Radio 4 Listings for 13/02/2010 - 19/02/2010

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SAT       SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2010
SAT       
SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00qlf3c (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mk (Listen)
SAT       The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC),
SAT       Statue of Ramesses II
SAT       Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells the
SAT       history of human development from the first stone axe to
SAT       the credit card, using 100 selected objects from the
SAT       Museum.
SAT       The story arrives in Egypt around 1250 BC. At the heart of
SAT       this programme is the British Museum's giant statue of the
SAT       king Ramesses II, an inspiration to Shelley and a
SAT       remarkable ruler who built monuments all over Egypt. He
SAT       inspired a line of future pharaohs and was worshipped as a
SAT       god a thousand years later. He lived to be over 90 and
SAT       fathered some 100 children.
SAT       Neil considers the achievements of Ramesses II in fixing
SAT       the image of imperial Egypt for the rest of the world, and
SAT       sculptor Antony Gormley, the man responsible for a
SAT       contemporary giant statue, The Angel of the North,
SAT       considers the towering figure of Ramesses as an enduring
SAT       work of art.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qlf3f (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qlf3j (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qlf3l (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00qlf3n (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qlf3q (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00qlf81 (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00qlf83 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00qlf85 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Ramblings b00qlgz3 (Listen)
SAT       Series 14, Episode 2
SAT       Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking.
SAT       Clare walks with artists Richard and Tom Keating, and Kel
SAT       Portman. They all lead guided walks in the area,
SAT       encouraging their companions to enjoy the landscape by
SAT       drawing and painting what they see as they go. The artists
SAT       use their knowledge of the area and of creating art to
SAT       assist the other walkers in the work, suggest different
SAT       techniques or views and to generally encourage and support.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00qlgz6 (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00qlgz8 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00qlgzb (Listen)
SAT       With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00qlgzd (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00qlgzg (Listen)
SAT       Don McCullin is renowned as a photographer for his stark
SAT       and telling pictures, often of conflicts and catastrophes.
SAT       Now in his seventies, he has turned to photographing
SAT       landscapes and Roman ruins across the ancient empire. John
SAT       McCarthy asks him about his life of travel, both in combat
SAT       zones in the remoter parts of the world, and the apparent
SAT       peace of scenes closer to home.
SAT       Journalist Monica Porter and her family left their native
SAT       Hungary after the failed uprising against the Soviet
SAT       powers in1956. In the many times she has returned there
SAT       since she has witnessed the huge changes that have brought
SAT       it to its current status as a democratic member of the EU.
SAT       She joins travel writer Andrew Eames, who horse-trekked
SAT       across Hungary, in telling John about the rich heritage of
SAT       the country and the appeal of the contrast between
SAT       bustling, modern Budapest and the more traditional rural
SAT       areas.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Johnny Cash of Easter Cash b00qll0x (Listen)
SAT       Johnny Cash is an all-American hero, yet he discovered
SAT       that his ancestors came from a small village in Scotland.
SAT       A chance conversation on a transatlantic flight led him to
SAT       trace his family roots to Easter Cash in Fife. Sarfraz
SAT       Manzoor goes in search of the Cash connection.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00qll0z (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Andrew Pierce.
SAT       The Conservatives have been accused of back tracking on
SAT       their economic policy, making it barely distinguishable
SAT       from that of the government. Michael Fallon, Conservative
SAT       member of the Treasury Select Committee, and Kitty Ussher,
SAT       until recently economic secretary to the Treasury, form
SAT       the battle lines between Labour and Conservative on
SAT       cutting the deficit.
SAT       Current opinion polls suggest the possibility of a hung
SAT       parliament. Would that lead to instability or might it
SAT       have advantages? Liberal Democrat peer Lord McNally and
SAT       the Conservative Lord Howell, both with experience of
SAT       inconclusive elections results in the 1970s, consider the
SAT       implications for 2010.
SAT       Also in the programme:
SAT       Are the Conservatives losing momentum? Tim Montgomerie of
SAT       ConservativeHome and Conservative MP Mark Field on what
SAT       strategy they should employ to improve their ratings.
SAT       Politicians who shed tears: do we believe them? Sketch
SAT       writers Ann Treneman of The Times and Andrew Gibson of The
SAT       Telegraph take a wry look politicians parading their
SAT       emotions.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00qll11 (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00qll13 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The News Quiz b00qldxx (Listen)
SAT       Series 70, Episode 6
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The
SAT       panellists are Will Smith, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and
SAT       Milton Jones.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00qll15 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00qll17 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00qldxz (Listen)
SAT       Shaun Ley chairs the topical debate from Burnley.
SAT       The panellists are UKIP chairman Paul Nuttall, former
SAT       editor of The Sun Kelvin MacKenzie, professor emeritus at
SAT       the Royal College of Arts Christopher Frayling and
SAT       professor of politics and women's studies at the
SAT       University of York Haleh Afshar.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00qll19 (Listen)
SAT       Shaun Ley takes listeners' calls and emails in response to
SAT       this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00qny57 (Listen)
SAT       Slaughterhouse 5
SAT       Dramatisation by Dave Sheasby of the celebrated anti-war
SAT       novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Billy Pilgrim, who hops back and
SAT       forth in time, relives various moments in his real and
SAT       fantasy lives, as a prisoner of war, optometrist and time
SAT       traveller.
SAT       Narrator ...... John Guerassio
SAT       Billy Pilgrim ...... Andrew Scott
SAT       Bernard V O'Hare ...... Nathan Osgood
SAT       Mary ...... Joanne McQuinn
SAT       Montana ...... Annabelle Dowler
SAT       Barbara ...... Sarah Goldberg
SAT       Valencia ...... Madeleine Potter
SAT       Roland Weary ...... Simon Lee Philips
SAT       Mother ...... Liza Ross
SAT       Eliot Rosewater ...... Kerry Shale
SAT       Howard J Campbell Jnr ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Bertram Rumfoord ...... Peter Marinker
SAT       English Officer ...... Michael Mears
SAT       Cinderella ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Paul Lazarro ...... Gunnar Cauthery
SAT       Soldiers ...... Orlando James, Michael Shelford
SAT       Music by 65 Days of Static
SAT       Directed by David Hunter.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00qll1c (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       With Jane Garvey.
SAT       Including, as part of Winning Women's Votes, the first of
SAT       the programme's interviews with the party leaders. Nick
SAT       Clegg, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, talks about
SAT       his plans, if were to be elected to No. 10. You can hear
SAT       what he has to say on such issues as childcare provision,
SAT       parental leave and tuition fees.
SAT       In 2005 Bee, a BBC World Service journalist, contacted
SAT       May, an English-speaking Iraqi university lecturer, to ask
SAT       if she would give an interview about living conditions in
SAT       Baghdad in the run-up to the elections. An unlikely
SAT       friendship blossomed between Bee, who was living the quiet
SAT       life juggling work and children, and May, who was dealing
SAT       the daily terror of bombs and violence. The collection of
SAT       their emails over a four-year period has resulted in a new
SAT       book, Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad. The two women
SAT       talk to Jenni about their correspondence and why it had a
SAT       life-changing effect on both of them.
SAT       Kelly McGillis was one of the most successful film stars
SAT       of the 1980s, appearing inTop Gun, Witness and The
SAT       Accused, to name but a few. Then she walked away from
SAT       stardom to concentrate on the theatre. She joins Jenni to
SAT       talk about her life and career.
SAT       Plus the working class and their domestic lives in the
SAT       1930s, and, after the revelations about Margaret
SAT       Thatcher's egg diet, a celebration of the great egg
SAT       revival with some tasty dishes.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00qll1f (Listen)
SAT       Saturday PM
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Brian
SAT       Hanrahan, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 The Bottom Line b00qjx5n (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top executives from the
SAT       world of public relations to discuss exactly what it is
SAT       that they do. He also finds out what advice they would
SAT       give to companies in crisis; what should they say when it
SAT       all goes wrong?
SAT       Evan is joined by chairman of Chime Communications Lord
SAT       Bell, chief executive of Editorial Intelligence Julia
SAT       Hobsbawm and chief executive of Edelman UK Robert Phillips.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00qll1h (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00qll1k (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qll1m (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00qll1p (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of
SAT       conversation, music and comedy.
SAT       Clive is joined by former director of communications and
SAT       strategy at No.10 Alastair Campbell and the actors Ashley
SAT       Walters and Ralf Little.
SAT       Emma Freud talks to the director of Skippy: Australia's
SAT       First Superstar, Stephen Oliver.
SAT       With music from The Low Anthem and Vieux Farke Toure and
SAT       Toumani Diabate.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00qll1r (Listen)
SAT       Rajendra Pachauri
SAT       Jonathan Maitland profiles Rajendra Pachauri, a key player
SAT       in the climate change debate.
SAT       As the head of the UN's climate change panel, he is coming
SAT       under increasing fire for a glaring error in the IPCC
SAT       reporting on glaciers. Pechauri's critics also claim that
SAT       his business interests - as a consultant to energy
SAT       industry giants - could represent a conflict of interest.
SAT       But his supporters say he's a tireless champion in
SAT       alerting people to the impact of climate change on
SAT       developing nations.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00qll1t (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00qs41j (Listen)
SAT       AJP at the BBC
SAT       Joe Queenan recalls the long and turbulent relationship
SAT       between the BBC and the first television don, historian
SAT       AJP Taylor.
SAT       Taylor's broadcasting career spanned five decades,
SAT       beginning on BBC radio and then switching to the new
SAT       medium of television, where his unscripted lectures
SAT       brought serious history out of the university lecture
SAT       halls and into the living rooms of millions of people for
SAT       the first time. His broadcasts were as provocative as they
SAT       were popular, at one point arousing bitter condemnation in
SAT       the House of Commons, and his relationship with the
SAT       corporation was often far from cordial.
SAT       It dropped the sulky don, as he became known, from the
SAT       airwaves on numerous occasions - once for refusing to
SAT       speak any further in a live discussion programme. For his
SAT       part, Taylor campaigned vigorously for an independent
SAT       competitor to the BBC, and frequently mocked it in the
SAT       press. Still, the relationship served both well over the
SAT       years, providing Taylor with the mass audience he craved
SAT       and the BBC with many hours of entertaining and
SAT       enlightening broadcasting from one of the greatest
SAT       academics of his day.
SAT       Queenan, a long-term admirer of Taylor, tells the story of
SAT       the historian and the corporation through written and
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00qg17p (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 2: The
SAT       Honourable Schoolboy, Part 3
SAT       Dramatisation of John le Carre's classic novel featuring
SAT       intelligence officer George Smiley.
SAT       Smiley's plans to get hold of Russian spy Nelson Ko are
SAT       coming to a head. But Smiley has pinned his hopes on Jerry
SAT       Westerby - and Westerby has plans of his own.
SAT       George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SAT       Jerry Westerby ...... Hugh Bonneville
SAT       Liese Worth ...... Daisy Haggard
SAT       Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
SAT       Martello ...... John Guerrasio
SAT       Enderby ...... James Laurenson
SAT       Oliver Lacon ...... Anthony Calf
SAT       Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed
SAT       Sam Collins ...... Nicholas Boulton
SAT       Drake Ko ...... David Yip
SAT       Charlie Marshall ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu
SAT       Mickey ...... Angelo Paragoso
SAT       Ricardo ...... Chris Pavlo
SAT       Murphy ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
SAT       Directed by Marc Beeby
SAT       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 14th February as
SAT       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00qll1w (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00qj218 (Listen)
SAT       More than 70,000 citizens will be denied their chance to
SAT       vote in the general election this Spring. They're
SAT       prisoners and the ban has been in place since 1870. In
SAT       2005 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the ban
SAT       breaches prisoners' right to free elections. Prison reform
SAT       charities have warned that the government has had enough
SAT       time to sort this out and if the general election goes
SAT       ahead and prisoners aren't allowed to vote, it could be
SAT       challenged in the courts. Have criminals by definition
SAT       lost their moral authority to vote or could it help with
SAT       their rehabilitation and keep them in touch with society
SAT       and their role as citizens? How do we balance the rights
SAT       of prisoners with our rights to punish them, and who
SAT       should decide which takes precedence?
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Quote... Unquote b00qgxxd (Listen)
SAT       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
SAT       of quotations and anecdotes.
SAT       With guests Ken Bruce, Valerie Grove, Dr Ben Goldacre and
SAT       Kwame Kwei-Armah.
SAT       The reader is Peter Jefferson.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Poetry Please b00qg23w (Listen)
SAT       Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests. He guides us
SAT       through a poetic landscape cast in frost, with requested
SAT       poems by Ted Hughes, William Morris and Raymond Carver.
SAT       There's also a tender poem about fatherhood and language
SAT       from the 2008 Forward Prize-winning poet Mick Imlah.
SAT       With readers Tanya Moodie, John Telfer and David Henry.
SAT       Poems featured in this edition
SAT       The Horses
SAT       by Ted Hughes
SAT       From: Ted Hughes, New Selected Poems 1957-1994
SAT       Pub: Faber
SAT       When You Are Old
SAT       by WB Yeats
SAT       From : The Collected Poems of WB Yeats
SAT       Pub: Palgrave
SAT       February
SAT       by Francis Brett Young
SAT       From: An Anthology of Modern Verse
SAT       Pub: Methuen
SAT       To All Who Read the Cover and Proclaim
SAT       by Jean Binta Breeze
SAT       From :Spring Cleaning
SAT       Pub: Virago
SAT       Iona
SAT       by Mick Imlah
SAT       From: The Lost Leader
SAT       Pub: Faber
SAT       Jewels in my Hand
SAT       by Sasha Moorsom
SAT       From :Your Head in Mine – Sasha Moorsom & Michael Young
SAT       Pub: Carcanet
SAT       Late Fragment
SAT       by Raymond Carver
SAT       From : A New Path to the Waterfall
SAT       Pub: Harvill
SAT       Gravy
SAT       by Raymond Carver
SAT       From : All of Us – The Collected Poems
SAT       Pub: The Harvill Press
SAT       Iceland First Seen
SAT       by William Morris
SAT       From : William Morris, Selected Poems
SAT       Pub: Fyfield Books
SAT       The Last Snow
SAT       by Andrew Young
SAT       From: Andrew Young, The Poetical Works
SAT       Pub: Secker & Warburg
SAT       A Song to Heal
SAT       by Jean Binta-Breeze
SAT       From : Spring Cleaning
SAT       Pub: Virago
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SUN       SUNDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2010
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00qllt3 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b008x3yr (Listen)
SUN       Cupid Strikes, Interview with a Cupid
SUN       Stories exploring the reality behind St Valentine's Day.
SUN       A revealing interview gives a rare insight into Cupid's
SUN       world.
SUN       By Polly Devlin, read by Julian Clary.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qlm27 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qlm29 (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qlm2c (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00qlm2f (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00qlm2h (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from All Saints Church in Worcester.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00qll1r (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00qlm50 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00qlmr5 (Listen)
SUN       Breathe Easy
SUN       Mark Tully explores the power of the breath as the source
SUN       of our physical, mental and spiritual health.
SUN       The readers are Janice Acquah, Frank Stirling and David
SUN       Westhead.
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 The Living World b00qm35q (Listen)
SUN       The Deer Park
SUN       On a very blustery autumn morning, Lionel Kelleway joins
SUN       naturalist Phil Gates from Durham University in Bishop
SUN       Auckland Deer Park in County Durham where he learns about
SUN       the history and wildlife of this undulating landscape in
SUN       the grounds of Auckland Castle.
SUN       Auckland Castle is the home of the Bishop of Auckland. It
SUN       is built above the Rivers Wear and Gaunless, 10 miles
SUN       south-west of Durham. It was established about 800 years
SUN       ago, and has expanded over the centuries. In 1822 it
SUN       became the official residence of the Bishop of Durham. The
SUN       grounds would have been a managed forest in medieval
SUN       times, then converted parkland with a collection of now
SUN       slowly disintegrating trees (wonderful habitats for
SUN       wildlife) - amazing old sweet chestnuts whose trunk and
SUN       branches grow twisted like a corkscrew, decaying beeches,
SUN       giant redwoods with soft bark, horse chestnuts, poplars,
SUN       birches and old oaks.
SUN       A fine stone deer house still exists. This would have been
SUN       used to shelter the deer. A watchtower was built for
SUN       guests to view the animals, and there was at one time a
SUN       banqueting apartment where guests would have feasted on
SUN       the venison. Today, while only the occasional wild roe
SUN       deer might be spotted in the park, there's a metropolis of
SUN       meadow ant hills.
SUN       Yellow Meadow Ants, Lasius flavus live primarily
SUN       underground in meadows and very commonly in lawns. The
SUN       nests are often completely overgrown by grass and mosses
SUN       and form mounds. Below ground, the nests are highly
SUN       intricate with numerous fine channels; the whole structure
SUN       strengthened by the plant roots. Usually the mounds have
SUN       one flat face which faces south east to gain the maximum
SUN       benefits from the heat of the sun.
SUN       Like all ants, meadow ants live in organised social
SUN       colonies, consisting of the reproductive female, the
SUN       queen, a few males and large numbers of workers, which are
SUN       non-sexual females. Mating takes place in summer during a
SUN       'nuptial flight' when a male and female form a pair and
SUN       mate on the wing. After mating, the female finds a
SUN       suitable place to establish a new colony.
SUN       Where there are meadow ants, there are often Green
SUN       Woodpeckers, as these birds feed on as many as 2,000 ants
SUN       a day, digging a hole into the mound and licking up the
SUN       ants as they rush out.
SUN       As they explore this undulating landscape, Lionel and Phil
SUN       also find a fine collection of autumn fungi and huge
SUN       numbers of berries and nuts before the blustery wind blows
SUN       them on their way. It's a beautiful and fascinating park
SUN       in any season, but in autumn, when the wind whisks up the
SUN       leaves in a whirling dance, and the river in the valley
SUN       gurgles and chuckles over the rocks, nature is perhaps at
SUN       its most playful.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00qm35s (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00qm35v (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00qm35y (Listen)
SUN       William Crawley discusses the religious and ethical news
SUN       of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00qm360 (Listen)
SUN       Coeliac UK
SUN       Dr Chris Steele appeals on behalf of Coeliac UK.
SUN       Donations to Coeliac UK should be sent to FREEPOST BBC
SUN       Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope
SUN       Coeliac UK. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you
SUN       are a UK tax payer, please provide Coeliac UK with your
SUN       full name and address so they can claim the Gift Aid on
SUN       your donation. The online and phone donation facilities
SUN       are not currently available to listeners without a UK
SUN       postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity Number: England and Wales (1048167) and
SUN       in Scotland (SC039804).
SUN       Related Links
SUN       * Coeliac UK (www.coeliac.org.uk)
SUN       Coeliac UK
SUN       Coeliac UK is a leading charity working for people with
SUN       coeliac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis (DH). Coeliac
SUN       UK works to improve the lives of people with coeliac
SUN       disease through support, campaigning and research.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00qm362 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00qm364 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00qm366 (Listen)
SUN       A service from St Nicholas Buccleuch Parish Church,
SUN       Dalkeith, Midlothian.
SUN       Led by Rev Sandy Horsburgh. Preacher: Rev Marjory MacLean.
SUN       With the Edinburgh University Renaissance Singers directed
SUN       by Noel O'Regan. Organist: Willie Hendry.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00qldy1 (Listen)
SUN       Lisa Jardine reflects on the power of music and the value
SUN       of musical education.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00qm368 (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00qm36c (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00qm36f (Listen)
SUN       Professor Jim Al-Khalili
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is the physicist Professor Jim
SUN       Al-Khalili.
SUN       He's spent his adult life studying sub-atomic particles -
SUN       and trying to explain them to the rest of us. He fell in
SUN       love with physics when he was a teenager growing up in
SUN       Iraq. With an Iraqi father and English mother, the Baghdad
SUN       he spent his early years in was cosmopolitan and vibrant
SUN       but, once Saddam Hussein came to power, his parents
SUN       realised the family would have to flee, and he has lived
SUN       and worked in Britain for the past 30 years.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00qgz7x (Listen)
SUN       Series 56, Episode 6
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. Paul Merton
SUN       and Graham Norton talk about how to pass the time if
SUN       you're stuck in traffic, and Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck
SUN       debate whether bikers should be clad in leathers or
SUN       lettuce.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00qm461 (Listen)
SUN       The New Gastronomy
SUN       In 1825 Brillet-Savarin published one of the most famous
SUN       books about food, The Physiology of Taste. In one chapter,
SUN       the book's 'Third Meditation', he put forward the argument
SUN       that the world needs an 'Academy of Gastronomy', where,
SUN       gastronomy, 'will have its own academicians, courses,
SUN       professors, and scholarships'.
SUN       Now, nearly 200 years later, that idea is finally being
SUN       put into practice. In Italy the Slow Food organisation has
SUN       set up the University of Gastronomic Sciences, where
SUN       students from all over the world study food taking what
SUN       they describe as 'a holistic approach'. During the
SUN       three-year degrees they have lectures in plant biology,
SUN       study cheesemaking, research the anthropology of food and
SUN       learn to develop their palates.
SUN       Do these courses have any practical value? Their
SUN       supporters argue that the food industry will now be able
SUN       to recruit graduates with a deeper understanding of food.
SUN       To put that argument to the test Sheila Dillon travels to
SUN       Pollenzo in the north of Italy to meet students and
SUN       lecturers at the University of Gastronomic Sciences. She
SUN       also hears how the American television chef Julia Child
SUN       helped launch a similar course at Boston University.
SUN       Back in the UK Sheila hears from academics in Oxford,
SUN       Shropshire and London who reveal the work underway to
SUN       bring the study of gastronomy to Britain.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00qm463 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00qm465 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Let's Go to Misterland b00qm467 (Listen)
SUN       Stephanie Flanders, BBC economics editor and daughter of
SUN       the actor and singer Michael Flanders, examines the appeal
SUN       of Roger Hargreaves' Mr Men books and how these bold,
SUN       colourful drawings and simple stories continue to capture
SUN       children's hearts.
SUN       Created in 1971, the Mr Men books have been an important
SUN       part of many childhoods. Inspired by the author's son
SUN       Adam, who one day inquired, 'what does a tickle look
SUN       like?', the first character was born. The Little Miss
SUN       books followed ten years later, worldwide sales have
SUN       exceeded 100 million, and today the brand is flourishing
SUN       under its new owners.
SUN       Stephanie takes a look at the Mr Men business and its
SUN       growth over the years. She speaks to Adam Hargreaves, who
SUN       tells the story behind the books and what inspired his
SUN       father to create such a simplistic, yet hugely influential
SUN       brand. Created in the humble surroundings of a small home
SUN       office, the characters have reached a global audience, and
SUN       they appeal to today's children as much as they did to
SUN       their 1970s counterparts. Although he died in 1988, Roger
SUN       Hargreaves was still the third-best selling author of the
SUN       past decade, outstripping such feted writers as Jacqueline
SUN       Wilson, Terry Pratchett and John Grisham.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00qldxq (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood
SUN       answer questions from the gardeners of Lacock and District
SUN       Garden and Allotment Association in Wiltshire.
SUN       Pippa Greenwood attends a meeting of snowdrop-lovers.
SUN       In part two of the Behind the Scenes at Chelsea series, we
SUN       meet the nurserymen involved in design execution.
SUN       Includes gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Head To Head b00js7tl (Listen)
SUN       Episode 1
SUN       Edward Stourton presents a series celebrating great
SUN       debates, combining archive of rare discussions between key
SUN       figures with analysis by a panel of experts.
SUN       The panel discusses the heated 1969 debate between
SUN       left-wing philosopher Noam Chomsky and conservative
SUN       commentator William F Buckley about United States foreign
SUN       policy and how it justifies its objective of spreading
SUN       'freedom' around the world.
SUN       A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00qm62k (Listen)
SUN       Plantagenet, What is A Man?
SUN       Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's
SUN       Chronicles, about the early years of the Plantagenet
SUN       dynasty.
SUN       The first of the House of Anjou to be king of England,
SUN       Henry II's long reign was finally beset by conflict with
SUN       his sons.
SUN       King Henry II ...... David Warner
SUN       Queen Eleanor ...... Jane Lapotaire
SUN       Prince Richard ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
SUN       Prince Hal ...... Piers Wehner
SUN       Prince Geoffrey ...... Rhys Jennings
SUN       William Marshall ...... Stephen Hogan
SUN       Bertran de Bourne ...... Bruce Alexander
SUN       King Louis ...... Philip Fox
SUN       Courtier ...... John Biggins
SUN       Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00qm62m (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to Australian writer Peter Carey,
SUN       whose celebrated novels include Oscar and Lucinda and True
SUN       History of the Kelly Gang. He talks about his latest,
SUN       Parrot and Olivier in America, and reflects on why lonely
SUN       children feature so heavily in his fiction.
SUN       Liz Thomson joins Mariella to reveal the ways in which
SUN       publishers persaude reluctant celebrities to join the
SUN       ranks of their authors.
SUN       And Jon McGregor, whose new novel Even the Dogs tells the
SUN       story of an impoverished alcoholic, and Peter Kemp,
SUN       fiction editor of the Sunday Times, talk about the
SUN       tradition of writing about the dispossessed.
SUN       Peter Carey: Parrot and Olivier in America
SUN       Publisher: Faber
SUN       Peter Carey: Oscar and Lucinda
SUN       Publisher: Faber
SUN       Peter Carey: True History of the Kelly Gang
SUN       Publisher: Faber
SUN       Peter Carey: Jack Maggs
SUN       Publisher: Faber
SUN       Jon McGregor: Even The Dogs
SUN       Publisher: Bloomsbury
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00qm62p (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems for
SUN       Valentine's Day, with love on the menu but no
SUN       straightforward hearts and flowers.
SUN       Including poems on extraordinary manifestations of love by
SUN       Edson Burton, Anne Sexton and John Updike, and poet Jenny
SUN       Joseph reads from her new collection, Nothing Like Love.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00qhrxd (Listen)
SUN       While Britain's top bankers celebrate their bonuses,
SUN       Michael Robinson investigates the commercial property
SUN       market and the nasty surprises that it may hold for the
SUN       banks and for the long-suffering British taxpayers who
SUN       bailed them out.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00qll1r (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00qm62r (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00qm62t (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qm62w (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00qm62y (Listen)
SUN       Clive Coleman introduces his selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       The Mystery of the Moving Statues - Radio 4
SUN       The Essay: Germany Dreaming - Radio 3
SUN       Robo Wars - Radio 4
SUN       Let's Go To Misterland - Radio 4
SUN       Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern America
SUN       - Radio 4
SUN       Archive on 4: AJP at the BBC - Radio 4
SUN       I Was A Teenage Dotcom Millionaire - Radio 4
SUN       Outlook - World Service
SUN       Mark Thomas: The Manifesto - Radio 4
SUN       Act Your Age - Radio 4
SUN       Milton's Music - Radio 4
SUN       Taking A Stand - Radio 4
SUN       The Ocean - Radio 2.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00qm6lw (Listen)
SUN       Ambridge mourns an old friend.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00qm6ly (Listen)
SUN       Matt Frei talks to John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, the
SUN       authors of the bestseller Game Change, a candid account of
SUN       the Obamas, the Clintons, McCain and Palin. Up for debate:
SUN       political gridlock, the rise and fall of John Edwards and
SUN       what 'real change' is needed in America
SUN       American news types have given us a new word: 'mirandize.'
SUN       The White House has come under attack after it was
SUN       revealled the FBI has read underwear bomber Umar
SUN       Abdulmutallab his 'Miranda' rights. His what? Matt talks
SUN       to lawyer Robert Shapiro - best known for his successful
SUN       defence of OJ Simpson - to find out what role these
SUN       Miranda rights play in the US justice system. Who do they
SUN       apply to and why they are so important?
SUN       Will America ever send a man to the moon again? President
SUN       Obama has set NASA off on a different course, one that
SUN       does not involve the planet made of cheese. So a perfect
SUN       time to hear from the last man to set foot on the moon,
SUN       Captain Eugene A Cernan. He tells us about that final
SUN       journey and shares his throughts about what might happen
SUN       when Americans can no longer reach for the stars - or the
SUN       moon or Mars.
SUN       The America's Cupold, the oldest active trophy in
SUN       international sport is once again its up for grabs. Faced
SUN       with high-tech yachts made of carbon-fibre, we cannot help
SUN       but pine for the boats of days gone by and old-fashioned
SUN       boat building. We've a slice of boat building life from
SUN       two guys in Martha's Vineyard in New England who are
SUN       carving out their living in the old-fashioned way.
SUN       Game Change
SUN       Matt Frei speaks to the authors of the best-seller Game
SUN       Change - John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. A candid
SUN       account of the Obama's, the Clintons, McCain and Palin. Up
SUN       for debate - political gridlock, the rise and fall of John
SUN       Edwards and what ‘real change’ is needed in America.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b00b736p (Listen)
SUN       Jennings' Little Hut, General Sir Melville Merridew
SUN       Mark Williams reads one of Anthony Buckeridge's classic
SUN       school stories, abridged in five parts by Roy Apps.
SUN       A distinguished former pupil is to pay the school a visit.
SUN       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00qld0z (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00qldxs (Listen)
SUN       John Wilson presents the obituary series. Marking the
SUN       lives of Alexander McQueen, Johnny Dankworth, Charlie
SUN       Wilson and Ian Carmichael.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00qll13 (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00qm360 (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today.]
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00qh0zf (Listen)
SUN       Foreigner Policy
SUN       In the past decade, Britain has experienced mass
SUN       immigration on an unprecedented scale. A former government
SUN       aide recently suggested this was a deliberate policy,
SUN       motivated in part by a desire to increase racial
SUN       diversity. David Goodhart investigates the ideological
SUN       forces behind one of the most significant social changes
SUN       to have affected the UK.
SUN       Andrew Neather, a former Number 10 speechwriter, recently
SUN       wrote a much-discussed article in the Evening Standard in
SUN       praise of multicultural London, but suggesting that those
SUN       who have influenced immigration policy under Labour were
SUN       politically-programmed to be relaxed about such numbers.
SUN       His article was immediately seized upon by
SUN       anti-immigration campaigners as evidence of a conspiracy
SUN       to make Britain a more racially diverse society.
SUN       In this programme, David Goodhart investigates the truth
SUN       about reasons for recent increases in migration to
SUN       Britain. Political insiders, including former home
SUN       secretary David Blunkett, talk candidly about the real
SUN       influences behind the scenes. None of them give credence
SUN       to the accusation that there was a plan to create a more
SUN       multicultural Britain. An unexpected increase in asylum
SUN       applications and the demand for cheap labour from
SUN       employers were the main motivators, according to those who
SUN       influenced policy. But, admits former Home Office special
SUN       adviser Ed Owen, a nervousness about discussing
SUN       immigration policy meant that New Labour was, in its first
SUN       years in office, poorly prepared to deal with the issue.
SUN       We may not have witnessed a grand act of social
SUN       engineering, concludes David Goodhart, but New Labour's
SUN       combination of economic liberalism and cultural liberalism
SUN       led it to regard mass immigration as a trend which would
SUN       bring great social benefits and few disadvantages.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00qm6m0 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00qm6m2 (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Hung, Drawn and Thwarted.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 The Film Programme b00qldxv (Listen)
SUN       The Last King Of Scotland star James McAvoy talks Tolstoy,
SUN       sneezing garden gnomes and his latest film, The Last
SUN       Station.
SUN       Fashion guru Tom Ford discusses the links between
SUN       designing clothes and directing film, and why he spent his
SUN       own money to finance his debut film, A Single Man.
SUN       Matthew Sweet picks another neglected British gem, I See A
SUN       Dark Stranger.
SUN       Anil Sinanan discusses the crossover between Bollywood and
SUN       Hollywod and the latest example of this growing trend, My
SUN       Name Is Khan.
SUN       Director: Tom Ford
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00qlmr5 (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today.]
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2010
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00qm7lr (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00qj214 (Listen)
MON       The car was a potent symbol of freedom for black America,
MON       but the cultural critic Paul Gilroy argues that the escape
MON       it once represented has become a cage for the African
MON       American. Consumerism and the ultimate commodity of the
MON       car has turned the fight for rights into a race to buy new
MON       things. He tells Laurie Taylor how black people spend far
MON       more on their cars than whites and how the automobile has
MON       fatally undermined culture and community.
MON       In his new book, Darker Than Blue, Paul Gilroy writes
MON       about how jazz, blues, hip-hop and much of what stood for
MON       black culture now seems generically American and is
MON       exported around the world. And within the United States
MON       luxury goods, motor cars, branded items and a quest for
MON       individual gratification have diluted the collective
MON       spirit which brought African Americans the civil rights
MON       they won. With his brilliant and provocative analysis,
MON       Paul Gilroy traces the shifting character of black culture
MON       on both sides of the Atlantic and offers an account of
MON       what it means to be black in Britain and the United States.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00qlm2h (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qm7qm (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qm86j (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qm87v (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00qm8d8 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qm8dz (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00qm8l7 (Listen)
MON       An Oscar-nominated film which explores large-scale
MON       agricultural production in the US is causing controversy
MON       among the farming industry in the UK. Reviewers has said
MON       that Food Inc exposes some unsavoury realities about how
MON       American food reaches the table, and the power of
MON       multinational corporations in deciding what people eat.
MON       Charlotte Smith looks at whether this film could predict
MON       the future of farming in the UK.
MON       Also, energy could be the new cash crop for farmers. From
MON       April, farmers will be able to sell electricity to the
MON       national grid for more. And a company which builds houses
MON       out of hemp is calling on more farmers to grow the crop.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00qp09l (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00qm8v6 (Listen)
MON       With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00qp09n (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr gains insight into the workings of government
MON       offices with the investigative journalist Michael
MON       Cockerell and the former MP Lord Hurd. Jonathan Miller
MON       gives a 19th-century Italian opera a 1950s American
MON       facelift, and Lyndall Gordon argues that it's time to look
MON       again at the life of the poet Emily Dickinson.
MON       
MON       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qmb8h (Listen)
MON       Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Lachish Reliefs
MON       Neil MacGregor's history of the world told through objects
MON       from the British Museum arrives at the Palace of
MON       Sennacherib in Northern Iran.
MON       Throughout this week, Neil MacGregor explains the key
MON       power struggles taking place across the globe around 3,000
MON       years ago, as ambitious new forces were building
MON       sophisticated new societies.
MON       It seems that war has been one of the constant themes of
MON       our shared human history and, in this programme, Neil
MON       tells the story of the Assyrian king Sennacherib and his
MON       bloody siege of Lachish in Judah in 701 BC. The siege is
MON       described unsparingly in giant stone carvings that were
MON       placed around the King's palace and that show, perhaps for
MON       the first time, the terrible consequences of war on
MON       civilian populations. The Assyrian war machine was to
MON       create the largest empire that the world had ever seen and
MON       used the terror tactic of mass deportations.
MON       Statesman Paddy Ashdown and the historian Antony Beevor
MON       reflect on these powerful images of war.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qmdk6 (Listen)
MON       With Sheila McClennon.
MON       Research indicates that around a third of women struggle
MON       with maths, and yet this is a time when employers'
MON       organisations say they require higher skill levels than
MON       ever before. So why has it happened?
MON       In a special edition of Woman's Hour, Sheila McClennon
MON       discusses where the problems started for a whole
MON       generation of women and how they can now help their own
MON       children from struggling too. Even those parents who are
MON       confident mathematicians may find the syllabus is now
MON       taught in a different way and covers topics which weren't
MON       around when they were at school. With a panel of guests,
MON       including the Marie Curie Professor of Maths Education Jo
MON       Boaler, Carol Vorderman and the president of the
MON       Mathematical Association Jane Imrie, Sheila finds out what
MON       is happening in the classroom now, and if new initiatives
MON       are likely to help all pupils feel confident in maths.
MON       And, with many girls excelling in maths at school, what
MON       can be done to encourage these high flyers continue with
MON       their maths into higher education and careers in maths,
MON       engineering and technology?
MON       
MON       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qmdk8 (Listen)
MON       The Whole of the Moon, series 2, Episode 1
MON       Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.
MON       Advocate Depute Jo Ross is prosecuting her first murder
MON       trial at Edinburgh's High Court, but something about the
MON       case is beginning to bother her.
MON       Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
MON       Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
MON       Mrs Ross ...... Eliza Langland
MON       Frank Gray ...... Simon Tait
MON       Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie
MON       DCI Brand ...... Lewis Howden.
MON       
MON       11:00 The Voices Who Dug Up The Past b00qp0qx (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       
MON       11:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00qp1cf (Listen)
MON       Series 6, Elgar Writes
MON       Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
MON       Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger
MON       and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a
MON       world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying
MON       charlatans.
MON       While Ed is busily teaching grammar to some clumsy,
MON       apostrophe-ridden phishers, Elgar finds fame when he
MON       becomes an internet hit with his blog. Could Elgar be a
MON       more successful writer than Ed? Quite probably.
MON       Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
MON       Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
MON       Ray ...... Simon Greenall
MON       Cliff ...... Geoff McGivern
MON       Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
MON       Pearl ...... Rita May
MON       Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
MON       Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
MON       With Dan Tetsell and Andrew Nickolds.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00qmdv3 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00qmdx9 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00qmdyv (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Quote... Unquote b00qp1ch (Listen)
MON       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
MON       of quotations and anecdotes. With David Nobbs, Justin
MON       Webb, Marcel Berlins and Naomi Gryn. The reader is Peter
MON       Jefferson.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00qm6lw (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qp1kl (Listen)
MON       Legsy Gets a Break
MON       By Phil Gladwin. Seventeen-year-old Legsy, recently out of
MON       the care system, is on a quest to find the brother he was
MON       separated from as a child. And when he finds him, Legsy
MON       must decide whether to follow his brother into a life of
MON       escalating crime or to try and break free.
MON       Legsy ...... Josef Altin
MON       Brady ...... Darren Douglas
MON       Donna ...... Sophie Stanton
MON       Chloe ...... Tessa Nicholson
MON       Ash ...... Benjamin Smith
MON       John ...... Gethin Anthony
MON       Mental ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
MON       Detective ...... Nigel Hastings
MON       Directed by John Dryden.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00qs41j (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday.]
MON       
MON       15:45 The Tribes of Science b00lxvl7 (Listen)
MON       Computer Programmers
MON       Series in which Peter Curran visits members of the many
MON       and varied disciplines of science, from astronomy to
MON       zoology, to explore their habitat, customs, rituals and
MON       beliefs. Beneath the typecast and somewhat nerdy image of
MON       scientists, Peter finds passion, humour and, on occasion,
MON       an enviable sense of community.
MON       Peter starts off by visiting computer programmers. Do the
MON       makers of the virtual world, Second Life, spend more time
MON       in their virtual world than in the real one? Are they
MON       architects, engineers or computer geeks, or actually
MON       highly competent people?
MON       Related Links
MON       * Linden Lab (lindenlab.com)
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00qm461 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00qp1mf (Listen)
MON       Monogamy
MON       Ernie Rea and guests discuss whether or not monogamy is
MON       the ideal for human relationships.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00qmf51 (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 b00qmf6q (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00qp1mh (Listen)
MON       Series 56, Episode 7
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul
MON       Merton, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth and Pam Ayres.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00qmdz7 (Listen)
MON       Kenton finds some displacement activity.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00qmfb5 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including the
MON       verdict on the film The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter
MON       Jackson and based on the best-selling novel by Alice
MON       Sebold.
MON       
MON       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qmb8h (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
MON       
MON       20:00 Paying for the Party b00qpkln (Listen)
MON       Anne McElvoy asks if reform is likely to the way political
MON       parties are funded. What plans are in the pipeline to end
MON       fears that wealthy individuals and trades unions 'buy'
MON       influence with big donations?
MON       
MON       20:30 Analysis b00qpklq (Listen)
MON       Crying Treason
MON       There have been calls for the treason laws to be used
MON       against an Islamic group protesting about British troops
MON       in Afghanistan. Such laws are widely regarded as out of
MON       date, so can any citizen now challenge the state with
MON       impunity? Chris Bowlby asks if treason still matters in
MON       modern Britain.
MON       
MON       21:00 Costing the Earth b00qpkls (Listen)
MON       Protecting the Past
MON       Alice Roberts investigates the threats posed to our great
MON       historic sites by climate change. Is there anything we can
MON       do to save the most vulnerable properties from extreme
MON       weather and regular flooding?
MON       All over the world conservators and policy makers are
MON       pondering the implications of global warming for our most
MON       important heritage sites. Alice visits three sites to
MON       investigate possible responses to the problem.
MON       In Ireland she visits Newgrange, the stunning centrepiece
MON       of a Neolithic landscape which finds itself assaulted by
MON       regular flooding of the nearby River Boyne and ever more
MON       extreme rainstorms. Europe's greatest collection of
MON       Megalithic art is being eroded faster than ever and
MON       undiscovered archaeology is being ploughed into the ground
MON       as local farmers turn from farming cattle and sheep to the
MON       arable farming that suits the changing climate.
MON       At Rosslyn Chapel near Edinburgh the laser-scanners from
MON       Historic Scotland are part way through their ambitious
MON       attempt to record 3-D models of the pick of the World
MON       Heritage Sites. They have already fired lasers at the
MON       presidents' heads on Mount Rushmore and are set to visit
MON       Machu Picchu and Orkney's Skara Brae, an ancient village
MON       at imminent risk of destruction from rising sea levels and
MON       more frequent storms.
MON       Is all we can do really to record, scan, photograph and
MON       despair, or can our historic landscapes be saved with
MON       enough time, vision and money? On Exmoor the National
MON       Trust is devising a plan to manage an entire river from
MON       source to sea. The aim is to avoid another Boscastle-style
MON       disaster where sudden, unprecedented rainfall overwhelms a
MON       river and the historic sites on the coast below.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00qp09q (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr gains insight into the workings of government
MON       offices with the investigative journalist Michael
MON       Cockerell and the former MP Lord Hurd. Jonathan Miller
MON       gives a 19th-century Italian opera a 1950s American
MON       facelift, and Lyndall Gordon argues that it's time to look
MON       again at the life of the poet Emily Dickinson.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00qmfdc (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00qny2t (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qnztt (Listen)
MON       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 1
MON       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut
MON       novel, set in the Ukraine.
MON       Daria is a young woman just out of university with an
MON       engineering degree and perfect English. However, in Odessa
MON       impeccable qualifications alone are no guarantee of a good
MON       job.
MON       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00p31l0 (Listen)
MON       Everyone's A Critic
MON       Are you worried about the future of criticism? You should
MON       be. When newspaper editors are forced to make cutbacks, it
MON       is critics who are the first in the firing line. But do we
MON       really need critics and criticism? Critic and journalist
MON       Toby Young is joined by blogger Lynne Hatwell and
MON       occupational psychologist Clive Fletcher to write about
MON       and discuss criticism and the critics. Dominic Arkwright
MON       presents.
MON       
MON       23:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix b008tnzk (Listen)
MON       Series 2, Episode 1
MON       Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along
MON       in an improvised sketch show driven by suggestions from
MON       the studio audience and with a loose grip on reality.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2010
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00qm7c8 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qmb8h (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qm7lt (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qm80k (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qm86l (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00qm87x (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qm8db (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00qm8hj (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00qm8l9 (Listen)
TUE       With Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Thought for the Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Taking a Stand b00qpl4q (Listen)
TUE       Fergal Keane talks to William and Kate Lyons about the
TUE       devastating effects of bipolar disorder on both sufferer
TUE       and carer.
TUE       The lives of William and Kate Lyons, a young married
TUE       couple, have included dealing with Kate's bipolar
TUE       depression. It's a condition she has had most of her adult
TUE       life and that William has to monitor constantly. It has
TUE       led, on one occasion, to him having Kate sectioned under
TUE       the Mental Health Act. They have decided to speak out
TUE       because they believe there is a taboo surrounding the
TUE       illness which can leave carers, as well as sufferers,
TUE       isolated and vulnerable.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 When I Grow Up b00qpl4s (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
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       This is the first time that media access has been granted
TUE       to 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
TUE       to go to the moon for our holiday while we had not got any
TUE       children.'
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
TUE       set themselves lofty goals.
TUE       It reveals that, even if a child is economically
TUE       disadvantaged or less able, having high ambitions at
TUE       around the time they leave primary school means that they
TUE       are significantly more likely to have a professional job,
TUE       though not necessarily the one that they predicted.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8z8 (Listen)
TUE       Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Sphinx of Taharqo
TUE       Neil MacGregor continues to describe the power struggles
TUE       across the globe around 3,000 years ago, as ambitious new
TUE       forces set about creating the first cities and building
TUE       sophisticated new societies - from the Middle East to
TUE       South America.
TUE       Neil describes what was happening along the River Nile and
TUE       how a powerful new king conquered Egypt from Sudan. His
TUE       name was Taharqo and he ruled from a vibrant new
TUE       civilisation (in modern day Sudan) called Kush. These days
TUE       few people even know that the mighty land of the Pharaohs
TUE       was once ruled over by its southern neighbour. The
TUE       evidence is summed up by a sculpture at the British Museum
TUE       that shows the ruler from Kush as an Egyptian sphinx.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qmd5v (Listen)
TUE       With Jenni Murray.
TUE       
TUE       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qmdkb (Listen)
TUE       The Whole of the Moon, series 2, Episode 2
TUE       Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.
TUE       Jo visits a leading private school and turns up some
TUE       surprising information about the dead man.
TUE       Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
TUE       Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
TUE       Irene Lee ...... Eliza Langland
TUE       Tom Stein ...... Lewis Howden
TUE       Chris Murray ...... Andrew Clark
TUE       Frank Gray ...... Simon Tait
TUE       Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Watching the Watchdog b00qpl4v (Listen)
TUE       Penny Marshall looks at the progress of a new internet
TUE       watchdog that is working with the government to protect
TUE       children from dangers in the digital world.
TUE       How best to strike a balance between safety and freedom
TUE       online? Penny finds that issues such as cyber bullying and
TUE       access to harmful material are affecting younger and
TUE       younger children - 66 per cent of five- to seven-year-olds
TUE       are now internet users - and getting industry players to
TUE       agree to some form of regulation is not easy.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 With Great Pleasure b00qpl4x (Listen)
TUE       Kate Humble
TUE       Wildlife presenter Kate Humble shares some favourite
TUE       pieces of writing with an audience. The readers are John
TUE       Telfer and Rosie Cavliero.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00qmdtq (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00qmdwd (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00qmdxc (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Piano Stool Beethovens b00qpl4z (Listen)
TUE       Ian McMillan sets out on the trail of a forgotten local
TUE       hero, one of countless composers whose work lies buried
TUE       under the bottoms of amateur pianists to this day. As he
TUE       discovers, it's also a route to the passions and
TUE       preoccupations of everyday people from a century ago.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00qmdz7 (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qpl51 (Listen)
TUE       English in Afghanistan
TUE       Modern-day fable by Ryan Craig, set against the backdrop
TUE       of war-torn Afghanistan. Two British soldiers embark on a
TUE       perilous quest to retrieve a love letter.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Making History b00qpl53 (Listen)
TUE       Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects
TUE       that help tell A History Of The World.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qplcy (Listen)
TUE       The Writing Life, The Author at Home
TUE       Novelist AL Kennedy, who spices up the isolation of the
TUE       day job with a sideline in stand-up comedy, presents three
TUE       despatches from the sharp end of the writing life.
TUE       There's the lady novelist reclining in her Creating
TUE       Hammock, attended by Juan her fragrant assistant. Or maybe
TUE       not.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 The Tribes of Science b00m0jvx (Listen)
TUE       The Zoologists
TUE       Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied
TUE       disciplines of science, from astronomy to zoology, to
TUE       explore their habitat, customs, rituals and beliefs.
TUE       Peter meets zoologists and spends time at the Institute of
TUE       Zoology at London Zoo. Are the otter specialists as
TUE       quick-witted, sociable and fun as the aquatic animals they
TUE       study? And does the office hierarchy mirror the pecking
TUE       order of the food chain?
TUE       Related Links
TUE       * The Institute of Zoology (www.zsl.org)
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Chips With Everything b00lv18s (Listen)
TUE       Sue Nelson explores the mining town in North Carolina that
TUE       is responsible for the production of the entire world's
TUE       supply of silicon chips.
TUE       The small community of Spruce Pine is home to the purest
TUE       quartz on Earth, which is essential for making the chips
TUE       that run every computer, digital radio, washing machine
TUE       and microwave on the planet.
TUE       Quartz is vital because of how computer chips are made;
TUE       this uniquely pure mineral forms the mixing bowls and
TUE       tools that make the manufacture of silicon chips possible.
TUE       If the quartz is contaminated then it becomes useless, but
TUE       by a stroke of geological luck these rocks formed in the
TUE       shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains are just perfect.
TUE       Without them - and therefore without the work of this
TUE       North Carolina town - microchip development as we know it
TUE       would grind to a halt.
TUE       But as new quartz deposits are discovered in other
TUE       countries, including Norway, could Spruce Pine cease to be
TUE       indispensible? And what will the people of the town do if
TUE       their last major industry disappears? The programme meets
TUE       the locals of this Mitchell County town and digs beneath
TUE       the surface of this strategically important mineral.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00qplyl (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to columnist India Knight and musician
TUE       Richard Hawley about their favourite books.
TUE       India's choice is a rollercoaster tale of love and recipes
TUE       by the screenwriter of When Harry Met Sally, Richard opts
TUE       for a tale of friendship and freedom set in the sultry
TUE       surroundings of Monterey, and Sue's selection is a
TUE       poignant story tracing the plight of a young Chinese
TUE       girl's struggle during her country's civil war.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00qmf15 (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 b00qmf53 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Act Your Age b00qplyn (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 5
TUE       Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic
TUE       generations against each other to find out which is the
TUE       funniest.
TUE       Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson
TUE       are joined by Tom Wrigglesworth, John Bishop and Tom
TUE       O'Connor.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00qmdyx (Listen)
TUE       Alan prepares for some time in the wilderness.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00qmf6s (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
TUE       interview with Megan Mullally, best known for playing the
TUE       role of Karen in the TV sitcom Will and Grace.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8z8 (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00qplyq (Listen)
TUE       After two big scandals in a year over dire standards in
TUE       hospitals which put patients at serious risk, Julian
TUE       O'Halloran asks how many people are still being killed by
TUE       avoidable medical blunders, and how far the NHS has
TUE       progressed since it began to address the problem ten years
TUE       ago.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00qplys (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00qplyv (Listen)
TUE       Dr Mark Porter visits a midwife-led unit in south London
TUE       to ask the mothers there why they have chosen this option.
TUE       What happens if they need surgical intervention?
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Taking a Stand b00qpl4q (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00qmfb7 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00qmfdf (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Robin
TUE       Lustig.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qstrd (Listen)
TUE       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 2
TUE       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut
TUE       novel, set in the Ukraine.
TUE       Daria is desperate not to lose her much-cherished job but
TUE       just as determined not to sleep with her boss, so she
TUE       recruits an old friend to help her - with unexpected
TUE       results.
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Fabulous b00qplyx (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 2
TUE       Sitcom by Lucy Clarke about a woman who wants to be
TUE       Fabulous but can't cope.
TUE       Faye is still engaged to a man she is roughly 65 per cent
TUE       sure she should marry - 66 per cent on a good day.
TUE       All chocolate and junk food has been outlawed from the
TUE       office. Seeing a chance to make some extra money to help
TUE       pay for her wedding, Faye turns into a wannabe Al Capone,
TUE       selling illicit biscuits and chocolate to her
TUE       sugar-starved co-workers.
TUE       With Katy Brand, Daisy Haggard, Olivia Colman, Anne Reid,
TUE       Alison Pettit, Joanna Munro, Sally Grace, Margaret
TUE       Cabourn-Smith, David Armand.
TUE       Music by Osymyso.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix b008vzdy (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 2
TUE       Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along
TUE       in an improvised sketch show driven by suggestions from
TUE       the studio audience and with a loose grip on reality.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2010
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00qm7cb (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8z8 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qm7lw (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qm80n (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qm86n (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00qm880 (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qm8dd (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00qm8hl (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00qm8lc (Listen)
WED       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
WED       Weather; Thought for the Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00qpmgf (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zb (Listen)
WED       Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Chinese Zhou Ritual
WED       Bowl
WED       The Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells
WED       the history of human development from the first stone axe
WED       to the credit card, using 100 selected objects from the
WED       Museum.
WED       Three thousand years ago the world was in huge flux, with
WED       new powers creating sophisticated new societies - from the
WED       Middle East to South America - as older ones collapsed.
WED       Neil finds out what was happening in China during that
WED       period and describes how a group of outsiders, the Zhou,
WED       overthrew the long-established Shang dynasty.
WED       The story is told through a bronze bowl that was used both
WED       for feasting and also as an object to be buried alongside
WED       the dead for use in the afterlife. What does this
WED       beautiful bronze bowl tell us about the Zhou and life in
WED       China at this time?
WED       Dame Jessica Rawson and the Chinese scholar Wang Tao help
WED       paint the picture.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qmd5x (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray.
WED       
WED       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qmdkd (Listen)
WED       The Whole of the Moon, series 2, Episode 3
WED       Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.
WED       Edinburgh is wilting in the heat, and Jo's murder case is
WED       going pear shaped.
WED       Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
WED       Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
WED       Mrs Ross ...... Eliza Langland
WED       Frank Gray ...... Simon Tait
WED       Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie
WED       DCI Brand ...... Lewis Howden.
WED       
WED       11:00 Fort Dunlop b00qpmgh (Listen)
WED       Giles Poyner, a creative director at the iconic Fort
WED       Dunlop building, pays tribute to the Birmingham landmark.
WED       He, his mother and grandfather talk about their working
WED       life there.
WED       Drive through Birmingham on the M6 and you can't fail to
WED       notice an imposing fort-like building, standing proud
WED       against the city's industrial skyline. The Fort Dunlop
WED       building was built for the tyre company in the early 20th
WED       century to accommodate the thousands of workers needed to
WED       supply the growing motoring and aviation industries. The
WED       Dunlop Tyre Company, was one of Birmingham's largest
WED       employers, and those who worked there were looked after
WED       and had a job for life. But by the end of the century,
WED       competition from overseas led to the closure of the site,
WED       as Dunlop transferred much of its operation abroad.
WED       The Fort was abandoned in the late 1980s and stood empty
WED       for 20 years, until it was taken over by an innovative
WED       urban design company who transformed the vast empty tyre
WED       store into state of the art offices, cafes and shops.
WED       This is where Giles Poyner works as brand design manager.
WED       The achingly hip surroundings of his office are a far cry
WED       from his 92-year-old grandfather's experience of working
WED       at the Fort. He recalls the stench of rubber in the air,
WED       the workers arriving by canal boat before the road was
WED       built and, above all, the sense of being part of a family,
WED       cared for by a benevolent employer.
WED       Giles's mother Susan also worked at Fort Dunlop as a
WED       typist during the 1960s. She remembers the generous
WED       facilities provided for the workers, including a pub,
WED       theatre and playing fields.
WED       Giles Poyner pays tribute to this iconic Birmingham
WED       landmark and discovers how his workplace has changed both
WED       physically and culturally over the decades.
WED       Related Links
WED       * Birmingham Mail Archive (www.birminghammail.net)
WED       
WED       11:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b00qpmlk (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Mr Majhu Goes To Lenzie
WED       Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald
WED       McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop.
WED       Ramesh inadvertently enters the murky world of Lenzie
WED       politics.
WED       Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi
WED       Dave ...... Donald McLeary
WED       Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
WED       Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
WED       Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly
WED       Bob Shandy MP ...... Ron Donachie
WED       Guthrie ...... Tom Urie
WED       Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth
WED       Mutton Jeff ...... Sean Scanlan
WED       Jeff ...... Steven McNicol
WED       Hilly ...... Kate Brailsford
WED       A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00qmdts (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00qmdwg (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00qmdxf (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00qpq1n (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00qmdyx (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qpq1q (Listen)
WED       God Bless Our Love
WED       Romantic comedy by Ray Connolly about a priest and a nun
WED       who fall in love and leave their orders to marry and begin
WED       a new life together.
WED       Michael ...... David Neilson
WED       Eleanor ...... Alexandra Mathie
WED       Jane ...... Fiona Clarke
WED       Darrell ...... Joe Ransom
WED       Fr Dermot ...... Stephen Tomlin
WED       Suzy ..... Cherylee Houston
WED       Produced by Charlotte Riches.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00qpq1s (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on debt and
WED       borrowing.
WED       Guests:
WED       Jasmine Birtles, Moneymagpie.com
WED       Liz McVey, managing counsellor of CCCS Scotland and
WED       Scottish Debtline
WED       Michael Park, money adviser, National Debtline.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qplk8 (Listen)
WED       The Writing Life, The Author Away
WED       Novelist AL Kennedy, who spices up the isolation of the
WED       day job with a sideline in stand-up comedy, presents three
WED       despatches from the sharp end of the writing life.
WED       Stuck in the Northern Lodge Motel, Tasmania, with only
WED       foot-long woodlice for company, maybe life on the road
WED       during the book tour isn't everything it's cracked up to
WED       be.
WED       
WED       15:45 The Tribes of Science b00m8plt (Listen)
WED       The Botanists
WED       Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied
WED       disciplines of science, from astronomy to zoology, to
WED       explore their habitat, customs, rituals and beliefs.
WED       Peter meets the botanists who won the lottery. Seed
WED       conservation used to be rather marginal to the main
WED       scientific activity at The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew.
WED       That is, until, the scientists who preserve seeds for
WED       future generations asked for and received 30 million
WED       pounds.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00qpq1v (Listen)
WED       With the advent of Napster and Pirate Bay, people assume
WED       that intellectual piracy is the creation of the digital
WED       age. But Laurie Taylor hears that piracy has a much longer
WED       history than expected. He speaks to the author of a
WED       history which traces its lively lineage back to the
WED       invention of the Gutenberg Printing Press.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00qplyv (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00qmf17 (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 b00qmf55 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 The Write Stuff b00qpq1x (Listen)
WED       Series 9, Nancy Mitford
WED       James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary
WED       correctness. Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are
WED       joined by John O'Farrell and Mark Billingham. The author
WED       of the week and subject for pastiche is Nancy Mitford, and
WED       the reader is Beth Chalmers.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00qmdyz (Listen)
WED       Helen drops a bombshell at Bridge Farm.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00qmf6v (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including an
WED       interview with comedy performer and writer David Mitchell.
WED       
WED       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zb (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00qpqj8 (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. Claire Fox, Matthew Taylor,
WED       Michael Portillo and Clifford Longley cross-examine
WED       witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45 Head To Head b00jxb04 (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Edward Stourton presents a series celebrating great
WED       debates, combining archive of rare discussions between key
WED       figures with analysis by a panel of experts.
WED       The 1976 battle between Milton Friedman and Lord Balogh on
WED       the relative merits of free-market economics at a time
WED       when Britain was in financial crisis.
WED       A Blakeway production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       21:00 Inside the Elephant Mind b00qxgzw (Listen)
WED       Everyone knows that elephants are clever but science is
WED       only now beginning to reveal just how smart they are.
WED       Andrew Luck-Baker joins British and Kenyan researchers on
WED       the East African savannah who are revealing the depths of
WED       the elephant mind with the help of a huge loudspeaker in
WED       the back of a Land Rover.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00qpmgk (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00qmfb9 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00qmfdh (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qstr3 (Listen)
WED       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 3
WED       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut
WED       novel, set in the Ukraine.
WED       Daria, uncertain of her future with the shipping firm,
WED       starts to moonlight for the Soviet Unions dating agency,
WED       translating for lovelorn Americans searching for a
WED       beautiful Ukrainian bride.
WED       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00 Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard b00qprmm (Listen)
WED       Market Magic
WED       Comedy by David Kay and Gavin Smith.
WED       Mordrin is a 2,000-year-old wizard living in the modern
WED       world, where regular bin collections and watching
WED       Countdown are just as important as slaying dragons.
WED       With Gordon Kennedy, Jack Docherty, Cora Bissett and David
WED       Kay.
WED       A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:15 The News At Bedtime b00pftgn (Listen)
WED       Episode 5
WED       Twin presenters John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee present
WED       in-depth news analysis covering the latest stories
WED       happening this 'once upon a time'.
WED       Mary Mary reports on a medical mystery involving and old
WED       woman who swallowed a fly.
WED       With Jack Dee, Peter Capaldi, Fi Glover, Lewis MacLeod,
WED       Alex MacQueen, Lucy Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan
WED       Tetsell.
WED       Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
WED       
WED       23:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix b008xf49 (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Episode 3
WED       Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along
WED       in an improvised sketch show driven by suggestions from
WED       the studio audience and with a loose grip on reality.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2010
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00qm7cd (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zb (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qm7ly (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qm80q (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qm86q (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00qm882 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qm8dg (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00qm8hn (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00qm8lg (Listen)
THU       With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports
THU       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00qprnj (Listen)
THU       The Indian Mutiny
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Faisal Devji, Shruti Kapila and
THU       Chandrika Kaul discuss the Indian Mutiny of 1857 and the
THU       rebellion which followed.
THU       
THU       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zd (Listen)
THU       Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Paracas Textile
THU       The director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
THU       retells the history of human development from the first
THU       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
THU       from the Museum.
THU       The theme so far has been one of empires collapsing, new
THU       regimes and warfare. In South America there were no new
THU       empires and we still don't entirely understand the
THU       cultures that were thriving there.
THU       Here, Neil shows off some of the remarkably well-preserved
THU       textiles discovered in the Paracas peninsula on the
THU       southern coast of Peru and tries to piece together what
THU       life might have been like for these people living in
THU       around 500 BC. The early Peruvians went to astonishing
THU       lengths to make and decorate their textiles whose colours
THU       remain striking to this day. What were they for and what
THU       do they tell us about beliefs of this time?
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qmd5z (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray.
THU       
THU       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qmdkg (Listen)
THU       The Whole of the Moon, series 2, Episode 4
THU       Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.
THU       Jo suspects that the man she's prosecuting for murder
THU       isn't guilty. But if she's wrong, her career in the High
THU       Court is over before it's begun.
THU       Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
THU       Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
THU       Lord Watten ...... Simon Tait
THU       Alan Tait ...... Lewis Howden
THU       Old Woman ...... Eliza Langland
THU       Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie
THU       Elliot ...... Andrew Clark.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00qps7v (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 History of Modern
THU       American b00qps7x (Listen)
THU       The Crucible of Capitalism
THU       Mark Lawson explores how American writing became the
THU       literary superpower of the 20th century, telling the
THU       nation's stories of money, power, sex, religion and war.
THU       Mark considers how America's post-war playwrights - from
THU       Tennessee Williams to David Mamet - have challenged
THU       political rhetoric about the triumph of capitalism in the
THU       USA.
THU       Edward Albee, author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
THU       reveals his candidate for 'the best American play'. Other
THU       interviewees include Tony Kushner, author of Angels in
THU       America, and the late August Wilson, whose sequence of ten
THU       plays about the African-American experience is typical of
THU       the structural ambition and political questioning found in
THU       so many of the major post-war American plays.
THU       Through the theatres of Broadway, the programme also
THU       explores the commercial pressures in America's
THU       largely-unsubsidised theatre culture, which have led to
THU       several of the nation's greatest playwrights - including
THU       Albee, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams - facing long
THU       periods of neglect.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00qmdtv (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00qmdwj (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00qmdxh (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Costing the Earth b00qpkls (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Monday.]
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00qmdyz (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00c1q5z (Listen)
THU       Address Unknown
THU       Tim Dee's adaptation of Kressmann Taylor's novel,
THU       published in 1938.
THU       Two old friends, former business associates in San
THU       Francisco, exchange letters. One is an American German
THU       Jew, the other an American German who, excited and
THU       energised by the new Germany of the 1930s, has gone home.
THU       Attitudes harden with the seemingly inexorable rise of
THU       Hitler, the Jew horrified by the change in his friend and
THU       his wholesale adoption of the rhetoric and ideology of
THU       Nazism.
THU       With Henry Goodman, Patrick Malahide.
THU       
THU       15:00 Ramblings b00qlgz3 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday.]
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00qm360 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qplk6 (Listen)
THU       The Writing Life, In the Public Eye
THU       Novelist AL Kennedy, who spices up the isolation of the
THU       day job with a sideline in stand-up comedy, presents three
THU       despatches from the sharp end of the writing life.
THU       Meet the author - what maniac thought of that? ALK
THU       proposes her 10 Point Plan for surviving the insatiable
THU       demands of the press, while living uncomfortably alongside
THU       her multi-mediated virtual presence.
THU       
THU       15:45 The Tribes of Science b00m5rs7 (Listen)
THU       The Astronomers
THU       Peter Curran visits members of the many and varied
THU       disciplines of science, from astronomy to zoology, to
THU       explore their habitat, customs, rituals and beliefs.
THU       Peter meets the astronomers at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
THU       For 50 years, astronomers at the Jodrell Bank worked with
THU       colleagues around an iconic radio telescope that famously
THU       spotted Sputnik. But now most of the Jodrell tribe are
THU       leaving their telescope in the middle of the Cheshire
THU       countryside and moving to Manchester. The telescope will
THU       survive as it is a listed building, but will the tribe?
THU       Related Links
THU       * Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (www.jb.man.ac.uk)
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00qm62m (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00qps7z (Listen)
THU       In October 2005, a European scientific satellite lifted
THU       off on a Russian rocket to perform crucial measurements on
THU       the effects of global warming on polar ice. Just a few
THU       minutes later, CryoSat crashed in the Arctic. Now, reborn,
THU       rebuilt and renewed, CryoSat-2 is on the launch pad. Its
THU       chief scientist, Professor Duncan Wingham of UCL, joins
THU       Quentin Cooper to discuss the hazards and frustrations of
THU       space missions and why this one is crucial to our
THU       understanding of climate change.
THU       The question of whether global climate change is causing
THU       the polar ice caps to shrink is one of the most hotly
THU       debated environmental issues of our time. By monitoring
THU       precise changes in the thickness of the polar ice sheets
THU       and floating sea ice, CryoSat-2 aims to answer this
THU       question. It will use radar to measure the extent and
THU       thickness of ice around both poles and to see how it is
THU       changing.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00qmf19 (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 b00qmf57 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00qps81 (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 3
THU       Comedian and activist Mark Thomas creates a People's
THU       Manifesto, taking suggestions from his studio audience and
THU       then getting them to vote for the best.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00qmdz1 (Listen)
THU       Neil and Lynda go head to head.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00qmf6x (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including news of
THU       the longlist of contenders for the Art Fund Prize for
THU       Museum and Galleries.
THU       
THU       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zd (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00qps83 (Listen)
THU       Author Terry Pratchett has argued that assisted suicide
THU       should be legal in the UK - but there is already a medical
THU       technique widely used in the NHS which some campaigners
THU       claim is euthanasia by the backdoor. Called terminal
THU       sedation, it's used to ease the pain and suffering of the
THU       very sick. But critics say it can hasten death. Linda
THU       Pressly investigates the extent of terminal sedation and
THU       examines if it is always in the interests of patients and
THU       their families.
THU       
THU       20:30 The Bottom Line b00qps85 (Listen)
THU       Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs
THU       and company bosses talk about the issues that matter to
THU       their companies and their customers.
THU       
THU       21:00 Science on Trial b00qps87 (Listen)
THU       What happens when the free pursuit of answers in
THU       scientific research comes face to face with English law?
THU       Alan Urry investigates.
THU       Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Last Theorem and The Code
THU       Book, is one of the UK's most successful science writers.
THU       Peter Wilmshurst is a respected cardiologist and has long
THU       fought for high ethical standards in scientific research.
THU       Francisco Lacerda works in Stockholm studying how children
THU       learn to speak. Henrik Thomsen is a Danish radiologist
THU       with an interest in kidney disease. They are a disparate
THU       group, but what they all have in common is that they have
THU       all fallen foul of English law for engaging with what they
THU       believe are scientific debates. Lawyers, journalists and
THU       scientists are now campaigning for a change to the UK
THU       libel laws to protect free speech. Those issuing or
THU       threatening the writs say they have commercial reputations
THU       to protect. Where should the balance lie?
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00qprnj (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00qmfbc (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00qmfdl (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qstr5 (Listen)
THU       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 4
THU       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut
THU       novel, set in the Ukraine.
THU       Daria's plan to distract her boss, Mr Harmon, has worked
THU       so well that he is now besotted with her former friend
THU       Olga, who in turn is uncontrollably jealous of Daria.
THU       Daria's reaction is somewhat unexpected.
THU       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00 Sarah Millican's Support Group b00qps89 (Listen)
THU       Episode 1
THU       Comedy by Sarah Millican, who plays Sarah, life counsellor
THU       and modern-day agony aunt.
THU       Together with her team of 'experts', Sarah tackles the
THU       nation's problems head on, dishing out real advice for
THU       real people.
THU       Sarah tackles the problems, 'I love a plumber but I'm no
THU       boiler; dating outside of your class: would you, should
THU       you, could you?' and 'Help! I love two women at the same
THU       time - my mam not included'.
THU       Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
THU       Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
THU       Terry ...... Simon Daye
THU       Chris ...... Steve Edge
THU       Jamie ...... Nick Mohammed
THU       Carol ...... Helen Atkinson Wood.
THU       
THU       23:30 The Lawrence Sweeney Mix b008z5ld (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 4
THU       Josie Lawrence and Jim Sweeney make it up as they go along
THU       in an improvised sketch show driven by suggestions from
THU       the studio audience and with a loose grip on reality.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2010
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00qm7cg (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zd (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qm7m0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qm80s (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qm86s (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00qm884 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qm8dj (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Johnston McKay.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00qm8hq (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Caz Graham.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00qm8lk (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
FRI       Weather; Thought for the Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00qm36f (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday.]
FRI       
FRI       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zg (Listen)
FRI       Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Gold Coin of Croesus
FRI       Neil MacGregor has been looking at the collapse of old
FRI       regimes and the emergence of new powers from the Middle
FRI       East to China. In this programme, he describes how a
FRI       powerful new state finds a dramatic way to help run its
FRI       increasingly complex economy and trading networks - using
FRI       coins.
FRI       Croesus was a king in what is now western Turkey and his
FRI       kingdom was called Lydia. It's remarkable that over 2,000
FRI       years later we still have an expression that celebrates
FRI       his wealth. Neil considers how money, in the form of
FRI       coins, first came about, and describes the hugely complex
FRI       methods of creating them. And whatever happened to Croesus?
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qmd61 (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray.
FRI       
FRI       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qmdkj (Listen)
FRI       The Whole of the Moon, series 2, Episode 5
FRI       Legal drama serial by Colin MacDonald.
FRI       In a packed and stifling courtroom, Jo puts her career on
FRI       the line.
FRI       Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
FRI       Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
FRI       Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie
FRI       Lord Watten ...... Simon Tait
FRI       Alan Tait ...... Lewis Howden
FRI       Mrs Ross ...... Eliza Langland.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Last Orders b00qpslw (Listen)
FRI       Episode 1
FRI       A celebration of the pub landlord and landlady.
FRI       With pubs disappearing at the rate of more than three a
FRI       day, signalling one of the most rapid cultural shifts of
FRI       recent times, half a dozen landlords and landladies
FRI       reflect on life as a licensee and explore what we're in
FRI       danger of losing besides the beer and the buildings.
FRI       This rueful view from behind the bar includes reflections
FRI       on the qualities of a good landlord or landlady, their
FRI       role as community confessional and settler of tap room
FRI       fights, dispenser of best bitter and pearls of wisdom.
FRI       The programme hears from from old hands like Barbara, an
FRI       ex-Bunny girl who runs The Grapes in London's Limehouse;
FRI       Tetley Dave who fought a battle to keep The Shoulder of
FRI       Mutton from closing in Castleford; Maureen from Langsett
FRI       who's famous for her pies; ex miner Dennis from Barnsley,
FRI       whose bête noir is health and safety; and former Cambridge
FRI       academic Tim, who's taken early retirement to open his
FRI       first pub in York, The Pheonix, just as others around are
FRI       shutting up shop.
FRI       How have they kept their marriages together, living and
FRI       working on the premises? How much of a temptation was it
FRI       to hit the top shelf after a hard day's graft behind the
FRI       bar? Why do they think the pub can help teach the next
FRI       generation how to hold their drink? And how do they bar an
FRI       objectionable customer without starting a Wild West-style
FRI       bar room brawl?
FRI       
FRI       11:30 A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of
FRI       Disappearance b00qpsrd (Listen)
FRI       Episode 4
FRI       Dramatised by Jeremy Front from the novel by Simon Brett.
FRI       Just who did kill Elliot Roth and will they stop at one
FRI       murder?
FRI       Charles Paris ...... Bill Nighy
FRI       Jodie ...... Martine McCutcheon
FRI       Frances ...... Suzanne Burden
FRI       Maurice ...... Jon Glover
FRI       Nick ...... Rhys Jennings
FRI       Dr Mayhew ...... Stephen Hogan
FRI       Elspeth ...... Kate Layden
FRI       Directed by Sally Avens.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00qmdtx (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00qmdwl (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00qmdxk (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00qpsrg (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00qmdz1 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qpsrj (Listen)
FRI       Bad Faith, The Fire This Time
FRI       Series of plays by Peter Jukes about Jake Thorne, a
FRI       Methodist minister and police chaplain who is battling
FRI       with his own demons at the same time as trying to resolve
FRI       the problems of his parishioners.
FRI       Jake takes on his arch rival and nemesis Bishop Elias
FRI       Wright in a battle over the soul of a mentally unstable
FRI       parishioner, fighting the good fight against homophobia
FRI       and Islamophobia along the way.
FRI       Jake Thorne ...... Lenny Henry
FRI       Michael ...... Danny Sapani
FRI       Ruth Thorne ...... Jenny Jules
FRI       Vincent Ngomwe ...... Jimmy Akingbola
FRI       Rev Elias Wright ...... Cyril Nri
FRI       Chief Supt Khan ...... Vincent Ebrahim
FRI       Firearms Officer ...... Melissa Advani
FRI       Radio Voice ...... Rhys Jennings
FRI       Producer Mary Peate
FRI       Executive Producer Simon Elmes.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00qpsrl (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer
FRI       questions posed by the gardeners of Lakeland Horticultural
FRI       Society in Windermere.
FRI       Eric investigates how plants can survive flooding
FRI       following the recent heavy rain in Cumbria.
FRI       Plus a profile one of the region's best-known garden
FRI       designers, Thomas Mawson.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 The Tribes of Science b00mf27l (Listen)
FRI       The Mathematicians
FRI       Series in which Peter Curran visits members of the many
FRI       and varied disciplines of science, from astronomy to
FRI       zoology, to explore their habitat, customs, rituals and
FRI       beliefs.
FRI       Peter meets the mathematicians of the Isaac Newton
FRI       Institute of Mathematics in Cambridge. There are
FRI       blackboards in the lifts and in the loos to encourage
FRI       communication between visiting professors, but not
FRI       everyone shares their mathematical insight.
FRI       A few members of the mathematical tribe do wear the same
FRI       t-shirt for six months and it's often inside-out, but not
FRI       all the stereotypes hold true. Among these mathematicians,
FRI       Peter finds passion, humour and an enviable sense of
FRI       purpose.
FRI       Related Links
FRI       * The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
FRI       (www.newton.ac.uk)
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00qqz3k (Listen)
FRI       John Wilson presents the obituary series, analysing and
FRI       celebrating the life stories of people who have recently
FRI       died.
FRI       
FRI       16:30 The Film Programme b00qqz3m (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Lord of The Rings director Peter
FRI       Jackson about his adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel The
FRI       Lovely Bones.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00qmf1c (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
FRI       Quinn. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qmf59 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The News Quiz b00qqz3p (Listen)
FRI       Series 70, Episode 7
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panel
FRI       includes Fred MacAulay, Jeremy Hardy, Ava Vidal and Miles
FRI       Jupp.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00qmdz3 (Listen)
FRI       Pat and Helen do some baby talk.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00qmf6z (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zg (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00qqzzc (Listen)
FRI       Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Diss in Norfolk.
FRI       The panel includes former Conservative cabinet minister
FRI       Lord Tebbit, Labour MP Diane Abbott and Guardian columnist
FRI       Maya Jaggi.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00qqzzf (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Woman's Hour Drama b00qqzzh (Listen)
FRI       The Whole of the Moon, series 2, 19/02/2010
FRI       Omnibus edition of the legal drama serial by Colin
FRI       MacDonald.
FRI       Advocate Depute Jo Ross is prosecuting her first murder
FRI       trial at Edinburgh's High Court, and something about the
FRI       case is beginning to worry her. But if she gets it wrong
FRI       her career will be ruined and a killer will go free.
FRI       Jo ...... Vicki Liddelle
FRI       Iain ...... Steven McNicoll
FRI       Mrs Ross ...... Eliza Langland
FRI       Frank Gray ...... Simon Tait
FRI       Peter Loudon ...... Greg Powrie
FRI       DCI Brand ...... Lewis Howden
FRI       Chris Murray ...... Andrew Clark.
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FRI       21:58 Weather b00qmfbf (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
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FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00qmfdn (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
FRI       Shah.
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FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qstr7 (Listen)
FRI       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 5
FRI       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut
FRI       novel, set in the Ukraine.
FRI       When Mr Harmon wants to give Daria's job to Olga, Daria
FRI       makes him a deal: she'll take six weeks off to prove to
FRI       Harmon that he can't cope without her. She spends those
FRI       six weeks working at the dating agency.
FRI       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00qplyl (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday.]
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FRI       23:30 Paying for the Party b00qpkln (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Monday.]
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