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SAT SATURDAY 03 APRIL 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00rp448 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00rp7qm (Listen) SAT Burying The Bones, Episode 5 SAT SAT Lindsay Duncan reads the final extract from Hilary SAT Spurling's new book: "Burying The Bones". The distinguished SAT biographer's subject is the astonishing life of Pearl Buck SAT one of the most successful and popular American novelists of SAT the 20th Century. SAT SAT In today's episode we learn that as she entered old age SAT Pearl's indomitable spirit continued to shine as she shocked SAT and surprised her family with a series of bizarre life SAT choices. Pearl never quite recovered her equilibrium after SAT the death of her second husband and surrounded by a coterie SAT of flamboyant young men became increasingly cloistered - SAT receiving visitors in a 'throne' room; a strange echo of the SAT last days of her childhood heroine the last empress of SAT China. SAT SAT Though her work has now fallen out of fashion in her day SAT Pearl Buck was a phenomenal bestseller. The novel that made SAT her name was "The Good Earth" which depicted for the first SAT time the gruelling conditions of China's rural poor. Born to SAT Presbyterian missionaries in 1890s China Buck's first hand SAT experience of the language and people informed her writing SAT and helped to change Western perceptions of that country SAT forever; in recognition of which she won the Nobel Prize for SAT Literature in 1938. SAT SAT Abridger: Alison Joseph. SAT Producer: Kirsteen Cameron. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rp4d9 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rp4dc (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rp4df (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00rp4dh (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rp4gh (Listen) SAT with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. SAT SAT 05:45 Lent Talks b00rmxk9 (Listen) SAT Rev Dr Giles Fraser SAT SAT "Greater love hath no man" SAT In the last of six talks by eminent writers and thinkers in SAT the weeks leading up to Easter The Revd Dr Giles Fraser SAT Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral and a Tutor of SAT military ethics at The Defence Academy reflects on the SAT nature of sacrifice. SAT SAT The Revd Dr Giles Fraser Canon Chancellor of St Paul's SAT Cathedral brings our series of Lent Talks to a close when he SAT will be reflecting on the nature of sacrifice. As a Tutor of SAT ethics and leadership at The Defence Academy Dr Fraser has a SAT wide experience of talking to soldiers and military SAT strategists about what sacrifice means in a war zone. In the SAT light of those insights - and as Christians around the world SAT mark Holy Week - he explores what the concept of sacrifice SAT means in our contemporary culture. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00rp4h8 (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00rpvkc (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00rpvkf (Listen) SAT South Wales Valleys SAT SAT The rivers of the South Wales coalfields were once so black SAT with mining and industrial waste that in places no fish SAT could survive. But miraculously salmon have now returned to SAT all of these waterways and rivers such as the Ebbw and the SAT Taff now have fish running up from the sea to spawn. 25 SAT years since the end of the Miners Strike signalled the SAT eventual closure of the coalmines the physical environment SAT of the valleys of South Wales is very different. Gone is the SAT industrial landscape and the air thick with coal dust. Gone SAT too are the pit wheels and steel works taking with them SAT employment and a way of life. But this has all been replaced SAT by a greener landscape and healthier environment and the SAT challenge facing the people of the Valleys now is to make SAT the best of what they have on their doorstep to restore the SAT social and economic fortunes of the former coalfields and SAT bring a healthier way of life for themselves and those SAT people who visit this part of the world. SAT SAT Helen Mark begins her day by joining keen cyclist Ralph SAT Jones on a bike ride through the beautiful Afan Forest SAT following the tracks that run along the now disused railway SAT lines that once served the long-abandoned coal mines. The SAT area has been regenerated and the colliery tips have gone. SAT The landscape is now green and forested and plays host to SAT hundreds of visitors each year who come to walk or cycle in SAT the area. Just a few miles up the road Helen visits the SAT Glyncorrwg Mountain Bike and Ponds Centre. Following the SAT closure of the local pits in the 1970s the local community SAT took their future in their own hands and took advantage of SAT the beautiful scenery on their doorsteps and the rain water SAT from the sky and created a series of ponds along the narrow SAT valley. Fishing and canoeing are now the most popular sport SAT along with miles of old flat railway trackbed lines and SAT steep mountain slopes providing days of cycling and hillwalking. SAT SAT Helen then leaves the Afan Valley and takes the Heads of the SAT Valleys Road to the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil where she SAT meets keen fisherman Tony Rees. Tony has fished the rivers SAT of the valleys for 60 years and remembers a time when it was SAT impossible to fish the River Taff below Merthyr because the SAT waters were so black. Now thanks to natural cleansing and a SAT concerted clean-up effort along the rivers salmon travel SAT along Taff from as far away as Cardiff. SAT SAT Finally Helen heads across to the Ebbw Valley to find out SAT about the Valleys Regional Park and the Ebbw Fach Trail a SAT coming together of local communities to form a 7-mile long SAT environment and heritage trail which will highlight the SAT transformation of the area from heavy industry to a greener SAT landscape. Later this year a new memorial will be unveiled SAT along the trail in memory of the 45 men who lost their lives SAT in an explosion 50 years ago at the nearby Six Bells SAT Colliery. The memorial will name all 45 and also be SAT dedicated to all those affected by the mining industry. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00rpvkh (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT In this morning's edition of Farming Today This Week we hear SAT from a group of people who all want a job in agriculture. As SAT we come out of a recession The National Institute of SAT Economic Research warns that it will be hard for graduates SAT to get jobs for the next two to three years. But Lantra the SAT skills council for land based industries claims that 91 SAT percent of agricultural students are finding jobs within six SAT months of leaving college. Farming today will follow the SAT progress of these seven people over the next 12 months as SAT they try and get a job in the industry. This programme is SAT presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Anna Varle. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00rpvkk (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00rpvkm (Listen) SAT With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; SAT Weather; Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00rpvkp (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by crime writing phenomenon Lee Child. SAT He sells about a million copies of his Jack Reacher books SAT every year - it is page turning dynamic crime fighting SAT fiction with bells on. I can't wait. We'll be listening to SAT the story of a young man who sleepwalks - but he puts the SAT time to good use drawing and painting - two things he cant SAT do for toffee when he is awake. Carly Simon shares her SAT Inheritance Tracks with us did you know that she was once an SAT overweight secretary? And Robert Harrison is on the show he SAT is a father of three from west yorkshire who made a SAT photographic space probe almost by accident. The poet is SAT Elvis McGonagall. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00rpvkr (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig explores the Falkland Islands in the company SAT of a military and wildlife artist and a former Falklands vet SAT and examines the journey of a deported Polish family from SAT what is now Belarus to Tavistock in Devon via Kazakhstan SAT Tehran and Karachi. SAT SAT 10:30 Command Performance b00rpvkt (Listen) SAT Command Performance explores prestigious concerts held in SAT unique places under special circumstances with presenter SAT Katie Derham . As you'd expect the command performance is a SAT royal prerogative and singer Katherine Jenkins gives us SAT further insight when she explains her recent experience of a SAT performance for the current Queen at Balmoral. SAT SAT As we hear for most artists a private performance rarely SAT features a royal at the top table. Time is devoted to the SAT after dinner or corporate gig where lucrative money can be SAT made. Comedian Barry Cryer gives us tips on the best way to SAT approach these unique events and veteran Roy Hudd also SAT suggests ways you make the most of these performance SAT opportunities with out losing your nerve. SAT SAT After a hard day General Secretary Joseph Stalin liked to SAT relax watching the ballet. Today a bespoke performance with SAT an artist is possible. Jazz musician Yolanda Brown was SAT invited to perform for the President Medvedev at the Winter SAT Palace in St. Petersburg. Playing for a leading political SAT figure is significant for an artist but what about SAT performing for eight global players? Jools Holland explains SAT his command performance when he played for Prime Minster SAT Tony Blair at the G8 summit and why President Bill Clinton SAT had difficulty leaving the event. SAT SAT For many artists a performance for his Holiness the Pope is SAT a command performance to be embraced with great relish. SAT Composer Simon Wills performed for the Pope on two occasions SAT and reveals what happens behind the walls of the Vatican SAT what the changing facilities are like and how the Pope SAT responds to a performance. SAT SAT The programme concludes that any one can purchase their own SAT command performance and music promoter Hugh Phillimore can SAT help. He has secured the world's leading stars providing the SAT price is right. SAT SAT Sugar Productions for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 Beyond Westminster b00rpvry (Listen) SAT Opinion polls suggest that Britain could be heading towards SAT its first hung Parliament since the fall of James SAT Callaghan's Labour government in March 1979. SAT SAT Few politicians at Westminster have first-hand experience of SAT the back-room deals and nail-biting votes that characterised SAT that last minority Government. SAT SAT But for the Scottish Parliament such dramas are only a vote SAT away. Last year Alex Salmond's Scottish Nationalist Party SAT government came within an ace of falling when Labour and the SAT Lib Dems joined forces to vote down the Budget. SAT SAT The arrangement has forced the nationalists into uneasy SAT compromises and uncomfortable alliances. But the business of SAT government has continued. SAT SAT The BBC's Scottish Political Editor Brian Taylor charts the SAT impact of minority government in Scotland and asks what SAT Westminster can learn from Holyrood. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00rpvs0 (Listen) SAT For years Iraqis have endured shocking levels of violence: SAT bomb attacks kidnappings killings. Often acute tensions SAT between the Sunni and Shia Muslims have been behind the SAT bloodshed. But they are by no means Iraq's only religious SAT factions. There are other very much smaller and less well SAT known spiritual communities. And as Ed Stourton has been SAT finding out they too have been ruthlessly targeted in the SAT turmoil.. SAT SAT It has been called Africa's greatest catastrophe since SAT slavery: the HIV-AIDS epidemic has been devastating. More SAT than fourteen million children have been orphaned. Zambia is SAT among the countries hardest hit. According to one estimate SAT one in every seven of its citizens is living with HIV the SAT virus that causes AIDS. And Jo Fidgen has been thinking SAT about what it means for the women of Zambia who have to live SAT in the presence of this constant menace... SAT SAT In Russia it is "raining heroin"..and the clouds that send SAT the rain are the opium-producing poppy fields of SAT Afghanistan. Those are the words of a senior Russian SAT official who's trying to counter the flood of drugs across SAT his country's southern border. Afghan opium production has SAT risen nearly fifty fold since America and its allies invaded SAT the country nine years ago. And Rupert Wingfield Hayes has SAT seen what impact the flow of the drug is having on life in SAT the bleak cities of Siberia... SAT SAT For the people of the Falkland Islands each year the SAT beginning of April brings back memories. This is when back SAT in 1982 they were invaded by Argentina. In the first days of SAT the occupation it seemed that Britain may have lost control SAT of the islands forever. In the end however it was the SAT Argentines who were forced to retreat. It's often forgotten SAT though that the crisis actually began not on the Falklands SAT but in tensions surrounding the tiny lonely island of South SAT Georgia. And Daniel Schweimler has been talking to a man who SAT was at the centre of the drama there.. SAT SAT The playwright George Bernard Shaw famously described SAT Britain and America as two countries "divided by a common SAT language". And perhaps that idea rather neatly captures the SAT relatonship. The two societies share a great deal but in SAT many ways they're also very different. Part of the fun of SAT being in America is spotting the ways that we connect and SAT the ways that we don't. And a chance encounter in Arizona SAT set Kevin Conolly thinking about Britain's imperial legacy SAT in the New World... SAT SAT But did Kevin ever get the pint he asked for.I wonder...? Or SAT did they just talk weights and measures all night.... Kevin SAT Conolly there ending this edition of "From Our Own SAT Correspondent. I'm Alan Johnston and our producer was Hannah SAT Barnes. Join us again soon here on the BBC World Service. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00rpvs2 (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis presents a special programme devoted to one of SAT the biggest issues affecting the outlook for savings and SAT investment - the deficit. Where did it come from? How can we SAT get rid of it? And should we be worried about its impact on SAT savings and investments? SAT SAT The issues will be debated by both economists and investment SAT specialists. Reports from the Radio 4 More or Less team will SAT help with the explanations. SAT Presenter:Paul Lewis SAT Editor: Richard Vadon. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00rp41r (Listen) SAT Series 30, Episode 5 SAT SAT The Now Show 5/6 SAT SAT Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look through SAT the week's news with help from Jon Holmes Laura Shavin Mitch SAT Benn and Nick Doody. SAT SAT Producer: Ed Morrish. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00rpw6q (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00rpw6s (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00rp41t (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Holsworthy in SAT Devon with questions from the audience for the panel SAT including: Rt Hon Peter Hain MP Welsh Secretary; Nick SAT Herbert MP Shadow Secretary for the Environment Food and SAT Rural Affairs; Susan Kramer Liberal Democrat MP and Nigel SAT Farage UKIP MEP. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00rpw6v (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in SAT response to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00rq1w3 (Listen) SAT Goldfinger SAT SAT Goldfinger by Ian Fleming SAT James Bond returns in this Broadcast Premiere: a SAT dramatisation of the classic 1959 novel. When Bond begins SAT his pursuit of a monstrous international criminal he SAT discovers that a daring heist is on the agenda - plus mass SAT murder. But what is the American connection? And where do SAT the Russians fit in? Can OO7 survive to fight another day? SAT SAT Goldfinger ..... Ian McKellen SAT James Bond ..... Toby Stephens. SAT 'M' ..... John Standing. SAT Col. Smithers ..... Ian Ogilvy SAT Pussy Galore ..... Rosamund Pike SAT Tilly Masterton ..... Lisa Dillon SAT Du Pont ..... Henry Goodman SAT Hawker ..... Alistair McGowan SAT Helmut Springer ..... Hector Elizondo SAT Jill Masterton ..... Anna Louise Plowman SAT Johnny Solo ..... Tim Pigott-Smith SAT Mr Strap ..... Tom Hollander SAT Felix Leiter ..... Lloyd Owen SAT Jed Midnight ..... Nigel Anthony SAT Oddjob ..... Jon David Yu SAT Alfred ..... Alan Shearman SAT Nigel ..... Matthew Wolf SAT Fleming ..... Martin Jarvis SAT Doctors and Pilot ..... Kyle Stoller SAT Nurse ..... Tracy Pattin SAT SAT Dramatised by Archie Scottney. SAT Music composed by Mark Holden and Sam Barbour. SAT Director Martin Jarvis. Producer Rosalind Ayres. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00rq212 (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT Presented by Jane Garvey. SAT SAT Actress comedian and writer Meera Syal joins Woman's Hour to SAT talk about her new role as Shirley Valentine. SAT SAT Two for the price of one - that's politicians and their SAT wives - with column inches and TV interviews devoted to the SAT wives of the party leaders how important are they in winning SAT votes? Elizabeth Day writer for the Observer Alicia SAT Collinson barrister and wife of Conservative MP Damian Green SAT and Editor of BBC Political Research David Cowling discuss. SAT SAT Following the death of Lady Susana Walton last month we look SAT at people who are "keepers of the flame". In 1948 Susana SAT married the English composer Sir William Walton. After his SAT death in 1983 Lady Walton became custodian of her husband's SAT professional work. She fiercely promoted his music and in SAT 2001 she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University SAT of Nottingham in recognition of the work she had done to SAT maintain the legacy of her husband. So how best do you SAT safeguard the reputation of a loved one? We talk to Lady SAT Deborah MacMillan the widow of the choreographer Kenneth SAT MacMillan and the composer Michael Berkeley. SAT SAT A report by Amnesty International entitled 'Deadly Delivery' SAT says America's approach to maternity care is "disgraceful SAT and scandalous" with a death rate worse than in 40 other SAT countries including nearly all the industrialised nations. SAT Jane talks to Angela Burgin Logan whose difficult birth left SAT her with ongoing health problems Nan Strauss who co-authored SAT the report and Professor Timothy Johnson who Chairs the SAT Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University SAT of Michigan. SAT SAT In 1995 Alison Hargreaves became the first woman to climb SAT Everest without an additional supply of oxygen. Her strength SAT skill and determination made her an inspiration to thousands SAT of women and her achievements became front-page national SAT news. But three months later her tragic death while climbing SAT K2 was reported. Her death led to much criticism from the SAT press who questioned how a woman with two young children - SAT Tom aged six and Kate aged four - could have risked her SAT life. The family have relocated to the Swiss Alps where Tom SAT now 21 is training to tackle some of the mountains his SAT mother climbed. We talk to Tom ski instructor Kate and their SAT father Jim. SAT SAT And as the British Film Institute launches a Paul Newman SAT season we review his partnership with Robert Redford and SAT debate who was better. Dr Sarah Churchwell film critic and SAT Senior Lecturer in America Studies at UEA and Antonia Quirke SAT author and film critic assess the stars' appeal. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00rq2kj (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00rq2kl (Listen) SAT Listener Des Moore asks:"Would the political parties back SAT the chemical castration of rapists?" SAT SAT iPM - the news show that starts with its listener - puts SAT Des's question to the parties to clinicians who administer SAT the treatment and to a sex offender who has taken the drugs SAT since 2004. SAT SAT With Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00rq2kn (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00rq2kq (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rq2ks (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00rq2kv (Listen) SAT Peter Curran and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation SAT music and comedy. SAT SAT Peter Curran is joined by the Hollywood Legend Debbie SAT Reynolds comedian Mark Steel and the journalist and SAT broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell. SAT SAT Arthur Smith talks about Britain's love of curry with SAT Alkarim Jivani. SAT SAT With comedy from Stewart Francis. SAT SAT And music from Harper Simon and Danny & The Champions of the SAT World. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00rq2kx (Listen) SAT Bob Crow SAT SAT Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Bob Crow General Secretary of the SAT National Union of Rail Maritime and Transport Workers who is SAT at the centre of threatened strikes on Britain's railways. SAT Regarded by some as a member of 'the Awkward Squad' a group SAT of left-wing union leaders who came to power in the last ten SAT years Crow has been called 'a dinosaur' 'a bully' 'a thug' SAT and probably even worse. Some have suggested he revels in SAT the notoriety which has been heaped upon him by commuters SAT New Labour and even fellow union leaders and that he enjoys SAT playing the pantomime villain. Under his leadership the RMT SAT has become one of the fastest growing unions in Britain. SAT Those who've met him say he is polite charming and SAT considerate - a good man to have on your side but not SAT someone you would like to work against. SAT SAT He was born in East London and started work on London SAT Underground in 1978. He joined the National Union of SAT Railwaymen and has never looked back. He was elected General SAT Secretary of the RMT in 2002 following the death of Jimmy SAT Knapp with the biggest winning margin in the union's history. SAT SAT With contributions from Tim O'Toole (former Managing SAT Director of London Underground) Tom Winsor (former Rail SAT Regulator) the Labour MP Ian Davidson and transport SAT journalist Christian Wolmar. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00rq2kz (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writer Bidisha the director of SAT the Institute of Contemporary Arts Ekow Eshun and poet Cahal SAT Dallat to review the cultural highlights of the week SAT including the film Kick Ass and tv drama A Passionate SAT Woman SAT SAT Kick Ass directed by Matthew Vaughn stars Aaron Johnson as SAT Dave Lizewski an unnoticed high school student and comic SAT book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero even SAT though he has no special powers or training. SAT SAT Naomi Alderman's new novel The Lessons features student Mark SAT Winters the owner of a crumbling Oxford mansion. His chaotic SAT trust-fund upbringing has left him as troubled and SAT unpredictable as he is wildly promiscuous. He gathers around SAT him an impressionable group of students including James SAT already damaged by Oxford and looking for a group to belong SAT to. But university is no grounding for adult life and when SAT years later tragedy strikes they are entirely unprepared. SAT SAT Leighton House the London home and studio of Victorian SAT artist Frederic Lord Leighton has reopened following its SAT £1.6 million refurbishment accompanied by a special SAT exhibition of paintings from Leighton's own collection. The SAT stunning Arab Hall is the centerpiece of the house designed SAT to display Leighton's priceless collection of over a SAT thousand Islamic tiles. SAT SAT Kay Mellor's play A Passionate Woman has been adapted into SAT two complementary stories for television. Set in Leeds the SAT first focuses on a mother's affair in the Fifties and the SAT second is set in the Eighties and looks at the consequences SAT of that affair 30 years on. A Passionate Woman is a personal SAT look at the changing role of women over the last 50 years. SAT SAT David Byrne and Fatboy Slim have paired up for a 22-track SAT song cycle. Here Lies Love is about the extraordinary life SAT of former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos and SAT her childhood servant Estrella Crumpas. SAT SAT Producer - Anne-Marie Cole. SAT SAT 20:00 Counterpoint b00rp41f (Listen) SAT For Easter weekend on Radio 4 Paul Gambaccini's in the SAT quizmaster's chair for a very special edition of the SAT long-running music quiz 'Counterpoint'. SAT SAT The quiz covers the usual broad mixture of musical styles - SAT but all the extracts and musical clues in this special SAT edition will be played live in the studio by the BBC SAT Philharmonic taking a breather from their current Mahler SAT season of concerts. SAT SAT Answering Paul's questions and identifying the extracts are SAT three musical celebrities - soprano and radio presenter SAT Catherine Bott; conductor and comedian Rainer Hersch; and SAT musician writer and comedian Kit Hesketh Harvey. SAT SAT The BBC Philharmonic will be providing plenty of surprising SAT arrangements of familiar melodies from Tchaikovsky to Take SAT That. You can hear which of the celebrity panellists proves SAT to have the broadest musical knowledge in this unique SAT collaboration recorded with an enthusiastic audience at BBC SAT Manchester. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00rl4zj (Listen) SAT Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Imprisonment SAT SAT 3/4 SAT Lovelace tricks Clarissa into returning to Mrs Sinclair's SAT house of ill repute and after she has been drugged he has SAT his way with her. SAT SAT Robert Lovelace ..... Richard Armitage SAT Clarissa Harlowe ..... Zoe Waites SAT Mrs Moore ..... Deborah Findlay SAT Mrs Rawlings ..... Alison Steadman SAT Tourville ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt SAT Belford ..... Adrian Scarborough SAT Capt. Tomlinson ..... Stephen Critchlow SAT Boy ..... Cathy Sara SAT Lady Betty ..... Sophie Thompson SAT Charlotte ..... Ellie Beaven SAT Dorcas ..... Lisa Hammond SAT Mrs Sinclair ..... Miriam Margolyes SAT SAT Dramatised by Hattie Naylor SAT SAT Directed by Marilyn Imrie. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00rq2m2 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00rmxk7 (Listen) SAT Are the Baby Boomers the most selfish generation history has SAT ever known? The 11 million children of the post-war baby SAT boom are marching towards retirement. There are more over SAT 60s than under 16s and their numbers and the demands they SAT make on our society and how we're going to pay for them are SAT questions we're only just starting to confront. They've SAT grown up with all the benefits of the welfare state and NHS SAT made a profit on their homes and have good company pensions. SAT Should they have used their demographic good fortune to SAT build for the future rather than leaving the next generation SAT to pick up the tab? There used to be a contract between the SAT generations - a moral duty that we'd leave the world a SAT better place for our children that they'll live better lives SAT than us. Edmund Burke's described a nation is "a partnership SAT not only between those who are living but between those who SAT are living those who are dead and those who are to be born". SAT But what's the baby boomers' legacy to the next generation? SAT Climate meltdown a wrecked economy and very large bill in SAT the post. Do we have a moral obligation to the next SAT generation and if so what is it? SAT SAT 23:00 Counterpoint b00rm074 (Listen) SAT Series 24, Episode 2 SAT SAT Paul Gambaccini welcomes three more competitors to the BBC SAT Radio Theatre for Heat Two in the 2010 series of the SAT long-running music quiz. This week's trio of music SAT enthusiasts come from London Edinburgh and Brighton - and SAT they'll be facing Paul's questions on every aspect of the SAT musical spectrum from the classics to show tunes film music SAT jazz pop and rock. From Palestrina to Pink Floyd Paul SAT Gambaccini has it covered in 'Counterpoint'. SAT SAT THIS WEEK'S CONTESTANTS SAT SAT James Bowman a publisher from London; SAT David Coxall a former careers advisor from Edinburgh; SAT Neil McNair a Senior Analyst with the Highways Agency from SAT Brighton. SAT SAT 23:30 Suckers! Poet and Parasite b00rl4zn (Listen) SAT Parasites are not an obvious subject matter for poetry but SAT in fact there are a surprising number of poems about these SAT miniature blood-suckers. From Donne's 'The Flea' to SAT Rimbaud's 'Lice Hunters' and D.H. Lawrence's 'Mosquito' it SAT seems that a number of prominent poets have been fascinated SAT by the notion of blood-sucking and by the uncomfortable SAT relationship between man and parasite. SAT SAT Paul Farley considers this long relationship between poets SAT and parasites as he looks for leeches in the pools of SAT Dungeness visits the mosquito colonies cultivated under SAT Gower Street in London and marvels at the strange beauty of SAT the flea specimens in the Rothschild Collection of Fleas at SAT the Natural History Museum. SAT SAT In the company of entomologists and of fellow poets Susan SAT Wicks Antony Dunn and Sarah Howe Paul examines both classic SAT and contemporary poems to discover how parasites have been SAT portrayed - and transformed - in verse. SAT SAT Paul Farley is an award-winning poet and broadcaster. His SAT work includes the poetry collections The Boy from the SAT Chemist is Here to See You The Ice Age and Tramp in Flames. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 04 APRIL 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00rq38k (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b009psnk (Listen) SUN What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets, Rock of Eye SUN SUN What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets is a series of SUN specially commissioned short stories which take their SUN inspiration from the life and work of the seventeenth SUN century poets John Donne George Herbert and Andrew Marvell. SUN SUN The first story in the series "Rock of Eye" by Iain F SUN MacLeod is inspired by John Donne's poem "A Valediction: SUN Forbidden Mourning". In it an elderly Savile Row tailor SUN comes face to face with a lost love and is forced to SUN confront a painful event from his past. The reader is Paul Young. SUN SUN The other writers in the series are Helen Dunmore Ruth SUN Thomas Joe Dunthorne and Michele Roberts. SUN SUN The producer is Kirsteen Cameron. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rq3fz (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rq3g1 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rq3g3 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00rq3g5 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00rqhd5 (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from Exeter Cathedral. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00rq2kx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00rqhd7 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00rqhd9 (Listen) SUN God Be In My Head SUN SUN The benediction 'God Be In My Head' often forms part of SUN funeral ceremonies. 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On this most joyful day of the Christian year the SUN world renowned cathedral choir directed by Master of Music SUN Martin Baker sing from the Church's glorious heritage of SUN Easter music including works by Taverner and Palestrina as SUN well as the hymns 'Jesus Christ is risen today' and 'Thine SUN be the Glory.' Organist: Matthew Martin; Producer: Philip SUN Billson. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00rqkr3 (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week with SUN Kevin Connolly. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00rqkr5 (Listen) SUN As more calves are born to Grange Farm Ed cannot help but SUN hope that Vicky will finally see sense and agree that the SUN unwanted bull calves should be sent to slaughter. However SUN Vicky remains determined to find an alternative destiny for SUN her precious bulls - and throws herself into finding an SUN answer. Meanwhile Jazzer meets the new recruit to the Grange SUN Farm dairy team: but has he found himself a kindred or a SUN nemesis? SUN SUN The 'Ambridge's Got Talent' show is fast approaching - and SUN Kenton still hasn't secured the services of a third judge. SUN Amidst pressure from Kathy he's forced to think outside the SUN box - or face the ever-lasting wrath of Lynda Snell. SUN Meanwhile Ed and Tom look forward to counting their money as SUN Jazzer vows to keep his half of their bet and to take to the SUN stage. SUN SUN Written By: Joanna Toye SUN Directed By: Kate Oates SUN Editor: Vanessa Whitburn SUN SUN Jill Archer ... Patricia Greene SUN Kenton Archer ... Richard Attlee SUN Shula Hebden-Lloyd ... Judy Bennett SUN David Archer ... Timothy Bentinck SUN Ruth Archer ... Felicity Finch SUN Josh Archer ... Cian Cheesbrough SUN Tony Archer ... Colin Skipp SUN Helen Archer ... Louiza Patikas SUN Tom Archer ... Tom Graham SUN Jennifer Aldridge ... Angela Piper SUN Ian Craig ... Stephen Kennedy SUN Lilian Bellamy ... Sunny Ormonde SUN Fallon Rogers ... Joanna Van-Kampen SUN Kathy Perks ... Hedli Niklaus SUN Jamie Perks ... Dan Ciotkowski SUN Joe Grundy ... Edward Kelsey SUN Eddie Grundy ... Trevor Harrison SUN Ed Grundy ... Barry Farrimond SUN Mike Tucker ... Terry Molloy SUN Vicky Tucker ... Rachel Atkins SUN Brenda Tucker ... Amy Shindler SUN Robert Snell ... Graham Blockey SUN Lynda Snell ... Carole Boyd SUN Jazzer Mccreary ... Ryan Kelly SUN Usha Franks ... Souad Faress SUN Jim Lloyd ... John Rowe SUN Paul ... Michael Fenton Stevens SUN Harry ... Michael Shelford. SUN SUN 11:15 The Reunion b00rqkr7 (Listen) SUN First London Marathon SUN SUN In the first programme of the BBC Radio 4 spring series of SUN The Reunion Sue MacGregor revisits 1981 and the first SUN running of the London Marathon. SUN SUN Before the London Marathon long-distance running in Britain SUN was the exclusive domain of elite athletes. Two former SUN British Olympic athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley were SUN inspired by the New York Marathon and the jogging boom of SUN the 1970's and decided to set about organizing a marathon SUN through the streets of London. With almost seven thousand SUN runners participating in the first race marathon running was SUN suddenly on the map. SUN SUN Sue is joined around the table by: David Bedford current SUN Race Director and former 10000 metre world record holder; SUN John Disley an original founder and bronze medal Olympic SUN steeplechase winner; John Bryant journalist and marathon SUN historian; Hugh Jones course measurer and the first British SUN man to win the London Marathon in 1982; and Veronique Marot SUN the second British woman to win setting a British women's SUN record in 1989. SUN SUN Over 36000 participants are confirmed for 2010. Though not SUN the original intention of the founders the London Marathon SUN went on to become the largest one-day fundraising event in SUN the world. By 2010 the marathon will have raised over a half SUN a billion pounds for charity. Today the London Marathon is a SUN distinct mixture of elite competition and street carnival an SUN event that the capital is exceedingly proud of. SUN SUN The producer is Colin McNulty and this is a Whistledown SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00rv4db (Listen) SUN Series 5, Episode 1 SUN SUN David Mitchell hosts another series of the panel game in SUN which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete SUN against one another to see how many items of truth they're SUN able to smuggle past their opponents. Marcus Brigstocke SUN Henning Wehn Lucy Porter and Graeme Garden are the SUN panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on SUN subjects as varied as: Sleep Beer Childbirth and Sir Isaac SUN Newton. SUN SUN The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith the SUN team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. SUN SUN The producer is Jon Naismith and this is a Random SUN Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00rqkr9 (Listen) SUN It's been described as "the soya sauce of European cuisine": SUN Verjuice--the unfermented juice of unripe fruit often SUN grapes. The Greeks used it the Romans used it the French the SUN Italians... And even we used it until the Industrial SUN Revolution. SUN SUN Most farmhouses would have kept a barrel made from crab SUN apples... Now Michelin chefs are queuing up to get hold of SUN it again. But is it worth using in our own kitchens? SUN SUN Sheila Dillon visits food historian Ivan Day and hears from SUN Verjuice 'crusader' Maggie Beer in her vineyard near SUN Adelaide South Australia. She tastes what is currently on SUN the market and samples some historic verjuice-based dishes. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00rqkrc (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00rqkrf (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Mr Haydn's London Experience b00kjh8j (Listen) SUN Composer Matthew King looks at Joseph Haydn's two visits to SUN London between 1791 and 1795 during which he wrote his last SUN 12 symphonies. SUN SUN In 1791 the 58-year-old composer took a sabbatical from his SUN post as master of music at the Vienna court of Prince SUN Esterhazy and travelled to England. Having spent a life time SUN in servitude this son of a wheelwright suddenly found SUN himself feted by the highest echelons of British society SUN including King George III and the Prince of Wales and lauded SUN by public and press alike. SUN SUN As well as composing his 12 London Symphonies Haydn found SUN the visits creatively and emotionally liberating and he was SUN rewarded for his work with wealth beyond his dreams. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00rql6c (Listen) SUN Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. Chris SUN Beardshaw Anne Swithinbank and Matt Biggs are guests of SUN Cheselbourne Gardens Club Sturminster Newton in Dorset. SUN SUN 14:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country b00rql6f (Listen) SUN Humphry Repton SUN SUN This series is an account of how through history people have SUN moved from the town to the country and taken with them SUN powerful ideas about what the countryside should be. Each SUN age 'invents' the countryside to chime with the SUN pre-occupations of the day. The last two centuries have seen SUN the countryside shaped for personal aggrandisement for moral SUN improvement for the reflection of a new industrial wealth as SUN the creation of an 'ideal' landscape as a place of health SUN and healing and as a refuge from (and comment on) the pace SUN nature and stress of contemporary urban life. These ideas SUN find many echoes in our current attitudes to the countryside SUN but the ambition through the series is to visit and SUN scrutinise specific movements and representations and let SUN the ripples of recognition make their own way into the SUN listeners' minds. SUN SUN Our tendency to idealise the countryside hasn't always SUN reflected the reality of rural life. But it provides a SUN fascinating glimpse of our dreams and fears as a society. SUN SUN The first programme focuses on the first landscape designer SUN Humphry Repton who brought the countryside in from the cold. SUN He loved to frame a view over rolling hills and farm workers SUN in their comfortable cottages that could be seen from the SUN grand terraces and mud free paths close to the big house. SUN SUN Repton's career spanned 30 bristling years in British SUN history from 1789 to 1818 - a time of huge social and SUN economic transformation. His predecessor Capability Brown SUN had worked for the large aristocracy landscaping their parks SUN to express their wealth and status while Repton a generation SUN later set out to redefine this profession working more SUN modestly and for a range of clients including dukes lawyers SUN bankers and manufacturers. Repton was effectively a makeover SUN artist. SUN SUN The producer is Kate Bland. This is a Just Radio production SUN for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00rql6h (Listen) SUN Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Freedom Regained SUN SUN Clarissa hopes for reconciliation with her family while an SUN unrepentant Lovelace seeks once again to find her and SUN conquer her soul. SUN SUN 16:00 Bookclub b00rqlc4 (Listen) SUN Jeanette Winterson talks to James Naughtie and readers about SUN the novel that made her a literary star Oranges Are Not the SUN Only Fruit. SUN SUN First published 25 years ago when Jeanette herself was just SUN twenty-five 'Oranges' as she calls it is the story of her SUN fictional counterpart Jeanette adopted and growing up in a SUN northern working class industrial town. SUN SUN Jeanette's parents are part of an Evangelical Christian SUN community and her mother thinks she is one of God's elect. SUN Zealous and passionate Jeanette seems destined for a life as SUN a missionary but then she falls for one of her converts. At SUN sixteen Jeanette decides to leave the church her home and SUN her family for the young woman she loves. SUN SUN In structure content and style 'Oranges' was unlike any SUN other novel at the time. Reflecting back Jeanette Winterson SUN has called it a 'comforting' book not because it offers any SUN easy answers but because it tackles difficult questions and SUN once you can talk about what is troubling you you are SUN someway towards handling it. SUN SUN Recorded with a group of twenty-five readers in the studio SUN Bookclub with Jeanette Winterson is an intimate discussion SUN of how a writer came to terms with her past. James Naughtie SUN chairs the programme. SUN SUN May's Bookclub choice : My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk SUN SUN Producer : Dymphna Flynn. SUN SUN 16:30 The Poetry Olympian: Michael Horovitz at 75 b00rqlc6 (Listen) SUN The British Beat poet and musician Michael Horovitz is 75 on SUN April 4th 2010 and in this lively celebration of a SUN lifetime's idiosyncratic poetry output his admirer music SUN lecturer and writer Simon Warner makes the case that no-one SUN has had a greater influence on the development of British SUN poetry over the last 50 years. Describing himself as a 'poet SUN singer-songwriter jazz and blues Anglo-saxophonist' Horovitz SUN has spent decades publishing and promoting the verse of the SUN English underground often at his own expense and in the face SUN of establishment indifference. In fact his efforts are SUN little less than the seeding ground of the spoken word SUN tradition in the UK and he has been and continues to be an SUN inventive and indefatigable champion of well-known and SUN up-and-coming poets and musicians. SUN SUN His notion that poetry should be seen and heard often with SUN music has been shared and developed in collaboration with SUN notable musicians from Stan Tracy to Damon Albarn as well as SUN a couple of generations of poetry performers from Adrian SUN Mitchell John Cooper Clarke and Jean 'Binta' Breeze to John SUN Hegley Patience Agbabi and Francesca Beard. SUN SUN His influence on publishing has been as significant as his SUN impact on performance. In 1959 he launched New Departures SUN which first published works by Beckett Burroughs Ginsberg SUN and others in the UK. The magazine grew into a famously SUN anarchic and energetic touring show Live New Departures SUN which brought poetry music visual art and performance to SUN venues all over Britain during the counterculture explosion SUN of the 1960s. He played a key part in the 1965 International SUN Poetry Incarnation at the Albert Hall and since 1980 he has SUN organised a a number of Poetry Olympics events that have SUN showcased and continue to do so inventive and inspiring SUN collaborations between poets and musicians. SUN SUN Music lecturer and writer Simon Warner charts the impact of SUN this energetic and eccentric provoker of the establishment SUN over five decades and talks to those who have worked with SUN him supported him and been supported by him over the years SUN including poets Pete Brown Roger McGough John Hegley Valerie SUN Bloom and Libby Houston musicians Laurie Morgan and Damon SUN Albarn and writer Barry Miles. SUN SUN 17:00 GCHQ: Cracking the Code b00rmssw (Listen) SUN The BBC's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera gains SUN unprecedented access to Britain's ultra secret listening SUN station where super computers monitor the world's SUN communications traffic and Britain's global eavesdropping SUN and electronic surveillance operations are conducted. SUN SUN The layers of secrecy which have surrounded GCHQ's work are SUN peeled away - what exactly does it do and who is it SUN listening to? SUN SUN The programme explores the wide area covered by signals SUN intelligence - from looking for terrorists planning attacks SUN against the United Kingdom to supporting military operations SUN of the type underway in Afghanistan. SUN SUN A team from the Counter terrorism section describes what it SUN is like to listen in on terrorists' conversations and the SUN constant battle to predict where the next attack will come SUN from: "I don't think you would be human if you didn't go SUN home at night and couldn't switch off and thought 'Oh my SUN God. What happens if . . .?'" What about the ethics of SUN eavesdropping and how does their work compare to the way it SUN is portrayed on television in series like 'Spooks'? SUN SUN Code-breakers talk about their work attempting to find a SUN chink in the armour of a carefully encrypted message sent by SUN a terrorist or a foreign government. "It just feels amazing SUN really" when there is a breakthrough says one. "I mean you SUN feel like you've won". SUN SUN The programme looks at the technological challenges posed by SUN the internet and the threat of cyber warfare which has led SUN to the establishment of a new cyber operations centre at SUN Cheltenham. It also explores the scientific and mathematical SUN breakthroughs which have been achieved at GCHQ including the SUN discovery of public key encryption used when we shop on the SUN internet. SUN SUN There's a tour of the building's four great computer halls SUN containing racks and racks of IT equipment and covering SUN around ten thousand square metres. "I could actually fit SUN Wembley football pitch into three of the halls quite SUN comfortably' says the man in charge of making sure that the SUN equipment doesn't crash. SUN SUN Gordon Corera challenges the director Iain Lobban. There has SUN been considerable speculation about whether the government SUN is planning huge databases at GCHQ to keep track of all SUN communications and internet traffic. Do they really spy on SUN us? And how accountable are they? SUN Producer: Mark Savage. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00rq2kx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00rqlnv (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00rqlnx (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rqlnz (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00rqlp1 (Listen) SUN Liz Barclay makes her selection from the last seven days of SUN BBC Radio SUN SUN Whose most important political speech was 'close that SUN window? Which prominent politician was driven to breaking SUN point by toothache? Which American humourist is obsessed by SUN US gun laws and which famous athlete ran the first London SUN Marathon after a night of Pina Coladas and prawn curry? Pick SUN of the Week has the answers. Augustus John JD Innes and The SUN Glasgow Boys may have been ahead of their time with their SUN impressionist and post impressionist paintings but it's Rolf SUN Harris who's made the lasting impression. He's in fine voice SUN and Dr Who and David Suchet are on the cast list too. So SUN join Liz Barclay for Pick of the Week SUN SUN The Reunion - Radio 4 SUN Meet David Sedaris - Radio 4 SUN Goldfinger - Radio 4 SUN Queenan's Crime Scenes - World Service SUN Belief - Radio 3 SUN David Golder - Radio 4 SUN Cadbury is our Longbridge - Radio 4 SUN In Hinkley's Shadow - Radio 4 SUN Delirious Wilderness - Radio 4 SUN The Glasgow Boys - Radio 3 SUN The Gorbals Vampire - Radio 4 SUN The Doctor and Douglas - Radio 4 SUN Jools Holland - Radio 2 SUN From Glory to Infamy - Radio 4 SUN The Unbelievable Truth - Radio 4 SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00rqlrc (Listen) SUN Pip shows her priorities are still in order and Brenda spots SUN a golden opportunity. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00rqlrf (Listen) SUN This week on Americana Matt Frei looks at how America treats SUN its friends and its enemies. SUN Jonah Goldberg editor-at-large of the National Review joins SUN Matt to talk about President Obama's relationships with the SUN international community. SUN We also hear from Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi SUN author of the new book "Between Two Worlds: My Life and SUN Captivity in Iran." Saberi became a cause celebre in 2009 SUN when Iranian authorities detained her for 100 days and SUN accused her of spying for the US. SUN We look at the trend of the multi-generational homestead now SUN making a comeback in the suburbs for economic reasons. Matt SUN visits with one family in which four generations share the SUN same space. It's not just The Waltons anymore. SUN And who loves their intellectuals more Democrats or SUN Republicans? SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b008kjj3 (Listen) SUN Treasure Island, Israel Hands SUN 4/5 SUN SUN John le Carre reads one of the greatest of all adventure SUN stories Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Abridged SUN in 5 parts by Katrin Williams. SUN SUN When a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at SUN the Admiral Benbow inn young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a SUN treasure map among the dead man's possessions. But Jim soon SUN becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows SUN of the map's existence and his bravery and cunning are SUN tested to the full when with his friends Squire Trelawney SUN and Dr Livesey he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down SUN the treasure horde. SUN SUN With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters - SUN Blind Pew and Black Dog the castaway Ben Gunn and the SUN charming but dangerous Long John Silver - Stevenson's tale SUN of pirates treachery and heroism was an immediate success SUN when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its SUN place as one of the greatest of all adventure stories. SUN SUN John le Carre is well-known as a superb reader of his own SUN work and has received high praise for his recent readings SUN for BBC Radio - The Tailor of Panama in 1997 Single & Single SUN in 1999 The Constant Gardener in 2001 and Absolute Friends SUN in 2004. In 2002 he read Robert Graves' Goodbye To All That SUN for BBC Radio 4. Treasure Island provides ample opportunity SUN for le Carre to show off his talents as a performer as he SUN animates a cast of characters from pompous members of the SUN landed gentry to vicious pirates. SUN SUN The producer is David Blount. This is a Pier production for SUN BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00rp41h (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00rp41m (Listen) SUN Obituary programme presented by John Wilson. The lives of SUN those who have recently died are assessed with contributions SUN from those who were either close to the subject or who have SUN particular knowledge of their life and work. SUN SUN Baroness Daphne Park of Monmouth SUN SUN Senior MI6 officer diplomat and Tory peer who has died aged SUN 88. SUN SUN Baroness Daphne Park held diplomatic postings throughout the SUN world but the jobs were usually cover stories for her real SUN career – as an MI6 spy. She worked undercover in Moscow SUN Vietnam and the Belgian Congo. She survived many dangerous SUN situations in the field and went on to become an MI6 SUN controller heading up covert operations in North and South SUN America. Later Daphne Park was a governor of the BBC and SUN worked at Oxford University before joining the House of SUN Lords as life peer. SUN SUN Last Word hears from former colleague at MI6 Baroness Ramsay SUN of Cartvale and the philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. SUN SUN Baroness Daphne Park of Monmouth was born 1 September 1921 SUN and died 24 March 2010. SUN SUN Joseph Ettedgui SUN SUN Retailer and founder of the eponymous womenswear label who SUN has died aged 74. SUN SUN In 1970 a young retailer gave his name to the first of a SUN chain of boutiques that grew to become the Joseph fashion SUN house. Joseph Ettudgui was born in Morocco but moved to SUN London to pursue his creative ambitions first as a SUN hairdresser and then as a fashion guru. Forty years on and SUN the label is synonymous with fine tailoring and elegant SUN classic designs. SUN SUN Last Word hears from the designers Nicole Farhi and Jeff SUN Banks and Brenda Polan journalist and Director of Programmes SUN (Media) at the London College of Fashion. SUN SUN Joseph Ettedgui was born 22 February 1936 and died 18 March SUN 2010. SUN SUN Alan King-Hamilton SUN SUN Forthright Old Bailey judge in numerous high-profile cases SUN who has died aged 105. SUN SUN Two Old Bailey trials provoked national debates about taste SUN decency and morality in the mid 1970s. In one a woman called SUN Janie Jones was prosecuted for keeping a brothel in London’s SUN Kensington. In the other the magazine Gay News was found SUN guilty of blasphemy after publishing an obscene poem. SUN SUN Both cases were overseen by his Honour Alan King Hamilton SUN one of the most famous and controversial judges of the time. SUN SUN Alan King Hamilton started out as a criminal defence SUN barrister. It’s said that though regarded as a tough judge SUN his opposition to capital punishment stemmed from a case he SUN lost in the 1950s. His client a 19 year old went to the SUN gallows. SUN SUN Last Word hears from Peter Hain MP journalist Michael Mason SUN and John Cooper QC. SUN SUN Alan King-Hamilton was born 9 December 1904 and died 23 SUN March 2010. SUN SUN Elinor Smith SUN SUN Pioneering aviatrix who has died aged 98. SUN SUN Elinor Smith was a pioneering pilot in the early days of SUN aviation breaking endurance and altitude records in SUN lightweight biplanes before she was even 20 years old. SUN SUN She was encouraged by her father a vaudeville entertainer SUN taking her first solo flight in 1926 aged just 15. SUN SUN Last Word hears from Elinor Smith’s daughter Patricia SUN Sullivan and Dorothy Cochrane curator at the Smithsonian SUN National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. SUN SUN Elinor Smith was born 17 August 1911 and died 19 March 2010. SUN SUN Herb Ellis SUN SUN Jazz guitarist who has died aged 88. SUN SUN In a career that spanned six decades Herb Ellis played with SUN many of the jazz greats including Ella Fitzgerald Louis SUN Armstrong and Oscar Peterson. SUN SUN Herb Ellis was born August 4 1921 and died 28 March 2010. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00rpvs2 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00rqjk6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00rp1wj (Listen) SUN Who Sets Our Standards? SUN SUN World trade in goods and services - from the butter on your SUN bread to the existence of the mobile phone - is held SUN together by an invisible web of standards set by all kinds SUN of official and semi official organisations. Peter Day has SUN been asking the standards-setters what they do and why it SUN matters. SUN Producer: Sandra Kanthal. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00rqnrr (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00rqnrt (Listen) SUN Carolyn Quinn previews the week's big political events with SUN the help of MPs peers and MEPs. She talks to commentators SUN and experts about the underlying issues at Westminster. SUN There's lively discussion with in depth interviews and SUN reports. Programme editor: Terry Dignan. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Papers Say b00rwmyw (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN SUN The country's leading political journalists analyse how the SUN newspapers are covering the biggest stories of the election SUN campaign and beyond. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00rp41p (Listen) SUN Screenwriter Colin Shindler investigates the British film SUN studios that time forgot with the help of director Michael SUN Winner. SUN SUN He returns to the era of the British B movie and the world SUN of quota quickies over-sized apes and devil girls from Mars. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00rqhd9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 05 APRIL 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00rqnyw (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00rmxbd (Listen) MON Current sexual surveys reveal that many older people MON continue to enjoy sex. As the ageing population expands the MON pharmaceutical industry has been quick to exploit MON opportunities to market drugs to eliminate age related MON sexual problems. But the sociologist Professor Barbara MON Marshall tells Laurie that sexual medicine is in danger of MON pathologising the normal processes of ageing and promoting a MON youth centred definition of sexuality. Also does love MON overcome race in Brazilian democracy? There is a much higher MON intermarriage between races in South America than in Europe MON or the USA Laurie explores the underlying traits which MON govern who marries whom in Latin American Society. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00rqhd5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rqp45 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rqp52 (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rqp54 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00rqpdy (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rqpg2 (Listen) MON with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00rqq3z (Listen) MON The UK is the biggest grower of daffodils in the World. On MON this Easter Monday Farming Today visits one of the largest MON daffodil farms in the country Winchester Growers in Lands' MON End in Cornwall. Only 10 percent of the flowers bought in MON the UK are grown in the UK. But the daffodil is an exception MON and something of a success story. Growers here export these MON springtime flowers not only to Europe but also to North MON America. Farming Today investigates the impact the harsh MON winter has had on the crop and finds out what's involved MON with getting a bunch of daffodils onto the supermarket shelf. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00rrd9y (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00rqq5g (Listen) MON With Sarah Montague and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00rrhyd (Listen) MON In a special edition of Start the Week recorded at Lambeth MON Palace Andrew Marr talks to the Archbishop of Canterbury MON about his role combining the history and structure of the MON church with personal belief. They are joined by Philip MON Pullman who was inspired by Dr Rowan Williams to write his MON new book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ about MON religion truth and interpretation; by Professor Mona MON Siddiqui who'll be discussing her new role trying to marry MON religious values with economic growth and by author and MON comedian David Baddiel who'll be talking about religious MON identity and his new film The Infidel a comedy about a MON Muslim who realises he's Jewish. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00rqqy8 (Listen) MON Parisians, Episode 1 MON MON "The idea was to create a kind of mini Human Comedy of Paris MON in which the history of the city would be illumined by the MON real experiences of its inhabitants." MON MON So says the author Graham Robb about his new book MON 'Parisians'. And a whole host of characters walk scuttle MON jump run and flounce across his pages beginning with the MON French Revolution and ending in more current times. These MON inhabitants are natives and visitors and it is the likes of MON Charles Axel Guillaumot Marie Antoinette Alexandrine Zola MON Adolf Hitler and Charles de Gaulle who lighten and darken MON the city's streets MON in five episodes for BOOK OF THE WEEK. The series narrator MON is Stephen Boxer. MON MON In this first episode the city is saved from sinking in 1776 MON by a mysterious MON individual called Charles Axel Guillaumot. Narrated by MON Stephen Boxer MON and the series abridger is Katrin Williams MON Producer Duncan Minshull. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rqrmj (Listen) MON Presented by Jane Garvey. In a special Easter Monday MON programme Jane Garvey and guests explore the idea of home. MON MON What is home? What does home mean to you? Is it where you MON come from or where you are now? Just bricks and mortar or MON something much more significant? Is it a place of sanctuary? MON Is it where we all want to be? MON MON Former literary agent Jennifer Kavanagh spent a year asking MON people what home means to them. The answers are collected in MON her book the 'O' of Home. Jennifer gave up her house and MON most of her belongings to travel the world. She now lives in MON her old office. To her home is not a place but a state of MON mind. MON Lynsey Hanley is a journalist and the author of Estates: An MON Intimate History. She grew up on a housing estate in MON Birmingham. Lynsey was very affected by where she grew up. MON MON Being uprooted - have you ever lost your home or been forced MON to give it up? Have you ever been told to 'go home' because MON you don't belong? And what does it take to feel at home in a MON new place? MON We also hear from a Womans Hour listener who has been living MON in the UK for 18 years but still doesn't feel at home and MON Jane is joined by two guests who have experience of being MON uprooted. Tracie Giles is a Gypsy from the Parkway Crescent MON travellers site in East London - they were relocated to make MON way for the Olympics. Zrinka Balo is a refugee from former MON Yugoslavia and the Head of the Migrant and Refugee MON Communities Forum. MON MON Living on the farm - most of us live in several different MON homes throughout our lifetime but for farming families MON there's often just one place that means home and that's the MON hub of the business the farmhouse. MON Eifion Huws is a dairy farmer. He grew up on the family farm MON Penn Rhos on Anglesey and has spent the last 27 years MON milking and tending the herd of Ayrshire cattle started by MON his father. Now it's time to make way for the next MON generation and earlier this year he and his wife moved out MON of the family farmhouse and into a bungalow. Caz Graham MON visits them to find out how they're all adjusting to the new MON living arrangements. MON MON Retirement - when you're no longer tied to a job or a school MON the world's your oyster - but where to go? And who to live MON with? Will you take up residence in that granny flat your MON children offered? Or do you want to enjoy the peace of an MON empty nest? Stay in town or move to the country? MON Ian Whitwham is a retired teacher who abandoned city life MON for a quiet sea-side retreat. Annie Evans lives in town and MON shares her home with four generations of her family - she MON wouldn't have it any other way. MON MON Books MON MON The 'O' of Home by Jennifer Kavanagh. Published by O Books MON ISBN: 978-1-84694-264-8 MON Estates: An Intimate History by Lynsey Hanley. Published by MON Granta Books ISBN: 978-1862079090 MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rqrml (Listen) MON A Small Town Murder, series 2, Episode 1 MON MON 1/5 MON MON Jackie Hart (35) is a Family Liason Officer solving cases by MON winning the trust of those caught up in the nightmare of MON serious crime and murder. MON MON Police guidelines: The primary function of a Family Liaison MON Officer is that of an investigator. In performing this role MON the officer will support the family but will also gather MON relevant information and intelligence. MON MON The crimes mainly murders are presented as mysteries which MON Jackie solves in the whodunit tradition where events and MON characters never turn out to be what they at first appear. MON Jackie makes frequent use of VOI in the form of an audiolog MON to confide her thoughts and suspicions. MON MON Police guidelines: The Contact Log will be used to record MON details of contact with family members and other parties MON connected to the family. MON MON Jackie is a serving copper not a social worker working as MON part of an active team of investigating CID officers .. but MON because she works in liaison she gets closer to the people MON involved in the crime closer to the raw emotions and is able MON to investigate in a way her colleagues can't - combining MON empathy and intuition with the keen observation of a clever MON detective. MON MON And this is what defines the series - other officers are MON kept to the far periphery as we focus intimately on Jackie MON and those she is both supporting and suspecting in stories MON which feel more like sensitive character studies than police MON procedurals. MON MON Jackie ..... Meera Syal MON Gillian ..... Niamh Cusack MON Peter ..... Mathew Marsh MON Michael ..... Ollie Barbieri MON MON The producer is Clive Brill. This is a Pacificus production MON for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:00 What Would Jesus Eat? b00rxjgw (Listen) MON Food writer Stefan Gates investigates what was on the menu MON at The Last Supper looking at a new theory that Leonardo Da MON Vinci thought it was grilled eels and sliced oranges. MON MON The controversial restoration of Leonardo's masterpiece in MON 1997 has raised the possibility of identifying the food on MON the table in the painting. Stefan journeys to Milan to find MON the reasons Leonardo chose to paint what he did. Along the MON way he uncovers a long tradition of depictions of the Last MON Supper giving an insight into the way Christian attitudes to MON food have changed. MON MON Though Leonardo's version is the most famous other paintings MON of the Last Supper have offered unusual answers to the MON question "what would Jesus eat" including crayfish roast MON pork and even guinea pig all decidedly un-kosher for what is MON commonly understood to have been a Passover meal. Other MON paintings of the subject like that of Paolo Veronese MON attracted the attention of the Inquisition for the inclusion MON of "dwarves and drunkards". MON MON Stefan talks to historians of art and food and visits the MON Last Supper in Milan to find out more on what the paintings MON can tell us about our relationship with food and dining. MON MON The producer is Russell Finch and the programme is a MON Somethin Else production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:30 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rrkg5 (Listen) MON Find-the-perfect-partner-4-u-dot-com MON MON A four-part comedy drama by Charlotte Cory which explores a MON middle-aged woman's attempts to find herself a new romantic MON interest by joining an internet dating site. Lia Williams MON stars as Sarah our heroine and Henry Goodman plays her MON ex-husband her father and all the various men she meets MON along the way. MON MON In this first episode Find-the-perfect-partner-4-u-dot-com MON Sarah is deeply dissatisfied with her lot. Her marriage to MON the kindly but deeply boring Malcolm has long since failed MON to bring any spark to her life and a brief relationship with MON a man called David while ultimately unfulfilling at least MON proves to her that she is not so unattractive that she MON cannot find happiness elsewhere. So she leaves Malcolm and a MON chance encounter with an old schoolfriend Tania leads her to MON move in with her friend and join the internet dating site MON Find-the-perfect-partner-4-u-dot-com. But her first MON experience of internet dating proves hugely embarrassing! MON MON Cast: MON Sarah ..... Lia Williams MON Malcolm and all Sarah's internet dates ..... Henry Goodman MON Mother ..... Miriam Margolyes MON Tania ..... Frances Barber MON Francis Parker ..... Roger Hammond MON MON Sound Design by Lucinda Mason Brown & Original Music by MON David Chilton. MON Series initiated by Nick Russell Pavier. MON MON Director - Gordon House MON MON A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00rqrxy (Listen) MON Julian Worricker with consumer news. The first new bank on MON the high street in more than 150 years is due to open MON shortly. Anthony Thomas chairman of Metro Bank discusses the MON impact of this new addition to the high street at a time MON when the financial sector has been facing serious problems. MON MON Plus MON MON Have we fallen out of love with air travel? The Civil MON Aviation Authority has released figures showing a decline in MON air passenger numbers. The number of people travelling by MON air has fallen back to the level it was six years ago MON highlighting the enormous impact the recession has had on MON the aviation industry. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00rqryp (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00rrbgd (Listen) MON National and international news with Shaun Ley. MON MON 13:30 Counterpoint b00rrljw (Listen) MON Series 24, Episode 3 MON MON The third heat in the 2010 series of Counterpoint comes from MON Manchester with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions. The MON contestants are from Scotland and the North of England. As MON always the questions test the breadth of their musical MON knowledge and feature a wealth of musical extracts and MON illustrations. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00rqlrc (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rrljy (Listen) MON The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: MON The Marlbourne Point Mystery, The Marlbourne Point Mystery MON MON A new two-part Sherlock Holmes adventure inspired by the MON stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and written by Bert Coules. MON MON starring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes MON and Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson MON MON Featuring James Laurenson as Mycroft Holmes MON MON Part 1: a disused lighthouse on a remote stretch of the Kent MON coast is the scene of a bizarre double death. MON MON In his accounts of the career of his friend Sherlock Holmes MON Dr. Watson often makes passing reference to a mystery which MON his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote about in MON full. Bert Coules the chief writer behind BBC Radio 4's MON celebrated dramatisations of the complete Sherlock Holmes MON canon of fifty-six short stories and four novels once again MON takes up the pen where Sir Arthur left off. MON MON This is what Holmes buffs call a 'canonical pastiche': a new MON story written faithfully in the style of the original. MON MON It brings to seventy-five the number of times Clive Merrison MON has played Sherlock Homes on BBC Radio 4. MON MON Cast: MON MON Sherlock Holmes ..... Clive Merrison MON Dr John Watson ..... Andrew Sachs MON Mycroft Holmes ..... James Laurenson MON Constable Powell ..... Piers Wehner MON Sir Charles Steele ..... Nigel Hastings MON Mrs Chang ..... Pik-Sen Lim MON Harold Jefferstone ..... Joseph Cohen-Cole MON Mr Jefferstone ..... Bruce Alexander MON Mr Lade ..... Richard Dillane MON Elizabeth ..... Tessa Nicholson MON MON Violinists: Leonard Friedman and Ian Humphries MON MON Producer: Patrick Rayner. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00nrxkp (Listen) MON Radio Hollywood MON MON Sponsored by a well-known 'toilet soap' the Lux Theater MON brought the silver screen to the airwaves with specially MON adapted versions of new Hollywood products including The MON Philadelphia Story The African Queen and The Wizard of Oz. MON Professor Jeffrey Richards takes us back to the place where MON cinema and radio united and produced an unlikely lovechild. MON MON From its first production in 1935 The Legionnaire and The MON Lady with Clark Gable and Marlene Dietrich The Lux Radio MON Theater strove to have the same stars as the films. Over its MON 19-year history it boasted the biggest names in Hollywood - MON Humphrey Bogart Ingrid Bergman Joan Crawford Bette Davis MON Frank Sinatra Spencer Tracy and many more. MON MON Sometimes the original players were not available so the MON Theater offered audiences a glimpse of an alternative MON universe as listeners discovered what these films would have MON been like with different actors. On a few occasions the MON radio version boasted a more stellar cast for instance when MON Cary Grant stood in for Montgomery Clift in I Confess. MON MON At the start of each show Cecil B De Mille offered MON 'greetings from Hollywood' gave a short introduction to the MON film and told listeners a little about the stars. MON Twenty-five minutes later he would turn up in the interval MON for some 'movie news' which was a barely-concealed MON advertisement for Lux and its frothy lather and would return MON at the end for an informal and of course unscripted chat MON with the actors in which they would invariably reveal their MON preference for a well-known toilet soap. MON MON These productions were performed live with full orchestra MON and the audience's reaction was often audible which MON occasionally put the actors off their lines. They also had MON to be half an hour shorter and were therefore much pacier MON than the originals while retaining key dialogue - so phrases MON like 'this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship' and MON 'round up the usual suspects' are still present and correct MON in Casablanca. But being live presented its own problems MON with stars sometimes falling ill the day before or on one MON occasion arriving at the studio 10 minutes after MON transmission had begun. MON MON 15:45 Food For Thought b00mjk5v (Listen) MON Afternoon Tea at The Ritz with Joan Rivers MON MON Series of conversations in which journalist Nina Myskow MON discovers how attitudes to food affect individual lives. MON MON Over tea and chocolate tart in a suite at the Ritz comedian MON Joan Rivers recounts a lifetime of self-loathing and fear of MON being fat. She recalls the shock of discovering she wasn't MON beautiful her mother's advice on dinner parties and an MON extraordinary daily diet of vitamin pills low-calorie ice MON cream sandwiches and cereal with whipped cream. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00rqkr9 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Click On b00rt7rr (Listen) MON Series 6, Episode 2 MON MON Simon Cox explores the different ways the digital world is MON changing how we live our lives. This week: MON MON Don't do the Crime if you must be online - Is technology MON allowing criminals to continue their activities beyond their MON cell walls? Social networking websites are coming under MON pressure to better monitor the use of their sites by MON prisoners. Illicit mobile phone use by inmates has grown to MON the extent that authorities are installing jamming devices MON in all UK prisons. Balanced against this is the knowledge MON that allowing prisoners to keep social and family contacts MON prevents reoffending. So how has technology changed what it MON means to doing your time? MON MON Lost in translation - we compare the various technologies MON aiming to translate foreign languages. Which is best; online MON tools the latest app for your smart phone or the trusty MON phrasebook? MON MON 17:00 PM b00rrbyf (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 b00rrc1h (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00rv4f3 (Listen) MON Series 5, Episode 2 MON MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. Tony Hawks Arthur Smith Phill Jupitus and MON Catherine Tate are the panellists obliged to talk with MON deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Hats Pigeons MON Hairdressers and Admiral Lord Nelson. MON MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON MON The producer is Jon Naismith and this is a Random MON Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00rrbtn (Listen) MON Privacy's a pipe dream for Alice and Chris and David and Pip MON go head to head. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00rrc2b (Listen) MON John Wilson reports from historic houses including MON Chatsworth in Derbyshire Strawberry Hill in Twickenham and MON Dumfries House in Ayrshire to see how they face up to the MON challenges of the 21st century. MON MON After a 14 million pound refurbishment Chatsworth House has MON just reopened to the public and John is given a guided tour MON by the Duke of Devonshire. MON MON Two years after Dumfries House was saved for the nation with MON the help of Prince Charles John discovers whether the MON visitors have embraced its somewhat remote location. MON MON And John dons his hard hat to visit Horace Walpole's Gothic MON fantasy castle Strawberry Hill undergoing a multi-million MON pound restoration. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rqrml (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Anatomy Of... b00rt7rt (Listen) MON Redundancy MON MON From the makers of the Sony award-winning Anatomy of a Car MON Crash this new series dissects often-neglected everyday MON dramas that change ordinary lives forever. MON MON 1/3: Redundancy. The failure of the Birmingham-based MON manufacturer Savekers in March last year from the MON perspective of boardroom back office and shopfloor. The MON programme hears from those at every level of the 106-year MON old family firm about the trauma of being in business when MON sales have stalled the phones have stopped ringing and MON desperate suppliers are at the door chasing payment. MON MON Managing Director Dani Saveker recalls the lonely experience MON of being the boss when the only remaining option is to call MON in the administrators and relinquish control of the family MON business. The official administrator traces the tough MON process of preparing the business for sale and choosing the MON employees who are to be made redundant. And long term MON employees recount their shock at the announcement that they MON would very soon be clocking off for the last time. The MON programme traces their unsuccessful search for new work the MON financial strain of losing an income and the emotional MON fallout which follows when a business goes under. MON MON Producer: Laurence Grissell. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b00rp1w4 (Listen) MON Mongolia is in the grip of the deadliest winter for a MON decade. People have died because they can't reach doctors or MON hospitals and malnutrition is increasing fast. Most MON significantly for a nation where tending livestock is MON central to its culture untold millions of animals have died. MON Frozen carcasses of sheep and goats litter parts of the MON country. Linda Pressly travels to the remote far west of the MON country to report on this developing emergency. She asks MON what it means for Mongolia as rural refugees from the deep MON freeze have flooded to the capital Ulan Bator. MON And she asks about the prospects of a brighter future with MON recent discovery of what may be the world's largest deposits MON of gold. MON Producer: Linda Sills. MON MON 21:00 Material World b00rp1wb (Listen) MON In a landmark ruling this week a New York court judge has MON declared that several patents for a genetic cancer test are MON not valid. The finding comes after years of argument over MON the rights and wrongs of patenting disease genes with MON objectors arguing that patents limit free inquiry supporters MON insisting that fair rewards promote continued research. On MON Material World Quentin Cooper will be hearing about the MON significance of the court case and hearing what the evidence MON is either way in the debate. MON MON 4 billion years ago the Sun was far dimmer than it is now MON but all the geological evidence is that the world was no MON colder then than now. Now there seems to be an answer to MON this "faint young Sun paradox" first posed by astronomer MON Carl Sagan 30 years ago. Geologist Minik Rosing explains how MON a lack of continental rock and eternal clear blue skies MON stopped the world from freezing over. MON MON Also in the programme Quentin hears from the first two MON shortlisted contenders in our So You Want to Be a Scientist MON talent search. MON MON And he talks to the Manchester biologist who's working on MON plastic-chomping bacteria to help deal with our waste problem. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00rrhyd (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00rrclt (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00rt830 (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rdv5d (Listen) MON Dancing Backwards, Episode 6 MON MON Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel MON Dancing Backwards MON MON Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone she MON decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old MON friend Edwin in New York. MON MON As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins MON to blossom - learning to ballroom dance taking up smoking MON again befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in MON her time alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a MON student at Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets MON Edwin. Edwin it soon becomes clear is someone she's betrayed MON and someone she's both terrified and desperate to see again. MON The story that unfolds about the young Violet holds the MON secret to that betrayal. MON MON In tonight's episode Violet will recall how despite Edwin's MON protestations she and Bruno made their relationship MON official. And aboard ship she'll make a worrying discovery. MON MON Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a MON critically acclaimed best-selling novelist whose work MON includes Mr Golightly's Holiday Instances of the Number 3 MON Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's MON Angel and The Other Side of You were both popular Book at MON Bedtimes. Last year she dramatised her version of the MON Oedipus myth Where Three Roads Meet for Radio 4's Afternoon MON Play slot. Before becoming a full time writer she was a MON psychoanalyst. MON MON Produced by Kirsty Williams. MON MON 23:00 Word of Mouth b00rms93 (Listen) MON Why do people always want to "improve" your English? Michael MON Rosen investigates the phenomenom of the "style guide" and MON asks whether all the advice that's given is helpful or MON accurate. He asks why some people take a strong dislike to MON adjectives and adverbs and wonders whether as Reader's MON Digest says it really does pay to enrich your word power. MON (Or should that be "Readers' Digest?"). MON MON 23:30 When Harry Met Sally At 20 b00m6zpr (Listen) MON Film critic Sarah Churchwell celebrates the classic romantic MON comedy When Harry Met Sally on its 20th anniversary. The MON film famously asked whether a man and a woman can really be MON friends. Sarah looks back at its iconic scenes which saw Meg MON Ryan and Billy Crystal spar and flirt over issues of gender MON politics and considers how things have changed over the past MON two decades. MON MON Featuring contributions from the film's writer Nora Ephron MON producer and fan of the film Dan Mazer agony aunt Irma Kurtz MON novelist Ava Rice and historian of the romantic comedy Frank MON Krutnik of Sussex University. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 06 APRIL 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00rqnww (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00rqqy8 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rqnyy (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rqp47 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rqp49 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00rqp6w (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rqpf1 (Listen) TUE with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00rqpy2 (Listen) TUE Exmoor Ponies are currently grazing on the Sandlings TUE Heathlands in Suffolk. Anna Hill went to find out more about TUE the ponies and why they are ideal for grazing rough TUE pastures. She also hears about the Living Landscape project: TUE a collaboration between the Wildlife Trust the Forestry TUE Commission and the local Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty TUE that aims to take conserve the Suffolk Coastline as a whole. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00rqq41 (Listen) TUE With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Between Ourselves b00rt8nj (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 3 TUE TUE This week on Between Ourselves Olivia O'Leary is joined in TUE conversation by two Coroners: Peter Dean and Christopher TUE Dorries. TUE TUE The job of the Coroner is commonly misunderstood; they don't TUE conduct post-mortems or attend crime scenes as Christopher TUE Dorries says "the average member of the public will see more TUE dead bodies than I do". TUE Rather their role - if a death is sudden or unexplained - is TUE to investigate the cause of death. TUE TUE Together they discuss what their jobs entail. On a personal TUE level how does continually dealing with death and TUE bereavement affect them? What improvements can the TUE recommendations they make during inquests have in wider TUE society? And what problems do very high profile inquests TUE raise? - One of Peter Dean's most public inquests was that TUE of Myra Hindley he recalls the special circumstances TUE surrounding that. TUE TUE On a wider scale with the new Coroners and Justice Act TUE coming into force will there be greater pressure to hold TUE inquests in secret? And will the appointment of a Chief TUE Coroner for the first time lead to better funding and TUE therefore a better and more consistent service offered to TUE bereaved families? Peter Dean is damning in his criticism of TUE one of the areas he represents (South East Essex) claiming TUE that mismanagement has led to cancelled viewings of bodies TUE and delayed funerals. TUE TUE Join Olivia O'Leary to get in the inside track on the unique TUE role of the Coroner on Between Ourselves. TUE TUE Christopher Dorries is the Coroner for South Yorkshire West. TUE Peter Dean is the Coroner for Suffolk and South East Essex. TUE TUE NB: In response to Peter Dean's comments the following TUE statement was issued by Essex County Council: TUE TUE " Essex County Council is committed to making the Coroners' TUE Service as efficient and focussed on the needs of bereaved TUE citizens as possible. In order to achieve this the County TUE Council is looking to work with its partners with the aim of TUE achieving a more unified bereavement service thereby TUE ensuring that the needs of the bereaved can be met speedily TUE with as little intrusion as possible. There have been delays TUE in progressing referrals from time to time but there are no TUE current problems in this regard.". TUE TUE 09:30 A Musical Trip to South Africa - with Lenny Henry b00rt8nl (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE Apartheid had a lasting effect on music in South Africa. TUE Songs expressed political revolt. With Hugh Masekela Lenny TUE explores the legacy of the struggle and nostalgia for those TUE days. TUE TUE The producer is Susan Marling and the programme is a Just TUE Radio production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00rqqpb (Listen) TUE Parisians, Episode 2 TUE TUE "The idea was to create a kind of mini Human Comedy of Paris TUE in which the history of the city would be illumined by the TUE real experiences of its inhabitants." TUE TUE So says the author Graham Robb about his new book TUE 'Parisians'. And a whole host of characters walk scuttle TUE jump run and flounce across his pages beginning with the TUE French Revolution and ending in more current times. These TUE inhabitants are natives and visitors and it is the likes of TUE Charles Axel Guillaumot Marie Antoinette Alexandrine Zola TUE Adolf Hitler and Charles de Gaulle who lighten and darken TUE the city's streets TUE in five episodes for BOOK OF THE WEEK. TUE TUE In today's episode Marie Antoinette must flee the Palace and TUE find the king's TUE carriage but who to trust in forbidding streets? Reader TUE Stephen Boxer. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rqqyb (Listen) TUE Presented by Jenni Murray. Clare Short on leaving TUE Westminster after 27 years as an MP. Once regarded as a TUE firebrand of the left Tony Blair brought her into Labour's TUE first cabinet and gave her a department to run before she TUE famously fell out with him over the decision to go to war TUE with Iraq. She looks back at her parliamentary career. TUE TUE The Intensive Care Unit at Great Ormond Street Hospital for TUE Children is the subject of a new BBC2 television series TUE starting tonight. The series follows the decision making TUE process as it unfolds between doctors and parents as they TUE face some of the most difficult ethical dilemmas in medicine TUE in supporting severely sick children. While modern TUE technology might make it possible to keep a child alive on a TUE ventilator machine if a child is not getting better at what TUE point do doctors advise parents it's no longer right to TUE carry on? Jenni is joined by Dr. Christine Pierce Intensive TUE Care Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital and by John TUE Harris Professor of Bioethics at the University of TUE Manchester. TUE TUE Lola Shoneyin's first novel is the story of a polygamous TUE family in Nigeria. Babi Segi is a rich rotund patriarch. He TUE has four competing wives and their children make up a TUE clamorous household of twelve. In real life Nigerian writer TUE Lola had first-hand experience of polygamy; her grandfather TUE had five wives. Her grandmother the first to marry him never TUE forgave him. Lola discusses why she's written the book what TUE polygamy feels like for those involved and why it's still TUE common in Nigeria. TUE TUE Queen Isabella of Spain Catherine de' Medici and Lucrezia TUE Borgia: powerful female figures in early modern and TUE Renaissance history who have become synonymous with the TUE evils of the Inquisition massacre and Machiavellian murder TUE plots. But have these women been given an unfairly bad press TUE and why? Author Theresa Breslin whose historical fiction TUE have featured all three women is joined by Warwick TUE University's Dr Penny Roberts to discuss whether these women TUE have been singled out for their ruthlessness because they TUE were women in men's roles. TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryjzl (Listen) TUE A Small Town Murder, series 2, Episode 2 TUE 2/5 TUE TUE Jackie Hart (35) is a Family Liason Officer solving cases by TUE winning the trust of those caught up in the nightmare of TUE serious crime and murder. TUE TUE Police guidelines: The primary function of a Family Liaison TUE Officer is that of an investigator. In performing this role TUE the officer will support the family but will also gather TUE relevant information and intelligence. TUE TUE The crimes mainly murders are presented as mysteries which TUE Jackie solves in the whodunit tradition where events and TUE characters never turn out to be what they at first appear. TUE Jackie makes frequent use of VOI in the form of an audiolog TUE to confide her thoughts and suspicions. TUE TUE Police guidelines: The Contact Log will be used to record TUE details of contact with family members and other parties TUE connected to the family. TUE TUE Jackie is a serving copper not a social worker working as TUE part of an active team of investigating CID officers .. but TUE because she works in liason she gets closer to the people TUE involved in the crime closer to the raw emotions and is able TUE to investigate in a way her colleagues can't - combining TUE empathy and intuition with the keen observation of a clever TUE detective. TUE TUE And this is what defines the series - other officers are TUE kept to the far periphery as we focus intimately on Jackie TUE and those she is both supporting and suspecting in stories TUE which feel more like sensitive character studies than police TUE procedurals. TUE TUE Jackie ..... Meera Syal TUE Gillian ..... Niamh Cusack TUE Peter ..... Mathew Marsh TUE Michael ..... Ollie Barbieri TUE TUE The producer is Clive Brill and this is a Pacificus TUE production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:00 Saving Species b00rt8nn (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE TUE 1/40. Saving Species will broadcast on BBC Radio 4 TUE throughout 2010. We will be live from the BBC Natural TUE History Unit in Bristol on Tuesdays reaching out to our TUE wildlife reporters and field biologists in the UK and around TUE the world. TUE TUE Saving Species will get you close to wildlife and we will TUE share the thrill of being there with you - and through that TUE immersion in the natural world we will explore the world of TUE wildlife conservation. TUE TUE In this first programme we lead with Purple Emperor TUE Butterflies. We'll be following their ups and downs all year TUE in a southern English woodland with National Trust TUE entomologist Matthew Oates. To help us keep an eye on TUE individuals he has named the butterflies which are TUE caterpillars at the moment after famous poets. We know TUE already [Christina] Rossetti has not made it through a bleak TUE midwinter! TUE TUE We also start our year-long reporting from Australia with TUE Koalas. We hear from ABC reporter Kim Kleidon who has TUE visited a Koala sanctuary for us and Brett interviews Koala TUE Biologist Bill Ellis from the University of Queensland about TUE his research revealing how important sound is to Koalas. TUE TUE As with every week we'll have a wildlife news round-up this TUE week gathered by Kelvin Boot and our out-reach to the Open TUE University where you can share your observations of wildlife TUE with others on their interactive biodiversity web site TUE iSpot. TUE TUE Presented by Brett Westwood TUE Produced by Sheena Duncan TUE Series Editor Julian Hector. TUE TUE 11:30 Fu Manchu in Edinburgh b00rt91z (Listen) TUE An investigation into the hidden Scottish connections of one TUE of literature's most perennial menaces: Fu Manchu. TUE TUE "Yellow Peril" "Celestial One" and "Devil Doctor" - the TUE fictional character Dr Fu Manchu traded under many aliases TUE but where was his doctorate from? TUE TUE According to his creator novelist Sax Rohmer the evil genius TUE was an alumnus of three world-famous universities. From the TUE novels we can work out that Fu Manchu must have studied in TUE Edinburgh in the early 1870s. So what can the historical TUE records teach us about the fictional criminal genius' time TUE in the city? TUE TUE Miles Jupp discovers an era to rub shoulders with Conan TUE Doyle develop his expertise of poisonous plants and tries to TUE see if he can find any evidence of a matriculated Fu Manchu. TUE TUE Producer: David Stenhouse. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00rqrwn (Listen) TUE Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. Do you need to be TUE rich to be green? That's the question we are asking on TUE tomorrow's Call You & Yours. TUE TUE If you pay tax and power bills then you're shelling out TUE hundred's of pounds a year toward schemes designed to combat TUE climate change. But is the system fair to all or are some TUE getting more out of it than others? TUE TUE Micro-generators and power companies are receiving plenty of TUE financial encouragement land owners prepared to host wind TUE turbines are looking at millions of pounds in revenue while TUE for most people; is it merely a case of a few free light TUE bulbs and offers of discount lagging ? TUE TUE Perhaps you think climate change is too serious a challenge TUE to be seen in such narrow self interested terms and the TUE government should tax and spend to reduce our carbon output TUE as it sees fit. TUE TUE Or do you fear the way green taxes are structured; it'll be TUE the poor who will bear a disproportionate burden of the TUE costs of cutting carbon. TUE TUE An opportunity to contribute your views to the programme. TUE Call 03700 100 444 (lines open at 1000) or email TUE youandyours@bbc.co.uk. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00rqry0 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00rrbch (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Smash Hit of 1453 b00rt921 (Listen) TUE In the musical powerhouse of Europe in the 15th century one TUE tune caught the imagination of the court composers. This was TUE The Armed Man (or in its original French "L'Homme Arme"). A TUE rousing first line warns that "the armed man must be feared" TUE and goes on to tell everyone to arm themselves with a coat TUE of mail. The musician and broadcaster Rainer Hersch unpicks TUE the facts we know of the tune and its words making his way TUE through 40 odd church masses by as many composers who used TUE the melody as a base. TUE TUE Early music specialists Catherine Bott and Andrew Kirkman TUE think the original song may have been a warning against the TUE threat of the warring Turks following the fall of TUE Constantinople in 1453 but it could equally have been a TUE popular children's or even a pub song. Whatever its origin TUE it became literally the "Smash Hit" of that time but then TUE like much of pop music it just went out of fashion and TUE disappeared. TUE TUE Rainer leaves the 15th century behind to find out why the TUE song suddenly burst back into life in the 20th century. TUE Christopher Marshall heard it in his New Zealand school and TUE composed a lively piece for wind band. Karl Jenkins came TUE across it during the Kosovo crisis 10 years ago and composed TUE his popular Mass for Peace. This begins with the sounds of TUE an approaching army with the original tune bursting out at TUE the climax. The Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter TUE Maxwell Davies encountered it while studying in Italy and TUE composed a theatre piece where it becomes anything from a TUE hymn to a foxtrot. And this year the folk-group TUE Mawkin:Causley released their first album and turned it into TUE a fast-moving riff which gets audiences on their feet. TUE TUE Rainer traces the journey of the tune and the words as it TUE appears in these very different musical clothes. TUE TUE The producers are Richard Bannerman and Merilyn Harris and TUE it is a Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00rrbtn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rt94m (Listen) TUE The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: TUE The Marlbourne Point Mystery, The Marlbourne Point Mystery TUE TUE A new two-part Sherlock Holmes adventure inspired by the TUE stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and written by Bert Coules. TUE TUE starring Clive Merrison as Sherlock Holmes TUE and Andrew Sachs as Dr John Watson TUE TUE Featuring James Laurenson as Mycroft Holmes TUE TUE Part 2: the shocking truth behind the mystery of the TUE politician the lighthouse and the trained cormorant is TUE finally revealed. TUE TUE In his accounts of the career of his friend Sherlock Holmes TUE Dr. Watson often makes passing reference to a mystery which TUE his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle never wrote about in TUE full. Bert Coules the chief writer behind BBC Radio 4's TUE celebrated dramatisations of the complete Sherlock Holmes TUE canon of fifty-six short stories and four novels once again TUE takes up the pen where Sir Arthur left off. TUE TUE This is what Holmes buffs call a 'canonical pastiche': a new TUE story written faithfully in the style of the original. TUE TUE It brings to seventy-five the number of times Clive Merrison TUE has played Sherlock Homes on BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE Cast: TUE TUE Sherlock Holmes ..... Clive Merrison TUE Dr John Watson ..... Andrew Sachs TUE Mycroft Holmes ..... James Laurenson TUE Constable Powell ..... Piers Wehner TUE Sir Charles Steele ..... Nigel Hastings TUE Mrs Chang ..... Pik-Sen Lim TUE Harold Jefferstone ..... Joseph Cohen-Cole TUE Mr Jefferstone ..... Bruce Alexander TUE Mr Lade ..... Richard Dillane TUE Elizabeth ..... Tessa Nicholson TUE Postmaster ..... Bert Coules TUE TUE Violinists: Leonard Friedman and Ian Humphries TUE TUE Producer: Patrick Rayner. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00rt94p (Listen) TUE Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions TUE about the natural world and our impact on it. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00rt9gd (Listen) TUE EM Forster Short Stories, The Story of the Siren TUE TUE The Story of the Siren is the first in our series of short TUE fiction by EM Forster. It is an unsettling story about a sea TUE nymph and an ill fated young Sicilian. The novelist best TUE known for twentieth century classics including A Passage to TUE India A Room with a View and Maurice was also a prolific TUE writer of short stories. In them he explored many of the TUE themes central to his novels including the morals of the TUE middle classes in the early twentieth century and his TUE fascination with culture and mores of the beguiling South. TUE The reader is Dan Stevens. TUE Abridged by Richard Hamilton. Produced by Elizabeth Allard. TUE TUE 15:45 Food For Thought b00mpn0n (Listen) TUE Making Porridge with Erwin James TUE TUE Series of conversations in which journalist Nina Myskow TUE discovers how attitudes to food affect individual lives. TUE TUE The bags of oats at one prison where Erwin James was an TUE inmate were all stamped 'Canadian pig meal grade 3'. The TUE porridge was made with water. However as Erwin explains TUE adding full cream milk honey and pine nuts to his own TUE breakfast recipe they were an important part of his diet and TUE rehabilitation after a chaotic itinerant lifestyle and TUE living rough as a child. TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b00rt9rf (Listen) TUE In this week's edition of Word of Mouth Michael Rosen TUE explores the language of the natural world asking if words TUE are up to the job of conveying the complexities of nature. TUE He also finds out how some British birds got their names and TUE hears the story of a mushroom whose hallucinogenic qualities TUE are used to capture flies. So join Word of Mouth gathered TUE around the nature table this afternoon at four o'clock. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b00rt9rh (Listen) TUE Series 21, Bertolt Brecht TUE TUE Mathew Parris is back with BBC Radio Four's acclaimed TUE biography series 'Great Lives' in which celebrated people of TUE today nominate a great life from the past to explore and TUE discuss. TUE TUE The series begins with playwright John Godber's choice of TUE his literary hero and inspiration Bertolt Brecht. Both TUE writers have in common an instinct and desire for truly TUE popular theatre which has the power to change fundamentally TUE the perspective of its audiences. And who else could bring TUE the spectacle of the sports stadium into the theatre TUE auditorium? TUE TUE Specialist in German drama Professor Michael Patterson joins TUE the debate to counter the widespread view that 'if it's TUE German and political it must be boring'. Brecht's own TUE productions were immensely lively and popular and his TUE theatrical legacy although eschewed by Hollywood devotees of TUE naturalism stands firm in the work of many of today's TUE greatest writers. We also learn the truth about allegations TUE of Brecht plundering the genius of his many lovers and how TUE he made love with his socks on. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00rrbtq (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 b00rrbyj (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00rt9rk (Listen) TUE Series 3, John Lloyd TUE TUE Marcus Brigstocke invites comedy producer John Lloyd to try TUE doing a few things he's never done before. Watching The Wire TUE performing stand up comedy and milking a goat are just some TUE of the experiences he'll be having for the first time in TUE I've Never Seen Star Wars. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00rrbgg (Listen) TUE Jennifer gets an unwelcome houseguest and Alice has a bright TUE idea. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00rrc1k (Listen) TUE With John Wilson including the verdict on Drew Barrymore as TUE actress and director of the film Whip It. TUE TUE Producer Gavin Heard. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryjzl (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Iraq's Forgotten Conflict b00rt9rm (Listen) TUE Edward Stourton tells the story of Iraq's religious TUE minorities which are facing extinction from targeted TUE killings and forced exile. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00rt9rp (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00rt9rr (Listen) TUE In little more than a year mephedrone (aka miaow miaow TUE bubble and M-Cat) has become one of the most popular 'party' TUE drugs in the UK. Many thousands of young people are using it TUE every week. Health professionals are not sure how harmful to TUE health this new drug is though anecdotal reports give them TUE cause for considerable concern. It is the latest so-called TUE 'legal high'. Currently in mainland Britain it is legal to TUE import sell and possess mephedrone. Dr Mark Porter talks to TUE experts about what we know and don't know about the risks TUE from its use. TUE Mark also looks at what science is telling us about the TUE adverse health effects of cocaine and cannabis. TUE TUE 21:30 Between Ourselves b00rt8nj (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00rrc7p (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00rrclx (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Robin TUE Lustig. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rdv5g (Listen) TUE Dancing Backwards, Episode 7 TUE TUE Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel TUE Dancing Backwards TUE TUE Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone she TUE decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old TUE friend Edwin in New York. TUE TUE As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins TUE to blossom - learning to ballroom dance taking up smoking TUE again befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in TUE her time alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a TUE student at Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets TUE Edwin. Edwin it soon becomes clear is someone she's betrayed TUE and someone she's both terrified and desperate to see again. TUE The story that unfolds about the young Violet holds the TUE secret to that betrayal. TUE TUE In tonight's episode Violet and Bruno's recent marriage is TUE beginning to look rocky. TUE TUE Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a TUE critically acclaimed best-selling novelist whose work TUE includes Mr Golightly's Holiday Instances of the Number 3 TUE Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's TUE Angel and The Other Side of You were both popular Book at TUE Bedtimes. Last year she dramatised her version of the TUE Oedipus myth Where Three Roads Meet for Radio 4's Afternoon TUE Play slot. Before becoming a full time writer she was a TUE psychoanalyst. TUE TUE 23:00 Off the Page b00ny8fz (Listen) TUE Last Orders TUE TUE With pubs all over Britain closing at a rate of 52 per week TUE the role of the public house is called in to question by TUE three writers who have spent many hours propping up the bar. TUE Ian Marchant went on a nationwide pub crawl and wrote a book TUE about his adventures Simon Fanshawe remembers winding up the TUE locals in 1970s Brighton and Melissa Cole who is also a TUE professional beer taster deconstructs one of the key phrases TUE in drinking culture: 'fancy a pint?' Presented by Dominic TUE Arkwright. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00rxjkz (Listen) TUE News views and features on today's stories in Parliament. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 07 APRIL 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00rqnwy (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00rqqpb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rqnz0 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rqp4c (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rqp4f (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00rqp6y (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rqpf4 (Listen) WED with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00rqpy4 (Listen) WED Presenter: Caz Graham. WED WED 06:00 Today b00rqq43 (Listen) WED With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00rt9s6 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00rqqpd (Listen) WED Parisians, Episode 3 WED WED "The idea was to create a kind of mini Human Comedy of Paris WED in which the history of the city would be illumined by the WED real experiences of its inhabitants." WED WED So says the author Graham Robb about his new book WED 'Parisians'. And a whole host of characters walk scuttle WED jump run and flounce across his pages beginning with the WED French Revolution and ending in more current times. These WED inhabitants are natives and visitors and it is the likes of WED Charles Axel Guillaumot Marie Antoinette Alexandrine Zola WED Adolf Hitler and Charles de Gaulle who lighten and darken WED the city's streets WED in five episodes for BOOK OF THE WEEK. The series narrator WED is Stephen Boxer. WED WED In today's episode Emile and Alexandrine Zola ascend the new WED Eiffel Tower before later WED revelations change their lives forever. Reader Stephen WED Boxer. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rqqyd (Listen) WED Jenni Murray discusses how the computer has moved into the WED family home and created havoc. WED WED 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryk0p (Listen) WED A Small Town Murder, series 2, Episode 3 WED 3/5 WED WED Jackie Hart (35) is a Family Liason Officer solving cases by WED winning the trust of those caught up in the nightmare of WED serious crime and murder. WED WED Police guidelines: The primary function of a Family Liaison WED Officer is that of an investigator. In performing this role WED the officer will support the family but will also gather WED relevant information and intelligence. WED WED The crimes mainly murders are presented as mysteries which WED Jackie solves in the whodunit tradition where events and WED characters never turn out to be what they at first appear. WED Jackie makes frequent use of VOI in the form of an audiolog WED to confide her thoughts and suspicions. WED WED Police guidelines: The Contact Log will be used to record WED details of contact with family members and other parties WED connected to the family. WED WED Jackie is a serving copper not a social worker working as WED part of an active team of investigating CID officers .. but WED because she works in liason she gets closer to the people WED involved in the crime closer to the raw emotions and is able WED to investigate in a way her colleagues can't - combining WED empathy and intuition with the keen observation of a clever WED detective. WED WED And this is what defines the series - other officers are WED kept to the far periphery as we focus intimately on Jackie WED and those she is both supporting and suspecting in stories WED which feel more like sensitive character studies than police WED procedurals. WED WED Jackie ..... Meera Syal WED Gillian ..... Niamh Cusack WED Peter ..... Mathew Marsh WED Michael ..... Ollie Barbieri WED WED The producer is Clive Brill and this is a Pacificus WED production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:00 Star Wars on the South Bank b00rtbg2 (Listen) WED Twenty-five years ago serious plans were made to simulate a WED Mars colony on the Southbank of the River Thames. Such an WED outrageous idea would be dismissed outright if it wasn't WED dreamt up by one of Britain's greatest social reformers - WED Michael Young. WED WED Lord Young of Dartington who died in 2002 was committed to WED building institutions dedicated to social improvement. He WED initiated or played a major role in creating the Consumers' WED Association the Open University as well as Labour's 1945 WED manifesto "Let us face the future." But then in 1984 he WED launched the Argo Venture a collective of Britain's finest WED scientists thinkers and space experts who were calling for WED the planting of human colonies in space. His son the author WED and journalist Toby Young asks was the Argo Venture an idea WED too far? WED WED Michael Young believed anything was possible he left a WED remarkable legacy of ideas and institutions but perhaps his WED most remarkable and fantastical is a little known plan to WED colonise Mars. Dismayed by President Reagan's militarisation WED of space Lord Young called for a "European initiative in the WED peaceful exploration of space." He wished to inspire people WED to think of space as a place for peace and so he set his WED sights on establishing a human colony in space. WED WED He recruited an amazing cast of volunteers; the Scientist WED James Lovelock the astronomer Lord Martin Rees and the WED Science writer Nigel Calder amongst others and made plans WED for a landmark building on London's Southbank equipped with WED an anti-gravity ride and exhibits dedicated to space WED exploration. WED WED Young's legacy was indisputably great but was this WED latter-day Georgian folly born of a grandee's legendary WED enthusiasm? Was the whole project set for failure? WED WED 11:30 House On Fire b00pxtwg (Listen) WED Neighbourhood Watch WED WED Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman. WED WED After trouble with some local youths Vicky sets up a WED neighbourhood watch scheme. Matt is completely uninterested WED - until that is he meets Lindsay a glamour model from down WED the road and suddenly discovers his sense of social duty. WED WED Vicky ...... Emma Pierson WED Matt ...... Jody Latham WED Col Bill ...... Rupert Vansittart WED Julie ...... Janine Duvitski WED Peter ...... Philip Jackson WED Lindsey ...... Kellie Shirley WED WED With Fergus Craig Colin Hoult and Ned Leadbeater. WED WED Directed by Clive Brill and Dan Hine WED Produced by Clive Brill WED WED A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00rqrwq (Listen) WED Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00rqry2 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00rrbck (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00rtbg4 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00rrbgg (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00g2z1k (Listen) WED The Borrowers, Episode 1 WED WED Adaptation of Mary Norton's children's classic. 14-year-old WED Arietty is getting impatient to escape the confines of her WED cosy home. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00rtbg6 (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer your personal WED finance questions. WED You can call the programme when lines open on Wednesday at WED 1330 GMT. WED The number is 03700 100 444. WED Standard geographic charges apply. Calls from mobiles may be WED higher. WED Producer: Penny Haslam. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00rt9gg (Listen) WED EM Forster Short Stories, The Road from Colonus WED WED Misunderstandings thwart plans for a sojourn in the idyllic WED Greek countryside in The Road From Colonus the next in our WED series of short fiction by EM Forster. The novelist best WED known for twentieth century classics including A Passage to WED India Where Angels Fear to Tread and Howards End was also a WED prolific writer of short stories. In them he explored many WED of the themes central to his novels including the morals and WED mores of the middle classes in the early twenieth century WED and his fascination with the Mediterranean. WED Read by Andrew Sachs. Abridged by Richard Hamilton. WED Produced by Elizabeth Allard. WED WED 15:45 Food For Thought b00mtvgt (Listen) WED Elevenses With Nigella Lawson WED WED Series of conversations in which journalist Nina Myskow WED discovers how attitudes to food affect individual lives. WED WED At home in her kitchen cookery writer Nigella Lawson recalls WED her early experiences of food - as a chamber maid in Italy WED whisking white sauces for her mother and making veal stew WED and rabbit with prunes on a teenage visit to France. She WED tells Nina how they transformed her from a quiet introverted WED child who resisted her mother's appeals to eat at mealtimes WED into a passionate cook with a lust for food and an WED incredibly healthy appetite. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00rtbg8 (Listen) WED The idea that modernity leads to a lessening religious WED belief is being abandoned by theorists in American and WED Europe. Figures like Richard Dawkins and AC Grayling argue WED that increasingly religion seeks to impinge on science and WED now the first systematic study of European cultural groups WED predicts that fundamentalists of all religions are WED out-breeding moderates and atheists and will eclipse them WED quite soon. In Israel the Ultra Orthodox will form the WED majority as soon as 2050. Since the birth rate of secular WED people in the West is way below replacement level (2.1) and WED the birth rate of religious fundamentalists of practically WED any stripe is far above (roughly between 5 and 7.7 children WED per mother) through the sheer force of demography academic WED Eric Kauffman claims they will become a much bigger force in WED the Western World. Is that inevitable? Should people be WED worried? Laurie discusses the anxieties of atheists and the WED predictions of demography with three theorists of different WED perspectives.: The Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies WED at Oxford University Tariq Ramadan; Eric Kauffman Reader in WED Politics at Birkbeck College and author of Shall the WED Religious Inherit the Earth? And Rebecca Goldstein WED philosopher and author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of WED God; A Work of Fiction. WED WED 16:30 Case Notes b00rt9rr (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 17:00 PM b00rrbts (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 b00rrbym (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00rtbyy (Listen) WED Series 2, Dartford WED WED In this second series comedian Mark Steel visits 6 more UK WED towns to discover what makes them and their inhabitants WED distinctive. WED WED He creates a bespoke stand-up show for that town and WED performs the show in front of a local audience. WED WED As well as shedding light on the less visited areas of WED Britain Mark uncovers stories and experiences that resonate WED with us all as we recognise the quirkiness of the British WED way of life and the rich tapestry of remarkable events and WED people who have shaped where we live. WED WED During the series 'Mark Steel's In Town' Mark will visit WED Dartford in Kent Wilmslow and Alderley Edge in Cheshire WED Dumfries in the Borders Penzance in Cornwall Gateshead in WED Tyne and Wear and Kirkwall in the Orkneys. WED WED Episode 1 - In this first episode Mark performs a show for WED the residents of Dartford in Kent where he talks about the WED peasants' revolt gypsy tart Mick Jagger and what one WED resident calls the Road To Hell. WED WED Written by Mark Steel with additional material by Pete WED Sinclair. WED Produced by Julia McKenzie. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00rrbgj (Listen) WED Vicky's calves get a new lease of life and Jazzer steps into WED the breach. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00rrc1m (Listen) WED With Mark Lawson including a first night review of Polar WED Bears a new play by Mark Haddon best known for his novel The WED Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. WED WED Producer Timothy Prosser. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryk0p (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Unreliable Evidence b00rtcqy (Listen) WED Clive Anderson brings together some of the country's top WED judges and lawyers to discuss the legal issues of the day. WED WED The first programme explores the often controversial WED interface between English law and religious belief. WED WED Disputes in which articles of faith clash with the law of WED the land have arisen over the carrying of sacred knives WED employment law adoption gay rights and cremation. WED WED One of the first acts of the new Supreme Court was to rule WED that one of Britain's most successful faith schools had WED racially discriminated against a 12-year-old boy who was WED refused admission because the school did not recognise him WED as Jewish. WED WED And the Government's attempts to strengthen the country's WED equalities legislation provoked the Pope to call on bishops WED to fight measures which could force churches to hire WED homosexual and transgender employees. WED WED When individuals choose to have their disputes resolved in WED religious courts such as Sharia or Beth Din what kind of WED oversight should the secular courts of the United Kingdom WED exercise? WED WED This programme explores the extent to which secular law WED accommodates the "irrationality" of religious belief. Should WED it be more accommodating as the Archbishop of Canterbury WED Rowan Williams has suggested? WED WED The producer is Brian King. This is an Above the Title WED production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 20:45 What the Papers Say b00rtcvt (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED WED The country's leading political journalists analyse how the WED newspapers are covering the biggest stories of the election WED campaign and beyond. WED WED 21:00 Costing the Earth b00rtcvw (Listen) WED Do we need to set a price on the environment to get policy WED makers business and individuals to really take it seriously? WED Alkborough Flats on the Humber Estuary is a haven for WED birdlife but has also offered £400000 worth of flood WED protection a year. The carbon storage in its sediment is WED valued at a further £14500 plus there's additional revenue WED from recreation and tourism. Bees are another example. Their WED services to farming are estimated at £200 million a year WED with the retail value of what they pollinate closer to £1 WED billion. Upland farming is already heavily subsidized but WED should they be paid not to farm (which can cause costly WED contamination in drinking water for example) and instead be WED paid to maintain water quality guard against flooding and WED maintain wildlife habitats? If real monetary reward is to be WED gained could there be many more people keen to hear the WED environment message. Or is this an over simplification of WED the value of our natural resources. After all we are already WED dealing with the fallout of what some see as a failed WED reliance on capitalist economics. WED What was a theoretical issue is becoming reality. Right now WED the National Ecosystem Assessment is taking place. WED Government-sponsored inspectors are actually pricing up the WED services provided by our environment with a view to WED embedding them in policy. Tom Heap meets the economists and WED leading figures from the world of banking and accounting who WED could be the unlikely answer to safeguarding biodiversity. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00rt9s6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00rrc7r (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00rrclz (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rdv5j (Listen) WED Dancing Backwards, Episode 8 WED WED Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel WED Dancing Backwards WED WED Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone she WED decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old WED friend Edwin in New York. WED WED As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins WED to blossom - learning to ballroom dance taking up smoking WED again befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in WED her time alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a WED student at Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets WED Edwin. Edwin it soon becomes clear is someone she's betrayed WED and someone she's both terrified and desperate to see again. WED The story that unfolds about the young Violet holds the WED secret to that betrayal. WED WED In tonight's episode Violet's faced with a difficult choice WED - help her dear friend Edwin when he needs her most or stand WED by her marriage to Bruno. WED WED Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a WED critically acclaimed best-selling novelist whose work WED includes Mr Golightly's Holiday Instances of the Number 3 WED Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's WED Angel and The Other Side of You were both popular Book at WED Bedtimes. Last year she dramatised her version of the WED Oedipus myth Where Three Roads Meet for Radio 4's Afternoon WED Play slot. Before becoming a full time writer she was a WED psychoanalyst. WED WED 23:00 Justin Moorhouse: The Big Am I b00h34d9 (Listen) WED Comedian Justin Moorhouse mixes stand-up and sketches to WED find out whether or not he is a good dad prompted by the WED fact that he is about to become a dad for a second time and WED a nagging doubt that he may not have got it right the first WED time round. WED WED With Steve Edge Janice Connolly John Thomson. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00rxjm8 (Listen) WED News views and features on today's stories in Parliament. WED WED THU THURSDAY 08 APRIL 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00rqnx0 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00rqqpd (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rqnz2 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rqp4h (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rqp4k (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00rqp70 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rqpf6 (Listen) THU with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00rqpy6 (Listen) THU Presenter: Charlotte Smith THU Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts. THU THU 06:00 Today b00rqq45 (Listen) THU With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports THU Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00rtd0g (Listen) THU William Hazlitt THU THU Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of THU William Hazlitt. With Jonathan Bate Uttara Natarajan and A. THU C. Grayling. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00rqqpg (Listen) THU Parisians, Episode 4 THU THU "The idea was to create a kind of mini Human Comedy of Paris THU in which the history of the city would be illumined by the THU real experiences of its inhabitants." THU THU So says the author Graham Robb about his new book THU 'Parisians'. And a whole host of characters walk scuttle THU jump run and flounce across his pages beginning with the THU French Revolution and ending in more current times. These THU inhabitants are natives and visitors and it is the likes of THU Charles Axel Guillaumot Marie Antoinette Alexandrine Zola THU Adolf Hitler and Charles de Gaulle who lighten and darken THU the city's streets THU in five episodes for BOOK OF THE WEEK. The series narrator THU is Stephen Boxer. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rqqyg (Listen) THU Jenni Murray talks to the actress Jodhi May about her latest THU role in Polar Bears. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryk10 (Listen) THU A Small Town Murder, series 2, Episode 4 THU 4/5 THU THU Jackie Hart (35) is a Family Liason Officer solving cases by THU winning the trust of those caught up in the nightmare of THU serious crime and murder. THU THU Police guidelines: The primary function of a Family Liaison THU Officer is that of an investigator. In performing this role THU the officer will support the family but will also gather THU relevant information and intelligence. THU THU The crimes mainly murders are presented as mysteries which THU Jackie solves in the whodunit tradition where events and THU characters never turn out to be what they at first appear. THU Jackie makes frequent use of VOI in the form of an audiolog THU to confide her thoughts and suspicions. THU THU Police guidelines: The Contact Log will be used to record THU details of contact with family members and other parties THU connected to the family. THU THU Jackie is a serving copper not a social worker working as THU part of an active team of investigating CID officers .. but THU because she works in liason she gets closer to the people THU involved in the crime closer to the raw emotions and is able THU to investigate in a way her colleagues can't - combining THU empathy and intuition with the keen observation of a clever THU detective. THU THU And this is what defines the series - other officers are THU kept to the far periphery as we focus intimately on Jackie THU and those she is both supporting and suspecting in stories THU which feel more like sensitive character studies than police THU procedurals. THU THU Jackie ..... Meera Syal THU Gillian ..... Niamh Cusack THU Peter ..... Mathew Marsh THU Michael ..... Ollie Barbieri THU THU The producer is Clive Brill and this is a Pacificus THU production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00rtd48 (Listen) THU In the past few decades Central America has been in the grip THU of what has been described as the largest mass conversion in THU history - the explosive growth of Pentecostalism across THU Latin America. The take-up of this new faith in both THU Guatemala and El Salvador is now estimated at over 40%. THU THU Film maker Steve O'Hagan travelled through those countries THU to ask why the people there are reaching out to this new THU religion after 400 years of rule from the Vatican. THU THU Forty years ago a radical new Catholic offshoot known as THU Liberation Theology looked set to transform Central American THU society as the theological wing of the socialist-inspired THU revolutions that were erupting across the region. In a THU conservative backlash Pentecostalism became the faith of THU those who opposed these revolutions and wanted to keep the THU status quo. The two movements found themselves on opposite THU sides in the brutal civil wars of the 1980s and 90s. THU THU From the space-age opulence of the biggest church in all of THU Latin America on the outskirts of Guatemala City to the THU rapidly mushrooming micro-churches operating out of back THU rooms and alleyways of the working class suburbs of San THU Salvador Steve O'Hagan searches for the reasons why THU Pentecostalism - a faith associated with wealth THU televangelists and the North American Right - has proven so THU successful here. THU THU Increasingly from the margins of the society the Catholics THU of Liberation Theology continue to dedicate themselves to THU their work. In the mountainous former rebel strongholds of THU El Salvador Steve meets a Belgian priest who ministered to THU the guerrillas throughout the 12-year civil war and today is THU still tending his flock. THU THU But in a surprising coda we discover that perhaps the spirit THU of Liberation Theology will live on in its theological THU 'conqueror'. Some Pentecostal groups in El Salvador are THU beginning to cast off the right-wing tendencies of their THU past and pick up the torch of liberation first lit by the THU Catholics decades earlier. THU Presenter: Steve O'Hagan THU Producer: Lucy Ash. THU THU 11:30 In Search of My Lizard Brain b00rtdps (Listen) THU At the 3rd annual London Fifty at Hoxton Hall in Shoreditch THU in January 2010 ventriloquist Nina Conti left Monkey behind THU and watched 50 hours of improvisation directed by Dana THU Anderson Canadian creator of the Improvathon (or Soapathon) THU and Adam Meggido of the innovative London theatre The THU Sticking Place. THU THU It was Ken Campbell who first brought the idea of the THU Improvathon - a marathon of improvised drama and comedy - to THU Britain from Canada where he'd been inspired by Dana THU Anderson and his Die-Nasty company at Edmonton's Varscona Theatre. THU THU 25 actors gathered for the 6pm start on Friday and most of THU them were still there when it ended at 9pm on Sunday. So was THU the audience though there were some thin periods in the THU early hours of the morning. The theme was loosely Victorian THU and on stage at various times were Queen Victoria and Prince THU Albert Charles Dickens Oscar Wilde Jane Austen and many made THU up characters. THU THU Once the actors have been improvising for 30 hours they THU experience what Dana calls 'Stargate' and find themselves THU 'being' rather than acting. They no longer have to think THU about what to do or say on stage - it just happens. They THU define this as being in touch with their 'lizard' or THU instinctual brain. THU THU Nina asked Dr Mark Lythgoe Director of the Centre for THU Advanced Biomedical Imaging at University College London to THU account for this; he puts it down to a combination of sleep THU deprivation and creative high which leads to disinhibition. THU THU For actors and audience the Improvathon proved an THU extraordinary and compelling experience. Nina was most THU struck by the sense of community and support it engendered THU as the actors pulled together to keep each other going and THU by saying 'yes' to every new idea took themselves and the THU production to new levels. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00rqrws (Listen) THU Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00rqry4 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00rrbcm (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Costing the Earth b00rtcvw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00rrbgj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00g371v (Listen) THU The Borrowers, Episode 2 THU THU Adaptation of Mary Norton's children's classic. Having THU emigrated to the field at the back of the house the Clock THU family must find shelter before the sparrowhawks get them. THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00rpvkf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00rqjk6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00rt9gj (Listen) THU EM Forster Short Stories, The Obelisk THU THU In The Obelisk the next in our series of short stories by EM THU Forster a chance encounter leads an unhappily married couple THU to find solace in forbidden ways. Throughout his career the THU novelist best known for some of the twentieth century's best THU loved novels including A Passage to India Where Angels Fear THU to Tread and Howards End wrote short stories which reveal THU much about his outlook on life. Many of his stories THU including The Obelisk were unpublished until after his death THU because of their homosexual theme and only shown to his THU circle of friends among them Christopher Isherwood and T.E. THU Lawrence. THU THU Read by Ruth Wilson. Abridged by Richard Hamilton. THU Produced by Elizabeth Allard. THU THU 15:45 Food For Thought b00mz8tj (Listen) THU Shabbat-eve with Rabbi Lionel Blue THU THU Series of conversations in which journalist Nina Myskow THU discovers how attitudes to food affect individual lives. THU THU With the table set for Shabbat-eve Lionel Blue looks back on THU his unorthodox life. As Britain's first openly gay Rabbi THU often referred to as 'cherub-faced' he tells Nina how food THU has been inextricably linked with personal transformation THU from changing tastes and a fluctuating waistline to THU transformed circumstances and shifting beliefs. However he THU still remembers watching his grandmother cooking potato THU latkes and eating them on toast or with apple sauce. It was THU the kind of food that fed the family the neighbours and he THU implies the soul. THU THU 16:00 Bookclub b00rqlc4 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00rtf9l (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science developments. THU THU 17:00 PM b00rrbtv (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 b00rrbyr (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Another Case of Milton Jones b00rtf9n (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 6 THU THU Milton proves that you don't need to be a weatherman to know THU which way the wind blows - you just need a fully-working THU anemometer and a mouse called Tim. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00rrbgl (Listen) THU Time starts running out for Brenda and Tom puts his money THU where his mouth is. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00rrc1p (Listen) THU With Mark Lawson including an interview with Pierce Brosnan THU who plays a former prime minister in Roman Polanski's new THU film The Ghost. THU THU Producer Rebecca Nicholson. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryk10 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Report b00rtfhd (Listen) THU Whether it's a case like Baby P or the 'British Fritzl' in THU Sheffield the Serious Case Review is always scrutinised for THU mistakes and who was to blame by the media politicians and THU professionals. They're carried out when children die or are THU seriously injured as a result of neglect or abuse and are THU designed to highlight lessons that can be learned by all THU agencies responsible for keeping children safe. In the THU Report this week Simon Cox looks at why many of these THU reports highlight the same issues over and over again and THU asks whether attempts to make them more robust will work or THU are actually misguided. THU THU 20:30 In Business b00rtfhg (Listen) THU Life Cycle THU THU Britain is experiencing a two-wheeled revolution. Folding THU bikes e-bikes tricycles recumbents fixies cargo bikes bamboo THU bikes - the bicycle is being reinvented and demand is so THU great that many manufacturers are struggling to keep up. THU Amid burgeoning sales of bicycles and accessories are we THU witnessing a genuine cultural shift towards two wheels or THU will this turn out to be just another fad? Peter Day meets THU some of the businesses and innovators hoping pedal power is THU here to stay. THU Producer: Ben Crighton. THU THU 21:00 Saving Species b00rt8nn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00rtd0g (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b00rrc7t (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00rrcm1 (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rdv5l (Listen) THU Dancing Backwards, Episode 9 THU THU Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel THU Dancing Backwards THU THU Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone she THU decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old THU friend Edwin in New York. THU THU As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins THU to blossom - learning to ballroom dance taking up smoking THU again befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in THU her time alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a THU student at Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets THU Edwin. Edwin it soon becomes clear is someone she's betrayed THU and someone she's both terrified and desperate to see again. THU The story that unfolds about the young Violet holds the THU secret to that betrayal. THU THU In tonight's episode Violet arrives in New York and in some THU trepidation sees Edwin face to face again at last. THU THU Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a THU critically acclaimed best-selling novelist whose work THU includes Mr Golightly's Holiday Instances of the Number 3 THU Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's THU Angel and The Other Side of You were both popular Book at THU Bedtimes. Last year she dramatised her version of the THU Oedipus myth Where Three Roads Meet for Radio 4's Afternoon THU Play slot. Before becoming a full time writer she was a THU psychoanalyst. THU THU 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick b00rtfhj (Listen) THU Councillor THU THU Scrooby Trevithick is a six part scripted comedy series THU written by and starring Andy Parsons following on from the THU first series aired on Radio 4 18 months ago - The Lost THU WebLog of Scrooby Trevithick. THU THU This second series continues to follow the exploits of the THU hapless character of Scrooby (Andy Parsons) an enthusiastic THU but flawed wannabe who having returned from his wanderings THU is still trying to find himself by zealously posting his web THU diaries online. THU THU Each episode features him attempting to make a dent in the THU national consciousness and in this series he's helped by his THU good friend Sasha (played by Kerry Godliman). However his THU desire for success always takes him one step further than THU prudence dictates. THU THU Episode 4. Councillor. In this episode Scrooby tries to THU become a councillor having got into trouble joyriding his THU wheelie bin. THU THU The cast features a variety of talented comedians including THU Dara O Briain Russell Howard Hugh Dennis Russell Kane Rufus THU Hound Alun Cochrane Dominic Frisby Paul Thorne Martin Coyote THU and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. THU THU As always listeners are encouraged to share their comments THU with Scrooby at www.scroobytrevithick.com as he needs all THU the advice he can get. THU THU The producer is Paul Russell and this is an Open Mike THU production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00rxjn6 (Listen) THU News views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Mark D'Arcy. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 09 APRIL 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00rqnx2 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00rqqpg (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rqnz4 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rqp4m (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rqp4p (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00rqp72 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rqpf8 (Listen) FRI with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00rqpy8 (Listen) FRI Presenter: Charlotte Smith FRI Producer: Anna Varle. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00rqq47 (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 The Reunion b00rqkr7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00rqqpj (Listen) FRI Parisians, Episode 5 FRI FRI "The idea was to create a kind of mini Human Comedy of Paris FRI in which the history of the city would be illumined by the FRI real experiences of its inhabitants." FRI FRI So says the author Graham Robb about his new book FRI 'Parisians'. And a whole host of characters walk scuttle FRI jump run and flounce across his pages beginning with the FRI French Revolution and ending in more current times. These FRI inhabitants are natives and visitors and it is the likes of FRI Charles Axel Guillaumot Marie Antoinette Alexandrine Zola FRI Adolf Hitler and Charles de Gaulle who lighten and darken FRI the city's streets FRI in five episodes for BOOK OF THE WEEK. The series narrator FRI is Stephen Boxer. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rqqyj (Listen) FRI Myra Hindley is still viewed as Britain's most notorious FRI female killer. Her name will always be linked to the FRI Lancashire Moors where four of her five victims were buried. FRI Carol Ann Lee - who has written extensively on the Holocaust FRI - has now written a biography of Hindley. But what more is FRI there to say about the woman who helped kill five children FRI and went on to divide public opinion as she kept campaigning FRI for release? She talks to Jenni Murray. FRI FRI Olive Shapley is one of the most important women in the FRI history of the BBC. She joined the Corporation in 1934 and FRI revolutionised the way radio was made. She interviewed FRI ordinary people many of them in the North of England. For FRI the first time miners housewives and the unemployed were FRI heard on the wireless. Their accents were branded FRI 'incomprehensible' by some of the London critics. She let FRI people speak freely - previously all radio output had to be FRI scripted in advance. She was also a radical in her private FRI life - she opened her Manchester home to single mothers in FRI the 1960s and then welcomed the families of Vietnamese boat FRI people in the 1970s. FRI FRI Montreal's ice hotel is the destination for choice if you FRI want a very cool wedding. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryk1d (Listen) FRI A Small Town Murder, series 2, Episode 5 FRI 5/5 FRI FRI Jackie Hart (35) is a Family Liason Officer solving cases by FRI winning the trust of those caught up in the nightmare of FRI serious crime and murder. FRI FRI Police guidelines: The primary function of a Family Liaison FRI Officer is that of an investigator. In performing this role FRI the officer will support the family but will also gather FRI relevant information and intelligence. FRI FRI The crimes mainly murders are presented as mysteries which FRI Jackie solves in the whodunit tradition where events and FRI characters never turn out to be what they at first appear. FRI Jackie makes frequent use of VOI in the form of an audiolog FRI to confide her thoughts and suspicions. FRI FRI Police guidelines: The Contact Log will be used to record FRI details of contact with family members and other parties FRI connected to the family. FRI FRI Jackie is a serving copper not a social worker working as FRI part of an active team of investigating CID officers .. but FRI because she works in liason she gets closer to the people FRI involved in the crime closer to the raw emotions and is able FRI to investigate in a way her colleagues can't - combining FRI empathy and intuition with the keen observation of a clever FRI detective. FRI FRI And this is what defines the series - other officers are FRI kept to the far periphery as we focus intimately on Jackie FRI and those she is both supporting and suspecting in stories FRI which feel more like sensitive character studies than police FRI procedurals. FRI FRI Jackie ..... Meera Syal FRI Gillian ..... Niamh Cusack FRI Peter ..... Mathew Marsh FRI Michael ..... Ollie Barbieri FRI FRI The producer is Clive Brill and this is a Pacificus FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:00 Ruby Murray: The Secret Story of Curry b00rtg89 (Listen) FRI The British are mad about curry - 'Ruby Murray' in Cockney FRI rhyming slang. Alkarim Jivani speaks to curry lovers north FRI and south of the border to find out how curry came to be so FRI intimately linked with the British sense of identity. FRI FRI Historically the English have been seen as distrustful of FRI foreigners and wary of foreign food. So the nation's long FRI love affair with curry - which is as much working class as FRI colonial - is a surprising one. Even more curious is how FRI this passion for curry is now recognised as part of the FRI British identity. Vindaloo was the unofficial song of FRI England's 1998 World Cup team - an unlikely battlecry for FRI English football fans. In 2001 Robin Cook then Foreign FRI Secretary declared that chicken tikka masala was the FRI nation's most popular dish. Chicken tikka masala is even FRI included by the Ministry of Defence in its operational FRI ration packs to bring the troops some home comfort. FRI FRI Contributors include: Madhur Jaffrey whose enormously FRI popular 1982 BBC series Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery FRI revolutionised British Indian cuisine; Michelin-starred chef FRI Atul Kochhar (Great British Menu Saturday Kitchen) known for FRI his masterful use of spices and the Indian twist he brings FRI to modern British cuisine; Namita Panjabi Group Director FRI Masala World (Veeraswamy Chutney Mary Amaya and Masala FRI Zone); and Neil Hind at Defence Food Services Defence FRI Equipment and Support Ministry of Defence (Defence Equipment FRI and Support buys equipment and supports the UK army navy and FRI airforce around the world). FRI FRI Presenter: Alkarim Jivani FRI FRI Producers: Catriona Oliphant / Ian Willox Executive FRI Producer: Simon Berthon FRI FRI A Chrome Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:30 Meet David Sedaris b00rtg8c (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI FRI From Carnegie Hall to the BBC Radio Theatre - American FRI humourist David Sedaris reads from his extensive collection FRI of published stories and articles. In show 2 of 4: "Let It FRI Snow" "The Cat and the Baboon" and "Keeping Up". FRI FRI The producer is Steve Doherty and this is a Boomerang Plus FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00rqrwv (Listen) FRI Consumer affairs with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00rqry6 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00rrbcp (Listen) FRI National and international news with Martha Kearney. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00rtg8f (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00rrbgl (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rtgrj (Listen) FRI A Small Piece of Silence by Katie Hims FRI FRI A Small Piece of Silence started out in a very different way FRI to most radio plays. After David Bower's striking FRI performance as Quasimodo in Radio Four's production of The FRI Hunchback of Notredame the producer Susan Roberts suggested FRI a contemporary play be written specially for him. After many FRI initial conversations with David who plays the lead FRI character Joe in the play Katie Hims' story began to emerge. FRI FRI In A Small Piece of Silence Joe who has been Deaf since he FRI was born works in an ordinary council office . Every day he FRI makes the same journey to work on the bus seeing the same FRI people . Then one day a young girl signs her name to him. FRI A_N_G_E_L. FRI FRI Joe has been working in the council's housing office for 17 FRI years. Apart from one small promotion he has remained in the FRI same job surrounded by the same people . Vernon has been FRI there for the same amount of time. He eats Joe's food and FRI talks too fast in the pub ..but Joe goes along with it. FRI FRI Into their world comes new office recruit Shelly who begins FRI to fall for Joe. Until Joe realises that she is having a FRI relationship with Richard Humble the leader of the council FRI FRI At the end of Shelly's first week there is a huge fire in a FRI nearby block of flats. Joe learns that Angel was one of the FRI people who has died. FRI FRI And so Joe's life is changed forever as he embarks on a FRI quest turning detective to find out what has happened. FRI FRI A Small Piece of Silence is a love story detective story but FRI using sound it attempts to give us a picture of the world of FRI someone who can't hear. It examines the issues around how FRI society deals with Deafness through the character of Joe. FRI FRI For the first time ever the broadcast will be accompanied by FRI a signtheatre film of the play available on line with David FRI Bower and Isolte Avila. The script will also be available on FRI line to allow hearing impaired audiences to access the play FRI more fully. Signtheatre language is a mix of Sign Supported FRI English (SSE) British Sign Language (BSL) and international FRI sign. FRI FRI JOE...............David Bower FRI SHELLY...............Maxine Peake FRI VERNON...............Ralph Ineson FRI BRIGITTA...............Deborah McAndrew FRI MARION...............Ruth Alexander-Rubin FRI RICHARD/ FRI BUS DRIVER...........Terence Mann FRI FRI Music composed and performed by Liran Donin FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00rth3g (Listen) FRI Gardeners' Question Time introduces a new series: FRI 'Listeners' Gardens'. Here members of the panel visit four FRI very different gardeners at home offering them advice on FRI their gardening projects. We revisit our four participants FRI bringing you updates on their progress. FRI FRI The first part of 'Listeners' Gardens' comes from a garden FRI in Sherwood near Nottingham. The gardener is setting out FRI from scratch and has a limited space to work with. What FRI creative suggestions do the panel have to offer? FRI FRI This week's Question and Answer session is recorded with the FRI Radcliffe Gardening Club in Nottinghamshire. The panel are FRI Bunny Guinness Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. Eric FRI Robson is in the chair. FRI FRI The producer is Lucy Dichmont. This is a Somethin Else FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 Food For Thought b00n47q3 (Listen) FRI Jung Chang FRI FRI Series of conversations in which journalist Nina Myskow FRI discovers how attitudes to food affect individual lives. FRI FRI Settled over a lunch of ma po tofu and bitter melon greens FRI author Jung Chang recalls a life of adjustments and FRI accommodations to place identity and food. She describes the FRI powerful memories evoked by a plate of double-cooked pork FRI spiked with her native Sichuan spice and discusses her FRI changing tastes since arriving in Britain and the success of FRI her memoir Wild Swans. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00rth3j (Listen) FRI John Wilson presents the obituary series analysing and FRI celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00rth3l (Listen) FRI Tilda Swinton discusses her film career with Francine Stock. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00rrbtx (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie FRI Mair. Plus Weather. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rrbyv (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The Now Show b00rth3n (Listen) FRI Series 30, Episode 6 FRI FRI Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look through FRI the week's news with help from Jon Holmes Laura Shavin Mitch FRI Benn and Mark Watson. FRI FRI Producer: Ed Morrish. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00rrbgn (Listen) FRI Chris and Alice enjoy some domestic bliss and the game is up FRI for Lilian. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00rrc1r (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00ryk1d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00rth3q (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Penrith in FRI Cumbria with questions from the audience for the panel FRI including: Andy Burnham MP Secretary of State for Health; FRI Eric Pickles MP Conservative Party Chairman; Jo Swinson MP FRI Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Foreign affairs; and Nigel FRI Farage UKIP MEP. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00rth9p (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Simon Schama. FRI FRI 21:00 A History of the World in 100 Objects Omnibus b00rth9r (Listen) FRI The World in the Age of Confucius FRI FRI Another chance to hear the Director of the British Museum FRI Neil MacGregor retell the history of human development using FRI 100 selected objects from the Museum. This week in the last FRI of the current run of Omnibus programmes he explores the FRI emergence of powerful new cultures and new rulers across the FRI world around two and a half thousand years ago. Accompanied FRI by the likes of Carlos Fuentes Evelyn Glennie Olga Palagia FRI Jonathan Meades Sir Barry Cunliffe and Isabel Hilton Neil FRI considers the wider historical significance of: a small gold FRI chariot from the Persian Empire of Cyrus; one of the FRI contested marble sculptures from the Parthenon; a pair of FRI bronze drinking flagons from Northern Europe; a small FRI Mexican mask from the "mother culture" of central America FRI whose existence was only uncovered in the past hundred FRI years; and a bronze bell from China in the time of Confucius. FRI FRI Producers: Anthony Denselow and Paul Kobrak. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00rrc7w (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00rrcm3 (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Ritula FRI Shah. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rdv5n (Listen) FRI Dancing Backwards, Episode 10 FRI FRI Eileen Atkins reads from Salley Vickers' acclaimed new novel FRI Dancing Backwards FRI FRI Violet Hetherington's husband has recently died. Alone she FRI decides to take a cruise-ship crossing to visit her old FRI friend Edwin in New York. FRI FRI As she journeys across the Atlantic the quiet Violet begins FRI to blossom - learning to ballroom dance taking up smoking FRI again befriending a famously seething theatre critic. And in FRI her time alone she reminisces about her early adulthood as a FRI student at Cambridge. It's at Cambridge that she meets FRI Edwin. Edwin it soon becomes clear is someone she's betrayed FRI and someone she's both terrified and desperate to see again. FRI The story that unfolds about the young Violet holds the FRI secret to that betrayal. FRI FRI In tonight's episode Violet and Edwin will finally put their FRI demons to rest. FRI FRI Written and abridged by Salley Vickers. Vickers is a FRI critically acclaimed best-selling novelist whose work FRI includes Mr Golightly's Holiday Instances of the Number 3 FRI Miss Garnet's Angel and The Other Side of You. Miss Garnet's FRI Angel and The Other Side of You were both popular Book at FRI Bedtimes. Last year she dramatised her version of the FRI Oedipus myth Where Three Roads Meet for Radio 4's Afternoon FRI Play slot. Before becoming a full time writer she was a FRI psychoanalyst. FRI FRI 23:00 Great Lives b00rt9rh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Bespoken Word b00n56sw (Listen) FRI Special edition of Radio 4's performance poetry show from FRI Cardiff University. Featuring Brit School graduate Laura FRI Dockrill who regularly gigs with Kate Nash and has just FRI published her second book Ugly Shy Girl which looks at the FRI experiences of the sixth-form loner girl the kind who feels FRI 'like a tiny speck of dust that the Hoover has forgotten to FRI suck up'. Plus the winner of the Radio 4 Poetry Slam FRI competition Dizraeli who makes you listen to rap with new FRI ears and Siadwell from the TV comedy series Naked Video. FRI
02 April, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 03/04/2010 - 09/04/2010
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