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SAT SATURDAY 13 MARCH 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00r7s9g (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00r3yk8 (Listen) SAT Did You Really Shoot the Television?, Episode 5 SAT SAT Max Hastings recalls the marriage of his Fleet Street SAT parents, roving reporter Mac and glamorous editor Anne. SAT SAT More trouble for Mac, and Anne's later 'business' with the SAT small Picasso. SAT SAT With additional readings by Nigel Hastings as Mac and Joanna SAT Monro as Anne. SAT SAT Abridged by Penny Leicester. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r7s9j (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00r7s9l (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r7s9n (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00r7s9q (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00r7s9s (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00r7s9v (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 b00r7s9x (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00r7t9k (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Ramblings b00r8b15 (Listen) SAT Series 14, Episode 6 SAT SAT Clare heads for the Peak District to join the Sheffield Dog SAT Walking Group. When dog owners Chris Bird and Victoria SAT Cooper discovered that their four-footed friends were not SAT always warmly received by all ramblers clubs they decided SAT to set up their own, where all well-mannered dogs and their SAT owners would be welcome. They enjoy exploring further SAT afield than just the local parks and they discuss with SAT Clare the joys and drawbacks of dogs in the countryside. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00r8b17 (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT Charlotte Smith visits one of the largest pig farms in the SAT UK. Needwood House farm in Staffordshire is one of seven SAT farms across the country run by Midland Pig Producers. All SAT 4,000 pigs are intensively farmed in indoor units. SAT Charlotte looks at the scale of intensive farming across SAT farming as a whole in the UK. Research from Reading SAT University claims 90 per cent of food eaten in the UK now SAT comes from intensive farming, and with UN targets of a 70 SAT per cent increase in global food production over the next SAT 40 years, UK farmers will be expected to produce more food SAT from the same amount of land. Charlotte Smith hears from SAT some of the most intensive farms in the UK and looks at the SAT impact this is having on animal welfare. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00r8b19 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00r8b1c (Listen) SAT With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in SAT Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00r8b1f (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by novelist and SAT screenwriter David Nicholls. With poetry from Aoife Mannix. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00r8b1h (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig explores the relationship between two writers SAT and the landscape of Somerset and the Scottish Highlands. SAT She also travels along and around the Suez Canal in Egypt SAT in the company of a writer who lived there as a child and SAT returned 40 years later to find some things surprisingly SAT little changed. SAT SAT 10:30 Ali: When Cassius Met The Beatles b00r8b1k (Listen) SAT Miami 1964: two legendary 20th-century forces, Cassius Clay SAT and The Beatles, came face to face in a run-down boxing SAT gym. John Wilson gathers eyewitness accounts of this unique SAT encounter, with photographer Harry Benson, writer Robert SAT Lipsyte and fight doctor Ferdie Pacheco. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00r8b1m (Listen) SAT Peter Riddell of The Times looks behind the scenes in SAT Westminster. SAT SAT There is a strange atmosphere in the House of Commons these SAT days as everyone awaits the announcment of the general SAT election. SAT SAT There will be a budget on March 24th but what kind of budget SAT will it be, coming as it does just before an election? Lord SAT Lamont, who, as chancellor in John Major's government, SAT produced a budget in similar circumstances in 1992, joins SAT Robert Chote of the Institute of Fiscal Studies to SAT speculate on the budget to come. SAT SAT If, as current opinion polls suggest, the election does not SAT produce a working majority for one party, what happens SAT next? Robert Hazell of the Constitution Unit at University SAT College, London and the Liberal Democrat peer Lord Wallace, SAT who has been part of past coalitions in the Scottish SAT parliament, discuss the procedures for hung parliaments and SAT coalitions. SAT SAT Also in the programme: SAT SAT For the record number of MPs entering the new parliament, SAT what changes, if any, will they find? SAT And former cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt gives her SAT thoughts on leaving the House of Commons after 13 years. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00r8b1p (Listen) SAT Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the SAT stories behind the headlines. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00r8b1r (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00r7rg4 (Listen) SAT Series 30, Episode 2 SAT SAT Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the SAT week's news, with help from Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch SAT Benn and special guest. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00r8b1t (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00r8b1w (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00r7rg6 (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Oxford. The SAT panel includes secretary of state for transport Lord SAT Adonis, Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe, Liberal Democrats' SAT spokesman for children, schools and families David Laws and SAT John Micklethwait, editor-in-chief of The Economist. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00r8b20 (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in SAT response to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00pn34n (Listen) SAT Confessions of a Medium SAT SAT Dark comedy by AL Kennedy, set in 1870s London and based on SAT a true story. SAT SAT Mr Parker is a sincere and kind man who, in search of a SAT higher meaning to life, has moved from conventional SAT religion to seances and spiritualism. He believes he has SAT met his saviour in the guise of Mr Thomson, a charming, SAT erudite and utterly mesmerising medium. But, unbeknown to SAT Parker, Thomson is a complete and utter fake. SAT SAT Thomson ...... Bill Nighy SAT Parker ...... Robert Glenister SAT Morton/Mr Gordon/Gentleman/Wilson/Waiter ...... Jonathan SAT Keeble SAT Mills/Butler ...... Andrew Westfield SAT Miss Foster/Mrs Gordon/Lady No.1 ...... Fiona Clarke SAT Miss Blackstone/Woman ...... Daryl Fishwick SAT Pianist ...... Daniel Browell SAT SAT Directed by Pauline Harris. SAT SAT 15:30 Soul Music b00r6029 (Listen) SAT Series 9, Dido's Lament SAT SAT Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional SAT appeal. SAT SAT Dido's Lament is a popular name for a famous aria, 'When I SAT am laid in earth', from the opera Dido and Aeneas by Henry SAT Purcell, with the libretto by Nahum Tate. Mezzo soprano SAT Sarah Connolly talks about why she finds the piece, sung by SAT the likes of Janet Baker and Emma Kirkby, so extraordinary, SAT and the skill it takes to perform it. Composer and cellist SAT Philip Shepperd's musical life was transformed when he was SAT part of the rock singer Jeff Buckley's performance of the SAT piece at the 1995 Meltdown Festival. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00r8bkq (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT With Jane Garvey. Should MPs be allowed to job share? That's SAT a proposal being put forward by one Liberal Democrat, who SAT says its a good way to make Parliament more manageable for SAT those with families, especially women. Two people would SAT stand on one ticket, each would work three long days and SAT split the workload. The idea is seen as one way to SAT encourage more women to stand for Parliament. But would it SAT work? SAT SAT Lynda Bellingham is one of Britain's best-loved actresses, SAT with an acting career spanning more than 40 years. She is SAT currently on stage in Calendar Girls and is a regular on SAT ITV's Loose Women. She has just written her autobiography, SAT where she talks for the first time about being adopted and SAT the effect this had on her own self-worth. Lynda was in her SAT mid-40s when she finally met her birth mother, and she SAT reflects on the impact this had on her life and her SAT enduring love for her adoptive parents. SAT SAT More than half of voters in the UK believe women should be SAT banned from wearing the burka in public, and this is a SAT sentiment echoed across Europe. As part of Woman's Hour's SAT Winning Women's Votes series, Jenni speaks to Nigel Farage SAT from UKIP and Salma Yaqoob from Respect about why they SAT think the burka has become such a divisive symbol. SAT SAT We also hear from a woman who turned the intimate and SAT graphic details of her sex life into a highly successful SAT anonymous blog and book, only to have her true identity SAT revealed by a national newspaper. How did her family and SAT friends - not to mention her numerous lovers - respond to SAT the news that the woman they thought they knew was actually SAT the 'Girl with a One Track Mind'? SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00r8bks (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 The Bottom Line b00r7n2r (Listen) SAT Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives from the SAT travel industry to discuss how they go about making cuts in SAT difficult times and dealing with nightmare customers. SAT SAT Evan is joined by Mike Rutter, chief commercial officer of SAT the airline Flybe, Nicola Shaw, managing director of the SAT bus division of FirstGroup, and Michel Taride, president of SAT Hertz International. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00r8bkv (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00r8bkx (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00r8bkz (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00r8bl1 (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of SAT conversation, music and comedy. SAT SAT Clive is joined by author and historian Sir Max Hastings, SAT songwriter Mike Batt and the man behind the Merde books, SAT novellist Stephen Clarke. SAT SAT Arthur Smith talks to Guy Browning to find out the small SAT rules that help with life's little problems. SAT SAT With comedy from Keith Farnan and music from Beach House and SAT Alberta Cross. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00r8bl3 (Listen) SAT Baroness Catherine Ashton SAT SAT James Silver profiles one of the world's most powerful SAT female politicians, Baroness Catherine Ashton. Since her SAT appointment as the EU's first High Representative for SAT Foreign Affairs, the British politician has come under SAT attack for not being up to the job. She has been in the SAT headlines again over her controversial plans for a European SAT diplomatic service and an upcoming visit to Gaza. So how SAT has this former head of a health authority become such a SAT significant global figure without being elected, and why SAT does she have a life-size dalek in her living room? SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00r8bl5 (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00rl155 (Listen) SAT Leaders Under The Lights SAT SAT It's 50 years since Vice President Richard Nixon and Senator SAT John F Kennedy made history with the first ever SAT presidential TV debate. The idea was quickly adopted around SAT the world. But how much do voters really learn from these SAT encounters, and do they ever make the difference between SAT winning ald losing? SAT SAT The BBC's political correspondent Reeta Chakrabarti unearths SAT some memorable moments from the archives and talks to SAT politicians, television producers, academics and SAT journalists about the heated negotiations, meticulous SAT preparation and sometimes painful gaffes which have had SAT millions glued to their sets at election time. She also SAT asks what Britain's party leaders can learn, as they SAT prepare to face each other on TV for the first time. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00r33y7 (Listen) SAT Of Mice and Men SAT SAT Dramatisation by Donna Franceschild of John Steinbeck's SAT seminal 1937 novel about migrant workers in 1930s SAT California whose dream of one day owning a place of their SAT own is tragically destroyed. SAT SAT George ...... David Tennant SAT Lennie ...... Liam Brennan SAT Carlson/Crooks ...... Jude Akuwudike SAT Lennie ...... Liam Brennan SAT Candy ...... Christopher Fairbank SAT Curley's Wife ...... Melody Grove SAT Slim ...... Neil McKinven SAT Curley's ...... Richard Madden SAT George ...... David Tennant SAT SAT Directed by Kirsty Williams. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00r8bmr (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00r7lps (Listen) SAT Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind SAT the week's news. Melanie Philips, Michael Portillo, Kenan SAT Malik and Matthew Taylor cross-examine witnesses. SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b00r5dlm (Listen) SAT Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of SAT quotations and anecdotes. SAT SAT With David Nobbs, Justin Webb, Marcel Berlins and Naomi SAT Gryn. SAT SAT The reader is Peter Jefferson. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00r341v (Listen) SAT Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests. SAT SAT Featured in this programme: SAT SAT Extract from Basil Bunting's 'Briggflatts' SAT SAT Basil Bunting - Briggflatts (includes CD of 'Briggflatts' SAT read by Basil Bunting & DVD of Peter Bell's film portrait SAT of Basil Bunting) SAT SAT Published by Bloodaxe Books, 2009 SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 14 MARCH 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00r8cxw (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Lent Talks b00r7lpv (Listen) SUN Maajid Nawaz SUN SUN Series of six talks by eminent thinkers exploring how faith SUN and religion interact with a variety of aspects in society. SUN SUN Maajid Nawaz, co-director of the Quilliam Foundation, SUN reflects on pluralism in society. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r8d57 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00r8d59 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r8d5c (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00r8d5f (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00r8d5h (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from the church of St SUN Sepulchre-without-Newgate in London. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00r8bl3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00r8d5k (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00r8d8q (Listen) SUN Pilgrim or Tourist? SUN SUN When you travel what is your aim? Is it possible for the SUN very act of travelling to be important in itself? Satish SUN Kumar explores the difference between a tourist and a SUN pilgrim, and asks whether pilgrimage can become a way of SUN life rather than going to places. SUN SUN A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN Music SUN SUN O Virgo Splendens, sung by The Monteverdi Choir, conducted SUN by John Eliot Gardiner, from Pilgrimage to Santiago, SUN Monteverdi Productions, SDG701. SUN SUN Song from the Hills, by Ravi Shankar, from Portrait of a SUN Genius, BGO Records, BGOCD99. SUN SUN Pilgrimage to the Holy Cross Monastery sung by The Gregorian SUN Choir of Pilgrims, from Pilgrimage to the Holy Cross SUN Monastery, The Orchard, B000046PXT. SUN SUN Tala Rasa Ranga, by Ravi Shankar, from Portrait of a Genius, SUN BGO Records, BGOCD99. SUN Pilgrimage, by Karjam Saeji, from Pilgrimage, Megaphon, SUN B00104K8JS. SUN SUN Pilgrim’s Chorus from “Tannhauser”, by Richard Wagner, SUN performed by The Cathedral Symphony and Choir of London, SUN conducted by Paul Mickelson, from Thanks Be to God, Supreme SUN Records USA, PYE CCL 40013. SUN SUN Readings SUN SUN Thich Nhat Hanh Going Without Arriving, from Thich Nhat Hanh SUN A Guide to Walking Meditation, translated by Jenny Hoang SUN and Anh Huong, published by Fellowship of Reconciliation, SUN www.forusa.org, 1985. SUN SUN Huston Smith in The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau © SUN 1998 by Phil Cousineau. Foreword by Huston Smith. SUN Published by Conari Press. SUN SUN Margaret Atwood reading The Moment, from Margaret Atwood SUN Eating Fire: Selected Poetry 1965-1995, published by SUN Virago, 1998. The recording is from Poetry Archive and is SUN available online: www.poetryarchive.org SUN SUN Paulo Coelho The Pilgrimage, published by HarperOne, 1995. SUN SUN Rabindrath Tagore A Weary Pilgrim, published by Sahitya SUN Akademi, 1998. SUN SUN Constantine Cavafy Ithaca. The translation we have used can SUN be found at SUN http://users.hol.gr/~barbanis/cavafy/ithaca.html. An SUN alternative translation can be found in C. P. Cavafy: The SUN Collected Poems, published by Oxford University Press, SUN 2008. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00r8d8s (Listen) SUN A scheme to feed the city of Milton Keynes with meat reared SUN in its own parkland is being hailed a success after just SUN three months. When Milton Keynes was privatised in 1992, SUN the green spaces were given over to a trust called The SUN Parks Trust to save it from development. Eight hundred SUN acres of this land is ancient pasture land. SUN SUN In a city which boasts concrete cows and once the longest SUN shopping centre in Europe, more than 350 cattle and 600 SUN sheep now graze the farmland and pasture land which snakes SUN through the city in three linear parks. In a new scheme run SUN by Parkland Produce, the meat from these animals is now SUN being sent to a local abbatoir, butchered by a local SUN butcher and is now being sold to Milton Keynes residents as SUN Milton Keynes beef and lamb. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00r8d8v (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00r8d8x (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00r8d8z (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 b00r8d91 (Listen) SUN Deafness Research UK SUN SUN Sir George Martin appeals on behalf of Deafness Research UK. SUN SUN Donations to Deafness Research UK should be sent to FREEPOST SUN BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope SUN Deafness Research UK. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 SUN 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide Deafness SUN Research UK with your full name and address so they can SUN claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online and phone SUN donation facilities are not currently available to SUN listeners without a UK postcode. SUN SUN Registered Charity Number: 326915. SUN SUN Deafness Research UK SUN SUN Deafness Research UK is dedicated to helping deaf and hard SUN of hearing people through medical research and education. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00r8ddy (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00r8df0 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00r8dfz (Listen) SUN People on the Edge of His Pain SUN SUN A service from St Joseph's Catholic Church in Bradford, the SUN fourth in a series for Lent, looking through the eyes of SUN Mary, the mother of Jesus. SUN SUN Led by Fr John Newman with reflections from Dr Ann Marie SUN Mealey. SUN SUN With Bradford Youth Choir, directed by Christopher McElroy. SUN SUN Organist: Christopher Johns. SUN SUN Web resources SUN SUN Radio 4 worship programmes during Lent will once more SUN partner with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland to SUN provide web resourcer for individuals and groups SUN complementary to the programme themes. This year we explore SUN characters in the gospels who knew Jesus - 'People on the SUN Edge of his pain'. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00r7rg8 (Listen) SUN Simon Schama reflects that when times are hard people seem SUN to prefer tough leaders who knock heads together to SUN mild-mannered conciliators. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00r8h95 (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week with SUN Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00r8h97 (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00r8h99 (Listen) SUN Duncan Bannatyne SUN SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne. SUN SUN He made his name appearing on the TV show Dragons' Den as a SUN no-nonsense investor with an eye for the bottom line. He SUN made his fortune in nursing homes, health clubs and hotels. SUN Quite something, given that aged 30 he was a deck chair SUN attendant who had been thrown out of the Royal Navy for SUN attempting to throw his commanding officer overboard. He SUN says, 'When you've got a criminal record, no SUN qualifications, no references, the best option is starting SUN your own business - because no one can stop you.'. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00r5fk4 (Listen) SUN Series 56, Episode 10 SUN SUN Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Graham SUN Norton, Liza Tarbuck, Paul Merton and Sue Perkins. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00r8h9c (Listen) SUN Miami Superbowl SUN SUN Richard Johnson is in Miami to hear the food story behind SUN Super Bowl. It's second only to Thanksgiving in terms of SUN the amount of food America consumes in one day. But what SUN food is being eaten? SUN SUN The way eating at the event is reported it seems a SUN celebration of soft drinks, popcorn and chicken wings. But SUN on closer inspection this year's Super Bowl Sunday in Miami SUN contained a much richer food story. SUN SUN Richard follows a group of so-called 'tailgaters' who'd SUN driven for 14 hours equiped with cooking equipment, SUN ingredients and beer. Tailgating involves cooking a SUN pre-game meal as close to the stadium as possible. SUN SUN Elsewhere in Miami, around the football stadium, Richard SUN tastes alternative Super Bowl meals in a Cuban market, in a SUN botanical garden with giant avocados and along Miami beach. SUN Enough food to make him rethink his first impressions of SUN Super Bowl cuisine and in fact American food itself. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00r8h9f (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00r8h9h (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Women of the New Wave b00r8hhz (Listen) SUN Punk was arguably the first youth movement that accepted SUN women as equals, and freed young girls to explore their own SUN idea of themselves in music, fashion and art. For the first SUN time women fronted male bands on their own terms, and SUN defied convention as to how they should look and what they SUN sang about. SUN SUN Women like Poly Styrene and Siouxsie Sioux were a new breed SUN of singer who refused to dress and look pretty, and rather SUN forced the music industry and the public to change their SUN perceptions of female musicians. Their songs were not about SUN lost love or heartless men, but rather represented their SUN own personal world view. SUN SUN These so-called women of the new wave paved the way for the SUN post punk movement, Ska Two-Tone with groups including The SUN Specials and The Selecter. They challenged racism and SUN sexism through their music and lyrics. SUN SUN Singer Pauline Black meets some of the women who were in the SUN vanguard of that cultural revolution and asks what their SUN legacy is for women today. For X-Ray Spex frontwoman, Poly SUN Styrene, it's knowing her own daughter has the confidence SUN to do anything she wants in life, while for guitarist Viv SUN Albertine of The Slits the legacy is better demonstrated SUN through the work of artists Tracy Emin and Sarah Lucas. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00r7rfy (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN SUN Matthew Biggs, Pippa Greenwood and guest panellist Christine SUN Walkden answer questions posed by the gardeners of SUN Edenfield and District Horticultural Society in Lancashire. SUN SUN 14:45 The Secrets of the Art and the Artist: Caravaggio b00r8jcx (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN SUN With the 400th anniversary of his death approaching, the SUN painter Caravaggio is receiving a great deal of attention SUN in Italy and around the world. He was controversial in his SUN own lifetime and a passionate debate rages over his legacy SUN today. Artist Roger Law goes in search of the man behind SUN the myth. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00r907w (Listen) SUN Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, The Pursuit SUN SUN Dramatisation by Hattie Naylor of the 1748 novel by Samuel SUN Richardson. SUN SUN The beautiful young heiress Clarissa Harlowe is dangerously SUN attracted by the wiles of the notorious libertine Robert SUN Lovelace. Threatened by an imminent marriage arranged with SUN the odious suitor her family have found for her, Lovelace SUN persuades Clarissa to flee with him. SUN SUN Clarissa Harlowe ...... Zoe Waites SUN Robert Lovelace ...... Richard Armitage SUN James Harlowe ...... Oliver Milburn SUN Solmes ...... Stephen Critchlow SUN Bella Harlowe ...... Sophie Thompson SUN Lady Harlowe ...... Alison Steadman SUN Lord Harlowe ...... John Rowe SUN Mrs Norton ...... Deborah Findlay SUN Anna Howe ...... Cathy Sara SUN SUN Directed by Marilyn Imrie SUN SUN A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00r90cd (Listen) SUN This week Mariella talks to the novelist Maggie Gee. In a SUN new memoir she writes about her upbringing and her often SUN difficult relationship with her parents. Maggie Gee talks SUN about dealing with a father who struggled to control his SUN temper, and how childhood fear has permeated her fiction. SUN SUN There’s Reading Clinic advice for a marathon runner who SUN wants suitable fiction to take her mind off hours of SUN gruelling training - the novelist and fanatical runner SUN Bidisha has some recommendations. SUN SUN As new evidence emerges that more and more people are SUN choosing to read books on their mobile phones, Tom Tivnan SUN of the Bookseller tells Mariella how publishers are SUN reacting to this trend. SUN SUN And as the crime writer Elmore Leonard publishes a book of SUN tips for would-be writers, Mariella looks back at the SUN novelists who’ve revealed their own trade secrets. SUN SUN BOOK LIST SUN SUN Maggie Gee: My Animal Life SUN Publisher: Telegram SUN SUN Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing SUN Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicholson SUN SUN Stephen King: On Writing: A Meroir of the Craft SUN Publisher: New English Library SUN SUN Patricia Highsmith: Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction SUN Publisher: St Martin's Press SUN SUN Arnold Bennett: How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide SUN Publisher: Lightning Source SUN SUN BIDISHA'S READING CLINIC RECOMMENDATIONS SUN SUN Alan Sillitoe: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner SUN and other stories SUN Publisher: Vintage SUN SUN Joyce E Bright: Sunday's Child SUN Publisher: Naiad Press SUN SUN Patricia Nell Warren: The Front Runner SUN Publisher: Wildcat Press SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00r90cg (Listen) SUN Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, read by Henry SUN Goodman and Selina Cadell. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00r66v2 (Listen) SUN Five years ago the government promised to provide a safety SUN net for when pension funds went bust, but this new scheme SUN is already more than a billion pounds in deficit. Fran SUN Abrams investigates allegations that some companies are SUN simply dumping their obligations and leaving the Pensions SUN Protection Fund - and in some cases the taxpayer - to pick SUN up the bill. SUN SUN How firms 'avoid' pension costs SUN SUN Fran Abrams hears how some companies managed to shed their SUN pension liabilities by going into administration. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00r8bl3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00r90cj (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00r90cl (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00r90cn (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00r90cq (Listen) SUN Caz Graham introduces her selection of highlights from the SUN past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN Ali: When Cassius Met The Beatles - Radio 4 SUN The Essay: Land and Sea and Sky - Radio 3 SUN Belfast: Reimagining the City - Radio 4 SUN Book of the Week: Did You Really Shoot The Television? - SUN Radio 4 SUN A Date With Dolly - Radio 2 SUN Classic Serial: Clarissa - Radio 4 SUN Soul Music - Radio 4 SUN Outlook - World Service SUN Confessions of a Medium - Radio 4 SUN Not Bobby - Radio 4 SUN An Open Return Letter to Richard Branson - Radio 4 SUN The Alps - Radio 4 SUN Mothers and Daughters - Radio 4. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00r90fk (Listen) SUN Kate gets maternal on Mother's Day. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00r90fm (Listen) SUN Matt Frei talks to conservative commentator SE Cupp about SUN how and where politics and religion collide. SUN SUN The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) flew boldly for SUN the United States during World War II but they were not SUN acknowledged as anything more than civilian volunteers. SUN Former pilot Maggie Gee is among the women who will be SUN awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of her SUN work years ago. SUN SUN Matt Frei talks to Bill Wasik, senior editor of Harper's SUN Magazine, about the quirky and enlightening Harper's Index. SUN Numbers don't lie, but what truths do they expose? SUN SUN Rail past and present SUN SUN Though thousands of miles of railroad tracks were SUN meticulously laid all across America, the history of rail SUN travel in the United States has not been a smooth ride. SUN SUN Matt Frei talks to award-winning author and historian T.J. SUN Stiles for a discussion of America’s railways and their SUN potential for success in the future. SUN SUN Religion past and present SUN SUN Matt Frei talks to conservative, political columnist S.E. SUN Cupp about the history of religious influence on the SUN foundation of the United States and the role religion plays SUN today. SUN SUN Military past and present SUN SUN After decades without recognition of their military service SUN during World War II, this week the Women’s Airforce Service SUN Pilots (WASPs) were honoured in Washington D.C. with the SUN Congressional Gold Medal. SUN SUN Former pilot (turned physicist) Maggie Gee tells Americana SUN what it was like to be one of America’s first military SUN pilots. SUN SUN Numbers, Numbers, Numbers SUN SUN Its said that, "numbers don’t lie", but it’s not always SUN obvious what they declare. SUN SUN Matt Frei talks to Harper’s Magazine senior editor Bill SUN Wasik about the Harper’s Index. The collection of SUN statistics and quirky counts offers a view of America’s SUN habits and interests. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b008kf0m (Listen) SUN Treasure Island, The Old Sea Dog SUN SUN John le Carre reads Robert Louis Stevenson's classic SUN adventure story, abridged by Katrin Williams. SUN SUN Jim Hawkins finds the treasure map in old Billy Bones' SUN sea-chest, and the adventure begins. SUN SUN A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00r7rft (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00r7rg0 (Listen) SUN Matthew Bannister marks the lives of Philip Langridge, SUN Walter Plowright, Andree Peel, Sir Kenneth Dover, and Fred SUN Wedlock. SUN SUN PHILIP LANGRIDGE SUN SUN Leading British tenor who has died aged 70 SUN SUN The opera singer Philip Langridge was widely regarded as one SUN of the finest tenors of his generation. His highly SUN distinctive tenor was one of the most versatile, able to SUN negotiate a wide repertoire from Bach to Britten and SUN Bertwistle. He was dubbed the natural successor to Sir SUN Peter Pears, particularly acclaimed in the title role in SUN Peter Grimes and Gustav von Aschenbach in Death in Venice. SUN Renowned for being able to tackle the most taxing, angst SUN ridden operatic roles, his off stage persona was that of a SUN genial, energetic and debonair English gentleman. SUN SUN Last Word speaks to Philip’s son Stephen Langridge, to the SUN contemporary British composer Sir Harrison Birtwhistle, to SUN opera critic Edward Seckerson, and to the Royal Opera SUN House’s Director of Opera, Elaine Padmore. SUN SUN Philip Langridge was born 16 December 1939 and died 5 March SUN 2010 SUN SUN WALTER PLOWRIGHT SUN SUN Veterinary research scientist who has died aged 86. SUN SUN Later this year, an announcement is expected that the cattle SUN virus rinderpest has been completely eradicated. It will SUN only be the second time in history that a disease has been SUN eradicated through human efforts. The first was smallpox. SUN The man responsible for this remarkable achievement was the SUN veterinary pathologist Dr. Walter Plowright. Whilst based SUN at the East African Research Laboratory in Kenya, Dr. SUN Plowright developed the vaccine that could protect cattle SUN from this devastating virus. His success brought him many SUN awards, including the prestigious World Food Prize, seen as SUN an equivalent of the Nobel Prize. SUN SUN Matthew speaks to his friend and colleague Professor Joe SUN Brownlie at the Royal Veterinary College SUN SUN Walter Plowright was born 20 July 1923 and died 19 February SUN 2010 SUN SUN ANDREE PEEL SUN SUN Heroine of the French resistance who has died aged 105 SUN SUN Andree Peel was a much decorated heroine of the French SUN Resistance. Known as Agent Rose, she helped to save the SUN lives of hundreds of Allied pilots, narrowly escaping death SUN on several occasions. She was in her mid thirties and SUN running a beauty salon in the port town of Brest when the SUN Germans invaded. She was recruited by the Resistance to SUN work on an underground newspaper and then graduated to a SUN job sending information about shipping movements to the SUN Allies. SUN SUN Matthew speaks to her friend John Lowe. SUN SUN Andree Peel was born 3 February 1905 and died 5 March 2010 SUN SUN SIR KENNETH DOVER SUN SUN Distinguished classical scholar and academic who has died SUN aged 89 SUN SUN Sir Kenneth Dover was one of the world’s leading experts on SUN Ancient Greek language and civilisation, who broke new SUN ground with his book “Greek Homosexuality”. In a SUN distinguished academic career he held many leading posts, SUN including president of Corpus Christi College Oxford and SUN Chancellor of St Andrew’s University. But he reached a much SUN wider audience later in life when he published an outspoken SUN autobiography called “Marginal Comment.” This led to a SUN celebrated interview with Anthony Clare on the Radio 4 SUN programme “In the Psychiatrist’s Chair”. SUN SUN Matthew speaks to his friend and colleague Professor Stephen SUN Halliwell at St Andrew’s University. SUN SUN Kenneth Dover was born 11 March 1920 and died 7 March 2010 SUN SUN FRED WEDLOCK SUN SUN Bristolian folk singer, actor and TV presenter who has died SUN aged 67 SUN SUN The Bristol folk singer Fred Wedlock was best known for his SUN 1981 chart hit “The Oldest Swinger in Town”. Appropriately SUN enough, Fred was born in a Bristol pub and started singing SUN to customers at the age of four. Like his more famous SUN contemporaries Billy Connolly, Mike Harding and Jasper SUN Carrott, Fred toured the folk clubs with an act that SUN combined music and comedy. SUN SUN Fred Wedlock was born 23 May 1942 and died 4 March 2010. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00r8b1r (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00r8d91 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b00r5g6x (Listen) SUN Babies and Biscuits SUN SUN The 2010 election campaign has started and politicians seem SUN to be pitching harder than ever for the female vote. Party SUN leaders are falling over each other to webchat with women SUN on Mumsnet: David Cameron has already made three SUN appearances and Gordon Brown recently went on, too. Brown's SUN Mumsnet webchat resulted in headlines like: 'Biscuitgate: SUN After 24 Hours of Dithering Gordon Brown finally confesses SUN his favourite dunk'. SUN SUN But does it really influence women's votes whether top SUN politicians know about the most environmentally-friendly SUN nappies or whether they can name their favourite biscuits? SUN Women make up more than half of the electorate in the UK. SUN But just like men, they're not a homogenous group. Women SUN are just as affected by their class, locality, individual SUN beliefs, age, ethnicity, jobs, social and marital status SUN etc.. as men are when it comes to their voting behaviour. SUN SUN Yet there is a difference in how women and men vote. This SUN difference seems to be more pronounced in the US and other SUN European countries like Sweden. But the UK is not immune to SUN it, either. So there is a gender gap which manifests itself SUN when women or men enter the polling booth. SUN SUN Professor Alison Wolf, of King's College, London, explores SUN the reasons for this gender gap. She asks whether there are SUN particular women's issues that politicians need to hit in SUN order to attract the female vote. Are women MPs more likely SUN to attract women voters? And is true that women respond to SUN the touchy-feely side of politicians more than men or is SUN that just a cliche? SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00r90hs (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00r90hv (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including It SUN Happened Here. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00r7rg2 (Listen) SUN Francine Stock enters the Green Zone with Bourne Ultimatum SUN director Paul Greengrass, who has reunited with Matt Damon. SUN SUN Danny Huston on Sean Connery, Michael Caine and his father SUN John. SUN SUN Andrew Lang goes behind the scenes of the Havana boxing SUN academy in Sons Of Cuba. SUN SUN Matthew Sweet picks another neglected British gem suggested SUN by listeners. SUN SUN Nigel Floyd waxes lyrical about Maurice Pialat, director of SUN A Nos Amours and Under Satan's Sun. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00r8d8q (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 15 MARCH 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00r919l (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00r7l7g (Listen) MON Armies have always sought to guess the enemy's next move MON based on past experience. Such crystal gazing took on a MON fresh urgency during the Cold War as the new discipline of MON military futurology grappled with the threat of nuclear MON war. Since then, military futurists have taken their MON imaginings into more apocalyptic realms. Charged by Western MON policy makers with the task of 'thinking the unthinkable', MON they foresee future threats which owe as much to science MON fiction as to real life. They anticipate cities controlled MON by terrorists and drug cartels, dictators who've acquired MON the genetic secret of longevity, even the development of a MON 'magic bullet' which can't be countered. But do such grim MON predictions provide a justification for an endless global MON war against enemies that may never exist? Laurie Taylor MON discusses a new survey of military futurism with its MON author, Matthew Carr, and with the geographer Stephen MON Graham. MON MON Also, from Richard Pryor to Lenny Henry - how humour can MON reinforce or subvert racial stereotypes. The sociologist MON Simon Weaver tells Laurie about his research into the MON nature and variety of anti-racist comedy. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00r8d5h (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r91mx (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00r926q (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r92j9 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00r92jp (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00r92ty (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00r934h (Listen) MON 50% of fish eaten in the world are now farmed, up from 9% in MON 1980. Charlotte Smith hears how the UK is cashing in, as MON Scottish salmon exports grow by a quarter. And Nocton MON Dairies, developers of western Europe's largest dairy farm MON in Lincolnshire, cancel a public meeting over fears animal MON rights activists will hijack the event. Nearly a century MON after the Forestry Commission was established, nearly 80% MON of wood used in the UK is still imported. Charlotte Smith MON asks whether more could or should be grown on home soil. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00r9y83 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00r93pd (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00r9y85 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr finds out what science can tell us about the MON human condition. Ian McEwan's new novel pits climate change MON against human frailty. Patricia Fara charts 4,000 years of MON scientific endeavour. Paul Davies, in his search for ET, MON asks what would it mean if we're not alone in the universe. MON And journalist James Crabtree talks about how political MON parties are using the new media techniques of the MON supermarkets to get our attention in the run-up to the MON election. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00r93pj (Listen) MON Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, Episode 1 MON MON Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of MON the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish MON child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship MON with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris. MON MON Chopin's prodigious talent as a pianist is recognised early MON on. But despite being lauded as the great nationalist hope MON in his native Poland, where his polonaises and mazurkas are MON inspired by the harmonies of Polish folk songs, the teenage MON Chopin soon becomes stifled by the provincialism of Warsaw. MON At 19, he leaves Poland for the temptations of bohemian MON Paris, never to live in his homeland again. MON MON Abridged by Doreen Estall. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00r97nt (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. MON MON France's first lady Carla Bruni divided opinion recently by MON hosting a state dinner wearing a figure-hugging dress MON without a bra. Some envied her elegance and confidence, MON others saw it as a fashion faux pas. So when, if ever, is MON it ok to banish the bra? Do some dresses or indeed MON occasions demand it? And can any bosom carry it off? Jane MON is joined by beauty editor for The Times Sarah Vine and MON Lorraine Candy, editor of Elle magazine. MON MON And you can hear listener feedback following our item about MON home births. MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xs2 (Listen) MON The Cloths Of Heaven, Episode 1 MON MON Sue Eckstein's dramatisation of her own novel, set in West MON Africa. MON MON A poem by WB Yeats holds the key to an unexpected love MON affair for a young British diplomat on his first overseas MON posting. As Daniel Maddison wanders the street markets of a MON town in West Africa, he sees a woman he knew five years MON before when he was a student at Oxford. But when he MON approaches her, she denies ever knowing him. MON MON Daniel ...... Matthew Pidgeon MON Rachel ...... Ruth Gemmell MON Kamal ...... Raad Rawi MON Alec ...... David Robb MON Diana ...... Briony McRoberts MON Ibraima ...... Damian Lynch MON Patrick ...... Bruce Alexander MON Isobel ...... Joanna Monro MON Newpin ...... Nigel Hastings. MON MON 11:00 Living Books b00r9yd8 (Listen) MON Sandi Toksvig visits the library where you borrow a person MON instead of a book. It's the Human Library, a groundbreaking MON idea from Denmark designed to get you to confront your MON deepest prejudices. Borrow a type of person you think you MON don't like, goes the strap line, take them away for a MON half-hour conversation, and try and get to the bottom of MON your preconceptions. People who have volunteered to be MON 'Books' range from Muslims to transsexuals, and neo-Nazis MON to male nannies. MON MON Sandi talks to those who have got involved, both as Readers MON and Books, borrows a couple of Books herself, and even MON lends herself out as one. MON MON 11:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pfv03 (Listen) MON Special Relationship MON MON Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of MON inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives. MON MON Beagle Team are joined by a CIA operative on an exchange MON visit. MON MON Bill ...... Richard Lumsden MON Sharla ...... Nina Conti MON Mark ...... Daniel Kaluuya MON Colonel ...... Ewan Bailey MON Bristow ...... John Biggins MON Sean ...... Joseph Cohen Cole MON Lenny ...... Piers Wehner MON Ignatius/Fuego ...... Nigel Hastings. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00r97qc (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00r97x6 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00r97xj (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Quote... Unquote b00rb16j (Listen) MON Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of MON quotations and anecdotes. MON MON With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel MON Leve. MON MON The reader is Peter Jefferson. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00r90fk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rb16l (Listen) MON Hitched, Episode 1 MON MON First of two plays by Doug Lucie which satirise our MON obsession with weddings and happy-ever-afters. MON MON Betrothed couple Emma and Richard have done their best to MON keep their respective families apart, but as their wedding MON day approaches it is time for the in-laws-to-be to finally MON meet. MON MON Chas ...... William Gaunt MON Ruby ...... Sylvia Sims MON Emma ...... Lydia Leonard MON Richard ...... Joe Armstrong MON Max ...... Stephen Moore MON Ellie ...... Frances Barber MON Barry ...... Ian Reddington MON Jenny ...... Cheryl Campbell MON Peter ...... Guy Henry MON MON Directed by Heather Larmour. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00rl155 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 A Brief History of Double Entry Book-keeping b00r9ts1 (Listen) MON Episode 6 MON MON Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped the MON modern world. MON MON Jolyon finds out why Josiah Wedgwood began to use accounting MON to run his business, and hears the debate about how similar MON Wedgwood's 18th-century cost accounting system was to our MON modern management accounting. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00r8h9c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00rb1xm (Listen) MON Ernie Rea and guests asks whether or not the use of MON apocalyptic language is helpful in the climate change MON debate, politics and media. MON MON 17:00 PM b00r9tvr (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 b00r9w44 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b00rb1xp (Listen) MON Series 56, Episode 11 MON MON Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul MON Merton, Jenny Eclair, Pam Ayres and Gyles Brandreth. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00r9syq (Listen) MON Lilian finds an unexpected source of support. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00r9xq0 (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xs2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Document b00rb1xr (Listen) MON Mike Thomson investigates the story behind the German MON prisoners of war forced to work in Britain for three years MON after the Second World War had ended. MON MON The International Red Cross condemned the ongoing use of MON forced PoW labour after the end of hostilities and the MON British public and the press voiced strong opinions about MON the deployment of 'slave labour'. But the government had MON other plans: there was a drastic shortage of manpower after MON the war - with one million British troops still posted MON overseas - and the availability of nearly 400,000 PoWs in MON camps on British soil was seen as the quickest solution to MON the crisis. Before long, German forced labour made up a MON quarter of the nation's agricultural workforce. They were MON put to work on the roads and they even made up a third of MON the workers who prepared Wembley for the 1948 Olympics. MON MON Mike unravels the political and moral debate about the MON repatriation of the Germans; he also hears some of the MON unintended consequences of captivity by meeting a former MON PoW who decided to stay behind once he fell in love with MON both the Scottish Borders and his future wife. MON MON 20:30 Analysis b00rb1xt (Listen) MON Minds of Our Own? MON MON Policy-makers have long looked to science to help understand MON human behaviour and to influence it. But what if science MON could actually read people's thoughts and intentions? MON That's the promise of the latest research from MON neuroscientists, who claim to be able to scan our brains MON for lies, broken promises and violent intentions. But how MON reliable is the science of 'mind-reading'? How might it MON change our ideas about free will, responsibility and MON rehabilitation? And should we not be able to keep the MON thoughts in our head private? Presented by Kenan Malik. MON MON 21:00 Costing the Earth b00rb1xw (Listen) MON Plants to Pills MON MON Tom Heap witnesses the international police operation MON against the trade in endangered species. MON MON Interpol's Operation Tram has been busy across Europe, MON seizing traditional medicines suspected of containing MON endangered species. Tom follows the raids in the UK, MON uncovering the effects the trade has on the world's plants MON and animals. MON MON The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00r9y85 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00r9xv0 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00r9y21 (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rggyv (Listen) MON Solar, Episode 1 MON MON Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. Michael MON Beard is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best work is MON behind him, and now finds that his fifth marriage MON floundering. But this time it is different: she is having MON the affair, and he is still in love with her. MON MON Abridged by Barry Johnston. MON MON A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Rory Bremner's International Satirists b00rb1xy (Listen) MON Barry Murphy - Ireland MON MON Rory Bremner engages topical comics, satirists and comedians MON from different countries about their cultures and how they MON relate to ours - if at all. MON MON Described as the Don of Irish comedy by The Irish Times, MON Barry Murphy has, with his Comedy Cellars club in Dublin, MON watched as his protégés Eddie Izzard, Tommy Tiernan and MON Dylan Moran went on to international fame. He is regarded MON by many as the most respected topical comic/satirist in MON Ireland, and he gives Rory a unique insight into the rich MON world of Irish satire. With contributions from Mario MON Rosenstock. MON MON A Curtains for Radio production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00r9y76 (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Sean Curran. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 16 MARCH 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00r9154 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00r93pj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r919n (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00r926d (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r9286 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00r92jc (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00r92ph (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00r9347 (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00r93b1 (Listen) TUE With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports TUE Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in TUE Parliament. TUE TUE 09:00 The Long View b00rb1zt (Listen) TUE Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of the recent TUE purchase of Cadbury by Kraft, comparing the deal with the TUE takeover of Boots the Chemist by an American company in TUE 1920. TUE TUE When the founder of the chain, Jesse Boot, put it up for TUE sale it prompted a storm of controversy in the local and TUE national press. A rival chain responded by marketing itself TUE as the 'biggest British chemist', playing on the idea that TUE Boots had betrayed their national roots. The takeover TUE prompted a period of austerity in the company as the TUE American owners embarked on an efficiency drive. TUE TUE Jonathan draws on the lessons of the Boots takeover, asking TUE how important it is for national brands to remain in TUE British hands. Guests include Lord Digby Jones and Stefan TUE Stern of The Financial Times, and readings are provided by TUE James Coombes, former Milk Tray Man. TUE TUE 09:30 When I Grow Up b00rb1zw (Listen) TUE Episode 5 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 Book of the Week b00r93pg (Listen) TUE Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, Episode 2 TUE TUE Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of TUE the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish TUE child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship TUE with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris. TUE TUE The young Chopin arrives in bohemian Paris, capital of the TUE artistic world and home of the Romantic movement. Before TUE long he becomes one of the most celebrated figures in TUE Parisian society, and something of a dandy. But he longs TUE for Poland, realising that it is unlikely he will return to TUE his homeland again. TUE TUE Abridged by Doreen Estall. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rghs1 (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq2 (Listen) TUE The Cloths Of Heaven, Episode 2 TUE TUE Sue Eckstein's dramatisation of her own novel, set in West TUE Africa. TUE TUE After witnessing an argument between Rachel and a rich TUE Lebanese businessman, Daniel tries again to approach her, TUE but she still refuses to acknowledge him. TUE TUE Daniel ...... Matthew Pidgeon TUE Rachel ...... Ruth Gemmell TUE Kamal ...... Raad Rawi TUE Alec ...... David Robb TUE Diana ...... Briony McRoberts TUE Ibraima ...... Damian Lynch TUE Patrick ...... Bruce Alexander TUE Isobel ...... Joanna Monro TUE Newpin ...... Nigel Hastings. TUE TUE 11:00 The Alps b00rb298 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE The Alps form a vast mountain barrier stretching from Vienna TUE to Nice, dividing German north from Latin south. Misha TUE Glenny tackles our shared European history in a totally TUE unexpected way, exploring the impact of the Alps on our TUE culture, our economy and the formation of eight European TUE states. TUE TUE Why are the Alps riddled with frontiers, and how have so TUE many countries managed to take a bite of this famous TUE mountain range? Misha reveals how areas such as Savoy and TUE Tyrol were ripped apart by competing powers, and why TUE Switzerland - which has no real reason to exist - has TUE managed to survive. TUE TUE With contributions from nationalist leader of La Ligue TUE Savoisienne Patrice Abeille, author of the White War Mark TUE Thompson, and Jon Mathieu, the founding director of the TUE Institute of the Alps. TUE TUE 11:30 A Guided Tour of the Castle of Otranto b00rb29b (Listen) TUE With echoing dungeons, sighing ghosts, terrified virgins and TUE a giant helmet falling from the sky, Rory McGrath guides us TUE round first gothic castle in English fiction. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00r97pn (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00r97vf (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00r97x8 (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Soul Music b00rb2sv (Listen) TUE Series 9, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands TUE TUE Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional TUE appeal. TUE TUE He's Got the Whole World in His Hands is a spiritual song TUE originating in the United States, but it first caught the TUE public's attention when Laurie London took it to the top of TUE the charts in 1958. In this programme, people describe the TUE place that the song has in their lives. Including the TUE conductor of a choir for refugees and asylum seekers and TUE the minister who led prayers on President Obama's first day TUE in office. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00r9syq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rb2sx (Listen) TUE Hitched, Episode 2 TUE TUE Second of two plays by Doug Lucie which satirise our TUE obsession with weddings and happy-ever-afters. Emma and TUE Richard's wedding day arrives - will it go without the TUE proverbial 'hitch'? TUE TUE Chas ...... William Gaunt TUE Ruby ...... Sylvia Sims TUE Emma ...... Lydia Leonard TUE Richard ...... Joe Armstrong TUE Max ...... Stephen Moore TUE Ellie ...... Frances Barber TUE Barry ...... Ian Reddington TUE Jenny ...... Cheryl Campbell TUE Peter ...... Guy Henry TUE TUE Directed by Heather Larmour. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00rb2sz (Listen) TUE Each year anglers await the annual salmon run. Thousands of TUE magnificent fish forsake the bounty of the sea and head TUE inland to their ancestral spawning grounds. But as any keen TUE fisherman will tell you, some mature salmon are there to be TUE caught from the spring time onwards. This week on Home TUE Planet, you ask why a small number of salmon make the trek TUE up river months before their fellow fish. If the advantage TUE is so great, why don't they all do it? Then there's the TUE mysterious black and white bird seen but not identified in TUE Dorset; what is it and why does it have such unusual TUE markings? Why, you ask, do chimpanzees still exist when TUE there cousins, us humans, have clearly outstripped them in TUE evolutionary terms? What happens underneath a frozen river TUE as the tides ebb and flow beneath? And we continue the TUE discussion on collecting wild plants and animals; just when TUE is it acceptable to kill a specimen for science? TUE TUE Join Richard Daniel and his guests marine biologist Dr Helen TUE Scales; conservationist Derek Moore and Professor Philip TUE Stott, an environmental scientist from the University of TUE London. TUE TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00rb372 (Listen) TUE An Elegy for Easterly, The Mupandawana Dancing Champion TUE TUE Stories from Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah's debut TUE collection, An Elegy for Easterly, which won the Guardian TUE First Book Award for 2009. TUE TUE Just outside Harare, in Mupandawana, a nimble-footed coffin TUE maker enjoys a little local celebrity and some relief from TUE the daily struggle to make ends meet. However, a political TUE intervention cramps his style. TUE TUE Read by Lucian Msamati. TUE TUE Abridged by Richard Hamilton. TUE TUE 15:45 A Brief History of Double Entry Book-keeping b00r9ts3 (Listen) TUE Episode 7 TUE TUE Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped the TUE modern world. TUE TUE How the 'railway mania' of the mid-19th century led to dodgy TUE accounting and outright fraud. Investors demanded 10 per TUE cent returns on new lines, even when the profits just TUE weren't there to pay the dividends. The only way to keep TUE everyone happy was to cook the books. But then, no-one was TUE ever going to look at the books - or were they? TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00rbky7 (Listen) TUE The International Criminal Court has been criticised for TUE lacking teeth, dealing with too few cases and concentrating TUE too much on Africa. Clive Coleman speaks to the Court's TUE president and others to consider those claims. TUE TUE The government has finally reacted to widespread criticism TUE of the Dangerous Dogs Act with a consultation. But how do TUE you balance the rights of animals with the safety of TUE humans? TUE TUE Plus the surprisingly intense relationship between poetry TUE and the law. TUE TUE Interviewees include President Sang-Hyun Song, Philippe TUE Sands and Tod Lindberg. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00rbky9 (Listen) TUE Sue MacGregor talks to two leading virus experts, John TUE Oxford and Dorothy Crawford, about their favourite books. TUE TUE Their choices include Defoe's fascinating description of the TUE Great Plague and a classic tale of institutional repression TUE set in a 1950s mental hospital. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00r9tvf (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 b00r9vz4 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00rbkyc (Listen) TUE Series 3, Jon Culshaw TUE TUE Marcus Brigstocke invites guests to try new experiences. TUE TUE Jon Culshaw tries five things he's never done before. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00r9sys (Listen) TUE Jill and Usha join forces. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00r9xbf (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an TUE interview with actor Jeremy Irons, as he returns to the TUE Royal Shakespeare Company in a new play by Dennis Kelly. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00rbkyf (Listen) TUE Around a third of all youngsters who have been abused are TUE victims of other children and young people. Jackie Long TUE investigates what is done to help young abusers stop TUE offending and asks why so many are slipping through the TUE net. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00rbkyh (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Am I Normal? b00rbkyk (Listen) TUE Series 7, Episode 3 TUE TUE At what point does a reasonable concern about our wellbeing TUE become an anxiety that actually affects our health? If you TUE discover a bruise on your arm and become convinced you have TUE leukaemia. Or you're a woman who's breast examinations are TUE so frequent, you make them tender and then decide that the TUE soreness means you have breast cancer. You make frequent TUE doctor's appointments, demand unnecessary tests and never TUE seem satisfied with a diagnosis, then it's likely you have TUE some form of severe and persistent health anxiety. TUE TUE Health anxiety in its most severe form, the diagnosis TUE hypochondriasis, has been recognised for centuries. It's a TUE fear or belief that real or imagined symptoms are signs of TUE a serious illness, despite medical reassurance and other TUE evidence to the contrary. The anxiety can take over your TUE life, drive your family - and your GP - to distraction and TUE can cause a great deal of distress. TUE TUE But is it an illness in itself? Many psychiatrists and TUE psychologists now prefer to describe hypochondriasis as a TUE health anxiety. It is similar to both obsessive compulsive TUE disorder and panic disorders. It's starting to be TUE recognised as a serious psychological problem that can be TUE helped with cognitive behaviour therapy. TUE TUE Almost everyone has health worries from time to time, TUE triggered by variations in their body, inexplicable TUE physical symptoms and health information from doctors, TUE health screening programmes and the mass media, and many TUE people experience a moment of worry that their odd rashes, TUE bumps or pains are signs of real trouble. But an official TUE diagnosis of hypochondria, according to the psychiatric TUE authorities, is reserved for patients whose fears that they TUE have a serious disease persist for at least six months and TUE continue even after doctors have reassured them that they TUE are healthy. TUE TUE In patients with hypochondria, ordinary discomforts are paid TUE much more attention and appear to register more intensely TUE than they do for other people. But where do you draw the TUE line? When does healthy concern become a psychological TUE problem, and what are the implications for the health TUE industry? TUE TUE With more and more people looking up symptoms and health TUE advice on the internet, the result can be that you feel TUE empowered and informed about your health. But for others, TUE will they develop what is being hyped as 'cyberchondria', TUE where every twinge and symptom is searched online, leaving TUE them convinced that they definitely have the rarest and TUE deadliest of diseases? TUE TUE Many experts think that terms like 'cyberchondria' and the TUE book-related 'bibliochondria' are just catchy terms TUE concocted by the media which only exacerbate the negative TUE stigma and cruel humour associated with hypochondria. It's TUE a tricky issue to deal with; the patient sees physical TUE illness, the doctor sees a psychological problem, and TUE frustration rules on both sides of the examining room. TUE TUE This programme asks how doctors assess levels of heath TUE anxiety, how they decipher the sinister from the benign TUE real through the imagined symptoms, and if they think TUE increased access to health information is making the TUE problem worse. TUE TUE 21:30 The Long View b00rb1zt (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00r9xs4 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00r9xv2 (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Ritula TUE Shah. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rm4bd (Listen) TUE Solar, Episode 2 TUE TUE Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. TUE TUE Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best TUE work is behind him, has been humiliated to discover that TUE his fifth wife, Patrice, is having an affair with their TUE builder, Rodney Tarpin. TUE TUE Abridged by Barry Johnston. TUE TUE A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Showstopper! The Improvised Musical b00rbl55 (Listen) TUE Comedy in which the Showstopper musical improvisation group TUE create a musical on the spot, with the songs, plot and TUE characters based entirely on suggestions from the studio TUE audience. TUE TUE With Pippa Evans, Ruth Bratt, Dylan Emery, Lucy Trodd, TUE Philip Pellew, Oliver Senton, Julie Clare and Adam Meggido. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00r9y6y (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with Susan Hulme. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00r9156 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00r93pg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r919q (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 As BBC World Service b00r926g (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r9288 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00r92jf (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00r92pk (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00r9349 (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00r93b3 (Listen) WED With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00rbl6g (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00r93vv (Listen) WED Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, Episode 3 WED WED Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of WED the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish WED child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship WED with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris. WED WED Chopin meets the most notorious woman of the day, the WED cigar-toting, cross-dressing writer George Sand. Not long WED after, the two raise eyebrows in Parisian society when they WED become lovers. The unlikely couple set out for Majorca WED where ill health and the suspicions of the locals almost WED result in Chopin's early demise. WED WED Abridged by Doreen Estall. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rghqk (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. WED WED 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq4 (Listen) WED The Cloths Of Heaven, Episode 3 WED WED Sue Eckstein's dramatisation of her own novel, set in West WED Africa. WED WED Rachel sets off on a trek up country to a small village, WED where she has a fateful encounter with self-styled WED entrepreneur Bob Newpin. WED WED Daniel ...... Matthew Pidgeon WED Rachel ...... Ruth Gemmell WED Kamal ...... Raad Rawi WED Alec ...... David Robb WED Diana ...... Briony McRoberts WED Ibraima ...... Damian Lynch WED Patrick ...... Bruce Alexander WED Isobel ...... Joanna Monro WED Newpin ...... Nigel Hastings. WED WED 11:00 Cadbury is Our Longbridge b00rblc1 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED WED Miles Warde tells the inside story of the closure of WED Cadbury's Somerdale factory near Bristol. Two years in the WED making, the series reveals how Somerdale became caught up WED in a global story. WED WED Cadbury first announced the closure of this historic site at WED the end of 2007. Miles follows the protests, the WED frustrations, and the raised hopes of a workforce who WED believed that Kraft's takeover meant their jobs could be WED saved. Production is now largely moving to Poland instead. WED WED 11:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b00rblt5 (Listen) WED Series 3, The Fall of Phallon and the Rise of Bugatox WED WED Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald WED McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop. WED WED Ramesh takes it upon himself to reunite a local couple who WED have split up. 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 Gay Alan ...... Tom Urie WED Phil ...... Stewart Cairns WED Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth WED Keenan ...... Max Merrill WED WED A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00r97pq (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00r97vj (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00r97xb (Listen) WED National and international news. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00rblt7 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00r9sys (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rblt9 (Listen) WED Walking on Sunshine WED WED Comedy by Leah Chillery. Why do you rarely see a black face WED in the country - apart from the sheep? WED WED Elijah is a black man who likes to go for lovely walks in WED the countryside. One day his girlfriend points out the WED obvious - that he was the only black face she saw all day. WED WED Elijah ...... Nicholas Bailey WED Tina ...... Nadine Marshall WED Vernon ...... Dermot Daly WED Malachi ...... Marcus Hercules WED Boasie ...... Marlon G Day WED Frank ...... Lloyd Peters WED WED Producer Gary Brown. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00rbltc (Listen) WED Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on WED pensions. WED WED Guests: WED WED Malcolm McClean, chief executive of the Pensions Advisory WED Service WED Michelle Cracknell, strategy director at investment group WED Skandia WED Billy Burrows, Burrows and Cummins. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00rb374 (Listen) WED An Elegy for Easterly, My Cousin-Sister Rambanai WED WED Stories from Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah's debut WED collection, An Elegy for Easterly, which won the Guardian WED First Book Award for 2009. WED WED When Rambanai returns from Dallas to Harare her exuberant WED sparkle is irresistible, but a new search for a bigger WED world has unexpected outcomes. WED WED Read by Chipo Chung. WED WED Abridged by Richard Hamilton. WED WED 15:45 A Brief History of Double Entry Book-keeping b00r9ts5 (Listen) WED Episode 8 WED WED Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped the WED modern world. WED WED The role played by accountants in the Holocaust, the Irish WED Potato Famine and the Highland Clearances. The Nazis stole WED money from the Jews, and were meticulous in recording the WED theft - by accounting for it they hoped to cleanse it. WED Accountants may have a reputation for dullness, but can WED that mask a moral agenda? WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00rbltf (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society WED works. WED WED 16:30 Am I Normal? b00rbkyk (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 17:00 PM b00r9tvh (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 b00r9vz7 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 Party b00rblxx (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED WED Satirical sitcom by Tom Basden about a group of young WED idealists trying to set up a new political party. WED WED The friends wrangle over their new party's foreign policy. WED Or at least they would if they had a pen. The arrival of WED Phoebe's politically astute older boyfriend threatens the WED party's future, as Jared's insecurities come bubbling to WED the surface. WED WED Simon ...... Tom Basden WED Mel ...... Anna Crilly WED Duncan ...... Tim Key WED Eamonn ...... Nick Mohammed WED Jared ...... Johnny Sweet WED Phoebe ...... Katy Wix. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00r9syv (Listen) WED Kate catches up with an old comrade. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00r9xbh (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on a new WED Buckingham Palace exhibition which aims to challenge the WED familiar image of Queen Victoria. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq4 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00rblxz (Listen) WED Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind WED the week's news. Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor, Melanie WED Philips and Michael Portillo cross-examine witnesses. WED WED 20:45 Lent Talks b00rbly1 (Listen) WED Sr Elizabeth Obbard WED WED Series of six talks by eminent thinkers exploring how faith WED and religion interact with a variety of aspects in society. WED WED Sr Elizabeth Obbard, a Carmelite solitary at Aylesford WED Priory in Kent, explores how people's personal faith is WED affected and shaped by formal religion. WED WED 21:00 Revealing the Mind Bender General b00jd5pw (Listen) WED Reporter James Maw reveals what was happening in Ward Five WED at London's St Thomas' Hospital in the 1960s and 70s. There WED the man in charge, Dr William Sargant, developed his WED controversial Deep Sleep Treatment which took place in the WED hospital's Sleep Room. Sargant's work has been much admired WED in many quarters and yet some allege it turned some of WED those under his care into zombies and caused the deaths of WED four of his patients. WED WED In the early 1970s one of these, Anne, was admitted WED suffering from post-natal depression. In the Sleep Room she WED says she was placed under 'continuous narcosis' - a WED drug-induced sleep - for six weeks. Each day, remembers WED Anne, in a semi-woken state she was given food, water and WED regular sessions of ECT. Sargant claimed his treatment was WED the ultimate cure for depression, Anne says she still WED suffers from depression and the treatment resulted in her WED memory being wiped clean; she still can't remember the WED birth of her children or the day she got married. WED WED James Maw talks to supporters and detractors of Sargant: WED fellow professionals who worked under him in the late 1960s WED and to some of Sargant's former patients who say they are WED still suffering from his treatment to this day. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00rbl6g (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00r9xs6 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00r9xv4 (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Carolyn WED Quinn. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rm49w (Listen) WED Solar, Episode 3 WED WED Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. WED WED Professor Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, WED has been away for a week on a climate change expedition in WED the Arctic Circle. He returns home early to find an WED unexpected visitor - with shocking consequences. WED WED Abridged by Barry Johnston. WED WED A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Earls of the Court b00rbmgt (Listen) WED Downward Inflection WED WED Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright WED about two Australians down on their luck in London. WED WED Johnno's so sick and tired of London that he's even lost his WED upward inflection. If only Lloydie could make the city more WED like Australia. WED WED Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright WED Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale WED Reporter ...... Keely Beresford WED TV Anchor ...... David Seddon WED WED Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko. WED WED 23:15 Nick Mohammed in Quarters b00h3612 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED WED Energetic sketch comedy from Nick Mohammed. With guests Anna WED Crilly and Colin Hoult. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00r9y70 (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with David Wilby. WED WED THU THURSDAY 18 MARCH 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00r9158 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00r93vv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r919s (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00r926j (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r928b (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00r92jh (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00r92pm (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00r934c (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00r93b5 (Listen) THU With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00rbmrx (Listen) THU The Scream and Edvard Munch THU THU Melvyn Bragg and guests David Jackson, Dorothy Rowe and THU Alastair Wright discuss The Scream and its creator, Edvard THU Munch. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00r93vx (Listen) THU Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, Episode 4 THU THU Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of THU the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish THU child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship THU with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris. THU THU Though Chopin is at the height of his musical powers, he is THU constantly plagued by ill health. And when his relationship THU with the notorious George Sand breaks down, he begins to THU lose his inspiration. THU THU Abridged by Doreen Estall. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rghqm (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq6 (Listen) THU The Cloths Of Heaven, Episode 4 THU THU Sue Eckstein's dramatisation of her own novel, set in West THU Africa. THU THU Daniel finds Rachel's missing diary and discovers the tragic THU reason for her uneasy relationship with Kamal. THU THU Daniel ...... Matthew Pidgeon THU Rachel ...... Ruth Gemmell THU Kamal ...... Raad Rawi THU Alec ...... David Robb THU Diana ...... Briony McRoberts THU Ibraima ...... Damian Lynch THU Patrick ...... Bruce Alexander THU Isobel ...... Joanna Monro THU Newpin ...... Nigel Hastings. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00rbn86 (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 Lawson's THU History of Modern American Literature b00rbn88 (Listen) THU Small Wars 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 As America enjoyed the peace and wealth resulting from THU victory in a Second World War which had affected its THU homeland security directly only at Pearl Harbour, the THU Pentagon and the State Department constructed a new foreign THU policy: major international conflicts would in future be THU avoided by 'small' or 'proxy' wars or 'police actions', THU aimed at neutralising ideological threats abroad. THU THU Vietnam combatants David Rabe and Tobias Wolff dramatised THU their experiences on stage and in fiction, while EL THU Doctorow used historical parallels to reflect on recent THU campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. THU THU Former CIA man Charles McCarry used his time in deep cover THU as material for a series of espionage masterpieces, and Jay THU McInerney - who had chronicled the wealthy recklessness of THU boom-time 1980s New York in books including Bright Lights, THU Big City - now turned to the very different mood of the THU city after 9/11. THU THU Authors including Norman Mailer, Jay McInerney, Jonathan THU Safran Foer and EL Doctorow discuss the way American THU literature reflected these decades of theoretically small THU wars, and Mark Lawson reveals his candidate for the most THU unfairly neglected modern American writer. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00r97ps (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00r97vn (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00r97xd (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Costing the Earth b00rb1xw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Monday] THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00r9syv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rbn8b (Listen) THU Final Demands, Black and White THU THU Series of plays by Frederic Raphael reuniting the characters THU from his novel The Glittering Prizes, which followed the THU fortunes of scholarship boy Adam Morris and his THU contemporaries at Cambridge University in the early 1950s. THU THU An old friend invites Adam on to his radio programme to talk THU about his new book - and incidentally to make an THU uncharacteristic revelation. Having decided to walk home, THU Adam has serious cause to regret the decision. A visit from THU the police is anything but reassuring. THU THU Adam Morris ...... Tom Conti THU Barbara Morris ...... Barbara Kellermann THU Rachel Morris ...... Flora Montgomery THU Alan Parks ...... Alistair McGowan THU Derek Morris ...... Adrian Lukis THU Inspector Siddons ...... Ben Onwukwe THU Josiah Idun ...... Kobna Holdbrook Smith THU Leila ...... Georgina Rich THU THU Produced by Jo Wheeler THU THU Directed by Pete Atkin THU THU An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:00 Ramblings b00r8b15 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00r8d91 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00rb376 (Listen) THU An Elegy for Easterly, Our Man in Geneva Wins a Million Euros THU THU Stories from Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah's debut THU collection, An Elegy for Easterly, which won the Guardian THU First Book Award for 2009. THU THU An embassy official posted to Geneva sets out to claim his THU lottery winnings. THU THU Read by Lucian Msamati. THU THU Abridged by Richard Hamilton. THU THU 15:45 A Brief History of Double Entry Book-keeping b00r9ts7 (Listen) THU Episode 9 THU THU Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped the THU modern world. THU THU He examines the military's sometimes uncomfortable THU relationship with accountancy, from the 17th century to the THU present day. In the Crimean War, 90 per cent of the near THU 20,000 men killed died from starvation and exposure. THU Soldiers were allocated one coat to last them three years, THU even though there were warehouses full of replacements. THU Accounting decisions were being made in Parliament rather THU than on the battlefield. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00r90cd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00rbn8d (Listen) THU With more doubts being raised about climate research, THU Quentin Cooper asks 'how does science handle the issue of THU uncertainty'? How do different branches of research THU quantify what they can't be sure of? And what are the rest THU of us to make of it? THU THU The Royal Society is hosting a special meeting - Handling THU Uncertainty - to discuss these issues, which are at the THU heart of much of the arguments over the validity of climate THU change research. Quentin is joined by the meeting's THU organiser, climate scientist Professor Tim Palmer, to find THU out how uncertainty will influence our scientific future. THU THU 17:00 PM b00r9tvk (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 b00r9vzb (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b00rbnmk (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 3 THU THU Milton Jones bestrides the globe as an expert in his field, THU with no ability whatsoever. THU THU Milton is a world-famous travel entrepreneur who builds the THU world's most Extreme Sports Hotel and crosses the Atlantic THU in a rather unusual way. THU THU With Tom Goodman-Hill, Dan Tetsell and Lucy Montgomery. THU THU Written by Milton Jones & James Cary THU THU Music by Guy Jackson THU THU Produced by David Tyler THU THU A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00r9syx (Listen) THU Time is running out for Kenton. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00r9xbk (Listen) THU Twenty years ago to the day, thieves stole paintings THU including three Rembrandts and a Vermeer from a Boston THU museum. John Wilson reports from the US on the largest THU unsolved art heist ever. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 Law in Action b00rbky7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday] THU THU 20:30 The Bottom Line b00rbnmm (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 Peer Review in the Dock b00ctk01 (Listen) THU Mark Whitaker investigates the tarnished image of a flawed THU process. Peer Review is supposed to be the keystone of THU quality control for research projects and academic studies, THU yet evidence of its many deficiencies has been building up THU for over 20 years. American lawyers have started THU challenging expert witnesses on the basis that peer review THU no longer guarantees their expertise. Yet accurate peer THU review in fields such as medicine can be a matter of life THU and death. THU THU A Square Dog production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00rbmrx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b00r9xs8 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00r9xv6 (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Carolyn THU Quinn. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rm49y (Listen) THU Solar, Episode 4 THU THU Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. THU THU Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has covered THU up the accidental death of his young colleague, Tom Aldous, THU and planted evidence to frame his wife's lover, Rodney THU Tarpin. THU THU Abridged by Barry Johnston. THU THU A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick b00rbnmp (Listen) THU Entrepreneur THU THU Comedy series written by and starring Andy Parsons, THU following the exploits of hapless Scrooby, an enthusiastic THU but flawed wannabe who is desperately trying to find THU himself by zealously posting his web diaries online. THU THU Scrooby tries to become an entrepreneur by mis-spending his THU inheritance on the horses, the dogs and the 'Fruit on a THU Pizza' company. THU THU With Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell THU Kane, Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul THU Thorne, Martin Coyote and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. THU THU An Open Mike production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00r9y72 (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Sean Curran. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 19 MARCH 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00r915b (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00r93vx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00r919v (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00r926l (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00r928d (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00r92jk (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00r92pp (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Dr Gordon Gray. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00r934f (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00r93b7 (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in FRI Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00r8h99 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00r93vz (Listen) FRI Chopin: Prince of the Romantics, Episode 5 FRI FRI Adam Zamoyski's biography of the brief but eventful life of FRI the great Romantic composer Frederic Chopin, from Polish FRI child prodigy to Paris dandy, his turbulent relationship FRI with George Sand and his early death, penniless in Paris. FRI FRI As Paris is shaken by revolution, Chopin seeks refuge in FRI Scotland, where he is forced to fend off the attentions of FRI several well-meaning 'Scottish Ladies'. Returning to Paris, FRI his health deteriorates rapidly and, relying on the FRI benevolence and support of his friends, he retreats to his FRI apartment, where he begins to make plans for his own FRI sumptuous funeral. FRI FRI Abridged by Doreen Estall. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rghqp (Listen) FRI With Jenni Murray. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq8 (Listen) FRI The Cloths Of Heaven, Episode 5 FRI FRI Sue Eckstein's dramatisation of her own novel, set in West FRI Africa. FRI FRI After a fleeting but cathartic affair, Rachel returns to FRI face her lover, Kamal. FRI FRI Daniel ...... Matthew Pidgeon FRI Rachel ...... Ruth Gemmell FRI Kamal ...... Raad Rawi FRI Alec ...... David Robb FRI Diana ...... Briony McRoberts FRI Ibraima ...... Damian Lynch FRI Patrick ...... Bruce Alexander FRI Isobel ...... Joanna Monro FRI Newpin ...... Nigel Hastings. FRI FRI 11:00 China, Britain and the Nunzilla Conundrum b00rbpb4 (Listen) FRI China - manufacturer of Nunzilla the fire-breathing nun, the FRI Egyptian mummy-shaped elastic band holder Mummified Mike, FRI and the Dashboard Jesus. FRI FRI Britain - home of the creative types who send these ironic, FRI sometimes blasphemous, novelty gift designs to the Chinese FRI for manufacture. FRI FRI What do these throwaway gifts tell us about our own society FRI and our relationship with China? While our economic FRI relationship flourishes, our respective cultures remain FRI poles apart. FRI FRI Writer and comedian Anna Chen follows a novelty toy from FRI design through manufacture to the gift shops. Workers on FRI the production lines in a south Chinese factory give their FRI take on what on earth it is they're making and British FRI designers try their best to deconstruct the joke. FRI FRI 11:30 Jeeves Live b008hz76 (Listen) FRI Fixing It for Freddie FRI FRI Martin Jarvis plays Bertie Wooster, Jeeves and an array of FRI other PG Wodehouse characters. FRI FRI Bertie describes his attempts to reunite his chum Freddie FRI with ex-fiancee Elizabeth. When things go wrong, will FRI Jeeves shimmer to the rescue? FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00r97pv (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00r97vq (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00r97xg (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00rbq34 (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00r9syx (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rbq36 (Listen) FRI Final Demands, The Distinguished Thing FRI FRI Series of plays by Frederic Raphael reuniting the characters FRI from his novel The Glittering Prizes, which followed the FRI fortunes of scholarship boy Adam Morris and his FRI contemporaries at Cambridge University in the early 1950s. FRI FRI Adam and the friends and enemies who started out together as FRI Cambridge undergraduates find that it's now 50 years since FRI they set out on their winding, interlocking paths. But it's FRI Adam's brother Derek who holds the key to how the story FRI ends. FRI FRI Adam Morris ...... Tom Conti FRI Barbara Morris ...... Barbara Kellermann FRI Rachel Morris ...... Flora Montgomery FRI Alan Parks ...... Alistair McGowan FRI Derek Morris ...... Adrian Lukis FRI Mike Clode ...... Mark Wing-Davey FRI Lars Waring ...... Ian Kelly FRI Terry Slater ...... Stephen Mangan FRI Tom Morris ...... Rupert Degas FRI Bernice ...... Georgina Rich FRI Anna Cunningham ...... Emily Richard FRI FRI Produced by Jo Wheeler FRI FRI Directed by Pete Atkin FRI FRI An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00rbs13 (Listen) FRI Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. Bob FRI Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Wilson answer FRI questions posed by gardeners in Shoreham-by-Sea, West FRI Sussex. FRI FRI The programme visits the UK's first commercial olive FRI growers, and reports on new plant varieties from the FRI British Plant Fair. FRI FRI 15:45 A Brief History of Double Entry Book-keeping b00r9ts9 (Listen) FRI Episode 10 FRI FRI Jolyon Jenkins investigates how accountants shaped the FRI modern world, and looks at accountancy as obfuscation. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00rbs15 (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 b00rbs17 (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Gurinder Chadha and Sanjeev Bhaskar FRI about It's A Wonderful Afterlife and how it reflects a new FRI Ealing. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00r9tvm (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 b00r9vzd (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The Now Show b00rbs19 (Listen) FRI Series 30, Episode 3 FRI FRI Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the FRI week's news, with help from Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch FRI Benn and Marcus Brigstocke. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00r9syz (Listen) FRI Pip fights fire with fire at Brookfield. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00r9xbm (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including the FRI verdict on a new Stratford production of Romeo and Juliet, FRI directed by Rupert Goold. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00r9xq8 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00rbs1c (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Leeds. FRI FRI The panellists are Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer, FRI secretary of state for children, schools and families Ed FRI Balls, shadow foreign secretary William Hague and Green FRI Party leader Caroline Lucas MEP. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00rbs1f (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Simon Schama. FRI FRI 21:00 A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus b00rbs1h (Listen) FRI The First Cities and States FRI FRI Another chance to hear the Director of the British Museum FRI Neil MacGregor retell the history of human development FRI using 100 selected objects from the Museum. FRI FRI In this programme he investigates the impact on human FRI society of large numbers of people coming together in the FRI world's first cities between 5000 and 2000 BC. As they did FRI so, they developed new trade links, the first handwriting, FRI and new forms of leadership and beliefs. FRI FRI All of these innovations are present in Neil's first object: FRI a small label made of hippo ivory that was attached to the FRI sandal that one of the earliest known kings of Egypt, King FRI Den, took his grave. The label not only depicts the king in FRI battle against unknown foes but also boasts the first FRI writing in this history of the world: hieroglyphs that FRI describe the king and his military conquests. Is this just FRI the first indication that there would never be civilisation FRI without war? FRI FRI For his second item, Neil considers a set of mosaics from FRI the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur, now in southern Iraq. FRI The Standard of Ur shows powerful images of battle and FRI regal life and remains remarkably well preserved given its FRI four and a half thousand year old history. Contributors FRI include sociologist Anthony Giddens, who discuss the FRI growing sophistication of societies at this time, and the FRI archaeologist Lamia Al-Gailani, who considers what Ancient FRI Mesopotamia means to the people of modern day Iraq. FRI FRI Neil then moves on to the ancient city of Harappa which lies FRI around 150 miles north of Lahore in Pakistan. It was once FRI one of the great centres of a civilisation that has largely FRI disappeared, one with vast trade connections and boasting FRI several of the world's first cities. At a time when another FRI great civilisation was being forged along the banks of the FRI river Nile in Egypt, Neil investigates this much less FRI well-known civilisation on the banks of the Indus Valley. FRI He introduces us to a series of little stone seals that are FRI 4,500 years old, covered in carved images of animals and FRI probably used in trade. The civilisation built over 100 FRI cities, some with sophisticated sanitation systems, big FRI scale architecture and even designed around a modern grid FRI layout. The great modern architect Sir Richard Rogers FRI considers the urban planning of the Indus Valley, and the FRI historian Nayanjot Lahiri looks at how this lost FRI civilisation is remembered by both modern India and FRI Pakistan. FRI FRI In Britain at that time, life was much simpler, although FRI trade links with Europe were well established. For his next FRI item, Neil tells the story of a beautiful piece of jade, FRI shaped into an axe head. It is about 6,000 years old and FRI was discovered near Canterbury in Kent but was made in the FRI high Alps. He tells the story of how this object may have FRI been used and traded and how its source was cunningly FRI traced to the heart of Europe. FRI FRI For his final item in this programme, Neil celebrates the FRI arrival of writing into our history with a 5,000-year-old FRI clay tablet from Mesopotamia that deals not in poetry but FRI in describing the local beer. The philosopher John Searle FRI describes what the invention of writing does for the human FRI mind and Britain's top civil servant Gus O'Donnell FRI considers the tablet as an example of possibly the earliest FRI bureaucracy. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00r9xsb (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00r9xv8 (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rm4b0 (Listen) FRI Solar, Episode 5 FRI FRI Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel. FRI FRI After the accidental death of a colleague, Professor Michael FRI Beard has stolen the young scientist's files on solar FRI energy and framed his ex-wife's lover for murder. It is now FRI five years later. FRI FRI Abridged by Barry Johnston. FRI FRI A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00rbky9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00r9y74 (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI
12 March, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 13/03/2010 - 19/03/2010
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