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SAT SATURDAY 10 AUGUST 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b037vb6f (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b037v8vq (Listen) SAT The Sea Inside, Episode 5 SAT SAT Over 5 episodes, abridged by Katrin Williams, the author SAT Philip Hoare tells us about a lifetime's association with SAT the sea. The sea that is local to him and other seas that SAT wait in far flung parts of the world. He walks by them, SAT dives into them and is wholly inspired by them: SAT SAT 5. Travelling the world, seeing all things aquatic, yet it SAT is the SAT 'suburban sea' of childhood and the sound of the blackbird SAT that draws the author home... SAT SAT Reader Anthony Calf SAT Producer Duncan Minshull. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037vb6h (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037vb6k (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037vb6m (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b037vb6p (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b037vblv (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b037vblx (Listen) SAT 'If you leave a social network, you're admitting the bully SAT has won' - A listener tells iPM about her teenage life on SAT social networks and Your News is read by Charlotte Green. SAT iPM is presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. Email SAT iPM@bbc.co.uk. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b037vb6r (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b037vb6t (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b037vb40 (Listen) SAT Crossing the Forth SAT SAT The profiles of the two Forth bridges, rail and road, are a SAT familiar and much-loved part of the Edinburgh landscape. SAT Spanning the Firth of Forth between North and South SAT Queensferry, the cantilevers of the rail bridge stand as a SAT monument to Victorian ambition and achievement in SAT engineering and building. Learning lessons from the great SAT Tay Bridge disaster of 1879, its architects took bridge SAT building into an entirely new era and the vision and SAT physical toil involved in its construction leave present-day SAT engineers in awe. A recent ten-year renovation programme has SAT left the bridge in line for World Heritage Site status, SAT while, as Helen Mark discovers, its importance to the people SAT who live and work with it day to day goes far beyond its SAT function as a crossing of the firth. Local people tell Helen SAT that it serves as a constant reminder of the men who SAT laboured to build the bridge and who, in many cases, lost SAT their lives in the process. SAT SAT The road bridge was also a ground-breaker when it was opened SAT in 1964, and quickly became an iconic landmark in its own SAT right. But it will soon find itself overshadowed by a new SAT neighbour, to be named, by public vote, the Queensferry SAT Crossing. The bridge's chief engineer takes Helen to admire SAT the view from the top of one of the road bridge's towers and SAT discusses how it will feel, when the new bridge opens, to SAT surrender the title of Bridgemaster. SAT SAT The murky waters of this stretch of the Firth of Forth will SAT soon have three bridges - one from the nineteenth century, SAT one from the twentieth and one from the twenty first - and SAT for engineers and local people alike, that says something SAT very significant about Scotland and its place in engineering SAT history. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b0381fhh (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT The story of a Welsh farmer, a Scottish farmer, and English SAT one and another from Northern Ireland. No it's not the SAT beginning of a joke, although some English farmers might see SAT it that way. Farming Today This Week takes a look at the SAT Common Agricultural Policy and devolution. With agriculture SAT now a devolved issue, governments have flexibility in how SAT they pay subsidy to their farmers in the wake of this year's SAT reform of the CAP. Different deals will apply in different SAT parts of the UK, and English farmers claim they'll be worse SAT off than their neighbours. In today's programme, Sybil SAT Ruscoe visits a 1000 acre mixed farm on Exmoor to explore SAT the issue. SAT SAT Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. Produced by Anna Varle. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b037vb6w (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b0381fm7 (Listen) SAT Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, SAT Weather and Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b0381fm9 (Listen) SAT Richard Coles and J P Devlin with actor Robin Ellis aka SAT Poldark SAT SAT Producer: Dilly Barlow. SAT SAT 10:30 The Folklorist b0381fzj (Listen) SAT One of the UK's most acclaimed folk singers, Seth Lakeman, SAT travels to New York to meet the man regarded a the world's SAT leading expert on folk music, 85 year old Izzy Young who SAT opened his first Folklore Center in New York's Greenwich SAT Village in 1957. SAT SAT The store in MacDougal St became a focal point for the SAT American folk music scene of the time. Bob Dylan writes in SAT his memoirs about spending time at the Center, which he SAT referred to as "The citadel of Americana Folk Music - like SAT an ancient chapel". Dylan met Dave Van Ronk in the store, SAT and Izzy Young produced Dylan's first concert at Carnegie SAT Chapter Hall in 1961. Dylan wrote a song about the store and SAT Young called "Talking Folklore Center". SAT SAT After developing an interest in Swedish folk music at a SAT festival, Young closed his New York store and in 1973 he SAT moved to Stockholm where he opened the Folklore Centrum, SAT where he still works seven days a week. SAT SAT Making a rare return to New York, 40 years since he first SAT left, Izzy joins Seth on the steps of 110 MacDougal St in SAT Greenwich Village - the site of his original Folklore Center SAT - to reminisce about the evocative days in the late 50s and SAT early 60s when, as Bob Dylan recalls, "Folk music glittered SAT like a mound of gold". SAT SAT Wandering up MacDougal Street to Washington Square Park, SAT Izzy describes the events of April 1961, when 'Folkies' SAT staged what would later be referred to as 'the first protest SAT action of the 60s'. When city officials tried to ban folk SAT musicians from performing in the square, Izzy was the main SAT organiser of a protest that resulted in clashes with local SAT police. The protestors eventually won their legal battle SAT with the city and music has been permitted in the square SAT ever since. SAT SAT Producer: Des Shaw SAT A Ten Alps production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 The Forum b0381fzl (Listen) SAT Silence SAT SAT Joining Bridget Kendall to be noisy about silence are SAT American conservationist John Francis, who chose to stop SAT talking one day and didn't speak again for seventeen years; SAT Russian ice artist and explorer Galya Morrell, who has found SAT that silence is an essential tool for survival in the North; SAT and award-winning historian Diarmaid MacCulloch, who is SAT interested in the tension between speech and silence that SAT has existed throughout Christian history. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b0381fzn (Listen) SAT Prepared to Die SAT SAT Will the Egyptian army move in to break up the camp in Cairo SAT set up by supporters of the ousted president, Mohamed Morsi? SAT Caroline Wyatt has been meeting residents of a city which is SAT bitterly divided. Christians are leaving Syria in their SAT thousands. Diana Darke's been learning that they're being SAT greeted with enthusiasm in neighbouring Turkey. Jonathan SAT Head says there's been a conciliatory mood in Burma as SAT people gathered this week to mark the anniversary of an SAT uprising which launched the country's pro-democracy SAT movement. There are some in Gibraltar who feel the British SAT government's not doing enough for them - Tom Burridge is on SAT the Rock as the latest chapter in a 300-year-old row unfolds SAT and the BBC's new man in Australia, Jon Donnison, explains SAT why he's finding it hard coming to terms with the sheer size SAT of his new patch. SAT From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant. SAT SAT 12:00 How You Pay for the City b0381hnw (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT SAT Institutional investors such as pension funds are the most SAT dominant force in world markets. But how much do we know SAT about the different intermediaries involved in managing our SAT pensions and how much money they take for their work? SAT SAT In the second part of this four-part series, David Grossman SAT asks what the data about the dozens of funds in the Local SAT Government Pension Scheme tells us about how all our SAT pensions are being managed. And he investigates the role of SAT the most important bank you've never heard of - the global SAT custodian. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b037v9l5 (Listen) SAT Series 81, Episode 7 SAT SAT Special Edinburgh edition of the topical comedy show SAT recorded at the Fringe and hosted by Sandi Toksvig. With SAT panellists Susan Calman, Jeremy Hardy and Matt Forde. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b037vb6y (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b037vb70 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b037vb13 (Listen) SAT Hugh Pennington, Benjamin Zephaniah, Anne McElvoy, Matthew SAT Sinclair SAT SAT Nick Robinson presents political debate and discussion from SAT Broadcasting House, London with Hugh Pennington Emeritus SAT Professor of Microbiology at Aberdeen University, poet SAT Benjamin Zephaniah, the writer and broadcaster Anne McElvoy SAT and Matthew Sinclair the Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' SAT Alliance. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b0381hp9 (Listen) SAT A chance for Radio 4 listeners to have their say on the SAT issues discussed on Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Drama b0381hqt (Listen) SAT Jake Liebowitz: A Life in Film SAT SAT A new play by Oscar-winning writer Frederic Raphael about SAT successful American film director Jake Liebowitz, charting SAT the auteur's long career, and drawing on Raphael's own SAT experience of writing for the cinema. SAT SAT With Eleanor Bron as Alexandra Crawley and William Hope and SAT Jake Liebowitz. SAT SAT Jake Liebowitz disappears unexpectedly from his home in SAT France, presumed dead by drowning. His friend Alexandra SAT Crawley, a film critic who has followed the ups and downs of SAT his career, presents a look back at his movies. But will she SAT find the truth about his death in the films? SAT SAT From his days as a kid with a movie camera in Brooklyn, on SAT to Chicago, and finally to Hollywood, where he catches the SAT end of the Golden Age, the play explores five decades of SAT American film-making, through Jake's fast-talking, often SAT shocking lens. SAT SAT Directed by Dirk Maggs SAT Producer: Jo Wheeler SAT A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT Credits SAT Alexandra Crawley: Eleanor Bron SAT Jake Liebowitz: William Hope SAT Benny: Jeff Mash SAT Schumann: Jeff Mash SAT Stanley Oppenheim: Jeff Mash SAT Sidney: Nathan Osgood SAT Tony: Nathan Osgood SAT Spencer Ginsberg: Nathan Osgood SAT Rose: Laurel Lefkow SAT Katya: Laurel Lefkow SAT Kathie: Laurel Lefkow SAT Tony Price: William Roberts SAT Mr Joseph: William Roberts SAT Howard Slater: William Roberts SAT George: Kevin Millington SAT Barry: Kevin Millington SAT Charlie: Joseph Kloska SAT Mark: Joseph Kloska SAT Bishop Kennedy: Stephen Critchlow SAT Iakobos: Stephen Critchlow SAT Joanna: Denica Fairman SAT Elaine: Denica Fairman SAT Nurse: Denica Fairman SAT Candice: Tanya Moodie SAT Barbara: Tanya Moodie SAT Martin: Eric Meyers SAT Sidney: Eric Meyers SAT Rubik: Michael Roberts SAT Max: Michael Roberts SAT Writer: Frederic Raphael SAT Director: Dirk Maggs SAT Producer: Jo Wheeler SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b0381j8y (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour: Jessie J SAT SAT Jessie J - the popstar, songwriter and TV judge on BBC SAT talent show. Wives of gay men: what happens to a family when SAT a husband comes out. How a woman helped invent the modern SAT game of cricket. The impact on a mother when she finds out SAT her husband or partner, has been sexually abusing their SAT child. Do we need to 'grow top female economists through the SAT ranks'? And we discuss the sex education you wish you'd had. SAT SAT Editor: Beverley Purcell SAT SAT 17:00 PM b0381j90 (Listen) SAT Full coverage of the day's news. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b037vblx (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today] SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b038pzvz (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b037vb74 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037vb76 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b0381jd6 (Listen) SAT Jon Ronson, Hattie Morahan, Paul Sinha, Robin Ince, Martin SAT Simpson, Me and My Friends SAT SAT Nikki takes The Psychopath Test with gonzo journalist and SAT author Jon Ronson. Fascinated by strange behaviour and the SAT human mind, Jon has spent years exploring mysterious events. SAT His latest book 'Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries' is a SAT collection of his best adventures; from meeting a man who SAT tried to split the atom in his kitchen to interviewing a SAT robot. SAT SAT Nikki has plenty to talk about with actress Hattie Morahan, SAT who's starring in Ibsen's 1879 play 'A Doll's House' about SAT the breakdown of a seemingly happy marriage. Ibsen was a SAT fearless analyst of human relationships and the controversy SAT that erupted around the play has never died down: is it an SAT attack on marriage? Is it proto-feminist? And if not, then SAT how are people to live? It's at the Duke of York's Theatre, SAT London until 26th October. SAT SAT Robin Ince is joined by Prodigal Son Martin Simpson, whose SAT folk music career is now into it's fifth decade! Encouraged SAT by his neighbour Richard Hawley, Martin recorded solo album SAT 'Vagrant Stanzas', capturing the atmosphere of evenings SAT spent swapping songs across the kitchen table. He performs SAT 'Jackie and Murphy' in the studio. SAT SAT Nikki has a check-up with GP and comedian Paul Sinha, who's SAT proudly British and loves a quiz. So the UK Citizenship Test SAT should be right up his street. But the questions in the Home SAT Office guides seem easy, so Paul's created his own, testing SAT the studio audience on their knowledge, with those answering SAT incorrectly being 'deported'! 'Paul Sinha's Citizenship SAT Test' is on 12th August at 22.30 on BBC Radio 4 Extra. SAT SAT With more music from Afrobeat folk quartet Me and My SAT Friends, who perform 'A Penguin Samba' from their album SAT 'Beneath A Level Head'. SAT SAT Producer: Debbie Kilbride. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b0381jwx (Listen) SAT Mark Carney SAT SAT Chris Bowlby profiles the new governor of the Bank of SAT England, Mark Carney, who unveiled his economic strategy SAT this week. SAT SAT Heralded as 'the outstanding central banker of his SAT generation' by George Osborne, Mr Carney now faces the task SAT of guiding the UK's economy towards full recovery. Since SAT arriving in London he has caused a stir by arriving to work SAT on his first day by tube and unveiling Jane Austen as the SAT face on the new £10 notes. SAT SAT He has come a long way from his roots in the remoteness of SAT Canada's Northern Territories, a journey which included time SAT at Harvard and Oxford Universities and a successful career SAT at Goldman Sachs. SAT SAT Producer: Lucy Proctor. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b0381jwz (Listen) SAT Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa; Big School; The Same Deep Water SAT as Me SAT SAT Steve Coogan is back and stars in the film Alan Partridge: SAT Alpha Papa; which portrays the events of the greatest SAT low-to-high ebb spectrum in Alan's life to date, namely how SAT he tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a SAT violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio. SAT SAT Had an accident at work? Tripped on a paving slab? Cut SAT yourself shaving? You could be entitled to compensation. In SAT Nick Payne's new play The Same Deep Water As Me, Andrew and SAT Barry at Scorpion Claims, Luton's finest personal injury SAT lawyers, are the men for you. When Kevin, Andrew's high SAT school nemesis, appears in his office the opportunity for a SAT quick win arises. But just how fast does a lie have to spin SAT before it gets out of control? SAT SAT David Walliams, Frances de la Tour and Catherine Tate star SAT in new BBC TV sitcom series Big School. Walliams is Mr. SAT Church, a long-term teacher on the point of handing in his SAT resignation when a new attractive French teacher arrives and SAT re-ignites his interest in staffroom affairs. SAT SAT Award winning novelist Nadifa Mohamed's latest book The SAT Orchard of Lost Souls draws on her own family history, set SAT in Northern Somalia in 1987 and a town that waits while SAT rumours of revolution travel on the dry winds. Through the SAT eyes of three women we see Somalia fall. SAT SAT And all this month we focus on some of the treasures SAT available in Britain all year round and free of cost. We SAT asked our guests - this week it's Kevin Jackson, Kamila SAT Shamsie and Dreda Say Mitchell - to select just one picture SAT from the National Gallery's permanent collection for a kind SAT of fine art equivanent of A Good Read. SAT SAT Producer: Anne-Marie Cole. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b0381jzt (Listen) SAT Ivor Cutler at 90 SAT SAT "I have a harmonium and it's going to explode in two SAT minutes", were the opening words spoken on the Andy Kershaw SAT Show in 1980 by a gentle voiced Scotsman called Ivor Cutler. SAT Championed by everyone from the Beatles to Billy Connolly, SAT Ivor Cutler was a poet, humorist and absurdist whose SAT appearances on BBC radio and television span over 5 decades. SAT As well as producing a vast body of records, books and SAT plays, Ivor was a notable eccentric, often seen cycling SAT around London in plus fours, handing out homemade stickers SAT and badges to strangers. SAT To mark what would have been Ivor's 90th birthday, BBC Radio SAT 4 holds a 'party', to celebrate his life and BBC archive in SAT particular. Except a full house, with performers, fans, SAT collaborators and even his long-term partner, Phyllis King, SAT introducing their favourite poems, songs and memories of SAT Ivor. Weirdness from the archives, pleasure for fans, and a SAT singular introduction to those encountering him for the very SAT first time. SAT Highlights include Bramwell and King re-enacting a morse SAT code performance of "The Little Black Buzzer". SAT SAT Presenter: David Bramwell is a writer, musician and, SAT recently, presenter of Sony Award winning "The Haunted SAT Moustache". He is the founder of the "Catalyst Club"; a SAT place for enthusiasts to speak on any subject close to their SAT heart. Ivor Cutler is a subject close to his, having kept SAT correspondence with him in the 1980's. SAT SAT Producer: Sara Jane Hall. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b037s8mp (Listen) SAT Sense and Sensibility, Episode 1 SAT SAT Jane Austen's classic novel dramatised by Helen Edmundson. SAT SAT Forced to leave their beloved family home after the death of SAT their father, Elinor and Marianne try to make a new life for SAT themselves at Barton Cottage. While Marianne unexpectedly SAT meets the dashing Willoughby who sweeps her off her feet, SAT Elinor has a surprise visit from Edward. But with neither SAT fortune nor connections, the prospect of marrying the men SAT they love appears remote. SAT SAT Directed by Nadia Molinari SAT SAT Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel SAT is a delightful comedy of manners and a powerful analysis of SAT the ways in which women's lives were shaped by the SAT claustrophobic society in which they had to survive. It is SAT an engrossing story of love, money, passion and prudence. SAT Intelligently written, carefully plotted and beautifully SAT detailed. It has been dramatised in two parts by Helen SAT Edmundson whose previous radio dramatisations include SAT Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge; Bennet's Anna of the Five SAT Town's and Woolf's The Voyage Out. SAT Jane Austen Collection SAT SAT Credits SAT Elinor: Amanda Hale SAT Marianne: Olivia Hallinan SAT Mrs Dashwood: Deborah McAndrew SAT Colonel Brandon: Blake Ritson SAT Willoughby: Ben Lamb SAT Edward: Henry Devas SAT Sir John: Conrad Nelson SAT Lady Middleton: Rosina Carbone SAT Mrs Jennings: Brigit Forsyth SAT Nancy: Victoria Brazier SAT Lucy: Caitlin Thorburn SAT Musician: Emily Hooker SAT Director: Nadia Molinari SAT Producer: Nadia Molinari SAT Adaptor: Helen Edmundson SAT Author: Jane Austen SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b037vb78 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Inside the Ethics Committee b037vb3f (Listen) SAT Series 9, Assisted Conception and Disability SAT SAT Rosemary has battled with severe health problems for many SAT years. She has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and, following SAT complications of spinal surgery, she is now a full time SAT wheelchair user and her breathing is impaired. She receives SAT her nutrition via a tube fed directly into her blood stream SAT and she empties her bowels into a bag attached to the small SAT intestine. SAT SAT She has always wanted a child and now, aged 36 and in the SAT early stages of a relationship, she asks for assisted SAT conception. SAT SAT The fertility doctor refers Rosemary on to various SAT specialists at the hospital, who enumerate the risks. If SAT Rosemary is to have IVF, she'll need a general anaesthetic SAT which would be extremely risky for her. Furthermore, any SAT pregnancy could be life threatening to Rosemary and a SAT potential fetus, and the team are concerned about the SAT welfare of a future child. Also, if Rosemary becomes SAT pregnant, her child could inherit Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome as SAT the condition is genetic. SAT SAT While hospitals look after women with complex problems who SAT are already pregnant, enabling a woman like Rosemary to SAT become pregnant is an ethical challenge of a different SAT order. But Rosemary herself is adamant she wants to take the SAT risk, whatever the potential consequences. SAT SAT Should the fertility team help Rosemary get pregnant? SAT SAT Joan Bakewell and a panel of guests discuss this ethical SAT issue. SAT SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote b037smxv (Listen) SAT The quotations quiz hosted by Nigel Rees. SAT SAT As ever, a host of celebrities will be joining Nigel as he SAT quizzes them on the sources of a range of quotations and SAT asks them for the amusing sayings or citations that they SAT have personally collected on a variety of subjects. SAT SAT This week Nigel is joined by Martin Bell, Viv Groskop, SAT Edward Petherbridge and David Schneider. SAT SAT Reader ..... Peter Jefferson. SAT Produced by Carl Cooper. SAT SAT 23:30 TS Eliot's India: Many Gods, Many Voices b037s8mw (Listen) SAT Poet Daljit Nagra explores the often overlooked Indian SAT element to T.S Eliot's poetry. SAT SAT T.S Eliot once wrote that the great philosophers of India SAT "make most of the great European philosophers look like SAT schoolboys". And although he's more often remembered as an SAT establishment figure, somewhat conservative and deeply SAT Christian, Eliot also wrote about and studied Indian SAT philosophy, language and culture. He incorporated it into SAT his most famous poems, and even considered becoming a SAT Buddhist. SAT SAT The poet Daljit Nagra, who grew up in Britain among both SAT Christian and Indian Sikh traditions, became intrigued at SAT school by Eliot's poem The Waste Land, which ends with the SAT Sanskrit mantra "Shantih, shantih, shantih". How did these SAT Indian words find their way into what is, on the face of it, SAT a very western poem? And how does this imagery square with SAT the idea of Eliot the bank clerk in a bowler hat, who SAT converted to High Anglicanism? SAT SAT Daljit discovers that there is a deep, overlooked vein of SAT Indic ideas in Eliot's poetry, right up until his SAT masterpiece Four Quartets, including references to The SAT Bhagavad Gita, The Upanishads, the Yoga Sutras and Buddhism. SAT But was he merely perpetuating a romantic, exotic image of SAT India, or was Eliot a truly global poet, who found a SAT language to transcend the traditional divisions between SAT eastern and western thought? SAT SAT Featuring interviews with Eliot's nephew, the poets Jeet SAT Thayil and Maitreyabandhu, Daljit uncovers the overlooked SAT Indian imagery in Eliot's work and considers how far, as a SAT poet steeped in Christian and classical traditions, he SAT really understood it. SAT SAT Producer: Jo Wheeler SAT A Brook Lappping production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b037y72x (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Byng Ballads: The Story of Douglas Byng b017vkrr (Listen) SUN I Had My Bit of Cake SUN SUN In today's episode, Byng explains how he began playing SUN risqué female characters, and became the darling of 'the SUN smart set' at London's Café de Paris. SUN SUN Douglas Byng (1893 - 1987) was a female impersonator and the SUN most famous cabaret star of his day. Billed as "Bawdy but SUN British", his professional career lasted for over 70 years. SUN This short series traces the journey of the cross-dressing SUN glamour queen from privileged childhood in the 1890s, SUN through concert parties in Hastings, to his emergence as the SUN darling of the society set, entertaining royalty and SUN London's 'Bright Young Things' at the Café de Paris in the SUN 1920s and 30s. SUN SUN Douglas Byng has been dubbed 'the highest priest of camp'. SUN He blazed a trail for others to follow, treading a fine line SUN between sophisticated urbanity and risqué innuendo which SUN presaged more contemporary, boundary-bending comedians such SUN as Kenneth Williams, Danny La Rue, Barry Humphries and...our SUN own Julian Clary. SUN SUN Byng's debonair appearances in revue were described by Noel SUN Coward as "the most refined vulgarity in London"! SUN After the Second World War, Douglas Byng became a familiar SUN stage and film actor and much-loved pantomime dame. His SUN saucy recordings of self-penned songs led to occasional bans SUN by the BBC, but his popularity never diminished. SUN SUN He wrote his autobiography (As You Were - published in 1970) SUN in retirement in Brighton, and this book provides the SUN material for the series. SUN SUN With Julian Clary as Douglas Byng. SUN SUN Compiled by Tony Lidington. SUN Pianist: Martin Seager. SUN SUN Producer/Director: David Blount SUN A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037y72z (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037y731 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SUN at 5.20am. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037y733 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b037y735 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b0381k99 (Listen) SUN The bells of Loughborough Parish Church. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b0381jwx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b037y737 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b0381k9c (Listen) SUN Learning to Be Human SUN SUN What if being human is an act of will? Like many people on SUN the autism spectrum, Dawn Prince-Hughes says she felt like SUN an alien in human society, unable to understand its rules. SUN Until, that is, she found an unusual teacher - a gorilla. By SUN copying him, she 'learnt to be human', and moved from being SUN a stripper to an anthropology professor. SUN SUN In this programme, John McCarthy explores alternative paths SUN to humanity and what they reveal to us about ourselves. SUN SUN With words from Albert Camus, Margaret Atwood, Mary Shelley SUN and Edvard Munch, and music from Keeril Makan, Beethoven and SUN Emmanuel Jal. SUN SUN Producer: Jo Fidgen SUN A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b0381kbj (Listen) SUN Pine Marten SUN SUN This week on Living World, presenter Trai Anfield travels to SUN mid Scotland for an encounter with one of Britain's rarest SUN mammals, the pine marten. Here in a remote landscape she SUN meets up with Martyn Jamieson from the Field Studies Council SUN for a safari with a difference, can they find a female with SUN young, high in the tree tops? Although martens are not SUN confined to woodland they do prefer this habitat as they are SUN expert tree climbers. Like other Mustelids, pine martens are SUN mainly carnivores and feed on small mammals, invertebrates SUN and carrion, but they will also eat a lot of fruits and SUN nuts. Best seen at dawn or dusk, pine martens are sometimes SUN referred to as nocturnal, but they are frequently active SUN during the day, especially in the summer months. SUN SUN Until the 19th Century, pine martens were found throughout SUN much of mainland Britain, the Isle of Wight and some of the SUN Scottish islands. Habitat fragmentation, persecution by SUN gamekeepers and a trade in marten fur, drastically reduced SUN this distribution. Their low point in terms of numbers came SUN in the 1920's when they were restricted to a small area of SUN north-west Scotland, with small numbers in North Wales and SUN the Lake District. More recently through changes in land SUN management and conservation research, pine martens are SUN slowly recolonizing their old areas but still remain one of SUN the rarest native mammals in Great Britain, with a total SUN population of around 3-4,000. In Ireland there are probably SUN more but data is sparse there. SUN SUN The planting of big conifer woodlands has really helped the SUN marten recovery as a territory can be around 150 hectares in SUN size. Finding one in this Scottish woodland will be a SUN challenge for Trai. Luckily at this site martens are seen SUN regularly, and in the evening Martyn and Trai head to a SUN quiet location to sit and wait by a well-used area as the SUN dusk gathers. Will they be lucky on this July night? SUN SUN Producer: Andrew Dawes. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b037y739 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b037y73c (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b0381kbl (Listen) SUN Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b0381kp7 (Listen) SUN Primary Trauma Care Foundation SUN SUN Richard Hammond presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Primary SUN Trauma Care Foundation. SUN Reg Charity:1116071 SUN To Give: SUN - Freephone 0800 404 8144 SUN - Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, mark the back of the envelope SUN Primary Trauma Care Foundation. SUN SUN Primary Trauma Care Foundation SUN The Primary Trauma Care Foundation teaches health SUN professionals in the developing world how to save lives and SUN prevent disability caused by trauma. All courses are free of SUN charge and have been provided in 60 countries since 1996. SUN Teaching skills are passed to local doctors so they can run SUN self-sustaining programmes after the visiting PTC SUN instructors leave. SUN SUN 07:57 Weather b037y73f (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b037y73h (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b0381kp9 (Listen) SUN marking the Edinburgh Festival from St Giles Cathedral. SUN Preacher: The Very Revd Gilleasbuig Macmillan, with the SUN Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Sir SUN Jonathan Mills. SUN Cathedral Choir directed by Michael Harris. Organist: Peter SUN Backhouse. SUN Producer: Mo McCullough. SUN SUN 08:48 A Point of View b037vb15 (Listen) SUN Of the People, By the People 1/4 SUN SUN Roger Scruton argues that democracy alone is not enough for SUN political freedom. Democracy, freedom and human rights do SUN not necessarily coincide. SUN SUN "In the underground universities of communist Europe ... my SUN friends and colleagues prepared themselves for the hoped for SUN day when the Communist Party, having starved itself of all SUN rational input, would finally give up the ghost," he says. SUN "And the lessons that they learned need to be learned again SUN today, as our politicians lead us forth under the banner of SUN democracy, without pausing to examine what democracy SUN actually requires.". SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Roger Scruton SUN Producer: Arlene Gregorius SUN SUN 08:58 Tweet of the Day b0378svz (Listen) SUN Wood Pigeon SUN SUN Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about SUN our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. SUN SUN Michaela Strachan presents the wood pigeon. One of our most SUN widespread birds, you can hear this song all year round; SUN just about anywhere. The young are called squabs and along SUN with seeds and green foliage, Wood Pigeons feed their chicks SUN with "pigeon milk", a secretion from their stomach lining. SUN Michaela Strachan's love of birds SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b0381kw2 (Listen) SUN Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation SUN about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy SUN O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b0381l2s (Listen) SUN It's Brian to the rescue, and things at the golf club aren't SUN all they seem. SUN SUN Credits SUN Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee SUN David Archer: Timothy Bentinck SUN Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch SUN Elizabeth Pargetter: Alison Dowling SUN Pat Archer: Patricia Gallimore SUN Helen Archer: Louiza Patikas SUN Tom Archer: Tom Graham SUN Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood SUN Ian Craig: Stephen Kennedy SUN Lilian Bellamy: Sunny Ormonde SUN Jolene Perks: Buffy Davis SUN Kathy Perks: Hedli Niklaus SUN Emma Grundy: Emerald O'Hanrahan SUN Neil Carter: Brian Hewlett SUN Mike Tucker: Terry Molloy SUN Oliver Sterling: Michael Cochrane SUN Caroline Sterling: Sara Coward SUN Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler SUN Rob Titchener: Timothy Watson SUN Martyn Gibson: Jon Glover SUN Anthea: Joanna Brookes SUN Writer: Caroline Harrington SUN Director: Kim Greengrass SUN Producer: Sue Wilson SUN Producer: Julie Beckett SUN Editor: Julie Beckett SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b0381l2v (Listen) SUN Daniel Kahneman SUN SUN The psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who won the 2002 Nobel SUN Prize for Economics, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for SUN Desert Island Discs. SUN SUN Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most influential SUN living psychologists, his many years of study have centred SUN on how and why we make the decisions we do. SUN SUN As a child, he lived in Nazi occupied France and he says SUN that, from a young age, he already had a pretty good idea SUN that he wanted to be an academic. SUN SUN He says "My mother had a big influence ... in fact I credit SUN her with the fact that I became a psychologist ... because SUN she got me interested in people and listening to gossip. SUN I've been fascinated by gossip ever since." SUN SUN Producer: Cathy Drysdale. SUN SUN 12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b037sz5k (Listen) SUN Series 59, Episode 6 SUN SUN Back for a second week at Leicester's De Montfort Hall, SUN regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor SUN are joined on the panel by semi-regular Rob Brydon, with SUN Jack Dee in the chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by SUN Colin Sell. SUN SUN Producer - Jon Naismith. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b0381l43 (Listen) SUN A World Stage for Food and Music SUN SUN How cooks from twelve countries gathered to share food and SUN music on stage at WOMAD. SUN SUN Presenter: Sheila Dillon SUN Producer: Rich Ward. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b037y73k (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b0381l45 (Listen) SUN Global news and analysis presented by Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Soul Music b037hmxd (Listen) SUN Series 16, Elgar's Dream of Gerontius SUN SUN How the choral work The Dream of Gerontius, by Elgar, has SUN touched and changed people's lives. SUN We hear from Terry Waite for whom it was the first piece of SUN music he heard as a hostage in the Lebanon, after four years SUN in solitary confinement. SUN Music writer and broadcaster Stephen Johnson describes how SUN Elgar's own fragile emotional state is written into the SUN music, which describes the journey taken by a dying man. SUN Singer Catherine Wyn-Rogers explains how Elgar's music SUN helped her come to terms with the loss of her parents. SUN Martin Firth recalls a life-enhancing performance of the SUN piece in Bristol cathedral. SUN Jude Kelly, artistic director of the South Bank Centre, SUN explains how she experienced the choir in this piece as a SUN 'spiritual army' when she performed it at university. SUN Martyn Marsh describes how the music brought him to a SUN realisation about how he would like to end his days. SUN And Robin Self recalls a life-changing performance of this SUN piece, which enabled him to grieve for his son. SUN SUN Producer: Melvin Rickarby. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b037v9cv (Listen) SUN Upminster SUN SUN Chaired by Eric Robson, this week the Gardeners' Question SUN Time team is in Upminster. Attempting to solve the local SUN audience's horticultural queries are gardening experts SUN Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew. SUN SUN Produced by Howard Shannon SUN A Somethin' Else Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:45 Witness b0381l4k (Listen) SUN The Opening of Euro Disney SUN SUN 21 years ago the Walt Disney Company opened a theme park SUN near Paris. But it had taken years of delicate negotiations SUN and diplomacy to bring Mickey Mouse to France. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b0381l64 (Listen) SUN Sense and Sensibility, Episode 2 SUN SUN Jane Austen's classic novel dramatised by Helen Edmundson. SUN SUN Elinor and Marianne are invited to stay at Mrs Jennings' SUN house in London. But Marianne has a surprising encounter SUN with Willoughby and complications arise for Elinor and SUN Edward. Will the Dashwood sisters find happiness and love? SUN SUN Directed by Nadia Molinari SUN SUN Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's first published novel SUN is a delightful comedy of manners and a powerful analysis of SUN the ways in which women's lives were shaped by the SUN claustrophobic society in which they had to survive. It is SUN an engrossing story of love, money, passion and prudence. SUN Intelligently written, carefully plotted and beautifully SUN detailed. It has been dramatised in two parts by Helen SUN Edmundson whose previous radio dramatisations include SUN Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge; Bennet's Anna of the Five SUN Town's and Woolf's The Voyage Out. SUN Jane Austen Collection SUN SUN Credits SUN Elinor: Amanda Hale SUN Marianne: Olivia Hallinan SUN Mrs Dashwood: Deborah McAndrew SUN Colonel Brandon: Blake Ritson SUN Willoughby: Ben Lamb SUN Edward: Henry Devas SUN Sir John: Conrad Nelson SUN Lady Middleton: Rosina Carbone SUN Mrs Jennings: Brigit Forsyth SUN Nancy: Victoria Brazier SUN Lucy: Caitlin Thorburn SUN John Dashwood: Andonis James Anthony SUN Fanny: Lisa Brookes SUN Mrs Ferrars: Alexandra Mathie SUN Musician: Emily Hooker SUN Director: Nadia Molinari SUN Producer: Nadia Molinari SUN Author: Jane Austen SUN Adaptor: Helen Edmundson SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b0381l66 (Listen) SUN Literary Landscapes - The Lake District with Sarah Hall SUN SUN Literary Landscapes - The Lake District SUN SUN Open Book's summer series on Literary Landscapes begins at SUN the Haweswater Dam, with only a waist high wall separating SUN presenter Mariella Frostrup from 80 billion litres of water, SUN which is what Haweswater Reservoir holds when full, and SUN surrounded by beautiful and majestic mountains on all sides. SUN It's a charged, vital, visceral landscape - immortalised by SUN writers since Wordsworth first wrote about daffodils. SUN SUN Open Book's literary guide to this "carnal realm of water SUN and earth" is award winning writer Sarah Hall - who this SUN year was on Granta's coveted list of the best 20 British SUN writers under 40. SUN SUN Sarah was born in a cottage in a mountain range just to the SUN east of Haweswater, and her award winning eponymous first SUN novel, Haweswater, provides a fictional account of the SUN construction of the dam. Sarah talks about a brutal SUN landscape made beautiful by the Romantic poets, and how it's SUN been a challenging legacy for a writer to inherit. SUN SUN Producer: Hilary Dunn. SUN SUN 16:30 The Sonnet and the Sword b0381l79 (Listen) SUN In The Sonnet and the Sword, Peggy Reynolds explores the SUN world of the Elizabethan Court, through the poetry written SUN by its courtiers. This is a unique exploration of the SUN Elizabethan age, as the poetry written by the elite at the SUN time, evokes a world where rivalry between courtiers was SUN common, and flattering the Queen often involved much SUN spectacle including the odd Mermaid. SUN SUN Poetry during the reign of Elizabeth I developed into a SUN national literature, with courtiers as the elite consumers SUN judging literary developments, and often being at the SUN forefront of innovations themselves. Professor Steven May SUN discusses the merits of this output, which often influenced SUN those outside the court, such as Shakespeare. Dr Susan Doran SUN also joins Peggy Reynolds, to examine the bigger picture, SUN including religious intolerance, the war with Spain, and SUN concern over the royal succession. These national themes are SUN very present in the poetry of the court. SUN SUN Throughout the program there'll be examples of the poetry SUN from this period, and insights from other experts regarding SUN this literature, and the reign of Elizabeth I. SUN SUN 17:00 Science, Right or Left b037tsw0 (Listen) SUN Ehsan Masood looks at how science has increasingly become an SUN ideological battlefield between Left and Right. From nuclear SUN power and genetically modified crops through to the mother SUN of scientific-political rows over global warming, scientific SUN research is now the subject of intense partisan debate. SUN SUN Masood talks to a range of leading scientists and SUN politicians, including current and former science ministers, SUN to examine why this is happening and whether public SUN attitudes to science are being increasingly coloured by SUN politics. SUN SUN He looks at evidence from the United States that there has SUN been a stark shift in attitudes to science across the SUN political spectrum and asks whether scientists themselves SUN are playing a growing role in politics. SUN SUN Producer: Adam Bowen. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b0381jwx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b038pzw5 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b037y73p (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037y73r (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b0381lv6 (Listen) SUN Today, old punks and new doctors, matinee idols and SUN scurrilous composers. Bamboo flutes and sesame oil and a SUN trip back in time to when Cicero was big in Fife. SUN SUN It's autumn, that unexpectedly melancholy month when SUN everyone is on holiday except you and it feels a bit like SUN February in Summer. So some extra famous names to spoil and SUN entertain. Jane Austen, Chopin, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Ivor SUN Novello, Samuel Pepys and a lowly wolf spider basking on a SUN rock in Bristol. SUN SUN Sense and Sensibility - Radio 4 SUN Sins of Literature - Radio 4 SUN Composer Of The Week: 200 Years Of The Royal Philharmonic SUN Society - Radio 3 SUN The Pregnant Brain - Radio 4 SUN Great Lives: Novello - Radio 4 SUN A Guide To Garden Wildlife - Radio 4 SUN Front Row: The Clash - Radio 4 SUN Today Programme on the new Doctor Who - Radio 4 SUN Through The Night - Radio 3 SUN The Food Programme - Radio 4 SUN In Search of Nic Jones - Radio 4 SUN Ecce Fife - Radio 4 SUN Proms 34: Nigel Kennedy performing Vivaldi's Four Seasons - SUN Radio 4. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b0381lv8 (Listen) SUN Tony is antagonistic, and Helen is feeling vulnerable. SUN SUN 19:15 Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy b0381lzj (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN SUN Comedian Jo Caulfield invites best selling authors, SUN comedians and a man who played with Pink Floyd to tell true SUN stories from their lives. The results are revealing, SUN hilarious and hugely entertaining. SUN SUN The performers are all recorded live at the historic SUN Scottish Story Telling centre in Edinburgh. SUN SUN This week Ian Rankin tells us why not to get on the wrong SUN side of a crime writer, Boothby Graffoe shares a gruesome SUN tale about the world's worst serial killer and Janey Godley SUN and Pink Floyd's Guy Pratt share with us moments they'd SUN rather forget. SUN SUN Created by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson SUN A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 19:45 Roadrunner b0381lzl (Listen) SUN By Laura Barton. SUN SUN The Road (Route 128 in Massachusetts) tells how it came into SUN being and became immortalised in the song by Jonathan SUN Richman and the Modern Lovers. SUN "I was built to inspire a song. A love song for a road, for SUN a car, for music and the modern world. A song about about SUN going faster miles an hour. With the radio on." SUN SUN 'Roadrunner', written by Jonathan Richman and first recorded SUN with The Modern Lovers in 1972, was described by Greil SUN Marcus as "The most obvious song in the world and the SUN strangest." Laura Barton calls it "a song about what it SUN means to feel young, and free, and charged by the world. SUN It's a song about how glorious it feels to be alive". SUN SUN But it is also a song about a road. And this story by Laura SUN Barton gives voice to the Road - namely, Route 128 in SUN Massachusetts, also known as the Yankee Division Highway. SUN And the story of the Road is also a story of the building of SUN the modern world. SUN SUN Laura Barton was born in Lancashire in 1977. She is a SUN broadcaster and freelance writer of features and music SUN columns. Her first story for radio, The Carpenter, was SUN broadcast in 2009 as part of Sweet Talk's 'We Are Stardust, SUN We Are Golden' series for BBC Radio 4. Twenty-One Locks, her SUN debut novel, was published in 2010. Her three story series SUN about Northern Soul, Tales From The Casino, was broadcast on SUN Radio 4 in 2011. Laura lives in London. SUN SUN Reader: John Schwab SUN Producer: Jeremy Osborne SUN A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b037v9jq (Listen) SUN Was the BBC's HardTalk too hard on Baritone Thomas Hampson? SUN When Sarah Montague interviewed the opera star on the World SUN Service and BBC News programme, opera fans around the world SUN took umbrage. We hear from the listener whose complaint went SUN viral and made him an overnight hero in the opera world. SUN SUN Plus, is the World at One able to maintain its reputation SUN for hard news during silly season? Roger Bolton speaks to SUN WATO editor Nick Sutton. SUN SUN The announcement that Peter Capaldi is to play the 12th SUN Doctor was big news in TV this week, but Radio 4 is to have SUN its own sea-change. The successor to long-serving editor of SUN The Archers, Vanessa Whitburn, has just been announced. Sean SUN O'Connor will take on the role from September. He was a SUN producer for The Archers in the 1990s. But stints at SUN EastEnders, Hollyoaks, and the salacious ITV drama SUN Footballers' Wives have also been prominent talking points SUN for listeners. We hear Archers addicts' hopes for the SUN O'Connor tenure. SUN SUN Former voice of Radio 4, Charlotte Green, landed her dream SUN job this week. She'll be replacing James Alexander Gordon to SUN read 5Live's classified football results every Saturday from SUN the end of September. Feedback listeners wish her well, but SUN some would still rather hear her back on Radio 4. SUN SUN And we speak to one of the winners of the first BBC Writers' SUN Prize for Radio, Sarah Hehir. Her play 'Bang Up' aired this SUN week in the Afternoon Drama slot on BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN Producer: Will Yates SUN A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4 SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b037v9jn (Listen) SUN A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an SUN engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk SUN singer SUN SUN Matthew Bannister on: SUN SUN Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward who led the naval task force to SUN recapture the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians SUN SUN Mick Farren - the prolific writer, rock singer and SUN revolutionary. We have tributes from Felix Dennis, Charles SUN Shaar Murray and Julie Burchill SUN SUN Bernadette Lafont - the "wild child" star of French New Wave SUN cinema SUN SUN George Mitchell - the Texan engineer who pioneered the SUN controversial technique of fracking SUN SUN And Terry Conway - the road mender from Northumberland who SUN wrote folk songs in the local dialect. SUN SUN Producer: Laura Northedge SUN Editor: Philip Sellars SUN SUN 21:00 Face the Facts b037v4fp (Listen) SUN The RSPCA - A law unto itself? SUN SUN For almost 200 years, the RSPCA has been the nation's SUN conscience on animal welfare. The UK's biggest animal SUN charity has also been in the forefront when it comes to SUN enforcing decent standards of animal care. But more recently SUN questions are being asked about how the organisation is SUN changing. SUN SUN There are claims that it is too quick to prosecute SUN vulnerable people - the elderly, people with mental health SUN issues or mobility problems - rather than advising them or SUN helping them better look after their pets. Some never get SUN over the shock of being raided by the police and RSPCA - SUN even if they're later completely cleared of any wrongdoing. SUN They suspect that front page coverage of RSPCA raids may be SUN at least partly motivated by a desire for donation-boosting SUN publicity. SUN SUN And vets and lawyers claim to have been unfairly targeted SUN because they've stood up against the RSPCA in court. SUN SUN Face the Facts investigates how the RSPCA is changing and SUN whether it is in danger of losing its way. SUN SUN Presenter:John Waite SUN Producer:Paul Waters SUN Editor:Andrew Smith. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b0381kp7 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b037vb4d (Listen) SUN Gene Patenting SUN SUN Ever since the mapping of the human genome was completed 10 SUN years ago medical companies have been rushing to patent SUN genes that define all of us for their own exclusive use. Now SUN the US Supreme Court has ruled against patenting things SUN found in nature. Peter Day asks what this means for the SUN biotech business.and for the future of healthcare. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b0381m00 (Listen) SUN Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with SUN MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues SUN politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Papers Say b0381m02 (Listen) SUN A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest SUN stories. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b037vb42 (Listen) SUN The Lone Ranger, Alan Partridge, Satyajit Ray, Silence SUN SUN Robbie Collin talks to Johnny Depp about The Lone Ranger and SUN why he wanted his Tonto to be more than just a sidekick to SUN the cowboy. And as the less than flattering reviews come in, SUN Depp hits back saying the critics had doomed the film before SUN it ever hit the big screen. SUN SUN Radio host Alan Partridge returns with Alpha Papa in which SUN the Norwich DJ becomes a hostage negotiator. Co writer SUN Armando Iannucci explains why they waited so long to take SUN Alan to the cinema. SUN SUN As the British Film Institute looks back at the career of SUN Indian film maker Satyajit Ray, the biographer Andrew SUN Robinson and the director Sangeeta Datta explore his work, SUN in particular the Apu Trilogy and The Big City which is SUN re-released later this month. SUN SUN The Irish documentary maker Pat Collins has made his first SUN fictional feature, Silence, in which a sound recordist SUN travels around Donegal trying to record a landscape free of SUN man-made noise. He debates our relationship with sound and SUN silence in life and in the cinema. SUN SUN Producer: Elaine Lester. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b0381k9c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 12 AUGUST 2013 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b037y74p (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b037v4g0 (Listen) MON The Minutemen; 'Lay' Witnesses in Court MON MON The Minutemen - who are they? Laurie Taylor talks to US MON sociologist, Harel Shapira about the right wing activists MON who patrol the US border in search of illegal immigrants. MON How should these men be characterised - as vigilantes, MON patriots or racists? Shapira met men who fought in Vietnam MON and Desert Storm and spoke of an America which no longer MON exists. Living alongside these men, he uncovered narratives MON of lost identity and community as well as extreme political MON convictions. Also, Nigel Fielding observed 65 crown court MON cases in England as part of his study into the effects of MON criminal trial procedures on 'lay' people, including MON victims, witnesses and defendants. His research highlights MON the confusion, anxiety and frustration which is often felt MON by the legally untrained in the face of courtroom MON convention. MON MON Producer: Jayne Egerton. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b0381k99 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037y74r (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037y74t (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037y74w (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b037y74y (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b0383hdb (Listen) MON A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea MON Rea. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b0383hdk (Listen) MON The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. MON Produced by Anna Jones and Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. MON MON 05:56 Weather b037y750 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day b0378wy3 (Listen) MON Common Redstart MON MON Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about MON the British birds inspired by their calls and songs. MON MON Michaela Strachan presents the common redstart. Redstarts MON are summer visitors from sub-Saharan Africa. The males are MON very handsome birds, robin-sized, but with a black mask, MON white forehead and an orange tail. John Buxton gave us a MON fascinating insight into their lives when, as a prisoner of MON war in Germany, he made a study of them. MON MON 06:00 Today b0383hsp (Listen) MON Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 The Sins of Literature b0383hsr (Listen) MON Thou Shalt Not Hide MON MON In the Sins of Literature Robert McCrum casts a seasoned eye MON over the literary mores of our age. MON MON Sarah Waters, Alexander McCall Smith, Martin Amis, Will MON Self, Siri Hustvedt, Paul Auster, Deborah Moggach and Howard MON Jacobson talk about their literary sins and commandments. MON MON Thou Shalt not hide. It's lonely business writing. Day after MON day at the keyboard with only your thoughts for company. MON Many writers develop rituals, habits and creative ticks to MON get them through. Historically lots of them have found MON succour in the arms of alcohol. The god like omnipotence MON they hold over the world of their novel can encourage an MON equal and opposite retreat from the real world (where they MON have no such powers). Thou Shalt not Hide examines the MON psychology and the discipline of writing and how writers are MON necessarily locked into their own heads yet trying to MON capture the whole wide world on the page. MON MON 09:30 Wow! How Did They Do That? b0383jgn (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON Roger Law goes in search of the entrepreneurs who are behind MON some of the Britain's best designs and inventions. MON MON Adam Lowe is the man who can recreate any object in perfect MON detail. His company Factum Arte has reproduced great works MON of art, such as Veronese's The Marriage at Cana which was MON taken by Napoleon's troops from Venice and now hangs in the MON Louvre. Adam created an exact replica which is now displayed MON in the original setting in the Palladian refectory in MON Venice. The next challenge was even more ambitious - a life MON size reproduction of Tutankamun' tomb. Roger Law travels to MON Madrid to discover the secrets behind these extraordinary MON creations. MON MON Steve Haines also creates great works of art - for other MON artists. He is the craftsman behind some of the great MON monumental pieces of sculpture to be found in the UK and MON beyond. All this is produced in a modest workshop underneath MON the railway arches in Deptford, south-east London. MON MON Two contrasting styles and two contrasting characters with MON one thing in common. Creating objects in perfect detail. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b0383jgq (Listen) MON Sounds Like London - 100 Years of Black Music in the MON Capital, Episode 1 MON MON The story of a city's transformation through its music, MON taking in the wave of Commonwealth immigration in the 40s MON right up to the present day. MON MON In the first episode the Empire Windrush brings an exciting MON new style of music to London with the arrival of Caribbean MON Calypso star Lord Kitchener. MON MON Read by Ben Onwukwe. MON Written by Lloyd Bradley. MON Abridged by Natalie Steed. MON Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b0383jlm (Listen) MON Kirstie Allsopp: Why women often don't get the birth they MON want MON MON Kirstie Allsopp meets mothers-to-be and women who've just MON given birth on her personal journey to find out why the MON experience of labour and birth might not match up to their MON expectations. In discussion with professionals including MON obstetrician Zoe Penn, midwife Pauline Cooke, and Belinda MON Phipps of the NCT, she looks at the preparation for birth MON and the role played by antenatal courses. Does the language MON used describing birth as 'natural' or 'normal' help, and how MON are caesarean births viewed? MON MON 10:45 15 Minute Drama b0383jtf (Listen) MON How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 1 MON MON Karen's a busy mum of teenage girls, contentedly burbling MON along in her humdrum, happy-enough life. She finds an odd MON text on husband Jack's phone. Her confrontation reveals a MON seismic shock she did not see coming. MON MON This is writer Nicholas McInerny's autobiographical look at MON modern relationships. MON MON Jack and Karen are nothing out of the ordinary. They have MON been happily married for years and are convinced every MON problem can be worked through. Until Jack decides he really MON is gay. MON MON Seeking stability at all costs for themselves and for the MON children, they navigate the bumpy journey of finding a lover MON for Jack by going for the 'closed loop' arrangement. It MON sounds just about possible - in theory. But getting MON consensus all round for their 3-way partnership is far from MON straightforward. And Karen doesn't want to share her MON husband. She wants everything to stay the same. MON MON Writer: Nicholas McInerny MON Music: instrumental by Greg Wise, vocals by Amy Liptrott MON MON Producer: Melanie Harris MON Sound designer: Eloise Whitmore MON A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4. MON Real life behind the drama MON MON Credits MON Karen: Julia Ford MON Naomi: Katriona Perrett MON Ella: Ellie Bindman MON Cecily: Liza Sadovy MON Miranda: Liza Sadovy MON Jack: Greg Wise MON Ben: Con O'Neill MON Writer: Nicholas McInerny MON Music: Greg Wise MON Music: Amy Liptrott MON Producer: Melanie Harris MON MON 11:00 The Slow Coach b0383k2h (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON Liz Barclay follows three busy people on a bold experiment MON to slow down their pace of life. MON MON Their 'slow coach' is Carl Honoré, once a speedy journalist, MON now spokesperson for a global so-called 'Slow Movement'. He MON argues that our increasing obsession with speed means we MON race through life instead of actually living it. We need to MON create moments of slowness and connect with our 'inner MON tortoise'. Carl says that, by finding a better balance MON between fast and slow, we'll increase our wellbeing, MON creativity and productivity. MON MON It's a compelling theory, but does it work? MON MON Three volunteers, have agreed to put Carl's theories to the MON test by following his advice over the course of one month. MON MON Steve runs his own business, and gets to the end of each day MON without a break, reacting to a stream of emails. He hopes MON that slowing down can make him more efficient and give him MON time to reflect on the bigger picture. Lizzie works MON part-time in the health service, and is the mother of three MON young children. She worries that her constant sense of being MON in a rush is rubbing off on her children and would like MON family life to feel less hectic. Scott works as a volunteer MON in his local town of Bury, running every community activity MON from the Carnival to the Lions Club. Unable to say 'no' to MON anyone, he finds himself checking his emails in the cinema MON and forgetting to eat lunch. He'd like to get back some MON sense of control over his life. MON MON The Slow Coach follows the successes and struggles of our MON three volunteers as they attempt to put Carl's suggestions MON into place in their daily lives. MON MON Producer: Tessa Watt MON A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:30 Births, Deaths and Marriages b0383k8c (Listen) MON Series 2, Lady Buoy's Visit MON MON Births, Deaths and Marriages is the sitcom set in a Local MON Authority Register Office where the staff deal with the MON three greatest events in anybody's life. MON MON Written by David Schneider (The Day Today, I'm Alan MON Partridge), he stars as chief registrar Malcolm Fox who is a MON stickler for rules and would be willing to interrupt any MON wedding service if the width of the bride infringes health MON and safety. He's single but why does he need to be married? MON He's married thousands of women. MON MON Alongside him are rival and divorcee Lorna who has been MON parachuted in from Car Parks to drag the office (and MON Malcolm) into the 21st century. To her, marriage isn't just MON about love and romance, it's got to be about making a profit MON in our new age of austerity. MON MON There's also the ever spiky Mary, geeky Luke who's worried MON he'll end up like Malcolm one day, and ditzy Anita who may MON get her words and names mixed up occasionally but, as the MON only parent in the office, is a mother to them all. MON MON In episode five, Malcolm's stressed because of a very MON important visit by the office's patron, Lady Wilton-Buoy, MON while Lorna is trying to organise their first ever civil MON funeral at the same time. Lorna has also just been on an MON internet date which ended up with her going to see a stage MON hypnotist - but she doesn't remember what happened. MON MON Writers: David Schneider & Simon Jacobs MON MON Producer: Simon Jacobs MON A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON Credits MON Malcolm: David Schneider MON Lorna: Sarah Hadland MON Anita: Sandy McDade MON Luke: Russell Tovey MON Mary: Sally Bretton MON Lady Wilton-Buoy: Kate O'Sullivan MON Iain: Simon Greenall MON Writer: David Schneider MON Writer: Simon Jacobs MON Producer: Simon Jacobs MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b0383k8f (Listen) MON Shale gas, turbulence and 'Simple Payments' MON MON Why the new system which allows people without bank accounts MON to receive their pensions and benefits is causing problems. MON 'Simple Payments' has led to delays in some pensioners MON getting their money. MON MON There has been much debate about the safety of fracking, and MON drilling for shale gas, but what about the economic impact? MON We investigate whether shale gas production in the UK will MON affect our energy bills. MON MON We examine why some American clothing labels hike up prices MON for shoppers in Britain. MON MON Plus is climate change leading to bumpier flights? MON MON Presenter: Julian Worricker MON Producer: Simon Browning. MON MON 12:57 Weather b037y752 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b0383k8h (Listen) MON National and international news. Listeners can share their MON views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. MON MON 13:45 The Prophets b0383kz0 (Listen) MON Jonah MON MON In the first of his series of off-beat Biblical portraits, MON Clive Lawton tells the story of Jonah and the whale. Or MON should it be a fish? At one level Jonah is a knockabout tale MON of strange events, but at its core it is a story of MON universal assertions and values, surprising in its MON inclusivity and judgements. Jonah is a cantankerous MON character who doesn't seem to fit in with God's plans. And MON yet he is still called upon to be a prophet. What, then, MON does the function involve? It certainly seems that being a MON prophet is no guarantee of insight or moral depth. How would MON we relate to such mythical figures if they were still around MON today and how relevant are their thoughts and ideas in a MON modern context? MON Producer: Mark Savage. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b0381lv8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Drama b0383lf2 (Listen) MON Watch Me MON MON By Sarah Woods. MON MON A love story about the power of mirror neurons. MON MON Anja works in advertising, Rhys is a single dad. Their fates MON collide at a focus group, in which Rhys takes exception to MON Anja's baby food campaign. Both have their reasons to resist MON falling in love, but their brains have other ideas. MON MON Anja and Rhys's love story is told from a neurological MON perspective, by neuroscientist Christian Keysers. It's the MON story of two individuals whose brains begin to 'mirror' each MON other as they gradually fall in love. As Christian says it's MON "...not so much an exchange of information as two brains MON becoming one." MON MON Author of 'The Empathic Brain', Christian is Head of the MON Social Brain Lab at the Netherlands Institute for MON Neurosciences. He seeks to understand how, as social MON animals, our brains mirror those of other people, so that MON understanding others is not an effort of explicit thought MON but an intuitive sharing of emotions, sensations and MON actions. MON MON Directed by James Robinson MON A BBC Cymru Wales Production. MON MON Credits MON Anja: Sarah Smart MON Rhys: Alun Raglan MON Lucy: Amaka Okafor MON Rob: Simon Ludders MON Woman: Claire Cage MON Narrator: Christian Keysers MON Writer: Sarah Woods MON Director: James Robinson MON MON 15:00 Quote... Unquote b0383lf4 (Listen) MON The quotations quiz hosted by Nigel Rees. MON MON As ever, a host of celebrities will be joining Nigel as he MON quizzes them on the sources of a range of quotations and MON asks them for the amusing sayings or citations that they MON have personally collected on a variety of subjects, MON including their favourite four line humorous poems and MON quotes form the most quotable people they have ever met. MON MON This week Nigel is joined by Actress and Singer - Janie Dee, MON former editor of Private Eye and current editor of The Oldie MON - Richard Ingrams, science writer and broadcaster Vivienne MON Parry and comedian and writer Robin Ince. MON MON Credits MON Presenter: Nigel Rees MON Panellist: Richard Ingrams MON Panellist: Janie Dee MON Panellist: Vivienne Parry MON Panellist: Robin Ince MON Reader: Peter Jefferson MON Producer: Carl Cooper MON MON 15:30 Food Programme b0381l43 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:00 With Great Pleasure b0383lm6 (Listen) MON Kwame Kwei-Armah MON MON Kwame Kwei-Armah, playwright and theatre director, chooses MON the pieces of writing that he loves and that have inspired MON him in his own writing life. He presents them to the MON audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, with the help of readers MON Don Warrington and Jaye Griffiths. MON MON As the writer of plays such as Elmina's Kitchen, Kwame's own MON passions range from novels by Toni Morrison and Ben Okri to MON Redemption Song by Bob Marley - which the audience joins him MON in singing. MON MON Producer Beth O'Dea. MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b0383lp6 (Listen) MON Organ Donation MON MON Beyond Belief debates the place of religion and faith in MON today's complex world. Ernie Rea is joined by a panel to MON discuss how religious beliefs and traditions affect our MON values and perspectives. MON MON Three people die every day in need of an organ transplant MON while only 31% of people in the UK have joined the Organ MON Donor Register. Technological advancements mean there are MON ever more advanced ways of successfully transplanting organs MON but society remains divided over solutions along ethical and MON religious lines. Last month the Welsh Assembly became the MON first UK country to introduce a system where individuals MON will be presumed to have consented for their organs to be MON donated unless they opt out. Should the state take our MON organs or should it be the ultimate altruistic gift? MON MON Joining Ernie Rea to discuss organ donation are Reverend MON George Pitcher, Anglican Priest at St Bride's, Fleet Street, MON Janet Radcliffe-Richards, Professor of Practical Philosophy MON at the University of Oxford. And Mohammed Zubair Butt, MON Islamic scholar and hospital chaplain. MON MON Producer: Catherine Earlam. MON MON 17:00 PM b0383lp8 (Listen) MON Coverage and analysis of the day's news. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037y754 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b0383mgf (Listen) MON Series 67, Episode 1 MON MON Can Nicholas Parsons keep order over Tony Hawks, Alun MON Cochrane, Patrick Kielty and Gyles Brandreth as they attempt MON to talk for 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or MON deviation on subjects from Moving House to Summer Loving. MON MON Producer: Katie Tyrrell MON MON 19:00 The Archers b0383n76 (Listen) MON Kirsty is horrified, and Kenton makes a controversial MON decision. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b0383n89 (Listen) MON With Mark Lawson, including an interview with the crime MON writer Ruth Rendell, creator of Chief Inspector Wexford, who MON has now published more than 70 novels. MON MON Producer Stephen Hughes. MON MON 19:45 15 Minute Drama b0383jtf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Night Hospital b0383n8c (Listen) MON Jackie Ashley examines why hospital care at nights and at MON weekends is sometimes below par. She hears stories from the MON wards and shares her own experience as she investigates why MON standards can fall when the day shift goes home. Top MON managers, doctors and nurses, relatives and number crunchers MON help assess the state of an institution under pressure to MON change. They include Bruce Keogh, David Dalton, Mike MON Marrinan, Sean Worth, Mark Porter and Julia Neuberger. MON MON Producer: Peter Mulligan. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b037vb3p (Listen) MON Romania, Religion and Riches MON MON Since the fall of Ceaucescu's dictatorship, the Romanian MON Orthodox Church has flourished. It has built thousands of MON new churches across the country and is now constructing a MON huge new cathedral in the capital Bucharest. The Cathedral MON is right next to Ceaucescu's gargantuan "Palace of the MON People" and, when completed, is intended to be taller - a MON physical manifestation of the Church's power and influence. MON Much of the money for the construction of these new churches MON and the cathedral has come from state funds - national, MON regional and local - as well as donations from MON congregations. MON While the Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC) argues that the MON churches are needed and wanted by most Romanians, there are MON those who feel that the ROC has too great an influence and MON is costing too much. Tessa Dunlop hears from believers, MON politicians, monks and an Archbishop, about how religious MON the country is, and whether or not the Church is too MON powerful and too rich. MON MON Producer: John Murphy. MON MON 21:00 The Pregnant Brain b037t1rh (Listen) MON Zoe Williams explores the radical changes that take place in MON a woman's brain over the course of pregnancy. It's an area MON of women's health we know surprisingly little about - but MON psychologists studying the effects of reproduction on the MON brain are now beginning to make startling discoveries. MON MON During pregnancy, a woman's hormone levels rise to more than MON 100 times those seen during any other naturally occurring MON life event. The latest research suggests that these powerful MON chemicals re-programme the mum-to-be in a process labelled MON "maternal programming". MON MON The proponents of the maternal programming theory argue that MON mothers are "made, not born" and the chemical and structural MON changes that occur within the pregnant brain optimise a MON woman's maternal behaviour in order for her to provide the MON most sensitive and protective care when her child is born. MON Zoe examines the implications of this theory for fathers and MON adoptive parents who have not undergone this biological MON priming. MON MON Zoe will also explore the effects of depression and stress MON during pregnancy, discovering that, while post-natal MON depression regularly grabs the headlines, ante-natal MON depression is just as common. Studies suggest that children MON born to mothers who suffered from clinically significant MON levels of anxiety and depression during pregnancy are more MON likely to suffer from a range of psychological and physical MON problems and are three times more likely to develop MON depression in later life. But this research has its critics, MON who argue that women are getting blamed for the health MON outcomes of their children and that telling women not to get MON stressed during pregnancy only heightens their levels of MON anxiety. MON MON Presenter: Zoe Williams MON Producer: Max O'Brien MON A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 21:30 The Sins of Literature b0383hsr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b037y756 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b0383p5p (Listen) MON In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b0383p5r (Listen) MON Red or Dead, Episode 1 MON MON By David Peace. MON MON One hundred years ago this September, in a small Scottish MON mining village in East Ayrshire, Bill Shankly was born. MON MON In 1959, Bill Shankly became manager of Liverpool Football MON Club. His passion and commitment was almost mythical, and he MON transformed the team, taking them from the second division MON to become champions of England and win their first ever MON European trophy. But then, at the height of his success, he MON resigned. It was a move that sent shockwaves across MON football, and proved an intense personal challenge for MON Shankly himself. MON MON David Peace, acclaimed author of the 'Red Riding' series, MON 'GB84' and 'The Damned United', now turns his attentions to MON Bill Shankly. David Peace's astonishing book 'Red or Dead' MON pulls Bill Shankly out of the football world and into the MON mainstream and tells us the story of the man, not just the MON manager. Peace describes Shankly as "not just a great MON football manager. Bill Shankly was one of the greatest men MON who ever lived." MON MON One of five brothers, Shankly's passion was football. It was MON his job and it was his life, both as a player and then as a MON manager. Along with Matt Busby and Jock Stein he formed a MON trio of working class Scottish men who rose to the top of MON their game and were immortalised as heroes, to be followed MON by their natural successor Alex Ferguson. MON MON Shankly's background fuelled his socialism, his view of the MON world and his view of football: "The socialism I believe in MON is everyone working for each other, everyone having a share MON of the rewards. It's the way I see football, the way I see MON life" MON MON Read by Gary Lewis MON Abridged by Robin Brooks MON Producer: Allegra McIlroy. MON David Peace discusses Red or Dead MON MON 23:00 Summer Nights b0383p6k (Listen) MON Real Sex Lives in a Sexualised Society MON MON In a world of Brazilian waxes, sexting and Fifty Shades of MON Grey what drives our sexual desire and how well do we MON understand it? A huge majority of us still aspire to the MON stability and companionship of monogamous relationships. So MON are we confused, embarrassed or plain indifferent to sex? MON Jane Garvey asks her guests how our understanding of sex has MON changed. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 13 AUGUST 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b037y761 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b0383jgq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037y763 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037y765 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037y767 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b037y769 (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b0383pcx (Listen) TUE A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea TUE Rea. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b0383pdn (Listen) TUE The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. TUE Produced by Anna Jones and Presented by Sybil Ruscoe. TUE TUE 05:58 Tweet of the Day b0378wz1 (Listen) TUE Bullfinch TUE TUE Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about TUE the British birds inspired by their calls and songs. TUE TUE Michaela Strachan presents the Bullfinch. The males have TUE rose-pink breasts and black caps and are eye-catching whilst TUE the females are a duller pinkish-grey but share the black TUE cap. Exactly why they're called Bullfinches isn't clear - TUE perhaps it's to do with their rather thickset appearance. TUE 'Budfinch' would be a more accurate name as they are very TUE fond of the buds of trees, especially fruit trees. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b0383pf4 (Listen) TUE Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Turkey: the New Ottomans b037t0m4 (Listen) TUE Turkey and Europe TUE TUE Allan Little explores Turkey's relationship with Europe, TUE focussing on the Balkans, once the Western limits of the old TUE Ottoman Empire. TUE TUE Turkish businessmen have been rapidly reforging links with TUE the Balkan states - and some saw this as a first step TUE towards rebuilding bridges to Western Europe. TUE TUE The dream of eventual EU membership was a powerful influence TUE on the early years of the Prime Minister Erdogan's AK Party. TUE However, opposition from France and more recently Germany TUE has made that dream seem unlikely to happen for a TUE generation. TUE TUE Where does Turkey's relationship with the Europe now stand? TUE TUE Producer: Jane Beresford. TUE TUE 09:30 The Call b01qlldp (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 5 TUE TUE Dominic Arkwright meets people who have made and received TUE life-changing phone calls. TUE TUE Dominic talks to Emma Cashen, the young mum who gave birth TUE on her bathroom floor, whilst her mother Tina took TUE directions from a 999 operator over the phone. Dominic TUE visits Emma, Tina and baby Ruby at home in Suffolk, and TUE listens to the dramatic 999 recording of Ruby's birth. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b0383pv3 (Listen) TUE Sounds Like London - 100 Years of Black Music in the TUE Capital, Episode 2 TUE TUE Journalist Lloyd Bradley's new book tells the story of a TUE city's transformation through its music, taking in the wave TUE of Commonwealth immigration in the 1940s right up to the TUE present day. TUE TUE After his exploration of calypso, author Lloyd Bradley turns TUE his attention to another Caribbean import which has seeped TUE into the soundtrack of London - steel pan. TUE TUE Read by Ben Onwukwe. TUE Written by Lloyd Bradley. TUE Abridged by Natalie Steed. TUE Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b0383pv5 (Listen) TUE Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female TUE perspective on the world. TUE TUE Editor: Alice Feinstein TUE TUE 10:45 15 Minute Drama b0383pwm (Listen) TUE How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 2 TUE TUE Karen decides the easiest route is denial. Her mother's TUE restless, her daughter's smoking weed, and her best friend TUE needs help. The last thing Karen wants is to deal with her TUE newly out gay husband. It's too painful. TUE TUE Writer: Nicholas McInerny TUE Music: instrumental by Greg Wise TUE Producer: Melanie Harris TUE Sound designer: Eloise Whitmore TUE A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:00 Bragg on the Braggs b0383vb0 (Listen) TUE Melvyn Bragg looks back at the extraordinary achievements of TUE two other famous Braggs, the father and son scientists TUE William and Lawrence. In 1913 the Braggs discovered a method TUE of investigating the structure of crystals using X-ray TUE radiation. They soon proved the significance of this TUE breakthrough by determining the internal structure of TUE diamond. Two years later they shared a Nobel Prize for their TUE work, which founded the discipline of X-ray crystallography. TUE Melvyn Bragg, a distant cousin of William and Lawrence, TUE tells the story of their groundbreaking work. He visits the TUE laboratories in Cambridge and Leeds where the two Braggs TUE made important discoveries, and the Royal Institution, where TUE they lectured and conducted research. And he learns how the TUE Braggs' technique of X-ray crystallography revolutionised TUE chemistry and biology, from the determination of the TUE structure of DNA to the design of new pharmaceutical drugs. TUE TUE Producer: Thomas Morris. TUE TUE 11:30 Digital Folk b0383vxr (Listen) TUE England's vast wealth of folk music heritage has finally TUE been put online. Named "The Full English", it includes rare TUE archives found in the basement of London's famous Cecil TUE Sharp House and a dozen other collections. Songs that TUE haven't been heard for a hundred years are now being sung TUE again and are already inspiring a new generation of musical TUE writers and artists. TUE TUE English Folk Dance and Song Society (Efdss) librarian TUE Malcolm Taylor has gathered together manuscripts of early TUE 20th century songs that were once scattered across the TUE country and placed them on one searchable internet portal. TUE These are songs collected in the early 20th century by the TUE likes of Cecil Sharp, Vaughan Williams and Percy Grainger TUE who set out, notebook in hand, to record the songs sung by TUE ordinary folk up and down the country. TUE TUE Now a whole new wave of artists is clicking on to the TUE digital archives. Singer Billy Bragg has previously used TUE them for his own musical inspiration and folk musicians Fay TUE Hield, Nancy Kerr and Martin Simpson are now doing it too, TUE as they create new music from old sources. TUE TUE The programme also hears from playwrights Nell Leyshon and TUE Lee Hall (of Billy Elliott fame) who have been drawn into an TUE exploration of the ethics of how the songs were originally TUE collected and published. TUE TUE Our guide to the remarkable 'The Full English' collection is TUE John Kirkpatrick, one of the giants of the British folk TUE scene and BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of 2010. TUE TUE Producer: Chris Eldon Lee TUE A Culture Wise production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b0383wkf (Listen) TUE Call You and Yours TUE TUE Consumer phone-in with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b037y76c (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b0383wkh (Listen) TUE National and international news. Listeners can share their TUE views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. TUE TUE 13:45 The Prophets b0383wkk (Listen) TUE Isaiah TUE TUE In the second of his series of off-beat Biblical portraits, TUE Clive Lawton profiles Isaiah, the supreme literary prophet TUE or, possibly, prophets. There is a dispute about whether TUE Isaiah is one, two or even three distinct personalities as TUE his story covers several different epochs. His words TUE reverberate around the world, not least as having been taken TUE up so solidly by Christians as prophecies of the coming of TUE Jesus as the Messiah. How would we relate to such mythical TUE figures if they were still around today and how relevant are TUE their thoughts and ideas in a modern context? TUE Producer: Mark Savage. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b0383n76 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Drama b01f6bfb (Listen) TUE The People's Passion, The Road to Emmaus TUE TUE Cathedrals still dominate our city centres: once symbols of TUE temporal power, of technological wonder, a vital part of our TUE musical health, and more recently the focus of protest and TUE appeals to a new morality - what do they mean to us now? TUE TUE Originally broadcast during Holy Week, The People's Passion TUE explores how our great cathedrals offer an image of the TUE contradictions of faith in twenty-first century Britain. TUE TUE The People's Passion Mass and Easter Anthem, composed TUE specially for the series by Sasha Johnson Manning, with TUE lyrics written by the poet Michael Symmons Roberts, not only TUE features in the programmes, but was made freely available by TUE the BBC, and sung by a hundred and fifty choirs around TUE Britain and across the world, during Easter 2012, including TUE Easter Day Worship on Radio 4, from Manchester Cathedral. TUE TUE 5/5: The Road to Emmaus TUE TUE by Nick Warburton TUE TUE Good Friday is a big day for Robert, the Cathedral's TUE Director of Music. And despite his attempts to clear his TUE mind, it all keeps going out of kilter. In fact, as the TUE Cathedral fills and empties for the afternoon service and TUE the big evening performance by the Voluntary choir, no one - TUE from lost tourists to late singers - seems to be quite TUE themselves... TUE TUE Produced and Directed by Jonquil Panting TUE TUE Original music by Sasha Johnson Manning, with lyrics by TUE Michael Symmons Roberts. TUE TUE Performed by: TUE Manchester Chamber Choir, directed by Christopher Stokes, TUE with Jeffrey Makinson (organ), Rob Shorter (tenor), Rebecca TUE Whettam (cello), Jahan Hunter (trumpet) and Holly Marland TUE (recorder). TUE BBC Singers with Eleanor Gregory (soprano), Margaret Cameron TUE (alto), Chris Bowen (tenor), Stephen Charlesworth (bass) and TUE Andrew Earis (piano). TUE Andrew Kirk (organ), and the choir of Saint Mary Redcliffe, TUE Bristol. TUE TUE Credits TUE The Old Man: David Bradley TUE Alice: Sarah Gordy TUE Graham: Kim Wall TUE Robert: James Fleet TUE Rebecca: Claire Rushbrook TUE Lynne: Tina Gray TUE Callum: Harry Livingstone TUE Actor: Peter Hamilton-Dyer TUE Director: Jonquil Panting TUE Producer: Jonquil Panting TUE Writer: Nick Warburton TUE TUE 15:00 The Kitchen Cabinet b0383x10 (Listen) TUE Series 4, Latitude Festival TUE TUE This episode of food panel programme The Kitchen Cabinet was TUE recorded at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk. TUE TUE Alongside chairman Jay Rayner, our panel of food and cooking TUE experts comprises restaurateur Henry Dimbleby, Spanish TUE cuisine specialist Rachel McCormack and chef Sophie Wright, TUE who debate the best food to take on a camping holiday, TUE whether it's acceptable to enjoy burned toast and if a TUE burger should be eaten with a knife and fork. Today's menu TUE of discussion topics also features fennel, burgers, toffee TUE apples and smoothies. TUE TUE Food historian Annie Gray explores the history of the sugary TUE foods we indulge in at festivals and fairs, explains where TUE the name "Hamburger" comes from and introduces us to both TUE "portable soup", popular in the 18th Century, and "hotdog TUE dogs": a recipe taken from a section in a 1960s cookbook TUE aimed at teenagers. TUE TUE Food Consultant: Anna Colquhoun TUE TUE Produced by Peggy Sutton. TUE A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:30 The Philosopher's Arms b0383x96 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Free Will TUE TUE Matthew Sweet is in the pub, discussing a knotty conundrum TUE with an invited audience and a panel of experts. Today it's TUE whether or not we have free will, with philosopher Wayne TUE Martin of the University of Essex and neuroscientist Gemma TUE Calvert, Managing Director of Neurosense. Also featuring TUE Peter Mabbutt and Jo Russell. TUE TUE Producer: Marya Burgess. TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b0383yt3 (Listen) TUE Fashion TUE TUE An exploration of spoken language and communication in the TUE 21st century, presented by Chris Ledgard. This week: TUE Fashion. Topics include how we talk about scents, slogans on TUE t-shirts and fashion lingo. TUE TUE Katie Puckrik tells how she, a self confessed 'fume head' TUE talks and thinks about perfumes. Chris and fashion writer TUE Stephanie Talbot walk the streets of Bristol, on the look TUE out for the latest t-shirt slogans, and Chris gets the TUE lowdown on the fashionista jargon from trend forecaster, TUE Lucy Norris. TUE Producer: Sarah Langan. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b0383yt5 (Listen) TUE Series 31, Fela Kuti TUE TUE Poet, playwright, and critic Gabriel Gbadamosi chooses as TUE his Great Life the political maverick and inventor of TUE Afrobeat, musician Fela Kuti, and tells Matthew Parris why TUE his work deserves to be better known. TUE TUE Whether withstanding ferocious beatings from the Nigerian TUE police, insulting his audiences, or demanding a million TUE pounds in cash upfront from Motown records, his strength and TUE stubbornness were legendary, and his gift for controversy TUE unmatched. TUE TUE Fela had more than 25 wives, some of whom he beat, and was TUE President of his own self proclaimed Republic. He smoked TUE dope and was the scourge of the rulers of a corrupt Nigerian TUE state and was acclaimed as having the best live band on TUE earth. TUE TUE Gabriel Gbadamosi is joined by Stephen Chan, professor of TUE International Relations at the School of Oriental and TUE African Studies at the University of London, to discuss the TUE musical and political life of this outspoken force of TUE nature. TUE TUE Presenter: Matthew Parris Producer: Melvin Rickarby. TUE TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Matthew Parris TUE Interviewed Guest: Gabriel Gbadamosi TUE Interviewed Guest: Stephen Chan TUE Producer: Melvin Rickarby TUE TUE 17:00 PM b0383z2n (Listen) TUE Coverage and analysis of the day's news. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037y76f (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 It's Not What You Know b0383z2q (Listen) TUE Series 2, Episode 6 TUE TUE What is Joe Lycett's favourite book? Which is Anneka Rice's TUE filmmaker son's favourite film? Who is Dave Gorman's TUE all-time hero? TUE TUE All these questions, and more, will be answered in the show TUE hosted by Miles Jupp, where panellists are tested on how TUE well they know their nearest and dearest. TUE TUE Producer: Sam Michell. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b0383z43 (Listen) TUE Oliver comes up with a solution, and Brenda finally gets in TUE touch. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b0383zh3 (Listen) TUE Arts news, interviews and reviews, with Mark Lawson. TUE TUE Producer Ella-mai Robey. TUE TUE 19:45 15 Minute Drama b0383pwm (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 The Lending Game b0383zh5 (Listen) TUE As Wonga moves into the mainstream with its sponsorship of TUE Newcastle United, is the so-called payday lender responding TUE to, or shaping, changing attitudes on money and morality? TUE Chris Bowlby goes back to his teenage home on the Tyne to TUE look at the rise of Wonga through the lives of the Toon TUE Army. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b0383zyn (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for blind and TUE partially-sighted people. TUE TUE 21:00 Seven Ages of Science b0383zyq (Listen) TUE Age of Exploration TUE TUE We're often told that science changed our world. In this TUE series, Lisa Jardine explores how the world changed science, TUE pushing it in new directions, creating new disciplines and TUE pioneering new approaches to scientific understanding. TUE TUE Lisa Jardine describes how the desire to build an empire TUE promoted a keen scientific interest in plants, in this TUE second of her Seven Ages of Science, exploring the history TUE of modern science in Britain. We needed to understand what TUE plants existed in the world and how they might be grown for TUE profit elsewhere in the tropics. In the Age of Exploration, TUE the early British Empire was an international botanical TUE empire. TUE TUE In the 1700s, scientifically-minded men devoured stories of TUE exotic new worlds from the comfort of their London coffee TUE houses. In the 1800s, an explosion in overseas trade allowed TUE young men with an interest in the natural world to discover TUE strange new species for themselves. The known world was TUE expanding, science started to look outwards. TUE TUE Ships returned loaded with all manner of strange and TUE unexpected things. And, Lisa argues, it was this wealth of TUE unfamiliar stuff flooding into England - from slave whips to TUE giraffe heads, weird creatures and exotic plants - that TUE encouraged a new interest in collecting and classifying. TUE This was the Age when taxonomy was born. TUE TUE Captain Cook's famous voyage of discovery on The Endeavour TUE brought back thousands of new plant specimens, and exquisite TUE drawings of thousands more; drawings that were both TUE aesthetically beautiful and scientifically accurate. They TUE made botany highly fashionable: women started to embroider TUE new species, and playing cards advertised Linnaeus' new TUE system for classifying them. TUE TUE But, it was a desire to make money out of newly acquired TUE lands in Australia, India and elsewhere that really drove a TUE growing scientific interest in plants. How else could we TUE make money out of these newly acquired lands? Botany Bay in TUE Australia is so named for a reason: Joseph Banks - who TUE travelled with Cook on The Endeavour - imported a host of TUE different plants to Botany Bay so the convicts would be able TUE to feed themselves. We have him to thank for introducing TUE sheep to Australia. Later, experiments on indigo and cotton TUE tested whether they might thrive elsewhere in our growing TUE empire. TUE TUE The networks that make botanical science are the networks of TUE the slave trade. Plant specimens returned to England on the TUE same boats that took slaves to the Caribbean. And many of TUE the beautiful examples that we admire today were picked and TUE pressed by slaves. TUE TUE By the end of this Age of Exploration, botany has been TUE promoted from a hobby to a well- established "scientific" TUE activity (paving the way for later evolutionary theories), TUE scientists have proved themselves useful to the Crown and TUE adventure, wonder and discovery are now integral to what it TUE means to "do science". TUE TUE Producer: Anna Buckley. TUE TUE 21:30 Turkey: the New Ottomans b037t0m4 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b037y76h (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b0384058 (Listen) TUE In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b038405b (Listen) TUE Red or Dead, Episode 2 TUE TUE By David Peace. TUE TUE Today Bill begins to lay the first building blocks for his TUE new Liverpool team, the very start of a new era... TUE TUE Read by Gary Lewis TUE Abridged by Robin Brooks TUE Producer: Allegra McIlroy. TUE TUE 23:00 Summer Nights b0388kc1 (Listen) TUE Fixing Professional Politics TUE TUE Being cynical about politics has become a national sport - TUE but is it with good cause? The media regularly captures TUE public anger at politicians, who are 'only out for TUE themselves', and a political process where nothing ever TUE changes. So, for those who believe politics can make a real TUE difference to people's lives - what can be done? With TUE electoral participation and party membership in long term TUE decline, Hardeep Singh Kohli wonders if we've reached the TUE end of the road with the political classes. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 14 AUGUST 2013 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b037y77b (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b0383pv3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037y77d (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037y77g (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037y77j (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b037y77l (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03842pg (Listen) WED A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea WED Rea. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b03842pj (Listen) WED The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. WED Produced by Sarah Swadling and Presented by Caz Graham. WED WED 05:58 Tweet of the Day b0378x0n (Listen) WED Rock Pipit WED WED Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about WED the British birds inspired by their calls and songs. WED WED Michaela Strachan presents the rock pipit. The sight of a WED greyish bird no bigger than a sparrow, at home on the WED highest cliffs and feeding within reach of breaking waves WED can come as a surprise. In spring and early summer, the male WED Pipits become wonderful extroverts and perform to attract a WED female, during which they sing loudly to compete with the WED sea-wash. WED WED 06:00 Today b03845lc (Listen) WED Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 What's the Point of ... b03845lf (Listen) WED Series 5, Lord Mayor of London WED WED On the second Saturday in November the Lord Mayor of London WED follows a time honoured route from the City's square mile to WED the Royal Courts of Justice Westminster where he swears an WED oath of loyalty to the Monarch. In days of old this was WED perhaps more necessary than it is today - the Lord Mayor's WED power rivalled that of the King; he held the purse strings WED of the City. The Capital's wealth could fund the King's WED expensive trips abroad - to Agincourt, for instance. WED WED Today the Lord Mayor's role is part ceremonial, part WED ambassadorial. He represents the City's financial and WED business sectors. Should he therefore use his office to WED speak out more about the banking scandals ? As head of the WED London Corporation, he oversees the spending of the City's WED historic wealth - the City's Cash. How is it spent? Is it WED used well? WED And does London need a Lord Mayor in a State coach any more WED now it has Boris on a bike? WED WED Quentin Letts asks, What is the point of the Lord Mayor of WED London? WED WED 09:30 Just So Science b01pw5s8 (Listen) WED The Cat That Walked By Himself WED WED Vivienne Parry presents the science behind some of Rudyard WED Kipling's Just So Stories, with wondrous tales of how things WED really came to be. WED WED In Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, we're told how the WED leopard got his spots, the camel his hump, the whale his WED throat and so forth. But what does science make of these WED lyrical tales? For the most part, just-so stories are to be WED dismissed as the antithesis of scientific reasoning. They're WED ad hoc fallacies, designed to explain-away a biological or WED behavioural trait, more akin to folklore than the laws of WED science. But on closer inspection, might Kipling's fantasies WED contain a grain of truth? And might the "truth" as science WED understands it, be even more fantastic than fiction? WED WED In Just So Science, Vivienne Parry meets researchers whose WED work on some of Kipling's 'best beloved' creatures is WED helping us to answer a rather inconvenient question: how do WED traits evolve? Why are some animals the way they are? WED Excerpts from five of the Just So Stories are read by Samuel WED West WED 5. The Cat That Walked by Himself. Do we keep cats, or do WED they keep us? The myths and the mysteries of felis catus WED explored by Patrick Bateson and John Bradshaw. WED Producer: Rami Tzabar. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b03847t6 (Listen) WED Sounds Like London - 100 Years of Black Music in the WED Capital, Episode 3 WED WED The story of a city's transformation through its music, WED taking in the wave of Commonwealth immigration in the 40s WED right up to the present day. WED WED In the third episode a milestone is passed with the WED emergence of Afro-rock - a genuine London sound from an WED African perspective. WED WED Credits WED Reader: Ben Onwukwe WED Author: Lloyd Bradley WED Abridger: Natalie Steed WED Producer: Kirsteen Cameron WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b03847t8 (Listen) WED Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female WED perspective on the world. WED WED 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03847x6 (Listen) WED How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 3 WED WED Things unravel further for Karen. Her daughter storms out, WED her best friend Miranda feels let down and husband Jack is WED out on his first date with a man. WED WED Writer: Nicholas McInerny WED Music: instrumental by Greg Wise WED Producer: Melanie Harris WED Sound designer: Eloise Whitmore WED A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:00 Techno Odyssey b03847x8 (Listen) WED Cardiac WED WED A new series where the poet Paul Farley re-imagines WED technology we rely on but take for granted, taking the WED listener on unexpected journeys into technological WED environments. WED WED From subsea internet cables to heart valve surgery to cash WED in transit Paul makes us think again about the less seen but WED vital places and systems that make our world tick. In each WED programme he writes a poem, as a response to each WED environment. WED WED 3. Cardiac WED WED In an odyssey of a different kind, Paul follows the journey WED of a heart valve from its manufacturers in Milan to a WED patient in a UK hospital. One in twenty of us will suffer WED from valve complications in later life and that figure is WED rising as the population ages. From the perspective of one WED of the women working on the mechanical valve production WED lines, Paul's sonnets explore the life story of the valves WED and wrap around recordings of their assembly and the WED sophisticated surgery involved in their replacement. It's WED exactly 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci devised the first WED prosthetic heart valve, also in Milan. As well as telling WED the story of this miraculous mechanical object which can WED give people a second life Paul also reflects on the greatest WED piece of technology of all: the heart itself. WED WED Reader Aisling Loftus WED Produced by Neil McCarthy WED Sound Design Phil Channell WED WED Featuring, Roberto Casula and his team at Imperial College WED Healthcare NHS Trust. WED Umberto Pasquali, Gianni Rolando, Sorin Group, Milan. WED WED 11:30 Paul Temple and the Gregory Affair b03847yb (Listen) WED A Woman's Intuition WED WED Part 7 of a new production of a vintage serial from 1946. WED WED From 1938 to 1968, Francis Durbridge's incomparably suave WED amateur detective Paul Temple and his glamorous wife Steve WED solved case after baffling case in one of BBC radio's most WED popular series. Sadly, only half of Temple's adventures WED survive in the archives. WED WED In 2006 BBC Radio 4 brought one of the lost serials back to WED life with Crawford Logan and Gerda Stevenson as Paul and WED Steve. Using the original scripts and incidental music, and WED recorded using vintage microphones and sound effects, the WED production of Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery aimed to WED sound as much as possible like the 1947 original might have WED done if its recording had survived. The serial proved so WED popular that it was soon followed by three more revivals, WED Paul Temple and the Madison Mystery, Paul Temple and Steve, WED and A Case for Paul Temple. WED WED Now, from 1946, it's the turn of Paul Temple and the Gregory WED Affair, in which Paul and Steve go on the trail of the WED mysterious and murderous Mr Gregory. WED WED Episode 7: A Woman's Intuition WED WED Gunfire at the Madrid nightclub - and a dying man's WED confession. WED WED Producer Patrick Rayner WED WED Francis Durbridge, the creator of Paul Temple, was born in WED Hull in 1912 and died in 1998. He was one of the most WED successful novelists, playwrights and scriptwriters of his WED day. WED WED Credits WED Paul Temple: Crawford Logan WED Steve: Gerda Stevenson WED Sir Graham: Gareth Thomas WED Inspector Vosper: Michael Mackenzie WED Madison: Robin Laing WED Kay Wiseman: Meg Fraser WED Zola: Greg Powrie WED Peter Davos: Richard Greenwood WED Edward Day: Nick Underwood WED Sir Donald: Simon Donaldson WED Writer: Francis Durbridge WED Producer: Patrick Rayner WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b0384813 (Listen) WED Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:30 Face the Facts b0384815 (Listen) WED Original investigations into social injustice, public WED policy, inefficiency and fraud. WED WED 12:57 Weather b037y77n (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b0384817 (Listen) WED National and international news. Listeners can share their WED views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. WED WED 13:45 The Prophets b038482y (Listen) WED Elijah WED WED In the third of his series of off-beat Biblical portraits, WED Clive Lawton tells the story of Elijah, a miracle-working, WED thundering wild-eyed and somewhat anti-social itinerant. WED Elijah is very much the prototype Old Testament prophet and WED only one of two people in the Jewish Bible who, strangely, WED doesn't die. As a result, he is thought to be almost still WED hovering around, ready to intervene when the right time WED comes. Jews open their doors to Elijah each Passover and WED pour him a cup of wine. He has a special seat at every WED circumcision and they sing of him at the end of every WED Sabbath. WED Producer: Mark Savage. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b0383z43 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Drama b03848qj (Listen) WED SuperYou WED WED SuperYou is the website of the future, where you can create WED your own avatar and explore an online world where anything WED can happen. After her best friend Amy introduces her to the WED site, Tequila Dark becomes the world's first 'virtual pop WED star'. WED WED Her song, 'Down for the Ride' is a sensation. Her popularity WED is unprecedented and her look is imitated all over SuperYou. WED Only thing is, her fans don't know what she really looks WED like. She's an avatar. The people who run SuperYou would WED like to keep it that way but Amy thinks that Tequila should WED reveal her true self. How far will SuperYou go to keep her WED under their control? WED WED Tequila is played by singer songwriter Szjerdene Mulcare, WED who is herself an exceptional talent and tipped as 'One to WED Watch'. Tequila's best friend Amy is played by poet and WED rapper MC Angel. Also in the cast are Nicholas Burns (best WED known for playing Nathan Barley) and Alison Newman (Hazel WED Bailey in Footballers Wives). WED WED This drama is set almost entirely on SuperYou. It's is a WED satire on the price of perfection and a dark reflection on WED the perils of manipulating our identities in the online WED world. WED WED SuperYou is written by Helena Thompson. WED WED 'Down for the Ride' is written and performed by Szjerdene WED Sound and music by Alisdair McGregor and Howard Jacques WED WED Produced and directed by Boz Temple-Morris WED A Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED Credits WED Amy: MC Angel WED Tequila: Szjerdene Mulcare WED Mark: Nicholas Burns WED Beth: Alison Newman WED Buddy: Lucy Phelps WED Man: Damien Cooper WED Writer: Helena Thompson WED Director: Boz Temple-Morris WED Producer: Boz Temple-Morris WED WED 15:00 How You Pay for the City b0381hnw (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] WED WED 15:30 Seven Ages of Science b0383zyq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b0384brx (Listen) WED Drug Users; 'Militant' Liverpool WED WED Drug enforcement - does it change the drugs market? Laurie WED Taylor talks to Neil McKeganey about his research into WED police crackdowns on illegal drugs in 3 different areas of WED the UK. The researchers interviewed local heroin users to WED establish their views and experience of police activity. WED Although most had found raids to be shocking and WED distressing, this had little impact on the price or WED availability of illegal drugs locally. Also, the WED sociologist, Diana Frost, explores Militant Tendency's WED domination of Liverpool politics in the 1980s. Interviewing WED key protagonists of the time, she uncovers mixed memories of WED a 'city on the edge' . She's joined by the political WED commentator, Michael Crick. WED WED Producer: Jayne Egerton. WED WED 16:30 The Media Show b0384bvy (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED Producer: Simon Tillotson. WED WED 17:00 PM b0384bw0 (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037y77q (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 My Teenage Diary b01kbhkd (Listen) WED Series 4, Caitlin Moran WED WED My Teenage Diary returns with six brave celebrities ready to WED revisit their formative years by opening up their intimate WED teenage diaries, and reading them out in public for the very WED first time. WED WED Comedian Rufus Hound is joined by writer Caitlin Moran, who WED relives her teenage years when she was home-schooled in WED Wolverhampton, shared a small house with her seven brothers WED and sisters, and had a novel published at only 15. WED WED Producer: Harriet Jaine WED A Talkback production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b0384c41 (Listen) WED Jennifer is in the way, and Jamie is flattered. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b0384c43 (Listen) WED With John Wilson. Actor Riz Ahmed, whose film credits WED include Four Lions and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, WED nominates a video game for Cultural Exchange. WED WED Producer Stephen Hughes. WED WED 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03847x6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Four Thought b038cp52 (Listen) WED Best of Four Thought, Courage WED WED David Baddiel presents the best of the series which mixes WED new ideas and personal stories. In this edition we meet WED three speakers who have shown great courage. WED WED Emma Woolf describes her own anorexia, and its possible WED causes. Margaret Heffernan, an entrepreneur and CEO, WED explains the merits of telling the truth to people who would WED prefer not to hear it. And Dick Moore, a headteacher and WED father, argues for better understanding of depression in WED young people - for deeply personal reasons. WED WED Producer: Arlene Gregorius. WED WED 20:45 Four Thought b0384c45 (Listen) WED Series 4, Jad Adams WED WED Jad Adams thinks we're dealing with homelessness less well WED than in the 1930s. Speaking from his experience helping WED homeless people, he argues that current policy - which he WED says ties the homeless to hostels funded by their benefits - WED is not the answer. Four Thought is a series of talks which WED combine new ideas and personal stories. Speakers explain WED their thinking on the trends and ideas in culture and WED society in front of a live audience. WED WED 21:00 Princess Di's Handshake b0384d2w (Listen) WED Spurred on by a chance encounter with Princess Diana from WED his childhood, radio producer Peter Shevlin asks how WED important human touch is when it comes to diagnosing, WED treating or comforting patients in healthcare? WED WED Modern technology has brought with it scans, tests and even WED robots. It is now possible to treat a whole episode of WED illness without laying a finger on a patient. How does this WED affect the doctor-patient relationship? And are we actually WED losing anything? WED WED To find out, Peter travels to Stanford University to seek WED the opinions of Professor Abraham Verghese and, at the WED University of Miami, he visits the Touch Research Institute. WED Professor Edzard Ernst and Professor Brendan McCormack also WED share their experience and insight. WED WED At a hospital in Newry, Northern Ireland, a groundbreaking WED project sees a robot patrol the ward, allowing intensive WED care specialists in one hospital to remotely assess patients WED in another. WED WED Through his encounters Peter hopes to shed some light on one WED of our most fundamental senses, while examining its WED usefulness for healthcare professionals around the world. WED WED Producer: Richard Scrase WED A BlokMedia production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 21:30 What's the Point of ... b03845lf (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b037y77s (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b0384d2y (Listen) WED In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b0384d30 (Listen) WED Red or Dead, Episode 3 WED WED By David Peace. WED WED Now, It's 1962, two years into his management, and Bill WED Shankly has taken his team to the top of the second WED division. The building blocks are in place, the hard work WED and the passion, and the team are desperate for promotion WED now that it's almost within their grasp... WED WED Read by Gary Lewis WED Abridged by Robin Brooks WED Producer: Allegra McIlroy. WED David Peace discusses Red or Dead WED WED 23:00 Summer Nights b0388kfn (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED WED Evan Davis explores whether the temperature of the green WED movement is hotting up as much as global warming. In a late WED night discussion he finds out why Mark Lynas went from WED trashing GM crops in the 90s to powerful advocate of both GM WED and nuclear power a decade later. And how such treachery WED plays out in the Green Party, and with its one MP, Caroline WED Lucas. His other guests Solitaire Townsend and Mario WED Petrucci discuss the dangers of allying green issues with WED the left; whether environmentalism should abandon the WED ideological for the practical, and whether it's really WED seeking to save our souls, or the planet. WED WED THU THURSDAY 15 AUGUST 2013 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b037y78m (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b03847t6 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037y78p (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037y78r (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037y78t (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b037y78w (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03853xg (Listen) THU A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea THU Rea. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b03853xj (Listen) THU The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. THU Produced by Anna Jones and Presented by Caz Graham. THU THU 05:58 Tweet of the Day b0378x67 (Listen) THU Arctic Skua THU THU Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about THU the British birds inspired by their calls and songs. THU THU Michaela Strachan presents the arctic skua. Arctic Skuas are THU the pirates of the bird world and cash in on the efforts THU other seabirds make to find food. They are elegant birds THU with long angular wings, projecting central tail feathers THU and a hooked bill. The dashing flight of an Arctic Skua as THU it chases a hapless gull is always thrilling to watch. THU THU 06:00 Today b03859md (Listen) THU Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, THU Weather and Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 Inside the Ethics Committee b03859mg (Listen) THU Series 9, End of Life and Islam THU THU Mr Khan is brought into A&E with a cardiac arrest and has THU emergency surgery to clear a blockage in his coronary THU artery. He's transferred to intensive care with multi-organ THU failure, his lungs, heart and kidneys supported by machines THU and medication. THU THU Mr Khan is seventy five and his doctors expect him to need THU intensive care for about ten days. But he is slow to improve THU and, over the coming weeks, he has repeated lung infections THU and needs almost constant support for his organs. THU THU The anticipated brief stay in intensive care turns to weeks, THU then months. As time goes by, it becomes clear to the team THU that Mr Khan is unable to survive without intensive care - THU removing even small amounts of support for his organs leaves THU him unable to cope. THU THU After six months, the medical team are convinced that Mr THU Khan has little chance of recovery. He is severely wasted THU and all the procedures they have to put him through, to keep THU him alive, are causing him considerable suffering. The team THU feel they should now limit his treatment and enable him to THU have a dignified death. THU THU Mr Khan is now so weak and confused that he is not able to THU communicate, so the team discuss this with the family. They THU find the idea of limiting treatment very difficult. Like Mr THU Khan, they are devout Muslim and believe that everything THU should be done to preserve life. They reason that if there THU are treatments and machines that might help Mr Khan the team THU should use them, and then leave it in God's hands to see if THU they succeed or fail. THU THU As Mr Khan's life hangs in the balance, should the team keep THU treating him, so prolonging his suffering, or limit his THU treatment and enable him to have a comfortable and dignified THU death? THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b03859mj (Listen) THU Sounds Like London - 100 Years of Black Music in the THU Capital, Episode 4 THU THU The story of a city's transformation through its music, THU taking in the wave of Commonwealth immigration in the '40s THU right up to the present day. THU THU As roots reggae is increasingly acclaimed by the 1970s music THU press, many black British teenagers find themselves drawn to THU the poppier sounds of lovers' rock. THU THU Credits THU Reader: Ben Onwukwe THU Author: Lloyd Bradley THU Abridger: Natalie Steed THU Producer: Kirsteen Cameron THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b03859ml (Listen) THU Jane Garvey presents the programme that offers a female THU perspective on the world. THU THU 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03859mn (Listen) THU How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 4 THU THU Karen longs for husband Jack to look at her, to notice her, THU to fall in love with her again. But he's excited by his new THU relationship and torn apart by the pain he's causing around THU him. It's time for them all to make some decisions. THU THU Writer: Nicholas McInerny THU Music: instrumental by Greg Wise THU Producer: Melanie Harris THU Sound designer: Eloise Whitmore THU A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b03859mq (Listen) THU Kazakhstan's Living Gulags THU THU The Kazakh steppe was once home to the infamous Soviet THU forced labour camps which formed part of the Gulag. Today, THU the Gulag system is said to live on in Kazakhstan's jails THU where a growing prison population faces daily torture, THU humiliation and lawlessness. Despite its poor human rights THU record, many developed nations, including Britain, are THU rapidly strengthening relations with Kazakhstan. BBC Central THU Asia Correspondent Rayhan Demeytrie investigates why the THU Gulag violence persists and asks why the international THU community stays silent. THU Producer: Nina Robinson. THU THU 11:30 The Gambaccini Years b03859ms (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU THU (2/4) THU Paul Gambaccini made his first ever appearance on British THU radio in 1973 as a graduate student and writer for Rolling THU Stone magazine. In this series he reflects on a career in THU which he has become one of Britain's most versatile and THU recognisable broadcasters. THU THU The second part of the series covers his memories of his THU late radio colleague Kenny Everett, his work with Tim Rice THU on the successful series of Guinness Books of Hit Singles, THU and his interviews backstage at Live Aid. THU THU Paul is joined by special guests Michael Palin, Joan THU Armatrading, Tim Rice and Bob Harris. THU THU Producer: Paul Bajoria. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b03859mv (Listen) THU Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b037y78y (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b03859mx (Listen) THU National and international news. Listeners can share their THU views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. THU THU 13:45 The Prophets b03859mz (Listen) THU Miriam THU THU In the fourth of his series of off-beat Biblical portraits, THU Clive Lawton tells the story of Miriam the Prophetess. THU Miriam is one of the few women in the Bible to be called a THU prophetess though it's not entirely clear what that means. THU In some ways, she is an essential counterbalance to Moses THU who is always referred to by the Jews as the greatest of the THU prophets and the transmitter of the core of Jewish teaching THU and tradition, the Torah. However, without Miriam and her THU resourcefulness Moses would not have survived, and according THU to rabbinic tradition without Miriam, Moses would not even THU have been born. THU Producer: Mark Savage. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b0384c41 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Drama b0387tmr (Listen) THU Joan and the Baron THU THU Bordeaux, late 1970's: a Frenchman in his seventies; an THU Englishwoman in her sixties. THU THU He is a poet, a translator of Elizabethan verse, a racing THU driver, yachtsman, wine maker, theatre and film producer THU and, at one time, the most notorious womaniser in Paris. He THU is also a Rothschild. THU She is from Stockwell in London, born to an unmarried mother THU who disapproved of books and reading. But after a convent THU school education as a scholarship girl and another THU scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she became THU one of the most influential directors of the twentieth THU century, creating the Theatre Workshop in Stratford East and THU earning the sobriquet 'the Mother of Modern Theatre'. She is THU Joan Littlewood. THU THU Following the recent deaths of their respective partners, THU Baron Philippe seems to be moving on with his life while THU Joan declares she has no wish to. She shut-down emotionally THU at the point of her beloved Gerry Raffles' death and has no THU desire to return to her famous theatre in Stratford East or THU ever to direct again. The Baron extends an invitation to his THU Mouton estate. THU THU Joan and the Baron explores the growth of friendship between THU this unlikely pair, after a chance meeting in Vienne. THU THU Written by Mark Burgess THU THU Director: David Blount THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU Credits THU Joan Littlewood: Eleanor Bron THU Baron Philippe de Rothschild: Michael Jayston THU Marcel: Andrew Branch THU Shelagh: Rachel Atkins THU Marie: Rachel Atkins THU RADA Principal: Jonathan Tafler THU Harry: Jonathan Tafler THU Writer: Mark Burgess THU Director: David Blount THU THU 15:00 Open Country b03859n1 (Listen) THU The Ants of Longshaw Estate THU THU Helen Mark visits Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire to meet some THU very special ants... THU THU The northern hairy wood ant has an international, THU near-threatened conservation status with England's two main THU populations found in the Peak District (including Longshaw) THU and in the North York Moors. In a cutting edge experiment in THU communication and conservation, Samuel Ellis, a biologist THU from the University of York, will be attaching a one THU millimetre radio receiver to each ant in a bid to understand THU how the ants communicate and commute between the vast THU network of nests. 'The way the ants use this network has THU important implications for how they interact with their THU environment. And the way information is passed through the THU network may even have implications for our information and THU telecommunications networks.' The findings will also THU influence how the landscape is managed and how the habitat THU can be improved for the ants. THU THU Longshaw Estate is home to more than a thousand nests THU containing 50 million worker ants. Helen hears from Chris THU Millner, National Trust Area Ranger at Longshaw who has THU worked alongside these industrious creatures for many years THU and from the other non-ant residents of the estate who THU regularly find themselves surrounded by ants as big as your THU thumb nail. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b0381kp7 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Open Book b0381l66 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:00 The Film Programme b03859n3 (Listen) THU The latest news from the world of film. THU THU Producer: Fiona Couper THU THU 16:30 Inside Science b03859n5 (Listen) THU Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and THU challenge the controversies behind the science that's THU changing our world. THU THU Covering everything from the humble test tube to the depths THU of space, Inside Science is your guide not just to the THU research that makes the headlines, but to how science itself THU is evolving, transforming our culture, and affecting our THU lives. THU THU 17:00 PM b03859n7 (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037y790 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Meet David Sedaris b01ng26n (Listen) THU Series 3, Put a Lid on It THU THU The multi-award winning American essayist brings more of his THU wit and charm to BBC Radio 4 with a series of audience THU readings. This week we encounter his sister, Tiffany, in a THU story called "Put A Lid On It" and hear some more extracts THU from his diaries. THU THU Producer: Steve Doherty THU A Boom Pictures Cymru production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b03859n9 (Listen) THU Daniel gets his results, and there's good news for THU Elizabeth. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b03859nc (Listen) THU Mark Lawson reports from Edinburgh on the hits and misses of THU the Fringe and Festivals, with guests including David Peace, THU whose new novel focuses on the legendary Liverpool manager THU Bill Shankly. THU THU Producer Ellie Bury. THU THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03859mn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Report b03859nf (Listen) THU The Liverpool Care Pathway THU THU Critics dubbed the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway the THU "road to death" and accused the NHS of killing off thousands THU of elderly patients. Supporters say it helped their relative THU have a peaceful and dignified death. The campaign against THU the Liverpool Care Pathway fuelled by countless stories in THU the newspapers of patients being deprived of food and water THU and heavily sedated prompted an independent review. Last THU month the review 'More Care Less Pathway' recommended that THU the Liverpool Care Pathway be phased out between 6 to 12 THU months. But some medical professionals fear the baby has THU been thrown out with the bathwater. In The Report Helen THU Grady looks at the back story - how and why the Liverpool THU Care Pathway was rolled out, the opposition campaign and THU asks what next? She talks to relatives of patients who were THU on the pathway, doctors and palliative care experts. THU THU 20:30 In Business b03859nh (Listen) THU Regenerating Margate THU THU Towns and cities all over the world are looking to culture THU to help them rejuvenate themselves. Two years ago Margate in THU Kent joined the trend when it opened the £17million Turner THU Contemporary gallery. Can art (plus shopping) change the THU fortunes of a struggling community? In Radio Four's Year of THU Culture, Peter Day finds out. THU THU 21:00 Inside Science b03859n5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 today] THU THU 21:30 Zeitgeisters b02xxvbz (Listen) THU Martin Mills THU THU As part of Radio 4's Year of Culture initiative, the BBC THU Arts Editor Will Gompertz meets the cultural entrepreneurs THU who are shaping our lives and defining the very spirit of THU our age. THU THU These are not Turner Prize winners or the recipients of THU grants from the Arts Council or the Lottery Fund. These are THU the people behind the scenes, pulling the strings and THU plotting a path of consumer-driven success. They are the THU designers of the latest 'must have' piece of technology or THU clothing, the brains behind an artist's development, and the THU tastemakers that know what will work at the box office and THU what will sell on the high street. Their impact goes beyond THU mere commerce, it shapes contemporary culture. They are the THU Zeitgeisters and it's about time we met them. THU THU Programme 2. Martin Mills - who, as the co-founder and THU co-owner of the Beggar's Group, has been at the forefront of THU British independent music since the the 1970s. The Group's THU labels include XL Recordings, 4AD, Matador and Rough Trade THU and the artists who have graced their books range from Adele THU to Radiohead, from the Lurkers to the Savages, from the THU White Stripes to Gary Numan, and from Dizzee Rascal to The THU xx. Having grown Beggars into what is now possibly the THU world's most influential independent music group, Martin THU Mills is less a Zeitgeister (of the moment) and more a true THU survivor (at the forefront of decades of moments). But what THU exactly makes this shy and thoughtful man - more tortoise THU than hare - tick? How does he maintain his hold over this THU organisation and what drives him on, as his influence on the THU industry continues to grow. THU THU Producer: Paul Kobrak. THU THU 21:58 Weather b037y792 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b03859nk (Listen) THU In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b03859nm (Listen) THU Red or Dead, Episode 4 THU THU By David Peace. THU THU Now, it's early in the 1963/64 season, and for the first THU time since 1947 Liverpool Football Club are top of the first THU division. But it's not where they start the season that THU counts, it's where they finish. There's a long season of THU hard work ahead - and Bill must face fellow Scot and THU brilliant manager Matt Busby, on Bill's home turf, at THU Anfield. THU THU Read by Gary Lewis THU Abridged by Robin Brooks THU Producer: Allegra McIlroy. THU David Peace discusses Red or Dead THU THU 23:00 Summer Nights b0388kgj (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU THU When should we laugh? And are there occasions when it is THU inappropriate? Laurie Taylor asks what is fair game for THU comedy and whether what we laugh at should be governed by THU aesthetic or political considerations. Guests including THU Howard Jacobson and Martin Rowson join him to explore THU humour, the offensive and taking offense. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b037y79x (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b03859mj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b037y79z (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b037y7b1 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b037y7b3 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b037y7b5 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b0385kng (Listen) FRI A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Andrea FRI Rea. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b0385knj (Listen) FRI The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. FRI Produced by Anna Jones and Presented by Caz Graham. FRI FRI 05:58 Tweet of the Day b0378x87 (Listen) FRI Yellow Wagtail FRI FRI Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about FRI the British birds inspired by their calls and songs. FRI FRI Michaela Strachan presents the yellow wagtail. Arriving in FRI April, Yellow Wagtails are summer visitors to the UK, FRI breeding mostly in the south and east. The Yellow Wagtail FRI has several different races which all winter south of the FRI Sahara and all look slightly different. The birds which FRI breed in the UK are the yellowest of all. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b0385knl (Listen) FRI Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, FRI Weather and Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b0381l2v (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b0385knn (Listen) FRI Sounds Like London - 100 Years of Black Music in the FRI Capital, Episode 5 FRI FRI The story of a city's transformation through its music, FRI taking in the wave of Commonwealth immigration in the '40s FRI right up to the present day. FRI FRI In the final episode, jungle and garage pave the way for FRI grime, a style which has crossed over into the mainstream. FRI FRI Credits FRI Reader: Ben Onwukwe FRI Author: Lloyd Bradley FRI Abridger: Natalie Steed FRI Producer: Kirsteen Cameron FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b0385knq (Listen) FRI Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female FRI perspective on the world. FRI FRI 10:45 15 Minute Drama b0385kns (Listen) FRI How to Have a Perfect Marriage, Episode 5 FRI FRI Karen and Jack celebrate their wedding anniversary the way FRI they always do, on Primrose Hill, with flowers and a FRI take-away. But this year is different. FRI FRI Writer: Nicholas McInerny FRI Music: instrumental by Greg Wise FRI Producer: Melanie Harris FRI Sound designer: Eloise Whitmore FRI A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:00 Windies' Wonders b0385knv (Listen) FRI 'No more popular side has ever toured the old country', FRI claimed Wisden, the cricketers' almanac, writing about the FRI West Indies victorious tour of England during the summer of FRI 1963. FRI Mike Phillips, the writer and broadcaster, re-captures the FRI excitement caused by the West Indies' style of cricket in FRI 1963 and explores the impact of the team's success on the FRI many West Indians who had recently settled in Britain but FRI experienced discrimination and violence - the Notting Hill FRI riots had occurred only five years earlier. FRI By 1963, it had been six years since the last West Indies' FRI cricket tour of England. On their last visit, they had been FRI led by a white captain and lost the Test series by 3 - 0. FRI But all this changed in 1963, when they achieved a stylish 3 FRI - 1 triumph under the captaincy of Frank Worrell, who had FRI become the first black cricketer to lead the West Indies FRI during a full Test series in Australia in 1960-61. In FRI England in 1963, the brilliance of players such as Gary FRI Sobers, Rohan Kanhai, Wes Hall and Charlie Griffiths, and FRI the epic Test match at Lords, when the result hung in the FRI balance until the final over, captured the public FRI imagination. FRI But did the West Indies' victory over England have a wider FRI impact? Did the West Indies' prowess on the cricket field FRI give West Indians living in Britain a stronger sense of FRI identity and new feeling of pride? FRI Among those taking past are Deryck Murray, the West Indies FRI wicket-keeper who made his Test debut and set a world record FRI for wicket-keeping during the 1963 tour; Ebony FRI Rainford-Brent, the first black woman to play for the FRI England women's cricket team; Herman Ouseley, former head of FRI the Commission for Racial Equality, and Bill Morris, the FRI former trade union leader and now a member of the England FRI and Wales Cricket Board. FRI Producer: Rob Shepherd. FRI FRI 11:30 With Nobbs On b01j5fw8 (Listen) FRI From Howerd's End to Pebble Mill FRI FRI Episode 2 - From Howerd's end to Pebble Mill FRI FRI Written and presented by David Nobbs FRI FRI With Nobbs On sees David Nobbs, the comic genius behind FRI Reggie Perrin, The Two Ronnies, Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howerd FRI and R4's The Maltby Collection, presenting a three-part FRI series of entertaining, joke-laden, insider observations on FRI his comedy career to a studio audience along with guest FRI readings, archive material and unpredictable delights. FRI FRI David has trouble explaining why he's impersonating Frankie FRI Howerd in a public place to the police. Meanwhile Pebble FRI Mill reject a short story about a man battling with his FRI identity as a successful middle class, middle management FRI manager, called Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. FRI FRI Featuring Martin Trenaman and Mia Soteriou FRI FRI Produced by Andrew McGibbon FRI A Curtains For Radio Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b0385knx (Listen) FRI Consumer news with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b037y7b7 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b0385knz (Listen) FRI National and international news. Listeners can share their FRI views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. FRI FRI 13:45 The Prophets b0385kp1 (Listen) FRI Samuel FRI FRI In his final off-beat portrait of a Biblical prophet, Clive FRI Lawton tells the story of Samuel, who went from being the FRI last of the judges - a fairly sloppy and incompetent system FRI of government - to being the first prophet to work with (and FRI against) duly constituted kings. Samuel invented the FRI constitutional system whereby the king was subject to the FRI law and could be held to account and set in train all those FRI 'speaking truth to power' thereafter. High drama as he FRI argues with the Jews about whether or not having a king is FRI such a good idea; even higher drama when he wrenches the FRI kingdom from his first nominee, Saul - and a really odd FRI moment when Saul uses a witch to conjure him back from the FRI dead. FRI Producer: Mark Savage. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b03859n9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Drama b00yrfw9 (Listen) FRI The Burning Times FRI FRI Esme lives on her own in a condemned block of flats with FRI only her plants for company. An easy target for the local FRI girl gang who think the 'old witch' is hiding some cash. FRI FRI Or so thinks Rhiannon as she bursts into Esme's flat to rob FRI her. Esme is not going to give up so easily and events take FRI a sinister turn as Rhiannon begins to fear that Esme may FRI actually be using Witchcraft after all. Can words really FRI make stuff happen? FRI FRI With the flat crumbling around them and the gang outside FRI becoming louder and more dangerous, it becomes harder to FRI distinguish who is the victim and who is the bully. FRI FRI Hayley Carmichael and Danielle Vitalis star in this modern FRI Gothic drama. FRI FRI Sound and music by FRI Alisdair McGregor and Howard Jacques FRI FRI Written by FRI Helena Thompson FRI FRI Produced & directed by Boz Temple-Morris FRI A Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI Credits FRI Esme: Hayley Carmichael FRI Rhiannon: Danielle Vitalis FRI Joanne: Chloe Watkinson FRI Actor: Alexia Khadime FRI Actor: Howard Jacques FRI Writer: Helena Thompson FRI Director: Boz Temple-Morris FRI Producer: Boz Temple-Morris FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b0385kp3 (Listen) FRI Ulster FRI FRI Eric Robson chairs the panel in Ulster. Gardening experts FRI Matthew Wilson, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew attempt to FRI solve the audience's horticultural concerns. FRI FRI Produced by Howard Shannon FRI A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 Feminine Mystiques b0385kp5 (Listen) FRI Theatre Six FRI FRI By Sarah Hall FRI Read by Francesca Dymond FRI FRI Fifty years since the first publication of Betty Friedan's FRI seminal feminist work The Feminine Mystique, three leading FRI writers celebrate her influence in new short stories for FRI Radio 4 exploring the contemporary feminist landscape. FRI FRI In our final story in the series, Sarah Hall's compelling FRI story takes us to a dystopian near future in the tradition FRI of Margaret Atwood. In a world almost - but not quite - FRI recognisable to us, a young woman finds herself in a FRI terrifying situation, and a young doctor confronts a new FRI political world order that challenges her professional FRI faith. FRI FRI Sarah Hall has been chosen as one of Granta's Best Young FRI British Novelists 2013, and is author of The Carhullan Army FRI and The Electric Michelangelo. FRI FRI Producer: Allegra McIlroy. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b0385kp7 (Listen) FRI Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories FRI of people who have recently died. FRI FRI Producer: Philip Sellars FRI FRI 16:30 Feedback b0385kp9 (Listen) FRI Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and FRI congratulations. FRI FRI Presented by Roger Bolton, this is the place to air your FRI views on the things you hear on BBC Radio and to hear those FRI at the top of the BBC justifying their decisions. FRI FRI We will also be digging down into the mystery of the FRI programme makers' world - getting an idea of why things turn FRI out the way they do, and giving you a chance to comment and FRI offer suggestions on the way things are done. FRI FRI So, get in touch. If you have a complaint about a programme FRI anywhere on BBC Radio, or perhaps thoughts on how something FRI could be handled better, let us know. Equally, if you've FRI heard something brilliant, tell us. FRI FRI We are also interested in your general views about how FRI broader BBC decisions affect your experience as a listener. FRI You can contact us about everything from programme FRI scheduling to management pay. FRI FRI Email: feedback@bbc.co.uk. FRI FRI A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b0385kpc (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b037y7b9 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 Bremner's One Question Quiz b0385n2f (Listen) FRI What Is Britishness? FRI FRI Rory Bremner returns to Radio 4 with a new weekly comedy FRI show that takes one big contemporary question each week and FRI attempts to answer it as satirically as possible. FRI FRI Regular panellists Nick Doody and Andy Zaltzman are joined FRI by comedian and impressionist Mel Hudson and this week's FRI guest experts are author, comedian and politician, John FRI O'Farrell, and the British correspondent for Die Zeit, John FRI Jungclaussen, as Rory asks "What is Britishness?". FRI FRI Rory's mantra is that it's as important to make sense out of FRI things as it is to make fun of them - only then will people FRI laugh at the truth. So this deconstructed "quiz" has only FRI one question each week, because that question is so big, FRI there's no time for anything else. Expect a mix of stand-up FRI and sketch combined with investigative satire and incisive FRI interviews with a diverse range of characters who really FRI know what they're talking about. FRI FRI Presenter: Rory Bremner FRI Producers: Simon Jacobs & Frank Stirling FRI A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b0385n2h (Listen) FRI Pat and Tony make an ethical decision, and Kathy can't put FRI work behind her. FRI FRI Credits FRI Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee FRI David Archer: Timothy Bentinck FRI Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch FRI Elizabeth Pargetter: Alison Dowling FRI Tony Archer: Colin Skipp FRI Pat Archer: Patricia Gallimore FRI Helen Archer: Louiza Patikas FRI Tom Archer: Tom Graham FRI Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood FRI Jennifer Aldridge: Angela Piper FRI Lilian Bellamy: Sunny Ormonde FRI Jolene Perks: Buffy Davis FRI Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen FRI Kathy Perks: Hedli Niklaus FRI Jamie Perks: Dan Ciotkowski FRI Neil Carter: Brian Hewlett FRI Mike Tucker: Terry Molloy FRI Brenda Tucker: Amy Shindler FRI Oliver Sterling: Michael Cochrane FRI Caroline Sterling: Sara Coward FRI Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler FRI Rob Titchener: Timothy Watson FRI Martyn Gibson: Jon Glover FRI Ray Franklin: Robin Bowerman FRI Harriet Franklin: Liza Sadovy FRI Anthea Jennings: Joanna Brookes FRI Mel Harrison: Abigail McKern FRI Writer: Tim Stimpson FRI Director: Julie Beckett FRI Producer: Julie Beckett FRI Editor: Julie Beckett FRI Editor: Vanessa Whitburn FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b0385n2k (Listen) FRI John Wilson brings the Cultural Exchange project to a close, FRI with Armando Iannucci giving his choice of a favourite film. FRI John also looks back at the 75 selections made over the past FRI four months, and identifies trends and surprises. FRI FRI Producer Timothy Prosser. FRI FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama b0385kns (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b0385n2m (Listen) FRI Martha Kearney presents political debate and discussion from FRI the Richmix Cultural Foundation in London with former Home FRI Secretary Jacqui Smith, Matthew Sinclair from the Tax Payers FRI Alliance, and businessmen Ken Olisa and John Mills. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b0385n2p (Listen) FRI Of the People, By the People 2/4 FRI FRI Roger Scruton continues his series of talks on the nature FRI and limits of democracy. FRI FRI 21:00 Saturday Drama b01m9dyp (Listen) FRI South Downs FRI FRI The much acclaimed Chichester Festival production of David FRI Hare's play is brought to radio. Set in the 60s in Lancing FRI College, Sussex, where the author went to school. FRI FRI A pin sharp young pupil ( an astonishing professional debut FRI from Alex Lawther) is cut off from his fellow boys by virtue FRI of his own intellect, background and questioning spirit. FRI FRI The school, with its unyielding and rigid outlook on life, FRI leaves the boy isolated and confused. In an unlikely meeting FRI with the free-spirited mother of another pupil (Anna FRI Chancellor) her generosity and sound advice offers the boy a FRI world of kindness and possibility. FRI FRI The original music was composed by Paul Englishby and the FRI original theatre sound was designed by Ian Dickinson. FRI FRI The Chichester Festival production of South Downs was first FRI performed at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester. FRI FRI Directed by Jeremy Herrin FRI A Catherine Bailey Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI Credits FRI Rev Eric Dewley: Nicholas Farrell FRI John Blakemore: Alex Lawther FRI Jeremy Duffield: Jonathan Bailey FRI Basil Spear: Andrew Woodall FRI Colin Jenkins: Bradley Hall FRI Tommy Gunter: Jack Elliott FRI Roger Sprule: Liam Morton FRI Belinda Duffield: Anna Chancellor FRI The voice of Sheila Blakemore: Stella Gonet FRI Writer: David Hare FRI Director: Jeremy Herrin FRI Producer: Catherine Bailey FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b037y7bc (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b0385n2r (Listen) FRI In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b0385n2t (Listen) FRI Red or Dead, Episode 5 FRI FRI By David Peace. FRI FRI Now, after eleven years at Liverpool, having come within FRI touching distance of the FA Cup, Bill Shankly receives a tip FRI off about a brilliant young player who just might have what FRI it takes to lead the team to true greatness. FRI FRI Read by Gary Lewis FRI Abridged by Robin Brooks FRI Producer: Allegra McIlroy. FRI David Peace discusses Red or Dead FRI FRI 23:00 Summer Nights b0388lr1 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI FRI What is addiction, does it exist, and is it the same for FRI everyone? Are some of us predisposed to overindulge, be it FRI alcohol, drugs or food? And if there is a genetic FRI explanation, does it mean the individual can evade FRI responsibility? Is addiction a medical or a moral question? FRI Mariella Frostrup asks whether we can control our impulses FRI and how we might go about it. FRI
09 August, 2013
Radio 4 Listings for 10/08/2013 - 16/08/2013
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