20 March, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for 21/03/2009 - 27/03/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00j58y1 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00j7lyd (Listen) SAT A View from the Foothills, Episode 5 SAT Sam Dale reads an adaptation of the diary kept by Chris SAT Mullin during his time as a minister in the New Labour SAT government. SAT It is May 2005 and Chris leaves the Foreign Office with SAT his future unclear. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j58y3 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j58y5 (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j58y7 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00j58y9 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j58yc (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00j58yf (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00j58yh (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00j5gp2 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00j5gp4 (Listen) SAT Countryside magazine. Caz Graham joins the tenth SAT anniversary celebrations of Keswick's Theatre by the Lake, SAT which has inspired a revival of Cumbria's literary SAT heritage. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today This Week b00j5gp6 (Listen) SAT News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00j5gp8 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00j5gpb (Listen) SAT 21 March 2009: 0600-0748 SAT With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports SAT Desk, Yesterday in Parliament. SAT SAT 07:48 Thought for the Day b00jd7xh (Listen) SAT With Catherine Pepinster. SAT SAT 07:51 Today b00jd8dy (Listen) SAT 21 March 2009: 0751-0900 SAT With Evan Davis and Edward Stourton. Including Sports SAT Desk, Weather, Yesterday in Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00j5gpd (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Clare Balding is joined by Sandra SAT Howard - novelist, former model and wife of the former SAT Conservative leader, Michael. Plus poetry from Murray SAT Lachlan Young. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00j5gpg (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and SAT joys of travel. SAT SAT 10:30 Music to Drive to b00j5gpj (Listen) SAT James May explores the idea that listening to music while SAT driving can change lives. SAT Is the car's principle purpose to get us from A to B, or SAT is it actually more important as a giant mobile hi-fi? A SAT place where we can create our own private version of the SAT Albert Hall or Wembley Arena? James hears from people SAT about how music in the car has had an impact on their SAT journeys and sometimes their subsequent lives. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00j5gpl (Listen) SAT A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve SAT Richards. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00j5gpn (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00j5h4v (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00j58sh (Listen) SAT Series 26, Episode 3 SAT Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, SAT Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura SAT Shavin, Jon Holmes and Paul Sinha. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00j5h4x (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00j5h4z (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00j58sk (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London. SAT Panellists are Mayor of London Boris Johnson, employment SAT minister Tony McNulty, director of the Human Fertilisation SAT and Embryology Authority Professor Lisa Jardine and the SAT Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00j5h51 (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in SAT response to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00j5h53 (Listen) SAT The Complete Ripley, The Boy Who Followed Ripley SAT Fourth in a series of five plays based on the novels by SAT Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. SAT A rich young man arrives at Belle Ombre and he and Tom end SAT up having to fight for their lives in sexually ambiguous, SAT underworld Berlin. SAT Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart SAT Frank Pierson ...... Nicholas Hoult SAT Heloise ...... Helen Longworth SAT Lily Pierson ...... Janice Acquah SAT Reeves Minot ...... Paul Rider SAT Eric Lanz ...... Jonathan Tafler SAT Ralph Thurlow ...... Philip Fox SAT Max ...... Matt Addis SAT Directed by Steven Canny and Claire Grove. SAT SAT 15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j492t (Listen) SAT Series 7, Fats Waller SAT Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th SAT Century. SAT Fats Waller is most familiar to some as a comic singer, SAT but he was also a skilled jazz pianist. His father had SAT wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a SAT minister. But the keyboard skills that Fats learned while SAT playing the organ at church services were instead SAT transferred to theatres and cabaret clubs, where he SAT accompanied the likes of Bessie Smith as well as playing SAT his own solos. SAT Ken is joined by singer Gwyneth Herbert, who talks about SAT her love of Waller's music. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00j5h55 (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with SAT Jane Garvey. Including reports on a student branch of the SAT WI, women in EU politics, Eurovision song contest SAT controversy in Israel, saying 'I love you' and a SAT performance from singer Melody Gardot. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00j5h57 (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 Bottom Line b00j5h59 (Listen) SAT Evan Davis presents the business magazine. The stock SAT markets have crashed, risen and then crashed again. It has SAT been a tough year for shareholders and pension owners SAT alike, but how does it affect companies and the people who SAT run them? Evan talks to the bosses of confectionary giant SAT Cadbury and insurance group Aviva to find out what they do SAT when their market value plunges. He also quizzes them SAT about compliance, the dreaded word that is on the lips of SAT everyone in business. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00j5h5c (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00j5h5f (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j5h5h (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00j5h5k (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, SAT comedy and music. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00j5h5m (Listen) SAT Sir Liam Donaldson SAT Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief SAT Medical Officer of England. He has said that Britain is SAT blighted by 'passive drinking' and caused uproar by SAT proposing minimum pricing for alcohol in an effort to SAT change the country's binge drinking culture. To many SAT Donaldson is a visionary, driven to improve the health of SAT the nation, but some others accuse him of meddling in SAT people's lifestyle choices. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00j5h5p (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights, including Jonathan Littell's controversial SAT novel The Kindly Ones, the fictional memoir of an SS man. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00j5hxf (Listen) SAT Tell Me A StoryCorps SAT Writer Simon Garfield tells the tale of StoryCorps, the SAT project created in the US in 2003 by radio producer David SAT Isay which has seen thousands of ordinary Americans enter SAT Storybooths to record their responses to the simple SAT question, 'Tell me about your life'. SAT Simon compares StoryCorps with traditional oral history SAT and asks if, that now we all possess the means to record SAT our lives, those recordings are still of value and worth SAT keeping. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00j2j2g (Listen) SAT Sunset Song, Episode 1 SAT Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis SAT Grassic Gibbon, set in north-east Scotland before and SAT during the First World War. SAT Chris Guthrie is torn between her love of the land and her SAT ambition to become a teacher. As Chris' domineering father SAT struggles with the harshness of the land, her mother's SAT fear of childbirth leads her to despair. SAT Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart SAT John Guthrie ...... Liam Brennan SAT Jean Guthrie ...... Bridget McCann SAT Will Guthrie ...... Gordon Brandie SAT Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton SAT Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac SAT Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell SAT Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price SAT Margot Strachan ...... Sally Reid SAT Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog SAT Directed by David Ian Neville. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00j5hxh (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Decision Time b00j4hk4 (Listen) SAT The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on SAT the process by which controversial decisions are reached SAT behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside SAT experts, he examines the problems that future governments SAT will face and hear the arguments about how they might be SAT resolved. SAT SAT 23:00 Counterpoint b00j3vct (Listen) SAT Series 23, Episode 2 SAT Paul Gambaccini chairs the second heat of the music quiz SAT from Manchester, with contestants from Yorkshire, SAT Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Paul puts the questions to SAT amateur music lovers Gordon Balmforth from Huddersfield, SAT Richard Grothusen from Thornton Cleveleys and Chris SAT Stanley from Nottingham. SAT SAT 23:30 Lawrence Ferlinghetti: A Reluctant Beat b00j2jkc (Listen) SAT A celebration of the 90th birthday of poet, publisher and SAT City Lights Bookstore co-founder Lawrence Ferlinghetti, a SAT key figure in the literary scene of 1950s San Francisco SAT and the development of the Beat movement. SAT Featuring new interviews and readings from Ferlinghetti SAT himself, including from his most recent work, Poetry as SAT Insurgent Art. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 22 MARCH 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00j5kc4 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Lent Talks b00j4hk6 (Listen) SUN Does God Make Mistakes? SUN Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God SUN from their own perspective. SUN Sister Frances Dominica, founder and trustee of Helen and SUN Douglas House hospice, reflects on her experiences SUN alongside children and their families. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5kc6 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5kc8 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5kcb (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00j5kcd (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00j5kcg (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from St Eadburgha in Ebrington, SUN Gloucestershire. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00j5h5m (Listen) SUN Sir Liam Donaldson SUN Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief SUN Medical Officer of England. He has said that Britain is SUN blighted by 'passive drinking' and caused uproar by SUN proposing minimum pricing for alcohol in an effort to SUN change the country's binge drinking culture. To many SUN Donaldson is a visionary, driven to improve the health of SUN the nation, but some others accuse him of meddling in SUN people's lifestyle choices. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00j5kcj (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00j5kcl (Listen) SUN Mothering Sunday SUN Madeleine Bunting explores the delights, dilemmas and SUN dangers of modern parenting. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00j5kcn (Listen) SUN Chris Impey visits pig farmer and restaurant owner Sally SUN Jackson in north Lincolnshire, who is abandoning her SUN organic status after 10 years. Sally has built up a SUN successful business over the last decade, but says the SUN cost of feed means that she can no longer afford to farm SUN organically. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00j5kcq (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00j5kcs (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00j5kcv (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of SUN the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, SUN both familiar and unfamiliar. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00j5kcx (Listen) SUN Rainforest Foundation UK SUN Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00j5kcz (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00j5kd1 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00j5kd3 (Listen) SUN Journey into Touching SUN Observing Lent through the senses. A service for Mothering SUN Sunday from St Alphege Church, Solihull, led by Rev Tim SUN Pilkington. Preacher: Dr Paula Gooder. Featuring the BBC SUN Radio 2 Young Chorister of the Year, Alice Halstead. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00j58sm (Listen) SUN A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine SUN Whitehorn. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00j5kd5 (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00j5kd7 (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00j5kd9 (Listen) SUN Athene Donald SUN Kirsty Young invites scientist Athene Donald to choose SUN eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00j3vcy (Listen) SUN Series 54, Episode 10 SUN Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with SUN panellists Paul Merton, Chris Neill, Tony Hawks and Justin SUN Moorhouse. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00j5tf5 (Listen) SUN Restaurants and Recession SUN Sheila Dillon examines how the current recession is SUN changing the restaurant business. From developing new SUN menus to sourcing cheaper ingredients, how are chefs and SUN restaurateurs planning to survive? SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00j5tf7 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 World This Weekend b00j5tf9 (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. SUN SUN 13:30 It's About Time... b00h62pm (Listen) SUN Comedian and writer Dave Cohen seeks help from experts in SUN trying to achieve a 'work-life balance'. He hardly sees SUN his family - during any 'downtime' he is actually looking SUN for more work. Years of freelancing and the current SUN economic climate make it hard to say no to any offer. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00j588c (Listen) SUN Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Pippa Greenwood, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer SUN gardeners' questions sent in by post and email. SUN Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather SUN forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 Ankle High History b00j5tfc (Listen) SUN Episode 1 SUN Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological SUN history. Mark follows a drover's road between two glens SUN and discovers the remnants of a lost way of life. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00j5tt9 (Listen) SUN Sunset Song, Episode 2 SUN Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis SUN Grassic Gibbon, set in north-east Scotland before and SUN during the First World War. SUN After her father's death, Chris is determined to stay and SUN work the farm alone if need be. Joined by Ewan Tavendale SUN in marriage and on the farm, Chris gives birth to a son. SUN But the outbreak of the First World War brings devastating SUN change to her family, the rural landscape and the SUN community. SUN Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart SUN Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog SUN Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell SUN Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac SUN Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton SUN Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price SUN Rev Colquohoun ...... Fraser Sivewright SUN Rev Gibbon ...... Keith Hutcheon SUN Directed by David Ian Neville. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00j5ttc (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie Gee about her new novel SUN My Driver. And 50 years after the death of Raymond SUN Chandler, William Boyd explains why he thinks the creator SUN of the hard-bitten Los Angeles sleuth Philip Marlowe was SUN one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. SUN SUN 16:30 Lost Voices b00j9hng (Listen) SUN Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire SUN Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of SUN lesser-known or forgotten poets. SUN Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a SUN trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s SUN changed his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled SUN with distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully SUN lyrical poetry. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00j4f1s (Listen) SUN As local authorities struggle to balance the books because SUN of the economic downturn, Allan Urry reports on a crisis SUN in town hall finances. At a time when councils say that SUN they are being forced to lay off thousands of staff, Allan SUN asks why they have been investing a billion pounds of SUN taxpayers' cash in banks which have crashed, with no sign SUN of recovering the money. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00j5h5m (Listen) SUN Sir Liam Donaldson SUN Claire Bolderson profiles Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief SUN Medical Officer of England. He has said that Britain is SUN blighted by 'passive drinking' and caused uproar by SUN proposing minimum pricing for alcohol in an effort to SUN change the country's binge drinking culture. To many SUN Donaldson is a visionary, driven to improve the health of SUN the nation, but some others accuse him of meddling in SUN people's lifestyle choices. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00j5vph (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00j5vpk (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j5vpm (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00j5vpp (Listen) SUN Mark Lawson introduces his selection of highlights from SUN the past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00j5vpr (Listen) SUN Mike gets an unexpected house guest. SUN SUN 19:15 Go4it b00j5vpt (Listen) SUN Children's magazine as Barney Harwood presents a show SUN packed with lively debate and special guests. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b008nwjs (Listen) SUN Portraits of East Anglia, Man in the Water SUN Specially commissioned stories by local authors, inspired SUN by paintings of the East Anglian landscape. Recorded in SUN front of an audience in Halesworth, Suffolk, the readings SUN are introduced by Neil Innes. SUN Jenny swears that she sees a man in the water and her SUN father takes his fishing boat out to search for him. But SUN when he finds nobody and there are no reports of a missing SUN person, he begins to question her motives. SUN By Rose Tremain, read by Richard Hope. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00j5887 (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00j58sc (Listen) SUN Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing SUN and celebrating the life stories of people who have SUN recently died. The programme reflects on people of SUN distinction and interest from many walks of life, some SUN famous and some less well known. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00j5h4v (Listen) SUN Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SUN finance. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00j5kcx (Listen) SUN Rainforest Foundation UK SUN Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b00j56l9 (Listen) SUN The Financial Tsunami SUN Ngaire Woods considers how the financial crisis is SUN affecting the world's most vulnerable people. As global SUN leaders prepare to meet in London to try to clear up the SUN western world's economic mess, where does the global SUN banking meltdown leave developing countries? SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00j5vpw (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00j5vpy (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Norman SUN Smith. Including The Prime Ministers. SUN SUN 23:02 The Film Programme b00j58sf (Listen) SUN Francine Stock talks to Michael Sheen about his starring SUN role as Brian Clough in the adaptation of David Peace's SUN novel, The Damned United. She also talks to Polish SUN film-maker Jerzy Skolimowski. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00j5kcl (Listen) SUN Mothering Sunday SUN Madeleine Bunting explores the delights, dilemmas and SUN dangers of modern parenting. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 23 MARCH 2009 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00j5w1j (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. Followed by weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00j4hk0 (Listen) MON Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how MON society works. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00j5kcg (Listen) MON The sound of bells from St Eadburgha in Ebrington, MON Gloucestershire. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w41 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w6w (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w5j (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00j5wbc (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbp (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00j5wkj (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00j67mf (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00j5wkx (Listen) MON 23 March 2009: 0600-0748 MON With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather. MON MON 07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf6ml (Listen) MON With Rev Dr Colin Morris. MON MON 07:51 Today b00jf6s3 (Listen) MON 23 March 2009: 0751-0900 MON With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports MON Desk; Weather. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00j67mh (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His MON guests include American economist Richard Thaler, who MON discusses his book Nudge. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00j72t9 (Listen) MON The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 1 MON Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays MON from her childhood in the 1970s. MON In 1970, three-year-old Emma and her parents Brenda and MON Tony took their first family holiday. It featured a tent, MON a bucket and an awful lot of Welsh rain. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00j61cw (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith on her new MON compendium of recipes and an extended panel discussion MON about children and divorce. MON Plus drama: MON This Book Will Save Your Life MON Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. MON Richard Novak has spent most of life getting rich in LA MON and avoiding people. Things are about to change. MON Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey MON Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini MON Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad MON Ex wife ...... Adriana Sevan MON With JB Blanc, Logan Fahey, Lisa Pelikan. MON Directed by Tim Dee. MON MON 11:00 Unseen Britain b00j67ml (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we MON spend our money, where we travel and the state of our MON health, while remaining unseen themselves. MON Peter meets the unseen bank staff who spend their days MON watching our spending habits and alerting us to possible MON fraud when our usual spending patterns are broken. MON He then uses his bonus points card at a supermarket, which MON prompts him to question who knows what about his buying MON habits and how this information helps analysts to persuade MON him to spend more, by targetting him with tailor-made and MON tempting offers. MON MON 11:30 Hazelbeach b0084hvy (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON Comedy drama series by Caroline and David Stafford. MON Nick goes in search of his long-lost mother while Ronnie MON tries to sell heart-rate monitors to Monty Python fans. MON Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman MON Nick ...... Paul Bazely MON Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles MON James ...... John Dougall MON Vince/Mr Tuft ...... Simon Treves MON Andrea ...... Liza Sadovy MON Directed by Marc Beeby. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00j61y3 (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00j61z4 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00j620b (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Counterpoint b00j6bbl (Listen) MON Series 23, Episode 3 MON Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the music quiz MON from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from MON the south of England. The contestants are Paul Fischer MON from Sleaford, Peter Trickey from Uxbridge and Tim Wise MON from Wallington. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00j5vpr (Listen) MON Mike gets an unexpected house guest. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00j6bbn (Listen) MON The Road Wife MON By Eoin McNamee. A truck driver in Ireland gives a lift to MON a female Asian hitchhiker but gets more than he bargained MON for, especially when his truck is stopped by immigration MON officers and he and his illegal occupant are taken in for MON questioning. MON Coyle ...... Stuart Graham MON The Road Wife ...... Su-Lin Looi MON Michelle ...... Alison McKenna MON Sloan ...... Gerard McSorley MON Natasha ...... Samantha Heaney MON Jesus ...... Oliver Miceli MON Lee ...... Logan Wong MON McCall ...... Vincent Higgins MON Bobby ...... Peter Ballance MON Huttenlocher ...... Peter Jankowsky MON Nigerian Child ...... Loretta Adenuga MON Directed by Heather Larmour. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00j5hxf (Listen) MON Tell Me A StoryCorps MON Writer Simon Garfield tells the tale of StoryCorps, the MON project created in the US in 2003 by radio producer David MON Isay which has seen thousands of ordinary Americans enter MON Storybooths to record their responses to the simple MON question, 'Tell me about your life'. MON Simon compares StoryCorps with traditional oral history MON and asks if, that now we all possess the means to record MON our lives, those recordings are still of value and worth MON keeping. MON MON 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62b7 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of MON lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya. MON After a successful night's hunting, Beberu the old pride MON male, and his family, are gathered together unaware of the MON two nomadic males nearby, looking for a pride to take over. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00j5tf5 (Listen) MON Restaurants and Recession MON Sheila Dillon examines how the current recession is MON changing the restaurant business. From developing new MON menus to sourcing cheaper ingredients, how are chefs and MON restaurateurs planning to survive? MON MON 16:30 Click On b00j6bbq (Listen) MON Series 4, Episode 3 MON Simon Cox presents the topical magazine series covering MON the latest developments and issues in the world of IT. How MON does technology bring out our creative side? Simon visits MON an event in Newcastle that seeks to embrace digital MON invention and DIY. MON MON 17:00 PM b00j62pm (Listen) MON Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn MON Quinn. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62sv (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00j6bdt (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 1 MON David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are MON encouraged to tell lies. With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison, MON Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00j620q (Listen) MON Matt's name is mud for Tony and Jennifer. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00j62vj (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who gives his MON verdict on The Damned United, a film based on David MON Peace's novel about Brian Clough's 44 days in charge of MON Leeds United. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00j62vl (Listen) MON This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 1 MON Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. MON Richard Novak has spent most of life getting rich in LA MON and avoiding people. Things are about to change. MON Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey MON Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini MON Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad MON Ex wife ...... Adriana Sevan MON With JB Blanc, Logan Fahey, Lisa Pelikan MON Directed by Tim Dee. MON MON 20:00 Document b00j6lfk (Listen) MON Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary MON evidence to throw new light on past events. MON Mike uncovers papers which accused the BBC of biased MON reporting as Iran descended into revolution in 1978 and MON 1979. The documents show that the BBC's Persian Service MON found itself attacked on all sides, with the most MON vociferous critics claiming that the Corporation was not MON simply reporting events but influencing them in favour of MON regime change. As Ayatollah Khomeini sat in exile in MON Paris, the BBC stood charged with galvanising the radical MON cleric's supporters and acting as his mouthpiece in Tehran. MON Featuring interviews with then Foreign Secretary Lord MON Owen, the then Iranian Ambassador, senior BBC figures and MON academic experts. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b00j4hmx (Listen) MON Israel's Goodness Gracious Me MON Mukul Devichand meets the creators and cast of Arab MON Labour, a prime-time Israeli TV comedy that sees the MON humorous side of Arab lives in the Jewish state. MON Israel's elections and its military operation in Gaza have MON polarised relations between Jewish Israelis and the 20 per MON cent Arab minority. Mukul examines the dark humour and MON moral dilemmas of an Arab population caught between MON feelings of Palestinian brotherhood and a determination to MON remain Israeli citizens. MON MON 21:00 The Criminal Mind b00j6lh9 (Listen) MON Joshua Rozenberg examines new medical insights into the MON criminal mind. He joins scientists as they examine the MON brains of violent criminals and sees startling evidence of MON physical brain damage caused by neglect and abuse during MON infancy. Joshua asks whether offenders who suffer from MON this kind of brain dysfunction can be held responsible for MON their behaviour. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00j67mh (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His MON guests include American economist Richard Thaler, who MON discusses his book Nudge. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00j633d (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00j633q (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j636h (Listen) MON It's Beginning To Hurt, Caterpillars MON Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping MON short stories by James Lasdun. MON On a walking holiday in France, a couple are forced to MON confront both a legion of poisonous caterpillars and the MON consequences of their own convictions. Read by Laurel MON Lefkow. MON MON 23:00 Off the Page b00j4hsc (Listen) MON Dominic Arkwright discusses bad taste and guilty pleasures MON with Bidisha, Toby Young and Sarfraz Manzoor. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00j637d (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with David Wilby. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 24 MARCH 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00j5vzv (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00j72t9 (Listen) TUE The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 1 TUE Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays TUE from her childhood in the 1970s. TUE In 1970, three-year-old Emma and her parents Brenda and TUE Tony took their first family holiday. It featured a tent, TUE a bucket and an awful lot of Welsh rain. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1l (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5l (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w43 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00j5w6y (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbf (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00j5wfz (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00j5wkl (Listen) TUE 24 March 2009: 0600-0748 TUE With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports TUE Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather. TUE TUE 07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf6sr (Listen) TUE With the Right Rev Tom Butler. TUE TUE 07:51 Today b00jf6xy (Listen) TUE 24 March 2009: 0751-0900 TUE With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports TUE Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the TUE Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Call Yourself a Feminist b00j6xxs (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Historian Bettany Hughes presents the third in a series of TUE three discussions tracing the development of feminist TUE ideas from the 1960s onwards. TUE Bettany and guests discuss how a new generation of women TUE embrace the label 'feminist', the issues which motivate TUE them and how definitions of feminism have changed since TUE the 1960s. TUE The panellists are journalist and critic Miranda Sawyer, TUE American writer Jessica Valenti, blogger Zohra Moosa, TUE film-maker Jobeda Ali and academic Dr Geetanjali Gangoli. TUE TUE 09:30 The Prime Ministers b00j6xxv (Listen) TUE Benjamin Disraeli TUE BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's TUE prime ministers have used their power, responded to the TUE challenges of their time and made the job what it is today. TUE Benjamin Disraeli, who turned his skills as a novelist to TUE politics and became Britain's first Jewish-born prime TUE minister. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k37 (Listen) TUE The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 2 TUE Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays TUE from her childhood in the 1970s. TUE 1972 was the year of the trip to Hadrian's Wall and rather TUE a lot of cross-border matrimonial raids, all of which are TUE doomed to end in tears. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdjq6 (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. TUE Including drama: TUE This Book Will Save Your Life TUE Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. TUE Richard Novak's meals were previously prepared for him by TUE a nutritionist, but now he has remembered how tasty donuts TUE are. Is his life falling apart or starting over? TUE Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey TUE Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini TUE Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad TUE Cecelia ...... Adriana Sevan TUE Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan TUE Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc TUE Ben ...... Logan Fahey TUE With JB Blanc, Logan Fahey, Lisa Pelikan. TUE Directed by Tim Dee. TUE TUE 11:00 Peace Work b00j6xxx (Listen) TUE Mark Devenport finds out how Northern Ireland is sending TUE its politicians around the world to share their TUE experiences of successful conflict resolution. TUE TUE 11:30 Alan Garner: The Return to Brisingamen b00j6xxz (Listen) TUE John Waite meets Alan Garner, author of the book that TUE helped shape Waite's own childhood, The Weirdstone of TUE Brisingamen, to discuss his life and writing career. TUE He discovers how Garner had his mouth scrubbed with TUE carbolic soap at primary school to rid him of his thick TUE Cheshire accent, what happened when he heard himself TUE declared dead - twice - and how nothing has influenced him TUE more strongly than his artisan ancestors who have lived in TUE the area for centuries. TUE John also hears from Garner fans including academic TUE Charles Butler and novelist Philip Pullman. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00j61dd (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00j61y5 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00j61z6 (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j6xy1 (Listen) TUE Series 7, Benny Goodman TUE Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th TUE century. TUE Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as TUE the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the TUE Jewish ghetto of Chicago's South Side, by the end of the TUE 1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop TUE star TUE There were reports of ballroom riots, jitterbuggers TUE dancing in the aisles at his concerts and solemn words TUE being written about how the nation's youth was being TUE corrupted by his music. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00j620q (Listen) TUE Matt's name is mud for Tony and Jennifer. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b008h01r (Listen) TUE Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, The Lake TUE Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus TUE through the eyes of those who witnessed it. TUE The Lake means everything to Peter and Andrew. How could TUE they leave it behind? TUE Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill TUE Peter ...... Peter Firth TUE Andrew ...... Paul Copley TUE Baptist ...... Stephen Greif TUE Elder ...... Sam Dale TUE Possessed man ...... John Lloyd Fillingham TUE John ...... Simon Treves TUE Woman ...... Laura Molyneux TUE Tempter ...... Peter Marinker TUE Directed by Jonquil Panting. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00j6xyk (Listen) TUE Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions TUE about the environment and the natural world. TUE TUE 15:30 Actor's Words b007xkww (Listen) TUE Le Rayon Vert TUE Actors read self-penned stories. TUE By Tim Pigott-Smith. TUE On a blazing hot day in Biarritz, the narrator waits on TUE the beach in the hope of seeing the rare and famous light TUE effect in the evening sky. TUE TUE 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jv (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of TUE lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya. TUE Beberu, the old pride male, is chased out of his territory TUE by two nomadic males which then kill the cubs and mate TUE with the lionesses. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00j71vw (Listen) TUE Would it be a good idea if there was a halfway house TUE between marriage and living together? In France couples TUE can sign Civil Solidarity Pacts, while in Scotland TUE cohabitants can have a claim on each other if they split TUE up. Clive Coleman asks which example England and Wales TUE should follow. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00j71vy (Listen) TUE Sue MacGregor talks to musician Thea Gilmore and TUE broadcaster and writer Paul Gambaccini about their TUE favourite books. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00j62n0 (Listen) TUE Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn TUE Quinn. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pp (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 Cabin Pressure b00cqhr3 (Listen) TUE Edinburgh TUE Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny TUE charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs TUE are too difficult. TUE A very special passenger makes Douglas grovel, Martin TUE crawl, Carolyn frisk and Arthur cry and drink nail varnish. TUE Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole TUE 1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam TUE Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch TUE Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore TUE Mr Birling ...... Geoffrey Whitehead TUE Philip ...... Adam G Goodwin. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00j620d (Listen) TUE Ed finds someone in the know. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00j62sx (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports from the TUE opening night of the stage musical Priscilla, Queen of the TUE Desert, starring Jason Donovan and based on the hit TUE Australian film. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdjq8 (Listen) TUE This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 2 TUE Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. TUE Richard Novak's meals were previously prepared for him by TUE a nutritionist, but now he has remembered how tasty donuts TUE are. Is his life falling apart or starting over? TUE Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey TUE Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini TUE Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad TUE Cecelia ...... Adriana Sevan TUE Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan TUE Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc TUE Ben ...... Logan Fahey TUE Directed by Tim Dee. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00j72bb (Listen) TUE Fran Abrams asks if Britain has become a haven for TUE torturers, and investigates the case for new laws and TUE tougher policing to prevent alleged human rights abusers TUE from taking refuge in this country. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00j72bd (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Type A Meet Type B! b00j72bg (Listen) TUE Blood type A person Andrew Brown and type B Louise Yeoman TUE travel to Denmark to unravel the science of what makes TUE people early or late risers and to examine how society TUE copes with those who do not fit the 9 to 5 norm. TUE TUE 21:30 Call Yourself a Feminist b00j6xxs (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE Historian Bettany Hughes presents the third in a series of TUE three discussions tracing the development of feminist TUE ideas from the 1960s onwards. TUE Bettany and guests discuss how a new generation of women TUE embrace the label 'feminist', the issues which motivate TUE them and how definitions of feminism have changed since TUE the 1960s. TUE The panellists are journalist and critic Miranda Sawyer, TUE American writer Jessica Valenti, blogger Zohra Moosa, TUE film-maker Jobeda Ali and academic Dr Geetanjali Gangoli. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00j631n (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00j633g (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Ritula TUE Shah. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9t (Listen) TUE It's Beginning To Hurt, Annals of the Honorary Secretary TUE Series of five psychologically gripping short stories by TUE James Lasdun. TUE An enigmatic and select society welcomes the arrival of a TUE promising new member. But her mysterious gifts generate TUE unexpected sensations and revelations. Read by Bill TUE Paterson. TUE TUE 23:00 Arturart b00j72bj (Listen) TUE Classical Civilisation and Arturantiquities TUE Arthur Smith presents a series of comedy lectures on TUE different aspects of Art. TUE Arthur considers the beginnings of art with a visit to the TUE oldest man-made image in Britain, reveals the truth about TUE Van Gogh's ear and presents a guide to the unfathomable TUE world of Dada. With contributions from Miriam Elia, Phil TUE Nice and Paul Bahn. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00j6374 (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with Sean Curran. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 25 MARCH 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00j5vzx (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k37 (Listen) WED The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 2 WED Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays WED from her childhood in the 1970s. WED 1972 was the year of the trip to Hadrian's Wall and rather WED a lot of cross-border matrimonial raids, all of which are WED doomed to end in tears. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1n (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5n (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w45 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00j5w70 (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbh (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00j5wg1 (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. WED WED 06:00 Today b00j5wkn (Listen) WED 25 March 2009: 0600-0748 WED With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports WED Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather. WED WED 07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf71d (Listen) WED With Professor Mona Siddiqui. WED WED 07:51 Today b00jf71g (Listen) WED 25 March 2009: 0751-0900 WED With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports WED Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00j72s6 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k39 (Listen) WED The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 3 WED Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays WED from her childhood in the 1970s. WED Britain had joined the European Union and the matriarch of WED the Kennedy family decided that the time had come for the WED annual family holiday to be taken abroad. Encounters with WED foreign food inevitably follow. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdjtp (Listen) WED With Jane Garvey. WED Including drama: WED This Book Will Save Your Life WED Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. WED Richard's life is changing. He is still making millions WED but he has become an accidental hero as well, befriending WED a crying woman and rescuing a horse. Is he happier? WED Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey WED Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini WED Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad WED Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan WED Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan WED Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc WED Ben ...... Logan Fahey WED Directed by Tim Dee. WED WED 11:00 Battling Back b00j72s8 (Listen) WED Frank Gardner joins Operation Snow Warrior, a military WED winter training exercise with a difference. All the WED servicemen and women taking part are disabled and, like WED Frank, have returned to winter sports to prove to WED themselves that their active lives are not over. WED WED 11:30 Clare in the Community b00j72sb (Listen) WED Series 5, The 1864 Mining Disaster WED Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden. WED Clare organises a charity benefit in aid of the Keep WED Sparrowhawk Family Centre Open campaign, and Ray is WED determined to sing his folk songs. WED Clare ...... Sally Phillips WED Brian ...... Alex Lowe WED Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck WED Ray ...... Richard Lumsden WED Megan/Nali ...... Nina Conti WED Irene ...... Ellen Thomas WED Simon ...... Andrew Wincott. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00j61dg (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00j61y7 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00j61z8 (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00j7336 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00j620d (Listen) WED Ed finds someone in the know. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00j751w (Listen) WED Miss St Andrews WED By Mike Bartlett. Old grudges resurface as Miss St Andrews WED 1961 meets her old rival for the university Charities WED Queen title nearly 50 years later. WED Young Robert ...... Joe McFadden WED Jenny ...... Ellie Haddington WED Young Jenny ...... Tracy Wiles WED Robert ...... Tom Mannion WED Judy ...... Sandy Walsh WED Holly ...... Caroline Guthrie WED Directed by Claire Grove. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00j751y (Listen) WED Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on divorce and WED separation. He is joined by John Fotheringham, consultant WED in family law at Fyfe Ireland, Jane Craig, family partner WED at Manches, and Kirsty Marshall, senior advice worker at WED Gingerbread. WED WED 15:30 Actor's Words b007xkwy (Listen) WED Agnes WED Actors read self-penned stories. WED By Sian Phillips. WED As Agnes lies in her hospital bed, she realises that WED surgery has had a major and unexpected side effect. WED WED 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jx (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of WED lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya. WED Having been separated from Zuri, his mother, when a herd WED of buffalo attacked the pride, Kidogu the young male lion WED cub is finally reunited with her. As the weeks pass, he is WED introduced to the rest of the pride and joins them after a WED successful night's hunting. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00j7520 (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how WED society works. WED WED 16:30 Type A Meet Type B! b00j72bg (Listen) WED Blood type A person Andrew Brown and type B Louise Yeoman WED travel to Denmark to unravel the science of what makes WED people early or late risers and to examine how society WED copes with those who do not fit the 9 to 5 norm. WED WED 17:00 PM b00j62n2 (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn WED Quinn. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pr (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4, followed by Weather. WED WED 18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00j7522 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates WED a stand-up show for a local audience based on what he WED finds out about the area. WED Mark records a show in Boston, Lincolnshire, celebrating WED sprouts, chavs, Puritans and the Boston Stump. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00j620g (Listen) WED Virtuousness comes at a price for Robert. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00j62sz (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an WED interview with the children's writer and illustrator WED Shirley Hughes. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdjtr (Listen) WED This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 3 WED Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. WED Richard's life is changing. He is still making millions WED but he has become an accidental hero as well, befriending WED a crying woman and rescuing a horse. Is he happier? WED Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey WED Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini WED Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad WED Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan WED Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan WED Dr Lusardi ...... JB Blanc WED Ben ...... Logan Fahey WED Directed by Tim Dee. WED WED 20:00 Decision Time b00j7524 (Listen) WED The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on WED the process by which controversial decisions are reached WED behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside WED experts, he examines the problems that future governments WED will face and hear the arguments about how they might be WED resolved. WED WED 20:45 Lent Talks b00j7526 (Listen) WED The Eyes of God WED Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God WED from their own perspective. WED George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at WED Oxford University, reflects on the benefits of God's WED absence. WED WED 21:00 The Island of Secrets b00j7528 (Listen) WED Haunting sound portrait of Orford Ness in Suffolk, WED Europe's largest vegetated shingle spit. WED Writer and narrator Paul Evans and wildlife sound WED recordist Chris Watson explore this wild and remote WED extremity of eastern England, which is also the site of WED secret cold war military testing. It is an unsettling WED landscape where the wind howls, the sea sighs and hisses WED across the shingle, gulls screech, redshank cry in a morse WED code of alarms, railings whine and rattle, twisted metal WED clangs, doors crash and shadows flit. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00j72s6 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00j631q (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00j633j (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9c (Listen) WED It's Beginning To Hurt, Totty WED Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping WED short stories by James Lasdun. WED Finally free from a marriage that involved adulteries on WED both sides, June embarks on a fresh new life in the Sussex WED countryside. But it is not long before her past starts to WED infringe on her present. Read by Greta Scacchi. WED WED 23:00 Bespoken Word b00d0sjs (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 6 WED Mister Gee presents the performance poetry series, WED recorded at London's Troubadour Coffee House. Featured WED performers include John Agard, Poeticat and shortMAN. WED WED 23:15 One b0077224 (Listen) WED Series 1, Episode 6 WED The sketch show where no sketch features more than one WED voice. WED Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie WED Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan WED Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill WED Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00j6376 (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with Robert Orchard. WED WED THU THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00j5vzz (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k39 (Listen) THU The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 3 THU Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays THU from her childhood in the 1970s. THU Britain had joined the European Union and the matriarch of THU the Kennedy family decided that the time had come for the THU annual family holiday to be taken abroad. Encounters with THU foreign food inevitably follow. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1q (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5q (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w47 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00j5w72 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbk (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00j5wg3 (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00j5wkq (Listen) THU 26 March 2009: 0600-0748 THU With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, THU Yesterday in Parliament, Weather. THU THU 07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf74d (Listen) THU With Dom Antony Sutch. THU THU 07:51 Today b00jf74g (Listen) THU 26 March 2009: 0751-0900 THU With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, THU Yesterday in Parliament, Weather. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00j7txt (Listen) THU The School of Athens THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Angie Hobbs and Jill THU Kraye discuss the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael's THU depiction of Plato and Aristotle and what it tells us THU about both the subjects and the painter. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k3c (Listen) THU The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 4 THU Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays THU from her childhood in the 1970s. THU Emma's mother agrees that this year's family holiday can THU be to France, but without the tent. However, the delights THU of being under a proper roof are soon replaced by a fear THU of nocturnal noises and strangers in the night. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdjxd (Listen) THU With Jane Garvey. THU Including drama: THU This Book Will Save Your Life THU Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. THU Richard has moved to Malibu. His neighbour looks like a THU homeless man but drives a Bentley. Things are not as they THU seem. And is that car on the freeway flashing an SOS THU signal at Richard? THU Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey THU Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini THU Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad THU Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan THU Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan THU Nic ...... JB Blanc THU Ben ...... Logan Fahey THU Directed by Tim Dee. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00j7txw (Listen) THU Ethiopia - Troubles Downstream THU Peter Greste journeys down the Omo River from Ethiopia's THU central highlands to Northern Kenya where the lives of THU nearly half a million of the world's most remote THU tribespeople are threatened by a massive hydro-electricity THU project. The tribes, already fighting over increasingly THU scarce water and land, have warned that the dam could THU plunge them into an all-out struggle for survival. THU THU 11:30 With Great Pleasure b00j7txy (Listen) THU Dame Jacqueline Wilson THU Children's author Dame Jacqueline Wilson shares her love THU of literature with anecdotes and a choice of readings. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00j61dj (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00j61y9 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00j61zb (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b00j7ty0 (Listen) THU Dominic Arkwright discusses modern family life and how it THU matches up to the ideal with John O'Farrell, Kathryn Flett THU and Andi Oliver. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00j620g (Listen) THU Virtuousness comes at a price for Robert. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00j7vth (Listen) THU Gondwanaland THU Stephen Keyworth's drama inspired by the friendship THU between family planning pioneer Marie Stopes and explorer THU Captain Robert Scott THU Marie Stopes ...... Meg Fraser THU Captain Robert Scott ...... Nick Underwood THU Kathleen Bruce ...... Rosalind Sydney THU Helena ...... Lucy Paterson THU Marbury ...... Crawford Logan THU Hubert ...... James Anthony Pearson. THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00j5gp4 (Listen) THU Countryside magazine. Caz Graham joins the tenth THU anniversary celebrations of Keswick's Theatre by the Lake, THU which has inspired a revival of Cumbria's literary THU heritage. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00j5kcx (Listen) THU Rainforest Foundation UK THU Stephen Fry appeals on behalf of Rainforest Foundation UK. THU THU 15:30 Actor's Words b007xkx0 (Listen) THU Refuge THU Actors read self-penned stories. THU By Imogen Stubbs. THU Two refugees from war seek to rebuild their lives through THU the redemptive power of music. THU THU 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jz (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of THU lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya. THU Now more than a year old, Kidogu is old enough to join the THU pride when they go hunting. He learns a useful lesson THU early on and successfully targets a herd of wildebeest THU when he goes hunting at night. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00j5ttc (Listen) THU Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie Gee about her new novel THU My Driver. And 50 years after the death of Raymond THU Chandler, William Boyd explains why he thinks the creator THU of the hard-bitten Los Angeles sleuth Philip Marlowe was THU one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00j7vtk (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper puts listeners' science questions to a THU panel of experts, including why some things are a darker THU colour when they are wet, why mud continues to stick when THU dry, why snowflakes are symmetrical and whatever happened THU to left-handed sugar. THU Others range from the very big - the scale, shape and THU motion of the entire universe - and the very long - the THU time it will take for our planet to cool and the time for THU which the human species might survive - to the very THU everyday - such as the speed of smell and the best colour THU for a heat-retaining teapot. THU THU 17:00 PM b00j62n4 (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn THU Quinn. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pt (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 Old Harry's Game b00j7vtm (Listen) THU Series 7, Episode 6 THU Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in hell. THU Satan has worked out how to return Baby Patrick to Earth THU behind God's back. But God has eyes in his back and is now THU feeling pretty wrathful. THU Satan ...... Andy Hamilton THU Edith ...... Annette Crosbie THU Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan THU Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville THU God ...... Timothy West THU With Mike Fenton Stevens, Philip Pope and Felicity Montagu. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00j620j (Listen) THU Matt comes clean to the authorities. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00j62t1 (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdjxg (Listen) THU This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 4 THU Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. THU Richard has moved to Malibu. His neighbour looks like a THU homeless man but drives a Bentley. Things are not as they THU seem. And is that car on the freeway flashing an SOS THU signal at Richard? THU Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey THU Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini THU Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad THU Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan THU Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan THU Nic ...... JB Blanc THU Ben ...... Logan Fahey THU Directed by Tim Dee. THU THU 20:00 Born in Bradford b00fb99g (Listen) THU Winifred Robinson follows the fortunes of some of the THU thousands of babies being tracked by the Bradford THU Institute for Health Research in an effort to find out why THU genetic disorders and cases of infant and child mortality THU are so high in the city of Bradford. THU Eventually, 10,000 families will be recruited in what will THU be the most ambitious study of children's health ever THU undertaken in the world. THU This is the first of three programmes to be broadcast over THU 18 months that will follow the progress of the study. THU THU 20:30 Analysis b00j7xgg (Listen) THU Obama's Pentagon THU Newsnight's defence correspondent Mark Urban asks if the THU Obama presidency will see substantial reform at the THU Pentagon. THU During his campaign to become commander-in-chief, Barack THU Obama pledged to adapt 'US military capabilities for THU current, not Cold War, needs'. Mark looks at whether the THU 'small war' strategists, those promoting 'non-kinetic' THU approaches such as better intelligence gathering and THU nation building are going to win out over the THU traditionalists who believe that the defence of America THU still lies in investing billions of dollars in planes, THU tanks and ships. THU THU 21:00 Oceans: What Lies Beneath b00j7xgj (Listen) THU Episode 3 THU Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the THU oceans that make up nearly 80 per cent of our planet. THU She considers some of the remarkable resources that the THU oceans have to offer - from golden treasures lying hidden THU in the murky depths to possible new cures for cancer and THU antibiotic-resistant infections. She talks to THU oceanographers who are only just beginning to discover the THU oceans' potential and asks who owns the oceans and their THU valuable commodities. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00j7txt (Listen) THU The School of Athens THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Angie Hobbs and Jill THU Kraye discuss the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael's THU depiction of Plato and Aristotle and what it tells us THU about both the subjects and the painter. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00j631s (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00j633l (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9f (Listen) THU It's Beginning To Hurt, Cranley Meadows THU Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping THU short stories by James Lasdun. THU Bryony is married to Lev, her former astronomy professor. THU But while Lev faces up to the realities of having been THU made redundant, Bryony is forced to confront the truth of THU her own desires. Read by Laurel Lefkow. THU THU 23:00 The Personality Test b007s27h (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 2 THU Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host every week. THU Lorraine Kelly is in the hot seat, and the panellists are THU comedians Sue Perkins, Lucy Porter, Robin Ince and Will THU Smith. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00j6378 (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Sean Curran. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00j5w01 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k3c (Listen) FRI The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 4 FRI Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays FRI from her childhood in the 1970s. FRI Emma's mother agrees that this year's family holiday can FRI be to France, but without the tent. However, the delights FRI of being under a proper roof are soon replaced by a fear FRI of nocturnal noises and strangers in the night. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j5w1s (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j5w5s (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j5w49 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00j5w74 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j5wbm (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Anna Magnusson. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00j5wg5 (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00j5wks (Listen) FRI 27 March 2009: 0600-0748 FRI With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Yesterday in Parliament. FRI FRI 07:48 Thought for the Day b00jf86n (Listen) FRI With the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks. FRI FRI 07:51 Today b00jf86q (Listen) FRI 27 March 2009: 0751-0900 FRI With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00j5kd9 (Listen) FRI Athene Donald FRI Kirsty Young invites scientist Athene Donald to choose FRI eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00j9k3f (Listen) FRI The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 5 FRI Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays FRI from her childhood in the 1970s. FRI Emma, now 13, takes her final family camping trip to FRI France. The perils of sunburn are nothing compared to the FRI public humiliation that follows. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jdl9y (Listen) FRI With Sheila McClennon. FRI Including drama: FRI This Book Will Save Your Life FRI Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. FRI Richard's life has changed, but so has the city - it is on FRI fire and seems to be falling into the Pacific Ocean. And FRI Richard's son arrives to see him after years apart. FRI Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey FRI Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini FRI Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad FRI Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan FRI Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan FRI Nic ...... JB Blanc FRI Ben ...... Logan Fahey FRI Directed by Tim Dee. FRI FRI 11:00 Darwin Songs b00j8cl9 (Listen) FRI Chris Eldon Lee hears the results after eight contemporary FRI singer-songwriters are holed up for a week in a remote FRI farmhouse in Shropshire and tasked to write songs about FRI the life and work of Charles Darwin. Featuring their daily FRI creative life in the farmhouse, their expeditions into the FRI land that the young Darwin knew and the premiere FRI performance of their songs at Shrewsbury's new Theatre FRI Severn, close to Darwin's birthplace. FRI FRI 11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00j8djx (Listen) FRI Series 3, Astonishing Archie FRI Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. FRI When two brothers get together to plan the funeral of an FRI old friend, the choice of music is a bone of contention - FRI will it be Sinatra or Presley? A generation and a whole FRI philosophy of popular music separate the brothers, and the FRI choice they finally make is a heartwarming musical FRI compromise. By Bill Paterson. FRI Ronnie Purgavey ...... Stanley Baxter FRI Alan Purgavey ...... Bill Paterson FRI Rev Margot Turnbull ...... Maureen Beattie FRI Directed by Marilyn Imrie. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00j61dl (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00j61yc (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00j61zd (Listen) FRI National and international news with Brian Hanrahan. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00j8djz (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00j620j (Listen) FRI Matt comes clean to the authorities. FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00j8dk1 (Listen) FRI Stream, River, Sea FRI Romantic comedy by Peter Souter about sudden death and the FRI effect it has on two dysfunctional adults and a highly FRI precocious 13-year-old girl. FRI Hugh ...... Alex Jennings FRI Bella ...... Juliet Stevenson FRI Daisy ...... Lizzy Watts FRI Directed by Gordon House. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00j8dk3 (Listen) FRI Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood FRI answer questions posed by gardeners in Devon. FRI To mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanical FRI Gardens in Kew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs, who FRI trained there, return to what is regarded by some as the FRI most important botanical gardens in the world. FRI Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather FRI forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62k1 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Hugh Quarshie follows the lives of a fictional family of FRI lions and their struggle to survive in south-west Kenya. FRI Now more than two years old, it is time for Kidogu to FRI leave his family and find a territory of his own. An FRI encounter with a group of elephants has tragic FRI consequences. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00j8f46 (Listen) FRI Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing FRI and celebrating the life stories of people who have FRI recently died. The programme reflects on people of FRI distinction and interest from many walks of life, some FRI famous and some less well known. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00j8f48 (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Colin Firth about his new film FRI Genova, a ghost story with a twist directed by Michael FRI Winterbottom. Plus Rupert Wyatt, director of The Escapist, FRI discusses the work of Jean-Pierre Melville and its FRI influence on his prison drama. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00j62n6 (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn FRI Quinn. Plus Weather. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00j62pw (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The Now Show b00j8f4b (Listen) FRI Series 26, Episode 4 FRI Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, FRI Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura FRI Shavin, Jon Holmes and Holly Walsh. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00j620l (Listen) FRI Chris makes a very permanent gesture. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00j62t3 (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jdlb8 (Listen) FRI This Book Will Save Your Life, Episode 5 FRI Penny Leicester's adaptation of the novel by AM Homes. FRI Richard's life has changed, but so has the city - it is on FRI fire and seems to be falling into the Pacific Ocean. And FRI Richard's son arrives to see him after years apart. FRI Narrator ...... Darcy Halsey FRI Richard ...... Tony Pasqualini FRI Anhil ...... Mueen Jahan Ahmad FRI Cecilia ...... Adriana Sevan FRI Cynthia ...... Lisa Pelikan FRI Nic ...... JB Blanc FRI Ben ...... Logan Fahey FRI Directed by Tim Dee. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00j8f4d (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Carlisle. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00j9k7c (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00j9kbx (Listen) FRI Stone, God's Witness FRI By Danny Brocklehurst. FRI Last in a series of four detective dramas featuring DCI FRI John Stone. A woman witnesses the murder of a young boy by FRI a notorious gang and chooses to speak up, but can she FRI really risk her safety and that of her family? FRI Stone ...... Hugo Speer FRI Paula ...... Maxine Peake FRI Liz/Sue ...... Deborah McAndrew FRI Ray ...... Tony Mooney FRI Anna/Shirley ...... Fiona Clarke FRI Kyle/Michael ...... Oliver Lee FRI Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham FRI Catriona ...... Zoe Henry FRI Ned ...... James Quinn FRI Directed by Nadia Molinari. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00j631v (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00j633n (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Robin FRI Lustig. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00j7v9h (Listen) FRI It's Beginning To Hurt, The Half-Sister FRI Series of five enigmatic and psychologically gripping FRI short stories by James Lasdun. FRI Martin once aspired to be a professional guitarist but has FRI now reconciled himself to the realities of his daily life FRI as a guitar teacher to the children of the wealthy. But FRI one of his clients has a hidden agenda. Read by Ben Meyjes. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00j71vy (Listen) FRI Sue MacGregor talks to musician Thea Gilmore and FRI broadcaster and writer Paul Gambaccini about their FRI favourite books. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00j637b (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI

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