28 March, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for 28/03/2009 - 03/04/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00j9kgm (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k3f (Listen) SAT The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 5 SAT Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays SAT from her childhood in the 1970s. SAT Emma, now 13, takes her final family camping trip to SAT France. The perils of sunburn are nothing compared to the SAT public humiliation that follows. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j9kgp (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j9kgr (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j9kgv (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00j9kgx (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j9kgz (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b00j9kh1 (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00j9kh3 (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00j9lpj (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00j9lpl (Listen) SAT Countryside magazine. Matt Baker investigates how the SAT parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being SAT transformed for the 2012 Olympics into the largest urban SAT park created in Europe for more than 150 years. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today This Week b00j9lpn (Listen) SAT News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00j9lpq (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00j9lps (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in SAT Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00jb1s5 (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Richard Coles hears from a woman who SAT sleeps with an ice crusher under her pillow thanks to a SAT former lover who has been stalking her for fifteen years. SAT There's a guerrilla report from Brad Moss - a practitioner SAT of parkour, or street running. Plus Marc Koska whose SAT simple invention of a non-reusable syringe, has saved SAT millions of lives, the Inheritance Tracks of post-punk SAT hero Jah Wobble, poetry from Elvis McGonagall and a SAT returning studio guest - restaurateur, much respected SAT foodie and novelist Prue Leith. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00jb1s7 (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and SAT joys of travel. SAT SAT 10:30 Wah! Wah! Wah! Waaaaah! The Comedy Scores b00g0npk (Listen) SAT Huw Williams appraises classic comedy music written for SAT film, television and radio. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00jb1s9 (Listen) SAT A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Matthew SAT D'Ancona. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00jb1sc (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00jb1sf (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. Including reports on the future of Scotland's SAT largest building society and mounting anger over a new SAT alternative to bankruptcy. Plus a look at the best cash SAT ISA deals as the tax year draws to a close. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00j8f4b (Listen) SAT Series 26, Episode 4 SAT Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, SAT Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura SAT Shavin, Jon Holmes and Holly Walsh. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00jb1sh (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00jb1sk (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00j8f4d (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Dalston, SAT Cumbria. Panellists are former Liberal Democrat leader Sir SAT Menzies Campbell, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling, SAT work and pensions minister Kitty Ussher and Daily Mail SAT parliamentary sketch-writer Quentin Letts. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00jb1sm (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 b00jb1sp (Listen) SAT The Complete Ripley, Ripley Under Water SAT Last in a series of five plays based on the novels by SAT Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley. SAT Strange new neighbours show an overdeveloped interest in SAT Ripley's past. Tom discovers they are not who they say SAT they are, but will his shady dealings be exposed after all? SAT Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart SAT Heloise ...... Helen Longworth SAT Madame Annette ...... Caroline Guthrie SAT David Pritchard ...... William Hope SAT Janice Pritchard ...... Janice Acquah SAT Jeff Constant ...... Stephen Hogan SAT Cynthia Gradnor ...... Lizzy Watts SAT Policeman ...... Matt Addis SAT Directed by Steven Canny. SAT SAT 15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j6xy1 (Listen) SAT Series 7, Benny Goodman SAT Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th SAT century. SAT Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as SAT the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the SAT Jewish ghetto of Chicago's South Side, by the end of the SAT 1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop SAT star SAT There were reports of ballroom riots, jitterbuggers SAT dancing in the aisles at his concerts and solemn words SAT being written about how the nation's youth was being SAT corrupted by his music. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00jb1sr (Listen) SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with SAT Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith on her life and career; SAT women and sport; female ambassadors working in Russia and SAT Spain. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00jb1st (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn SAT Quinn, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 Bottom Line b00jb1ym (Listen) SAT Evan Davis asks his guests from car maker Nissan, baby SAT retailer Mothercare and financial firm Barchester Group SAT what they fear more, inflation or deflation. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00jb1yp (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00jb1yr (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jb1yt (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by Weather. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00jb1yw (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation, SAT comedy and music. His guests are comedian Ben Miller, SAT actor Roger Lloyd Pack and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, SAT and Rachael Stirling talks to impressionist Jon Culshaw. SAT Plus music from Jessica Lea Mayfield and William Elliot SAT Whitmore and comedy from Tony Law. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00jb1yy (Listen) SAT Richard Holbrooke SAT Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard SAT Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan SAT and Pakistan. SAT He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to SAT the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has SAT spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in SAT equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with SAT leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn SAT region and seeking an exit plan for western troops. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00jb1z0 (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights, including the new film The Damned United, SAT which stars Michael Sheen as Brian Clough. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00h3x73 (Listen) SAT Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover SAT Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover SAT the value and significance of old vinyl. SAT He uncovers a network of dealers and buyers, supplying a SAT community of 'crate diggers' and 'beat miners' and a world SAT in which samples from records bought for a few pence in a SAT car boot sale can provide the basis for a million-selling SAT hit. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00j5tt9 (Listen) SAT Sunset Song, Episode 2 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 After her father's death, Chris is determined to stay and SAT work the farm alone if need be. Joined by Ewan Tavendale SAT in marriage and on the farm, Chris gives birth to a son. SAT But the outbreak of the First World War brings devastating SAT change to her family, the rural landscape and the SAT community. SAT Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart SAT Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog SAT Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell SAT Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac SAT Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton SAT Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price SAT Rev Colquohoun ...... Fraser Sivewright SAT Rev Gibbon ...... Keith Hutcheon SAT Directed by David Ian Neville. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00jb1z2 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Decision Time b00j7524 (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 b00j6bbl (Listen) SAT Series 23, Episode 3 SAT Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the music quiz SAT from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from SAT the south of England. The contestants are Paul Fischer SAT from Sleaford, Peter Trickey from Uxbridge and Tim Wise SAT from Wallington. SAT SAT 23:30 Lost Voices b00j9hng (Listen) SAT Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire SAT Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of SAT lesser-known or forgotten poets. SAT Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a SAT trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s SAT changed his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled SAT with distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully SAT lyrical poetry. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00jb8nr (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Lent Talks b00j7526 (Listen) SUN The Eyes of God SUN Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God SUN from their own perspective. SUN George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at SUN Oxford University, reflects on the benefits of God's SUN absence. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jc3cv (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 02:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jc3cx (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jc3cz (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00jc3p6 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00jc3p8 (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from Tewkesbury Abbey. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00jb1yy (Listen) SUN Richard Holbrooke SUN Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard SUN Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan SUN and Pakistan. SUN He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to SUN the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has SUN spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in SUN equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with SUN leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn SUN region and seeking an exit plan for western troops. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00jc3pb (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00jc3pd (Listen) SUN Feast and Famine SUN Writer and broadcaster Irma Kurts reflects on the human SUN obsession with food. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00jc3pg (Listen) SUN Village Pigs SUN Adam Henson visits members of the Marton Pig Club, a SUN community group raising 10 Berkshire pigs for meat. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00jc3pj (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00jc3pl (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00jc3pn (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 b00jc3pq (Listen) SUN YoungMinds SUN Tanya Byron appeals on behalf of YoungMinds. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00jc3ps (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00jc3pv (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00jc3px (Listen) SUN Journey into Taste SUN Observing Lent through the senses. SUN A service from Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, led by SUN Rev Lindsey Sanderson of Action of Churches Together in SUN Scotland. SUN Preacher: Kevin Franz, lead mental healthcare chaplain in SUN Greater Glasgow. SUN With members of the Edinburgh Choral Union, directed by SUN Michael Bawtree. SUN Organist: Morley Whitehead. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00j9k7c (Listen) SUN Clive James' take on the downfall of Australian judge SUN Marcus Einfeld. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00jc3pz (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 Archers Omnibus b00jc3q1 (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00jc3q3 (Listen) SUN Sebastian Faulks SUN Kirsty Young invites writer Sebastian Faulks to choose SUN eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. SUN SUN 12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00j6bdt (Listen) SUN Series 3, Episode 1 SUN David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are SUN encouraged to tell lies. With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison, SUN Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00jc3sw (Listen) SUN Omega 6 SUN Sheila Dillon finds out how Omega 6 has come to dominate SUN the Western diet and why it matters. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00jc3sy (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 World This Weekend b00jc3t0 (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world. SUN SUN 13:30 Gangs, Guns and Families b00hphbl (Listen) SUN Professor Jon Silverman takes a mother who grew up on the SUN notorious Stonebridge Park estate in north west London, SUN and now studies criminology, back to the estate to see the SUN changes experienced by those who live there and the SUN growing prevalence of knife and gun crime. SUN Suzella Palmer is about to complete a PhD on youth crime SUN at the University of Bedfordshire. She has garnered much SUN of her academic research from the experiences of her SUN 16-year-old son Zane, who has spent time in prison for SUN violent affray and mixes with people who carry knives and SUN would not hesitate to use them. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00j8dk3 (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood SUN answer questions posed by gardeners in Devon. SUN To mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanical SUN Gardens in Kew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs, who SUN trained there, return to what is regarded by some as the SUN most important botanical gardens in the world. SUN Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather SUN forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 Ankle High History b00jc3t2 (Listen) SUN Episode 2 SUN Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological SUN history. SUN In Strathconon, now an empty wilderness, amateur SUN archaeologists have uncovered the remains of dozens of SUN illicit stills. Mark hears stories from a time when SUN mountains and glens were full of whisky smugglers. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00jc440 (Listen) SUN Something Fresh, Episode 1 SUN First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915 SUN comic novel. SUN Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on SUN recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth SUN has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American SUN millionaire. SUN Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd SUN Joan ...... Helen McCrory SUN J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo SUN Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis SUN Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen SUN George Emerson ...... James Frain SUN Baxter ...... Jared Harris SUN Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard SUN Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine SUN Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley SUN The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf SUN Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson SUN Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger SUN Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman SUN All the maids ...... Moira Quirk SUN Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy SUN Directed by Martin Jarvis. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00jc4p6 (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup's guests include thriller writer Tom Rob SUN Smith, who talks about his latest novel The Secret Speech. SUN Plus a walk around Venice with Donna Leon, who explains SUN how the city inspired the adventures of her detective hero SUN Comissario Brunetti. SUN SUN 16:30 Lost Voices b00j5ttf (Listen) SUN Rosemary Tonks: The Poet Who Vanished SUN Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of SUN lesser-known or forgotten poets. SUN Rosemary Tonks published two slim volumes of poetry and a SUN clutch of novels and then, towards the end of the 1970s, SUN disappeared from public life. Brian explores the operatic SUN drama of her work, which was hugely influenced by Rimbaud SUN and Baudelaire, and shares his enthusiasm with other SUN contemporary poets. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00j72bb (Listen) SUN Torturers in the UK SUN Fran Abrams asks if Britain has become a haven for SUN torturers, and investigates the case for new laws and SUN tougher policing to prevent alleged human rights abusers SUN from taking refuge in this country. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00jb1yy (Listen) SUN Richard Holbrooke SUN Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard SUN Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan SUN and Pakistan. SUN He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to SUN the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has SUN spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in SUN equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with SUN leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn SUN region and seeking an exit plan for western troops. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00jc4r8 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00jc4rb (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jc4rd (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4, followed by Weather. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00jc4rg (Listen) SUN Peter Curran introduces his selection of highlights from SUN the past week on BBC radio. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00jbrvt (Listen) SUN It's too little, too late, for Matt. SUN SUN 19:15 Go4it b00jc4tj (Listen) SUN Children's magazine. Barney Harwood is given a SUN behind-the-scenes tour of the Wallace and Gromit A Grand SUN Day Out exhibition at the Science Museum in London. The SUN Museum, in partnership with Aardman Animations, aims to SUN help the inventors of the future. Barney also finds out SUN how inventions can be protected by the Intellectual SUN Property Office. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b008nwjv (Listen) SUN Portraits of East Anglia, Teeny Weeny Little World 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 As a new school term begins, the recently appointed SUN headmaster is making his mark with all sorts of changes - SUN far too many for Mr Crowther's liking. SUN By DJ Taylor, read by Stephen Critchlow. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00j8djz (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00j8f46 (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 b00jb1sf (Listen) SUN Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SUN finance. Including reports on the future of Scotland's SUN largest building society and mounting anger over a new SUN alternative to bankruptcy. Plus a look at the best cash SUN ISA deals as the tax year draws to a close. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00jc3pq (Listen) SUN YoungMinds SUN Tanya Byron appeals on behalf of YoungMinds. SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b00j7xgg (Listen) SUN Obama's Pentagon SUN Newsnight's defence correspondent Mark Urban asks if the SUN Obama presidency will see substantial reform at the SUN Pentagon. SUN During his campaign to become commander-in-chief, Barack SUN Obama pledged to adapt 'US military capabilities for SUN current, not Cold War, needs'. Mark looks at whether the SUN 'small war' strategists, those promoting 'non-kinetic' SUN approaches such as better intelligence gathering and SUN nation building are going to win out over the SUN traditionalists who believe that the defence of America SUN still lies in investing billions of dollars in planes, SUN tanks and ships. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00jc4tl (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00jc4tn (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn SUN Quinn. Including The Prime Ministers. SUN SUN 23:02 The Film Programme b00j8f48 (Listen) SUN Francine Stock talks to Colin Firth about his new film SUN Genova, a ghost story with a twist directed by Michael SUN Winterbottom. Plus Rupert Wyatt, director of The Escapist, SUN discusses the work of Jean-Pierre Melville and its SUN influence on his prison drama. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00jc3pd (Listen) SUN Feast and Famine SUN Writer and broadcaster Irma Kurts reflects on the human SUN obsession with food. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 30 MARCH 2009 MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgk5 (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgjs (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00jbh2c (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbhlm (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00jbkfg (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00jcdb5 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00jbkgc (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00jcdb7 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkj5 (Listen) MON The Old Boys' Network, Episode 1 MON Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae MON during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School MON from 1970 to 1986. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpbc (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. MON Including drama: Daunt and Dervish. MON MON 11:00 Unseen Britain b00jcdb9 (Listen) MON Episode 3 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 forensic scientists and talks to them about MON their work. A 'questioned documents' specialist examines MON Peter's signature and reveals some of its secrets, and MON Peter also learns about some of the methods used to match MON crime scene marks with suspected shoes and tools. MON Plus Peter Dean, a police doctor and television MON consultant, discusses real crime compared to what we see MON on TV programmes. MON MON 11:30 Hazelbeach b00853kb (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON Comedy drama series by Caroline and David Stafford. MON Ronnie organises a trip to the races, and Nick makes a MON startling discovery about the true nature of friendship. MON Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman MON Nick ...... Paul Bazely MON Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles MON James ...... John Dougall MON Harry/Car Park Attendant ...... Simon Treves MON Directed by Marc Beeby. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00jbrgm (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00jbrrc (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00jbrrt (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Counterpoint b00jcgx9 (Listen) MON Series 23, Episode 4 MON Paul Gambaccini chairs the fourth heat of the music quiz MON from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from MON the south of England. The competitors are Andrew Feltham MON from Broadstairs, David Hodder from Camberley and Josie MON Martin from the Isle of White. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00jbrvt (Listen) MON It's too little, too late, for Matt. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00jcgxc (Listen) MON Dewey Eyed MON By Sarah Naomi Lee. Philippa is a librarian from a long MON line of librarians. When her father dies and her mother MON loses her wits, she tries the only language her mother MON understands, that of the Dewey cataloguing system, to MON guide her back to sanity. MON Philippa ...... Olivia Colman MON Vera ...... Sheila Reid MON Sheila ...... Caroline Guthrie MON Alistair ...... Paul Rider MON Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00h3x73 (Listen) MON Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover MON Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover MON the value and significance of old vinyl. MON He uncovers a network of dealers and buyers, supplying a MON community of 'crate diggers' and 'beat miners' and a world MON in which samples from records bought for a few pence in a MON car boot sale can provide the basis for a million-selling MON hit. MON MON 15:45 Into the Gap b00jcdcs (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the MON Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and MON stories as he talks to people in transit. MON A compulsive people-watcher, Lemn buys himself a coffee MON and observes modern Britons collide. Serenaded by the MON howls from arcade games and the quiet chit chat over MON burgers and cappuccino, the poet arrives for a 24-hour MON stint. He catches people in transit, but as they wait, the MON sound of the motorway still ringing in their ears, he MON wonders what fantasies, fears and fun will fuel their MON conversation. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00jc3sw (Listen) MON Omega 6 MON Sheila Dillon finds out how Omega 6 has come to dominate MON the Western diet and why it matters. MON MON 16:30 Click On b00jcgxf (Listen) MON Simon Cox with the latest developments in the world of IT. MON He explores the ways in which technology enhances MON collaboration and asks about the social impact of masses MON mobilised by the internet. MON MON 17:00 PM b00jbs0r (Listen) MON Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie MON Mair. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs23 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4, followed by Weather. MON MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00jcgxh (Listen) MON Series 3, Episode 2 MON David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are MON encouraged to tell lies. With Simon Evans, Tony Hawks, MON Milton Jones and Johnny Vaughan. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00jbrxc (Listen) MON Mike's mouth gets the better of him. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00jbs3y (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who is joined by MON novelists Jeanette Winterton and Andrew O'Hagan to debate MON a new collection of stories inspired by renowned operas. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpgs (Listen) MON Daunt and Dervish, Episode 1 MON Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes, MON set in 1956. MON Preparations for Josephine and Bill's wedding take a back MON seat when Daunt and Dervish get a phone call. MON Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey MON Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel MON Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan MON Katherine De Vere Cole ...... Tina Gray MON Laura Stevens ...... Jill Cardo MON Terry Stevens ...... Paul Rider MON Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale MON Waiter ...... Chris Pavlo MON Newsreader ...... Dan Starkey MON Operator ...... Janice Acquah MON Directed Colin Guthrie. MON MON 20:00 Document b00jcgxk (Listen) MON Leyland Buses, Cuba and the CIA MON Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary MON evidence to throw new light on past events. MON Mike examines allegations that CIA agents sabotaged MON consignments of British Leyland buses bound for Cuba in MON the 1960s. The British government's support of a deal to MON export hundreds of buses to the island, which was in the MON early days of its revolution, incensed the American MON government, which was trying to enforce its economic MON blockade. With anti-Castro rhetoric and communist fears MON mounting within the Kennedy administration, the CIA was MON given special powers to undermine the regime in Cuba. MON Mike examines official papers which point towards concerns MON that the coveted Leyland buses had been sabotaged on Cuban MON soil or en route to Cuba. With 'spymania' in the air, MON these fears were heightened when in October 1964 a ship MON carrying 42 buses to Havana was struck by another ship on MON the Thames and sunk. MON The programme investigates just how far the US was MON prepared to go to sabotage the Cuban economy and asks MON whether the CIA could really have sent the buses to the MON bottom of the Thames. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b00j7txw (Listen) MON Ethiopia - Troubles Downstream MON Peter Greste journeys down the Omo River from Ethiopia's MON central highlands to Northern Kenya where the lives of MON nearly half a million of the world's most remote MON tribespeople are threatened by a massive hydro-electricity MON project. The tribes, already fighting over increasingly MON scarce water and land, have warned that the dam could MON plunge them into an all-out struggle for survival. MON MON 21:00 The Medicalisation of Normality b00jcjc5 (Listen) MON Health journalist John Naish asks if we are turning normal MON human behaviour and normal stages in human development MON into medical conditions. It is estimated that 10 per cent MON of British people take anti-depressants and 10 per cent of MON American children take Ritalin to control their behaviour. MON It seems that a new mental illness is invented every week, MON covering every potential quirk in the human condition, MON such as Restless Leg Syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder, MON Female Sexual Dysfunction and Celebrity Worship Syndrome. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00jcdb7 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00jbs48 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvfv (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbvlt (Listen) MON The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 1 MON Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child MON detective, set in 1950s Wales. MON Gwenni Morgan is 12 and flies in her sleep. One night she MON sees a body floating in a pool and wakes to find that Mr MON Evans has gone missing. MON MON 23:00 Off the Page b00j7ty0 (Listen) MON Dominic Arkwright discusses modern family life and how it MON matches up to the ideal with John O'Farrell, Kathryn Flett MON and Andi Oliver. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc373 (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Susan Hulme. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00jbggd (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkj5 (Listen) TUE The Old Boys' Network, Episode 1 TUE Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae TUE during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School TUE from 1970 to 1986. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbgh7 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgjv (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbghy (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm3 (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2f (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00jbhlr (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00jbkfj (Listen) TUE With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Britishness b00jcjjp (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'. Is TUE it the glue that can hold us all together or just a word TUE that has lost its meaning? TUE TUE 09:30 The Prime Ministers b00jck84 (Listen) TUE David Lloyd George 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 David Lloyd George, who led Britain in the First World War TUE with a presidential approach. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkkg (Listen) TUE The Old Boys' Network, Episode 2 TUE Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae TUE during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School TUE from 1970 to 1986. TUE When he was interviewed for the job, Dr Rae was not sure TUE what stance he took on illegal drugs, but in a famously TUE liberal school in the heart of 1970s London his battle TUE against drug users was to become a constant challenge. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdm (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. TUE Including drama: Daunt and Dervish. TUE TUE 11:00 The Men Who Fell to Earth b00jck86 (Listen) TUE Former paratrooper John McDonald tells the history of TUE military parachuting. TUE He tells his own parachuting story, which ended in 1981 TUE when he and his heavy equipment tumbled to earth. TUE John meets one of the last survivors of the ill-fated TUE Operation Colossus, Britain's first ever airborne assault TUE in February 1941, and a survivor of the last mass airborne TUE paratroop drop over Suez. TUE He also considers the members of the so-called Caterpillar TUE Club, the men and women who have had to abandon their TUE stricken aircraft and make a jump for it. TUE TUE 11:30 Black Screen Britain b00jck88 (Listen) TUE Ambassadors for the Race TUE Burt Caesar's series exploring how British film and TUE television drama portrayed post-war African-Caribbean TUE migrants and created opportunities for pioneering black TUE actors such as Earl Cameron, Cy Grant and Mona Hammond. TUE How the first generation of African-Caribbean immigrants TUE were portrayed in early British television and film dramas. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00jbpyn (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00jbrgp (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00jbrrf (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00jcltr (Listen) TUE Series 7, Milt Jackson TUE Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th TUE century. TUE Milt Jackson, known as 'Bags', was the first vibraphone TUE player to perform in the bebop style of jazz. He was TUE spotted at the age of 22 by Dizzy Gillespie and given a TUE place in his band. His reputation grew from there, and he TUE is perhaps best known for helping to bring jazz to a new TUE concert-going audience during his 20-plus years as a TUE member of the Modern Jazz Quartet. TUE Vibraphone player Anthony Kerr sets Ken straight on TUE Jackson, who he admits to having overlooked as a teenage TUE jazz fan. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00jbrxc (Listen) TUE Mike's mouth gets the better of him. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b008gzlj (Listen) TUE Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, Outsiders TUE Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus TUE through the eyes of those who witnessed it. TUE Jesus' revolutionary teaching is gathering more and more TUE followers. But the more he embraces the outcasts, the more TUE he challenges the authorities. TUE Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill TUE Peter ...... Peter Firth TUE Andrew ...... Paul Copley TUE Judas ...... Paul Hilton TUE Woman ...... Maxine Peake TUE Magdalene ...... Lorraine Ashbourne TUE Joanna ...... Rachel Atkins TUE Simon ...... Peter Marinker TUE Friend of the sick man ...... Ben Crowe TUE Child ...... Poppy Friar TUE Directed by Jonquil Panting. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00jclvs (Listen) TUE Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions TUE about the environment and the natural world. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jclzh (Listen) TUE Opening Lines, Day Tripper TUE Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers. TUE A day trip to the seaside offers the chance of new TUE beginnings for a mother and son. By Susan Elliot-Wright, TUE read by Claire Rushbrook. TUE TUE 15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyfg (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the TUE Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and TUE stories as he talks to people in transit. TUE Lemn discovers exotic tales from Africa, an arranged TUE marriage in operation and a young soldier embarking on his TUE first tour of Afghanistan. TUE TUE 16:00 Law in Action b00jcq5f (Listen) TUE Clive Coleman asks why the government wants radical TUE changes to the law on murder and on inquests in cases TUE where the state is involved. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00jcq5h (Listen) TUE Sue MacGregor talks to Ann Widdecombe and Kate Humble TUE about their favourite books. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00jbryw (Listen) TUE Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie TUE Mair. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs0t (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4, followed by Weather. TUE TUE 18:30 Cabin Pressure b00ctl6w (Listen) TUE Fitton 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 The crew are grounded, so Arthur shows the crew why apples TUE are the secret of happiness and Martin shows Carolyn how TUE to be an air hostess. 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 Goddard ...... Adam G Goodwin TUE Helena Richardson ...... Melisande Cook. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00jbrx3 (Listen) TUE Tom and Brenda have a parting of the ways. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00jbs25 (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on a new TUE exhibition which charts the links between mental illness, TUE art and architecture in Vienna at the start of the 20th TUE century. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpv0 (Listen) TUE Daunt and Dervish, Episode 2 TUE Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes, TUE set in 1956. TUE Daunt and Dervish might find it harder than they expected TUE to have another word with Terry Stevens. TUE Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey TUE Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel TUE Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan TUE Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo TUE Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale TUE Inspector Alderney ...... Jonathan Tafler TUE Ogilvy ...... Dan Starkey TUE Beryl ...... Janice Acquah TUE Teddy Boy ...... Inam Mirza TUE Directed by Colin Guthrie. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00jcrqx (Listen) TUE Shari Vahl investigates the extent to which inadequate TUE safeguards to property rights in Britain might be TUE contributing to the theft of millions of pounds, as TUE criminals 'steal' houses from under the noses of TUE homeowners by exploiting the way Land Registry information TUE is made available TUE File on 4 hears from victims living in mortgage-free homes TUE who have been targeted by criminal gangs. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00jcrqz (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Wasting Away in the Outback b00jcrr1 (Listen) TUE Nick Bryant travels into the Australian outback to explore TUE the ethics of a deal which promises 12 million dollars to TUE an isolated indigenous community in exchange for them TUE taking on the government's nuclear waste. TUE TUE 21:30 Britishness b00jcjjp (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'. Is TUE it the glue that can hold us all together or just a word TUE that has lost its meaning? TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00jbs40 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvfx (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Ritula TUE Shah. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhd (Listen) TUE The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 2 TUE Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child TUE detective, set in 1950s Wales. TUE Gwenni starts her investigation of Mr Evans' disappearance TUE by going round the village with a poster. TUE TUE 23:00 Arturart b00jcrr3 (Listen) TUE The High Summer of the Arturart Renaissance TUE Arthur Smith presents a series of three comedy lectures on TUE different aspects of Art. TUE Arthur deconstructs the Renaissance and asks if it is time TUE for a 'Re-Renaissance'. The artist of the week is TUE Caravaggio, who was not a very nice man. With TUE contributions from Miriam Elia, Phil Nice, Leslie Primo TUE and Jessica Hynes. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc36x (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with David Wilby. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00jbggg (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkkg (Listen) WED The Old Boys' Network, Episode 2 WED Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae WED during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School WED from 1970 to 1986. WED When he was interviewed for the job, Dr Rae was not sure WED what stance he took on illegal drugs, but in a famously WED liberal school in the heart of 1970s London his battle WED against drug users was to become a constant challenge. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbgh9 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgjx (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgj0 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm5 (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2h (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00jbhlw (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. WED WED 06:00 Today b00jbkfl (Listen) WED With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports WED Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the WED Day. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00jd5pt (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkkj (Listen) WED The Old Boys' Network, Episode 3 WED Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae WED during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School WED from 1970 to 1986. WED Harold Wilson wins the 1974 general election, but, as Dr WED Rae becomes increasingly involved in the national debate WED on education, it is inflation rather than politics that WED presents the sternest challenge. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdp (Listen) WED With Jane Garvey. WED Including drama: Daunt and Dervish. WED WED 11:00 Revealing the Mind Bender General b00jd5pw (Listen) WED James Maw on the controversial psychiatrist Dr William WED Sargant, who tested drugs on his patients with, some say, WED catastrophic results. WED In the 1960s and 1970s he developed his controversial Deep WED Sleep Treatment in the Sleep Room of St Thomas's Hospital WED in London. James talks to some of those who worked under WED Sargant in the late-1960s and to some of his former WED patients, who all say that they are still suffering from WED his treatment to this day. WED WED 11:30 Safety Catch b00jd60v (Listen) WED Series 2, Brothers in Arms WED Sitcom by Laurence Howarth about a man who has reluctantly WED drifted into the arms dealing trade. WED Simon uses his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme WED lengths to prove to his colleagues and family just how bad WED he feels about doing the job he does. WED Simon McGrath ...... Darren Boyd WED Anna Grieg ...... Joanna Page WED Boris Kemal ...... Lewis Macleod WED Judith McGrath ...... Sarah Smart WED Angela McGrath ...... Brigit Forsyth WED Madeleine Turnbull ...... Rachel Atkins WED Peter ...... Gus Brown WED Paramedic ...... Philip Fox. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00jbpyq (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00jbrgr (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00jbrrh (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00jd64p (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00jbrx3 (Listen) WED Tom and Brenda have a parting of the ways. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00jd6r7 (Listen) WED A Question of Royalty WED Comedy by Andrew Lynch, inspired by real events. Two WED bungling self-employed plasterers, ignorant of the WED constitutional crisis their actions could precipitate, WED steal The Queen's wedding certificate while working on the WED refurbishment of the Public Records Office. WED Bernie ...... Johnny Vegas WED Danny ...... Ricky Tomlinson WED Sarah ...... Catherine McCormack WED Jan ...... Nicola Stephenson WED Tim ...... Tim Bentinck WED Farnworth ...... Rupert Degas. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00jd6r9 (Listen) WED Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on employment WED rights. He is joined by Clive Howard, employment partner WED at Russell Jones Walker, Sian Keall, employment partner at WED Travers Smith and Sarah Veale, head of equality and WED employment rights at the TUC. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jcmv3 (Listen) WED Opening Lines, The World WED Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers. WED A man wakes up one day to discover that he can see and WED hear everything that is happening in the world. Will he WED find a way of managing his new condition? By Frank Burton, WED read by Karl Davies. WED WED 15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyjt (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the WED Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and WED stories as he talks to people in transit. WED Lemn encounters a Coronation Street actor going to a WED party, students going to Amsterdam and a Michael Jackson WED fan on the way to meet her idol. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00jd6rc (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how WED society works. WED WED 16:30 The Medicalisation of Normality b00jcjc5 (Listen) WED Health journalist John Naish asks if we are turning normal WED human behaviour and normal stages in human development WED into medical conditions. It is estimated that 10 per cent WED of British people take anti-depressants and 10 per cent of WED American children take Ritalin to control their behaviour. WED It seems that a new mental illness is invented every week, WED covering every potential quirk in the human condition, WED such as Restless Leg Syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder, WED Female Sexual Dysfunction and Celebrity Worship Syndrome. WED WED 17:00 PM b00jbryy (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie WED Mair. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs0w (Listen) WED WED 18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00jd6rf (Listen) WED Episode 3 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 Lewes, East Sussex, celebrating WED fires, pub fights and stroppiness. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00jbrx5 (Listen) WED It's April Fool's Day and the joke is on Kenton. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00jbs28 (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including an WED interview with the singer and songwriter PJ Harvey. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpvd (Listen) WED Daunt and Dervish, Episode 3 WED Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes, WED set in 1956. WED A trip to the Astoria dancehall turns out to be a little WED more exciting than the ladies had planned. WED Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey WED Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel WED Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan WED Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo WED Laura Stevens ...... Jill Cardo WED Terry Stevens ...... Paul Rider WED Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale WED Harry Shears ...... Dan Starkey WED Brigadier Burkenshaw ...... Malcolm Tierney WED Teddy boys ...... Inam Mirza and Jonathan Tafler WED Directed by Colin Guthrie. WED WED 20:00 Decision Time b00jd6xv (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 b00jd6xx (Listen) WED A Godless Society? WED Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God WED from their own perspective. WED Frank Field MP reflects on a society that chooses to root WED its moral behaviour apart from God. WED WED 21:00 Debating Animals b00jd9kd (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Rod Liddle examines our differing responses to related WED animal species and tries to establish what those responses WED tell us not merely about the animals but about ourselves. WED Rod considers the otter and the mink - the one a playful, WED affectionate emblem of British environmental awareness, WED the other invariably depicted as a voracious invader. WED Sir David Attenborough and ecologist Johnny Birks help Rod WED to separate fact from fiction and understand why one WED member of the Mustelid family should have us cooing and WED handing over money to environmental causes while the other WED can expect loathing at best and more often than not calls WED for a mass cull. WED He also hears from people involved in the Hebridean mink WED cull, who are acting to save indigenous bird species in WED the Western Isles. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00jd5pt (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00jbs42 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvfz (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhl (Listen) WED The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 3 WED Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child WED detective, set in 1950s Wales. WED Gwenni is interviewed by the detectives investigating Mr WED Evans' death and an arrest is made. WED WED 23:00 My Teenage Diary b00jd9x5 (Listen) WED Richard Herring WED Rufus Hound invites comedians to revisit their formative WED years by dusting off their teenage diaries and reading WED them out in public for the very first time. Will they WED experience the warm glow of nostalgia or the hot flush of WED embarrassment? WED With Richard Herring. WED WED 23:15 Bespoken Word b00chy8h (Listen) WED Series 4, Episode 1 WED Performance poetry series, recorded in London's Troubadour WED Coffee House. Featuring Polar Bear, Felix Dennis and WED Scroobius Pip. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc36z (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with Sean Curran. WED WED THU THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00jbggj (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkkj (Listen) THU The Old Boys' Network, Episode 3 THU Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae THU during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School THU from 1970 to 1986. THU Harold Wilson wins the 1974 general election, but, as Dr THU Rae becomes increasingly involved in the national debate THU on education, it is inflation rather than politics that THU presents the sternest challenge. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbghc (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgjz (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgj2 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm7 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2k (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00jbhly (Listen) THU THU 06:00 Today b00jbkfn (Listen) THU With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports THU Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the THU Day. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00jdb6c (Listen) THU Baconian Science THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Patricia Fara and THU Stephen Pumfrey discuss Francis Bacon, the Elizabethan THU lawyer, politician and father of the Baconian scientific THU method. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkxz (Listen) THU The Old Boys' Network, Episode 4 THU Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae THU during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School THU from 1970 to 1986. THU During a typical day, Dr Rae was called on to deal with THU everyone from the scholar who steals books to the Prime THU Minister. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdr (Listen) THU With Jane Garvey. THU Including drama: Daunt and Dervish. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00jdb6f (Listen) THU The Kingdom of Kids THU Bill Law reports from Swaziland, a country laid waste by THU poverty and AIDS. Impoverished children, with the help of THU surviving adults and local NGOs, are learning how to read THU and write in informal schools. In a country with a falling THU population and an economy in freefall, the children of THU Swaziland, against all the odds, are battling for their THU future and taking control of their own fates. THU THU 11:30 With Great Pleasure b00jdflg (Listen) THU Sir Alan Ayckbourn THU Playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn asserts the importance of THU humour and laughter in his choice of literary extracts. THU The readers are Amanda Root and Jon Strickland. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00jbpys (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00jbrgt (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00jbrrk (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b0076wrz (Listen) THU Dominic Arkwright presents the series featuring new THU writing and stimulating discussion. Guy Browning, Amanda THU Mitchison and Wilfred Emmanuel Jones take on the THU brown-nosers and lickspittles of the corporate world. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00jbrx5 (Listen) THU It's April Fool's Day and the joke is on Kenton. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00jdms7 (Listen) THU Aromatherapy THU By Ed Harris. Robert returns from holiday in Thailand in THU crippling pain from an illness with a very unusual cure. THU Robert ...... Martin Freeman THU Oliver ...... Nigel Anthony THU Doctor Magisterne ...... Pip Torrens THU Lily ...... Clare Corbett THU Sophie ...... Polly Lister THU Directed by Chris Wallis. THU THU 15:02 Open Country b00j9lpl (Listen) THU Countryside magazine. Matt Baker investigates how the THU parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being THU transformed for the 2012 Olympics into the largest urban THU park created in Europe for more than 150 years. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00jc3pq (Listen) THU YoungMinds THU Tanya Byron appeals on behalf of YoungMinds. THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jcmvc (Listen) THU Opening Lines, Atlantic Flats THU Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers. THU An elderly man sits alone in his flat by the sea, THU wondering if he can ever recapture the relationship he had THU with his daughter when she was a child. By Richard Knight, THU read by Malcolm Tierney. THU THU 15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyk6 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the THU Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and THU stories as he talks to people in transit. THU Lemn meets a Portuguese family who all work at the THU services, a lorry driver whose coy carp just died and an THU elderly couple who sleep in a lorry on the forecourt. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00jc4p6 (Listen) THU Mariella Frostrup's guests include thriller writer Tom Rob THU Smith, who talks about his latest novel The Secret Speech. THU Plus a walk around Venice with Donna Leon, who explains THU how the city inspired the adventures of her detective hero THU Comissario Brunetti. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00jdms9 (Listen) THU Pen Haddow speaks to Quentin Cooper from the Arctic ice THU cap, where Haddow and his team are currently measuring THU this year's ice melt - up close and personal. THU THU 17:00 PM b00jbrz0 (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie THU Mair. Plus Weather. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs0y (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4, followed by Weather. THU THU 18:30 4 Stands Up b00jdmtx (Listen) THU Series 3, Episode 1 THU Chris Addison hosts the stand-up comedy show featuring THU some of the top names on the circuit. Featuring Stephen THU Carlin, Adams and Rea and Jon Richardson. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00jbrx7 (Listen) THU Matt learns who his friends are. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00jbs2b (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpvn (Listen) THU Daunt and Dervish, Episode 4 THU Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes, THU set in 1956. THU Both the De Vere Cole garden party and the garage at the THU King's Cross railway arches bring surprises. THU Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey THU Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel THU Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan THU Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo THU Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale THU Inspector Alderney ...... Jonathan Tafler THU Ogilvy ...... Dan Starkey THU Beryl ...... Janice Acquah THU Teddy Boy ...... Inam Mirza THU Directed by Colin Guthrie. THU THU 20:00 The Report b00jdnsl (Listen) THU Simon Cox presents the current affairs series combining THU original insights into major news stories with topical THU investigations. He asks what it really means when a Briton THU commits suicide in Switzerland and probes the myths and THU reality of the Dignitas organisation. Simon reveals how THU Swiss right-to-die organisations have extended their THU services to yet more controversial areas: helping the THU mentally ill, or those in pain or depressed, to die. He THU examines the process in detail and asks what safeguards THU exist. THU THU 20:30 In Business b00jdnsn (Listen) THU Europe on the Edge THU Peter Day reports from Spain, Hungary, Ireland and Iceland THU on the heavy strains being felt by those countries on the THU fringes of Europe which boomed when they were new recruits THU to the EU. In the current economic crisis, however, they THU are now under heavy pressure, along with the Eurozone and THU the whole European Union. THU THU 21:00 Oceans: What Lies Beneath b00jdnsq (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the THU oceans that make up nearly 80 per cent of our planet. THU Gabrielle examines the intimate relationship between the THU oceans and our climate. She finds out how the ocean THU currents influence the temperature of the planet and the THU important role oceans may play in protecting us from the THU damaging effects of global warming. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00jdb6c (Listen) THU Baconian Science THU Melvyn Bragg and guests including Patricia Fara and THU Stephen Pumfrey discuss Francis Bacon, the Elizabethan THU lawyer, politician and father of the Baconian scientific THU method. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00jbs44 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvg1 (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhq (Listen) THU The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 4 THU Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child THU detective, set in 1950s Wales. THU The case is closed and Gwenni must put an end to her THU detective work, but not before a family secret comes to THU light. THU THU 23:00 The Personality Test b007sq67 (Listen) THU Series 3, Andrew Neil THU Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host, with THU broadcaster and former Sunday Times Editor Andrew Neil THU taking the chair in this edition. Facing Andrew's quirky THU quiz are comedians Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin THU Ince and Will Smith. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc371 (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Robert Orchard. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 3 APRIL 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00jbggl (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkxz (Listen) FRI The Old Boys' Network, Episode 4 FRI Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae FRI during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School FRI from 1970 to 1986. FRI During a typical day, Dr Rae was called on to deal with FRI everyone from the scholar who steals books to the Prime FRI Minister. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbghf (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgk1 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgj4 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm9 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2m (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00jbhm2 (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00jbkfq (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the FRI Day. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00jc3q3 (Listen) FRI Sebastian Faulks FRI Kirsty Young invites writer Sebastian Faulks to choose FRI eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00jbky1 (Listen) FRI The Old Boys' Network, Episode 5 FRI Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae FRI during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School FRI from 1970 to 1986. FRI Dr Rae wonders whether he is as well qualified for the job FRI as a colleague who is reputed to have killed a man with FRI his bare hands when he was a member of the Special FRI Operations Executive in the Second World War. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdt (Listen) FRI With Sheila McClennon. FRI Including drama: Daunt and Dervish. FRI FRI 11:00 The Darwinian Sistine Chapel b00jf3hj (Listen) FRI Following artist Tanya Kovats, who, having been FRI commissioned to create a work of art to decorate the FRI ceiling of the Natural History Museum, sets out to look FRI for a tree to realise her artistic vision. FRI FRI 11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00jf3hl (Listen) FRI Series 3, Fife Circle FRI Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter. FRI Two elderly brothers meet at Waverley station and set out FRI on a journey of discovery involving lost mothers, fathers, FRI brothers and sisters, and learn just whom they really FRI belong to. By Michael Chaplin. FRI Sir Hugh Dundas/Alex Kelly ...... Stanley Baxter FRI Directed by Marilyn Imrie. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00jbpyv (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00jbrgw (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00jbrrm (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00jf3hn (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00jbrx7 (Listen) FRI Matt learns who his friends are. FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b007vhjg (Listen) FRI Tony's Little Sister and the Paradox of Monasticism FRI David and Caroline Stafford's play tells the story of St FRI Anthony - hermit, ascetic and founder of Christian FRI monasticism - from the point of view of his angry little FRI sister Dious. FRI Anthony ...... Duncan Preston FRI Dious ...... Samantha Spiro FRI Satan ...... Tim McMullan FRI Hilarion ...... Ben Crowe FRI Sheba ...... Rachel Bavidge. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00jf47q (Listen) FRI Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness answer FRI questions posed by gardeners on the Nottinghamshire and FRI Derbyshire border. FRI Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs return to the Royal FRI Botanical Gardens at Kew in its 250th year, with a visit FRI to the Temperate House. FRI Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather FRI forecast. FRI FRI 15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyl9 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the FRI Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and FRI stories as he talks to people in transit. FRI Lemn meets two businessmen with thermal imaging cameras FRI and an engineer who is a closet campanologist. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00jf47s (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 b00jf47v (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to writer and director Richard FRI Curtis. He is returning to the director's chair for the FRI first time since Love Actually for his latest offering, FRI The Boat That Rocked, a comedy about pirate radio in the FRI 1960s. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00jbrz2 (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie FRI Mair. Plus Weather. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs10 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4, followed by Weather. FRI FRI 18:30 The Now Show b00jf47y (Listen) FRI Series 26, Episode 5 FRI Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt, FRI Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura FRI Shavin, Jon Holmes and Alun Cochrane. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00jbrx9 (Listen) FRI Helen gets a blast from the past. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00jbs2d (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an FRI interview with writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, best known FRI for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpw1 (Listen) FRI Daunt and Dervish, Episode 5 FRI Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes, FRI set in 1956. FRI Mrs Mackie chooses a rather awkward time to pay a visit. FRI Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey FRI Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel FRI Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan FRI Mrs Mackie ...... Tina Gray FRI Laura Stevens ...... Jill Cardo FRI Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale FRI Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo FRI Brigadier Burkenshaw ...... Malcolm Tierney FRI Soldier ...... Dan Starkey FRI Directed by Colin Guthrie. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00jf480 (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Stafford. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00jf483 (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00771sz (Listen) FRI The Monkey's Mask FRI Detective tale set in Sydney, adapted from the FRI best-selling verse novel by Australian poet Dorothy Porter. FRI When street-smart private investigator Jill Fitzpatrick is FRI hired to work on the case of a missing University student, FRI she falls for the girl's poetry tutor, the intellectual Dr FRI Diana Maitland. Soon the smell of death around the case is FRI getting all mixed up with the sick intoxication of love. FRI Jill Fitzpatrick ...... Federay Holmes FRI Dr Diana Maitland ...... Kerry Fox FRI Lou ...... Linda Marlowe FRI Steve ...... Sam Dale FRI Bill McDonald ...... Danny Webb FRI Tony Knight ...... Richard Dillane FRI Mickey Norris ...... Rachel Morris FRI Mrs Norris ...... Carolyn Pickles FRI Nick Maitland ...... Matt Dyktynski FRI Directed by Jonquil Panting. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00jbs46 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvg3 (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Robin FRI Lustig. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhs (Listen) FRI The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 5 FRI Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child FRI detective, set in 1950s Wales. FRI Standing on the cusp of adolescence, Gwenni finds out the FRI truth about her grandmother. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00jcq5h (Listen) FRI Sue MacGregor talks to Ann Widdecombe and Kate Humble FRI about their favourite books. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc37h (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI

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