Radio 4 Listings for 16/01/2010 - 22/01/2010

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SAT       SATURDAY 16 JANUARY 2010
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00prgj0 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
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SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00pnstc (Listen)
SAT       Must You Go?, Episode 5
SAT       Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life with
SAT       Harold Pinter.
SAT       Pinter is still working, still grasping at the joy of
SAT       life, until a double blow falls. First the death of his
SAT       oldest friend, the playwright Simon Gray, and then his own
SAT       fateful diagnosis.
SAT       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00prgj2 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00prgj4 (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
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SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00prgj6 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
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SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00prgj8 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00prgk7 (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin
SAT       Holdsworth.
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SAT       05:45 A Box of Wittgensteins b00g44sj (Listen)
SAT       The One Handed Pianist
SAT       The great-niece of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein,
SAT       Margaret Stonborough, talks to artist and historian
SAT       Michael Huey as she delves into six boxes of
SAT       newly-inherited family archives. As she digs deeper into
SAT       the talented but tortured lives of the Wittgensteins she
SAT       finds her cramped London house becoming ever more crowded
SAT       with her larger-than-life forbears.
SAT       Margaret uncovers details of the life of her great uncle
SAT       Paul Wittgenstein who, after the First World War, was
SAT       determined to continue his career as a concert pianist,
SAT       despite the loss of his right arm.
SAT       The readers are Sarah Finch, Nicholas Rowe and Dan Starkey.
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SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00prgn3 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00prgn5 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       06:07 Open Country b00ps0hx (Listen)
SAT       Herefordshire
SAT       Richard Uridge muses on the idea that one tiny fruit - the
SAT       strawberry - has transformed both the physical and
SAT       cultural landscape of Herefordshire, with the arrival of
SAT       pickers from Eastern Europe and the building of
SAT       polytunnels to grow the fruit all year round.
SAT       He meets some of the young people from countries such as
SAT       Lithuania and Poland who have taken the brave decision to
SAT       settle in the county, sometimes moving on from fruit
SAT       picking to start their own businesses, and discovers how
SAT       new friendships are being made between local people and
SAT       the migrant workers. On a very snowy hill in woodland
SAT       overlooking the city of Hereford, he meets one woman who
SAT       says her life has been enriched by the friendships she's
SAT       made with some of the workers, and how she, in turn, can
SAT       take credit for introducing the Hokey Cokey to some of the
SAT       Baltic States.
SAT       Kath Card and Tanya Dimova enjoy the snow at Queenswood
SAT       Country Park
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SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00ps0hz (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00ps0ts (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00ps0tv (Listen)
SAT       With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk;
SAT       Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00ps1h8 (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. The Rev Richard Coles is joined by
SAT       novelist Tariq Goddard. With poetry from Matt Harvey.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00ps1hb (Listen)
SAT       John McCarthy meets Christopher Aslan Alexander, who ran a
SAT       carpet weaving workshop in Khiva in Uzbekistan to revive
SAT       traditional skills and provide work and a focus for local
SAT       women. He reveals a country that is a confusion of
SAT       Mohammedism, Marxism and modernism.
SAT       John also talks to author Deborah Moggach, who visited
SAT       Ghana to find out about the role of women and girls in
SAT       society there and discovered a melting pot of the ancient
SAT       and the modern.
SAT       And Professor Clive Harber has been visiting Africa for
SAT       nearly 40 years as an academic specialising in education.
SAT       He tells John about African academic life, how the school
SAT       systems there treat girls in particular and about some of
SAT       the spectacular wildlife parks he has been to over the
SAT       years.
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SAT       10:30 What's So Great About ...? b00ps1hd (Listen)
SAT       Series 2, Samuel Beckett
SAT       Lenny Henry questions the iconic status of people or
SAT       things held dear by many.
SAT       Despite having seen Waiting for Godot half a dozen times
SAT       and studying the work of the modernist Irish writer as
SAT       part of his degree, Lenny has never really completely
SAT       tuned in to the work of Samuel Beckett. He sets out to
SAT       rectify this by talking to a glorious cast of
SAT       Beckettophiles, who are determined to make the great
SAT       playwright and poet come alive for him. He talks to actor
SAT       and director Simon McBurney, actress Fiona Shaw, Beckett's
SAT       long-term friend and publisher John Calder, and the man
SAT       who was authorised to write his biography, James Knowlson.
SAT       Lenny also joins a rehearsal by the Godot Theatre players,
SAT       some of whom knew the playwright well, and hears their
SAT       thoughts on tuning in to the Beckett idiom.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00ps3w7 (Listen)
SAT       Jackie Ashley looks behind the scenes at Westminster.
SAT       Alastair Campbell, giving evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry
SAT       on Iraq, said he stood by everything he had done as the
SAT       prime minister's head of communications in the run up to
SAT       war. Denis MacShane, a minister in the Foreign Office at
SAT       the time, and Norman Baker, a Liberal Democrat opposed to
SAT       the war, evaluate the strength of his testimony.
SAT       Bankers' bonuses are still causing the government
SAT       embarrassment. Angela Knight of the British Bankers'
SAT       Association says they are necessary to maintain a
SAT       successful banking industry in Britain, while Michael
SAT       Fallon, Conservative member of the Treasury Select
SAT       Committee, thinks they are a gross misuse of taxpayers'
SAT       money.
SAT       Also in the programme: accountability of cabinet ministers
SAT       in the House of Lords (Lord Tyler and Peter Luff MP
SAT       discuss), and snow chaos - should the government have done
SAT       more? Justine Greening (Conservative) and Phyllis Starkey
SAT       (Labour) discuss.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00ps3w9 (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00ps3wc (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The News Quiz b00prd54 (Listen)
SAT       Series 70, Episode 2
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The
SAT       panellists are Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, John Gordillo
SAT       and Fred Macaulay.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00ps3wf (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00ps3wh (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00prd56 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Cheddar
SAT       in Somerset. The panellists are novelist, playwright and
SAT       critic Louise Doughty, historian Peter Hennessy, shadow
SAT       home secretary Chris Grayling, and Ben Bradshaw, secretary
SAT       of state for culture, media and sport.
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SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00ps3wk (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in
SAT       response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00p016z (Listen)
SAT       Dover and The Sleeping Beauty
SAT       Comedy thriller by Paul Mendelson, set in the 1960s,
SAT       featuring Scotland Yard's most unwanted man, Chief
SAT       Inspector Wilfred Dover, and his long-suffering gofer,
SAT       Sergeant McGregor. A young woman, Isabel Slatcher, has
SAT       been in an irreversible coma for months after being shot
SAT       outside her local church in a small northern town. Now she
SAT       has been smothered - murdered. Who killed her? Was it the
SAT       person that shot her and why have they waited until now to
SAT       complete their evil crime?
SAT       Chief Inspector Dover ...... Kenneth Cranham
SAT       Sergeant McGregor ...... Stuart McQuarrie
SAT       Chief Constable Muckle ...... Philip Whitchurch
SAT       Mrs Muckle ...... Colleen Prendergast
SAT       Reverend Bonnington ...... Shaun Prendergast
SAT       Mrs Horsley ...... Geraldine McNulty
SAT       Violet ...... Debbie Arnold
SAT       Freddie Gash ...... Ross Adams
SAT       Muckle ...... Cesca Bonetti
SAT       Other parts played by the cast.
SAT       Directed by David Ian Neville.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00pqj0z (Listen)
SAT       Series 8, Humphrey Lyttelton
SAT       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
SAT       century.
SAT       Many Radio 4 listeners knew 'Humph' as the hilariously
SAT       deadpan chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. But the
SAT       much-loved broadcaster was also an exemplary and
SAT       influential jazz musician. Louis Armstrong dubbed him 'the
SAT       top trumpet man in England today', and not without reason.
SAT       A master of his instrument as well as several others, he
SAT       spearheaded the post-war traditional jazz revival in
SAT       Britain, later forming his own band that set the standard
SAT       for British jazz for several decades.
SAT       Friend and fellow BBC jazz presenter Alyn Shipton joins
SAT       Ken in the studio to discuss Britain's most important jazz
SAT       musician.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00ps50r (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey.
SAT       War widow Christina Schmid talks about rebuilding her
SAT       life; Celia Imrie on stepping from Cranford on to the
SAT       stage; why help is needed for people who survive cancer;
SAT       the working-class family and what politicians could do for
SAT       it; what women in 1950s films tell us about how society
SAT       was changing; and stop before you throw out your old
SAT       furniture - could it have arrived at the cutting edge of
SAT       retro?
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SAT       17:00 PM b00ps5dr (Listen)
SAT       Saturday PM
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula
SAT       Shah, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 iPM b00ps5dt (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00ps5dw (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00ps5dy (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ps5f0 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00ps5f2 (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of
SAT       conversation, music and comedy.
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SAT       John Hurt
SAT       Actor John Hurt, star of 'The Elephant Man', ‘The Naked
SAT       Civil Servant’ and ‘The Alan Clark Diaries’ (to name but a
SAT       few) talks to Clive Anderson about his latest film, the
SAT       gangster revenge caper ‘44 Inch Chest’. ’44 Inch Chest’ is
SAT       on nationwide release.
SAT       44 Inch Chest
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SAT       Paul Whitehouse
SAT       Paul Whitehouse talks about Radio 4’s Sony Award winning
SAT       ‘Down the Line’ transfering to television in the form of
SAT       'Bellamy's People'. Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson
SAT       collaborate once again with for the hapless radio host
SAT       Gary Bellamy’s search for the ‘real’ people of Britain.
SAT       ‘Bellamy’s People’ begins on Thursday 21 January at 10 pm
SAT       on BBC Two.
SAT       
SAT       Emilia Fox
SAT       Clive talks to the award winning actress Emilia Fox, who
SAT       returns as the lead in BBC One’s Silent Witness, broadcast
SAT       Thursday and Friday nights at 9 pm.
SAT       
SAT       Rachel Johnson
SAT       Emma Freud talks to Rachel Johnson, journalist, author and
SAT       editor of ‘The Lady’ magazine which celebrates its 125th
SAT       Anniversary this year.
SAT       
SAT       Ava Vidal
SAT       Making a welcome return to Loose Ends, comedy comes from
SAT       Ava Vidal imparting pearls of wisdom from her latest show.
SAT       ‘Remember, Remember the 4th November’ is at London’s Soho
SAT       Theatre from Wednesday 20 January to Saturday 23 January
SAT       and at The Midas, Leicester as part of the Leicester
SAT       Comedy Festival on Thursday 11 February.
SAT       
SAT       Biffy Clyro
SAT       Music from Ayrshire rockers Biffy Clyro performing their
SAT       latest single ‘Many a Horror (When Things Collide)’, out
SAT       on Monday 18 January from their album ‘Only Revolutions’.
SAT       They are on a world tour before returning to the UK in
SAT       April.
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SAT       Jesse Dee
SAT       And invoking the Soul Sound of Motown, Jesse Dee backed by
SAT       members of the superb Jools Holland Band, plays ‘Over and
SAT       Over Again’ from his album ‘Bittersweet Batch’. Jesse Dee
SAT       plays The Jazz Café, London tonight.
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SAT       19:00 Profile b00ps5f4 (Listen)
SAT       Arlene Foster
SAT       Jonathan Maitland charts the meteoric rise of Northern
SAT       Ireland's acting First Minister, Arlene Foster. She is
SAT       stepping into the shoes of Peter Robinson and is the first
SAT       woman to hold the top post. But can she make a permanent
SAT       mark on the face of politics in Northern Ireland?
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SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00ps5f6 (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe is joined by poet Kate Clanchy, literary
SAT       critic John Carey and comedian and writer Danny Robins to
SAT       discuss the cultural highlights of the week - featuring a
SAT       man whose life is spent up in the air, a woman who's
SAT       legally blonde, a reclusive movie star arriving in
SAT       Donegal, Doctorow's eccentric brothers and A History of
SAT       the World in 100 Objects.
SAT       The film Up in the Air stars George Clooney as Ryan
SAT       Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished
SAT       life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp
SAT       of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just
SAT       after he's met the frequent-traveller woman of his dreams.
SAT       The anguish, hostility, and despair of his 'clients' has
SAT       left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase,
SAT       and loving every second of it until his boss hires
SAT       arrogant young Natalie, who has developed a method of
SAT       video conferencing that will allow termination without
SAT       ever leaving the office.
SAT       Legally Blonde, The Musical is a stage adaptation of the
SAT       2001 comedy film which starred Reese Witherspoon, with a
SAT       score by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. After a run
SAT       on Broadway, it now comes to the Savoy Theatre in London
SAT       with Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods, a pink-clad blonde from
SAT       Malibu who aims to show her ex (Duncan James) that she's
SAT       the serious type he's looking for by applying to study law
SAT       at Harvard. Despite numerous setbacks it all hurtles
SAT       towards a happy ending for those who deserve it with the
SAT       help of a chihuahua, a bulldog and a UPS delivery man with
SAT       a big package.
SAT       Frank McGuinness's play, Greta Garbo Came to Donegal, is
SAT       set in 1967. Ireland is on the verge of violent change,
SAT       two couples are on the verge of separating, a woman tries
SAT       to save her family, a girl tries to save her future. Above
SAT       it all but in the midst of things, determining what
SAT       happens next, is the loveliest and loneliest of all women,
SAT       the great Garbo.
SAT       Homer and Langley Collyer were reclusive brothers whose
SAT       names became a byword for clutter and eccentricity due to
SAT       the tons of junk which they accumulated in their Manhattan
SAT       townhouse. EL Doctorow, whose mother would look into his
SAT       bedroom when he was a teenager and cry 'The Collyer
SAT       Brothers!' has used their story as the basis for his
SAT       novel, Homer and Langley. The blind Homer tells how the
SAT       house fills up with a bizarre collection of objects
SAT       relating to Langley's various projects and obsessions -
SAT       newspapers stacked to the ceiling, a Model T Ford,
SAT       dismembered pianos, body parts in jars - while the 20th
SAT       century laps against their doorstep and occasionally
SAT       intrudes into their lives.
SAT       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
SAT       retells the history of human development on Radio 4, from
SAT       the first stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected
SAT       objects from the Museum. Each of the 100 episodes focuses
SAT       on a different object from the collection. Neil tells the
SAT       fascinating stories behind the chosen item, which may be
SAT       anything from a mundane tool to a great work of art, but
SAT       which must be man-made. The series is chronological,
SAT       beginning with some of the earliest objects from Tanzania
SAT       dating to almost two million years ago, and running up to
SAT       the present day.
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SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00ps5f8 (Listen)
SAT       The ITV Story
SAT       This is the story of how Yorkshire seems to have
SAT       disappeared. In fact, it is not a single county that has
SAT       vanished from the map - the territory that has gone
SAT       missing also stretched across Lincolnshire and into north
SAT       Norfolk.
SAT       Of course, if you look at any road atlas of the UK, there
SAT       is still a sizeable piece of land between The Pennines and
SAT       the North Sea. What has gone, in fact, is the regional ITV
SAT       company, YTV, which began broadcasting from new studios in
SAT       Leeds on July 29th, 1968.
SAT       One of ITV's unique features in previous decades has been
SAT       its regional structure, which was especially strong in the
SAT       north of England where Granada, Yorkshire TV and Tyne Tees
SAT       provided the backbone of national programmes made from
SAT       around the nation.
SAT       Today however, ITV is no longer a collection of regional
SAT       companies; Mark Lawson examines why by taking a look at
SAT       the history of Yorkshire Television.
SAT       Initially, Granada served the whole of the north of
SAT       England but for 40 years, YTV was Yorkshire's very own
SAT       station and gave its region a prominent voice in millions
SAT       of homes all over the country. Yorkshire Television was a
SAT       station run by local people who 'talked right'. It made
SAT       the likes of Richard Whiteley, Les Dawson, Annie Sugden
SAT       and Hannah Hauxwell household names and it became part of
SAT       a regional revolution that provided ITV with a significant
SAT       part of its output, from soap opera (Emmerdale), and drama
SAT       (Flambards and Heartbeat) to hard-hitting, award-winning
SAT       documentaries including Johnny Go Home and Rampton: The
SAT       Secret Hospital.
SAT       Sir Paul Fox, a former managing director at YTV, says:
SAT       'You can tell a Yorkshire man but you can't tell him
SAT       much.' And it was this refusal to compromise on its own
SAT       particular provincial flavour that characterised the YTV
SAT       style. For many years, Yorkshire Television demonstrated a
SAT       regional approach to broadcasting that was successfully
SAT       duplicated across the network by other many other ITV
SAT       franchise holders.
SAT       Mark Lawson grew up in Yorkshire and has a keen
SAT       understanding of the workings of the British television
SAT       industry.
SAT       Those contributing include Sir Paul Fox, Jeremy Isaacs
SAT       (Director of Programmes at Thames in the 1970s and Chief
SAT       Executive at Channel 4 in the 1980s), John Whiston (former
SAT       Director of Programmes at YTV and now Creative Director of
SAT       ITV Studios UK), Alan Whicker and Austin Mitchell MP.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00pnp9c (Listen)
SAT       The Custom of the Country, Episode 2
SAT       Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913
SAT       satire of marriage and money in early-20th century
SAT       American society.
SAT       Leaving her husband and child in New York, Undine travels
SAT       to Paris where she meets a charming French aristocrat.
SAT       Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei King
SAT       Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom Hollander
SAT       Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca Night
SAT       Mrs Spragg ...... Barbara Barnes
SAT       Abner Spragg ...... Jonathan Keeble
SAT       Ralph Marvell ...... Dan Stevens
SAT       Clare Van Degen ...... Lucy Gaskell
SAT       Peter Van Degan ...... William Houston
SAT       Mabel Lipscombe ...... Tessa Nicholson
SAT       Laura Fairford/Princess Estradina ...... Provence Maydew
SAT       Raymond De Chelles ...... Joseph Kloska
SAT       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 Weather b00ps5fb (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Decision Time b00pr52d (Listen)
SAT       How would a government, facing a huge deficit, cut
SAT       middle-class benefits? Nick Robinson and a panel of
SAT       politicians, civil servants and journalists examine how
SAT       this controversial proposal would fare in Whitehall and
SAT       Westminster.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Brain of Britain b00pqh8v (Listen)
SAT       Russell Davies chairs the second semi-final of the
SAT       perennial general knowledge contest, with heat winners Dr
SAT       Ian Bayley from Oxford, Bernard Fyles from St Helens,
SAT       Chris Quinn from Huyton and Martin Wyatt from Accrington
SAT       competing for a place in the final.
SAT       Contestants
SAT       Ian Bayley from Oxford
SAT       Bernard Fyles from St Helens
SAT       Chris Quinn from Huyton
SAT       Martin Wyatt from Accrington
SAT       
SAT       23:30 And Go To Innisfree b00pnp9h (Listen)
SAT       Poet Kenneth Steven explores WB Yeats's The Lake Isle of
SAT       Innisfree.
SAT       In his famous poem, Yeats declared that he will 'arise ...
SAT       and go to Innisfree', and Kenneth does exactly that:
SAT       journeying from the Strand in London, where Yeats had the
SAT       idea, to the the Lake Isle of Innisfree in Lough Gill,
SAT       near Sligo, investigating why the poem strikes a chord
SAT       with so many people.
SAT       Yeats spent many childhood summers on Lough Gill, a large
SAT       lake with several small islands. Then his family moved to
SAT       London, to a depressingly grey area of Kensington. One day
SAT       while he was walking along the Strand he saw in a shop a
SAT       fountain with a ball balanced on top of the jet and,
SAT       somehow, the water transported him imaginatively back to
SAT       the lough and the Isle of Innisfree. So he wrote the short
SAT       poem which became perhaps his best known, somewhat to his
SAT       chagrin (he was once faced by 10,000 boy scouts, chanting
SAT       it in unison).
SAT       The poem is a work of contrasts, opposing the city with
SAT       the country, crowds with solitude, and peace not with war
SAT       (though the situation in Ireland at the time was tense)
SAT       but with stress and anxiety. It also demonstrates the
SAT       poet's early philosophical thinking. When he speaks of
SAT       planting nine rows of beans and living in 'the bee-loud
SAT       glade', it is clear that he has been reading Henry
SAT       Thoreau's Walden Pond, which, as well as being radical in
SAT       its environmental concerns, is about freedom, about the
SAT       individual in relation to society (it was published with
SAT       his great essay On Civil Disobedience) and about that
SAT       society in relation to other powers.
SAT       Kenneth Steven'a own life and work share similar concerns.
SAT       He too is drawn to the remote and rural, and is deeply
SAT       concerned with the cultural and political integrity of his
SAT       country, Scotland. Here Kenneth explores all this on his
SAT       journeying to the Lake Isle of Innisfree, starting, like
SAT       Yeats, on the Strand in the rain, and while speaking to
SAT       Yeats experts, historians and other poets, journeys from
SAT       London to Sligo to Lough Gill and rows across to the Isle
SAT       itself.
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SUN       SUNDAY 17 JANUARY 2010
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00ps5s0 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b008x3ym (Listen)
SUN       Cupid Strikes, Better Off Without Them
SUN       Stories exploring the reality behind St Valentine's Day.
SUN       By Philip Ardagh.
SUN       Will Cupid's arrow reach its target of Juliet and Geoff or
SUN       will some unusual tokens of love knock it off course?
SUN       Read by Denis Lawson and Phyllis Logan.
SUN       Producer Heather Brennon.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ps5s4 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ps5s6 (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ps5s8 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00ps6kl (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00ps6kn (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Edward's Church in Eggbuckland,
SUN       Plymouth.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00ps5f4 (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00ps6qq (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00ps6qs (Listen)
SUN       Absolutely Honest
SUN       Mark Tully asks if absolute honesty is always the best
SUN       policy, and questions philosopher AC Grayling about his
SUN       suggestion that dishonesty can sometimes even be virtuous.
SUN       The readers are Emily Raymond and David Westhead.
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       Music
SUN       Music 1: ‘His Affection and His Faith: Andantino’ composed
SUN       by Robert Russell Bennett and performed by the Moscow
SUN       State Symphony Orchestra. Available on Robert Russell
SUN       Bennett: Lincoln: Likeness in Symphony. Released by Naxos.
SUN       Music 2: ‘It’s a Sin to tell a Lie’ by Billie Holiday.
SUN       Available on the album Over There. Released by Dictum –
SUN       Phontastic.
SUN       Music 3: ‘Les Deux Avares - Overture’, composed by Andre
SUN       Gretry, performed by Sophie Karthauser, Les Agremens & Guy
SUN       van Waas. Available on Selections from Cephale &
SUN       Procis/L’Aurore: Arias.
SUN       Music 4: ‘Reason to Believe’ by Tim Hardin. Available on
SUN       Reasons to Believe (The Best of). Released by Polygram
SUN       Records Inc.
SUN       Music 5: ‘Le roi Lear’ composed by Hector Berlioz,
SUN       performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
SUN       Sir Colin Davis. Available on the album Berlioz Overtures.
SUN       Released on Philips Classics.
SUN       Readings
SUN       Reading 1: ‘If’ by Dr. David Jaffin, available in
SUN       Intimacies of Sound. Published by Shearsman Books.
SUN       Reading 2: ‘Bitcherel’ by Eleanor Brown. Available in
SUN       Making for Planet Alice. Edited by Maura Dooley. Published
SUN       by Bloodaxe.
SUN       Reading 3: ‘Don’t Ask’ by Brian Patten. Available in
SUN       Collected Love Poems, Published by Harper.
SUN       Reading 4: ‘Diary of a Young Girl’ by Anne Frank,
SUN       translated by Susan Massotty. Published by Penguin.
SUN       Reading 5: ‘The Teacup Storm’ by Georgina Blake, from the
SUN       book The Delicious Lie. Published by Crocus Books.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00psp8n (Listen)
SUN       Caz Graham travels to Wales to find out why an artist is
SUN       building a house out of wool.
SUN       For many centuries, wool was the UK's most important
SUN       export and the cloth trade led to the development of many
SUN       of the nation's industrial towns. One of those is Newtown
SUN       in Mid Wales. Among other things, they produced flannel
SUN       and apparently even Queen Victoria ordered her garments
SUN       from there. However, the market for wool has seen a
SUN       massive decline. To highlight this decline, artist Steve
SUN       Messam is using 300 white fleeces from the local breed of
SUN       sheep, the Kerry Hill, to clad a traditional timber-framed
SUN       building.
SUN       Steve's work is part of an exhibition called Beyond
SUN       Pattern from a Newtown Gallery and 'Clad' aims to
SUN       'investigate and celebrate the cultural and industrial
SUN       heritage of the area'. He wants to demonstrate how the
SUN       wool has been an important part of the fabric of the built
SUN       as well as rural environment here. Caz helps build the
SUN       house of wool and investigates how the decline in the wool
SUN       trade has affected those who live and work in the area.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00psp8q (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00psp8s (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00psp8v (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 b00psp8x (Listen)
SUN       National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society
SUN       Juliette Kaplan appeals on behalf of National Rheumatoid
SUN       Arthritis Society.
SUN       Donations to NRAS should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4
SUN       Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope NRAS. Credit
SUN       cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer,
SUN       please provide NRAS with your full name and address so
SUN       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online
SUN       and phone donation facilities are not currently available
SUN       to listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity Numbers: 1086976 SCO39721.
SUN       Related Links
SUN       * National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)
SUN       (www.nras.org.uk)
SUN       The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS)
SUN       The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) provides
SUN       support for people who live with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
SUN       Rheumatoid Arthritis is a disease which affects the joints
SUN       causing inflammation, stiffness and extreme fatigue. It is
SUN       a disabling and progressive condition which can affect
SUN       people of any age, including children.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00psp8z (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00psp91 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00psp93 (Listen)
SUN       The Potter's Hand
SUN       A service reflecting on the creative power of God from the
SUN       Chelmsford Corps of the Salvation Army with the
SUN       International Staff Songsters of the Salvation Army and
SUN       the Chelmsford Corps Band. Leaders: Majors Derek and Susan
SUN       Jones. Preacher: Lt-Col. George Pilkington, executive
SUN       officer of the International Staff Songsters. Staff
SUN       Songster Leader: Dorothy Nancekievill. Bandmaster: Dr
SUN       Simon Schultz.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00prd58 (Listen)
SUN       Lisa Jardine reflects on the challenge of delivering the
SUN       right level of supplies for public use, be it salt to cope
SUN       with ice or a flu vaccine.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00psp95 (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00psp97 (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00psp99 (Listen)
SUN       James Ellroy
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is American crime writer James
SUN       Ellroy.
SUN       His books have been translated into 30 languages and,
SUN       according to the New York Times, he is the author of some
SUN       of the most powerful crime novels ever written.
SUN       But the case that has dominated his life and much of his
SUN       writing was the murder of his mother when he was just ten
SUN       years old. In the years since, he has tried to find a way
SUN       of getting to know and understand her.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00pqh91 (Listen)
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. Panellists
SUN       Josie Lawrence and Charles Collingwood reveal how they
SUN       know when they are in love (though not necessarily with
SUN       each other), and Paul Merton and Chris Neill remember what
SUN       it was like to be sweet sixteen.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00psp9c (Listen)
SUN       Micro Dairies
SUN       In the last decade, two-thirds of dairy farmers in England
SUN       and Wales have gone out of business. With milk cheaper
SUN       than mineral water, many just cannot make a living.
SUN       Charlotte Smith hears how dairy farmers are forging
SUN       stronger links with consumers to stay in business. Could
SUN       small scale community dairies be the way forward?
SUN       Sheila Dillon visits North Aston Dairy in Oxfordshire,
SUN       where a small herd of 18 Ayrshires provides milk to 250
SUN       residents in local villages, all within a two-and-a-half
SUN       mile radius. She also catches up with Nick Snelgar of
SUN       Future Farms co-operative in Hampshire, who is planning to
SUN       start a 'micro dairy' along the same lines as North Aston.
SUN       She also hears from dairy farmer Ian Crouch in Dorset
SUN       about his struggle to stay in business with a mixed herd
SUN       of 150 cows including Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys.
SUN       MP Michael Jack, Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural
SUN       Affairs Select Committee, gives his view of the state of
SUN       the industry, and Charlotte is joined in the studio by
SUN       Gwyn Jones, Dairy Board Chairman of the National Farmers'
SUN       Union.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00psph7 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00psph9 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Ruthless and Brilliant b00pn4c5 (Listen)
SUN       At the end of 2006 one of Radio 4’s longest standing
SUN       presenters announced, very publicly, that she had breast
SUN       cancer. Jenni Murray, who has been presenting Woman’s Hour
SUN       for more than 20 years, told her listeners that she would
SUN       be away from the microphone for a while, as she underwent
SUN       treatment.
SUN       Jenni returned to work after a mastectomy and
SUN       chemotherapy. Then in 2008 she was joined on the programme
SUN       by the Irish journalist Lia Mills who had much of her jaw,
SUN       neck and cheekbone removed after she was diagnosed with
SUN       oral cancer. She described her surgeons as ‘ruthless and
SUN       brilliant’ – brilliant enough to save her life and
SUN       ruthless enough to take a knife to her face.
SUN       This got Jenni thinking – what does it take to lift a
SUN       scalpel and cut into the most intimate and treasured parts
SUN       of the human body?
SUN       This programme examines the extremes of surgery, and
SUN       speaks to the doctors whose work saves lives, but also
SUN       fundamentally changes them. How do you tell a patient that
SUN       radical surgery is needed, as they beg you for an
SUN       alternative?
SUN       The programme concentrates on maxillofacial, breast and
SUN       prostate surgery. It will look at the relationship between
SUN       patient and doctor as the various surgical options are
SUN       considered.
SUN       As part of the programme Jenni will attend a mastectomy.
SUN       The program is presented by Jenni Murray and produced in
SUN       Manchester by Nicola Swords
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00pr8bh (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson and the Gardeners' Question Time panel
SUN       remember the late John Cushnie, whose untimely death was
SUN       announced over the New Year.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Gameboy v The Mongolian Steppe b00cmqnc (Listen)
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Series following the exploits of a computer games-obsessed
SUN       14-year-old with learning difficulties who is taken to
SUN       Mongolia by his father to experience the more exciting
SUN       side of life.
SUN       The family leave Beijing on the Trans-Mongolian Express on
SUN       their way to Ulan Bator, where they plan to equip
SUN       themselves for their stay with nomads on the snowy wastes
SUN       of the steppes. Sarah kits herself out in the traditional
SUN       dress - a long fleece lined del - and Dexter tries to
SUN       persuade his dad to buy him a hunting knife. Dexter's
SUN       computer game causes much excitement in the capital's main
SUN       square.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00psqvj (Listen)
SUN       The Custom of the Country, Episode 3
SUN       Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913
SUN       satire of marriage and money in early-20th century
SUN       American society.
SUN       Undine's plans to secure a better future for herself move
SUN       on apace, but will she ever find real happiness?
SUN       Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei King
SUN       Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom Hollander
SUN       Ralph Marvell ...... Dan Stevens
SUN       Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca Night
SUN       Marquise de Chelles ...... Olwen May
SUN       Raymond de Chelles ...... Joseph Kloska
SUN       Princess Estradina ...... Provence Maydew
SUN       Paul ...... Daniel Rogers
SUN       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00psqvl (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to the creator of the phenomenally
SUN       successful Lemony Snickert children's books, Daniel
SUN       Handler. A Series of Unfortunate Events, his 13 volumes
SUN       chronicling the sufferings of the Baudelaire orphans, have
SUN       sold over 50 million copies in the last decade. He
SUN       explains how painful family history led to the dark tone
SUN       of his work.
SUN       Kati Nicholl joins Mariella to choose some of her
SUN       favourite recent audiobooks, from Conan Doyle to Cormac
SUN       McCarthy.
SUN       Seventy years after the death of Mikhail Bulgakov, the
SUN       author of novels including The Master and Margarita, two
SUN       fans discuss his work. The writer and broadcaster Misha
SUN       Glenny - the son of Bulgakov's first translator - and the
SUN       novelist's biographer Julie Curtis explore the life of a
SUN       writer now regarded as one of Russia's greatest.
SUN       BOOK LIST:
SUN       Lemony Snickert's A Series of Unfortunate Events (13
SUN       volumes)
SUN       Publisher: Egmont Press
SUN       Mikhail Bulgakov: The Master and Margarita (trans. Michael
SUN       Glenny)
SUN       Publisher: Vintage
SUN       Mikhail Bulgakov: A Country Doctor's Notebook (trans.
SUN       Michael Glenny)
SUN       Publisher: Vintage
SUN       Mikhail Bulgakov: Diaboliad (trans. Michael Glenny)
SUN       Publisher: Vintage
SUN       Mikhail Bulgakov: The Heart of a Dog (trans. Michael
SUN       Glenny)
SUN       Publisher: Vintage
SUN       Mikhail Bulgakov: The White Guard (trans. Michael Glenny)
SUN       Publisher: Vintage
SUN       Mikhail Bulgakov: Black Snow: a Theatrical Novel (trans.
SUN       Michael Glenny)
SUN       Publisher: Vintage
SUN       KATI NICHOLL'S AUDIOBOOK PICKS
SUN       Cormac McCarthy: No Country for Old Men, read by Sean
SUN       Barrett
SUN       Publisher: Naxos
SUN       Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles,
SUN       read by David Timson
SUN       Publisher: Naxos
SUN       George Orwell: Animal Farm, read by Simon Callow
SUN       Publisher: CSA
SUN       Alice Sebold: The Lovely Bones, read by Allyssa Bresnahan
SUN       Publisher: Macmillan
SUN       Antonia Fraser: Must You Go?, read by Lyndsey Duncan
SUN       Publisher: Orion
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Consorting With Angels b00psqvn (Listen)
SUN       A tribute to the life and work of American poet Anne
SUN       Sexton.
SUN       Featuring poetry, home video archive and dramatised
SUN       transcripts of audio tapes recorded during Sexton's
SUN       psychotherapy sessions. Anne's daughters Linda and Joyce
SUN       remember their mother, and her close friend JD McClatchy
SUN       and former psychiatric nurse and poet Anne Rouse share
SUN       their thoughts on a truly remarkable woman.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 Closing Guantanamo b00pqn29 (Listen)
SUN       President Obama has admitted that the process of closing
SUN       the controversial prison camp in Guantanamo Bay will take
SUN       longer than the 12 months he promised in his first major
SUN       announcement as president. Jon Manel reveals the inside
SUN       story of what went wrong.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00ps5f4 (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00psr3d (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00psr3g (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00psrcs (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00psrcv (Listen)
SUN       Simon Parkes introduces his selection from the last seven
SUN       days of BBC Radio.
SUN       Chris Evans - Radio 2
SUN       Simon Mayo - Radio 2
SUN       Radcliffe and Maconie - Radio 2
SUN       Ruthless and Brilliant - Radio 4
SUN       At Any Cost - Radio 4
SUN       Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats - Radio 4
SUN       Ed Reardon's Week - Radio 4
SUN       Book of the Week: Must You Go? - Radio 4
SUN       Front Row - Radio 4
SUN       The Frost Collection - Radio 4
SUN       Guantanamo Reunited - Radio 5live
SUN       Deep Cut - Radio 4
SUN       Archive on 4: The ITV Story - Radio 4
SUN       The Jonestown Letters - Radio 4
SUN       Midnight Feasts and Lashings of Ginger Beer - Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00psrt6 (Listen)
SUN       Jazzer has a blast with Fallon.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00psrt8 (Listen)
SUN       While a nation waits for Obama to deliver his State of the
SUN       Union Address, Americana asks why wait? We deliver our own
SUN       State of the Nation programme.
SUN       Kevin Connolly hears from the celebrated Haitian American
SUN       author Edwidge Danticat to learn more about what life is
SUN       like in Haiti and the view from the United States. America
SUN       has halted deportation of Haitians living within its
SUN       borders. It remains unclear whether the nearly 30,000
SUN       Haitians living in the US will be granted Temporary
SUN       Protective Status and allowed to stay indefinitely.
SUN       James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic,
SUN       joins us to discuss the long-term outlook for United
SUN       States, and attempts to answer the question 'Can America
SUN       rise again?'
SUN       The United States Census just launched its 2010 campaign.
SUN       Its work will have a last political, social and economic
SUN       impact on the country. Census Director Robert Groves
SUN       explains how the survey works and what powers he has to
SUN       say 'no' to the man in the White House.
SUN       We also hear from some of the nation's newest citizens at
SUN       a naturalization ceremony in Richmond, Virginia. At a time
SUN       when so many in the US feel demoralized about the
SUN       country's future, Americana hears what makes these newbies
SUN       feel optimistic about officially joining the country.
SUN       There is one US citizen who continues to inspire Americans
SUN       around the nation, even though he is no longer with us. On
SUN       Monday the United States observes a national holiday in
SUN       honour of Martin Luther King Jr. Americana hears from
SUN       third graders in Illinois about what they'd ask Martin
SUN       Luther King Jr if they had the chance.
SUN       Haitian in America: Part 1
SUN       Kevin Connolly talks to author Haitian American author
SUN       Edwidge Danticat for a better understanding of the view of
SUN       Haiti from the United States. Danticat’s vivid writing
SUN       speaks eloquently and often heartbreakingly of life on the
SUN       island. She lives in Miami Florida where she is an
SUN       advocate for the Haitian community and has spoken for the
SUN       halt of repatriation of Haitians currently in the United
SUN       States.
SUN       
SUN       James Fallows
SUN       Kevin Connolly talks to James Fallows, National
SUN       Correspondent for The Atlantic. The two discuss how Haiti
SUN       fits into America’s international diplomacy agenda and
SUN       about what domestic issues may move into the spotlight
SUN       going forward.
SUN       
SUN       The U.S. Census
SUN       The 2010 U.S. Census has kicked off its efforts to learn
SUN       more about every person living within the borders of the
SUN       United States. Americana speaks to U.S. Census director
SUN       Robert Groves about the goals for the 2010 investigation
SUN       and how the results may influence the distribution of
SUN       federal support for communities around the nation.
SUN       
SUN       Useful Links: The Big Count Archive
SUN       A hallmark of each decennial census is the high priority
SUN       goal of engaging the public and motivating full
SUN       participation in The Big Count. The Big Count galleries
SUN       provide glimpses of films, videos, photographs and audio
SUN       from a cross-section of decennial census promotional
SUN       efforts - all of which highlight the benefits of
SUN       completing the national census form.
SUN       
SUN       America’s newest citizens
SUN       It's not just Haitians who would like to become U.S.
SUN       citizens. Americana meets some of the nation's newest
SUN       citizens at this week's naturalization ceremony in
SUN       Richmond, Virginia.
SUN       
SUN       Martin Luther King Jr. Day
SUN       Monday is Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. While many
SUN       around the world are taking up his call to action by
SUN       lending money, supplies and time to Haiti, across the
SUN       United States some Americans will observe the national
SUN       holiday (a day off from work) by spending time doing
SUN       community service and reflecting on the civil right’s
SUN       leader’s goals for the U.S. Chicago-area independent
SUN       producer David Green surveyed his class of third graders
SUN       and found they had questions they would ask Martin Luther
SUN       King Jr. if they’d had the chance.
SUN       
SUN       Useful Links: Third Grade Audio
SUN       Third Grade Audio from North Shore Country Day School in
SUN       Winnetka, Illinois (just north of Chicago) writes, records
SUN       and produces (with the help of Producer David Green and
SUN       co-teacher Amy Kenyon) audio pieces that document the
SUN       world as seen, heard and experienced by eight and
SUN       nine-year-olds.
SUN       Third Grade Audio
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b00b0t4s (Listen)
SUN       An Italian Bestiary, The Smiling Shepherd
SUN       Stories by Julia Blackburn about life and survival for the
SUN       animals and people of Liguria in Northern Italy, where she
SUN       has made her home.
SUN       In February, Giovanni the shepherd begins to move his
SUN       flock of sheep and goats back to the high mountain.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 More or Less b00pr8bc (Listen)
SUN       Tim Harford and the team ask if the electoral system is
SUN       biased in favour of Labour, as some Conservatives claim,
SUN       and why Wales is so frequently used as a unit of
SUN       measurement.
SUN       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00prd50 (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       Sir Donald Acheson
SUN       Chief Medical Officer who had to deal with the public
SUN       management of BSE, HIV/AIDS and salmonella
SUN       Sir Donald Acheson was the eminent epidemiologist who
SUN       became the government’s Chief Medical Officer. For eight
SUN       years from 1983 he had the difficult task of advising both
SUN       ministers and the public on the pressing health issues of
SUN       the day. In the early eighties, he chaired a study group
SUN       investigating primary health care in inner London which
SUN       made more than a hundred recommendations for urgent
SUN       changes in the way GPs, hospitals and community nursing
SUN       worked. But it was as Chief Medical Officer that he came
SUN       to wider public attention.
SUN       We speak to Edwina Currie who worked with Donald Acheson
SUN       when she was a Junior Health Minister and to the Chief
SUN       Executive of the General Medical Council, Niall Dickson,
SUN       who was the BBC’s Health Correspondent in the 1980s.
SUN       Born 17 September 1926, died 10 January 2010.
SUN       
SUN       Eric Rohmer
SUN       Idiosyncratic French film-maker who was a leading figure
SUN       in the cinema of the postwar new wave
SUN       Like many of his colleagues, Eric Rohmer had been a critic
SUN       and academic writing for the influential magazine “Cahiers
SUN       Du Cinema”. Once he had begun directing, he stayed true to
SUN       the New Wave principles for the rest of his long career.
SUN       Rohmer grouped his films into cycles, starting with Six
SUN       Moral Tales of which Ma Nuit Chez Maude is considered a
SUN       particular highlight, then Comedies and Proverbs, which
SUN       included Les Nuits de la Pleine Lune and Tales of the Four
SUN       Seasons.
SUN       Matthew talks to Professor of film studies at King’s
SUN       College London, Ginette Vincendeau, to the actress Lucy
SUN       Russell and to the film director and producer Barbet
SUN       Schroeder.
SUN       Born 21 March 1920, died 11 January 2010.
SUN       
SUN       Lady Philippa Scott
SUN       Wildlife photographer and champion of conservation with
SUN       her husband, Sir Peter Scott
SUN       Philippa Scott was born in South Africa and spent her
SUN       childhood on a farm. During the war she worked in
SUN       intelligence at Bletchley Park and then took a job as
SUN       secretary to Peter Scott. She became as passionately
SUN       devoted to wildlife as he was and they married in
SUN       Reykjavik during an expedition to ring pink footed geese.
SUN       After Sir Peter’s death in 1989, Lady Scott continued her
SUN       commitment to the trust which runs Slimbridge and carried
SUN       on her enthusiasm for scuba diving well into her eighties.
SUN       Matthew speaks to the TV presenter Kate Humble who is
SUN       President of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
SUN       and to Martin Spray, the Chief Executive of the Wildfowl
SUN       and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge.
SUN       Born 22 November 1918, died 6 January 2010.
SUN       
SUN       Willie Mitchell
SUN       Memphis musician who produced soul classics and made a
SUN       star of Al Green
SUN       Perhaps best known for his association over many years
SUN       with the great Al Green, Willie Mitchell worked with
SUN       scores of stars at his famous Royal studios. He was also
SUN       an arranger and the leader of a group of top session
SUN       musicians who were much in demand. But Willie also had
SUN       hits in his own right, such as Buster Browne and Soul
SUN       Serenade.
SUN       We hear from the legendary soul singer Solomon Burke and
SUN       from music journalist Paul Sexton.
SUN       Born 23 March 1928, died 5 January 2010.
SUN       
SUN       Miep Gies
SUN       Last surviving member of the group who helped protect Anne
SUN       Frank and her family from the Nazis and guardian of Anne’s
SUN       now world famous diary
SUN       Miep Gies was one of a small group of people who hid Anne
SUN       Frank and her family from the Nazis during the second
SUN       world war. And, after the family were discovered and
SUN       arrested, Miep preserved Anne Frank’s diary. The writings
SUN       of the teenage girl vividly describe the family’s
SUN       experiences of hiding from the persecution of the Jews in
SUN       Amsterdam by the occupying German forces. Anne, her sister
SUN       and mother all died in concentration camps. But, after the
SUN       war, Miep Gies was able to present Anne’s diary to her
SUN       father Otto and later helped him to get it published.
SUN       Born Hermine Santrouschitz in Vienna, 15 February 1909,
SUN       died 11 January 2010.
SUN       
SUN       Bobby Charles
SUN       Singer-songwriter and author of 'See you Later Alligator'
SUN       Bobby Charles was a Cajun who had been born Robert Charles
SUN       Guidry in Abbeville Louisiana. He composed many songs in
SUN       his career, but will best be remembered for Walking to New
SUN       Orleans which was a hit for Fats Domino, and See You
SUN       Later, Alligator recorded by Bill Haley and the Comets
SUN       Born 21 February 1938, died 14 January 2010.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00ps3wc (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00psp8x (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today.]
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00pr72d (Listen)
SUN       Doing It Wrong
SUN       Russell Ackoff was a great subversive - a business school
SUN       professor who thought that business schools were a block
SUN       on management thinking and who delighted in pointing out
SUN       the flaws in the way companies work. Before he died at the
SUN       age of 90 in October 2009, this business rebel gave Peter
SUN       Day some insights into his unconventional approach to
SUN       getting things done.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00psrtb (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00psrtd (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       More Than A Game.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 The Film Programme b00prd52 (Listen)
SUN       Director Andrea Arnold discusses her controversial drama
SUN       Fish Tank and how she discovered her star on a station
SUN       platform having an argument with her boyfriend.
SUN       Novelist Jonathan Coe and historian Matthew Sweet mull
SUN       over the qualities of forgotten British melodrama They
SUN       Were Sisters.
SUN       Jacques Audiard tackles crime and punishment in his prison
SUN       drama A Prophet.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00ps6qs (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today.]
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 18 JANUARY 2010
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00pstm1 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00pr4wz (Listen)
MON       Professor Jytte Klausen maintains that the crisis
MON       following the publication of cartoons depicting Mohammed
MON       in the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Denmark back in 2005
MON       was stirred up by different sets of people all with
MON       something to gain from precipitating a crisis.
MON       Her detailed analysis of the course of events claims to
MON       show that irresponsible newspaper publishers, vested
MON       interests in elections in Denmark and Egypt, and later
MON       Islamic extremists seeking to destabilise governments in
MON       Pakistan, Lebanon, Libya and Nigeria all played a part in
MON       orchestrating the upset.
MON       Also, Laurie Taylor talks to Les Back and Mike Robinson,
MON       editor of The Framed World: Tourism, Tourists and
MON       Photography, about the hidden significance of holiday
MON       snaps. What are people hoping to achieve when they
MON       'capture' a scene and what does the holiday pose tell us
MON       about modern mores?
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00ps6kn (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pstnq (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pstsp (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pstq6 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00pstw7 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00psv51 (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin
MON       Holdsworth.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00psv9j (Listen)
MON       Multi-storey growing could be the future of farming in UK
MON       towns and cities. Europe's first vertical farm is being
MON       piloted at Paignton zoo in Devon. In Kevin Frediani's
MON       farm, 11,000 plants are growing in trays stacked three
MON       metres high while rotating around the glasshouse. If the
MON       pilot's a success, this could open up the way for schools,
MON       hospitals and housing estates in cities and towns to grow
MON       their own vegetables.
MON       Also, the number of rats in the UK is on the rise by
MON       around 15 per cent a year. As rats become resistant to
MON       some poisons, farmers are being warned that they risk
MON       killing wildlife if they're not careful.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00pxhwy (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00psvbm (Listen)
MON       With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00pxj6d (Listen)
MON       Tom Sutcliffe is caught in a web of deception, as Ben
MON       Macintyre retells one of the greatest hoaxes of World War
MON       2, and the writer John Guare talks about the duplicity at
MON       the heart of his most famous play, Six Degrees of
MON       Separation. AL Kennedy makes a plea for the purpose and
MON       point of art in the 21st century. And the all-important
MON       catchy book title: would James Bond have sounded quite so
MON       adventurous if The Undertaker's Wind had triumphed over
MON       Live and Let Die? The biographer Frances Spalding
MON       discusses choosing the right name.
MON       
MON       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwmgq (Listen)
MON       Making Us Human (2,000,000-8,000BC), Mummy of Hornedjitef
MON       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
MON       retells the history of human development from the first
MON       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
MON       from the Museum.
MON       At the age of eight, Neil visited the British Museum for
MON       the first time and came face to face with an object that
MON       fascinated and intrigued him ever since, an Egyptian
MON       mummy. Hornedjitef was a priest who died around 2,250
MON       years ago, and he designed a coffin that, he believed,
MON       would help him navigate his way to the afterlife. Little
MON       did he know that this afterlife would be as a museum
MON       exhibit in London. This ornate coffin holds secrets to the
MON       understanding of his religion, society and Egypt's
MON       connections to the rest of the world.
MON       Neil tells the story of Hornedjitef's mummy case with
MON       contributions from egyptologist John Taylor, Egyptian
MON       author Ahdaf Soueif and Indian economist and Nobel Prize
MON       winner Amartya Sen.
MON       Producer: Anthony Denselow.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pwp1y (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       
MON       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pwp20 (Listen)
MON       The Postman of Good Hope, Episode 1
MON       By Al Smith, inspired by a true story.
MON       When Nicholas returns to his village after fighting in the
MON       civil war, he discovers that none of the post has been
MON       delivered.
MON       Nicholas ...... Steve Toussaint
MON       Grub ...... Nyasha Hatendi
MON       The Mayor ...... Patrice Naiambana
MON       Caramella ...... Chipo Chung
MON       Inspector Shandy ...... Jimmy Akingbola
MON       Perdita ...... Adjoa Andoh
MON       Loupe ...... Darren Hart
MON       The Oracle ...... Anni Domingo
MON       Cornelius ...... Ilario Bisi-Pedro
MON       The Boy ...... Isaac Ajala
MON       Directed by Sally Avens.
MON       
MON       11:00 Obama's Babies b00pxjpp (Listen)
MON       In Swahili Obama means 'blessed one' and mothers across
MON       Africa were quick to bestow the name on their offspring.
MON       'Obama babies' followed in America and across Europe as
MON       parents grasped at the hope that the President Elect's
MON       magic could rub off on their children. But one year on and
MON       with the President's dreams being tested by reality, how
MON       have some of the babies named after him fared?
MON       Peter White explores the hopes and fears of five families
MON       and follows their lives as the babies approach their first
MON       birthdays. For the babies - including Nancy Otieno's son,
MON       Barack Obama, and Sasha Fisher's baby, Sanjae Obama - it
MON       will be years before they fully comprehend the hopes and
MON       aspirations imbued in a name.
MON       The programme focuses on five very different families,
MON       examining how our changing world, in part shaped by the
MON       man they so admire, is having an impact on their
MON       experiences.
MON       
MON       11:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00pxjpr (Listen)
MON       Series 6, Charity Begins Next Door
MON       Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
MON       Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger
MON       and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a
MON       world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying
MON       charlatans.
MON       Ed has a new member in his writing class, and unlike Stan,
MON       Olive and Pearl, Clive is actually impressed by Ed's
MON       writing portfolio. Thus it is that Ed finds he has a
MON       protege who not only wants to emulate his life, but more
MON       fortuitously will help him to write a rather dull speech
MON       on water shortages in Africa for the agency's charity
MON       auction.
MON       Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
MON       Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
MON       Felix ...... John Fortune
MON       Clive ...... Tony Gardner
MON       Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
MON       Pearl ...... Rita May
MON       Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
MON       Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00pwppf (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00pwpsr (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00pwptl (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Brain of Britain b00pxjzx (Listen)
MON       Russell Davies chairs another semi-final of the perennial
MON       general knowledge contest, with heat winners Martin Boult
MON       from Basingstoke, David Clark from Port Talbot, Jane Ann
MON       Liston from St Andrews and Anthony Payne from St Bees in
MON       Cumbria competing for a place in the final.
MON       Contestants
MON       Martin Boult from Basingstoke
MON       David Clark from Port Talbot
MON       Jane Ann Liston from St Andrews
MON       Anthony Payne from St Bees
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00psrt6 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00pxjzz (Listen)
MON       Some Secluded Glade
MON       Psychological thriller by Hugh Costello.
MON       Following a fall and severe concussion, Tom Beaumont's
MON       grasp on reality begins to weaken, with terrifying results
MON       for his family.
MON       Tom Beaumont ...... Patrick Fitzsymons
MON       Gail Beaumont ...... Cathy Belton
MON       Toby Beaumont ...... Robbie Gilmore
MON       Bruno ...... Sean Campion
MON       Megan ...... Maggie Cronin
MON       Dr Marriott ...... Melissa Advani
MON       Sgt Osborne ...... Hugh Costello
MON       Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00ps5f8 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday.]
MON       
MON       15:45 Lost, Stolen or Shredded b00lydhb (Listen)
MON       The Great Omar
MON       Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick
MON       Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very
MON       different missing works of art.
MON       Rick tells the story behind the fabulous jewelled binding
MON       of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which was encrusted with
MON       over a thousand diamonds, rubies and emeralds and was
MON       regarded as the finest work produced by the bindery of
MON       Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Sadly it went down with the SS
MON       Titanic and is still lying unclaimed at the bottom of the
MON       ocean.
MON       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00psp9c (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00pxk01 (Listen)
MON       Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious traditions of
MON       the poorest state in the Arab world and ask why Jihadi
MON       networks are taking hold in Yemen.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00pwqdc (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 b00pwqfb (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00pxk23 (Listen)
MON       Series 56, Episode 2
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, recorded at
MON       Derby University. The panellists are Josie Lawrence,
MON       Justin Moorhouse, Tony Hawks and Dave Gorman. Subjects
MON       include how to spot a mature student and three ways to pay
MON       back your student loan.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00pwpyj (Listen)
MON       Brenda faces a crisis of confidence.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00pwqfz (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including a review
MON       of Clive Owen as a widower learning to look after his two
MON       sons in the film The Boys are Back.
MON       
MON       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwmgq (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
MON       
MON       20:00 The De-Railing of Transport 2010 b00pxk9w (Listen)
MON       In the 1990s, a new way of thinking about transport
MON       emerged. Sustainability became the buzz word, advocates of
MON       a so-called New Realism had the ear of government and a
MON       ten-year plan was hatched. But many of its ideas got no
MON       further than Whitehall. Chris Ledgard looks back at the
MON       revolution which never happened and asks if transport is
MON       one of the hardest ministerial briefs in government.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00pr5b6 (Listen)
MON       24 Hours in Tulsa
MON       24 Attacks by midget gangsters; incompetent thieves who
MON       resort to stealing air-conditioning units; a teenage girl
MON       with a crack habit who gets shot a few days after
MON       promising to go clean. These are just some of the
MON       criminals and junkies encountered by one police officer
MON       cruising the streets of one Midwestern US city.
MON       But this is Officer Jay Chiarito-Mazarrella, who created a
MON       cult following for his Street Story podcasts, vivid
MON       vignettes of his work for the Tulsa Police Department.
MON       Hugh Levinson hears the best of the Street Stories, giving
MON       a fresh, funny and sometimes downright scary insight into
MON       policing from the horse's mouth.
MON       Producer: Hugh Levinson.
MON       
MON       21:00 The Vox Project b00pxk9y (Listen)
MON       Dysfunctional Voices
MON       Clare Balding, with the help of the Cognitive
MON       Neuro-Science department of University College, London,
MON       investigates all aspects of the human voice and the way we
MON       use it.
MON       Clare is joined by specialist speech therapist Christella
MON       Antoni and Dr John Local to discuss how we make sense of
MON       other people's voices.
MON       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00pxj6d (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00pwt5l (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00pwt8y (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwv3l (Listen)
MON       The Coral Thief, Episode 6
MON       Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in
MON       Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
MON       Daniel is unsettled by an encounter with Henri Jagot, the
MON       infamous chief of the security police, and Lucienne
MON       reveals a secret from her past.
MON       Abridged by Viv Beeby
MON       Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
MON       
MON       23:00 Word of Mouth b00pqjs7 (Listen)
MON       Michael Rosen investigates lying. Does the sound of our
MON       voice change when we are trying to deceive, and do we use
MON       different words?
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pwv6c (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with David Wilby.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 19 JANUARY 2010
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00pstkc (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwmgq (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pstm3 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pstq8 (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pstns (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00pstsr (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pstw9 (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin
TUE       Holdsworth.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00psv53 (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00psv9l (Listen)
TUE       With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Thought for the Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Taking a Stand b00pxll6 (Listen)
TUE       Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made
TUE       sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.
TUE       How does it feel to come under armed attack by Somali
TUE       pirates when you know you are days away from any kind of
TUE       protection? Peter Stapleton knows. He was master of the
TUE       cargo ship Boularibank when it was targeted by pirates at
TUE       the entrance to the Gulf of Aden. Aside from cargo and
TUE       crew, he was also carrying eleven passengers, including
TUE       his wife. Peter Stapleton tells Fergal Keane how he
TUE       managed to repel the boarders.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Famous Footsteps b00pxll8 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Author and journalist Fiona Neill explores the experience
TUE       of growing up in a creatively successful family.
TUE       What are the advantages of being born into a creatively
TUE       successful family, and what is the nature of the silver
TUE       spoon handed down from one generation to the next? Is it
TUE       the contacts, insider knowledge or sense of entitlement
TUE       that smoothes the way for the children of writers,
TUE       musicians and artists? Fiona talks to Jennifer Saunders,
TUE       Ella Edmondson, Guy Chambers and writer Kamila Shamsie to
TUE       find out.
TUE       A Paladin Invision production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7m (Listen)
TUE       Making Us Human (2,000,000-8,000BC), Olduvai Stone
TUE       Chopping Tool
TUE       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
TUE       retells the history of human development from the first
TUE       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
TUE       from the Museum.
TUE       Neil goes back two million years to the Rift Valley in
TUE       Tanzania, where a simple chipped stone marks the emergence
TUE       of modern humans.
TUE       One of the characteristics that mark humans out from other
TUE       animals is their desire for, and dependency on, the things
TUE       they fashion with their own hands. Faced with the needs to
TUE       cut meat from carcasses, early humans in Africa discovered
TUE       how to shape stones into cutting tools. From that one
TUE       innovation, a whole history of human development springs.
TUE       Neil tells the story of the Olduvai stone chopping tool
TUE       with contributions from flint napper Phil Harding, Sir
TUE       David Attenborough and African Nobel Prize winner Dr
TUE       Wangeri Maathai.
TUE       Producer: Anthony Denselow.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pwnk2 (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       
TUE       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pwp22 (Listen)
TUE       The Postman of Good Hope, Episode 2
TUE       By Al Smith, inspired by a true story.
TUE       Nicholas helps keep a young footballer's dreams alive.
TUE       Nicholas ...... Steve Toussaint
TUE       Grub ...... Nyasha Hatendi
TUE       The Mayor ...... Patrice Naiambana
TUE       Caramella ...... Chipo Chung
TUE       Inspector Shandy ...... Jimmy Akingbola
TUE       Perdita ...... Adjoa Andoh
TUE       Loupe ...... Darren Hart
TUE       The Oracle ...... Anni Domingo
TUE       Cornelius ...... Ilario Bisi-Pedro
TUE       The Boy ...... Isaac Ajala
TUE       Directed by Sally Avens.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Nature b00pxmcr (Listen)
TUE       Series 4, Wildlife Gardening
TUE       Gardening for wildlife is one of the most popular and
TUE       practical things we can do to keep in touch with the
TUE       natural world. But does it have any real benefits for
TUE       wildlife on a countrywide scale or is it merely a placebo
TUE       which convinces us that we're doing something to save the
TUE       planet? Paul Evans visits the winter conference of the
TUE       Wildlife Gardening Forum to find out if our efforts are
TUE       making a difference, and asks conservationists where the
TUE       future of wildlife gardening lies.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 The House That Chekhov Built b00pxmcv (Listen)
TUE       The White Dacha, the house in which Chekhov wrote his
TUE       greatest works is falling into ruin. With the campaign to
TUE       save it due to culminate on the 150th anniversary of his
TUE       birth, actor Michael Pennington journeys to Yalta in the
TUE       Ukraine to get an inside view of Chekhov's life and work.
TUE       The White Dacha was Chekhov's place of both escape and
TUE       inspiration. Built in 1898 by Chekhov after the success of
TUE       The Seagull, he moved there to find solace after his
TUE       father's death and to help his ailing health due to
TUE       tuberculosis. The building is the genesis of some of his
TUE       best-loved stories but stands to be lost forever as it
TUE       stands on land that could be sold off; until just a few
TUE       months ago the house was crumbling away, the victim of
TUE       post-Soviet politics and the recession.
TUE       After he died in 1904, Chekhov's house was protected by
TUE       his sister, Masha, and then became a museum in 1921. As
TUE       Michael wanders around the house and gardens he learns how
TUE       it survived the Russian Revolution, civil war and Nazi
TUE       occupation.
TUE       Michael meets the individuals fighting to keep Chekhov's
TUE       personal and literary legacy alive, including Chekhov
TUE       scholar and director of the Yalta Chekhov Campaign,
TUE       Rosamund Bartlett. The campaign hopes to raise 200,000
TUE       euros by January 2010, the 150th anniversary of Chekhov's
TUE       birth.
TUE       Others contributers to the programme include actress
TUE       Prunella Scales and Oscar-winning playwright Christopher
TUE       Hampton, both of whom have travelled to the house to take
TUE       inspiration from the home of their literary hero.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00pwpmv (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00pwpph (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00pwpst (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00pxmcx (Listen)
TUE       Series 8, Cannonball Adderley
TUE       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
TUE       Century.
TUE       Florida-born saxophonist Cannonball Adderley first made
TUE       his name alongside his brother Nat in the 1950s. Moving to
TUE       New York, he quickly found success and before long was
TUE       playing with Miles Davis. Drawing influence from many of
TUE       the greats, including Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and
TUE       Louis Jordan, Cannonball was one of the leading pioneers
TUE       of hard-bop. By the 1960s he was also prominent in the
TUE       soul jazz scene, becoming increasingly experimental
TUE       towards the end of the decade.
TUE       Leading British sax player Alan Barnes talks to Ken about
TUE       Cannonball's eclectic career.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00pwpyj (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00pxmcz (Listen)
TUE       The Lonely
TUE       Dramatisation by Rebecca Hughes of Paul Gallico's romantic
TUE       novella set during the Second World War.
TUE       An American airforce lieutenant suffering from battle
TUE       fatigue and a young English WAAF officer become lovers.
TUE       But when he returns to America to break off his
TUE       engagement, things get complicated.
TUE       Jerry ...... Michael Goldsmith
TUE       Patches ...... Laura Rees
TUE       Harmon ...... Sam Dale
TUE       Helen ...... Tracy Wiles
TUE       Eagles ...... Piers Wehner
TUE       Directed by Kirsty Williams.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Making History b00pxmf1 (Listen)
TUE       Vanessa Collingridge brings together objects from around
TUE       the UK that are making A History of The World, including a
TUE       9th-century bell in Northern Ireland and rosary beads
TUE       found on the Mary Rose.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00pxmk1 (Listen)
TUE       City Of Two Continents, The Byzantine Passage
TUE       Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as
TUE       European Capital of Culture in 2010.
TUE       A young girl's life changes forever when she glimpses the
TUE       man to whom she is betrothed.
TUE       By Jenny White, read by Melody Grove.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Lost, Stolen or Shredded b00m17q8 (Listen)
TUE       The Lost Career of Charles Rennie Mackintosh
TUE       Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick
TUE       Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very
TUE       different missing works of art.
TUE       Architect, designer and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh
TUE       is internationally celebrated as one of the most
TUE       significant talents of the late-19th and early-20th
TUE       centuries. His creative genius and contribution to modern
TUE       architecture and design is unquestioned, with his design
TUE       for the Glasgow School of Art undoubtedly his masterpiece.
TUE       But commissions were few and support for his work limited.
TUE       Rick examines Mackintosh's life and work and asks why he
TUE       received so little support during his lifetime.
TUE       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Too White to Be Black b00pxn0z (Listen)
TUE       Kim Normanton talks to three people who are white but
TUE       black: they come from a black or Asian background and live
TUE       with albinism. Their unusual situation provides thoughtful
TUE       insight into questions of identity.
TUE       A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       Personal stories
TUE       Naseem is 30 and British Asian. She has long fair hair,
TUE       white skin and pale eyes. She’s struggled to be accepted
TUE       by her Asian community and eventually left home and
TUE       married Richard who is white British.
TUE       Within the Asian community while I was growing up I was
TUE       seen as a bit freaky. I didn’t quite look English but I
TUE       was meant to be Asian. I did have an identity crisis, who
TUE       am I, where do I fit in? All teenagers want to fit in. So
TUE       a lot of the effects of what went on as a child provoked
TUE       me to make the decisions I made late on in life. I didn’t
TUE       embrace my culture. It drove me away from it. I feel like
TUE       I relate more to western people living in Britain because
TUE       of the colour of my skin.
TUE       Ayo is 18 and lives in London with his parents who
TUE       originally come from Nigeria. He talks about the
TUE       complications of having parents who are black when he has
TUE       white skin.
TUE       I have African features but my skin is white so I look
TUE       different. People tend to stare and call me ‘white boy’ if
TUE       they don’t know my nationality. They say – You’re not
TUE       black. I ask Where do you think I’m from then? It makes
TUE       me feel angry. I know why they’re staring but it’s
TUE       annoying. Everywhere I go I have to explain my story.
TUE       Mian is 30 and was born and raised in Punjab in Pakistan.
TUE       He came to Britain three years ago to study because he
TUE       found it impossible to live and study in Pakistan due to
TUE       abuse and intolerance.
TUE       I have white hair and pale skin. It’s really a strange
TUE       experience when your skin is a different colour to your
TUE       parents' and your sisters'. When I was growing up people
TUE       swore at me and pointed. They said I was cursed and called
TUE       me white boy and English man. At first you get a bit hurt.
TUE       But you get used to it.
TUE       So these things encouraged me to think am I English or
TUE       Asian? I realised it might be better for me to be an
TUE       English man. Where I live here most people are English. I
TUE       feel more comfortable here. I’m a normal man here. I look
TUE       like everyone else.
TUE       
TUE       The Albinism Fellowship
TUE       The Albinism Fellowship (AlbinismUK) provides information
TUE       and support for people with Albinism and their families.
TUE       They also provide information about the condition to
TUE       professionals.
TUE       
TUE       Nystagmus Network
TUE       Nystagmus is a condition which causes an unintentional
TUE       wobbling of the eyes experienced by most people with
TUE       Albinism. Nystagmus Network is a UK charity which provides
TUE       support and information for those with nystagmus. They
TUE       also foster research and provide information to teachers
TUE       and parents.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00pxn11 (Listen)
TUE       Series 20, Picasso
TUE       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
TUE       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
TUE       Photographer David Bailey first saw Picasso's work in Look
TUE       magazine in the 1950s - it was a revelation to him. He
TUE       discusses the founder of Cubism's work and the enigma of
TUE       the man himself, and their influence on him.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00pwq9h (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 b00pwqdf (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Act Your Age b00pxn13 (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 1
TUE       Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic
TUE       generations against each other to find out which is the
TUE       funniest.
TUE       Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Adrian Walsh
TUE       are joined by Kevin Bridges, Jason Byrne and Johnnie
TUE       Casson.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00pwpxk (Listen)
TUE       Annette's past comes back to haunt her.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00pwqfd (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
TUE       interview with the actor Jonathan Pryce.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7m (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00pxng0 (Listen)
TUE       In 2009, 2,445 cases, including allegations of police
TUE       brutality, deaths in custody and serious negligence, were
TUE       referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
TUE       But is it truly independent, and does its record over five
TUE       years encourage public confidence? Gerry Northam
TUE       investigates.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00pxng2 (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00pxng4 (Listen)
TUE       Aspirin is associated with preventing miscarriage, heart
TUE       disease and cancer, but it's not for everyone and can
TUE       cause complications. Mark Porter unpicks the confusing
TUE       messages surrounding aspirin and when it should be taken.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Taking a Stand b00pxll6 (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00pwt3l (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00pwt5n (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwv38 (Listen)
TUE       The Coral Thief, Episode 7
TUE       Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in
TUE       Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
TUE       Lucienne receives one last and unwelcome commission.
TUE       Abridged by Viv Beeby
TUE       Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Jon Ronson On b00pxng6 (Listen)
TUE       Series 5, Living in a Movie
TUE       Jon Ronson hears the story of conflict photographer Jason
TUE       Howe. Jason had gone to Colombia to photograph both sides
TUE       of the war when he met a Colombian woman, Marilyn, at a
TUE       bus stop. They quickly became romantically involved but
TUE       then she revealed she was a paramilitary fighter. Suddenly
TUE       Jason was living his life as if it were a movie, going
TUE       down a dangerous path that would end in tragedy.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pwv5z (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Sean Curran.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY 2010
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00pstkf (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7m (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pstm5 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pstqb (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pstnv (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00pstst (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pstwc (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin
WED       Holdsworth.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00psv55 (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00psv9n (Listen)
WED       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
WED       Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00pxqh7 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7p (Listen)
WED       Making Us Human (2,000,000-8,000BC), Olduvai Handaxe
WED       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
WED       retells the history of human development from the first
WED       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
WED       from the Museum.
WED       Neil follows early humans as they slowly begin to move
WED       beyond their African homeland, taking with them one
WED       essential item - a hand axe. In the presence of the most
WED       widely-used tool humans have created, Neil sees just how
WED       vital to our evolution this sharp, ingenious implement was
WED       and how it allowed the spread of humans across the globe.
WED       Including contributions from designer Sir James Dyson and
WED       archaeologist Nick Ashton.
WED       Producer: Anthony Denselow.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pwnk4 (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray.
WED       
WED       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pwp24 (Listen)
WED       The Postman of Good Hope, Episode 3
WED       By Al Smith, inspired by a true story.
WED       Nicholas decides to stop editing the post so only good
WED       news is delivered. But it might be too late.
WED       Nicholas ...... Steve Toussaint
WED       Grub ...... Nyasha Hatendi
WED       The Mayor ...... Patrice Naiambana
WED       Caramella ...... Chipo Chung
WED       Inspector Shandy ...... Jimmy Akingbola
WED       Perdita ...... Adjoa Andoh
WED       Loupe ...... Darren Hart
WED       The Oracle ...... Anni Domingo
WED       Cornelius ...... Ilario Bisi-Pedro
WED       The Boy ...... Isaac Ajala
WED       Directed by Sally Avens.
WED       
WED       11:00 QE2: Portrait of an Ocean Liner b00fkbrp (Listen)
WED       After 40 years as arguably the most elegant ship at sea,
WED       QE2 docked at her final resting place in Dubai to be
WED       converted into a floating hotel. The story of the ship's
WED       eventful life, from construction on the Clyde in the
WED       1960s, through refitting as a cruise ship that epitomised
WED       a golden age of luxury travel, to service in the
WED       Falklands, is told through the words of serving and former
WED       staff and recordings made on board the vessel during one
WED       of her final cruises.
WED       A Falling Tree production.
WED       
WED       11:30 Towards Zero b00pxqz1 (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Adaptation by Joy Wilkinson of Agatha Christie's detective
WED       novel.
WED       Lady Tresselian's house party is thrown into disarray by
WED       the death of her old friend Justice Treves. Meanwhile
WED       Nevile is feeling the strain of a house party with both
WED       his wife and his ex-wife in attendance.
WED       Nevile ...... Hugh Bonneville
WED       Lady Tresselian ...... Marcia Warre
WED       MacWhirter ...... Tom Mannion
WED       Audrey ...... Claire Rushbrook
WED       Mary ...... Julia Ford
WED       Kay ...... Lizzy Watts
WED       Latimer ...... Joseph Kloska
WED       Inspector Leach ...... Philip Fox
WED       Royde ...... Stephen Hogan
WED       Receptionist ...... Annabelle Dowler
WED       Doctor Lazenby ...... Benjamin Askew
WED       Treves ...... David Hargreaves
WED       Directed by Mary Peate.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00pwpmy (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00pwppk (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00pwpsw (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00pxqz3 (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00pwpxk (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00pxqz5 (Listen)
WED       Carbon Cleansing
WED       By Sophie Woolley. When ex-banker Tabitha knocks 'green'
WED       activist Will off his bicycle with her 'Chelsea Tractor',
WED       two worlds literally collide. A tale of ecological
WED       responsibility, guilt and grimy hot tubs.
WED       Tabitha ...... Doon Mackichan
WED       Will ...... Joseph Kloska
WED       Samantha ...... Gemma Saunders
WED       Mary ...... Tessa Nicholson
WED       Reporter ...... John Biggins
WED       Directed by David Hunter.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00pxqz7 (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on
WED       small business finance.
WED       Guests:
WED       Mary Monfries, tax partner and head of UK private
WED       business, PricewaterhouseCoopers
WED       Stephen Alambritis, Federation of Small Businesses
WED       Ed Harber, advisor, Business Debtline.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00pzhcw (Listen)
WED       City Of Two Continents, The Abyss as Viewed from Istanbul
WED       on 27th October 1962
WED       Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as
WED       European Capital of Culture in 2010.
WED       By Maureen Freely. The Cuban Missile Crisis as viewed from
WED       the streets of Istanbul. As the world stands on the brink
WED       of annihilation, one city resident negotiates the fears
WED       and preoccupations of his lovers, friends and neighbours.
WED       Read by Jimmy Chisholm.
WED       
WED       15:45 Lost, Stolen or Shredded b00m68s7 (Listen)
WED       Has Anybody Seen a Copy of Et Tu Healy?
WED       Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick
WED       Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very
WED       different missing works of art.
WED       Written by James Joyce in 1891 when he was just nine years
WED       old as a protest at the death of the Irish nationalist
WED       leader Charles Parnell, the poem Et Tu Healy was printed
WED       by his proud father and distributed to friends and family;
WED       even the Pope was sent a copy.
WED       But it was never published, and, apart from three lines,
WED       no copy of it has ever been found. Rick Gekoski asks where
WED       might one be, and, if one were to be found, how much it
WED       might be worth.
WED       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00pxqz9 (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00pxng4 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00pwq9k (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 b00pwqdh (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 Ayres on the Air b00mg9fy (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Shopping
WED       Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry,
WED       anecdotes and sketches.
WED       Pam is joined on stage by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity
WED       Montagu for poems and sketches on the subject of Shopping.
WED       Featuring sketches about braving the cosmetics department,
WED       and how some shop assistants think anyone over 40 should
WED       only wear beige.
WED       Pam's shopping poems include Nowadays We Worship at Saint
WED       Tesco, the Contact Lens poem and I Can't Find Nice
WED       Knickers, one of her briefer poems.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00pwpxm (Listen)
WED       Brian gives Pat a lesson in diplomacy.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00pwqfg (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a review
WED       of the film Brothers, starring Tobey Maguire as a soldier
WED       sent to Afghanistan.
WED       
WED       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7p (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
WED       
WED       20:00 Decision Time b00pxqzc (Listen)
WED       How to abolish the BBC licence fee? Nick and a panel of
WED       former political insiders examine how a government which
WED       wanted to abolish the BBC licence fee could get its way,
WED       and ask what opposition it would face in Whitehall,
WED       Westminster and White City.
WED       
WED       20:45 More Than A Game b00pxr8k (Listen)
WED       The Football War
WED       Professor Anthony King tells the story of
WED       politically-significant sporting events.
WED       In 1969, Honduras and El Salvador played each other in a
WED       series of qualifying matches for the 1970 World Cup in
WED       Mexico. Both were absolutely determined to win, so much so
WED       that shortly after the final whistle of the final match,
WED       they went to war. It only lasted four days but thousands
WED       were killed and thousands more displaced. Was it really
WED       all about football?
WED       
WED       21:00 Nature b00pxmcr (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00pxqh7 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00pwt3n (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00pwt5q (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
WED       Shah.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwv3b (Listen)
WED       The Coral Thief, Episode 8
WED       Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in
WED       Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
WED       Plans to break into the Jardin des Plantes advance rapidly.
WED       Abridged by Viv Beeby
WED       Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
WED       
WED       23:00 Weird Tales b00pxr8m (Listen)
WED       Series 2, The House on Pale Avenue
WED       Hoarder of horror Lovecraft returns to share three more
WED       chilling tales.
WED       By Richard Vincent. Scratching in the walls, under the
WED       floorboards, in the pipes: their new home is trying to
WED       tell the Williams family something and they won't be given
WED       a moment's peace until its secret is out in the open.
WED       Geoff Williams ...... Jamie Glover
WED       Jane Williams ...... Julia Ford
WED       Sarah Williams ...... Agnes Dromgoole
WED       Martin Crabtree ...... John Biggins
WED       DCI Cram ...... Piers Wehner
WED       Psychiatrist ...... Melissa Advani
WED       Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan
WED       Directed by Gemma Jenkins.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pwv61 (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2010
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00pstkh (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7p (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pstm7 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pstqd (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pstnx (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00pstsw (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pstwf (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin
THU       Holdsworth.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00psv57 (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00psv9q (Listen)
THU       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
THU       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
THU       Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00pxrr7 (Listen)
THU       Melvyn Bragg explores the Glencoe Massacre of 1692, and
THU       its impact on Scottish history. With Karin Bowie, Murray
THU       Pittock and Daniel Szechi.
THU       
THU       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7r (Listen)
THU       Making Us Human (2,000,000-8,000BC), Swimming Reindeer
THU       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
THU       retells the history of human development from the first
THU       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
THU       from the Museum.
THU       Found in France and dating back 13,000 years, this is a
THU       carving of two swimming reindeer - and it's not just the
THU       likeness that is striking. The creator of this carving was
THU       one of the first humans to express their world through
THU       art. But why did they do it?
THU       Neil tells the story of the Swimming Reindeer and its
THU       place in the history of art and religion with
THU       contributions from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan
THU       Williams, and archaelogist Professor Steven Mithen.
THU       Producer: Anthony Denselow.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pwnk7 (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray.
THU       
THU       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pwp26 (Listen)
THU       The Postman of Good Hope, Episode 4
THU       By Al Smith, inspired by a true story.
THU       Nicholas must deliver a letter to the Oracle of Good Hope
THU       but she has a surprising message for him.
THU       Nicholas ...... Steve Toussaint
THU       Grub ...... Nyasha Hatendi
THU       The Mayor ...... Patrice Naiambana
THU       Caramella ...... Chipo Chung
THU       Inspector Shandy ...... Jimmy Akingbola
THU       Perdita ...... Adjoa Andoh
THU       Loupe ...... Darren Hart
THU       The Oracle ...... Anni Domingo
THU       Cornelius ...... Ilario Bisi-Pedro
THU       The Boy ...... Isaac Ajala
THU       Directed by Sally Avens.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00pxs36 (Listen)
THU       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
THU       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU       
THU       11:30 The Frost Collection b00pxs38 (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 5
THU       Sir David Frost and guests look back at some of the most
THU       memorable interviews of his long career.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00pwpn0 (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Shari Vahl.
THU       
THU       12:30 Face the Facts b00pxs3b (Listen)
THU       Fine Justice
THU       John Waite presents the investigative consumer series.
THU       Efforts by the Health and Safety Executive to ensure heavy
THU       punishment for serious breaches of regulations are often
THU       undermined by laws which are aimed at companies rather
THU       than the people who run them. Firms which go into
THU       administration after an accident can simply escape any
THU       penalty while the directors can set up in business again
THU       soon afterwards, all perfectly legally. The government has
THU       thus far resisted efforts to change the law to make it
THU       easier to prosecute individual directors. John hears how
THU       one firm, found guilty after men died. folded between
THU       verdict and sentencing, leaving a penalty of nearly half a
THU       million pounds unpaid.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00pwppm (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00pwpsy (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Questions, Questions b00pxshw (Listen)
THU       Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from
THU       everyday life.
THU       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00pwpxm (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00cxbdh (Listen)
THU       Two-Pipe Problems, A Streetcar Named Revenge
THU       Plays by Michael Chaplin, set in The Old Beeches, a
THU       retirement home for elderly thespians. Inmates William and
THU       Sandy still nurse a certain affectionate animosity towards
THU       one another since they starred as Holmes and Watson in a
THU       1960s television series.
THU       William and Sandy are haunted by the return of two
THU       characters from the past. Sandy becomes amorously involved
THU       through the medium of a shared passion for crosswords.
THU       Sandy Boyle ...... Stanley Baxter
THU       William Parnes ...... Richard Briers
THU       Hatty Doran ...... Edna Dore
THU       Angel Hosmer ...... Linda Broughton
THU       Mary Winter ...... Jillie Meers
THU       Edgar ...... David Shaw-Parker
THU       Karen ...... Tracy Wiles
THU       Ronnie Adair ...... Nickolas Grace
THU       Marie Devine ...... Susan Wooldridge
THU       Hugo Oberstein ...... Rad Lazar
THU       Directed by Marilyn Imrie
THU       A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00ps0hx (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday.]
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00psp8x (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00pzhcp (Listen)
THU       City Of Two Continents, True Turk
THU       Series of short stories marking Istanbul's tenure as
THU       European Capital of Culture in 2010.
THU       A wise gypsy wrestler comes to the aid of a couple whose
THU       relationship is threatened by their families' entrenched
THU       prejudices.
THU       By Moris Farhi, read by Grant O'Rourke.
THU       
THU       15:45 Lost, Stolen or Shredded b00mbhqx (Listen)
THU       The Cradle of Civilisation
THU       Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick
THU       Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very
THU       different missing works of art.
THU       One of the little-reported but culturally significant
THU       effects of the war in Iraq has been the loss of works of
THU       antiquity from the country's museums. From the Iraq Museum
THU       in Baghdad alone, it is estimated that 15,000 objects
THU       dating from the dawn of civilisation have disappeared.
THU       Rick Gekoski examines how and why these Mesopotamian
THU       artefacts were looted and speculates on what may have
THU       happened to them.
THU       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00psqvl (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00pxshy (Listen)
THU       A thousand years ago, the centre of world science and
THU       invention was not in Europe but the Middle East. Muslim
THU       minds produced a flying machine in the 9th century, the
THU       first distillation system, surgical instuments familiar in
THU       a modern hospital, and the most accurate clock in 1,000
THU       years. Gareth Mitchell visits the Science Museum in London
THU       and picks out a few exhibits from an exhibition of 1,001
THU       inventions.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00pwq9m (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 b00pwqdk (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Deep Trouble b007mhzw (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 3
THU       Comedy series by Jim Field Smith and Ben Willbond set
THU       aboard HMS Goliath, a nuclear stealth submarine.
THU       An overheating nuclear reactor leads to dangerous
THU       encounters for Captain Wade with a lobster, Fairbanks with
THU       a laser-guided jet and Trainor with a rather large Prince
THU       Albert.
THU       Captain Paul Wade ...... Jim Field Smith
THU       Commander Alison Fairbanks ...... Katherine Jakeways
THU       Lieutenant Jack Trainor ...... Ben Willbond
THU       Barry ...... Alice Lowe
THU       PO Curtis ...... Rufus Jones
THU       Narrator ...... Jonathan Ryland
THU       CIA Special Agent Gelati ...... Steve Furst
THU       Produced and directed by David Tyler
THU       A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00pwpxp (Listen)
THU       Eddie's van bites the dust.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00pwqfj (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including a review
THU       of the British premiere of the play The Little Dog
THU       Laughed, a Hollywood satire starring Tamsin Greig and
THU       Rupert Friend.
THU       
THU       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7r (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00pxslj (Listen)
THU       Every week children who arrive alone in the UK and claim
THU       asylum go missing from local authority care. Many are
THU       believed to have been trafficked to work in brothels,
THU       cannabis factories and private homes or in street crime.
THU       Angus Crawford examines how criminals are using loopholes
THU       in the system to exploit these children.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00pxsyk (Listen)
THU       Ready to Wear
THU       Many of our clothes are made by low-paid workers in
THU       low-cost countries. But when In Business got involved, a
THU       factory was closed and working conditions improved. From
THU       Bangladesh, Peter Day found out what happens when
THU       westerners intervene.
THU       
THU       21:00 Hot House Kids b00gkz12 (Listen)
THU       Episode 1
THU       Former prima ballerina Deborah Bull investigates the
THU       advantages and the pitfalls of being an elite performer in
THU       the arts and sport and what young people need to succeed.
THU       She also looks at the physiological advantages and
THU       problems of attaining perfection, discovering the optimum
THU       and the safe age to begin meaningful training.
THU       Deborah started ballet training at the age of seven -
THU       dangerously close to the age at which, however hard she
THU       worked, she would have been too late to consider a career
THU       on the international ballet stage today. The ability to
THU       excel at complex and extreme physical endeavours in ballet
THU       and other performing arts and sport requires a combination
THU       of two things: a highly trained body and an expert brain.
THU       To achieve the levels of excellence necessary to compete
THU       on the global job market today you have to start young,
THU       taking advantage of the brain's early plasticity and the
THU       increased potential for muscle flexibility in
THU       pre-adolescents. In the UK, most little girls (and some
THU       boys) start serious dancing and music training at around
THU       the age of seven. A UK child has some degree of choice and
THU       control and, after a few years, the ability to decide
THU       whether or not to pursue one of the activities as a
THU       professional career. However, in some countries in Eastern
THU       Europe and Asia children enter full time training as young
THU       as three - gymnastics and ballet training are key examples
THU       - and endure challenging physical and mental regimes to
THU       ensure that they are ready to compete - and achieve the
THU       highest standards as soon as they reach double figures.
THU       On a journey that takes Deborah to the Ukraine, she visits
THU       the National Ballet School in Kiev, the elite football
THU       training centre at Dynamo Kiev and the National Gymnastics
THU       centre in Kiev where she discovers why elite athletes are
THU       achieving such high levels of achievment in Eastern Europe.
THU       Because of the growing number of top-class performers
THU       coming out of Asian countries she also has contributions
THU       from members of the national ballet school in Korea.
THU       In this first programme Deborah looks at the physiological
THU       development of a young person, what happens to the body
THU       and the brain of an elite child and what key things are
THU       needed to help nurture and realise its potential. She also
THU       discovers that if a child is to avoid some of the short-
THU       and long-term injuries which result in top class training
THU       he or she may have to compromise on standards.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00pxrr7 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00pwt3q (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00pwt5s (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwv3d (Listen)
THU       The Coral Thief, Episode 9
THU       Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in
THU       Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
THU       Daniel arranges a meeting with Henri Jagot and plays his
THU       trump card.
THU       Abridged by Viv Beeby
THU       Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
THU       
THU       23:00 House On Fire b00pxtwg (Listen)
THU       Neighbourhood Watch
THU       Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman.
THU       After trouble with some local youths, Vicky sets up a
THU       neighbourhood watch scheme. Matt is completely
THU       uninterested - until, that is, he meets Lindsay, a glamour
THU       model from down the road, and suddenly discovers his sense
THU       of social duty.
THU       Vicky ...... Emma Pierson
THU       Matt ...... Jody Latham
THU       Col Bill ...... Rupert Vansittart
THU       Julie ...... Janine Duvitski
THU       Peter ...... Philip Jackson
THU       Lindsey ...... Kellie Shirley
THU       With Fergus Craig, Colin Hoult and Ned Leadbeater.
THU       Directed by Clive Brill and Dan Hine
THU       Produced by Clive Brill
THU       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pwv63 (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with David Wilby.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 22 JANUARY 2010
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00pstkk (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7r (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pstm9 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pstqh (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pstnz (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00pstt0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pstwh (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with the Very Rev Kelvin
FRI       Holdsworth.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00psv59 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00psv9s (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
FRI       Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00psp99 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday.]
FRI       
FRI       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7t (Listen)
FRI       Making Us Human (2,000,000-8,000BC), Clovis Spear Point
FRI       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
FRI       retells the history of human development from the first
FRI       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
FRI       from the Museum.
FRI       Neil describes an object that dates from the earliest
FRI       settlement of North America, around 13,000 years ago. It
FRI       is a deadly hunting weapon, used by the first inhabitants
FRI       of the Americas.
FRI       This sharp spearhead helps us understand how humans spread
FRI       across the globe. By 11,000 BC humans had moved from
FRI       north-east Asia into the uninhabited wilderness of north
FRI       America; within 2,000 years they had populated the whole
FRI       continent. How did these hunters live, and how does their
FRI       Asian origin sit with the creation stories of modern-day
FRI       Native Americans?
FRI       Including contributions from Michael Palin and American
FRI       archaeologist Gary Haynes.
FRI       Producer: Anthony Denselow.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pwnk9 (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray.
FRI       
FRI       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pwp28 (Listen)
FRI       The Postman of Good Hope, Episode 5
FRI       By Al Smith, inspired by a true story.
FRI       Nicholas and Grub go on trial for fictionalising the mail.
FRI       Nicholas ...... Steve Toussaint
FRI       Grub ...... Nyasha Hatendi
FRI       The Mayor ...... Patrice Naiambana
FRI       Caramella ...... Chipo Chung
FRI       Inspector Shandy ...... Jimmy Akingbola
FRI       Perdita ...... Adjoa Andoh
FRI       Loupe ...... Darren Hart
FRI       The Oracle ...... Anni Domingo
FRI       Cornelius ...... Ilario Bisi-Pedro
FRI       The Boy ...... Isaac Ajala
FRI       Directed by Sally Avens.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 US Health Reform: Beware of Side Effects! b00n8ss0 (Listen)
FRI       America is the world leader in medical innovation, and
FRI       many advances in medicine have been instrumental in
FRI       helping Americans and people all over the world to live
FRI       longer and healthier lives. So should we be worried in the
FRI       UK that healthcare reform in America may impact on the
FRI       sorts of drugs and technologies that NHS patients have
FRI       access to?
FRI       In 2008, the US pharmaceutical industry spent 65 billion
FRI       dollars on research and development, and they have made it
FRI       clear that 'reform must protect the US's lead in medical
FRI       innovation'.
FRI       Justin Webb investigates whether all that money,
FRI       prohibitively expensive drugs and cutting-edge technology
FRI       translates to better healthcare and asks if cuts can been
FRI       made without stifling innovation.
FRI       He talks to those who are involved in making the decisions
FRI       and those who will be affected by them when the health
FRI       reform bill is delivered to the president, and speaks to
FRI       leading figures in the NHS to ask if American fears are
FRI       well founded.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00pxvds (Listen)
FRI       Series 5, The Musical
FRI       Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur
FRI       Strong is an expert in everything from the world of
FRI       entertainment to the origins of the species, all false
FRI       starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a
FRI       delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
FRI       Owing to the huge success of shows like Miss Saigon, Cats
FRI       and Annie Get Your Coat, Arthur decides 'his time is now'
FRI       and devises his own autobiographical musical tribute to
FRI       himself, Count Arthur Strong: The Musical. Hoping to raise
FRI       the money to take it into the West End, Arthur performs
FRI       highlights of the show to an invited audience of potential
FRI       investors. Will he raise the money he needs to make his
FRI       dream come true?
FRI       With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and
FRI       Alastair Kerr.
FRI       A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production for
FRI       BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00pwpn2 (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00pwppp (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00pwpt0 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 More or Less b00pxvdv (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 b00pwpxp (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b009xspl (Listen)
FRI       Grace
FRI       Intimate family drama by Mick Gordon and AC Grayling.
FRI       Grace, a scientist and champion of atheism, is faced with
FRI       the decision of her son Tom to become a priest.
FRI       Grace ...... Paola Dionisotti
FRI       Tom ...... Will Keen
FRI       Tony ...... Trevor Peacock
FRI       Ruth ...... Priyanga Burford
FRI       Michael ...... Nathan Osgood
FRI       Directed by Mick Gordon.
FRI       A Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00pxvdx (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs a correspondence edition of the popular
FRI       horticultural forum.
FRI       Bob Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Matt Biggs answer
FRI       listeners' questions sent in by post and email.
FRI       Jon Stokes of The Tree Council joins the programme to
FRI       discuss the problem of sudden oak death.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Lost, Stolen or Shredded b00mg3yq (Listen)
FRI       The Destroyed Portrait of Winston Churchill
FRI       Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick
FRI       Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very
FRI       different missing works of art.
FRI       Graham Sutherland's portrait of Winston Churchill,
FRI       commissioned by both Houses of Parliament as a tribute to
FRI       Churchill on the occasion of his 80th birthday, was
FRI       destroyed after his death by his wife because she hated it
FRI       so much. Photographs taken before its demise show the
FRI       Prime Minister hunched with age and dark in mood. A
FRI       detailed study by the artist for the destroyed painting
FRI       still hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.
FRI       Rick tells the story behind this lost portrait and asks if
FRI       the rights of an owner override those of the public, and
FRI       if the Churchills had the moral right to destroy it.
FRI       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00pxvr3 (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 b00pxvr5 (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Peter Jackson about his adaptation
FRI       of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. Director Park Chan
FRI       Wook discusses his Korean vampire movie Thirst, which is
FRI       being released on DVD.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00pwq9p (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 b00pwqdm (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The News Quiz b00pxvr7 (Listen)
FRI       Series 70, Episode 3
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The
FRI       panellists are Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Susan Calman
FRI       and Sue Perkins.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00pwpxr (Listen)
FRI       Lilian gets a blast from Matt's past.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00pwqfl (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00pwn7t (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00pxvr9 (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from the BBC
FRI       Radio Theatre in London. The panel includes author Anthony
FRI       Horowitz, Lord Victor Adebowale and Bob Crow, general
FRI       secretary of the RMT.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00pxvrc (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00q3f44 (Listen)
FRI       The Accountant of Solyanka Square
FRI       By Sebastian Baczkiewicz.
FRI       Now that Andrei's business interests are legitimate, he
FRI       never talks about how he made his millions. But when he is
FRI       kidnapped by his estranged son Victor, who will stop at
FRI       nothing to get answers, he is forced to reveal his secrets.
FRI       Set against the backdrop of Russia's turbulent recent past
FRI       - from the Soviet Union's fall to Putin's rise - this
FRI       slick thriller explores the period which gave birth to the
FRI       now infamous 'oligarchs'.
FRI       Andrei ...... Steven Mackintosh
FRI       Victor ...... Steven Webb
FRI       Alina ...... Kate Ashfield
FRI       Chubatkin ...... Struan Rodger
FRI       Valentin ...... Ben Crowe
FRI       Orlovsky ...... John Rowe
FRI       Verzirov ...... Stephen Critchlow
FRI       Uzrovskaya ...... Liz Sutherland
FRI       Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00pwt3s (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00pwt5v (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwv3g (Listen)
FRI       The Coral Thief, Episode 10
FRI       Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set in
FRI       Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.
FRI       Lucienne's audacious plan is carried out, and Paris'
FRI       subterranean quarries provide the backdrop for a vanishing
FRI       act.
FRI       Abridged by Viv Beeby
FRI       Produced by Elizabeth Allard.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00pxn11 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday.]
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pwv65 (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI       
FRI       
FRI