27 November, 2009

Radio 4 Listings for 28/11/2009 - 04/12/2009

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SAT SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2009 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00nz94w (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00p298v (Listen) SAT Family Britain, A Pretty Mess SAT Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and SAT intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the SAT letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary SAT people. SAT An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked SAT by the Suez crisis. SAT Abridged by Jane Greenwood. SAT A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00nz9dg (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Shipping Forecast b00nz9dj (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 SAT resumes at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00nz9dl (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00nz9dn (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00nz9dq (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. SAT SAT 05:45 Running Away b00f37gc (Listen) SAT Shami Chakrabarti SAT Tim Samuels joins five famous guests as they put the SAT demands of their hectic daily lives on hold and escape for SAT a few hours. SAT Shami Chakrabarti, director of the pressure group Liberty, SAT prises herself away from the confines of her small, SAT windowless office and her email and heads for the British SAT Film Institute on London's Southbank, only to take a seat SAT in a darkened room of a very different kind and indulge in SAT her favourite form of escape - going to the pictures. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00nz9ds (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00nzb8k (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00p7g7y (Listen) SAT The New Face of the Clyde SAT The people of Cumbria are embarking on the massive SAT clean-up operation after record rainfall and devastating SAT floods over the past days. But flooding has become an all SAT too familiar experience across the UK. SAT In this week's Open Country Matt Baker heads to Glasgow to SAT explore the River Clyde. The waters of its White Cart SAT tributary can rise by 20 feet in less than 12 hours. It's SAT flooded significantly 20 times in the last century and SAT Matt meets residents who have given up barricading the SAT doors and accept living upstairs until floodwaters recede. SAT But a massive engineering project is now underway to SAT reduce the likelihood of flooding. Matt finds out where SAT the water will go and just how the surrounding wildlife SAT will be affected. SAT Matt also explores the changing face of the Clyde. SAT Traditionally it's been seen as an exit point from SAT Glasgow. The massive shipbuilding industry and the docks SAT meant both the ships and their goods left from the city. SAT For Glasweigians too they headed to the river only to go SAT on their holidays 'doon the watter' to the seaside. But SAT now the image of the river is changing. Shipbuilding has SAT declined so industry's dominance of the waterside has SAT waned. 1.5 billion pounds has been invested to regenerate SAT the Clyde and residents and visitors are being encouraged SAT to rediscover it as a destination in itself. Matt Baker SAT jumps aboard one of the new riverboat tours to see the SAT city from a new perspective and see h SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00nzypb (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT For shoppers who want to buy British food, the choice is SAT not always straightforward. Items can be labelled British SAT even if they've only had slight processing or packaging SAT here but use foreign ingredients. SAT Charlotte Smith speaks to food producers who argue that SAT many labels are misleading and that they are being SAT disadvantaged as customers who think they're supporting SAT British farmers aren't. She speaks to retailers and the SAT government to find out what efforts are being made but why SAT we still don't have a mandatory no-nonsense labelling SAT system for 'country of origin'. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00nzypd (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00nzypg (Listen) SAT With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; SAT Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00p016d (Listen) SAT Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues SAT that matter to them. Fi Glover talks to author Justin SAT Cartwright. With poetry from Luke Wright. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00p016g (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig talks to Christopher Somerville about the SAT business of bringing the countryside alive through SAT recounting his journeys through Britain. They discuss some SAT of the walks and rides through iconic landscapes that SAT encapsulate some essential aspect of this country, from SAT Shetland to Canvey Island. SAT King Harold's army's 12-day march south in October 1066 SAT after the victory against the Norwegians at Stamford SAT Bridge to meet William the soon-to-be-Conqueror at SAT Hastings was perhaps the most significant walk in English SAT history. Huon Mallalieu and Chas Jones have both recreated SAT aspects of this journey and Sandi finds out what it was SAT like to make such a march and how much it influenced SAT events. SAT SAT 10:30 In Search of Beauty b00p016j (Listen) SAT Erin O'Connor - haute couture supermodel and a driving SAT force behind change in the fashion industry - explores the SAT nature of beauty. SAT With the help of renowned facial reconstructive surgeon SAT Professor Iain Hutchison, who has treated people with SAT severe facial disfigurement, and Professor of Children's SAT Literature Kim Reynolds, who has studied the way beauty is SAT regarded in traditional stories, Erin explores various SAT opinions and experiences of beauty. SAT She also goes behind the scenes at London Fashion Week, to SAT an event called All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, which used a SAT wide range of models - both in size and age - as a way to SAT broaden the range of catwalk models used at such SAT influential events. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00p016l (Listen) SAT A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve SAT Richards. SAT A recent shift in opinion poll ratings has raised visions SAT of a hung parliament. The last one in Westminster was in SAT the late seventies, the so-called Lib Lab pact. Jim SAT Callaghan was Prime Minister, Roy Hattersley - now Lord SAT Hattersley - was in his cabinet, and David Steel - now SAT Lord Steel - was the Liberal leader. How do they think it SAT worked? SAT Also in the programme: SAT David Cowling, the BBC's head of political research, on SAT the accuracy of political polls: SAT Economists Larry Elliott (The Guardian) and Liam Halligan SAT (Prosperity Capital) examine the political options for SAT handling the economic deficit: SAT Plus will the inquiry into the Iraq war, now underway, SAT reveal any more than we know already? George Mudie a SAT Labour MP who regrets his support for the war, and Bernard SAT Jenkin a shadow defence spokesman at the time, discuss SAT their expectations of the Chilcot inquiry. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00p016n (Listen) SAT Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the SAT stories behind the headlines. SAT It's 25 years since a cloud of poison gas escaped from a SAT factory in the Indian city of Bhopal. Thousands were SAT killed and many more have suffered serious illness since. SAT Allan Little has just been there to meet some of those who SAT were caught up in the disaster, and continue to campaign SAT for justice. He tells us that the direction of the wind on SAT that December night was one of the factors which SAT determined whether you lived or died. SAT The continued building of Israeli settlements has become SAT one of the most contentious issues in Middle East SAT politics. In the week that the Israelis offered a freeze SAT on some settlement construction, Alan Johnston has been to SAT the West Bank to see some of the areas in question and to SAT discuss the issue with both Israeli settlers and SAT Palestinians. SAT It started with a pair of football matches but before long SAT it developed into a full-scale diplomatic row between SAT Egypt and Algeria. There have been angry rioters on the SAT streets of Cairo, diplomats being called in for urgent SAT consultations and enraged media on all sides offering SAT often inflammatory comment. Christian Fraser has been SAT following developments and asks if Egypt's failure to SAT qualify for the World Cup has exposed deeper frustrations SAT inside the country. SAT Is Josef Stalin enjoying something of a comeback? John SAT Sweeney is in Russia discovering that a frieze lauding SAT Stalin's achievements has reappeared on the wall of a SAT Moscow tube station after an absence of half a century. SAT Also, Russian schoolchildren are being offered a new SAT history of their country complete with a reassessment of SAT Stalin's legacy, which some believe glosses over the SAT atrocities of his era. SAT Christine Finn travels by rail between Singapore and SAT Bangkok - and not for her the luxury tourist service which SAT whisks the well-to-do across South East Asia in air SAT conditioned comfort. She takes the lesser-known eastern SAT route as a landscape of colonial history, rubber SAT plantations and forest clearance unfolds outside. SAT Throughout the journey she is offered a wide range of SAT delicacies to eat and drink, but will she tackle the SAT notorious durian fruit-flavoured popcorn? SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00p016q (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT Overdraft charges: campaigners aren't giving up - are you? SAT We reveal the next step. SAT Fed up with budget airline booking fees? We find out how SAT to avoid them. SAT Why you should act now to avoid January's VAT increase. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00nz940 (Listen) SAT Series 29, Episode 1 SAT Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of SAT the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, SAT Jon Holmes and Shazia Mirza. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00p016s (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00p016v (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00nz942 (Listen) SAT Eddie Mair chairs the debate from Tidworth, Wiltshire, SAT with questions from the audience for the panel including: SAT Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Europe; David Willetts MP, SAT Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and SAT Skills; Timothy Garton-Ash, Professor of European Studies SAT at the University of Oxford; and Anne McElvoy, executive SAT editor of the London Evening Standard. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00p016x (Listen) SAT Eddie Mair takes listeners' calls and emails in response SAT to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00p1k88 (Listen) SAT A Family Affair SAT On 22nd November 1990, following dissention in the SAT Conservative ranks and an equivocal leadership ballot, SAT Margaret Thatcher made the dramatic decision to offer her SAT resignation as prime minister. Michael Dobbs' play follows SAT Thatcher's last traumatic days in power, seen from the SAT perspective of her husband, Denis, and her family. SAT Margaret Thatcher ...... Clare Higgins SAT Denis Thatcher ...... Stephen Moore SAT Carol Thatcher ...... Monica Dolan SAT Mark Thatcher ...... William McGeogh SAT Bill ...... Benjamin Whitrow SAT Sir Geoffrey Howe ...... John McEnery SAT Anthony ...... Kevin Doyle SAT Minister ...... Sean Campion SAT Christine ...... Sara Stewart SAT Directed by Roland Jaquerello SAT A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 15:30 Nightingale of the Nile b00ny9y6 (Listen) SAT Singer-songwriter, record producer and world music expert SAT Justin Adams travels to Cairo, where he grew up, to tell SAT the story of the woman whose voice dominated the culture SAT and politics of the Middle East in the 20th century, Umm SAT Kulthum. SAT Once described as a combination of 'Ella Fitzgerald, SAT Eleanor Roosevelt and Elvis Presley', her radio broadcasts SAT often brought the entire Arabic world to a standstill. Her SAT incredible voice and skilful handling of the media quickly SAT made her the most prominent celebrity in the Arab world at SAT the time, and her close friendship with both the royal SAT circle of King Farouk I before the revolution, and SAT President Nasser in its wake, gave her unprecedented SAT political influence. SAT Justin Adams is Robert Plant's songwriting partner, record SAT producer for the Tuareg desert blues band Tinariwen, among SAT others, and an ex-collaborator with Jah Wobble. As the son SAT of a British diplomat, Justin grew up in Cairo during SAT Kulthum's golden age. Now he travels back, talking to SAT those that knew her to discover more about this icon of SAT the Arabic world. SAT A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00p0171 (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with SAT Jane Garvey. SAT Including domestic violence and the government's strategy SAT to protect women; novelist Zadie Smith on the pleasures of SAT essay writing; bras and getting the best fit; Fame actor SAT turned director Debbie Allen on her latest stage venture; SAT why prisons still hold too many women; and chores - do SAT children get off too lightly? SAT SAT 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p03h9 (Listen) SAT 28th November 1989 SAT Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 SAT years ago. SAT The Czech PM Ladislav Adamec heralds a historic moment as SAT he formally announces the end of the Communist Party's SAT monopoly on power. SAT A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00p03hc (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn SAT Quinn, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00p03hf (Listen) SAT The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring SAT online conversation and debate. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00p03hh (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00p03hk (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p03hm (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00p03hp (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson is joined by comedian Dara O'Briain, SAT actress Ruth Wilson and theatre director Adrian Noble. SAT Stephen K Amos talks to the historian Benjamin Woolley and SAT finds out why games, from board games to the joystick SAT generation, are so popular. SAT Comedy comes with a scientific bent from Robin Ince. SAT With music from Brett Anderson and Beth Jeans Houghton. SAT SAT 19:00 From Fact to Fiction b00p03hr (Listen) SAT Series 7, The Herald in the Sky SAT Series in which writers create a fictional response to the SAT week's news. SAT Glyn Maxwell's story is set in a hospital room where two SAT nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20 SAT years. SAT With Claire Rushbrook, Nigel Hastings and Lydia Wilson. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00p03ht (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00p03hw (Listen) SAT Lord Clark - Seeing Through The Tweed SAT Kenneth Clark is remembered as a tweedy patrician who SAT lectured on the arts from a position of immense privilege. SAT But Richard Weight argues that Clark was in fact a toff SAT with a democratic mission, and that the BBC's SAT Civilisation, first broadcast in 1969, was the culmination SAT of a career that reveals much about 20th-century Britain. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00nx8k4 (Listen) SAT Fair Stood The Wind For France, Episode 2 SAT Dramatisation by Maddy Fredericks of HE Bates' classic SAT tale of danger, suspense and romance in Second World War SAT France. SAT John Franklin, a wounded British airman, is finally fit SAT and planning his escape from France. He could go the fast SAT way - or the slow way. SAT Franklin ...... Rory Kinnear SAT Francoise ...... Louise Brealey SAT Grandmother ...... Ellie Haddington SAT Father ...... Bruce Alexander SAT Boat Man ...... Kenneth Collard SAT O'Connor ...... Tom Goodman-Hill SAT With John Biggins, Kate Layden, Rhys Jennings and Piers SAT Wehner. SAT Directed by Jonquil Panting. SAT SAT 22:00 Weather b00p03vp (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SAT 4, followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b00nywwg (Listen) SAT As Belle de Jour, her blog titillated and fascinated the SAT press in equal measure; now Belle de Jour has outed SAT herself and the reality hasn't disappointed the SAT commentators. Research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti, 33, SAT revealed she was the person behind the blog; she had SAT turned to prostitution while an impoverished student. SAT The tale of Belle de Jour seems to encapsulate our moral SAT ambiguity to prostitution. As a tall, blonde, attractive, SAT intelligent, middle-class woman she commands flattering SAT profiles; only when Dr Magnanti claimed that she enjoyed SAT her work did she draw any kind of criticism. Is this SAT another example of the myth of the 'happy hooker' that SAT allows us on the one hand to get a vicarious thrill from a SAT glamorous world where sex is on tap, but on the other to SAT look down on a disease-ridden underclass that sell their SAT bodies to fund a drug habit. Should we use the law to draw SAT a clearer moral line between those who use prostitutes and SAT those who are victims of the trade? SAT Witnesses: SAT Beverley Carter SAT Founder of charity Bridging the Gap and former prostitute. SAT Dawn Annandale SAT Editor Lifetimes Magazine and former call girl, author of SAT Call Me Elizabeth: Wife, Mother, Escort and Call Me Madam: SAT From Mother To Madam. SAT Dr Belinda Brooks Gordon SAT Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, whose main SAT research interests address psychological, legal, and SAT social policy questions on sexuality, gender and the law. SAT Anna van Heeswijk SAT Campaigns coordinator Object, an organisation which SAT challenges 'sex object culture'. SAT SAT 23:00 Brain of Britain b00ny7k6 (Listen) SAT Russell Davies chairs the seventh heat of the perennial SAT general knowledge contest. SAT SAT 23:30 Adventures in Poetry b00nx8k8 (Listen) SAT Series 10, Mending Wall SAT Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting SAT appeal of some well-loved poems. SAT Robert Frost's Mending Wall gave us the epigram 'good SAT fences make good neighbours'. They don't, of course, but SAT we still need our walls and hedges. Peggy meets sheep SAT farmers, wall artists and poetry enthusiasts as she SAT explores the stories behind the poem. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2009 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00p047r (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Original Shorts b008pvmy (Listen) SUN Series 3, Love among the Lobelias SUN New short stories by well-known authors. SUN Robert Shearman's persuasive fantasy portrays Old Nick, SUN the devil, in the guise of a romantic novelist. SUN Read by Mark Gatiss. SUN A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p047t (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p047w (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p047y (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00p0480 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00p0482 (Listen) SUN The sound of bells from St Mary Redcliffe Church in SUN Bristol. SUN SUN 05:45 The Cases That Changed Our World b00nywwj (Listen) SUN Episode 4 SUN Clive Coleman tells the stories of cases that shaped our SUN lives but which are little known outside the legal world. SUN Clive revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The SUN Case of the Paisley Snail. Finding a snail (or was it a SUN slug?) in a bottle of ginger beer may seem a minor upset, SUN but the resulting case in 1932 produced the first SUN comprehensive definition of neglect in tort law and SUN established the meaning of the 'duty of care'. SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00p0484 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00p0486 (Listen) SUN A Mirror for the Soul SUN Mike Wooldridge considers the Sufi tradition - its SUN history, beliefs and practices and the mystical experience SUN that lies at its very heart. SUN The readers are Janice Acquah, Nicholas Boulton and Frank SUN Stirling. SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00p0488 (Listen) SUN Autumn Ivy SUN The ivy is a common sight throughout Britain; in the SUN autumn its flowers provide an important late source of SUN nectar for insects, while its evergreen leaves are a haven SUN for wildlife. Should ivy therefore be so maligned? SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00p05j4 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00p05m2 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00p068h (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news SUN of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, SUN both familiar and unfamiliar. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00p068k (Listen) SUN Computer Aid International SUN Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid SUN International. SUN Donations to Computer Aid International should be sent to SUN Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your SUN envelope Computer Aid International. Credit cards: SUN Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please SUN provide Computer Aid International with your full name and SUN address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. SUN The online and phone donation facilities are not currently SUN available to listeners without a UK postcode. SUN Registered Charity No: 1069256. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00p068m (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00p068p (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00p068r (Listen) SUN A service for Advent from St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth, SUN led by the Very Rev Hunter Farquharson with the Rev Ann SUN Mazur. SUN Preacher: the Most Rev David Chillingworth, Primus of the SUN Scottish Episcopal Church. SUN Musical Director: Richard Walmsley. SUN Organist: Andrew Tillett. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00nz944 (Listen) SUN A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James. SUN The spirit in which the game is played determines whether SUN he likes or loathes the sport. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00p068t (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week SUN with Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00p068w (Listen) SUN The week's events in Ambridge. SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b00p068y (Listen) SUN Morrissey SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is Morrissey. SUN As the lead singer of The Smiths he captivated a SUN generation of angst-ridden teenagers and, a quarter of a SUN century later, he remains the outsider's outsider. SUN As a child, he was enthralled by the emotion and beauty in SUN pop music. He discovered the joy of public performance SUN when, as a six-year-old boy, he stood on a table and SUN started singing. But from an early age he felt he had to SUN avoid everything conventional life had to offer. 'I just SUN didn't want the norm in any way, he says, 'and I didn't SUN get it. And I'm very glad.'. SUN SUN 12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00ny7n8 (Listen) SUN Series 52, Episode 2 SUN The perennial antidote to panel games comes from the Old SUN Vic Theatre in London, with Jack Dee taking over the SUN chairman's role. SUN Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor SUN are joined by Rob Brydon. SUN With Colin Sell at the piano. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00p0690 (Listen) SUN Awards Extras SUN The 2009 Food and Farming Awards were a glittering affair, SUN attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of SUN Cornwall. Our winners were thrilled to receive awards from SUN both of them, and from food celebrities including Raymond SUN Blanc, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Mark Hix. In this SUN programme, chef and restaurateur Mark Hix rejoins Sheila SUN Dillon to tell us more about some of the finalists, SUN including the fish smoker working from a shed on the SUN beach, and the producers of charcuterie that's even fooled SUN the French. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00p0692 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00p1f4v (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan. SUN SUN 13:30 Tarred and Feathered b00p1f4x (Listen) SUN A woman is dragged from her home and, while a crowd SUN screams at her, she is held down, her hair shaved off and SUN paint poured over her head. Then she is tied to a lamp SUN post and has a sign hung over her which reads 'Soldier SUN Doll'. This is Northern Ireland in 1971, and no-one steps SUN forward to help her. The victim's crime was to go out with SUN a soldier. As law and order broke down in republican SUN communities, the IRA filled the vacuum with their own SUN 'alternative authority'. SUN Ruth McDonald goes in search of the woman, and discovers SUN that this form of rough justice which, far from SUN disappearing with the ceasefires, is on the increase. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00nz93r (Listen) SUN Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. SUN Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Matt Gibbs answer SUN questions posed by gardeners in Mayfield, East Sussex. SUN With Christmas just around the corner, the team give their SUN top tips for which new books to buy, and Bunny Guinness SUN checks out some new gadgets and gizmos that might be SUN making an appearance in your garden some time soon. SUN Including Gardening weather forecast. SUN SUN 14:45 Brother Mine b00cm7hg (Listen) SUN Twins SUN Julian Lloyd Webber explores different social and cultural SUN attitudes towards siblings. SUN Average siblings share half of their genes, but identical SUN twins share all of theirs. Does this mean they will SUN necessarily share personality traits, skills and SUN characteristics? SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00p1fj2 (Listen) SUN The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Tinker, Tailor, SUN Soldier, Spy, Part 1 SUN Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic SUN novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley. SUN Ever since the capture and torture of their agent in SUN Czechoslovakia, the British Secret Intelligence Service SUN has been in trouble. Now, the government has been forced SUN to call George Smiley back from retirement to investigate SUN the whole incident and to seek out the mole they believe SUN to be at the heart of the service. SUN George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale SUN Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor SUN Jim Prideaux ...... Anthony Calf SUN Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey SUN Oliver Lacon ...... Alex Jennings SUN Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman SUN Irina ...... Vera Filatova SUN Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham SUN Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed SUN Magyar ...... Peter Majer SUN Roddy Martindale ...... Philip Fox SUN Bill Roach ...... Ryan Watson SUN This episode is available until 3.00pm on 20th December as SUN part of the Series Catch-up Trial. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00p1fth (Listen) SUN Mariella talks to Jeanette Winterson, best known for SUN novels including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and SUN Lighthousekeeping, about a pair of books she has written SUN for children. The Battle of the Sun is the sequel to the SUN bestselling Tanglewreck. She explains her fascination with SUN Elizabethan London and why a childhood spent almost SUN without books turned her into a storyteller. SUN Two other top children's authors, Meg Rosoff and Philip SUN Ardagh, recommend their favourite titles of 2009, from SUN picture books to novels for young adults. SUN Mariella also talks to the distinguished Shakespeare SUN scholar Sir Frank Kermode. His new book, published in the SUN week of his 90th birthday, returns to one of his first SUN loves, the novels of EM Forster. He explains his SUN admiration for - and reservations about - Forster's work. SUN SUN 16:30 Adventures in Poetry b00p1ftk (Listen) SUN Series 10, An Arundel Tomb SUN Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting SUN appeal of some well-loved poems. SUN Philip Larkin was disappointed by his 'Tomb poem': one of SUN the pivotal details was wrong and another, he discovered, SUN had been invented by a Victorian restorer 500 years later. SUN 'Muddle to the end,' he complained, and yet it is now one SUN of his best-loved and most quoted poems. SUN SUN 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1g92 (Listen) SUN 29th November 1989 SUN Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 SUN years ago. SUN Margaret Thatcher and her challenger Sir Anthony Meyer SUN submit their nomination papers as the fight begins for the SUN leadership of the Conservative Party. SUN A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b00nycc4 (Listen) SUN With around 8,000 people waiting for an organ transplant SUN in the UK, hospitals are having to use organs from the SUN elderly, smokers, cancer sufferers and drug abusers. Gerry SUN Northam examines the dilemmas posed for doctors and SUN assesses the risks to transplant patients. SUN SUN 17:40 From Fact to Fiction b00p03hr (Listen) SUN Series 7, The Herald in the Sky SUN Series in which writers create a fictional response to the SUN week's news. SUN Glyn Maxwell's story is set in a hospital room where two SUN nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20 SUN years. SUN With Claire Rushbrook, Nigel Hastings and Lydia Wilson. SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00p1g94 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00p1g96 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p1g98 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio SUN 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00p1g9b (Listen) SUN Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from SUN the past week on BBC radio. SUN Programmes featured on the programme: SUN Off the Page - Radio 4 SUN Bespoken Word - Radio 4 SUN Book at Bedtime: Notwithstanding - Radio 4 SUN In Search of Beauty - Radio 4 SUN The Essay: Enlightenment Voices, episode 4 - Radio 3 SUN Jeremy Vine Show on Dementia - Radio 2 SUN Outlook - World Service SUN Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up - Radio 4 SUN A Very Scottish Homecoming, episode 5 - Radio 4 SUN The Nightingale of the Nile - Radio 4 SUN The Friday Play: Shirleymander - Radio 4 SUN The Cases that Changed Our World - Radio 4 SUN The Songs the Beatles Gave Away - Radio 2. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00p1g9x (Listen) SUN The future looks bleak for Peggy. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00p1g9z (Listen) SUN Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the SUN stories shaping America today. Combining location reports SUN with lively discussion and exclusive interviews, the show SUN provides new and surprising insights into contemporary SUN America. SUN Matt Frei talks to American storyteller, musician, SUN humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor for some SUN tips on Thanksgiving reading, holiday stories and all SUN things American. SUN Matt gets the inside track from David Plouffe, President SUN Barak Obama's 2008 campaign manager. They cover everything SUN from Thanksgiving 2007 on the election trail to whether SUN he'd consider running a Sarah Palin 2012 campaign. SUN From news anchor to cranberry relish-maker, Matt talks to SUN one of the founding women of American public radio news, SUN Susan Stamberg. She shares a few Thanksgiving tips, SUN including her recipe for cranberry relish and some advice SUN about how to outsource the bulk of the Thanksgiving feast SUN preparations. SUN Matt talks to Master Edward Winslow, an American Pilgrim SUN from the year 1627. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b0080g3t (Listen) SUN Sputnik, The Phantom Cosmonaut SUN A selection of stories celebrating the Russian satellite SUN which started the space race in 1957. SUN By Anita Sullivan, read by Neil Dudgeon. SUN For every successful space launch, there were plenty of SUN rumours about missions that went wrong and were never SUN reported. Years before Gagarin, a small spacecraft breaks SUN from its intended orbit. SUN A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00nz1bm (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00nz93v (Listen) SUN Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00p016q (Listen) SUN Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SUN finance. SUN Overdraft charges: campaigners aren't giving up - are you? SUN We reveal the next step. SUN Fed up with budget airline booking fees? We find out how SUN to avoid them. SUN Why you should act now to avoid January's VAT increase. SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00p068k (Listen) SUN Computer Aid International SUN Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid SUN International. SUN Donations to Computer Aid International should be sent to SUN Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your SUN envelope Computer Aid International. Credit cards: SUN Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please SUN provide Computer Aid International with your full name and SUN address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. SUN The online and phone donation facilities are not currently SUN available to listeners without a UK postcode. SUN Registered Charity No: 1069256. SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00nz005 (Listen) SUN Unlimited Company SUN In a world where banks and conventional companies have SUN taken a big battering in the recession, perhaps there are SUN better ways of running an business. Peter Day listens to SUN some people who are trying to do things completely SUN differently. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00p1gf8 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00p1gfb (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including SUN Political Roots. SUN SUN 23:00 1989: Day by Day Omnibus b00p1gjh (Listen) SUN Week ending 28th November 1989 SUN A look back at the events making the news 20 years ago, SUN with Sir John Tusa. SUN The Czech leadership are forced to resign but SUN demonstrators in Prague keep up the pressure for free SUN elections, and Margaret Thatcher defends her record on the SUN BBC's Panorama. SUN A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00p0486 (Listen) SUN A Mirror for the Soul SUN Mike Wooldridge considers the Sufi tradition - its SUN history, beliefs and practices and the mystical experience SUN that lies at its very heart. SUN The readers are Janice Acquah, Nicholas Boulton and Frank SUN Stirling. SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN MON MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2009 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00p1h0w (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00nyfhk (Listen) MON Barack Obama famously used new technologies in his 2008 MON election campaign. Could those same techniques be used to MON reinvigorate the next UK general elction in the same way MON it did for Obama's Web 2.0 campaign? From MySpace and MON Facebook, text messages to email, will new media transform MON the election in the same way it did for America? Or is the MON UK too party political for digital technology to have the MON same impact? Laurie Taylor discusses with Rachel Gibson, MON Professor of Political Science at the University of MON Manchester. MON Also, how musicians performing can give new insights into MON negotiation, learning and decision making. Howard S MON Becker, professional jazz player and acclaimed MON sociologist, joins Laurie to discuss what jazz and music MON can teach the rest of the world. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00p0482 (Listen) MON The sound of bells from St Mary Redcliffe Church in MON Bristol. MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2l (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h4b (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h40 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00p1hck (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hhc (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00p1hkp (Listen) MON News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00p1nly (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00p1hq6 (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00p1nm0 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr talks to Eugene Rogan about the history of the MON Arabs, from the Ottoman Empire to the rise of Arab MON nationalism and the conflict between secular and Islamic MON values. While Professor of Strategy, Audrey Kurth Cronin, MON explains how terrorist campaigns always come to an end, MON and what we can learn about their demise. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00p684l (Listen) MON The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, MON Episode 1 MON Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind MON seemingly trivial assumptions. MON An inventor who was strangled by his own invention, a MON Nobel Prize winner who had his 'eureka' moment in the car MON and how stem cell research could change the future of MON medicine. MON Read by Toby Longworth. MON Abridged by Libby Spurrier. MON A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1jsz (Listen) MON With Jane Garvey. MON Middle-aged men are seven times more likely to have MON suicidal thoughts than women of the same age, but only MON half as likely to talk about them. A study has shown that MON one in seven men will develop depression within six months MON of losing their job, so what are the repercussions for MON their partners this Christmas? Pat Prestage has coped with MON husband Martin's depression for over 15 years. She and MON Martin join Jane to discuss what it is like living with a MON male partner's depression, along with Jan Scott, Professor MON of Psychological Medicine at Newcastle University. MON Camille O'Sullivan is notoriously difficult to pigeonhole. MON On stage, dressed in corsets and fishnet tights, she could MON be mistaken for a burlesque singer, but the show she MON performs is far more eclectic and diverse. She started her MON career as a traditional chanteuse, signing songs by Edith MON Piaf and Marlene Dietrich. Since then she has incorporated MON more contemporary music into her show, including songs by MON artists including Nick Cave, Tom Waits and David Bowie. MON She talks to Jane about her unorthodox career, and how she MON trained as an architect rather than as a singer. She also MON sings one of the songs from the show she will be MON performing at the Apollo Theatre in central London. MON Rollerderby exploded onto the American scene well over 60 MON years ago, fizzled out for a while before taking off MON again. There are over 400 clubs worldwide, 25 of them in MON the UK. It's rowdy, boisterous and often violent. MON Rollerderby is a women-only contact sport where two teams MON skate around a looped track, with the 'jammer' trying to MON make her way through the opposing players to score points. MON Players are allowed to hip-shove and shoulder-barge to MON hamper the other team's chance of success. They call each MON other names like Auntie Terror and Fox Sake and liken it MON to knocking eight bells out of each other before going to MON the pub together. Sky Rockit, Auntie Terror and Wyrdsister MON reveal all to Jane Garve MON MON 11:00 Brick by Brick b00p1nm3 (Listen) MON Exploring the demolitions industry through the MON dismantling, brick by brick, of one of the largest MON granite-faced buildings in the world, Marischal College in MON Aberdeen. MON The college boasts the second largest granite facade in MON the world; formerly part of the University of Aberdeen, it MON is undergoing radical change to house the city's new MON council offices. In order to save the historic frontage, MON the building is being dismantled piece by piece, leaving MON only the outer walls. Skilled demolitions workers, MON stonemasons and archaeologists take apart the fabric of MON the building, revealing unknown aspects of the its MON structure and history, and offering insights into the MON demolitions world. MON MON 11:30 Tickets Please b00p1nm5 (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON Comedy drama by Mark Maier about the ongoing trials of the MON staff and passengers on an intercity rail service. MON Love flourishes among the staff on the 9.27 London to MON Exeter, but with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous MON mum. And why's her dad squashing Carol's muffins? MON Robin ...... Jeremy Swift MON Nadine ...... Alex Kelly MON Peter ...... Malcolm Tierney MON Carol ...... Tessa Nicholson MON Carl ...... Nicholas Boulton MON Diana ...... Melissa Advani MON Linda ...... Kate Layden MON Keith ...... Stephen Hogan MON Directed by Peter Kavanagh. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00p1jy2 (Listen) MON Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00p1kzd (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00p1l1v (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Brain of Britain b00p28w7 (Listen) MON Russell Davies chairs the eighth heat of the perennial MON general knowledge contest, with contestants from the MON Midlands. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00p1g9x (Listen) MON The future looks bleak for Peggy. MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00p28w9 (Listen) MON Grey Expectations MON By Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. MON You can have too much money. Graham Slater has 200 billion MON pounds to get rid of, since most of the world's toxic MON loans have materialised in his office - which happens to MON be in a parallel universe. MON Graham ...... Stephen Mangan MON Griselda ...... Rebecca Front MON Dottie ...... Phyllida Law MON Laz ...... Toby Longworth MON Mrs Grayson ...... Polly Frame MON Cabby ...... Matt Addis MON Directed by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. MON A CPL production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Birds and the Battlefield b00gbf2j (Listen) MON BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, himself a keen MON bird watcher, examines the sometimes surprising links MON between soldiers and birds and the comfort soldiers find MON in such an interest in times of extreme stress. It is a MON relationship that can be traced from those who served in MON the First World War trenches to troops currently serving MON in Iraq and Afghanistan. Featuring interviews with current MON servicemen and women as well as letters from the front, MON poetry, music and birdsong. MON A Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist MON b00p1l9g (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON The first of five shortlisted stories for the annual MON prize, chosen from over 680 entries from published MON writers. Read by Miriam Margolyes MON Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer MON writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the MON fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving. MON They reflect the very best in short story writing in MON Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's MON best-known actors. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00p0690 (Listen) MON Awards Extras MON The 2009 Food and Farming Awards were a glittering affair, MON attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of MON Cornwall. Our winners were thrilled to receive awards from MON both of them, and from food celebrities including Raymond MON Blanc, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Mark Hix. In this MON programme, chef and restaurateur Mark Hix rejoins Sheila MON Dillon to tell us more about some of the finalists, MON including the fish smoker working from a shed on the MON beach, and the producers of charcuterie that's even fooled MON the French. MON MON 16:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage b00p29kc (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON Former cosmologist Dara O'Briain and Dr Alice Roberts join MON physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince for a witty, MON irreverant and unashamedly rational look at the world MON according to science. They'll be asking why so many MON comedians seem to start life as scientists, and begin MON their quest to put science at the heart of popular culture. MON MON 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1lgj (Listen) MON 30th November 1989 MON Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 MON years ago. MON Record libel damages are awarded to Conservative peer Lord MON Aldington after being accused of war crimes. MON A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 17:00 PM b00p1lgz (Listen) MON Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie MON Mair. Plus Weather. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p1lsc (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio MON 4. MON MON 18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00p2b01 (Listen) MON Series 52, Episode 3 MON The perennial antidote to panel games pays a visit to the MON Festival Theatre in Chichester, with Jack Dee taking the MON chairman's role. MON Regulars Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden MON are joined by David Mitchell. MON With Colin Sell at the piano. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00p1l27 (Listen) MON Leon redeems himself with Helen. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00p1md1 (Listen) MON Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an MON interview with one of the writers shortlisted for the BBC MON National Short Story Award. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1mjm (Listen) MON Our Mutual Friend, Episode 16 MON Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic MON novel. MON Eugene heads upstream looking for Lizzie, unaware of the MON man in the shadows. Boffin, meanwhile, has an appointment MON with Wegg. MON Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings MON Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard MON Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts MON John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp MON Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy MON Boffin ...... Jason Watkins MON Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis MON Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew MON Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke MON Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox MON Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold MON Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke MON Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross MON Venus ...... Stephen Hogan MON Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman MON Music by Roger Goula MON Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer MON This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as MON part of the Series Catch-up Trial. MON MON 20:00 Document b00p2b03 (Listen) MON Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary MON evidence to throw new light on past events. MON Mike uncovers Winston Churchill's paper trail of secret MON deals, bribes and broken promises in wartime Spain. MON If Spain entered the war, Britain's supply lines would MON have been cut and Gibraltar and the entire North Africa MON campaign put in peril. Desperate to stop this happening, MON the prime minister paid Franco's top generals MON multi-million pound bribes. Churchill believed disaster MON could only be averted by using vast sums of money and a MON shady entrepreneur known as the Last Pirate of the MON Mediterranean. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b00nyxvt (Listen) MON A Small Town in Mississippi MON In 1995, four people were murdered in Winona, Mississippi. MON The black man charged with their murders is now facing his MON sixth trial. Racial tensions helped lead to three MON convictions being overturned and two trials were MON deadlocked by hung juries. Tom Mangold visits the Deep MON South to investigate and to speak to those most closely MON involved. What he discovers says much about whether the MON high hopes of an increasingly race-neutral America are MON still justified at the close of the first year of Barack MON Obama's presidency. MON MON 21:00 Frontiers b00p2bnf (Listen) MON Ahead of the 2009 Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, MON Geoff Watts chairs a special Frontiers debate on one of MON global warming's most contentious issues - population MON growth. Delegates in Copenhagen will address how to reduce MON greenhouse gases, blamed for warming the planet. But in MON focusing on energy production, is there a factor that is MON being ignored because it is too controversial - the sheer MON numbers of us on the planet? Geoff and guests grapple with MON the complex issues surrounding population and climate MON change. If there is a relationship, what can be done about MON it? MON Joining Geoff on the panel are: MON John Guillebaud, Emeritus Professor of Family Planning and MON Reproductive Health at University College London MON David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow in Human Settlements at MON the International Institute for Environment and Development MON Karen Newman, Co-ordinator at the Population and MON Sustainability Network. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00p1nm0 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr talks to Eugene Rogan about the history of the MON Arabs, from the Ottoman Empire to the rise of Arab MON nationalism and the conflict between secular and Islamic MON values. While Professor of Strategy, Audrey Kurth Cronin, MON explains how terrorist campaigns always come to an end, MON and what we can learn about their demise. MON MON 21:58 Weather b00p1mk8 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mwv (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis with Ritula MON Shah. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p1mwx (Listen) MON Riceyman Steps, Episode 1 MON Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett MON about the poignant struggles of everyday London life. MON It is a year since the end of the First World War, and MON Londoners are struggling to return to normal life. But on MON Riceyman Steps a secondhand bookseller is already MON contemplating a significant change to his circumstances. MON A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Word of Mouth b00nycby (Listen) MON Michael Rosen investigates coded language. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8j (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Susan Hulme. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2009 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxc (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00p684l (Listen) TUE The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, TUE Episode 1 TUE Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind TUE seemingly trivial assumptions. TUE An inventor who was strangled by his own invention, a TUE Nobel Prize winner who had his 'eureka' moment in the car TUE and how stem cell research could change the future of TUE medicine. TUE Read by Toby Longworth. TUE Abridged by Libby Spurrier. TUE A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h0y (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h42 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2n (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00p1h5w (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hcm (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhf (Listen) TUE News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00p1hks (Listen) TUE With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports TUE Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in TUE Parliament. TUE TUE 09:00 The Choice b00p2cbx (Listen) TUE Michael Buerk interviews people who have made TUE life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole TUE process, from the original dilemma to living with the TUE consequences. TUE Michael talks to former social worker Nevres Kemal, who TUE blew the whistle on Haringey Council before the death of TUE Baby P. TUE TUE 09:30 Pilots That Never Flew b00g633n (Listen) TUE Writers TUE Series in which director of the National Youth Theatre TUE Paul Roseby examines the laborious process of creating TUE successful pilot programmes. TUE Paul talks to writers whose ideas were eventually turned TUE into pilots: Geoff Atkinson, Paul Dornan and the creators TUE of Ed Reardon's Week, Andrew Nickolds and Christopher TUE Douglas. TUE A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00p6yx5 (Listen) TUE The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, TUE Episode 2 TUE Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind TUE seemingly trivial assumptions. TUE Why a hair of the dog works, how a 5,000-year-old pot TUE could show early animation, and the question, 'is your TUE brain is really necessary?' TUE Read by Toby Longworth. TUE Abridged by Libby Spurrier. TUE A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsg (Listen) TUE With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Our Mutual Friend. TUE TUE 11:00 Tempus Fugit b00p2cbz (Listen) TUE Ian Peacock finds out what is going on in our brain when TUE we perceive time. He discovers why, when we're young, TUE summer holidays seem to stretch forever, but as we age, TUE those precious two weeks in the sun are over in a flash. TUE He looks at how we measure time and how it can be TUE distorted in our minds, and asks what we can do to make TUE the most of the precious time we have. TUE TUE 11:30 A Jewel in the Comedy Crown b00p2cc1 (Listen) TUE Jason Manford pays tribute to Jimmy Jewel, one of the most TUE enduring showbusiness entertainers of the 20th century. TUE Born in December 1909, Jewel, probably best remembered TUE today for his fractious double act with Hylda Baker in the TUE 1960s and 70s comedy Nearest and Dearest, first took to TUE the stage aged four. Later, as part of the variety double TUE act Jewel and Warriss, he became a popular music hall TUE star. Jewel continued a successful career on radio, stage TUE and screen before cementing his position as one of the TUE great survivors and adapters when he made the TUE transformation to accomplished straight actor. TUE Jimmy Jewel's story reflects the changing face of British TUE light entertainment over 60 years, and this programme is TUE peppered with classic Jewel archive and includes TUE contributions from actor Jean Boht and variety entertainer TUE John Styles. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxr (Listen) TUE Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00p1k9r (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00p1kzg (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Tales from the Stave b00p2cq0 (Listen) TUE Series 5, Bach's B-Minor Mass TUE There are very few scores anywhere in the world of more TUE value than Bach's famous Mass. So fragile is it that the TUE Berlin library where it's kept (the Staatsbibliothek zu TUE Berlin) allows only a very few people ever to see it, let TUE alone touch it. TUE Choral conductor Simon Halsey and the Bach soprano Deborah TUE York join Frances at the Library to get closer to the TUE great German composer's extraordinary industry and to TUE catch a glimpse of his humanity. It is often half-jokingly TUE said that, to his fans, Bach is not so much a composer as TUE a religion; but here, in his neat hand, are the crossings TUE out and re-workings of a man still seeking to perfect TUE music, much of which was written earlier in his life. TUE Simon Halsey has described the B-Minor Mass as 'Bach's TUE greatest hits', since in many ways it is a compilation of TUE pieces he had composed over a number of years. The Berlin TUE score isn't simply a fair copy of this assembly, but shows TUE Bach still hard at work, changing his mind, rewriting - a TUE phrase shifted here, a key modulated there - introducing TUE new instrumentation and striving for something better. TUE There is also an incredible technological story to tell. TUE Bach's pages are literally thick with music - so thick TUE that in many places the ink has actually burned through TUE the paper, leaving it almost impossible to read. So the TUE Library has had to split the single pages open and insert TUE a protective sheet to stabilise the ink-burn. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00p1l27 (Listen) TUE Leon redeems himself with Helen. TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00p2h3z (Listen) TUE Right Place, Wrong Time TUE Dark thriller by Don Webb. Alan Morgan is a salesman; he TUE spends a lot of time away from home. A series of violent TUE crimes is committed across the north. The only lead is a TUE photo-fit reconstruction of the robber's face - it is the TUE spitting image of Alan. TUE Alan ...... Shaun Dooley TUE Perkins ...... Greg Wood TUE Cheshire ...... James Quinn TUE Jill ...... Fiona Clarke TUE Berry ...... Roger Morlidge TUE Margaret ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00p2h88 (Listen) TUE Nuclear power is being offered as one solution to the TUE problems of burning fossil fuels and its likely that new TUE atomic power stations will be built in the coming decades. TUE But how would you react if you were told that they would TUE run out of fuel in a matter of decades? Home Planet asks TUE how big stocks of uranium are and whether their really is TUE enough to fuel a nuclear boom. TUE How, too, will rain forests and savannahs be treated at TUE the Copenhagen summit? Could seeding clouds have diverted TUE the recent devastating rain away from Cumbria? Can TUE incinerators ever be a safe method of waste disposal, and TUE what are the limits of scientific discovery? TUE On the panel are conservationist Dr Lynn Dicks of TUE Cambridge University, science writer Ehsan Masood and TUE Professor Philip Stott, an environmental scientist from TUE the University of London. TUE As always we want to hear your comments on the topics TUE discussed and any questions you might want to put to TUE future programmes. TUE TUE 15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist TUE b00p5xk0 (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE Penelope Wilton reads the second of five shortlisted TUE stories for the annual prize, chosen from over 680 entries TUE from published writers. TUE Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer TUE writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the TUE fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving. TUE They reflect the very best in short story writing in TUE Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's TUE best-known actors. TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b00p2hfw (Listen) TUE Michael Rosen asks whether English is one language or a TUE thousand. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b00p2hfy (Listen) TUE Sue MacGregor talks to Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and TUE Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards, about their TUE favourite books - John Fowles' classic first novel and a TUE New Age self-help book. TUE TUE 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1lcw (Listen) TUE 1st December 1989 TUE Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 TUE years ago. TUE Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit TUE the Vatican and there is fierce fighting in the TUE Philippines as thousands of troops attempt to overthrow TUE their president. TUE A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00p1lgl (Listen) TUE Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie TUE Mair. Plus Weather. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p1lrs (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio TUE 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up! b00p2hg0 (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE She came, she saw, she criticised: stand-up comedian Jo TUE Caulfield holds forth with a glorious mixture of bitchy TUE friendliness and foot-in-mouth populism. TUE In this episode, Jo fails to shut up about the complex TUE relationship between the global banking system, the M3 TUE money supply, quantitative easing and Kerry Katona. TUE With Zoe Lyons, Nick Revell and William Hartley. TUE Written by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson, with TUE additional material by Michael Beck, James Branch, Dan TUE Evans, Jules Gregg, Brian Mitchell, Joseph Nixon and Matt TUE Ross. TUE A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00p1l1x (Listen) TUE Mike reaches a diamond milestone. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00p1m0c (Listen) TUE Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md3 (Listen) TUE Our Mutual Friend, Episode 17 TUE Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic TUE novel. TUE Eugene finds Lizzie, but it looks as if John may have lost TUE Bella. TUE Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings TUE Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard TUE Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts TUE John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp TUE Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy TUE Boffin ...... Jason Watkins TUE Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis TUE Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew TUE Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke TUE Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox TUE Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold TUE Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke TUE Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross TUE Venus ...... Stephen Hogan TUE Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman TUE Music by Roger Goula TUE Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer TUE This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as TUE part of the Series Catch-up Trial. TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b00p2hnt (Listen) TUE US troops have handed control for security in Iraq back to TUE the Iraqi government, which was supposed to be the first TUE sign that normality was returning to the streets. So why TUE are thousands of Iraqi refugees still refusing to return TUE home? Kate Clark invesigates. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00p2hnw (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 All in the Mind b00p2hny (Listen) TUE Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest TUE scientific research about the brain and the mind. TUE TUE 21:30 The Choice b00p2cbx (Listen) TUE Michael Buerk interviews people who have made TUE life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole TUE process, from the original dilemma to living with the TUE consequences. TUE Michael talks to former social worker Nevres Kemal, who TUE blew the whistle on Haringey Council before the death of TUE Baby P. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00p1mjp (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvc (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis with Ritula TUE Shah. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3th9 (Listen) TUE Riceyman Steps, Episode 2 TUE Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett TUE about the poignant struggles of everyday London life. TUE Henry Earlforward learns that his new neighbour, the TUE widowed Mrs Arb, shares his passion for thrift. They also TUE share the services of the good-natured charwoman, Elsie. TUE A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Vent b00p2hqy (Listen) TUE Series 3, Loneliness is a Crowded Head TUE Comedy series by Nigel Smith about a man in a coma, TUE travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own TUE unconscious mind. TUE Ben's life is full of well-meaning people trying to do TUE everything for him. Everything, that is, except leave him TUE alone. He begins to wonder if Robinson Crusoe might have TUE been on to a good thing. TUE Ben ...... Neil Pearson TUE Mary ...... Fiona Allen TUE Mum ...... Josie Lawrence TUE Blitz ...... Leslie Ash TUE Nurse ...... Jo Martin TUE Derek ...... Stephen Frost TUE Marley ...... Spencer Brown TUE Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith TUE Castaway ...... John Kay-Steel TUE Waiter ...... Bruce Alexander TUE Directed by Nigel Smith. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n88 (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament TUE with David Wilby. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2009 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxf (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00p6yx5 (Listen) WED The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, WED Episode 2 WED Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind WED seemingly trivial assumptions. WED Why a hair of the dog works, how a 5,000-year-old pot WED could show early animation, and the question, 'is your WED brain is really necessary?' WED Read by Toby Longworth. WED Abridged by Libby Spurrier. WED A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h10 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h44 (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2q (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00p1h5y (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hcp (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhh (Listen) WED News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00p1hkw (Listen) WED With Justin Webb and Sarah Montague. Including Sports WED Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in WED Parliament. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00p2hy2 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00p6ywn (Listen) WED The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, WED Episode 3 WED Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind WED seemingly trivial assumptions. WED How two physicists linked the problem of interference on WED their TV screen to the Big Bang, how a total solar eclipse WED is down to cosmic coincidence, and why NASA launched a WED record player into space. WED Read by Toby Longworth. WED Abridged by Libby Spurrier. WED A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsj (Listen) WED With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Our Mutual Friend. WED WED 11:00 In Living Memory b00p2hy4 (Listen) WED Series 11, Moorgate WED Contemporary history series. WED In February 1975 a London Underground driver drove his WED train at full speed into a brick wall. Forty-three people WED died, in what remains the worst ever accident on the WED Underground. There was nothing wrong with the train, so WED why did he do it? Could it have been suicide? Or did he WED just get confused about where he was? WED WED 11:30 Ballylenon b00p2jch (Listen) WED Series 7, Episode 2 WED Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the WED 1950s in a Donegal town. WED It is 1959. Customers to Miss Maconchy's shop have WED increased significantly since her 'vision' at Lourdes. But WED Mrs Vivienne Hawthorne wonders if the census that WED disclosed a fall in her congregation was tampered with. WED Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy WED Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker WED Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy WED Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney WED Rev Samuel Hawthorne ...... Miche Doherty WED Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley WED Terry Black ...... Mark Lambert WED Consuela Dooley ...... Cathy Belton WED Pianist: Michael Harrison WED Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan WED This episode is available until 11.30am on 6th January WED 2010 as part of the Series Catch-up Trial. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxt (Listen) WED Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00p1k9t (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00p1kzj (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00p2jck (Listen) WED Ed Stourton presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00p1l1x (Listen) WED Mike reaches a diamond milestone. WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00p2jcm (Listen) WED A Dangerous Thing WED By John Sessions. WED May 1744: Alexander Pope is on his deathbed in Twickenham; WED Jonathan Swift is losing his wits in Dublin. The two WED friends have not seen each other in 17 years, although WED each is very much on the other's mind. WED In his final hours, Pope talks to his emotional and WED intellectual soulmate, Martha 'Pattie' Blount, about his WED relationship with Swift and the events that have conspired WED to keep the two friends apart for most of their lives. He WED also recalls Swift's last visit to London, when an WED unexpected encounter with a young burglar put the WED divergent philosophies of the two friends to the test. WED Jonathan Swift ...... Timothy Spall WED Alexander Pope ...... John Sessions WED Martha 'Pattie' Blount ...... Amanda Root WED Boy (Tom)/John Gay ...... Joe Thomas WED Amica ...... Tessa Nicholson WED Dr Cheselden/Lord Bolingbroke/Waterman ...... Nigel WED Hastings WED Swift's Servant/Dr Arbuthnot/Matthew/ Gentleman ...... WED John Biggins. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00p2z8d (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and a panel of answer calls on support for WED carers. WED Paul is joined by: WED Jean French, advice and information manager, Carers UK WED Lucy McLynn, partner, Bates Wells and Braithwaite WED Derek Sinclair, senior parent adviser, Contact a Family. WED WED 15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist WED b00p5xk2 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Hannah Gordon reads the third of five shortlisted stories WED for the annual prize, chosen from over 680 entries from WED published writers. WED Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer WED writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the WED fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving. WED They reflect the very best in short story writing in WED Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's WED best-known actors. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00p2z8g (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor talks to Karen Ho, Associate Professor of WED Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. She went to WED Wall Street to understand how the lives, experiences and WED ideologies of the investment bankers who work there shaped WED not just the financial markets but the very nature of WED employment across America. WED WED 16:30 All in the Mind b00p2hny (Listen) WED Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest WED scientific research about the brain and the mind. WED WED 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1lcy (Listen) WED 2nd December 1989 WED Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 WED years ago. WED Bush and Gorbachev begin their summit in Malta as a poll WED shows that Margaret Thatcher is losing favour with the WED public ahead of a leadership challenge from Sir Anthony WED Meyer. WED A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 17:00 PM b00p1lgn (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie WED Mair. Plus Weather. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p1lrv (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio WED 4. WED WED 18:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00p2z8j (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 3 WED Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon presents a WED series of sketches, monologues and one-liners. WED A woman who is so completely useless that she's just been WED snapped up for a job in the government, Britain's most WED affable secret agent and someone with a pretend hedgehog WED sanctuary. WED With Ben Moor, Rosie Cavaliero and Ben Willbond. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00p1l1z (Listen) WED Jack moves into his new home. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00p1m0f (Listen) WED Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including an WED interview with one of the contenders for the BBC National WED Short Story Award. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md5 (Listen) WED Our Mutual Friend, Episode 18 WED Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens's classic WED novel. WED Two declarations of love that couldn't be more different, WED as John, Bella, Eugene and Lizzie's streams cross. WED Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings WED Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard WED Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts WED John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp WED Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy WED Boffin ...... Jason Watkins WED Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis WED Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew WED Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke WED Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox WED Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold WED Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke WED Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross WED Venus ...... Stephen Hogan WED Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman WED Music by Roger Goula WED Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer WED This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as WED part of the Series Catch-up Trial. WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b00p2z8m (Listen) WED Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions WED behind the week's news. Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, WED Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses. WED WED 20:45 Political Roots b00p6qpf (Listen) WED Liberals WED Richard Reeves examines the intellectual and philosophical WED roots of the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg. WED WED 21:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage b00p29kc (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED Former cosmologist Dara O'Briain and Dr Alice Roberts join WED physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince for a witty, WED irreverant and unashamedly rational look at the world WED according to science. They'll be asking why so many WED comedians seem to start life as scientists, and begin WED their quest to put science at the heart of popular culture. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00p2hy2 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00p1mjr (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvf (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis with Robin WED Lustig. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3tgw (Listen) WED Riceyman Steps, Episode 3 WED Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett WED about the poignant struggles of everyday London life. WED Elsie's sweetheart Joe has returned from the war, WED shell-shocked and volatile. Thwarted by her new employer's WED insistence that Elsie work on into the evening, Joe is WED unable to control the strength of his feelings and a WED violent outburst ensues. WED A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 The Ladies b00glqw4 (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED Series of comedy sketches by Emily Watson Howes set in a WED ladies' public toilet, featuring various female characters WED as they come and go. WED Four girls make their first foray into the world of WED illegal drug taking, with horrendous consequences for one WED of them. WED With Emily Watson Howes, Kate Donmall, Suzanne Hislop, WED Fran Moulds. WED WED 23:15 All Bar Luke b00db0x5 (Listen) WED Series 3, The Engagement WED Poignant comedy drama series by Tim Key. WED A harrowing cab journey of the soul - Luke heads home to WED collect his mum after his brother proposes to Hayley at WED Newmarket races. WED An Angel Eye Media production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8b (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament WED with Sean Curran. WED WED THU THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 2009 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxh (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00p6ywn (Listen) THU The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, THU Episode 3 THU Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind THU seemingly trivial assumptions. THU How two physicists linked the problem of interference on THU their TV screen to the Big Bang, how a total solar eclipse THU is down to cosmic coincidence, and why NASA launched a THU record player into space. THU Read by Toby Longworth. THU Abridged by Libby Spurrier. THU A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h12 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h46 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2s (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00p1h60 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hcr (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhk (Listen) THU News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. THU THU 06:00 Today b00p1hky (Listen) THU With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00p315t (Listen) THU The Silk Road THU Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade THU route which, for thousands of years, did much to connect THU European and Asian cultures. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00p6ywq (Listen) THU The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, THU Episode 4 THU Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind THU seemingly trivial assumptions. THU Who really invented the wheel, why one particular flower THU exudes the smell of nicotine, what makes the sound of a THU whip crack, and why a man's best friend will sense THU unfairness. THU Read by Toby Longworth. THU Abridged by Libby Spurrier. THU A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsl (Listen) THU With Jenni Murray. Including a phone-in with Delia Smith THU about Christmas catering: cooking and planning ahead. Plus THU drama: Our Mutual Friend. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00p315w (Listen) THU Pakistan Drugs THU Julia Rooke accompanies former heroin dealer, Urfan Azad, THU on a journey back to the remote mountain madrassa in north THU west Pakistan where he received drugs rehabilitation and THU spiritual healing. But during their journey Urfan reveals THU how young recovering addicts were given military training THU and sent to Afghanistan. THU THU 11:30 The House That Jazz Built b00p315y (Listen) THU Celebrating 50 years of Ronnie Scott's, Paul Merton looks THU back at the origins of Ronnie Scott's, Britain's most THU famous jazz venue, and examines its impact in the world of THU music. THU Ever since his trips in the late-1940s to the jazz clubs THU of New York's 52nd Street, Ronnie Scott dreamt of opening THU his own London venue. His vision came true when the first THU Ronnie Scott's club opened on Gerrard Street, Soho, in THU 1959. THU The initial plan was purely to provide a base for British THU jazz musicians to jam. However, the club quickly developed THU a reputation for featuring the best in modern jazz and THU soon provided a platform for the world's greatest jazz THU musicians. It became a Mecca for jazz music fans and a THU popular hang-out for politicians, comedians and actors. THU In 1965 it relocated a short distance to Frith Street, THU where it remains one of the world's most celebrated jazz THU rooms, complete with its own studio and record label. THU Recorded on location at Ronnie Scott's, the programme THU features interviews with leading jazz artists Salena THU Jones, Ian Shaw, Jay Phelps and James Pearson, and THU features music and archive from personalities associated THU with the venue during its 50-year history. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxw (Listen) THU Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00p1k9w (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00p1kzm (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Off the Page b00p31l0 (Listen) THU Everyone's A Critic THU Are you worried about the future of criticism? You should THU be. When newspaper editors are forced to make cutbacks, it THU is critics who are the first in the firing line. But do we THU really need critics and criticism? Critic and journalist THU Toby Young is joined by blogger Lynne Hatwell and THU occupational psychologist Clive Fletcher to write about THU and discuss criticism and the critics. Dominic Arkwright THU presents. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00p1l1z (Listen) THU Jack moves into his new home. THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00p32zk (Listen) THU Headliner THU By Neil Brand. Important elections are on the horizon in THU the eastern European state of Khovakhia when up-and-coming THU stand-up comedienne Katya Kalugin is befriended by US THU comedy legend Doug Stokowski. THU Katya Kalugin ...... Laura Solon THU Doug Stokowski ...... Ewan Bailey THU Pavel ...... John Biggins THU Mikael ...... Piers Wehner THU MC ...... Nigel Hastings THU Reporter ...... Kate Layden. THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00p7g7y (Listen) THU The New Face of the Clyde THU The people of Cumbria are embarking on the massive THU clean-up operation after record rainfall and devastating THU floods over the past days. But flooding has become an all THU too familiar experience across the UK. THU In this week's Open Country Matt Baker heads to Glasgow to THU explore the River Clyde. The waters of its White Cart THU tributary can rise by 20 feet in less than 12 hours. It's THU flooded significantly 20 times in the last century and THU Matt meets residents who have given up barricading the THU doors and accept living upstairs until floodwaters recede. THU But a massive engineering project is now underway to THU reduce the likelihood of flooding. Matt finds out where THU the water will go and just how the surrounding wildlife THU will be affected. THU Matt also explores the changing face of the Clyde. THU Traditionally it's been seen as an exit point from THU Glasgow. The massive shipbuilding industry and the docks THU meant both the ships and their goods left from the city. THU For Glasweigians too they headed to the river only to go THU on their holidays 'doon the watter' to the seaside. But THU now the image of the river is changing. Shipbuilding has THU declined so industry's dominance of the waterside has THU waned. 1.5 billion pounds has been invested to regenerate THU the Clyde and residents and visitors are being encouraged THU to rediscover it as a destination in itself. Matt Baker THU jumps aboard one of the new riverboat tours to see the THU city from a new perspective and see h THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00p068k (Listen) THU Computer Aid International THU Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid THU International. THU Donations to Computer Aid International should be sent to THU Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your THU envelope Computer Aid International. Credit cards: THU Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please THU provide Computer Aid International with your full name and THU address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. THU The online and phone donation facilities are not currently THU available to listeners without a UK postcode. THU Registered Charity No: 1069256. THU THU 15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist THU b00p5xk4 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU The fourth of five shortlisted stories for the annual THU prize, chosen from over 680 entries from published THU writers. Read by Jason Isaacs THU Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer THU writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the THU fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving. THU They reflect the very best in short story writing in THU Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's THU best-known actors. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00p1fth (Listen) THU Mariella talks to Jeanette Winterson, best known for THU novels including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and THU Lighthousekeeping, about a pair of books she has written THU for children. The Battle of the Sun is the sequel to the THU bestselling Tanglewreck. She explains her fascination with THU Elizabethan London and why a childhood spent almost THU without books turned her into a storyteller. THU Two other top children's authors, Meg Rosoff and Philip THU Ardagh, recommend their favourite titles of 2009, from THU picture books to novels for young adults. THU Mariella also talks to the distinguished Shakespeare THU scholar Sir Frank Kermode. His new book, published in the THU week of his 90th birthday, returns to one of his first THU loves, the novels of EM Forster. He explains his THU admiration for - and reservations about - Forster's work. THU THU 16:30 Material World b00p940r (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper looks at how science is uncovering the THU secrets of the world's toughest bacterium. THU One of those battling it out for such a title is THU Deinococcus radiodurans. It was discovered in the 1950s THU after surviving in cans of food after they had been THU bombarded with radiation. Its ability to repair its own THU DNA means it could be used in the future to reclaim land THU contaminated by nuclear or chemical events. Quentin finds THU out how scientists are uncovering the secrets behind its THU ability to survive extreme temperatures, severe THU dehydration and lethal doses of radiation. Understanding THU how bacteria like Deinococcus coordinate their arsenal of THU defence mechanisms could help scientists overcome the THU defences of dangerous, disease causing bacteria. THU THU 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1ld0 (Listen) THU 3rd December 1989 THU Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 THU years ago. THU George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev declare that the Cold THU War is over, as hundreds of thousands of people form a THU human chain to demand reforms in East Germany. THU A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 17:00 PM b00p1lgq (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 b00p1lrx (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio THU 4. THU THU 18:30 Bleak Expectations b00p3380 (Listen) THU Series 3, Lives Lost, Ruined, Wrecked and Redeemed THU Comedy Victorian adventure by Mark Evans. THU Pip and Ripely find themselves facing a vast and evil THU undead army. England has only one hope - that Miss Sweetly THU Delightful can melt Mr Benevolent's cruel, undead heart. THU Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson THU Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen THU Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head THU Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman THU Bishop Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead THU Ripely Bin ...... Sarah Hadland THU Miss Sweetly Delightful ...... Raquel Cassidy THU The Duke of Chelsea ...... Mark Evans. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00p1l21 (Listen) THU Vicky and Joe get creative. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00p1m0h (Listen) THU Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including a first THU night report on a major new staging of the musical Sweet THU Charity, starring Tamzin Outhwaite. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md7 (Listen) THU Our Mutual Friend, Episode 19 THU Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens's classic THU novel. THU Charlie visits Bradley for the last time, and Mortimer THU Lightwood meets John Rokesmith for what should be the THU first. THU Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings THU Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard THU Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts THU John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp THU Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy THU Boffin ...... Jason Watkins THU Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis THU Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew THU Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke THU Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox THU Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold THU Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke THU Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross THU Venus ...... Stephen Hogan THU Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman THU Music by Roger Goula THU Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer THU This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as THU part of the Series Catch-up Trial. THU THU 20:00 The Report b00p33wx (Listen) THU Current affairs series which combines original insights THU into major news stories with topical investigations. Phil THU Kemp reports. THU THU 20:30 In Business b00p33wz (Listen) THU Small Wonder THU Microloans have brought credit to millions of poor people THU shunned by the conventional banking system, but now THU commercial financial institutions are jumping on the THU microlending bandwagon. Peter Day wonders whether a THU microloan bubble is about to burst. THU THU 21:00 Jumbo to Jockey b00g36l2 (Listen) THU Following an overweight middle-aged man, Dominic Prince, THU as he spends a year persuing his lifetime ambition to THU become a jockey. THU At the beginning of 2008, Dominic Prince was 47 years old, THU weighed sixteen and half stones and felt his life was THU churning in neutral. A very pleasant neutral, but neutral THU nonetheless. As a child he had a dream, to become a jockey THU and ride competitively. But the dream didn't even come THU close to being realised - until now, when he decided to THU give it one last shot. THU Dominic confronts his mid-life crisis, tries to lose a THU quarter of his body weight, learns to ride like a THU professional and seeks to fulfil his dream, 30 years THU behind schedule. THU He his put through his paces on a horse simulator at the THU British Racing School, receives advice from top jockeys THU and trainers and hears the misgivings of the other stable THU lads when he turns up for work. THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00p315t (Listen) THU The Silk Road THU Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade THU route which, for thousands of years, did much to connect THU European and Asian cultures. THU THU 21:58 Weather b00p1mjt (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvh (Listen) THU National and international news and analysis with Robin THU Lustig. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3tgy (Listen) THU Riceyman Steps, Episode 4 THU Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett THU about the poignant struggles of everyday London life. THU Romance, of a sort, is in the air in Clerkenwell, but THU Henry Earlforward believes practicalities must take THU precedence. THU A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 Chain Reaction b008z74b (Listen) THU Series 4, David Tennant THU Chat show in which last week's interviewee becomes this THU week's interviewer. Catherine Tate takes the host's chair THU as she talks to - or mercilessly teases - David Tennant. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8d (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament THU with Robert Orchard. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2009 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxk (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00p6ywq (Listen) FRI The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, FRI Episode 4 FRI Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind FRI seemingly trivial assumptions. FRI Who really invented the wheel, why one particular flower FRI exudes the smell of nicotine, what makes the sound of a FRI whip crack, and why a man's best friend will sense FRI unfairness. FRI Read by Toby Longworth. FRI Abridged by Libby Spurrier. FRI A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h14 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h48 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2w (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00p1h62 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hct (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhm (Listen) FRI News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00p1hl0 (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b00p068y (Listen) FRI Morrissey FRI Kirsty Young's castaway is Morrissey. FRI As the lead singer of The Smiths he captivated a FRI generation of angst-ridden teenagers and, a quarter of a FRI century later, he remains the outsider's outsider. FRI As a child, he was enthralled by the emotion and beauty in FRI pop music. He discovered the joy of public performance FRI when, as a six-year-old boy, he stood on a table and FRI started singing. But from an early age he felt he had to FRI avoid everything conventional life had to offer. 'I just FRI didn't want the norm in any way, he says, 'and I didn't FRI get it. And I'm very glad.'. FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00p6yws (Listen) FRI The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, FRI Episode 5 FRI Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind FRI seemingly trivial assumptions. FRI A ship that repaired itself; how the earliest telephones FRI worked without bells; why it's a good thing for FRI skyscrapers to sway; and how Europe to America in an hour, FRI by train, may one day become a reality. FRI Read by Toby Longworth. FRI Abridged by Libby Spurrier. FRI A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsn (Listen) FRI With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Our Mutual Friend. FRI FRI 11:00 Lives in a Landscape b00p346r (Listen) FRI Series 5, BMX Brothers FRI Documentary series telling original stories about real FRI lives in Britain today. FRI Trey and Daniel Whyte's talent on the BMX track has FRI resulted in progress to an Olympic qualifying event in the FRI south of France. Within the space of six months they have FRI seen their lives transformed, moving from a makeshift BMX FRI track on their Peckham estate to preparations for the FRI event in Nice. The ruthlessness learnt on their run-down FRI estate undoubtedly helps them on the race track, but will FRI it also make it harder for them to adjust to their new FRI lives? FRI In preparation for the event, Daniel has moved to the UK's FRI cycling academy in Manchester and 15-year-old Trey has FRI been combining time there with his studies back in London FRI at the Peckham Academy. Their cycle coach believes the FRI edge needed to live in places like Peckham has given the FRI boys a real advantage on the track. Daniel in particular FRI is considered fearless by his rivals, and he gives an FRI insight into his life before he took up cycling, and FRI exactly how much trouble he was in. FRI It was a chance encounter with CK Flash, a part-time DJ FRI and local BMX enthusiast, which led to the brothers taking FRI up BMX riding and later resulted in parents forming a FRI Peckham club which is now one of the best in the country. FRI The Whyte brothers have their sights set on the London FRI Olympics, but how much will they be able to adapt to the FRI changes they face as 2012 approaches? FRI FRI 11:30 The Richest Man In Britain b00p346t (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock FRI star and his search for fulfilment. FRI Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt and his personal FRI assistant Dom come to blows over the one thing money can't FRI buy. FRI Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams FRI Dom ...... Russell Tovey. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxy (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00p1k9y (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00p1kzp (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 Feedback b00p346w (Listen) FRI Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes FRI and policy. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00p1l21 (Listen) FRI Vicky and Joe get creative. FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00p346y (Listen) FRI Number 10, A Failed State FRI Series of plays by Jonathan Myerson depicting life inside FRI Downing Street. FRI The coalition is unravelling and, as his team scramble for FRI votes to keep the government in place, the PM goes to his FRI constituency and becomes embroiled in a housing issue FRI involving a Somalian single mother. Is it deliberate FRI politics or the last act of a collapsing prime minister? FRI Adam ...... Antony Sher FRI Monica ...... Sasha Behar FRI Polly ...... Penny Downie FRI Bill ...... Bill Paterson FRI Steve ...... Stephen Mangan FRI Gwen Donoghue ...... Denise Black FRI Biyot Abdulle, constituent ...... Nicola Gardner FRI Hannah Armstrong ...... Kelly Hunter FRI Terry Gruber, union leader ...... Nicholas Murchie FRI Copple, housing manager ...... Michael Eaves FRI Trevithick ...... Karl Theobald FRI Simon Laity ...... Damian Lewis FRI Directed by Clive Brill FRI A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00p34yh (Listen) FRI Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum. FRI Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew are FRI guests of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in FRI Edinburgh. FRI The programme takes a guided tour of the Royal Botanic FRI Garden Edinburgh. FRI Including Gardening weather forecast. FRI FRI 15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist FRI b00p5xk6 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI The last of five shortlisted stories for the annual prize, FRI chosen from over 680 entries from published writers. Read FRI by Julia McKenzie FRI Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer FRI writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the FRI fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving. FRI They reflect the very best in short story writing in FRI Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's FRI best-known actors. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00p34ym (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 b00p34yp (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to Ocean's 11 director Steven FRI Soderbergh about his latest release, The Girlfriend FRI Experience. FRI FRI 16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1ld2 (Listen) FRI 4th December 1989 FRI Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20 FRI years ago. FRI For the first time, the Soviet government joins other FRI Warsaw Pact countries in condemning its own invasion of FRI Czechoslovakia in 1968, and thousands take to the streets FRI in Prague demanding a new government. FRI A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00p1lgs (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 b00p1lrz (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio FRI 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The Now Show b00p34yr (Listen) FRI Series 29, Episode 2 FRI Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of FRI the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin, FRI Jon Holmes and Marcus Brigstocke. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00p1l23 (Listen) FRI Ian extends a hopeful olive branch. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00p1m0k (Listen) FRI Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Including an FRI interview with the pioneering 80 year old composer George FRI Crumb, whose epic work Star Child needs four conductors. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md9 (Listen) FRI Our Mutual Friend, Episode 20 FRI Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic FRI novel. FRI Truths that seemed drowned finally come to the surface. FRI Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings FRI Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard FRI Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts FRI John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp FRI Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy FRI Boffin ...... Jason Watkins FRI Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis FRI Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew FRI Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke FRI Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox FRI Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold FRI Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke FRI Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross FRI Venus ...... Stephen Hogan FRI Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman FRI Music by Roger Goula FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer FRI This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as FRI part of the Series Catch-up Trial. FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00p34yt (Listen) FRI Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from FRI Stratford-upon-Avon. The panel includes columnist AA Gill FRI and Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00p34yw (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b009yfcp (Listen) FRI How Now TV FRI By Paul Watson. FRI Television presenter Daniela Cross, a legend in her own FRI lunchtime, must have started her career somewhere. Pearly FRI teeth and a saccharine nature are not enough to climb the FRI industry's greasy pole. A helping hand from friends in FRI high places will help, as will a seductive smile. But it's FRI acceptable gimmicks that are most needed in delivering an FRI audience, and it is the acceptable that is fast running FRI out in today's TV. FRI So acceptable must give way to the difficult, the new, the FRI so-called radical and more often the once unacceptable. A FRI programme idea that can be justified by bums sat on seats FRI and by revenue produced. And that was Daniela's gift to FRI telly, an idea so awful but so justifiable that she was FRI bound to succeed. FRI Daniela ...... Victoria Shalet FRI Daddy (John Cross) ...... Nicholas Farrell FRI Deborah ...... Frances Barber FRI Averill ...... Lizzy McInnerny FRI Gary ...... Leo Bill FRI Hassan ...... Joseph Marcell FRI Samuel ...... Jonathan Firth FRI Crispin ...... Mathew Baynton FRI Permindah ...... Manjinder Virk FRI Picture Editor ...... Keith Drinkel FRI Young Director ...... Tom Watson FRI Directed by Paul Watson. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00p1mjw (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvk (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis with Robin FRI Lustig. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3th0 (Listen) FRI Riceyman Steps, Episode 5 FRI Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett FRI about the poignant struggles of everyday London life. FRI Mr Earlforward's drive for economy is revealed as a FRI corrosive desire, in stark contrast with the spontaneous FRI greed for life embodied by the hard-working but FRI ever-hungry Elsie. FRI A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b00p2hfy (Listen) FRI Sue MacGregor talks to Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and FRI Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards, about their FRI favourite books - John Fowles' classic first novel and a FRI New Age self-help book. FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8g (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament FRI with Mark D'Arcy. FRI FRI FRI

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