19 February, 2010

Radio 4 Listings for 20/02/2010 - 26/02/2010

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SAT SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00qr071 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zg (Listen) SAT Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Gold Coin of Croesus SAT SAT Neil MacGregor has been looking at the collapse of old SAT regimes and the emergence of new powers from the Middle SAT East to China. In this programme, he describes how a SAT powerful new state finds a dramatic way to help run its SAT increasingly complex economy and trading networks - using SAT coins. SAT SAT Croesus was a king in what is now western Turkey and his SAT kingdom was called Lydia. It's remarkable that over 2,000 SAT years later we still have an expression that celebrates his SAT wealth. Neil considers how money, in the form of coins, SAT first came about, and describes the hugely complex methods SAT of creating them. And whatever happened to Croesus? SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qr073 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qr075 (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qr077 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00qr079 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qr07c (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00qr07f (Listen) SAT The news programme that starts with its listeners. A weekly SAT companion to the nightly PM, the expertise of the Radio 4 SAT audience shapes the programme. Presented by Jennifer Tracey SAT and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00qr07h (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00qr46n (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Ramblings b00qr46q (Listen) SAT Series 14, Episode 3 SAT SAT Clare Balding joins members of the North Wales Gay Outdoor SAT Club for a coastal walk on Anglesey. SAT SAT Many of the members joined the group because they wanted to SAT meet like-minded people in a relaxed and positive SAT environment. Pete Burling hopes the group is an antidote to SAT the gay clubbing scene and finds that it offers a SAT non-threatening and supportive atmosphere to those taking SAT the first steps in coming out. SAT SAT Keen birdwatcher Jane Prosser helps Clare look for some of SAT the rare chough that can be found around the cliffs of SAT Anglesey. Identifiable as a member of the crow family with SAT its black plumage, it has a startling red bill and legs, SAT making it look more exotic than the usual gulls that you SAT expect on a coastal walk. Jane grew up near here and says SAT that her father was a botanist and was for ever dragging SAT her through hedges, and it seems to have rubbed off on her. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00qr4hr (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT News and issues in rural Britain with Cath Mackie. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00qr4ht (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00qr4hw (Listen) SAT With James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought SAT for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00qr4hy (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by author Sara SAT Paretsky. With poetry from Kate Fox. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00qr5kf (Listen) SAT John McCarthy talks to author Laila Lalami about social SAT changes over recent years in her native Morocco and asks SAT whether the reality of Casablanca, where there is a stark SAT contrast between rich and poor, lives up to its romantic SAT reputation or offers an altogether different experience for SAT the visitor. SAT SAT Writers Charles Emerson and Richard Sale have both travelled SAT widely in the half a dozen countries which border the SAT Arctic Ocean. Both tell of majestic beauty, a way of life SAT for the indigenous people that goes back many millennia and SAT a unique ecology. They discuss with John McCarthy how SAT climate change is affecting access to the mineral wealth of SAT the polar region and the possibility of conflict there. SAT SAT 10:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00qr5kh (Listen) SAT Series 3, The Deer Hunter SAT SAT Away from the red carpet, bright lights and tearful SAT speeches, what do the decisions made by the Academy each SAT year tell us about the state of America at the time? SAT SAT Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter, starring Robert DeNiro, SAT Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken, won the Oscar for Best SAT Picture in 1978, at the 51st Academy Awards ceremony. SAT SAT When it emerged as a potential Oscar winner, it was only SAT three years since the end of the Vietnam War. The film SAT became the subject of huge controversy, not least for its SAT portrayal of the Vietnamese as sadistic torturers, and for SAT the unforgettable scenes featuring a game of Russian SAT roulette. SAT SAT Paul Gambaccini explores how the original shocking SAT screenplay came about, the battles between the producers, SAT and director Michael Cimino's approach to acting that SAT almost brought the cast to the edge of a nervous breakdown. SAT He also ponders whether The Deer Hunter was actually even a SAT war film at all. SAT SAT 11:00 Beyond Westminster b00qvqcs (Listen) SAT Politicians in Northern Ireland face unprecedented levels of SAT criticism from an increasingly sceptical public. Sinn Fein SAT and the DUP in particular know they need to prove that the SAT Assembly and Executive can work and reconnect with voters. SAT It's an uphill struggle. Dismay with politicians at SAT Westminster pales into insignificance compared to voters' SAT disgust with Stormont. SAT SAT So what are the issues that matter? Parades and policing? Or SAT are voters more concerned with education, health and SAT welfare? SAT SAT Denis Murray takes a journey across Northern Ireland to find SAT out what voters there really think about their SAT representatives and if a done deal really is a done deal SAT for the electorate. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00qr5km (Listen) SAT Kate Adie introduces foreign correspondents with the stories SAT behind the headlines. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00qr67r (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00qqz3p (Listen) SAT Series 70, Episode 7 SAT SAT Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panel SAT includes Fred MacAulay, Jeremy Hardy, Ava Vidal and Miles SAT Jupp. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00qr67t (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00qr67w (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00qqzzc (Listen) SAT Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Diss in Norfolk. SAT The panellists are former Conservative cabinet minister SAT Lord Tebbit, Labour MP Diane Abbott, journalist and SAT cultural critic Maya Jaggi and deputy editor of the London SAT Evening Standard Sarah Sands. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00qr6nj (Listen) SAT Eddie Mair takes listeners' calls and emails in response to SAT this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00qs5x7 (Listen) SAT Murder in Samarkand SAT SAT David Hare's witty portrait of an unlikely hero, based on SAT the memoir by Craig Murray. SAT SAT Craig is proud to be sent as Ambassador to Uzbekistan, eager SAT to work hard and also eager for fun. The combination takes SAT him on a dangerous course both professionally and SAT personally, and the stakes couldn't be higher. SAT SAT Craig Murray ...... David Tennant SAT Bax/Safayev ...... Jonathan Coy SAT Dill/French Ambassador ...... Richard Cordery SAT Foreign Secretary/Uzbek Judge ...... Simon Chandler SAT Prosecutor/Fazilov ...... Ian Gelder SAT Roy/Avazov ...... John Hollingworth SAT US Ambassador/Karimov ...... Paul Jesson SAT Dr Ableman/Uzbek Uncle ...... Bruce Myers SAT Angela ...... Flora Montgomery SAT Dilobar ...... Nadira Murray SAT Emily ...... Clara Neather SAT Nadira ...... Jemima Rooper SAT Serena/Kristina ...... Lucy Robinson SAT Ivo Sanderson/Quest ...... Malcolm Sinclair SAT Procurator ...... Sirojiddin Tolibov SAT Fiona ...... Lia Williams SAT SAT Piano by Michael Webborn SAT Produced by Ann Scott SAT Directed by Clive Brill SAT A Greenpoint production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00qr6nl (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane SAT Garvey. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00qs3qg (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the SAT sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 The Bottom Line b00qps85 (Listen) SAT Evan Davis asks his panel of top business guests whether SAT it's luck that got them to the top, talent or sheer hard SAT graft. They also talk about design: what matters most, form SAT or function? SAT SAT Evan is joined by Geoff Quinn, chief executive of shirt, tie SAT and suit-makers TM Lewin, the interior designer Kelly SAT Hoppen, who has created homes for celebrity clients SAT including the Beckhams and Elton John, and James Hussey, SAT chief executive of De la Rue, the company that makes bank SAT notes and passports. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00qs3qj (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00qs3ql (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qs3qn (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00qs3x9 (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of SAT conversation, music and comedy. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00qs3xc (Listen) SAT George Papandreou SAT SAT Jonathan Maitland profiles the Greek prime minister George SAT Papandreou, the man whose job it is to steer his country SAT through its economic crisis. He comes from a long political SAT dynasty: both his father and grandfather also held the top SAT job in Greece. George Papandreou Jnr has led an eventful SAT life; as a teenager he had a gun pointed to his head during SAT an army coup. But is he tough enough to deal with his SAT country's vast public debts? SAT SAT Interviewees include Baroness Kinnock and Papandreou's SAT brother, Nikos. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00qs3xf (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00p7h3y (Listen) SAT Please Give Generously SAT SAT Fergal Keane examines the history of charity appeals and the SAT relationship between charity organisations and the media. SAT SAT Be it a malnourished child in Africa, a neglected dog or a SAT day centre desperately in need of new equipment, it seems SAT that there is no end to the number of people, animals or SAT organisations that could benefit from a charitable SAT donation. And if charities can harness the power of the SAT media with a hard-hitting advert, a celebrity endorsement SAT or an emergency appeal, then it is likely that their cause SAT will reap far greater financial rewards. SAT SAT Fergal charts the history of the relationship between SAT charity and the media, and considers the way the message is SAT conveyed, the impact of celebrity endorsement, the quality SAT of charity programmes and the responsibility and risks to SAT the media in encouraging us to make a donation. SAT SAT The history of charity and the media goes back to the SAT earliest days of broadcasting. The BBC's first charity SAT appeal was in 1923, when it broadcast an appeal on radio SAT for the Winter Distress League, a charity representing SAT homeless veterans of the First World War. The appeal raised SAT 26 pounds. In 1927 the BBC set up the Appeal Advisory SAT Committee, whose role, to this day, is to decide on the SAT BBC's choice of charity partners and to oversee campaigns SAT including The Radio 4 Appeal, Comic Relief and Emergency SAT Appeals such as the Haiti Earthquake Appeal, which was SAT broadcast recently. SAT SAT Commercial broadcasters have also played their part in SAT raising money for charity. In 1988 ITV launched its own SAT all-night charity appeal, in the guise of the ITV Telethon. SAT The 27-hour TV extravaganza saw all of its regional SAT broadcasters come together to raise money for disability SAT charities across the UK and the programme was repeated SAT again in 1990 and 1992. In 2009, Sky Sports ran an SAT interactive red button campaign during the Champions League SAT final so that viewers could donate to a David SAT Beckham-endorsed campaign to raise awareness of malaria. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00qm62k (Listen) SAT Plantagenet, What is A Man? SAT SAT Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's SAT Chronicles, about the early years of the Plantagenet SAT dynasty. SAT SAT The first of the House of Anjou to be king of England, Henry SAT II's long reign was finally beset by conflict with his SAT sons. SAT SAT King Henry II ...... David Warner SAT Queen Eleanor ...... Jane Lapotaire SAT Prince Richard ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole SAT Prince Hal ...... Piers Wehner SAT Prince Geoffrey ...... Rhys Jennings SAT William Marshall ...... Stephen Hogan SAT Bertran de Bourne ...... Bruce Alexander SAT King Louis ...... Philip Fox SAT Courtier ...... John Biggins SAT SAT Directed by Jeremy Mortimer. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00qs42x (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00qpqj8 (Listen) SAT Should some rape victims accept some responsibility for SAT being attacked? A newly-published survey says the majority SAT of people believe they should. It also reveals that women SAT are even less forgiving of the victim than men. Almost SAT three quarters of the women questioned said if a victim got SAT into bed with the assailant before an attack they should SAT take part of the blame. In a drink-fuelled, highly SAT sexualised society, where do you draw the line between SAT personal freedom and personal responsibility? SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b00qp1ch (Listen) SAT Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of SAT quotations and anecdotes. With David Nobbs, Justin Webb, SAT Marcel Berlins and Naomi Gryn. The reader is Peter SAT Jefferson. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00qm62p (Listen) SAT Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems for SAT Valentine's Day, with love on the menu but no SAT straightforward hearts and flowers. SAT SAT Including poems on extraordinary manifestations of love by SAT Edson Burton, Anne Sexton and John Updike, and poet Jenny SAT Joseph reads from her new collection, Nothing Like Love. SAT SAT Poems featured in the programme SAT SAT Still Reading Fairy Stories SAT by Jenny Joseph SAT From: Nothing Like Love SAT Pub: Enitharmon SAT SAT Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman SAT by Anne Sexton SAT From: Anne Sexton Complete Poems SAT Pub: Maxime Kumin SAT SAT The Death of John Berryman in Slow Motion SAT by Roger McGough SAT From: Roger McGough Collected Poems SAT Pub: Viking / Penguin SAT SAT Iris and Edith SAT by Edson Burton SAT From: Seasoned SAT Pub: City Chameleon SAT SAT Report of Health SAT by John Updike SAT From: John Updike – Collected Poems 1953-1993 SAT Pub: Knopf Publishing Group SAT SAT Ballad of Rodborough Common SAT by Jenny Joseph SAT From: Nothing Like Love SAT Pub: Enitharmon SAT SAT The House was Quiet and the World was Calm SAT by Wallace Stevens SAT From: Wallace Stevens – Selected Poems SAT Pub: Faber SAT SAT The Unlooked-for Season SAT by Jenny Joseph SAT From: Nothing Like Love SAT Pub: Enitharmon SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00qs4l7 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b00d6t45 (Listen) SUN Alan Sillitoe Short Stories, Episode 1 SUN SUN Philip Jackson reads a story by best-selling author Alan SUN Sillitoe. SUN SUN A young boy's obsession with fire engines develops into an SUN addiction to lighting small fires. However, a few SUN short-lived flames and a cloud of smoke in the street SUN doesn't seem enough. He goes to the local wood for his most SUN ambitious pyrotechnic project to date. SUN SUN A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qs4lb (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs4ld (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qs4lg (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00qs4lj (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00qs4ll (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from St Leonard's Church, Hythe, in Kent. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00qs3xc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00qs4ln (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00qs4lq (Listen) SUN The Sculptors of Peace SUN SUN Mike Wooldridge talks to the Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, SUN about the particular - and unprecedented - challenges that SUN confront religion and society in the 21st century. SUN SUN The reader is David Holt. SUN SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00qs4t3 (Listen) SUN Until recently only two members of the heron family bred in SUN the UK. Today in southern England four species now SUN regularly breed. Could a fifth species of heron start SUN breeding before too long? Lionel Kelleway travels to the SUN RSPB's Ham Wall nature reserve in Somerset in an attempt to SUN see all five species, including the bittern, a bird he has SUN never seen in the wild in the UK. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00qs4t5 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00qs4t7 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00qs4t9 (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of SUN the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, both SUN familiar and unfamiliar. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00qs4tc (Listen) SUN Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture SUN SUN John McCarthy appeals on behalf of Medical Foundation for SUN the Care of Victims of Torture. SUN SUN Donations to Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of SUN Torture should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, SUN please mark the back of your envelope Medical Foundation. SUN Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax SUN payer, please provide Medical Foundation for the Care of SUN Victims of Torture with your full name and address so they SUN can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online and SUN phone donation facilities are not currently available to SUN listeners without a UK postcode. SUN SUN Registered Charity Number: 1000340. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00qs4zg (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00qs4zj (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00qs4zl (Listen) SUN People on the Edge of His Pain SUN SUN The first in a series of services for Lent reflects on SUN Jesus' temptations in the wilderness. SUN SUN From the chapel of Scargill House in the Yorkshire Dales, SUN led by Bishop Chris Edmondson with Rev Phil Stone and music SUN directed by Jo McKee. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00qqzzf (Listen) SUN Lisa Jardine reflects on the art and dangers of writing SUN secret missives, from love letters and confidential SUN documents to illicit text messages. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00qs4zn (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00qs4zq (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00qs4zs (Listen) SUN Sir Clive Woodward SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is the former England rugby coach SUN Sir Clive Woodward. SUN SUN He took England to World Cup glory in 2003, becoming the SUN first ever northern hemisphere side to win the trophy. He SUN well understands the pressure and the glory of top-flight SUN sport, which is just as well, as he's now Director of Elite SUN Performance for Team GB's 2012 Olympic effort. SUN SUN He says, 'It is the coach's job to refuse to compromise. If SUN you do, you will come second'. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00qp1mh (Listen) SUN Series 56, Episode 7 SUN Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul SUN Merton, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth and Pam Ayres. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00qs4zv (Listen) SUN Sheila Dillon looks at the growing demand for halal meat in SUN Britain and how the meat industry is responding to this SUN growing market. SUN SUN Reporter Sara Parker visits an abattoir in the West Midlands SUN where cattle and sheep are slaughtered according to halal SUN principles and meets managing director Naved Syed, who is SUN calling for better regulation of the halal market. SUN SUN Sheila hears from Dr Mara Miele, a sociologist at Cardiff SUN University and the co-ordinator of Dialrel, which is a SUN four-year project set up to research religious slaughter SUN across Europe. Large variations exist across the EU in SUN terms of how animals are slaughtered. Some Muslims believe SUN meat from an animal that has been stunned before slaughter SUN complies with halal principles; others strongly disagree. SUN Dialrel is attempting to share best practice and improve SUN animal welfare across the board. SUN SUN Dialrel is also researching the production of kosher meat. SUN Sheila speaks to Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Professor in SUN Judaism at the University of Wales, about the tension SUN between the religious principles that underpin kosher and SUN halal meat and moral questions over animal welfare. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00qs4zx (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00qs4zz (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Lenny Henry Plays Othello b00hlp7l (Listen) SUN Now, by heaven, SUN My blood begins my safer guides to rule; SUN And passion, having my best judgment collied, SUN Assays to lead the way... SUN SUN The blood and passion are Othello's, and in February last SUN year Othello was Lenny Henry. In a double first for him - SUN first straight stage role and first Shakespearian role - SUN Lenny played one of theatre's most tragic characters on the SUN stage of the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. The SUN production, by Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides company, SUN made big theatrical waves, led to a London transfer which SUN played to almost completely sell-out houses and to Lenny SUN being named Best Newcomer in the London Evening Standard SUN Theatre awards. SUN SUN This programme eavesdrops on Lenny's long road of SUN preparation towards those remarkable theatrical SUN achievements. We join the actor at coaching sessions and SUN boot fittings, between trips to Africa for Comic Relief and SUN appearances on TV's Live at the Apollo, and hear his SUN personal audio diary of his hopes and fears for the show. SUN As rehearsals get under way, the microphones are inside the SUN rehearsal room listening to the slow process of building SUN the performance and production, right up to the first SUN night. SUN SUN The idea of Lenny taking on the challenge of Othello wasn't SUN some impresario's stunt-casting pipedream. It stemmed SUN directly from the last radio encounter between Lenny and SUN Barrie Rutter, who appeared in a pair of documentaries the SUN comedian made for Radio 4 called Lenny and Will. In these SUN the star discussed his previously fraught love-hate SUN relationship with Shakespeare and, by way of expiation, was SUN treated to three hours of intense work with the director on SUN Shakespeare's tragedy. At the end of the session, Barrie SUN offered Lenny a stab at the part, which is where the next SUN stage of Lenny's own personal odyssey began. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00qpsrl (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN SUN Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer SUN questions posed by the gardeners of Lakeland Horticultural SUN Society in Windemere. SUN SUN Eric Robson investigates how plants can survive flooding SUN following the recent heavy rain in Cumbria. SUN SUN Plus a profile one of the region's best-known garden SUN designers, Thomas Mawson. SUN SUN Includes gardening weather forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 Head To Head b00k3x7k (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN SUN Edward Stourton presents a series celebrating great debates, SUN combining archive of rare discussions between key figures SUN with analysis by a panel of experts. SUN SUN Clive James' debate with Gore Vidal on how Christianity has SUN affected mankind's ability to think and live freely. SUN Professors AC Grayling and Alister McGrath unpick both SUN standpoints. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00qs5kh (Listen) SUN Plantagenet, Lionheart SUN SUN Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's SUN Chronicles, charting the early years of the Plantagenet SUN dynasty. SUN SUN Prince Richard has become heir apparent, but in the face of SUN Henry II's refusal to acknowledge his position, he turns to SUN the Crusades. SUN SUN Queen Eleanor ...... Jane Lapotaire SUN Richard ...... Ed Stoppard SUN King Henry II ...... David Warner SUN William Marshall ...... Stephen Hogan SUN King Philip ...... John Biggins SUN Saladin ...... Raad Rawi SUN El-adel ...... Khalid Laith SUN Baldwin ...... Ewan Hooper SUN Prince John ...... Neil Stuke SUN Hugh ...... Philip Fox SUN Robert of Champagne ...... Rhys Jennings SUN Conrad ...... Piers Wehner SUN SUN With Bruce Alexander and Joseph Cohen-Cole SUN Directed by Jeremy Mortimer. SUN Learn More about Richard II SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00qs5lx (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup is joined by a writer who has pursued an SUN unusual dual career. The poet and essayist Thomas Lynch is SUN also a funeral director, running a successful business in SUN rural Michigan which was set up by his father. He talks SUN about his first collection of stories, Apparition and Late SUN Fictions, and explains how his daily proximity to death has SUN affected his approach to life. SUN SUN There's also advice for an Open Book listener who has found SUN it difficult to concentrate on reading since a bereavement SUN 15 years ago. The director of the Reader Organisation Jane SUN Davis makes some suggestions. SUN SUN The historian Lucy Moore celebrates the biting satire of SUN Anita Loos, the author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, as the SUN film it inspired is rereleased. SUN SUN Michele Roberts picks out some of the best new French SUN fiction, including books by the enormously successful Anna SUN Gavalda and the 2008 Nobel Laureate JMG Le Clézio. SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00qs5lz (Listen) SUN Roger McGough is joined by poet Tony Harrison for a new SUN reading of Newcastle is Peru, and introduces poems by SUN Frances Horowitz and the winner of the BBC Wildlife Poet of SUN the Year competition, Heather Reid. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00qplyq (Listen) SUN After two big scandals in a year over dire standards in SUN hospitals which put patients at serious risk, Julian SUN O'Halloran asks how many people are still being killed by SUN avoidable medical blunders, and how far the NHS has SUN progressed since it began to address the problem ten years SUN ago. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00qs3xc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00qs5m1 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00qs62m (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qs62p (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00qs62r (Listen) SUN Hardeep Singh Kohli introduces his selection of highlights SUN from the past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN The Ocean - Radio 2 SUN Bad Faith - Radio 4 SUN Sarah Millican's Support Group - Radio 4 SUN Watching The Watchdogs - Radio 4 SUN Afternoon Play: Legsy Gets A Break - Radio 4 SUN When I Grow Up - Radio 4 SUN Classic Serial: Plantagenet - Radio 4 SUN Saturday Play: Murder in Samarkand - Radio 4 SUN Piano Stool Beethovens - Radio 4 SUN Last Orders - Radio 4 SUN Fort Dunlop - Radio 4 SUN Front Row - Radio 4 SUN The Archers - Radio 4 SUN Smokey at 70 - Radio 2. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00qs73t (Listen) SUN Tony gives Helen a lesson in family values. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00qs73w (Listen) SUN Americana goes underground, for Washington Confidential. SUN SUN Kevin Connolly talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry SUN Wills about his new book, Bomb Power, and the theory that SUN getting the bomb - and preventing others from getting it SUN afterwards - has turned America into a secretive behemoth. SUN SUN Kevin takes a tour of Washington's most significant SUN espionage locales with spook-watcher Eamon Javers, and SUN ponders the evolution of an industry which has been the SUN secret beating heart of this town since intelligence SUN services first came into existence in America. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b00b736r (Listen) SUN Jennings' Little Hut, Shortage of Glass SUN SUN Mark Williams reads one of Anthony Buckeridge's classic SUN school stories, abridged in five parts by Roy Apps. SUN SUN Jennings and Darbishire must think fast when the General SUN wants to see an old school photograph. SUN A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00qpsrg (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00qqz3k (Listen) SUN John Wilson presents the obituary series, marking the lives SUN of Lionel Jeffries, Dick Francis, Geoffrey Burbidge and SUN Alfred Gregory. SUN SUN LIONEL JEFFRIES SUN British actor who has died aged 83 SUN SUN Lionel Jeffries is best remembered for his role as the SUN eccentric inventor, Grandpa Potts, in the film Chitty SUN Chitty Bang Bang. He also adapted and directed Edith SUN Nesbitt’s novel the Railway Children in 1970. Jeffries SUN appeared in more than a hundred films as well as being a SUN regular on both stage and TV for over forty years. SUN SUN John speaks to actress Sally Thomsett from the Railway SUN Children, and to Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster SUN University, Jeffrey Richards. SUN SUN Lionel Jeffries was born 10 June 1926, died 19 February 2010 SUN SUN DICK FRANCIS SUN Champion jockey turned best selling thriller writer who has SUN died aged 89 SUN SUN Devon Loch’s sprawling fall, as he led the field just 40 SUN yards from the finishing line at the 1956 Grand National, SUN spelled the end of an illustrious racing career for Dick SUN Francis. But it led to a new chapter in the life of a man SUN who’d previously flown wartime missions in Lancaster SUN bombers. Within six years, he’d reinvented himself as a SUN best selling crime writer. He wrote over 40 books which SUN sold more than 60 million copies in 35 languages. The man SUN who had ridden as the Queen Mother’s jockey, now became her SUN favourite writer, hand delivering first editions of the SUN books he produced on an annual basis. The thrillers were SUN always set amidst the racing world he knew so well. SUN SUN Last Word hears speaks to his son, Felix Francis, to racing SUN commentator Sir Peter O’Sullevan and to novelist Jilly SUN Cooper. SUN SUN Dick Francis was born October 31 1920 and died February 14 SUN 2010 SUN SUN GEOFFREY BURBIDGE SUN Astrophysicist who had died aged 84 SUN SUN In the world of astrophysics, Geoffrey Burbidge was regarded SUN as a towering figure. In 1957 he led a quartet of SUN scientists, including his American astronomer wife SUN Margaret, which produced a ground breaking paper known as SUN B2FH, after the initials of its authors. It proposed that SUN everything in the known universe is the by-product of SUN complex chemical reactions within stars. Carl Sagan later SUN paraphrased the theory of stellar nucleo-synthesis with the SUN phrase “we are all star stuff”. But while he was recognised SUN as one of the giants of modern astrophysics, Burbidge SUN parted ways with his colleagues by questioning the Big Bang SUN theory of the universe. SUN SUN John speaks to Sir Patrick Moore, and to astronomer and SUN former student of Geoffrey Burbidge, Dr Peter Strittmatter. SUN SUN Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge was born September 24, 1925 and SUN died January 26, 2010 SUN SUN ALFRED GREGORY SUN Mountaineer and photographer who has died aged 96 SUN SUN News that Mount Everest had been conquered arrived on the SUN 2nd June 1953, the morning of the Queen’s coronation. SUN Photographic evidence of the expedition followed some time SUN later, including the famous image of Edmund Hillary and SUN Tenzing Norgay as they prepared to strike out for the SUN summit. That shot, along with many other dramatic scenes, SUN was captured by Alfred Gregory, the official photographer SUN of the 1953 expedition. SUN SUN John speaks to George Band, one of the last remaining SUN members of the Everest climbing team and to fellow SUN mountaineer Stephen Venables. SUN SUN Alfred John Gregory was born 12 February 1913 and died 9 SUN February 2010 SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00qr67r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00qs4tc (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b00qpklq (Listen) SUN Crying Treason SUN SUN There have been calls for the treason laws to be used SUN against an Islamic group protesting about British troops in SUN Afghanistan. Such laws are widely regarded as out of date, SUN so can any citizen now challenge the state with impunity? SUN Chris Bowlby asks if treason still matters in modern SUN Britain. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00qs800 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00qs802 (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including SUN Hung, Drawn and Thwarted. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00qqz3m (Listen) SUN Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson discusses the SUN challenges of adapting Alice Sebold's bestselling novel The SUN Lovely Bones. SUN SUN Sir Christopher Frayling and Professor Ian Christie chart SUN the history of the aerial shot, from the beginning of SUN cinema to Up. SUN SUN Jane Graham reports on listeners' thoughts on the state of SUN film distribution in the United Kingdom. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00qs4lq (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00qs8lq (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00qpq1v (Listen) MON Disputes about piracy are often seen as a product of the MON internet age, but a new analysis claims a history going MON back to the advent of print culture in the 15th century. MON Adrian Johns talks about his new book, Piracy: The MON Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenburg to Gates. He MON tells Laurie Taylor how piracy spread the ideals of the MON Enlightenment and has been the engine of innovation as MON often as its enemy. MON MON Adrian Johns argues that it exemplifies the struggle to MON reconcile commerce and creativity, and that the pirates are MON no longer just producers who stand to make a financial MON gain, but implicate many citizens who download music or MON films illegally in the confines of their home. He suggests MON that these new forms of piracy force a radical reappraisal MON of the meaning of intellectual property. MON MON Also on the programme, Laurie Taylor explores the morality MON of obesity. He talks to Helena Webb about her study of the MON conversations between doctors and patients in an obesity MON clinic. She explains why obese patients take credit for MON weight loss but make excuses for weight gain. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00qs4ll (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qs8n4 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8zt (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qs95t (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00qs964 (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qsb8j (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00qsbr8 (Listen) MON Cath Mackie hears how trials to grow GM potatoes could be MON starting in a field in East Anglia within three months. And MON with people in the UK spending around 1.4 billion pounds on MON ethnic cuisine last year, can British farmers exploit their MON taste for the exotic? MON MON 05:57 Weather b00qtrt2 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00qsbyp (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports MON Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the MON Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00qts53 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr looks at how society is shaped by science and MON war. Caroline Alexander explores what we can learn about MON the nature of conflict from reading The Iliad, while the MON journalist Andy Beckett asks about the role of the Chilcot MON Inquiry. Professor Robert Winston discovers that not all MON scientific endeavour is a positive development, and Raymond MON Tallis explains that it all comes down to the fact that we MON can point. MON MON 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvjm (Listen) MON The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Oxus Chariot Model MON MON Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects at the MON British Museum arrives in Persia 2,500 years ago. MON Throughout this week, Neil examines powerful leaders across MON the ancient world. MON MON In this programme he focuses on Cyrus, the first Persian MON emperor who created the largest empire the world had ever MON known. It stretched from Turkey to Pakistan and required a MON hugely sophisticated network of communications and control. MON At the heart of the programme is a gold chariot pulled by MON four gold horses. This hand-sized model helps explain the MON rule of Cyrus, the 'king of kings', and his ambitions for MON his vast territory. How does this glorious pre-Islamic past MON sit with the people of Iran today? MON MON With contributions from historian Tom Holland and Michael MON Axworthy, of the University of Exeter. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00qsw2f (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. MON MON Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and John McCain's MON vice presidential running mate, is coming up in the polls MON as the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican nomination for MON president. She returned to national politics earlier this MON month with a barnstorming speech at the first national Tea MON Party Convention in Nashville. In the meantime, her MON bestselling memoirs have become a huge hit and Fox News MON signed her up as an analyst. But is she really a credible MON candidate? Political commentator Janet Daley and Professor MON Philip Davies of the Eccles Centre for American Studies MON join Jane to discuss her appeal, her position and her MON potential. MON MON Irene Khan was the first woman and the first Asian to become MON secretary general of Amnesty International, and has since MON won a clutch of awards for her work as a human rights MON advocate. Irene explains why she thinks it's vital for the MON world's poorest women that we start to see poverty not as MON simply an economic problem but as a human rights crisis in MON itself. MON MON While the men of Wales, Scotland and England battle it out MON in the rugby Six Nations, their female counterparts are MON doing the same. Twenty years ago, the idea of a woman MON playing cricket or football would raise an eyebrow - let MON alone rugby. Even today it's still seen as the most macho MON of sports, but its popularity with women is growing. They MON have always enjoyed watching the game, and now more and MON more want to play. This summer England host the Women's MON World Cup, and joining Jane to discuss the sport are the MON England captain Catherine Spencer and Sara Orchard, a rugby MON commentator and referee. MON MON Jessie Tait created some of the most innovative ceramic MON designs of the 1950s and 60s. She became well known for MON capturing the spirit of the time with Festival, which MON celebrated the Festival of Britain, and Zambesi, which MON featured a black and white zebra pattern with a vibrant MON splash of red. Jessie died last week and Woman's Hour hears MON more about her legacy and designs from Mark Hill, a 20th MON century design and collectibles specialist, and Professor MON Cheryl Buckley of Northumbria University, who met Jessie MON Tait. MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qsw2h (Listen) MON Absent, Separation MON MON By Mark Davies Markham. MON MON Tony, a self-employed electrician from Liverpool, has no MON idea that his wife of eleven years has had enough of him MON and wants him out of her and their children's lives for MON good. MON MON Tony ...... Craige Els MON Clare ...... Gillian Kearney MON Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough MON Aggy ...... Annabelle Dowler MON Josh ...... Alfie Davies MON Sean ...... Carl Prekopp MON MON Directed by Claire Grove. MON MON 11:00 Governing Away b00qtsbs (Listen) MON Clive Anderson examines one of the potentially strangest MON corners of international politics, the lesser-known MON governments or rulers in exile - a paradoxical area of MON international relations and surreal part of international MON law. MON MON The programme examines intriguing examples, drawn from MON around the world map, which vary from the serious to the MON apparently ridiculous. Certainly, the relationship between MON state, territory and sovereignty is not always what it MON seems. MON MON In Toronto, for example, a Belarusian government holds MON court, run by the charismatic Irvonka Survilla. Their MON version of Belarus only existed for nine months in 1918 MON before it was assimilated by the Soviet Union. Now that MON Belarus is independent, is there any reason for their MON continued existence? MON MON The Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, meanwhile, MON is based in Rockville, Maryland USA. It is led by Sein Winn MON MP and consists of a number of MPs elected back in 1990 but MON barred from power by the military. MON MON The programme also features the exiled King Constantine II MON of Greece and Prince Ermias Hallie Selassie of Ethiopia. MON MON 11:30 Sneakiepeeks b00p6307 (Listen) MON Honeytrap Hotel MON MON Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of MON inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives. MON MON Beagle Team infringe every civil liberty in the book on MON behalf of national security. MON MON Bill ...... Richard Lumsden MON Sharla ...... Nina Conti MON Mark ...... Daniel Kaluuya MON Tony Savage ...... Kevin Eldon MON Geoff ...... John Biggins MON Ted ...... Shaban Arifi MON Nanny/Milij ...... Alex Tregear MON Mr Smith ...... Nigel Hastings MON Mrs Smith ...... Kate Layden MON Bishop ...... Ewan Hooper. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00qswpv (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00qswr8 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00qswy3 (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00qtsnp (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of MON quotations and anecdotes. MON With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel MON Leve. The reader is Peter Jefferson. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00qs73t (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00d9zww (Listen) MON Torchwood, Lost Souls MON MON By Joseph Lidster. MON MON The Torchwood team go to Geneva, where former time-traveller MON Martha Jones is now working as a doctor at the world's MON biggest physics laboratory, CERN. Deep in an underground MON tunnel, a giant particle accelerator is about to be MON activated for the first time. But something strange is MON happening. Scientists are hearing voices and collapsing MON with a strange illness. Is something lurking in the tunnel? MON Do the dead ever really stay dead? MON MON Captain Jack Harkness ...... John Barrowman MON Gwen Cooper ...... Eve Myles MON Ianto Jones ...... Gareth David-Lloyd MON Martha Jones ...... Freema Agyeman MON Professor Johnson ...... Lucy Montgomery MON Dr Oliver Harrington ...... Stephen Crichlow MON Leon Foiret ...... Mark Meadows MON MON Music by Murray Gold and Ben Foster. MON Directed by Kate McAll. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00p7h3y (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 The Generation Gap b00qszyv (Listen) MON Teachers MON MON Series of programmes in which two people from different MON generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing MON nature of Britain. MON MON The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. MON MON Kevin Madden started teaching in a Catholic, inner-city MON Manchester boys' school in 1945. His grandson Patrick MON McMahon has just started teaching in a mainly moslem school MON in Rochdale. They discuss the changing nature of respect MON between pupils and teachers and how schools have reflected MON wider society. MON MON A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00qs4zv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00qtt89 (Listen) MON Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between MON religion and the law. MON MON 17:00 PM b00qt0r0 (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 b00qt1rk (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b00qtt8c (Listen) MON Series 56, Episode 8 MON Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Graham MON Norton, Sue Perkins, Paul Merton and Tony Hawks. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00qsypl (Listen) MON Tensions run high for David and Elizabeth. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00qt1ry (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson meets writer Don DeLillo, MON whose new novel imagines a meeting between a former MON government war adviser and a young film-maker. MON MON 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvjm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Food Fights b00qtthh (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Bill Law investigates the causes and consequences of the MON great global land grab, as richer nations and MON multi-national corporations acquire vast tracts of land in MON developing countries. MON MON Big corporations and countries are eying up Africa for mega MON agricultural development. Critics call it the new land MON grab, but Africa can benefit from the expertise, MON infrastructure and equity that such developments bring - if MON the terms are right. Bill visits Kenya to weigh up the pros MON and cons of agricultural super projects in a country MON wrestling with food insecurity. MON MON 20:30 Analysis b00qttpp (Listen) MON Failing Better MON MON Mistakes often provide the best lessons in life, so why are MON they so undervalued? Michael Blastland explores our MON attitude to failure and the impact it has on politics. MON MON We may accept, in our personal lives, that 'to err is MON human'. But, when it comes to politicians, we enjoy pouring MON scorn on those who make mistakes: we relish the cock-up, MON the blunder and the humiliating U-turn. But what effect MON does this bloodthirsty approach have on policy-making? MON MON Michael talks to former cabinet minister Estelle Morris MON about her experience of dealing with mistakes in MON government. We also hear from former civil servant Paul MON Johnson and from David Halpern - a former prime-ministerial MON advisor who helped create The Institute for Government. MON MON Michael goes in search of inspiration from two professions MON which, far from seeking to bury mistakes, see them as MON opportunities to learn. He speaks to surgeon and writer MON Atul Gawande and he visits RAF Cranwell, where mistakes MON made by airman are seen as 'clues'. He also talks to MON philosopher Susan Wolf about blame and 'moral luck' and he MON interviews the editor of The Spectator magazine, Fraser MON Nelson. MON MON 21:00 Costing the Earth b00qtwbl (Listen) MON Greening Fido MON MON The average cat emits half a tonne of CO2 and a dog 1.75 MON tonnes per year. Using calculations based on how much land MON is needed to produce the food they need, a New Zealand MON couple have found that a large dog has a bigger carbon MON footprint than a 4 x 4 Toyota Landcruiser. Few people even MON know what goes into their pets' food and then there's the MON wider impact of our pets: the feline killer instinct MON towards wildlife, the never-ending cycle of poo which needs MON bagging and binning and the toys and bedding, shipped from MON other parts of the world to keep them happy. MON MON Curbing global warming could also be vital to your pet's MON future. Scientists have warned that the small heartworm MON that kills dogs, cats and foxes is already on the rise in MON the UK with more cases appearing in the north of the MON country because of warmer, wetter summers. Furthermore, MON because of the increased numbers of pets coming into the MON country from abroad without quarantine, there is a greater MON threat of exotic diseases that can become established in MON warmer temperatures and may even pose a threat to humans. MON MON To find out what can be done, Alice Roberts takes her own MON pets to boot camp. One good dog goes on a vegan diet, while MON her other pampered pooch lives it up on meat-rich foods. MON The results are suprising. MON MON So should we be giving up the age-old bond between man and MON dog or do the studies which claim your bundles of fur are MON essential to your wellbeing mean their CO2 emissions are MON worthwhile? Could we even put them to good use? There are MON the methane digesters in San Francisco using their MON by-products to produce gas and electricity, the innovative MON student who has set up a hamster wheel generator for his MON mobile phone or the increasingly trendy option of having a MON pet that you can eat. Get a hen and save on food miles for MON your breakfast. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00qts53 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00qt2cb (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00qt2gv (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qtpfr (Listen) MON Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 6 MON MON Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut MON novel, set in the Ukraine. MON MON When Daria's mafia suitor Vlad fails to call her after their MON night together, she turns her back on Ukrainian men and MON contacts Tristan in the United States, who wastes no time MON in jumping on a plane bound for Odessa and their first MON meeting. MON MON A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Off the Page b00p6rr2 (Listen) MON Having it all is no longer enough; if you haven't factored MON some 'me time' into your diary you're missing out. Dominic MON Arkwright asks journalist Anna Raeburn, clinical MON psychologist Oliver James and writer Phoebe Gibson to MON explain how it works. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00qtrr0 (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Sean Curran. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00qs8j4 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvjm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qs8ls (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8xy (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qs8zw (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00qs95w (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qsb7k (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00qsbqp (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00qsbwr (Listen) TUE With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. TUE TUE 09:00 The Long View b00qvkn1 (Listen) TUE Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the TUE past behind the present. TUE TUE As the nation's finances drown in red ink, Niall Ferguson, TUE Will Hutton and Stephanie Flanders join Jonathan to take TUE the long view of national debt. Amid the splendour of TUE Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington, they compare TUE the causes and consequences of rising debt and deficit TUE levels from the battlefield of Waterloo to today's TUE financial crisis. TUE TUE 09:30 When I Grow Up b00qvl2l (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE Forty years ago, 14,000 11-year-olds across Britain were TUE asked to write about where they saw themselves in the TUE future: their jobs, family lives, belongings, living TUE environments and leisure pursuits. Those essays have now TUE been followed up by the Nuffield Foundation as a way of TUE finding out how far ambition at an early age shapes what TUE happens in later life. TUE TUE This is the first time that media access has been granted to TUE those who have taken part in their research. As well as TUE evidence of ambition, the essays offer detail about how TUE youngsters imagined life would be at 25, with one writing, TUE 'My husband would have just won 200 pounds so we decided to TUE go to the moon for our holiday while we had not got any TUE children'. TUE TUE The series covers jobs, family lives, living environments, TUE leisure pursuits and belongings that the children imagined TUE owning when first studied. The findings suggest that TUE children who are ambitious go on to enjoy greater success TUE than those with lower aspirations. Once background and TUE ability were accounted for, children did better if they set TUE themselves lofty goals. TUE TUE It reveals that, even if a child is economically TUE disadvantaged or less able, having high ambitions at around TUE the time they leave primary school means that they are TUE significantly more likely to have a professional job, TUE though not necessarily the one that they predicted. TUE TUE 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj1 (Listen) TUE The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), TUE Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith TUE TUE Neil MacGregor examines the emergence of powerful new forces TUE across the globe around the fifth century BC, from TUE Confucius in China to Cyrus in Persia. TUE TUE In this programme he looks at the emotionally-charged TUE sculptures that were made for the Parthenon in Athens. TUE Carved out of marble around 440BC, these beautiful figures TUE continue to generate huge controversy around the world for TUE the fact that they remain in London and have not been TUE returned to Greece. Neil acknowledges the political TUE controversy of the Elgin Marbles (named after the British TUE Lord who carried them off) but concentrates on their TUE artistic story and on exploring the ancient Greek world TUE that created them. He describes a culture besotted with the TUE myths and imagery of battle. Greek archaeologist Olga TUE Palagia and classicist Mary Beard help conjure up the TUE extraordinary city of antiquity. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00qsvm0 (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzb6 (Listen) TUE Absent, Mediation TUE TUE By Mark Davies Markham. TUE TUE Tony has left his wife assuming that he can see his children TUE whenever he wants to, but Clare has other ideas. TUE TUE Tony ...... Craige Els TUE Clare ...... Gillian Kearney TUE Diane ...... Alison Pettitt TUE Paul ...... David Seddon TUE Sean ...... Carl Prekopp TUE TUE Directed by Claire Grove. TUE TUE 11:00 Affluent Workers Revisited, Revisited b00pfrmp (Listen) TUE Luton-born Sarfraz Manzoor explores his home town as a TUE subject of sociological fascination with Professor Fiona TUE Devine, who studied the town's workers during the late TUE 1980s. In the 1960s sociologists Goldthorpe, Lockwood, TUE Bechhofer and Platt surveyed a sample of 'affluent workers' TUE in Luton at Vauxhall Cars, Skefco Engineering and La Porte TUE Chemicals. They studied the attitudes and behaviour of high TUE wage earners in three mass production companies. TUE TUE Luton was, at this time, a boom-town with the car industry TUE being the dominant manufacturer. By the time another TUE sociologist, Fiona Devine, revisited Luton in the 1980s, TUE the place and the people were struggling in the economic TUE decline of that decade and the car industry was half its TUE size. TUE TUE More than 20 years further on, Luton-born journalist, author TUE and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor takes Professor Devine and TUE Radio 4 back to Luton, which is now a very different place. TUE It's no longer affluent and no longer as reliant on the TUE motor industry - although the uncertainty surrounding TUE General Motors still matters to the town. TUE TUE Luton now has quite a substantial ethnic minority population TUE and a much-changed employment landscape for those who live TUE there. As to the affluent workers of past studies, many TUE have long since retired and Sarfraz and Professor Devine TUE aim to see what has become of their children. TUE TUE 11:30 The Ballets Russes in England b00qvl2n (Listen) TUE What did Britain do for Diaghilev? TUE TUE Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, famous for their riotous TUE Parisian premieres of ballets including The Rite of Spring, TUE The Firebird, Scheherazade and Petrushka, spent longer in TUE England than anywhere else. TUE TUE Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at the Victoria and Albert TUE Museum, tells this unlikely story, with the help of TUE Nijinsky's head-dress, Cecchetti's cat and Sokolova's TUE little black book. TUE TUE A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00qswn7 (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00qswpx (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00qswrb (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Soul Music b00qvlff (Listen) TUE Series 9, Praise My Soul TUE TUE Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional TUE appeal. TUE TUE Based on Psalm 103, this hymn was written by Henry Francis TUE Lyte, who also penned Abide With Me, and is most TUE asssociated with the tune by John Goss - even though the TUE two men never met. TUE TUE Their hymn has become one of the most popular for weddings, TUE and was used at those of the Queen and Prince Philip and TUE Charles and Camilla. Increasingly it is also used at TUE funerals, and the widow of DC Stephen Oake, killed while on TUE duty during an anti-terrorist raid, explains why it's so TUE important to her and her family. It's also the perfect tune TUE for teaching young choristers to sight read music, although TUE these days they often misplace the comma in the line, TUE 'Father like, he tends and spares us'. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00qsypl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00cc9hh (Listen) TUE War Bride TUE TUE By Nell Leyshon. TUE TUE The Second World War is over and Eleanor and Clarence are on TUE a ship, emigrating to Canada. Young Eleanor is running away TUE from the farm she grew up on - and her parents don't know. TUE When Eleanor discovers that her childhood sweetheart Frank TUE is also on board, she starts to retreat from Clarence into TUE the world of her imagination. Eleanor is vulnerable a long TUE way from home. Who can she trust? TUE TUE Eleanor ...... Charlotte Emmerson TUE Clarence ...... Simon Lee Phillips TUE Frank ...... Joseph Kloska TUE TUE Directed by Susan Roberts. TUE TUE 15:00 Making History b00qvlfh (Listen) TUE Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects that TUE help tell A History of The World. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrf (Listen) TUE Elvis In Prestwick, Elvis in Prestwick TUE TUE Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis TUE Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small TUE Scottish airport on his return from military service in TUE Germany. TUE TUE By Oliver Emanuel. A shy young girl who doesn't even like TUE rock 'n' roll is dragged to the airport by her best friend, TUE who is determined to catch a glimpse of the American TUE superstar. TUE TUE Read by Laura Fraser. TUE TUE 15:45 The Generation Gap b00qszz5 (Listen) TUE Viscount TUE TUE Series of programmes in which two people from different TUE generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing TUE nature of Britain. TUE TUE The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. TUE TUE Viscount De L'Isle and his daughter The Hon Sophia Sidney, TUE whose family have owned Penshurst Place for the past 400 TUE years, discuss the changing attitudes towards the TUE aristocracy during their lifetimes. TUE TUE A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00qvm1f (Listen) TUE Clive Coleman looks at super-injunctions and what the recent TUE John Terry case says about the development and limitations TUE of privacy law. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00qvm1h (Listen) TUE Sue MacGregor talks to actor Kenneth Cranham and writer Adam TUE Nicolson about their favourite books. TUE TUE Kenneth's choice is the biography of a notorious 1960s TUE playwright - a book he himself features in. Adam chooses TUE two short memoirs written by the widow of a poet killed in TUE the First World War, and Sue's selection is the TUE autobiography of an English actor once the darling of TUE Hollywood. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00qt0dw (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 b00qt1pt (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Act Your Age b00qvm9f (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE 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 TUE Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are TUE joined by Hills Barker and Cannon and Ball. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00qsynn (Listen) TUE Ambridge says goodbye to Phil. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00qt1rm (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an TUE interview with actor David Morrissey, who reflects on his TUE debut as a film director. TUE TUE 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00qvm9h (Listen) TUE CAFCASS, the family courts' advisory service, is again TUE facing claims that it is failing the vulnerable children it TUE is supposed to protect. Seven years after reporting that TUE the organisation was in crisis, Jenny Cuffe returns to ask TUE why the service is still facing a backlog of urgent cases TUE and unprecedented delays. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00qvm9k (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00qvm9m (Listen) TUE Parasites infect us in a variety of ways, from invading us TUE via our food or an insect bite, to boring directly through TUE our skin. They can live in our bodies unnoticed, like the TUE beef tapeworm, or can kill us within days, like one form of TUE malaria. TUE TUE Dr Mark Porter visits the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in TUE London, where Professor Peter Chiodini and his colleagues TUE diagnose and treat the patients who have picked up TUE parasites both in Britain and abroad. TUE TUE Parasites have complex life cycles requiring them to inhabit TUE one or more hosts to reproduce and ensure their species' TUE survival. The parasite Toxoplasma Gondii, which can damage TUE babies born to infected mothers, needs to cycle between TUE rats and cats to survive. Research shows that it has TUE developed an ingenious way of ensuring this happens. A rat TUE infected with the parasite will lose its fear of cats, TUE thereby increasing the parasite's chances of being eaten by TUE a cat. Research suggests that the parasite may also alter TUE human behaviour, with implications for the causes and TUE treatment of schizophrenia. TUE TUE Emerging infections are always a concern for doctors, and TUE parasites are no exception. Mark Porter discovers that TUE there is a cancer-causing parasite threatening to reach our TUE shores, and that man's best friend is the host that's TUE likely to bring it here. TUE TUE 21:30 The Long View b00qvkn1 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00qt1zd (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00qt2cd (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Robin TUE Lustig. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qtp9l (Listen) TUE Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 7 TUE TUE Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut TUE novel, set in the Ukraine. TUE TUE Daria rejects Vlad's offer of marriage, choosing instead to TUE fly to America and join Tristan in the life she has dreamt TUE of for so long. But when he too proposes marriage, she TUE hesitates. TUE TUE A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Fabulous b00qvmm9 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 3 TUE TUE Sitcom by Lucy Clarke about a woman who wants to be Fabulous TUE but can't cope. TUE TUE Faye is still engaged to a man she is roughly 65 per cent TUE sure she should marry - 66 per cent on a good day. TUE TUE The Queen is coming to visit Faye's office. Mum has made TUE some bruschetta. TUE TUE With Katy Brand, Olivia Colman, Sally Grace, Margaret TUE Cabourn-Smith, John Biggins, Rufus Wright and David Armand. TUE TUE Music by Osymyso. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00qtrr2 (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE and Susan Hulme. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00qs8j6 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj1 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qs8lv (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8y0 (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qs8zy (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00qs95y (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qsb7m (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00qsbqr (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00qsbwt (Listen) WED With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports WED Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in WED Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00qvmps (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj3 (Listen) WED The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Basse Yutz Flagons WED WED Neil MacGregor's history of the world recounted through WED objects at the British Museum arrives in Northern Europe WED 2,500 years ago. WED WED Neil explores the early world of the Celts through two WED bronze drinking flagons, considered to be the most WED important and earliest examples of Celtic art. Writer WED Jonathan Meades and Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's WED leading experts on this period, help describe the Celts, WED dissect the stereotypes and consider their celebrated love WED of drink. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00qsvm2 (Listen) WED With Jane Garvey. WED WED 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzb8 (Listen) WED Absent, Assessment WED WED By Mark Davies Markham. WED WED Tony goes to a solicitor. He wants 50-50 access to his WED children, but his wife threatens to fight him all the way. WED WED Tony ...... Craige Els WED Clare ...... Gillian Kearney WED Helen ...... Joanna Monro WED Morley ...... Bruce Alexander WED Sean ...... Carl Prekopp WED Josh ...... Alfie Davies WED WED Directed by Claire Grove. WED WED 11:00 Good Golly, Bad Golly b00qvnj3 (Listen) WED The golly, invented in the 19th century, is a potent symbol WED and has not lost its power to generate controversy in WED recent years. But there is more than one golly in the WED public imagination. For some, he is a marker of how far WED we've come in realising the power of language and WED stereotypes to cause offence; for others he is the icon of WED a fondly remembered childhood, carrying as much political WED freight as a teddy bear. In this programme, journalist and WED presenter Henry Bonsu finds out how the golly has come to WED mean such different things to different people. WED WED 11:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b00qvnj5 (Listen) WED Series 3, The Wrath of Khan WED WED Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald WED McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop. WED WED The fine eco-balance of the shop is thrown into chaos when WED Ramesh installs a slush machine. WED WED Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi WED Dave ...... Donald McLeary WED Sanjay ...... Omar Raza WED Alok ...... Susheel Kumar WED Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly WED Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell WED Keith Futures ...... Greg McHugh WED Khan Noonien ...... Mani Sumal WED Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth WED WED A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00qswn9 (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00qswq0 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00qswrd (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00qvnj7 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00qsynn (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00qvnj9 (Listen) WED Against the Grain WED WED By Charlotte Greig. Gemma, a promising young journalist, is WED sent to interview former restauranteur Milo Markhov, whose WED glossy new cookery book, Against the Grain, is the latest WED publishing sensation. Milo has retired to the Perigord, WED where he spends his time preparing experimental dishes in WED his search for the most pleasurable taste sensations. WED Gemma's disturbing experiences at the house of the WED reclusive chef lead her to contemplate a whole new way WED life. WED WED Gemma ...... Jasmine Hyde WED Milo ...... Robert Harper WED Herve ...... Felix Callens WED Ruth ...... Nickie Rainsford WED WED Producer Kate McAll. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00qvnjc (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on maternity WED and paternity rights. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrh (Listen) WED Elvis In Prestwick, Do You Know Where I Am? WED WED Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis WED Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small WED Scottish airport on his return from military service in WED Germany. WED WED By Andrew O'Hagan. A man remembers the moment in 1960 when WED his home town in Ayrshire first felt connected to the rest WED of the world. WED WED Read by Finn Den Hertog. WED WED 15:45 The Generation Gap b00qszyz (Listen) WED Policemen WED WED Series of programmes in which two people from different WED generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing WED nature of Britain. WED WED The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. WED WED Two policemen who have seen changes on the beat in levels of WED respect from society. WED WED A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00qvnjf (Listen) WED Why do men pay for sex? Laurie Taylor explores a new study WED of over 100 London men who regularly use prostitutes. WED WED 16:30 Case Notes b00qvm9m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 17:00 PM b00qt0dy (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 b00qt1pw (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 The Write Stuff b00qvnjh (Listen) WED Series 9, John Donne WED WED James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary WED correctness. Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are WED joined by Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre. The author WED of the week and subject for pastiche is John Donne, and the WED reader is Beth Chalmers. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00qsynq (Listen) WED Kenton looks at the ghosts of his past. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00qt1rp (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an WED interview with the British painter and pop art pioneer WED Richard Hamilton. WED WED 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00qvnjk (Listen) WED Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind WED the week's news. Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo, WED Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik cross-examine witnesses. WED WED 20:45 Lent Talks b00qvpf0 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED WED Series of talks by eminent thinkers exploring how faith and WED religion interact with a variety of aspects in society. WED WED Novelist Will Self reflects on the relationship between art WED and religion. WED WED 21:00 Physics Rocks b00d9yz5 (Listen) WED CERN physicist and science broadcaster Brian Cox meets some WED of the celebrity enthusiasts of particle physics. WED WED He talks to Alan Alda and John Barrowman about their WED enthusiasm for the largest, most ambitious science WED experiment ever undertaken, CERN's Large Hadron Collider. WED He travels to CERN with former quantum physicist turned WED comedian Ben Miller, discusses the shape of the universe WED with ex-cosmologist Dara O Briain and ponders the validity WED of the big bang with Eddie Izzard. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00qvmps (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00qt1zj (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00qt2cg (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qtp9n (Listen) WED Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 8 WED WED Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut WED novel, set in the Ukraine. WED WED Daria and Tristan have not been married long when she learns WED that he has lied to her: he is not a teacher, but a school WED janitor. Then she meets Anna, a Polish girl who, like WED Daria, also wanted to live the American dream. WED WED A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Earls of the Court b00qvpk2 (Listen) WED Earls Reunited WED WED Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright WED about two Australians down on their luck in London. WED WED Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate WED Johnno still living in their old flat. But their former WED gang has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the WED sins of the past are about to catch up with them. WED WED Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright WED Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale WED Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright WED Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford WED Shalk ...... Michael Shelford WED Brett ...... David Seddon WED WED Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. WED WED 23:15 The News At Bedtime b00pftgq (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED WED Twin presenters John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee present WED in-depth news analysis covering the latest stories WED happening this 'once upon a time'. WED WED Mary Mary has shocking news of an egg on a wall. WED WED With Jack Dee, Peter Capaldi, Lewis MacLeod, Alex MacQueen, WED Lucy Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan Tetsell. WED WED Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00qtrr4 (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with Robert Orchard. WED WED THU THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00qs8j8 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qs8lx (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8y2 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qs900 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00qs960 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qsb7p (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00qsbqt (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00qsbww (Listen) THU With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports THU Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in THU Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00qvqpz (Listen) THU Calvinism THU THU Melvyn Bragg and guests Justin Champion, Susan Hardman-Moore THU and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss the history and influence THU of Calvinism. THU THU 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj5 (Listen) THU The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Olmec Stone Mask THU THU Neil MacGregor selects a miniature mask to tell the story of THU the Olmec, the mysterious people of ancient Mexico who THU lived before the time of the Aztecs or Maya. THU THU As the Parthenon was being created in Greece and the THU Persians were expanding the world's biggest empire, what THU was life like for the 'mother culture' of Central America? THU Neil explores the life of the Olmec and visits the remains THU of one of their greatest legacies. He considers their THU remarkable skills in mask making with the Olmec specialist THU Karl Taube and the Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00qsvm4 (Listen) THU With Jane Garvey. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzbb (Listen) THU Absent, Reality THU THU By Mark Davies Markham. THU THU Tony is outraged when his parenting skills are assessed THU during his children's visits. But his son Josh has a THU solution: that his parents spend half the week each in THU their house. THU THU Tony ...... Craige Els THU Clare ...... Gillian Kearney THU Helen ...... Joanna Monro THU Morley ...... Bruce Alexander THU Sean ...... Carl Prekopp THU Ryan ...... Michael Shelford THU Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough THU THU Directed by Claire Grove. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00qvs36 (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 Capturing America: Mark Lawso THU History of Modern American Literature b00qvs38 (Listen) THU Divided States THU THU Mark Lawson tells the story of how American writing became THU the literary superpower of the 20th century, telling the THU nation's stories of money, power, sex, religion and war. THU THU Each American president ends speeches by asking God to bless THU 'these United States'. But in a nation born through war - THU and later almost split by civil conflict - there remain THU deep divisions of colour and opportunity. Mark Lawson THU explores the way in which this legacy of division and THU violence has been explored by the nation's authors. THU THU He talks to writers including Joyce Carol Oates, Toni THU Morrison, James Ellroy and Walter Mosley and literary THU critic Professor Harold Bloom, who nominates Cormac THU McCarthy's Blood Meridian as the greatest modern American THU novel because it deals with the violence at the heart of THU American life. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00qswnc (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00qswq2 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00qswrg (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Costing the Earth b00qtwbl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Monday] THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00qsynq (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00qx43c (Listen) THU Edith's Story THU THU By Robin Glendinning. The true story of Edith Scholem, THU 16-year-old daughter to the leader of Germany's communists, THU who in 1934 was forced to flee Berlin in a desperate THU attempt to find sanctuary for her family. THU THU Edith Scholem ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan THU Emmy Scholem ...... Haydn Gwynne THU Heinz Von Hackebeil ...... Michael Shelton THU Headmaster ...... Nigel Hastings THU Hackebeil's Niece ...... Tessa Nicholson THU Von Hackebeil ...... Mark Lambert THU Frau Von Hackebeil ...... Stella McCusker THU Gestapo Officer ...... Miche Doherty THU THU Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. THU THU 15:00 Ramblings b00qr46q (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00qs4tc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qvlrk (Listen) THU Elvis In Prestwick, Don't Ask Me Why THU THU Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis THU Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small THU Scottish airport on his return from military service in THU Germany. THU THU By Ruth Thomas. The news that Sonia's best friend has been THU hit by a car is overshadowed by the arrival of an THU international celebrity at the local airport. THU THU Read by Sally Reid. THU THU 15:45 The Generation Gap b00qszyx (Listen) THU Postal Workers THU THU Series of programmes in which two people from different THU generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing THU nature of Britain. THU THU The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. THU THU Alistair Redman is a sub-postmaster on the Scottish Isle of THU Islay and Elizabeth Stuart drives the post bus around the THU island. They discuss the changing nature of the post THU business and how change has to respect the society it THU operates in. THU THU A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00qs5lx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00qx43f (Listen) THU We tend to think of the universe as consisting of matter and THU energy, arrayed in space and time. But to a quantum THU physicist like Vlatko Vedral of Oxford University, all the THU world is information. There's the information in our books THU and websites and in the DNA in our cells; but in a sense, THU the entire universe and its workings are the ebb and flow THU of information. Professor Vedral discusses quantum THU information with Quentin Cooper. Where did it all come THU from? Where is it leading? And how can we tap into it with THU super-fast quantum computers? THU THU 17:00 PM b00qt0f0 (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 b00qt1py (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00qx43h (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 4 THU THU Comedian and activist Mark Thomas creates a People's THU Manifesto, taking suggestions from his studio audience and THU then getting them to vote for the best. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00qsyns (Listen) THU Bridge Farm finds a new recruit. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00qt1rr (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews. Kirsty Lang reports on the first THU stage adaptation of a novel by the best-selling crime THU writer Martina Cole. THU THU 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] THU THU 20:00 Law in Action b00qvm1f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] THU THU 20:30 The Bottom Line b00qx454 (Listen) THU Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and THU company bosses talk about the issues that matter to their THU companies and their customers. THU THU 21:00 Blood For Blood b00qx456 (Listen) THU What lies behind the reluctance of black and Asian people in THU Britain to act as blood and organ donors? Stastistically, THU they are far less likely to come forward as donors than THU their white compatriots. The oft-repeated suggestion is THU that there is a greater fear and suspicion of the medical THU profession by these groups, but is that really the case? THU Might the answers be cultural, religious or stem from a THU lack of awareness? THU THU The problem is made even more stark by figures which show THU that black and Asian people comprise a quarter of the THU people on the waiting list for kidney transplants, for THU example, far in excess of their percentage of the THU population. THU THU Beverley De-Gale examines the imbalance between donors and THU recipients in the black and Asian populations. THU THU Her son, Daniel, was in need of a bone marrow transplant and THU held out hope for several years before finding a donor but THU sadly died from non-related complications in 2008. But the THU years of anxious waiting on a list exposed a truth: the THU pool of black donors was virtually dry. THU THU In the wake of her son's death, Beverley asks what is behind THU the conundrum of the British black and Asian population's THU disinclination to volunteer as blood and organ donors. THU THU Daniel De-Gale with his parents Beverley De-Gale and Orin THU Lewis at an ACLT fundraising event THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00qvqpz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b00qt1zn (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00qt2cj (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qtp9q (Listen) THU Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 9 THU THU Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut THU novel, set in the Ukraine. THU THU Daria is becoming increasingly disenchanted with life in THU California, and her unhappiness is compounded by her THU failure to become pregnant. THU THU A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group b00qx458 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU THU Comedy by Sarah Millican, who plays Sarah, life counsellor THU and modern-day agony aunt. THU THU Sarah tackles the problems, 'My Mother is behaving like a THU teenager - she's 50 not 15!' and I'm a sensitive butcher THU who loves meat jokes and innards but is too nice to find a THU girl - where am I going wrong?' THU THU Sarah ...... Sarah Millican THU Marion ...... Ruth Bratt THU Terry ...... Simon Daye THU Shirley ...... Janice Connolly THU Julie ...... Emma Fryer THU David ...... Tim Key. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00qtrr6 (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Sean Curran. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00qs8jc (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qs8m1 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8y4 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qs902 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00qs962 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qsb7r (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00qsbqw (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00qsbwy (Listen) FRI With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00qs4zs (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj7 (Listen) FRI The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Chinese Bronze Bell FRI FRI Neil MacGregor continues to explore the emergence of FRI sophisticated new powers across the world 2,500 years ago, FRI from the Parthenon in Greece to the great empire of Cyrus FRI in Persia and the forgotten people of the Olmec in Mexico. FRI FRI In this programme he arrives in China at the time of FRI Confucius. He explores the Confucian view of the world with FRI reference to a large bronze bell, and with help from the FRI writer Isabel Hilton and the percussionist Evelyn Glennie. FRI Confucius believed in a society that worked in harmony. How FRI do his teachings go down in China today? FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00qsvm6 (Listen) FRI With Jane Garvey. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzbd (Listen) FRI Absent, Departure FRI FRI By Mark Davies Markham. FRI FRI Tony has proved himself as a father but his access to his FRI children remains the same. His wife wants a new start 200 FRI miles away. FRI FRI Tony ...... Craige Els FRI Clare ...... Gillian Kearney FRI Miss Farrow ...... Alison Pettitt FRI Josh ...... Alfie Davies FRI Ryan ...... Michael Shelford FRI Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough FRI FRI Directed by Claire Grove. FRI FRI 11:00 Last Orders b00qx1m5 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI FRI A celebration of the pub landlord and landlady. FRI FRI With pubs disappearing at the rate of more than three a day, FRI signalling one of the most rapid cultural shifts of recent FRI times, half a dozen landlords and landladies reflect on FRI life as a licensee and explore what we're in danger of FRI losing besides the beer and the buildings. FRI FRI This rueful view from behind the bar includes reflections on FRI the qualities of a good landlord or landlady, their role as FRI community confessional and settler of tap room fights, FRI dispenser of best bitter and pearls of wisdom. FRI FRI The programme hears from from old hands like Barbara, an FRI ex-Bunny girl who runs The Grapes in London's Limehouse; FRI Tetley Dave who fought a battle to keep The Shoulder of FRI Mutton from closing in Castleford; Maureen from Langsett FRI who's famous for her pies; ex miner Dennis from Barnsley, FRI whose bête noir is health and safety; and former Cambridge FRI academic Tim, who's taken early retirement to open his FRI first pub in York, The Pheonix, just as others around are FRI shutting up shop. FRI FRI How have they kept their marriages together, living and FRI working on the premises? How much of a tempatation was it FRI to hit the top shelf after a hard day's graft behind the FRI bar? Why do they think the pub can help teach the next FRI generation how to hold their drink? And how do they bar an FRI objectionable customer without starting a Wild West-style FRI bar room brawl? FRI FRI 11:30 People in Cars b00qx1m7 (Listen) FRI Get Away FRI FRI Series of linked comedies by Simon Brett. FRI FRI Gilly's 14-year-old son Ben complains that nothing exciting FRI ever happens to them - until a gangster on the run jumps FRI into their car. FRI FRI Gilly ...... Samantha Bond FRI Ben ...... Angus Imrie FRI Nigel ...... Stephen Critchlow FRI Policewoman ...... Tessa Nicholson FRI FRI Directed by Peter Kavanagh. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00qswnf (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00qswq5 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00qswrj (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00qx1m9 (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00qsyns (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00qx1mc (Listen) FRI Bad Faith, Nothing Sacred FRI FRI Series of plays by Peter Jukes about Jake Thorne, a FRI Methodist minister and police chaplain who is battling with FRI his own demons at the same time as trying to resolve the FRI problems of his parishioners. FRI FRI Jake counsels a policeman who has lost his memory of a fatal FRI blaze, while Jake's father, Isaac, slipping into dementia, FRI seems intent on wreaking revenge on the whole world, and FRI particularly his own son. FRI FRI Jake Thorne ...... Lenny Henry FRI Michael ...... Danny Sapani FRI Ruth Thorne ...... Jenny Jules FRI FRI Producer Mary Peate FRI Executive Producer Simon Elmes. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00qx5r5 (Listen) FRI Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI FRI Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew are FRI guests of Camborne-Redruth Fuchsia Society in Cornwall. FRI FRI Pippa Greenwood discusses the variety and needs of different FRI fuchsias. FRI FRI 15:45 The Generation Gap b00qsz6f (Listen) FRI Funeral Directors FRI FRI Series of programmes in which two people from different FRI generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing FRI nature of Britain. FRI FRI The theme of the first five programmes is Respect. FRI FRI Michael Ryan, a funeral director in Newport, and his FRI daughter Louise - who, at 21, is the youngest female FRI funeral director in the world - discuss whether changes in FRI funeral styles mean that our respect for the dead has FRI changed. FRI FRI A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00qx5r7 (Listen) FRI Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing FRI and celebrating the life stories of people who have FRI recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00qx5r9 (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Amelie director Jean Pierre Jeunet FRI about Paris in the movies, and Lewis Gilbert, the FRI film-maker responsible for Alfie and You Only Live Twice, FRI looks back on his career as his autobiography is published. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00qt0f2 (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 b00qt1q0 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00qx5rc (Listen) FRI Series 70, Episode 8 FRI FRI Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists FRI are Fred MacAulay, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Victoria FRI Mather. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00qsynv (Listen) FRI Grief comes hard for Jill. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00qt1rt (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. FRI FRI 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00qx5rf (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Diss in FRI Norfolk. The panel includes home secretary Alan Johnson, FRI deputy leader of Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones and Iain FRI Duncan Smith, former Conservative leader and chairman of FRI the Centre for Social Justice. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00qx5rh (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00qx5rk (Listen) FRI After the Accident FRI FRI By Julian Armitstead. A couple's young daughter is killed in FRI a head-on car crash. Four years later the parents summon FRI the courage to meet the young lad responsible. FRI FRI Leon ...... Jack O'Connell FRI Petra ...... Lia Williams FRI Jimmy ...... Russell Boulter FRI Mr E ...... Duncan Bonner FRI Leon's Mum ...... Amanda Horlock FRI FRI Directed by Mark Smalley. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00qt1zs (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00qt2cl (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Ritula FRI Shah. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qtp9s (Listen) FRI Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 10 FRI FRI Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut FRI novel, set in the Ukraine. FRI FRI Daria makes some important decisions about the future, FRI including a separation from Tristan, which he violently FRI opposes. But help is at hand from a most unlikely source. FRI FRI A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00qvm1h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00qtrr8 (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI

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