       Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman
SAT       Irina ...... Vera Filatova
SAT       Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham
SAT       Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed
SAT       Magyar ...... Peter Majer
SAT       Roddy Martindale ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Bill Roach ...... Ryan Watson
SAT       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 20th December as
SAT       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00p3qg6 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00p2z8m (Listen)
SAT       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
SAT       behind the week's news. Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor,
SAT       Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses.
SAT       Can science ever be truly morally neutral? The leaking of
SAT       e-mails from the University of East Anglia Climate
SAT       Research Unit has raised the issue of where should we draw
SAT       the line between science and campaigning? In a complex
SAT       world of competing interests, it's vital that we have an
SAT       independent and rational method to judge and inform
SAT       policies. But is it naive to expect scientists to put
SAT       their personal views aside when dealing with such an
SAT       important issue? Do we rely too much on scientific
SAT       evidence to shape policy and is it driving out political
SAT       and moral debate in society?
SAT       Witnesses:
SAT       Dr Doug Parr, chief scientist Green Peace
SAT       Professor John Milbank, Professor of Religion, Politics
SAT       and Ethics at Nottingham University
SAT       Dr Ben Goldacre, full-time medic, science journalist and
SAT       author of Bad Science
SAT       Professor Lewis Wolpert, Emeritus Professor in Cell and
SAT       Developmental Biology at University College, London.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Brain of Britain b00p28w7 (Listen)
SAT       Russell Davies chairs the eighth heat of the perennial
SAT       general knowledge contest, with contestants from the
SAT       Midlands.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Adventures in Poetry b00p1ftk (Listen)
SAT       Series 10, An Arundel Tomb
SAT       Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting
SAT       appeal of some well-loved poems.
SAT       Philip Larkin was disappointed by his 'Tomb poem': one of
SAT       the pivotal details was wrong and another, he discovered,
SAT       had been invented by a Victorian restorer 500 years later.
SAT       'Muddle to the end,' he complained, and yet it is now one
SAT       of his best-loved and most quoted poems.
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SUN       SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00p3qpg (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Original Shorts b008pvmz (Listen)
SUN       Series 3, Not in Front of Jack Hawkins
SUN       New short stories by well-known authors.
SUN       Christopher Matthew's perceptive tale of past and present,
SUN       in which memory plays tricks at a celebratory memorial
SUN       service.
SUN       Read by Martin Jarvis.
SUN       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p3r41 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p3r43 (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p3r45 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00p3r47 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00p3r49 (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Clement Danes, London.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Political Roots b00p6qpf (Listen)
SUN       Liberals
SUN       Richard Reeves examines the intellectual and philosophical
SUN       roots of the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00p3r4c (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00p3r4f (Listen)
SUN       Striving for Imperfection
SUN       Striving for Imperfection: Classicist Llewellyn Morgan
SUN       considers the problem of aspiring towards perfection, and
SUN       how an acceptance, and even celebration, of our failings
SUN       may be the better path to follow.
SUN       With readings from Orhan Pamuk, Horace and WB Yeats and
SUN       music from Jascha Heifetz, John Foulds and Alessandro
SUN       Scarlatti.
SUN       A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 The Living World b00p3sx9 (Listen)
SUN       Tufty Of Thirlmere
SUN       The ear tufts of the red squirrel are what help make this
SUN       much-loved species of the British countryside such an icon
SUN       for conservation. As the autumn colours of the Lake
SUN       District intensify, Lionel Kelleway sets off on a quest to
SUN       find his own autumnal Tufty in the mixed woodlands of
SUN       Thirlmere.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00p3sxc (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00p3sxf (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00p3sxh (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 b00p71gw (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
SUN       St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal supporting
SUN       homeless and vulnerable people. Presented by Rev Nicholas
SUN       Holtam.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00p3sxm (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00p3sxp (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00p3sxr (Listen)
SUN       The Day Of His Coming
SUN       On the second Sunday of Advent, the Archbishop of York, Dr
SUN       John Sentamu, is the preacher at a service from the
SUN       University of Huddersfield reflecting on the great
SUN       choruses of Handel's Messiah during the BBC's Sing
SUN       Hallelujah weekend.
SUN       Led by Rev Peter Whittaker with the Huddersfield Choral
SUN       Society, conducted by Joseph Cullen.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00p34yw (Listen)
SUN       Clive James reflects that in a democracy we must never be
SUN       complacent about any government initiative and warns of
SUN       the dangers that a new plan for calculating funding for
SUN       universities may pose to academic freedom.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00p3sxt (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       09:45 Received with Thanks b00p6s4j (Listen)
SUN       Libby Purves reports on how the money from last year's
SUN       Christmas Appeal has been spent.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00p3sxw (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00p3sxy (Listen)
SUN       Baroness Scotland
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is the Attorney General, Baroness
SUN       Scotland.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00p2b01 (Listen)
SUN       Series 52, Episode 3
SUN       The perennial antidote to panel games pays a visit to the
SUN       Festival Theatre in Chichester, with Jack Dee taking the
SUN       chairman's role.
SUN       Regulars Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
SUN       are joined by David Mitchell.
SUN       With Colin Sell at the piano.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00p3sy0 (Listen)
SUN       Food Memoir
SUN       Food Memoir has been a growing trend in food writing in
SUN       recent years. The combination of food writers'
SUN       recollections and relevant recipes has proved a hit with
SUN       countless readers. Simon Parkes explores this trend and
SUN       asks why it's so popular. He talks to Josceline Dimbleby,
SUN       who is in the middle of writing her own food memoir,
SUN       Italian food writer Anna del Conte talks about Risotto
SUN       with Nettles and Yasmin Alibhai Brown discusses The
SUN       Settler's Cookbook, both published in 2009.
SUN       In the studio, Kathryn Hughes, biographer of The Short
SUN       Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton, and journalist,
SUN       novelist and critic John Lanchester discuss the genre and
SUN       dissect some of the new and not-so-new publications.
SUN       What attracts established food writers to this literary
SUN       style? How difficult is it to get right? Do the recipes
SUN       get in the way of a good story, or is it the other way
SUN       round? What works and what doesn't?
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00p3sy2 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00p3sy4 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 The House That Jazz Built b00p315y (Listen)
SUN       Celebrating 50 years of Ronnie Scott's, Paul Merton looks
SUN       back at the origins of Britain's most famous jazz venue,
SUN       and examines its impact in the world of music.
SUN       Ever since his trips in the late-1940s to the jazz clubs
SUN       of New York's 52nd Street, Ronnie Scott dreamt of opening
SUN       his own London venue. His vision came true when the first
SUN       Ronnie Scott's club opened on Gerrard Street, Soho, in
SUN       1959.
SUN       The initial plan was purely to provide a base for British
SUN       jazz musicians to jam. However, the club quickly developed
SUN       a reputation for featuring the best in modern jazz and
SUN       soon provided a platform for the world's greatest jazz
SUN       musicians. It became a Mecca for jazz music fans and a
SUN       popular hang-out for politicians, comedians and actors.
SUN       In 1965 it relocated a short distance to Frith Street,
SUN       where it remains one of the world's most celebrated jazz
SUN       rooms, complete with its own studio and record label.
SUN       Recorded on location at Ronnie Scott's, the programme
SUN       features interviews with leading jazz artists Salena
SUN       Jones, Ian Shaw, Jay Phelps and James Pearson, and
SUN       features music and archive from personalities associated
SUN       with the venue during its 50-year history.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00p34yh (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew are
SUN       guests of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in
SUN       Edinburgh.
SUN       The programme takes a guided tour of the Royal Botanic
SUN       Garden Edinburgh.
SUN       Includes gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs b00bbxp3 (Listen)
SUN       Warrington Male Voice Choir
SUN       Joan visits choral assemblies across the country.
SUN       She meets a long-established male voice choir that is
SUN       devoted to promoting peace and reconciliation, a mission
SUN       which assumed greater poignancy after the Warrington
SUN       bombing 15 years ago.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00p3sy6 (Listen)
SUN       The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Tinker, Tailor,
SUN       Soldier, Spy, Part 2
SUN       Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic
SUN       novel.
SUN       George Smiley, called back from retirement, tries to piece
SUN       together the events of the past to find the mole he
SUN       believes is tearing apart the British Secret Intelligence
SUN       Service.
SUN       George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SUN       Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
SUN       Control ...... John Rowe
SUN       Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey
SUN       Percy Alleline ...... Bill Paterson
SUN       Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman
SUN       Toby Esterhase ...... Sam Dale
SUN       Bill Haydon ...... Michael Feast
SUN       Roy Bland...... David Hargreaves
SUN       Sam Collins ...... Nicholas Boulton
SUN       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 20th December as
SUN       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Bookclub b00p3v2j (Listen)
SUN       John Irving
SUN       James Naughtie and readers talk to celebrated American
SUN       author John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen
SUN       Meany.
SUN       The novel starts with a shock - the eponymous hero hits a
SUN       foul ball in a baseball match and kills his best friend's
SUN       mother. It then moves through to spooky premonitions
SUN       during an amateur performance of A Christmas Carol, to a
SUN       drunken psychiatrist driving down school steps, to a
SUN       bloody end during the Vietnam war. Yet there is pattern
SUN       and meaning in such bizarre antics, and part of the fun
SUN       for the reader is to work them out.
SUN       Irving reveals the mysteries of one of fiction's most
SUN       extraordinary characters, Owen Meany - the little guy with
SUN       the falsetto voice.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Adventures in Poetry b00p3v2l (Listen)
SUN       Series 10, My Last Duchess
SUN       Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting
SUN       appeal of some well-loved poems.
SUN       The height of English Gothic, a poem in which an
SUN       aristocrat tacitly admits to having done away with his
SUN       young wife - a Medici no less. Peggy Reynolds teases out
SUN       the many layers of Robert Browning's chilling but
SUN       groundbreaking poem.
SUN       
SUN       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p3v2n (Listen)
SUN       6th December 1989
SUN       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
SUN       years ago.
SUN       East Germany's leader Egon Krenz resigns.
SUN       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00p2hnt (Listen)
SUN       US troops have handed control for security in Iraq back to
SUN       the Iraqi government, which was supposed to be the first
SUN       sign that normality was returning to the streets. So why
SUN       are thousands of Iraqi refugees still refusing to return
SUN       home? Kate Clark invesigates.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Received with Thanks b00p6s4j (Listen)
SUN       Libby Purves reports on how the money from last year's
SUN       Christmas Appeal has been spent.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00p3v2q (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00p3v2s (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p3v2v (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00p3v2x (Listen)
SUN       Laurie Taylor introduces his selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       He's Not the Messiah, He's a Very Naughty Boy - Radio 2
SUN       Adventures in Poetry - Radio 4
SUN       Front Row - Radio 4
SUN       The Good Days - Radio 3
SUN       Tales From The Stave - Radio 4
SUN       Exchanges at the Frontier - World Service
SUN       Brick by Brick - Radio 4
SUN       Book of the Week: The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific
SUN       Surprises - Radio 4
SUN       Midweek - Radio 4
SUN       In Living Memory - Radio 4
SUN       The BBC National Short Story Award - Radio 4
SUN       A Jewel in the Comedy Crown - Radio 4
SUN       Today Programme - Radio 4
SUN       Victoria Derbyshire - Radio 5live
SUN       The House That Jazz Built - Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00p3v6p (Listen)
SUN       Annette's night takes a deceitful turn.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00p3wpn (Listen)
SUN       Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the
SUN       stories shaping America today. Combining location reports
SUN       with lively discussion and exclusive interviews, the show
SUN       provides new and surprising insights into contemporary
SUN       America.
SUN       Matt talks to Joe Lockhart, President Bill Clinton's press
SUN       secretary during his impeachment trial, and columnist Neil
SUN       Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times. The three discuss the
SUN       week's top news including President Obama's plans for
SUN       Afghanistan and joblessness rates in the US, and offer
SUN       some public relations advice to Tiger Woods.
SUN       Americana gathers an informal town hall in Forsyth,
SUN       Georgia to hear the thoughts and reactions of 'average
SUN       Joes' to President Obama's decisions on Afghanistan and
SUN       the challenges ahead.
SUN       Matt talks to farmers from the open stretches of the
SUN       United States as they prepare for their civilian
SUN       deployments to Afghanistan.
SUN       As the ban on smoking in restaurants takes place across
SUN       the state of Virginia, Matt talks to local bar owner Barry
SUN       Pruitt about the last puffs in his bar and about the
SUN       fading romance between the tobacco leaf and Virginia.
SUN       Retired four-star General Jack Keane shares his thoughts
SUN       on President Obama's strategy for Afghanistan.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b0080dyv (Listen)
SUN       Sputnik, Drinking Vodka in the Afternoon
SUN       A selection of stories celebrating the Russian satellite
SUN       which started the space race in 1957.
SUN       By Tania Hershman.
SUN       In an Irish village, Mary Margaret receives lessons from a
SUN       mysterious Russian.
SUN       Read by Niamh Cusack.
SUN       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00p346w (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00p34ym (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 b00p3pl1 (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       Card transaction fees anger airline customers, but how can
SUN       you avoid them?
SUN       Home insulation grants get squeezed.
SUN       Money Box listeners debate 'feckless' borrowers.
SUN       And how to be taxed as a foreigner, even if you're born
SUN       here.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00p71gw (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
SUN       St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal supporting
SUN       homeless and vulnerable people. Presented by Rev Nicholas
SUN       Holtam.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00p33wz (Listen)
SUN       Small Wonder
SUN       Microloans have brought credit to millions of poor people
SUN       shunned by the conventional banking system, but now
SUN       commercial financial institutions are jumping on the
SUN       microlending bandwagon. Peter Day wonders whether a
SUN       microloan bubble is about to burst.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00p3wpq (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00p3wps (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Political Roots.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 1989: Day by Day Omnibus b00p3wpv (Listen)
SUN       Week ending 5th December November 1989
SUN       A look back at the events making the news 20 years ago,
SUN       with Sir John Tusa.
SUN       Margaret Thatcher and her challenger, Sir Anthony Meyer,
SUN       submit their nomination papers as the fight begins for the
SUN       leadership of the Conservative Party. Mikhail Gorbachev
SUN       becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the Vatican; he,
SUN       along with George Bush meet in Malta and declare the Cold
SUN       War over.
SUN       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00p3r4f (Listen)
SUN       Striving for Imperfection
SUN       Striving for Imperfection: Classicist Llewellyn Morgan
SUN       considers the problem of aspiring towards perfection, and
SUN       how an acceptance, and even celebration, of our failings
SUN       may be the better path to follow.
SUN       With readings from Orhan Pamuk, Horace and WB Yeats and
SUN       music from Jascha Heifetz, John Foulds and Alessandro
SUN       Scarlatti.
SUN       A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00p3wxh (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00p2z8g (Listen)
MON       Anthropology in an unusual setting: Wall Street. Laurie
MON       Taylor talks to the anthropologist who gave up her
MON       academic life for over a year to become an investment
MON       banker in order to study life on Wall Street. She explains
MON       why she immersed herself in the culture of high finance,
MON       high risk and high reward and why she thinks it was the
MON       culture of Wall Streeters which brought the world's
MON       financial system to the edge of catastrophe.
MON       Also in the programme, Laurie asks if there is such a
MON       thing as an idyllic English village life. While some media
MON       reports suggest that life in rural communities is
MON       seriously under threat and even dying, Laurie talks to the
MON       geographer who thinks that, far from it, village life is
MON       thriving and in many places a new kind of idyllic life is
MON       being created. Did the rural idyll ever exist and what
MON       form might it take in the 21st century?
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00p3r49 (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Clement Danes, London.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p3xdr (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p405n (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p3xjr (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00p4h3t (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p4jrx (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00p4jw1 (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00p50f3 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00p4jww (Listen)
MON       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00p50f5 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr explores whether the Enlightenment or
MON       communism is more relevant today, with Tzvetan Todorov
MON       defending the role of 18th-century thought and Tariq Ali
MON       demanding a re-evaluation of communist ideals. Andrew
MON       Graham-Dixon champions Russian art, and, on the 60th
MON       anniversary of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, Janine
MON       di Giovanni celebrates its enduring appeal.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00p5ysq (Listen)
MON       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 1
MON       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
MON       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
MON       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
MON       Georgian pantomime.
MON       The two-year-old Joseph Grimaldi is propelled onto the
MON       stage at Sadler's Wells by his ruthless, ballet master
MON       father, the Signor. The infant Joe enters the somewhat
MON       sordid and perilous world of the 18th-century theatre,
MON       where he is drilled daily in the arts of mime, acrobatics
MON       and buffoonery. And when the Signor finally dies of the
MON       syphilis that has threatened his sanity for decades, the
MON       nine-year-old clown Joe is forced to become breadwinner
MON       for Grimaldi family.
MON       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p4kb1 (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       Including:
MON       Each year 50,000 children are born without any knowledge
MON       of who their father is. Alesha Dixon from Strictly Come
MON       Dancing talks about her new BBC 3 documentary: Who's Your
MON       Daddy.
MON       What's the best way to help parents whose babies are
MON       stillborn or die soon after birth? Guidelines from the
MON       National Institute for Clinical Excellence say that
MON       mothers should not routinely be encouraged to see or hold
MON       their dead infant. But some organisations which support
MON       bereaved parents say the guidance is inconsistent and that
MON       it may deny parents the chance to see and hold their baby
MON       after death, should they choose to do so. So what is
MON       helpful at such a traumatic time?
MON       Where do you wear your trackie bottoms? To the gym, or do
MON       you just slouch around the house in them? And how do you
MON       wear them? Matching top or hoodie? Well think again, for
MON       the sporty tracksuit bottom has been given a radical
MON       makeover. Think high heels and jewellery. Will they catch
MON       on or are they forever associated with Vicky Pollard?
MON       It is thought that increasing numbers of healthy women are
MON       seeking surgery to change the shape of the vulva. This
MON       usually means that the patient is asking to have the size
MON       of their labia minora reduced. Jane hears why some doctors
MON       are concerned by the rise in demand for 'labiaplasty'.
MON       
MON       11:00 Policing Britain b00p5x4w (Listen)
MON       The Police and the Public
MON       Andy Hayman, former assistant commissioner of the
MON       Metropolitan Police, examines the challenges facing
MON       policing in Britain today.
MON       When Andy Hayman left the Metropolitan Police in 2008 he
MON       was assistant commissioner, Special Operations, in overall
MON       charge of counter-terrorism. He had to deal with the
MON       suicide bomb attacks on London and the tragedy of the de
MON       Menezes shooting. Andy's 30-year career started straight
MON       out of school with the police in Essex and took him to the
MON       position of chief constable of Norfolk. In this series he
MON       takes a critical look at the challenges facing the police
MON       service in Britain today. He goes back on the beat and
MON       talks to former colleagues and those who work with the
MON       police at every level to ask the question, 'Do we have the
MON       policing we need in Britain today?'
MON       A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       11:30 Tickets Please b00p5xc2 (Listen)
MON       Episode 4
MON       Comedy drama by Mark Maier about the ongoing trials of the
MON       staff and passengers on an intercity rail service.
MON       After delays caused by lightning, a 20-piece orchestra
MON       practices in Coach G. This offers Robin a plangent
MON       background for his declaration of love - but can he seize
MON       his chance?
MON       Robin ...... Jeremy Swift
MON       Nadine ...... Alex Kelly
MON       Peter ...... Malcolm Tierney
MON       Carol ...... Tessa Nicholson
MON       Carl ...... Nicholas Boulton
MON       Diana ...... Melissa Advani
MON       Linda ...... Kate Layden
MON       Keith ...... Stephen Hogan
MON       Other parts played by Philip Fox, Piers Wehner and Joseph
MON       Cohen-Cole.
MON       Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00p4l7x (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00p4lnq (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00p4lp9 (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Brain of Britain b00p5xc4 (Listen)
MON       Russell Davies chairs the ninth heat of the perennial
MON       general knowledge contest, with contestants from the south
MON       of England.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00p3v6p (Listen)
MON       Annette's night takes a deceitful turn.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p5xc6 (Listen)
MON       Zero Degrees of Separation
MON       Three community writing groups from the Isle of Mull,
MON       Northern Ireland and London perform their own short plays.
MON       The Bank Van, by Carla Lamont, Derek Crook, Kirsty Lamont
MON       and Colin MacIntyre.
MON       With Stewart Cattanach, Christopher Barlow, Andrea
MON       McKenna, Roddy Wyness and Mary-Jean Devon.
MON       Crosswords, by Ballycastle Writer's Group.
MON       With Daire Buckley, Arlene Brown, Michael Duffin, Rab
MON       Coyles, Harry McKeirnan.
MON       Guitarist: Lee Cartwright.
MON       Directed by Lou Stein
MON       Shame on You, by The Original Writer's Group, Battersea.
MON       With Zoe King, Christine Brennan, Becca Thackery and
MON       members of the group, with Rebecca Noon and Liam Clarke.
MON       A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00p3q4d (Listen)
MON       The Turner Prize Turnaround
MON       As the Turner Prize reaches its 25th year, art critic
MON       Waldemar Januszczak considers its transformation from a
MON       widely criticised award to a much anticipated and often
MON       controversial annual spectacle. Januszczak looks back at
MON       the art and artists that have grabbed the headlines and
MON       investigates how the Turner Prize has influenced the
MON       appreciation of modern art in Britain, with millions now
MON       visiting Tate Modern.
MON       The programme includes new interviews with Turner
MON       Prize-winner Damien Hirst, Tate director Nicholas Serota
MON       and art critics Matthew Collings and Sarah Kent.
MON       
MON       15:45 Darwin: My Ancestor b00gvrhk (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of
MON       her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to
MON       discover the man behind the science.
MON       Ruth explores how Darwin developed the sense of wonder and
MON       curiosity about nature which would be so crucial to his
MON       work. She investigates how important his childhood
MON       collecting was to him and asks how his enthusiasm
MON       developed into a scientific understanding of the world
MON       around him. Among her interviewees are Darwin's biographer
MON       Janet Browne, geologist Richard Fortey, writer and fellow
MON       Darwin descendant Randal Keynes and Darwin scholar Gillian
MON       Beer.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00p3sy0 (Listen)
MON       Food Memoir
MON       Food Memoir has been a growing trend in food writing in
MON       recent years. The combination of food writers'
MON       recollections and relevant recipes has proved a hit with
MON       countless readers. Simon Parkes explores this trend and
MON       asks why it's so popular. He talks to Josceline Dimbleby,
MON       who is in the middle of writing her own food memoir,
MON       Italian food writer Anna del Conte talks about Risotto
MON       with Nettles and Yasmin Alibhai Brown discusses The
MON       Settler's Cookbook, both published in 2009.
MON       In the studio, Kathryn Hughes, biographer of The Short
MON       Life and Long Times of Mrs Beeton, and journalist,
MON       novelist and critic John Lanchester discuss the genre and
MON       dissect some of the new and not-so-new publications.
MON       What attracts established food writers to this literary
MON       style? How difficult is it to get right? Do the recipes
MON       get in the way of a good story, or is it the other way
MON       round? What works and what doesn't?
MON       
MON       16:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage b00p5yxj (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Series in which physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin
MON       Ince take a witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational
MON       look at the world according to science.
MON       Robin and Brian are joined by alien abduction expert Jon
MON       Ronson and Seth Shostack from the SETI Institute in
MON       California to discuss science conspiracies, UFOs and the
MON       search for ET.
MON       
MON       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p4pm5 (Listen)
MON       7th December 1989
MON       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
MON       years ago.
MON       The Czech prime minister Ladislav Adamec resigns.
MON       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00p4py4 (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 b00p4q2l (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00p604t (Listen)
MON       Series 52, Episode 4
MON       The perennial antidote to panel games pays a visit to the
MON       Festival Theatre in Chichester, with Jack Dee taking the
MON       chairman's role.
MON       Regulars Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
MON       are joined by David Mitchell.
MON       With Colin Sell at the piano.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00p4lt5 (Listen)
MON       Emotions run high at Ambridge Hall.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00p4q57 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including the live
MON       announcement of the winner of the BBC National Short Story
MON       Award.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p4qhh (Listen)
MON       Writing the Century 11: 1963-1966 - All My Trials, Episode
MON       1
MON       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
MON       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Pat Cumper
MON       from documents held at the Black Cultural Archives.
MON       Amy Barbour-James was born in England in 1906 to Guyanese
MON       parents. Her father was a British civil servant and a
MON       founder member of the League of Coloured Peoples. In 1963,
MON       Amy is living in London with her sister Muriel as The Big
MON       Freeze grips the country.
MON       Amy ...... Janice Acquah
MON       Muriel ...... Ellen Thomas
MON       Joyce/Cathy ...... Fiona Clarke
MON       Ade ...... Declan Wilson
MON       Bank Manager ...... Rob Pickavance
MON       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
MON       
MON       20:00 Things We Forgot to Remember b00p604w (Listen)
MON       Series 5, Joan of Arc
MON       Michael Portillo presents a series revisiting the great
MON       moments of history to discover that they often conceal
MON       other events of equal but forgotten importance.
MON       Michael explores the myth and memory of Joan of Arc, and
MON       discovers that another French woman deserves just as much,
MON       if not more, credit for saving France in its hour of need.
MON       Battered by decades of war, riven by internal divsions and
MON       with large swathes of the country occupied by the English,
MON       Charles VII's France was on its knees in the 1420s. To its
MON       rescue came a young woman, Joan of Arc. Under her
MON       inspiration the fortunes of the country were turned round
MON       and France appeared saved. Joan's place in history was
MON       confirmed as she was burned at the stake at the age of 19.
MON       But Joan's notoriety eclipses the contribution made by
MON       another, contemporary Frenchwoman, who did as at least as
MON       much to secure the future of the French nation and its
MON       monarchy. She was Yolande D'Aragon, the King's
MON       mother-in-law. It was Yolande who used her position to
MON       secure the French monarchy by marriage, diplomacy and
MON       force. It was she who invited the young Joan to court, who
MON       provided her with her armour and who acted as her sponsor
MON       as an emblem of hope for the troops. It was also Yolande
MON       who ditched Joan as soon as she became a liability and
MON       spent the next decades making laws and allegiances to
MON       strengthen the French crown.
MON       Michael invetsigates why her 40 years of service have been
MON       forgotten, buried in the mythology that has grown around
MON       Joan.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00p315w (Listen)
MON       Pakistan Drugs
MON       Julia Rooke accompanies former heroin dealer, Urfan Azad,
MON       on a journey back to the remote mountain madrassa in north
MON       west Pakistan where he received drugs rehabilitation and
MON       spiritual healing. But during their journey Urfan reveals
MON       how young recovering addicts and criminals were given
MON       military training and that some went on to fight in
MON       Afghanistan.
MON       
MON       21:00 Frontiers b00p604y (Listen)
MON       Negotiators at the United Nations Framework Convention on
MON       Climate Change in Copenhagen are hoping to agree a new
MON       global climate treaty to limit greenhouse emissions.
MON       Richard Hollingham discusses the way biotechnology can
MON       help us develop new crops able to withstand harsher
MON       growing conditions. He talks to some of the biotech
MON       companies that want the European Commission to relax its
MON       attitude towards GMOs (genetically modified organisms). He
MON       also talks to the European Commission about its policy on
MON       GM products.
MON       Crops genetically adapted for climate change need to be
MON       drought and pest resistant and able to thrive in poor
MON       quality soil. They also need to provide improved yields.
MON       These crops are controversial, especially in Europe.
MON       Historically, European legislators have taken a very
MON       cautious attitude towards genetically modified food and
MON       animal feedstuff. Currently, the European Commission
MON       permits the import of genetically modified cotton, maize,
MON       oilseed rape, soybean and sugar beet for human and animal
MON       consumption. So far, the European Commission has issued a
MON       single licence permitting one variety of GM maize to be
MON       grown in Europe.
MON       At present, there are about 50 GM products awaiting
MON       approval from the European Commission, of which 19 are for
MON       cultivation. The companies that produce biotech crops want
MON       the EC to relax its moratorium on new product approvals.
MON       Apart from the obvious commercial opportunities, they
MON       argue that if Europe relaxes its attitude towards GM
MON       crops, developing nations will be more likely to accept
MON       them too, and it is the developing nations that will be
MON       most affected by climate change. In that sense, Europe is
MON       becoming a crucial battlefield as companies lobby to get
MON       new crops licensed for cultivation.
MON       There is still huge opposition within Europe to
MON       genetically modified crops. But is climate change
MON       beginning to alter the terms of the debate? If the world
MON       is to sustain its current population levels at a time when
MON       it is becoming increasingly difficult to cultivate
MON       traditional crops, have we now reached the point when
MON       Europe needs to take a more tolerant attitude towards the
MON       cultivation of GM crops?
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00p50f5 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr explores whether the Enlightenment or
MON       communism is more relevant today, with Tzvetan Todorov
MON       defending the role of 18th-century thought and Tariq Ali
MON       demanding a re-evaluation of communist ideals. Andrew
MON       Graham-Dixon champions Russian art, and, on the 60th
MON       anniversary of Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, Janine
MON       di Giovanni celebrates its enduring appeal.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00p4r7p (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00p4r86 (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p4rjj (Listen)
MON       Riceyman Steps, Episode 6
MON       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
MON       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
MON       The corrosive desire for thrift begins to dominate married
MON       life at Mr Earlforward's bookshop. Henry's refusal to eat
MON       properly is beginning to affect his health, but Violet has
MON       plans to tempt him.
MON       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00 Word of Mouth b00p2hfw (Listen)
MON       Michael Rosen asks whether English is one language or a
MON       thousand.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p4rjx (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with David Wilby.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00p3wx1 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00p5ysq (Listen)
TUE       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 1
TUE       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
TUE       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
TUE       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
TUE       Georgian pantomime.
TUE       The two-year-old Joseph Grimaldi is propelled onto the
TUE       stage at Sadler's Wells by his ruthless, ballet master
TUE       father, the Signor. The infant Joe enters the somewhat
TUE       sordid and perilous world of the 18th-century theatre,
TUE       where he is drilled daily in the arts of mime, acrobatics
TUE       and buffoonery. And when the Signor finally dies of the
TUE       syphilis that has threatened his sanity for decades, the
TUE       nine-year-old clown Joe is forced to become breadwinner
TUE       for Grimaldi family.
TUE       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p3x30 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p404k (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p3xdt (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00p4h3k (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p4jqd (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00p4js0 (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00p4jw3 (Listen)
TUE       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
TUE       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
TUE       Parliament.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 The Choice b00p607d (Listen)
TUE       Michael Buerk interviews people who have made
TUE       life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole
TUE       process, from the original dilemma to living with the
TUE       consequences.
TUE       Michael talks to Dr Warren Hern about his choice to carry
TUE       out abortions despite death threats.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Pilots That Never Flew b00g633v (Listen)
TUE       Agents and Audiences
TUE       Series in which Director of the National Youth Theatre
TUE       Paul Roseby examines the labourious process of creating
TUE       successful pilot programmes.
TUE       Paul examines two groups at the sharp end of the process:
TUE       the agents who have to break bad news about unsuccessful
TUE       pilots to their clients and the audiences whose response
TUE       can make the difference between success and failure.
TUE       Featuring an interview with John Grant of the Conway van
TUE       Gelder Grant agency.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00p5yss (Listen)
TUE       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 2
TUE       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
TUE       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
TUE       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
TUE       Georgian pantomime.
TUE       The young Grimaldi begins to make his mark as a comic
TUE       performer on the unruly stages of Georgian London. But
TUE       just when he seems to have finally found happiness with
TUE       his new wife and child, tragedy strikes. Joseph seeks
TUE       consolation in work - and making others laugh - with a new
TUE       comic creation that will change the face of clowning
TUE       forever: the pantomime clown Joey, complete with full
TUE       make-up of white face, blood-red mouth and blackened brows.
TUE       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p4kb3 (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Writing the Century 11
TUE       - All My Trials.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Mind Your Slanguage b00p60hx (Listen)
TUE       Benjamin Zephaniah explores the moral panic surrounding
TUE       language change and asks why Jamaican patois remains the
TUE       slang of choice for British teenagers.
TUE       In 2007, Manchester Academy banned street slang from their
TUE       classrooms, and reported soaring exam results the
TUE       following year. Most linguists agree that the key to using
TUE       street slang successfully is 'appropriacy' - the ability
TUE       to turn it on and off in different situations. So why do
TUE       young people today appear less able to discern appropriacy
TUE       than they were 20 years ago? Is banning slang the answer
TUE       or, as some experts suggest, should teachers and parents
TUE       try learning it?
TUE       Including contributions from Ann Widdecombe MP, BBC 1Xtra
TUE       DJ Ras Kwame and Tony Thorne of the Slang and New Language
TUE       Archive, King's College, London.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 Going to Pieces in the Box b00p61zg (Listen)
TUE       Janet Ellis, host of the 1980s Children's BBC series
TUE       Jigsaw, presents a celebration of the history and the art
TUE       of the jigsaw puzzle.
TUE       More art - typically sentimental, traditional art - has
TUE       made its way into more homes via the jigsaw puzzle than
TUE       virtually any other medium. While it has since become the
TUE       purveyor of comforting landscapes to the masses, it
TUE       started life as an educational tool championed by the
TUE       likes of philosopher John Locke. In 1760, London mapmaker
TUE       John Spilsbury mounted one of his maps on hardboard and
TUE       cut it into pieces to help children learn geography.
TUE       Janet tells the story of how, since then, it has become
TUE       such a core feature of childhoods across the world. She
TUE       hears how jigsaws hit their first major peak during the
TUE       Great Depression, when 10 million a week were bought by
TUE       families looking for cheap pastimes, and how they were
TUE       used by immigration officers on Ellis Island to determine
TUE       who should be allowed into the land of the free. Janet
TUE       also explores how popular culture has flirted with the
TUE       jigsaw, in novels and films as diverse as Mansfield Park,
TUE       Citizen Kane and, most powerfully, Georges Perec's novel,
TUE       Life: A User's Manual. She hears from academics and
TUE       enthusiasts including Margaret Drabble, who explain the
TUE       jigsaw's great allure.
TUE       Janet hears how jigsaws continue to be incredibly popular,
TUE       having evolved into 3-D puzzles and of course made their
TUE       way onto the internet, where no young children's games
TUE       site is without one.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00p4l56 (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00p4lff (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00p4lns (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Tales from the Stave b00p61zj (Listen)
TUE       Series 5, Tippett: A Child of Our Time
TUE       Frances Fyfield tracks down the stories behind the scores
TUE       of well-known pieces of music.
TUE       Using the pencil-written score and private notebooks and
TUE       letters, Frances unpacks the creative story behind Sir
TUE       Michael Tippett's oratorio, A Child of Our Time. With its
TUE       Spiritual Choruses mixed with the stark modernity of its
TUE       forbidding message, it stands now as one of the most
TUE       powerful statements about man's potential for inhumanity
TUE       to man.
TUE       As the letters and notes reveal, the inspiration for the
TUE       peace was the shooting in 1938 of a German diplomat in
TUE       Paris by an enraged 17-year-old Jewish boy, powerless to
TUE       stop the Nazi atrocities against his family in Germany.
TUE       His actions, twisted by Nazi propaganda, provoked
TUE       Kristalnacht - a rising against Jewish people and property
TUE       which resulted in the burning of synagogues and Jewish
TUE       shops and houses.
TUE       Already a passionate political thinker, Tippett tried to
TUE       express his feelings through a three-part oratorio that
TUE       described the way a man, the child of the title, can be
TUE       coralled into an act of self-destruction. And set against
TUE       this dark journey are the spirituals, one of which -
TUE       'Steal away to Jesue' - he had heard and been inspired by
TUE       on a radio broadcast. Like Bach's chorales, they remain a
TUE       way into the piece for many listeners, commenting on the
TUE       moods and reflecting on the anger, despair and resignation
TUE       of the child's journey.
TUE       As well as revealing Tippett's workings and worryings over
TUE       the music, the British Library's archive also throws light
TUE       on the way the libretto developed, being sent for
TUE       improvement to poet TS Eliot, who promptly sent it back
TUE       advising the composer that he was managing quite well on
TUE       his own.
TUE       Joing Frances are Sarah Walker, who sang the vital mezzo
TUE       soprano role in a recording made in 1991 with the composer
TUE       himself conducting; music scholar and writer Paul Banks
TUE       and graphologist Ruth Rostron.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00p4lt5 (Listen)
TUE       Emotions run high at Ambridge Hall.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p61zl (Listen)
TUE       Winter Storm
TUE       By Bernard MacLaverty.
TUE       On a Midwinter's day in Iowa in 1996, Scottish poet Andrew
TUE       Younger steps from his office on a university campus and
TUE       is engulfed by a severe blizzard. Lost and disorientated,
TUE       Andrew muses upon the events which have led to him being
TUE       stranded alone, so far away from home.
TUE       Andrew ...... John Gordon Sinclair
TUE       Lorna ...... Maureen Beattie
TUE       Cleaner ...... Wendy Seager
TUE       Kris ...... Michael Goldsmith
TUE       Angela ...... Melody Grove.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00p61zn (Listen)
TUE       When sea level rises are discussed the focus is,
TUE       unsurprisingly, on the shrinking land mass. We are, after
TUE       all, terrestrial creatures. But what about the vast
TUE       numbers of creatures that live in the seas and oceans?
TUE       Listeners ask if more water will provide them with more
TUE       opportunity, and if so could we exploit their gain,
TUE       replacing farm land with fisheries? Creative thinking is
TUE       required to solve many of the world's problems so could a
TUE       need for fresh water in arid countries, a surfeit at the
TUE       poles and a glut of unused oil tankers be combined in an
TUE       elegant solution to water shortages?
TUE       Also, could the move towards burning biomass for energy be
TUE       boosting an undesirable global trade, just how efficient
TUE       is evolution and the seaweed invasion that never was.
TUE       On the panel are sustainable development expert Dr Ros
TUE       Taylor of Kingston University, marine biologist Professor
TUE       Graham Underwood of the University of Essex and Professor
TUE       Philip Stott, an environmental scientist from the
TUE       University of London.
TUE       If you have any comments on the topics discussed or any
TUE       questions you might want to put to future programmes,
TUE       please do let us know.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00p62dq (Listen)
TUE       Defining Moments, The Lost Weekend
TUE       Series of short stories by new Irish writers.
TUE       By Hugo Kelly. A single woman seizes an opportunity to get
TUE       away for a weekend, only to discover that there are some
TUE       things that you just can't escape. Read by Katherine
TUE       Parkinson.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Darwin: My Ancestor b00h6tpp (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of
TUE       her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to
TUE       discover the man behind the science.
TUE       Ruth explores how her ancestor established relationships
TUE       as a husband and father and became a family man, able to
TUE       blend playing with children and working on scientific
TUE       experiments. She investigates how Darwin's curiosity about
TUE       nature found expression in the study of his children and
TUE       she also explores the unique relationship between Darwin
TUE       and his wife Emma. Ruth also travels to Darwin's home,
TUE       Down House in Kent, to follow his footsteps in the places
TUE       that he loved to walk.
TUE       Among her interviewees are Darwin biographer Janet Browne,
TUE       writer and fellow Darwin descendant Randal Keynes and
TUE       Darwin experts from Down House.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Word of Mouth b00p62jn (Listen)
TUE       Michael Rosen meets the consultants who will teach you how
TUE       to speak more clearly, write more grammatically and even
TUE       become a published author - at a price.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00p62v6 (Listen)
TUE       Series 20, Henry V
TUE       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
TUE       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
TUE       Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes discusses the life of Henry V
TUE       and tries to separate fact from myth, with the help of
TUE       historian Juliet Barker.
TUE       
TUE       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p4plj (Listen)
TUE       8th December 1989
TUE       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
TUE       years ago.
TUE       East Germany elects a new leader amid fears that the
TUE       country is descending into lawlessness.
TUE       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00p4pvp (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 b00p4py6 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Sneakiepeeks b00p6307 (Listen)
TUE       Honeytrap Hotel
TUE       Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of
TUE       inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives.
TUE       Beagle Team infringe every civil liberty in the book on
TUE       behalf of national security.
TUE       Bill ...... Richard Lumsden
TUE       Sharla ...... Nina Conti
TUE       Mark ...... Daniel Kaluuya
TUE       Tony Savage ...... Kevin Eldon
TUE       Geoff ...... John Biggins
TUE       Ted ...... Shaban Arifi
TUE       Nanny/Milij ...... Alex Tregear
TUE       Mr Smith ...... Nigel Hastings
TUE       Mrs Smith ...... Kate Layden
TUE       Bishop:Ewan Hooper.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00p4lsn (Listen)
TUE       Vicky and Joe get into the festive spirit.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00p4q2n (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including a review
TUE       of Jim Jarmusch's film The Limits of Control, with a cast
TUE       featuring John Hurt, Tilda Swinton and a cameo role for
TUE       Bill Murray.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p4qt5 (Listen)
TUE       Writing the Century 11: 1963-1966 - All My Trials, Episode
TUE       2
TUE       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
TUE       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Pat Cumper
TUE       from documents held at the Black Cultural Archives.
TUE       Amy Barbour-James and her sister, Muriel, have escaped The
TUE       Big Freeze and are visiting friends in Trinidad. But
TUE       Muriel takes a turn for the worse.
TUE       Amy ...... Janice Acquah
TUE       Muriel ...... Ellen Thomas
TUE       Audrey ...... Mona Hammond
TUE       Joyce/Cathy ...... Fiona Clarke
TUE       Ade/Dr Beaubrun ...... Declan Wilson
TUE       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00p66f4 (Listen)
TUE       The government's forensic science service is crucial to
TUE       taclking crime, but is shedding hundreds of jobs and
TUE       closing half its laboratory facilities in a drive to make
TUE       the organisation more commercial. Fran Abrams investigates
TUE       whether or not the aggressive cost-cutting in beginning to
TUE       hit the way the service operates and consequently
TUE       undermine justice.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00p66f6 (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 All in the Mind b00p66f8 (Listen)
TUE       For decades, psychologists, teachers and employers have
TUE       used IQ testing to measure learning potential, but now
TUE       scientists say that instead of IQ, testing 'working
TUE       memory' is a far more accurate predictor of academic
TUE       success. Dr Tracy Alloway from Stirling University says
TUE       that a recent experiment has shown that measuring working
TUE       memory, or our capacity to learn, helped to predict
TUE       children's future grades more accurately than IQ tests.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 The Choice b00p607d (Listen)
TUE       Michael Buerk interviews people who have made
TUE       life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole
TUE       process, from the original dilemma to living with the
TUE       consequences.
TUE       Michael talks to Dr Warren Hern about his choice to carry
TUE       out abortions despite death threats.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00p4r59 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00p4r7r (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Robin
TUE       Lustig.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p4rh1 (Listen)
TUE       Riceyman Steps, Episode 7
TUE       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
TUE       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
TUE       Both Elsie and Violet are increasingly anxious about
TUE       Henry's weakened state and his refusal to acknowledge that
TUE       he is ill. Elsie's loyalty prompts her to take matters
TUE       into her own hands and have a quiet word with the doctor.
TUE       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Vent b00p66fb (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Stirrings in the Night
TUE       Comedy series by Nigel Smith about a man in a coma,
TUE       travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own
TUE       unconscious mind.
TUE       Ben and Mary's love life needs help; luckily Blitz has
TUE       found Lord Byron to offer some useful tips. Meanwhile, mum
TUE       dismantles a toad in the hole in case it gets in the way
TUE       of romance.
TUE       Ben ...... Neil Pearson
TUE       Mary ...... Fiona Allen
TUE       Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
TUE       Blitz ...... Leslie Ash
TUE       Nurse ...... Jo Martin
TUE       Derek ...... Stephen Frost
TUE       Marley/Lord Byron ...... Spencer Brown
TUE       Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith
TUE       Directed by Nigel Smith.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p4rjl (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Sean Curran.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00p3wx3 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00p5yss (Listen)
WED       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 2
WED       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
WED       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
WED       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
WED       Georgian pantomime.
WED       The young Grimaldi begins to make his mark as a comic
WED       performer on the unruly stages of Georgian London. But
WED       just when he seems to have finally found happiness with
WED       his new wife and child, tragedy strikes. Joseph seeks
WED       consolation in work - and making others laugh - with a new
WED       comic creation that will change the face of clowning
WED       forever: the pantomime clown Joey, complete with full
WED       make-up of white face, blood-red mouth and blackened brows.
WED       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p3x32 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p404m (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p3xdw (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00p4h3m (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p4jqg (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00p4js2 (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hilld.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00p4jw5 (Listen)
WED       With Justin Webb and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00p66s2 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests including Simon Callow.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00p5ysv (Listen)
WED       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 3
WED       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
WED       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
WED       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
WED       Georgian pantomime.
WED       Grimaldi is at the height of his powers, and his
WED       extraordinary performance in the new pantomime, Mother
WED       Goose, makes him a fully-fledged star of the Georgian
WED       stage. Yet, with the dizzying excitement of success comes
WED       a resurgence of his old melancholy, as he struggles to
WED       cope with this unexpected fame.
WED       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p4kb5 (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Writing the Century 11
WED       - All My Trials.
WED       
WED       11:00 In Living Memory b00p66s4 (Listen)
WED       Series 11, The Mapplethorpe Affair
WED       When a Birmingham art student borrowed a book of
WED       photographs from her university library, she sparked a
WED       controversy that left the vice-chancellor facing a
WED       possible prison sentence. Chris Ledgard examines the work
WED       of iconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, and opens the
WED       book West Midlands Police wanted to burn.
WED       
WED       11:30 Ballylenon b00p67dy (Listen)
WED       Series 7, Episode 3
WED       Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the
WED       1950s in a Donegal town.
WED       It is 1959. Vera, who runs the manual exchange, has
WED       'overheard' a telephone conversation suggesting her
WED       franchise may be transferred to a new arrival in
WED       Ballylenon.
WED       Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
WED       Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
WED       Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy
WED       Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
WED       Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
WED       Guard Gallagher ...... Frankie McCafferty
WED       Pianist: Michael Harrison
WED       Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan
WED       This episode is available until 11.30am on 6th January
WED       2010 as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00p4l58 (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00p4lfh (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00p4lnv (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00p67f0 (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00p4lsn (Listen)
WED       Vicky and Joe get into the festive spirit.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p67f2 (Listen)
WED       One in A Million
WED       Crime thriller by Peter Kesterton about guilt,
WED       mathematical proof and statistics.
WED       Maths lecturer Jonathan is arrested for an attempted
WED       assault on a young woman. The case against him is
WED       overwhelming: the attacker's DNA has been found on the
WED       victim and the forensic scientists show that there is a
WED       million to one chance that the DNA is Jonathan's. Can
WED       Jonathan uses his statistical knowledge to get himself off
WED       the hook?
WED       Jonathan Lambert ...... Andy Morton
WED       Robinson ...... Christian Rodska
WED       Chloe ...... Alex Tregear
WED       Katrina/Forensic scientist ...... Saskia Portway
WED       Mrs Lambert ...... Pameli Benham
WED       Lawyer ...... Jilly Bond
WED       Directed by Jolyon Jenkins.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00p67tn (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on tax and
WED       the pre-budget report.
WED       Guests:
WED       Leonie Kerswill, tax partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
WED       Ian Johnson, tax partner, Grant Thornton
WED       Anita Monteith, technical manager, Tax Faculty, The
WED       Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00p62ds (Listen)
WED       Defining Moments, The Westlink Upgrade
WED       Series of short stories by new Irish writers.
WED       By Colin Carberry. A young couple begin to realise their
WED       relationship has changed - they have fallen in love. Read
WED       by Ciaran McMenamin.
WED       
WED       15:45 Darwin: My Ancestor b00hc944 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of
WED       her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to
WED       discover the man behind the science.
WED       Ruth explores the losses which Darwin experienced in his
WED       life, how he coped with them and in what ways they shaped
WED       his view of the world. He saw three of his children die,
WED       one of which affected him particularly deeply and caused
WED       him to lose much of his religious belief. He also had to
WED       cope with the death of his mother when he was a boy, the
WED       loss of his own health and almost losing his research for
WED       On the Origin of Species.
WED       Among Ruth's interviewees are Darwin biographer Janet
WED       Browne, writer and fellow Darwin descendant Randal Keynes
WED       and the former Bishop of Oxford, Richard Harries.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00p67tq (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 All in the Mind b00p66f8 (Listen)
WED       For decades, psychologists, teachers and employers have
WED       used IQ testing to measure learning potential, but now
WED       scientists say that instead of IQ, testing 'working
WED       memory' is a far more accurate predictor of academic
WED       success. Dr Tracy Alloway from Stirling University says
WED       that a recent experiment has shown that measuring working
WED       memory, or our capacity to learn, helped to predict
WED       children's future grades more accurately than IQ tests.
WED       
WED       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p4pll (Listen)
WED       9th December 1989
WED       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
WED       years ago.
WED       Mikhail Gorbachev warns that the Communist Party faces the
WED       threat of extinction.
WED       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00p4pvr (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 b00p4py8 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00p67ts (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Episode 4
WED       Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon presents a
WED       series of sketches, monologues and one-liners.
WED       Unwelcoming neighbour Annabelle quizzes an unsuspecting
WED       soul over his windchimes, useless entrepreneur Carole
WED       Price takes another swing at selling her bad ideas to the
WED       world and someone travels back from the very near future
WED       to warn a man about his blind date.
WED       With Ben Moor, Rosie Cavaliero and Ben Willbond.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00p4lsq (Listen)
WED       Peggy keeps up appearances for Jack.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00p4q2r (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including advice
WED       for anyone in search of classical CDs as part of their
WED       Christmas shopping.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p4qsx (Listen)
WED       Writing the Century 11: 1963-1966 - All My Trials, Episode
WED       3
WED       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
WED       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Pat Cumper
WED       from documents held at the Black Cultural Archives.
WED       Amy Barbour-James is struggling to stay on top of her work
WED       at the Crown Agents Office and find the money to pay for
WED       her sister's care in Trinidad. She decides to search for a
WED       nursing home in London.
WED       Amy ...... Janice Acquah
WED       Audrey ...... Mona Hammond
WED       Milly ...... Ellen Thomas
WED       Joyce/Nurse ...... Fiona Clarke
WED       Dr Beaubrun ...... Declan Wilson
WED       Amy's Boss ...... Rob Pickavance
WED       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00p681y (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. Michael Portillo, Kenan Malik,
WED       Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45 Political Roots b00p71ys (Listen)
WED       Labour
WED       Richard Reeves delves into the Labour Party and explores
WED       the background and philosophy of senior cabinet member
WED       Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
WED       
WED       21:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage b00p5yxj (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Series in which physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin
WED       Ince take a witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational
WED       look at the world according to science.
WED       Robin and Brian are joined by alien abduction expert Jon
WED       Ronson and Seth Shostack from the SETI Institute in
WED       California to discuss science conspiracies, UFOs and the
WED       search for ET.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00p66s2 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests including Simon Callow.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00p4r5c (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00p4r7t (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p4rh3 (Listen)
WED       Riceyman Steps, Episode 8
WED       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
WED       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
WED       Henry has issued a stern warning to Elsie that she has
WED       been stealing food from a dying man, but his bluff is
WED       called when he takes a turn for the worse and the doctor
WED       is summoned. Dr Raste declares that he will call for Henry
WED       the following morning to take him to the hospital.
WED       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00 The Ladies b00gdhnr (Listen)
WED       Episode 4
WED       Series of comedy sketches by Emily Watson Howes set in a
WED       ladies' public toilet, featuring various female characters
WED       as they come and go.
WED       Audrey has personal toilet problems of her own as a
WED       neurotic Egyptologist tries to come to terms with her
WED       heavy workload.
WED       With Emily Watson Howes, Kate Donmall, Suzanne Hislop,
WED       Fran Moulds.
WED       
WED       23:15 All Bar Luke b00dgjgg (Listen)
WED       Series 3, The Hen Night
WED       Poignant comedy drama series by Tim Key.
WED       Luke is trapped in the hen party from hell when the love
WED       of his life appoints him chief bridesmaid.
WED       An Angel Eye Media production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p4rjn (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00p3wx5 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00p5ysv (Listen)
THU       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 3
THU       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
THU       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
THU       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
THU       Georgian pantomime.
THU       Grimaldi is at the height of his powers, and his
THU       extraordinary performance in the new pantomime, Mother
THU       Goose, makes him a fully-fledged star of the Georgian
THU       stage. Yet, with the dizzying excitement of success comes
THU       a resurgence of his old melancholy, as he struggles to
THU       cope with this unexpected fame.
THU       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p3x34 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p404p (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p3xdy (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00p4h3p (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p4jqj (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00p4js4 (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00p4jw7 (Listen)
THU       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
THU       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00p693b (Listen)
THU       Pythagoras
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas attributed to
THU       the Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras and the
THU       influence of his followers, the Pythagoreans.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00p5ysx (Listen)
THU       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 4
THU       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
THU       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
THU       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
THU       Georgian pantomime.
THU       As Grimaldi takes the art of pantomime into new
THU       directions, with the use of satire and lampoonery, he
THU       becomes known as the Hogarth of the Georgian stage,
THU       drawing admiration from Lord Byron and the Prince of
THU       Wales. But, though still only in his 30s, the years of
THU       physical comedy begin to take their toll on the body of
THU       the great clown.
THU       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p4kb7 (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Writing the Century 11
THU       - All My Trials.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00p6b3m (Listen)
THU       Nablus
THU       For years the West Bank town of Nablus was a community at
THU       war with Israel following the second Palestinian Intifada,
THU       or uprising, that began in 2000. Now Israeli checkpoints
THU       have been dismantled, Palestinian police officers patrol
THU       their own streets, and Nablus has become a shopping hub
THU       with an economy that is on the up.
THU       These kinds of changes are touted by Palestinians and the
THU       international community as evidence that the Palestinian
THU       Authority is running what could be a viable state if a
THU       peace deal were to be brokered with Israel.
THU       But how profound and durable is this transformation of the
THU       still-occupied West Bank? Crossing Continents takes the
THU       temperature in the homes and on the streets of Nablus.
THU       
THU       11:30 Open the Vaults b00p6rr0 (Listen)
THU       BBC arts correspondent Razia Iqbal examines the tradition
THU       of banks as patrons of art, as the Royal Bank of Scotland
THU       finally agrees to make its collection more accessible.
THU       Since the government bailout in 2008, the bank has been
THU       under increased pressure to display its art work. But the
THU       actual contents of the vaults has been shrouded in
THU       secrecy, and there is concern that the NatWest Collection,
THU       bought in 2001, could have been damaged in storage. As the
THU       bank unwraps its rumoured David Hockney, LS Lowry and Jack
THU       Vettriano, Razia examines the history of banks' patronage
THU       of the arts and asks what responsibility comes with owning
THU       great art.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00p4l5b (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00p4lfk (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00p4lnx (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b00p6rr2 (Listen)
THU       Me Time
THU       Having it all is no longer enough; if you haven't factored
THU       some 'me time' into your diary you're missing out. Dominic
THU       Arkwright asks journalist Anna Raeburn, clinical
THU       psychologist Oliver James and writer Phoebe Gibson to
THU       explain how it works.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00p4lsq (Listen)
THU       Peggy keeps up appearances for Jack.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p6rr4 (Listen)
THU       Getting to Four Degrees
THU       By Sarah Woods. What if we can't limit global warming to
THU       two degrees? What if it reaches four degrees - or more?
THU       Three real-life climate change experts spin one average
THU       family into the future, to look at life on a warmer planet.
THU       With Professor Kevin Anderson, Mark Lynas and Dr Emma
THU       Tompkins.
THU       Ian ...... Don Gilet
THU       Sue ...... Kate Ashfield
THU       Chloe ...... Amber Beattie
THU       Jack ...... Ryan Watson
THU       Grandad Bill ...... Bruce Alexander
THU       Louisa ...... Melissa Advani
THU       Narrator ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan
THU       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00p3nz2 (Listen)
THU       Gloucestershire Wildlife ER
THU       Helen Mark visits Vale Wildlife Rescue, a hospital where
THU       wild animals and birds are taken when they're found
THU       injured in Gloucestershire and the surrounding region.
THU       Perhaps surprisingly, the hospital provides good
THU       indicators of the health of local wildlife: it's possible
THU       to tell which species are flourishing by the numbers
THU       brought in. They also run wildlife rehabilitation courses
THU       for people who want to know what to do when they come
THU       across an injured animal or bird.
THU       Helen talks to the staff, and meets patients and long-term
THU       residents, including owls, buzzards, foxes, deer....and a
THU       skunk. A colony of skunks has sprung up in the nearby
THU       Forest of Dean and one was recently brought into the
THU       Rescue centre. The family who captured the skunk tell of
THU       their adventure, and why it is that skunks are now to be
THU       found living wild in the UK.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00p71gw (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
THU       St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal supporting
THU       homeless and vulnerable people. Presented by Rev Nicholas
THU       Holtam.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00p62dv (Listen)
THU       Defining Moments, Art
THU       Series of short stories by new Irish writers.
THU       By Anne Harris, read by Jemma Regrave.
THU       On a weekend abroad, a woman realises that Rome may not be
THU       quite the city of romance after all.
THU       
THU       15:45 Received with Thanks b00p6s4j (Listen)
THU       Libby Purves reports on how the money from last year's
THU       Christmas Appeal has been spent.
THU       
THU       16:00 Bookclub b00p3v2j (Listen)
THU       John Irving
THU       James Naughtie and readers talk to celebrated American
THU       author John Irving about his novel, A Prayer for Owen
THU       Meany.
THU       The novel starts with a shock - the eponymous hero hits a
THU       foul ball in a baseball match and kills his best friend's
THU       mother. It then moves through to spooky premonitions
THU       during an amateur performance of A Christmas Carol, to a
THU       drunken psychiatrist driving down school steps, to a
THU       bloody end during the Vietnam war. Yet there is pattern
THU       and meaning in such bizarre antics, and part of the fun
THU       for the reader is to work them out.
THU       Irving reveals the mysteries of one of fiction's most
THU       extraordinary characters, Owen Meany - the little guy with
THU       the falsetto voice.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00p6s4l (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper looks at global plans to monitor the deep
THU       sea.
THU       In the USA, fuelled by more than 100 million dollars from
THU       the Federal Recovery Act, the Ocean Observatories
THU       Initiative has just begun. It plans to create an
THU       unprecedented network of underwater surveillance equipment
THU       in oceans. Europe and Asia also have plans for networks of
THU       ocean observatories.
THU       Quentin finds out how monitoring the oceans' depths,
THU       second by second, will help us understand scientific
THU       questions as far ranging as the process of ocean
THU       circulation and the impact of future climate change.
THU       
THU       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p4pln (Listen)
THU       10th December 1989
THU       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
THU       years ago.
THU       The president of Czechoslovakia swears in the country's
THU       first non-communist majority government in 41 years.
THU       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00p4pvt (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 b00p4pyd (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Andy Zaltzman's History of the Third Millennium,
THU       Series 1 of b00p6sd5 (Listen)
THU       Episode 1
THU       Political comedian Andy Zaltzman presents a
THU       decade-by-decade comic analysis of the third millennium,
THU       covering the 2000-2009 period of what is already shaping
THU       up to be a troubled thousand years.
THU       Andy applies his signature mix of stand-up, sketches,
THU       facts and blatant lies to the subject of world politics.
THU       With Rory Bremner, Bridget Christie, Lucy Montgomery and
THU       Kim Wall.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00p4lss (Listen)
THU       Annette searches for an escape.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00p4q2t (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p4qsz (Listen)
THU       Writing the Century 11: 1963-1966 - All My Trials, Episode
THU       4
THU       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
THU       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Pat Cumper
THU       from documents held at the Black Cultural Archives.
THU       It is 1964 and Amy's sister is thousands of miles away, in
THU       hospital in Trinidad. Amy faces a dilemma about what is
THU       best for both of them.
THU       Amy ...... Janice Acquah
THU       Joyce ...... Fiona Clarke
THU       Ade ...... Declan Wilson
THU       Amy's Boss ...... Rob Pickavance
THU       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00p6t26 (Listen)
THU       Emails taken from the one of the world's major climate
THU       research centres have been a boon for climate sceptics who
THU       claim manipulation of the data, and a 'major blow' for
THU       green activists who are calling for resignations and
THU       apologies. Simon Cox looks at why a group of climate
THU       scientists decided to play hardball against the sceptics,
THU       and, as President Obama heads for the Copenhagen summit,
THU       what affect the row could have on his climate change bill.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00p6t28 (Listen)
THU       Sugaring the Pill
THU       Brazil has been pioneering the use of ethanol for its
THU       vehicles for over three decades. Ethanol emits 90 per cent
THU       less emissions than gasoline. As world leaders debate
THU       climate change in Copenhagen, can Brazil convince the rest
THU       of the globe that sugar really is good for you?
THU       
THU       21:00 What Scientists Believe b00p6t2b (Listen)
THU       Episode 1
THU       Philosopher Stephen Webster investigates the links between
THU       scientists' personal beliefs and their scientific work. He
THU       wants to know how an individual scientist's personal,
THU       psychological and intellectual qualities map onto their
THU       chosen area of science. How much of a scientist's
THU       personality is reflected in their work? Should subjective
THU       private beliefs be a part of objective scientific
THU       outcomes? What happens if tensions develop between a
THU       scientist's beliefs and the formal demands of science? If
THU       tensions arise, how can they be resolved?
THU       Stephen meets medical consultant Philip Kilner. Philip
THU       first trained as a doctor and then left medicine and
THU       retrained as a sculptor, concentrating on water sculptures
THU       and fluid dynamics. He then returned to medicine.
THU       Philip is now a Consultant and Reader in Cardiovascular
THU       Magnetic Resonance at the Royal Brompton Hospital in
THU       London. One of his water sculptures, Single Cavity
THU       Flowform, is on display at the hospital. Philip talks to
THU       Stephen about the combination of artistic and scientific
THU       insights help him interpret images of the heart.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00p693b (Listen)
THU       Pythagoras
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas attributed to
THU       the Greek mathematician and philosopher Pythagoras and the
THU       influence of his followers, the Pythagoreans.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00p4r5f (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00p4r7w (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p4rh5 (Listen)
THU       Riceyman Steps, Episode 9
THU       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
THU       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
THU       After a year's absence, Elsie's sweetheart Joe has
THU       returned - but he is desperately ill and now she has two
THU       patients to cope with
THU       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00 Chain Reaction b0090s0r (Listen)
THU       Series 4, Richard Wilson
THU       Chat show in which one week's interviewee becomes the
THU       following week's interviewer. David Tennant talks to
THU       Richard Wilson.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p4rjq (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with David Wilby.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 11 DECEMBER 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00p3wx7 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00p5ysx (Listen)
FRI       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 4
FRI       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
FRI       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
FRI       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
FRI       Georgian pantomime.
FRI       As Grimaldi takes the art of pantomime into new
FRI       directions, with the use of satire and lampoonery, he
FRI       becomes known as the Hogarth of the Georgian stage,
FRI       drawing admiration from Lord Byron and the Prince of
FRI       Wales. But, though still only in his 30s, the years of
FRI       physical comedy begin to take their toll on the body of
FRI       the great clown.
FRI       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p3x36 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p404r (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p3xf0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00p4h3r (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p4jql (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Andrew Graystone.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00p4js6 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00p4jw9 (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
FRI       Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00p3sxy (Listen)
FRI       Baroness Scotland
FRI       Kirsty Young's castaway is the Attorney General, Baroness
FRI       Scotland.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00p5ysz (Listen)
FRI       The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi, Episode 5
FRI       Kenneth Cranham reads from Andrew McConnell Stott's
FRI       account of the life of one of the world's most famous
FRI       clowns, Joseph Grimaldi, who became a superstar of
FRI       Georgian pantomime.
FRI       His body crippled by the years of on-stage clowning,
FRI       Grimaldi is forced finally to pass the baton to his son,
FRI       JS. But the young pretender finds the constant comparisons
FRI       with his famous father hard to bear, and seeks solace in
FRI       the hard-drinking, hard-living circle of the great actor
FRI       Edmund Kean. Meanwhile, his father is determined to fill
FRI       the family's pockets with a final farewell performance;
FRI       so, on 28th June 1828, barely able to stand on his
FRI       crippled legs, Grimaldi staggers on to the stage of a
FRI       packed Drury Lane Theatre.
FRI       Abridged by Viv Beeby.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p4kb9 (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Writing the Century 11
FRI       - All My Trials.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Lives in a Landscape b00p6thc (Listen)
FRI       Series 5, Fragile Isle
FRI       Documentary series telling original stories about real
FRI       lives in Britain today.
FRI       Alan Dein travels to Canna, one of the Small Isles in
FRI       North West Scotland. With a population of 18, six of whom
FRI       are children, Canna is at a critical point. There are just
FRI       enough people to keep the island community going. If any
FRI       leave it will put huge pressures on the others. If new
FRI       people come, it will inevitably change the fragile balance
FRI       that exists in such a small, tightly-knit populace. Alan
FRI       explores the connections between the different families
FRI       and how they relate to the island as well as managing to
FRI       feel connected to the wider world.
FRI       Neil has come from Wales with his family and is the island
FRI       gardener; Magda is Basque and is the archivist of an
FRI       enormous collection of Gaelic songs and stories; Murdo and
FRI       Gerry are the farmers; John and Sheila run the guest
FRI       house; Ellidh is the teacher in the school where two of
FRI       the four pupils are her own children; Geoff, her husband,
FRI       looks after their two year old twins at home. What they
FRI       all have in common is that they work for the Scottish
FRI       National Trust, which owns the island and controls its
FRI       population size. It also controls the destiny of a young
FRI       community trying to put down roots.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Richest Man In Britain b00p6v3r (Listen)
FRI       Episode 6
FRI       Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock
FRI       star and his search for fulfilment.
FRI       Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt buys some last-minute
FRI       holiday Euros and promptly brings down the entire
FRI       international monetary system.
FRI       Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams
FRI       Dom ...... Russell Tovey.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00p4l5d (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00p4lfm (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00p4lnz (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 More or Less b00p6v3t (Listen)
FRI       Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers
FRI       everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
FRI       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00p4lss (Listen)
FRI       Annette searches for an escape.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p6v3w (Listen)
FRI       Number 10, Immortality at Last
FRI       Series of plays by Jonathan Myerson depicting life inside
FRI       Downing Street.
FRI       The removal men are in - Adam Armstrong is finally
FRI       standing down as PM and the new Conservative leader, Simon
FRI       Laity, is moving in to Number 10. It seems the whole team
FRI       will be out of a job - but there is a surprising
FRI       last-minute offer from an unexpected quarter.
FRI       Adam ...... Antony Sher
FRI       Monica ...... Sasha Behar
FRI       Polly ...... Penny Downie
FRI       Bill ...... Bill Paterson
FRI       Steve ...... Stephen Mangan
FRI       Simon Laity ...... Damian Lewis
FRI       Nathan Toltz ...... Mike Sengelow
FRI       Doctor Crawston ...... David Shaw Parker
FRI       Miss (Jaaey) Twining ...... Charlotte West Oram
FRI       Susan O'Reilly ...... Flora Montgomery
FRI       Toby in Number 10 ...... Jo Kloska
FRI       Reporters ...... Scott Cherry, Theo Fraser
FRI       Directed by Clive Brill
FRI       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00p6vlb (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer
FRI       questions from gardeners in Wallasey, Merseyside.
FRI       The team investigate the restoration of Liverpool's famous
FRI       Stanley Park, and Matthew Wilson thumbs through some
FRI       all-time classic garden literature.
FRI       Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Darwin: My Ancestor b00hjxfk (Listen)
FRI       Episode 4
FRI       Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of
FRI       her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to
FRI       discover the man behind the science.
FRI       Ruth explores the way in which Darwin became a writer and
FRI       was able to turn scientific theory into readable prose.
FRI       She looks at the works he read in his early life that
FRI       shaped his literary imagination and investigates how his
FRI       writings on the Beagle voyage marked the beginning of his
FRI       career as an author. Ruth also investigates the continuing
FRI       power of his books and asks how later novelists were
FRI       affected by his work.
FRI       Among her interviewees are Darwin scholar Gillian Beer,
FRI       geologist Richard Fortey, writer and fellow Darwin
FRI       descendant Randal Keynes and the former Bishop of Oxford,
FRI       Richard Harries.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00p6vld (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 b00p6vlg (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock looks back at Fellini's classic Eight and A
FRI       Half, the subject of a new musical remake, Nine, which
FRI       stars Daniel Day-Lewis in the role made famous by Marcello
FRI       Mastroianni.
FRI       
FRI       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p4plq (Listen)
FRI       11th December 1989
FRI       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
FRI       years ago.
FRI       The forced repatriation of the Vietnamese Boat People
FRI       begins, despite protests and pleas from around the world.
FRI       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00p4pvw (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 b00p4pyg (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00p6vlj (Listen)
FRI       Series 29, Episode 3
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 b00p4lsv (Listen)
FRI       Caz finds herself in the presence of a pro.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00p4q2w (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including news of
FRI       major new openings on Broadway.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p4qt1 (Listen)
FRI       Writing the Century 11: 1963-1966 - All My Trials, Episode
FRI       5
FRI       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
FRI       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Pat Cumper
FRI       from documents held at the Black Cultural Archives.
FRI       It is 1965, and Amy is living alone in London following
FRI       the death of her sister, Muriel. Amy decides to visit an
FRI       old friend.
FRI       Amy ...... Janice Acquah
FRI       Joyce/Cathy ...... Fiona Clarke
FRI       Ade ...... Declan Wilson
FRI       Bank Manager/Cabby ...... Rob Pickavance
FRI       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00p6vll (Listen)
FRI       Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Bracknell in
FRI       Berkshire. The panel includes journalist Amanda Platell
FRI       and Dr Ben Goldacre, author of Bad Science.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00p6vln (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00p6vt9 (Listen)
FRI       Then We Came to the End
FRI       Dramatisation by Jeff Young of the tragi-comic novel by
FRI       Joshua Ferris.
FRI       A dysfunctional company of misfits in an advertising
FRI       agency try to come to terms with the effects of the
FRI       downturn, as boom turns to bust and the lay-offs begin.
FRI       The Voice ...... James Marsters
FRI       Tom Mota ...... Gregory Itzin
FRI       Benny Shassburger ...... Stuart Pankin
FRI       Benny's Dad ...... Alan Mandell
FRI       Karen Woo ...... Sandra Tsing Loh
FRI       Hank Neary ...... Chuma Gault
FRI       Marcia Dwyer ...... Sarah Rafferty
FRI       Lynn Mason ...... Susan Sullivan
FRI       Chris Yop ...... Fred Willard
FRI       Co-ordinator ...... Jeanie Hackett
FRI       Carl Garbedian ...... Kyle Colerider-Krugh
FRI       Marilynn ...... Shannon Cochrane
FRI       Joe Pope ...... Reed Diamond
FRI       Genevieve ...... Jen Dede
FRI       Music by Ed Millington.
FRI       Directed by Kate McAll.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00p4r5h (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00p4r7y (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
FRI       Shah.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p4rh7 (Listen)
FRI       Riceyman Steps, Episode 10
FRI       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
FRI       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
FRI       Henry Earlforward has learnt that his wife Violet died
FRI       shortly after being operated on; the doctors' verdict was
FRI       that her undernourished state contributed to her death.
FRI       The shock galvanises him into a final nocturnal visit to
FRI       his office, where he discovers that Elsie had violated the
FRI       sanctity of his safe.
FRI       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00p62v6 (Listen)
FRI       Series 20, Henry V
FRI       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
FRI       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
FRI       Explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes discusses the life of Henry V
FRI       and tries to separate fact from myth, with the help of
FRI       historian Juliet Barker.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p4rjs (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
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