Radio 4 Listings for Week Beginning 31/01/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00h3h4c (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00h5z14 (Listen)
SAT       The Tall Man, Episode 5
SAT       By Chloe Hooper, read by Kerry Fox.
SAT       Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley stands trial for assault and
SAT       manslaughter. The public galleries in the courtroom divide
SAT       neatly into those who are white and those who are black.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h3h4f (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h3h4h (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h3h4k (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00h3h4m (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h3h4p (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00h3h4r (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00h3h4t (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00h3v0m (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00h3v0p (Listen)
SAT       Winter Wildlife Crisis
SAT       Helen Mark investigates the sharp frosts and winter storms
SAT       which have devastated the delicate wildlife of Cornwall.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today This Week b00h3v4w (Listen)
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00h3v4y (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00h3v50 (Listen)
SAT       With Evan Davis and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk,
SAT       Thought for the Day, Weather, Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00h3v52 (Listen)
SAT       Clare Balding is joined by novelist Louis de Bernieres and
SAT       Jan Beccaloni - Curator of Arachnids at the Natural
SAT       History Museum. With poetry from Kate Fox.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00h3v54 (Listen)
SAT       John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and
SAT       joys of travel.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00h3wlv (Listen)
SAT       Series 2, The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II
SAT       Series in which Paul Gambaccini explores what
SAT       Oscar-winning films can tell us about the American society
SAT       of the time.
SAT       Paul explores the potboiler novel that spawned not only
SAT       one of the most violent 'family' movies ever, but also led
SAT       to an even more successful sequel.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00h3wry (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Jackie Ashley.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00h3ws0 (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00h3ws2 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The News Quiz b00h389r (Listen)
SAT       Series 67, Episode 4
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with
SAT       panellists Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins and
SAT       David Mitchell.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00h3ws4 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00h3ws6 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00h389t (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Sutton
SAT       Coldfield. On the panel are the former home secretary
SAT       David Blunkett, shadow minister for community cohesion
SAT       Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, chair of UK Sport Sue Campbell and
SAT       associate editor of The Daily Telegraph Simon Heffer.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00h3ws8 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in
SAT       response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00h3wsb (Listen)
SAT       Master Class
SAT       Comedy by David Pownall, set in Moscow in 1948. Stalin and
SAT       his sidekick Zhdanov invite Prokofiev and Shostakovich to
SAT       the Kremlin for a music lesson
SAT       Stalin ...... Kenneth Cranham
SAT       Zhdanov ...... Trevor Cooper
SAT       Prokofiev ...... Bruce Alexander
SAT       Shostakovich ...... John Light.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Weekend Woman's Hour b00h3wvw (Listen)
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey. Including Graham Norton on his new stage role
SAT       in the flamboyant musical La Cage aux Folles, a
SAT       performance from jazz pianist Judy Carmichael, Susie
SAT       Orbach talks about her new book Bodies which chronicles
SAT       the moves towards 'body destabilisation', where our bodies
SAT       are no longer born, but are seen as works in progress.
SAT       The controversial French writer Virginie Despentes talks
SAT       to Jenni about prostitution, pornorgrahy and feminism. The
SAT       magical place of snow in children's literature and how it
SAT       might become more important for future generations due to
SAT       climate change.
SAT       Plus a look back at Monday Panel and its discussions on
SAT       the sexualisation of society and its impact on young girls
SAT       and a report on a ruling from the Law Lords which will
SAT       lead to huge compensation claims from nurses unfairly
SAT       suspended over abuse claims.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00h3wvy (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula
SAT       Shah, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 Bottom Line b00h3ww0 (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis presents the business magazine. He to
SAT       Manchester to meet the CEOs of some of the biggest
SAT       businesses in the north west to find out how they are
SAT       coping during the now-official recession. His guests
SAT       include Geoff Muirhead, the CEO of Manchester Airports
SAT       Group, John Nichols of Nichols, the makers of soft drink
SAT       Vimto, Nick Johnson from property developers Urban Splash
SAT       and Minara Cook, the founder of Minara Foods. They discuss
SAT       whether air travel can be improved in these tough times
SAT       and debate whether corporate memory can be handed down
SAT       through the generations to help businesses survive the
SAT       economic downturn.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00h3wxf (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00h3wxh (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h3wxk (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00h3x6x (Listen)
SAT       Peter Curran presents an eclectic mix of conversation,
SAT       comedy and music. He is joined by Maria Friedman, Phil
SAT       Davis and Nichola McAuliffe. Jon Holmes talks to TV critic
SAT       and author Brian Viner. Plus music from Jim Moray and A
SAT       Camp and comedy from Alex Horne.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00h3x6z (Listen)
SAT       Sara Payne
SAT       Chris Bowlby profiles Sara Payne, whose daughter, Sarah,
SAT       was murdered by a paedophile in July 2000. Sara Payne has
SAT       been appointed Victims' Champion by Home Secretary Jacqui
SAT       Smith, working from a desk in Whitehall, promoting the
SAT       rights of victims of crime in a new government initiative.
SAT       Chris charts the emergence of Payne as a voice for victims
SAT       from terrible personal tragedy to a symbol of victimhood
SAT       for both the media and the government.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00h3x71 (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Amanda Vickery, Danny Robins
SAT       and Michael Goldfarb review the cultural highlights of the
SAT       week, including Sam Mendes' new movie Revolutionary Road.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00h9mvl (Listen)
SAT       Pinter on Air
SAT       Ian Smith, author of Pinter in the Theatre and a friend of
SAT       the late playwright, rediscovers the vital role that a
SAT       series of successful radio and television dramas played in
SAT       making Harold Pinter's name.
SAT       He draws on a recently released archive of letters written
SAT       to Pinter by listeners and viewers of these plays. They
SAT       strikingly reveal how audiences well beyond London's West
SAT       End responded to the broadcasts, many of them written not
SAT       for the stage but specially for radio or TV.
SAT       Ian also uses Pinter's early revue sketches and a letter
SAT       from Sid James to examine how Pinter's work was not just
SAT       funny, but foreshadowed much mainstream British TV comedy,
SAT       from Steptoe and Son to Smith and Jones.
SAT       He explores the way in which BBC Radio's Third Programme
SAT       nurtured the teenage Pinter's enthusiasm for culture and
SAT       subsequently hired him as an actor and how, in the wake of
SAT       the flop of his first major stage play at the end of the
SAT       1950s, it was BBC Radio that sustained him as a writer.
SAT       Ian delves into the BBC archive to listen to the early
SAT       Pinter classics which flowed from these commissions, such
SAT       as A Slight Ache. He reunites some of the cast of one of
SAT       Pinter's early hits, A Night Out, to find out what it was
SAT       like working on one of the very first Pinter scripts.
SAT       Finally, he examines how, in the 1960s, television
SAT       repeatedly won Pinter an audience of millions for his
SAT       work. He watches some of Pinter's original plays for TV,
SAT       including Tea Party and The Basement, and hears from some
SAT       of those most closely involved in making them. Ian
SAT       discovers that these pieces allowed Pinter to push his
SAT       highly original dramatic strategies to their limits, and
SAT       how they were a vital part of his breakthrough as one of
SAT       Britain's greatest dramatic writers.
SAT       Featuring contributions from Sir Peter Hall, Barbara Bray,
SAT       Michael Bakewell, Christopher Morahan, Dominic Sandbrook,
SAT       Benedict Nightingale, Michael Rosen, Eileen Diss, Philip
SAT       Saville, Auriol Smith, John Rye and Hugh Dickson.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00gsv4x (Listen)
SAT       The Grand Babylon Hotel, Episode 2
SAT       Murder mystery by Arnold Bennett, adapted in two parts by
SAT       Chris Harrald.
SAT       Having bought Europe's most exclusive hotel, American
SAT       tycoon Theodore Racksole is thrown in to a world of
SAT       intrigue, espionage and murder.
SAT       Theodore Racksole ...... John Sessions
SAT       Nella Racksole ...... Matti Houghton
SAT       Aribert ...... Joe Kloska
SAT       Jules ...... Richard Katz
SAT       Miss Spencer ...... Fenella Woolgar
SAT       Felix Babylon ...... Stephen Greif
SAT       Prince Eugen ...... Stephen Critchlow
SAT       Reginald Dimmock ...... Gunnar Cauthery
SAT       Hazell ...... Jonathan Tafler
SAT       Miss Ferguson ...... Jill Cardo
SAT       Tomkins ...... Inam Mirza
SAT       Emperor ...... Malcolm Tierney
SAT       Sampson Levi ...... Chris Pavlo.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00h3xfw (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00h34dc (Listen)
SAT       Banks and the Law
SAT       Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal
SAT       issues of the day.
SAT       Is the public interest sufficiently protected by the
SAT       current laws and regulations controlling the behaviour of
SAT       banks and other financial institutions? Are new, tougher
SAT       laws needed in the current economic climate?
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Quote... Unquote b00gvhxx (Listen)
SAT       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
SAT       of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Sir Richard Eyre,
SAT       Ken Follett, Bonnie Greer and John Simpson.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Poetry Please b00gsvw7 (Listen)
SAT       Presented by Roger McGough. To celebrate the 250th
SAT       anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, John Mackay
SAT       reads some of his greatest poems, as requested by
SAT       listeners. Lia Williams reads other listeners' requests,
SAT       including poems by ASJ Tessimond, Liz Lochhead and Lotte
SAT       Kramer.
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SUN       SUNDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00h3xqx (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 The Late Story b007qzxz (Listen)
SUN       Bottled Air, A Brisk Hike up the Trossachs
SUN       Short stories by writer and comedian Ian Macpherson,
SUN       describing life with Florette, a radical, feminist,
SUN       menopausal poet.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h3xqz (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h3xr1 (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h3xr3 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00h3xr5 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00h3xr7 (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Martin's Church, Eynsford in
SUN       Kent.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00h3x6z (Listen)
SUN       Sara Payne
SUN       Chris Bowlby profiles Sara Payne, whose daughter, Sarah,
SUN       was murdered by a paedophile in July 2000. Sara Payne has
SUN       been appointed Victims' Champion by Home Secretary Jacqui
SUN       Smith, working from a desk in Whitehall, promoting the
SUN       rights of victims of crime in a new government initiative.
SUN       Chris charts the emergence of Payne as a voice for victims
SUN       from terrible personal tragedy to a symbol of victimhood
SUN       for both the media and the government.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00h3xw6 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00h3xw8 (Listen)
SUN       Running on Empty
SUN       Writer Blake Morrison considers the physical and spiritual
SUN       isolation of the runner, with reference to fellow writers
SUN       Haruki Murakami, Alan Sillitoe and Sharon Olds and music
SUN       by guitarist Bert Jansch, French group Air and Ralph
SUN       Vaughan Williams.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 The Living World b00h464k (Listen)
SUN       Rockhopper Penguin
SUN       Lionel Kelleway encounters a colony of 5,000 Rockhopper
SUN       penguins in the midst of their breeding season in the
SUN       Falkland Islands.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00h4d20 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00h4d22 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00h4d24 (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of
SUN       the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00h4d26 (Listen)
SUN       Sparks Charity
SUN       Ronnie Corbett appeals on behalf of Sparks Charity.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00h4d28 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00h4d2b (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00h4d2d (Listen)
SUN       Good Tidings to Zion
SUN       From Knock Methodist Church, Belfast, led by Rev Brian
SUN       Griffin.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00h389w (Listen)
SUN       Harry Evans wonders whether the term 'banker' will ever be
SUN       restored to its former prestige.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00h4d2g (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00h4d2j (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00h4d2l (Listen)
SUN       Thomas Quasthoff
SUN       Kirsty Young invites the singer Thomas Quasthoff to choose
SUN       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00gvjpg (Listen)
SUN       Series 54, Episode 5
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. The
SUN       panellists are Paul Merton, Liza Tarbuck, Gyles Brandreth
SUN       and Sue Perkins.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00h4d2n (Listen)
SUN       Mussels and Other Seafood
SUN       Sheila Dillon reports on growing mussels in Shetland and
SUN       the health experts' view on seafood, cholesterol and Omega
SUN       3.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00h4d2q (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 World This Weekend b00h4d2s (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Fry's English Delight b00d3q63 (Listen)
SUN       Metaphor
SUN       Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the
SUN       English language.
SUN       Britain's high coastline/population ratio helps to explain
SUN       how maritime metaphor shaped the English language. But the
SUN       sea, and the way it shapes the land, has a special
SUN       metaphorical meaning. Stephen suggests that language is
SUN       shaped, like a coastline, by a flow of metaphors, which
SUN       erode, break down and eventually become part of everyday
SUN       speech and writing.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardener's Question Time b00h3844 (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Bunny Guinness, John Cushnie and Pippa Greenwood answer
SUN       the questions posed by gardeners in North Yorkshire.
SUN       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
SUN       forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 A View Through a Lens b00h4d2v (Listen)
SUN       Flying Elk
SUN       Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison combines location
SUN       recordings with personal narratives which highlight the
SUN       uniqueness of human experience, the beauty of nature and
SUN       the connections which unite society and nature.
SUN       John films the flight from Sweden to Scotland. But this is
SUN       no ordinary flight as his companions include two moose,
SUN       which can only be fitted into the plane by removing the
SUN       toilet.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00h4d2x (Listen)
SUN       The Invasion - Arab Chronicles of the First Crusade,
SUN       Episode 1
SUN       By Jonathan Myerson. The story of the First Crusade,
SUN       re-imagined from the Arab point of view, using the
SUN       chronicles of the period.
SUN       Small-time merchant Firuz's life is changed when his land
SUN       is invaded by a rag-tag army of incomprehensible, odorous
SUN       and ill-disciplined warriors from the West, fuelled by
SUN       religious fanaticism.
SUN       Firuz ...... Andrew Lincoln
SUN       The Stitch ...... Neil Dudgeon
SUN       Rihab ...... Helen Schlesinger
SUN       Yaghi-Siyan ...... Nicholas Woodeson
SUN       Tatikios ...... Peter Polycarpou
SUN       Nadirah ...... Rachel Atkins
SUN       Suleima ...... Jill Cardo
SUN       Anna ...... Janice Acquah
SUN       Peter ...... Chris Pavlo
SUN       Qilij ...... Gunnar Cauthery
SUN       Shams Al-Dawla ...... Dan Starkey
SUN       Other parts played by Malcolm Tierney, Stephen Critchlow
SUN       and Robert Lonsdale
SUN       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Bookclub b00h4dd0 (Listen)
SUN       James Naughtie talks to the novelist Bernard Cornwell. He
SUN       joins an audience of readers to discuss the first novel in
SUN       his series set in Saxon England, The Last Kingdom. The
SUN       novel centres on the story of Uhtred Ragnarson, a
SUN       Northumbrian boy captured by the invading Vikings and
SUN       raised as one of their own, who returns to the Saxons
SUN       after the Danish warrior who raised him is killed.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00h4dh4 (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests for poems by
SUN       Emily Bronte, Sheenagh Pugh and Linton Kwesi Johnson. With
SUN       readers Nadia Williams, Burt Caesar and Adjoa Andoh.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00h33hc (Listen)
SUN       Jon Manel finds out if the law is keeping pace with the
SUN       increasing numbers of British couples who are having
SUN       children using surrogate mothers, both in Britain and
SUN       abroad.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00h3x6z (Listen)
SUN       Sara Payne
SUN       Chris Bowlby profiles Sara Payne, whose daughter, Sarah,
SUN       was murdered by a paedophile in July 2000. Sara Payne has
SUN       been appointed Victims' Champion by Home Secretary Jacqui
SUN       Smith, working from a desk in Whitehall, promoting the
SUN       rights of victims of crime in a new government initiative.
SUN       Chris charts the emergence of Payne as a voice for victims
SUN       from terrible personal tragedy to a symbol of victimhood
SUN       for both the media and the government.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00h4dk1 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00h4dk3 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h4dk5 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00h4dk7 (Listen)
SUN       Claudia Hammond introduces her selection of highlights
SUN       from the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00h4dk9 (Listen)
SUN       Susan prepares for a surreptitious celebration.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00h4f2t (Listen)
SUN       Children's magazine. Barney Harwood meets Leah Cooper, who
SUN       won a BAFTA award for the short film she made for CBBC's
SUN       Me and My Movie competition, and Kirsten O'Brien meets the
SUN       animator John Lasseter.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b007wdjl (Listen)
SUN       Overheard, A View from the Carpet
SUN       Series of specially commissioned short stories based on
SUN       snatches of overheard conversation.
SUN       By Susie Maguire, read by Joanna Tope
SUN       A woman takes refuge under the bed from an unwelcome
SUN       neighbour.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00h3842 (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00h389m (Listen)
SUN       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
SUN       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
SUN       recently died. The programme reflects on people of
SUN       distinction and interest from many walks of life, some
SUN       famous and some less well known.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00h3ws2 (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00h4d26 (Listen)
SUN       Sparks Charity
SUN       Ronnie Corbett appeals on behalf of Sparks Charity.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00h37x5 (Listen)
SUN       Down Japan
SUN       After Japan's property bubble burst in 1990, the country
SUN       was pitched into 10 years of economic depression, from
SUN       which the world's second largest economy may not yet have
SUN       fully recovered. Peter Day asks what the rest of the world
SUN       can learn from the now familiar-sounding Japanese
SUN       experience.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00h4f52 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00h4f54 (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn
SUN       Quinn. Including The Few.
SUN       
SUN       23:02 The Film Programme b00h389p (Listen)
SUN       Francine Stock talks to Steven Berkoff about working with
SUN       Stanley Kubrick on his masterpiece Barry Lyndon.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00h3xw8 (Listen)
SUN       Running on Empty
SUN       Writer Blake Morrison considers the physical and spiritual
SUN       isolation of the runner, with reference to fellow writers
SUN       Haruki Murakami, Alan Sillitoe and Sharon Olds and music
SUN       by guitarist Bert Jansch, French group Air and Ralph
SUN       Vaughan Williams.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00h4gbb (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00h34d7 (Listen)
MON       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
MON       society works.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00h3xr7 (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Martin's Church, Eynsford in
MON       Kent.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h4gfm (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h4ght (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h4gm3 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00h4gph (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h4grf (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00h4gwk (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00h625n (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00h4gww (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00h62pk (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His
MON       guests include Jonathan Miller, who discusses a new
MON       production of La boheme for English National Opera, Howard
MON       Jacobson on Britishness in literature and the economist
MON       Dambisa Moyo on why aid is not working.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00h4gxx (Listen)
MON       The Last Supper, Episode 1
MON       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
MON       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
MON       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
MON       to a more relaxed way of life.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00h4j4t (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey. Including Meryl Streep on her role in
MON       Doubt, the Monday Panel, and guidelines on teenage
MON       drinking.
MON       Including drama:
MON       The Lady of the Camellias
MON       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
MON       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
MON       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
MON       the love of young Armand Duval.
MON       Armand is distraught to return to Paris too late to see
MON       Marguerite, the love of his life, before she dies.
MON       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
MON       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
MON       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
MON       Marguerite's sister ...... Manon Edwards
MON       Gravedigger ...... Dick Bradnum
MON       Directed by Polly Thomas.
MON       
MON       11:00 It's About Time... b00h62pm (Listen)
MON       Comedian and writer Dave Cohen seeks help from experts in
MON       trying to achieve a 'work-life balance'. He hardly sees
MON       his family, because the only time he is not working he is
MON       looking for more work. Years of freelancing and the
MON       current economic climate make it hard to say no to any
MON       offer.
MON       
MON       11:30 Says on the Tin b00h62pp (Listen)
MON       Face Cream
MON       Comedy by Christopher William Hill.
MON       Eliott and Esther are on the brink of admitting their
MON       attraction when a young actress with a father fixation
MON       fixes on Eliott.
MON       Eliott Thurber ...... Michael Brandon
MON       Esther Finn ...... Samantha Bond
MON       Hannah Walker ...... Pippa Haywood
MON       Pippa Walker ...... Manjeet Mann
MON       Zadie ...... Joannah Tincey
MON       Baz ...... Inam Mirza
MON       Max ...... Robert Lonsdale
MON       Rutter ...... Stephen Critchlow
MON       Angelique ...... Donnla Hughes
MON       Other parts played by Janice Acquah, Jill Cardo, Jonathan
MON       Tafler and Gunnar Cauthery.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00h4pm4 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00h4pp4 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00h4ppj (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Quote... Unquote b00h62rk (Listen)
MON       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
MON       of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Celia Walden,
MON       Katherine Whitehorn, Richard Coles and Simon Singh.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00h4dk9 (Listen)
MON       Susan prepares for a surreptitious celebration.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00h62xq (Listen)
MON       The Forester's Daughter
MON       Dramatisation of a short story by Claire Keegan. When
MON       Martha accepts Victor Deegan's proposal, she finds her new
MON       life on his farm monotonous and lonely. But Martha has a
MON       secret.
MON       Martha ...... Maria Doyle Kennedy
MON       Deegan ...... Owen Roe
MON       Victoria ...... Emma Bolger
MON       The Stranger ...... Conor Mullen
MON       Big Lad ...... Glen Barry
MON       Young Lad ...... Johnny Brennan
MON       Nancy ...... Cathy Belton
MON       Mrs Duffy ...... Aine Ni Mhuri
MON       Mr Flemming ...... Wesley Murphy
MON       Mr Davis ...... Gerry O'Brien
MON       Father Pat ...... Frankie McCafferty
MON       Dog Buyer ...... Miche Doherty
MON       Directed by Heather Larmour.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00h9mvl (Listen)
MON       Pinter on Air
MON       Ian Smith, author of Pinter in the Theatre and a friend of
MON       the late playwright, rediscovers the vital role that a
MON       series of successful radio and television dramas played in
MON       making Harold Pinter's name.
MON       He draws on a recently released archive of letters written
MON       to Pinter by listeners and viewers of these plays. They
MON       strikingly reveal how audiences well beyond London's West
MON       End responded to the broadcasts, many of them written not
MON       for the stage but specially for radio or TV.
MON       Ian also uses Pinter's early revue sketches and a letter
MON       from Sid James to examine how Pinter's work was not just
MON       funny, but foreshadowed much mainstream British TV comedy,
MON       from Steptoe and Son to Smith and Jones.
MON       He explores the way in which BBC Radio's Third Programme
MON       nurtured the teenage Pinter's enthusiasm for culture and
MON       subsequently hired him as an actor and how, in the wake of
MON       the flop of his first major stage play at the end of the
MON       1950s, it was BBC Radio that sustained him as a writer.
MON       Ian delves into the BBC archive to listen to the early
MON       Pinter classics which flowed from these commissions, such
MON       as A Slight Ache. He reunites some of the cast of one of
MON       Pinter's early hits, A Night Out, to find out what it was
MON       like working on one of the very first Pinter scripts.
MON       Finally, he examines how, in the 1960s, television
MON       repeatedly won Pinter an audience of millions for his
MON       work. He watches some of Pinter's original plays for TV,
MON       including Tea Party and The Basement, and hears from some
MON       of those most closely involved in making them. Ian
MON       discovers that these pieces allowed Pinter to push his
MON       highly original dramatic strategies to their limits, and
MON       how they were a vital part of his breakthrough as one of
MON       Britain's greatest dramatic writers.
MON       Featuring contributions from Sir Peter Hall, Barbara Bray,
MON       Michael Bakewell, Christopher Morahan, Dominic Sandbrook,
MON       Benedict Nightingale, Michael Rosen, Eileen Diss, Philip
MON       Saville, Auriol Smith, John Rye and Hugh Dickson.
MON       
MON       15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00h4r7x (Listen)
MON       Big Business
MON       Series charting the history of America, written and
MON       presented by David Reynolds. The rise of business tycoons
MON       such as Andrew Carnegie, JD Rockefeller and JP Morgan.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00h4d2n (Listen)
MON       Mussels and Other Seafood
MON       Sheila Dillon reports on growing mussels in Shetland and
MON       the health experts' view on seafood, cholesterol and Omega
MON       3.
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00h62xs (Listen)
MON       Ernie Rea explores the place of faith in today's world,
MON       teasing out the hidden and often contradictory truths
MON       behind the experiences, values and traditions of our lives.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00h4r87 (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
MON       Mair.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h4rbf (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00h6sdr (Listen)
MON       Series 54, Episode 6
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. The
MON       panellists are Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Jack Dee and
MON       Josie Lawrence.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00h4pv4 (Listen)
MON       Shula breaks with her tradition.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00h4w69 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports from the Tate
MON       Triennial, an exhibition which aims to present some of the
MON       best new British art.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00h4w7j (Listen)
MON       The Lady of the Camellias, Episode 1
MON       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
MON       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
MON       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
MON       the love of young Armand Duval.
MON       Armand is distraught to return to Paris too late to see
MON       Marguerite, the love of his life, before she dies.
MON       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
MON       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
MON       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
MON       Marguerite's sister ...... Manon Edwards
MON       Gravedigger ...... Dick Bradnum
MON       Directed by Polly Thomas.
MON       
MON       20:00 The Tiger Takes Guard b00h6sdt (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Psychoanalyst and former England captain Mike Brearley
MON       travels to India to explore the vibrant and complex
MON       relationship between the nation's emergence as an economic
MON       power and its love of cricket.
MON       India has come to follow cricket with a verve and
MON       intensity that would have amazed, and possibly dismayed,
MON       the Victorian adventurers who first brought the game to
MON       its shores. As a national sport, Indian cricket has no
MON       parallel. There may be more money in American basketball
MON       and as much passion in Brazilian soccer. But two things
MON       distinguish this sport in India that are unmatched
MON       anywhere else on the globe. The first is the numbers, with
MON       500 million people taking part in the game. The second is
MON       history, and the way in which India's national identity
MON       and its economic and social life is so bound up in it.
MON       Mike talks to historians, administrators and some of the
MON       Indian game's most important figures, including Sachin
MON       Tendulkar and Bishen Bedi, about the future of cricket in
MON       India and its implications for the game throughout the
MON       world.
MON       
MON       20:30 Bottom Line b00h3ww0 (Listen)
MON       Evan Davis presents the business magazine. He to
MON       Manchester to meet the CEOs of some of the biggest
MON       businesses in the north west to find out how they are
MON       coping during the now-official recession. His guests
MON       include Geoff Muirhead, the CEO of Manchester Airports
MON       Group, John Nichols of Nichols, the makers of soft drink
MON       Vimto, Nick Johnson from property developers Urban Splash
MON       and Minara Cook, the founder of Minara Foods. They discuss
MON       whether air travel can be improved in these tough times
MON       and debate whether corporate memory can be handed down
MON       through the generations to help businesses survive the
MON       economic downturn.
MON       
MON       21:00 Costing the Earth b00h6sn7 (Listen)
MON       Totally Uncool
MON       Investigating those businesses and organisations that
MON       over-use air conditioning, and in doing so make a
MON       significant contribution to global warming.
MON       It is a little-known fact that the gases used in air
MON       conditioning and chiller cabinets are between two and
MON       three thousand times more potent in terms of global
MON       warming than CO2. And yet air conditioning is becoming
MON       more commonplace in modern buildings and the home.
MON       The other major source of these harmful HFC gas emissions
MON       in Britain is supermarket chiller cabinets. Some
MON       supermarkets are making efforts to switch to natural
MON       'green freeze' refrigerants, though others are reluctant
MON       to act.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00h62pk (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week. His
MON       guests include Jonathan Miller, who discusses a new
MON       production of La boheme for English National Opera, Howard
MON       Jacobson on Britishness in literature and the economist
MON       Dambisa Moyo on why aid is not working.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00h5f0j (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00h5f0v (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00h5j3s (Listen)
MON       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode
MON       6
MON       Stewart Clapp, Jim Norton, Emilia Fox, Ann Beach and Ben
MON       Crowe read from Mary Ann Shaffer's novel set in the
MON       aftermath of WWII.
MON       While being wooed by handsome American publisher Markham
MON       Reynolds, Juliet continues her correspondence with the
MON       members of the Guernsey book club and is drawn further
MON       into their world and the stories of their wartime lives.
MON       
MON       23:00 With Great Pleasure b00dwhwy (Listen)
MON       Diana Athill
MON       Guest performers select their favourite pieces of writing.
MON       Literary editor and memoirist Diana Athill, now in her
MON       nineties, shares the rich pickings of a life spent among
MON       books with an audience at the Cheltenham Literature
MON       Festival. Among her favourites are excerpts from Chekhov,
MON       PG Wodehouse and Jane Austen's unfinished novel The
MON       Watsons.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00h5j60 (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with David Wilby.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00h4fnm (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00h4gxx (Listen)
TUE       The Last Supper, Episode 1
TUE       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
TUE       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
TUE       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
TUE       to a more relaxed way of life.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h4gd2 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h4gfp (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h4ghw (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00h4gm5 (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h4gpk (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00h4grh (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00h4gwm (Listen)
TUE       With Edward Stourton and Evan Davis. Including Sports
TUE       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
TUE       Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Taking a Stand b00h6tpm (Listen)
TUE       Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made
TUE       sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Darwin: My Ancestor b00h6tpp (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Writer and poet Ruth Padel investigates the qualities of
TUE       her great great grandfather Charles Darwin and attempts to
TUE       discover the man behind the science.
TUE       Ruth explores how her ancestor established relationships
TUE       as a husband and father and became a family man, able to
TUE       blend playing with children and working on scientific
TUE       experiments. She investigates how Darwin's curiosity about
TUE       nature found expression in the study of his children and
TUE       she also explores the unique relationship between Darwin
TUE       and his wife Emma. Ruth also travels to Darwin's home,
TUE       Down House in Kent, to follow his footsteps in the places
TUE       that he loved to walk.
TUE       Among her interviewees are Darwin biographer Janet Browne,
TUE       writer and fellow Darwin descendant Randal Keynes and
TUE       Darwin experts from Down House.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00hd35g (Listen)
TUE       The Last Supper, Episode 2
TUE       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
TUE       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
TUE       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
TUE       to a more relaxed way of life.
TUE       Rachel and her family visit Tuscany and Umbria, on the
TUE       trail of the Rennaiscance artist Piero della Francesca.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00h9x9w (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       Including drama:
TUE       The Lady of the Camellias
TUE       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
TUE       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
TUE       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
TUE       the love of young Armand Duval.
TUE       Armand remembers his first meeting with Marguerite and the
TUE       beginning of their passionate love affair.
TUE       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
TUE       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
TUE       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
TUE       Ernest/Count ...... Dick Bradnum
TUE       Gaston ...... Keiron Self
TUE       Prudence ...... Manon Edwards
TUE       Directed by Polly Thomas.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Who Knows What the Dogs Nose Knows? b00h6xlk (Listen)
TUE       Sue Broom investigates the world of the sniffer dog. She
TUE       visits Bas Wood and his golden labrador Hattie, one of 16
TUE       Fire Investigation Dog Units operating in the UK. Hattie
TUE       can find a drop of petrol in a burnt-out house, making the
TUE       investigation of possible cases of arson rapid and
TUE       relatively indisputable. She finds out if any dog can be
TUE       trained as a detection dog, or whether it takes a special
TUE       breed or individual to make the grade.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 Stash: The Dandy Aesthete of Swinging London
TUE       b00h6xlm (Listen)
TUE       Music journalist Mark Paytress tracks down the mysterious
TUE       Stash, or Prince Stanislaus Klossowski de Rola - friend of
TUE       The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, exotic dandy and
TUE       lover, actor, musician, aristocrat and son of the
TUE       controversial artist Balthus.
TUE       Mark examines Stash's close association with Stones
TUE       guitarist Brian Jones and other leading lights of the
TUE       music scene in 1960s London, the interest he developed in
TUE       alchemy during a period living in Sri Lanka, and visits
TUE       him in his Italian castle to discuss his life and
TUE       experiences.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00h4pl1 (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00h4pm6 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00h4pp6 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Robert Winston's Musical Analysis b00h6ysz (Listen)
TUE       Schumann
TUE       Professor Robert Winston explores the relationship between
TUE       the music and the medical conditions of composers who
TUE       suffered mental and physical illness.
TUE       Robert investigates Robert Schumann, who died in 1856 aged
TUE       46 in Endenich Sanatorium in Bonn, following a series of
TUE       mental breakdowns and suicide attempts.
TUE       He hears a convincing case from fellow sufferers Kay
TUE       Redfield Jamison and Stephen Johnson that Schumann
TUE       suffered from bipolar disorder, and not syphillis, as has
TUE       been claimed previously. He also meets pianist Lucy
TUE       Parham, who introduces him to the music of Schumann's
TUE       imaginary friends.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00h4pv4 (Listen)
TUE       Shula breaks with her tradition.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00h6zby (Listen)
TUE       McLevy - Series 5, Picture of Innocence
TUE       Stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective based on
TUE       real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James McLevy.
TUE       A high court judge is dead and suspicion falls on his
TUE       wife. Her alleged adultery with a fashionable portrait
TUE       painter suggests a strong motive for murder, but she
TUE       protests her innocence and turns to McLevy for help.
TUE       McLevy ...... Brian Cox
TUE       Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond
TUE       Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
TUE       Roach ...... David Ashton
TUE       Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil
TUE       Boothroyd ...... Andrew Clark
TUE       Judith ...... Emma Currie
TUE       Dunsmore ...... Simon Tait
TUE       Alec ...... Steven McNicoll
TUE       Minnie ...... Irene Allan
TUE       Directed by Patrick Rayner.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00h6zs3 (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the environment and the natural world.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00h6zs5 (Listen)
TUE       Three Stories by Haruki Murakami, Crabs
TUE       Series of short stories by the Japanese novelist Haruki
TUE       Murakami, taken from his collection Blind Willow, Sleeping
TUE       Woman.
TUE       Two lovers take a holiday in Singapore and discover a
TUE       small, out-of-the-way, restaurant - a discovery which has
TUE       surprising and long-lasting results for both of them.
TUE       Read by Megan Dodds.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00h4r3z (Listen)
TUE       Made in America
TUE       Series charting the history of America, written and
TUE       presented by David Reynolds. Industrial growth and the
TUE       arrival of the railways.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Law in Action b00grn64 (Listen)
TUE       Lucy Ash reports on how the US is trying to cut
TUE       re-offending and meets the killers and gang bosses who are
TUE       now learning business skills from top CEOs. She also asks
TUE       whether communing with nature can soften the hard hearts
TUE       of the toughest convicts.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00h6zs7 (Listen)
TUE       Series 17, Robert Kennedy
TUE       Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris.
TUE       Ken Livingstone discusses his hero Robert Kennedy.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00h4r7z (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
TUE       Mair.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h4rb5 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Broken Arts b00h76vd (Listen)
TUE       Episode 4
TUE       David Quantick and company poke fun at the ridiculous in
TUE       popular culture. Featuring a guest appearance from Gilbert
TUE       and Sullivan and special correspondents Dan Maier, Richie
TUE       Webb, Jane Lamacraft and Margaret Cabourn-Smith.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00h4pv6 (Listen)
TUE       The fate of the flat is decided.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00h4w0w (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a report
TUE       from the opening of Jonathan Miller's new production of
TUE       Puccini's La Boheme, with Alfie Boe as Rodolfo.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hb5yh (Listen)
TUE       The Lady of the Camellias, Episode 2
TUE       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
TUE       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
TUE       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
TUE       the love of young Armand Duval.
TUE       Armand remembers his first meeting with Marguerite and the
TUE       beginning of their passionate love affair.
TUE       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
TUE       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
TUE       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
TUE       Ernest/Count ...... Dick Bradnum
TUE       Gaston ...... Keiron Self
TUE       Prudence ...... Manon Edwards
TUE       Directed by Polly Thomas.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00h8lfj (Listen)
TUE       Allan Urry investigates how criminal syndicates have been
TUE       able to target GPs, hospitals and chemists with cheap
TUE       counterfeit drugs. With the NHS under pressure to cut its
TUE       11 billion-pound annual spending on medicines, has the
TUE       hunt for cheaper alternatives opened the door to these
TUE       dangerous fakes?
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00h8lfl (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00h8lfn (Listen)
TUE       Dr Mark Porter examines emergency procedures for heart
TUE       attacks.
TUE       He visits the Heart Attack Centre at the Barts and The
TUE       London NHS Trust. The hospital has recently won awards for
TUE       its emergency treatment for those with heart attacks.
TUE       The Centre works with the London Ambulance Service to try
TUE       and ensure that all those suffering a heart attack receive
TUE       a balloon angioplasty - a balloon put into a valve in the
TUE       heart - as soon as possible. It has been shown that those
TUE       who receive this treatment are far more likely to survive
TUE       the attack. The hospital has managed to reduce deaths from
TUE       heart attack by 50 per cent.
TUE       Mark looks at the other services provided by the Heart
TUE       Attack Centre and finds out how soon it will be before
TUE       services like this are available across the UK.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Taking a Stand b00h6tpm (Listen)
TUE       Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and made
TUE       sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00h5dyw (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00h5f0l (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00h5j3g (Listen)
TUE       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode
TUE       7
TUE       Emilia Fox and Clare Corbett read from Mary Ann Shaffer's
TUE       novel, set in the aftermath of the Second World War.
TUE       Juliet stalls a proposal from Markham Reynolds. In pursuit
TUE       of her interest in the story of their reading group, she
TUE       decides to visit her friends in Guernsey.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Weird Tales b00h8mpy (Listen)
TUE       The Loop
TUE       Series of four chilling and intimate plays.
TUE       It is 1906 and workers on the new London underground
TUE       network unearth some mysterious remains. A young
TUE       archaeologist investigates and discovers that there are
TUE       some mysteries better left undisturbed.
TUE       Lovecraft/Samuelson ...... Stephen Hogan
TUE       Geoffrey Coombs ...... Geoffrey Streatfeild
TUE       Lucy Allen ...... Sophie Roberts
TUE       Mr Hodge ...... Stephen Critchlow
TUE       Billy ...... Joe Prospero
TUE       Feasy ...... Paul Rider
TUE       Workman ...... Matt Addis
TUE       Waitress ...... Lizzy Watts.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00h5j5p (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Sean Curran.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 4 FEBRUARY 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00h4fnp (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00hd35g (Listen)
WED       The Last Supper, Episode 2
WED       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
WED       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
WED       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
WED       to a more relaxed way of life.
WED       Rachel and her family visit Tuscany and Umbria, on the
WED       trail of the Rennaiscance artist Piero della Francesca.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h4gd4 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h4gfr (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h4ghy (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00h4gm7 (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h4gpm (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00h4grk (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00h4gwp (Listen)
WED       With Edward Stourton and Evan Davis. Including Sports
WED       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
WED       Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00h8n6l (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00hd34w (Listen)
WED       The Last Supper, Episode 3
WED       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
WED       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
WED       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
WED       to a more relaxed way of life.
WED       Rachel and her family visit Assisi, where they become
WED       acquainted with the life of St Francis and the art he
WED       inspired.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00h9x9k (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray.
WED       Including drama:
WED       The Lady of the Camellias
WED       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
WED       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
WED       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
WED       the love of young Armand Duval.
WED       Armand is unable to stand his mistress Marguerite being
WED       with other men, and takes rash action in a fit of jealousy.
WED       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
WED       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
WED       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
WED       Ernest/Count ...... Dick Bradnum
WED       Gaston/Porter ...... Keiron Self
WED       Prudence ...... Manon Edwards
WED       Directed by Polly Thomas.
WED       
WED       11:00 God and the Movies b00h8n6n (Listen)
WED       Journalist and vicar Richard Coles travels to Hollywood to
WED       explore how major film studios are trying to cash in on
WED       the success of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ by
WED       placing Christian themes and values at the heart of major
WED       blockbusters.
WED       
WED       11:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00h8n6q (Listen)
WED       Series 4, Charley Ant
WED       Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur
WED       Strong is an expert in everything from the world of
WED       entertainment to the origins of the species, all false
WED       starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a
WED       delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
WED       Arthur prepares to gatecrash an audition for Charley's
WED       Aunt. Unable to find his make-up bag, he enlists the help
WED       of his acting student protege Malcolm to help put the
WED       finishing touches to his costume.
WED       With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield, Alastair
WED       Kerr and Terry Kilkelly.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00h4pl3 (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00h4pm8 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00h4pp8 (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00h8n6s (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00h4pv6 (Listen)
WED       The fate of the flat is decided.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00h8nh9 (Listen)
WED       Deja Vu
WED       Performed in French and English, Alexis Zegerman's drama
WED       tells the story of a love affair between a woman from
WED       London and a Paris-based French Algerian. When Claire and
WED       Ahmed meet, it is language that stands between them. But
WED       when Ahmed is stopped and searched in London under section
WED       44 of the Terrorism Act, the seed of a much larger
WED       difference is sown.
WED       With Caroline Catz and Karim Saleh.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00h8pxb (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on financial issues.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hb4ly (Listen)
WED       Three Stories by Haruki Murakami, The Year of Spaghetti
WED       Series of three short stories by the Japanese novelist
WED       Haruki Murakami, taken from his collection Blind Willow,
WED       Sleeping Woman.
WED       A man reminisces about his gastronomic obsession,
WED       revealing how isolation, whether accidental or sought,
WED       feeds on itself.
WED       Read by Jack Davenport.
WED       
WED       15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00h4r41 (Listen)
WED       The Cities - America's Pride and Shame
WED       Series charting the history of America, written and
WED       presented by David Reynolds. The cities illustrate both
WED       sides of America: wealth and opportunity side by side with
WED       slum poverty.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00h8q3y (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00h8lfn (Listen)
WED       Dr Mark Porter examines emergency procedures for heart
WED       attacks.
WED       He visits the Heart Attack Centre at the Barts and The
WED       London NHS Trust. The hospital has recently won awards for
WED       its emergency treatment for those with heart attacks.
WED       The Centre works with the London Ambulance Service to try
WED       and ensure that all those suffering a heart attack receive
WED       a balloon angioplasty - a balloon put into a valve in the
WED       heart - as soon as possible. It has been shown that those
WED       who receive this treatment are far more likely to survive
WED       the attack. The hospital has managed to reduce deaths from
WED       heart attack by 50 per cent.
WED       Mark looks at the other services provided by the Heart
WED       Attack Centre and finds out how soon it will be before
WED       services like this are available across the UK.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00h4r81 (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 b00h4rb7 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4, followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       18:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b00hcr5l (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Barry Cryer
WED       Marcus Brigstocke invites Barry Cryer to try new
WED       experiences.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00h4pv8 (Listen)
WED       Lilian looks out for her Tiger.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00h4w0y (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an
WED       interview with Tom Perrotta, whose novel The Abstinence
WED       Teacher focuses on the tensions between a sex education
WED       teacher and an evangelical Christian church.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hb60h (Listen)
WED       The Lady of the Camellias, Episode 3
WED       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
WED       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
WED       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
WED       the love of young Armand Duval.
WED       Armand is unable to stand his mistress Marguerite being
WED       with other men, and takes rash action in a fit of jealousy.
WED       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
WED       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
WED       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
WED       Ernest/Count ...... Dick Bradnum
WED       Gaston/Porter ...... Keiron Self
WED       Prudence ...... Manon Edwards
WED       Directed by Polly Thomas.
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00h8qc3 (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. Clifford Longley, Kenan Malik,
WED       Michael Portillo and Melanie Phillips cross-examine
WED       witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45 The Few b00hb68j (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Andrew Keen uncovers the new elites of the digital age. He
WED       seeks out the new few, that small group of rich and
WED       powerful people who are now using their success as Silicon
WED       Valley entrepreneurs to reshape the world according to
WED       their philosophical ideals, economic interests and ideas
WED       of democracy.
WED       
WED       21:00 State of Mind b00h8qk3 (Listen)
WED       Which Way Now?
WED       Claudia Hammond tells the story of mental health care in
WED       the UK from the 1950s to the present day and explores,
WED       with the help of listeners' testimonies, how treatment and
WED       understanding of mental illness has changed over the past
WED       50 years.
WED       Claudia visits the Wellcome Trust facility at Manchester
WED       University, where Professor Bill Deakin, Director of the
WED       Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, is conducting
WED       experiments into new drug therapies for schizophrenia and
WED       depression. She also meets Louis Appleby, the government's
WED       mental health 'tsar', and Dinesh Bhugra, the president of
WED       the Royal College of Psychiatrists, to discuss their views
WED       of the future.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00h8n6l (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00h5dyy (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00h5f0n (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
WED       Shah.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00h5j3j (Listen)
WED       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode
WED       8
WED       Sian Thomas, Emilia Fox, Ben Crowe and Ann Beach read from
WED       Mary Ann Shaffer's novel, set in the aftermath of the
WED       Second World War.
WED       Remy Giraud's letter bearing the news that Elizabeth
WED       McKenna was executed in Ravensbruck reaches Guernsey, so
WED       Amelia and Dawsey decide to visit Remy in France.
WED       
WED       23:00 Nick Mohammed in Quarters b00h8qk5 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Comedy sketches and monologues by Nick Mohammed and
WED       friends.
WED       
WED       23:15 The Correspondent b00h8qk7 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Series of bittersweet comic monologues, performed by Tom
WED       Allen.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00h5j5r (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00h4fnr (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00hd34w (Listen)
THU       The Last Supper, Episode 3
THU       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
THU       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
THU       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
THU       to a more relaxed way of life.
THU       Rachel and her family visit Assisi, where they become
THU       acquainted with the life of St Francis and the art he
THU       inspired.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h4gd6 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h4gft (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h4gj0 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00h4gm9 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h4gpp (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00h4grm (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00h4gwr (Listen)
THU       With Edward Stourton and Evan Davis. Including Sports
THU       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
THU       Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00h8t18 (Listen)
THU       The Brothers Grimm
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Marina Warner, Juliette Wood and
THU       Tony Phelan discuss the fairy tales collected by the
THU       Brothers Grimm, including Cinderella, Rapunzel and Hansel
THU       and Gretal. What they can tell us about the German
THU       imagination and 19th-century romantic nationalism?
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00hd34y (Listen)
THU       The Last Supper, Episode 4
THU       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
THU       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
THU       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
THU       to a more relaxed way of life.
THU       The family see some of Rafael's masterpieces in Florence
THU       and then head south to Naples and Pompeii.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00h9x9m (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray.
THU       Including drama:
THU       The Lady of the Camellias
THU       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
THU       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
THU       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
THU       the love of young Armand Duval.
THU       Armand and Marguerite have at last escaped to a rural
THU       idyll, but their happiness is shattered when Armand's
THU       father begs his son to leave his mistress.
THU       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
THU       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
THU       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
THU       Prudence/Maid ...... Manon Edwards
THU       Duval Senior ...... Steffan Rhodri
THU       Directed by Polly Thomas.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00h8t1b (Listen)
THU       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
THU       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU       
THU       11:30 The Monsarrat Archive b00h8t1d (Listen)
THU       Barry Norman explores the newly-opened archive of material
THU       amassed by writer Nicholas Monsarrat, author of The Cruel
THU       Sea.
THU       Monsarrat was a meticulous recorder of the minutiae
THU       relating to his work and personal life, and during the
THU       course of his lifetime amassed a vast archive of
THU       scrapbooks, manuscripts, letters, accounts and other
THU       memorabilia. Barry is granted access to this collection,
THU       which gives an intimate insight into the writer's life and
THU       work.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00h4pl5 (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00h4pmb (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00h4ppb (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Costing the Earth b00h6sn7 (Listen)
THU       Totally Uncool
THU       Investigating those businesses and organisations that
THU       over-use air conditioning, and in doing so make a
THU       significant contribution to global warming.
THU       It is a little-known fact that the gases used in air
THU       conditioning and chiller cabinets are between two and
THU       three thousand times more potent in terms of global
THU       warming than CO2. And yet air conditioning is becoming
THU       more commonplace in modern buildings and the home.
THU       The other major source of these harmful HFC gas emissions
THU       in Britain is supermarket chiller cabinets. Some
THU       supermarkets are making efforts to switch to natural
THU       'green freeze' refrigerants, though others are reluctant
THU       to act.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00h4pv8 (Listen)
THU       Lilian looks out for her Tiger.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b007702x (Listen)
THU       Monkeyface
THU       By Linda Marshall Griffiths. Eight-year-old Siddy and his
THU       big sister Frannie search for their father. Armed only
THU       with a newspaper cutting of him at a peace demonstration
THU       and a memory of a trip to a beach in Scarborough, do they
THU       have any hope of tracking him down?
THU       With Aidan Parsons, Rachel Brogan, Siobhan Finneran, Craig
THU       Cheetham.
THU       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
THU       
THU       15:02 Open Country b00h3v0p (Listen)
THU       Winter Wildlife Crisis
THU       Helen Mark investigates the sharp frosts and winter storms
THU       which have devastated the delicate wildlife of Cornwall.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00h4d26 (Listen)
THU       Sparks Charity
THU       Ronnie Corbett appeals on behalf of Sparks Charity.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00hb4lw (Listen)
THU       Three Stories by Haruki Murakami, The Mirror
THU       Series of three short stories by the Japanese novelist
THU       Haruki Murakami, taken from his collection Blind Willow,
THU       Sleeping Woman.
THU       The mundane becomes the extraordinary when a caretaker
THU       catches sight of himself in a mirror and sees more than he
THU       bargained for.
THU       Read by Hugh Ross.
THU       
THU       15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00h4r43 (Listen)
THU       The Farmers and Workers Revolt
THU       The rise of unionisation and strikes across America. Will
THU       socialism take off?
THU       
THU       16:00 Bookclub b00h4dd0 (Listen)
THU       James Naughtie talks to the novelist Bernard Cornwell. He
THU       joins an audience of readers to discuss the first novel in
THU       his series set in Saxon England, The Last Kingdom. The
THU       novel centres on the story of Uhtred Ragnarson, a
THU       Northumbrian boy captured by the invading Vikings and
THU       raised as one of their own, who returns to the Saxons
THU       after the Danish warrior who raised him is killed.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00h8wnt (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper hears from two brothers about ambitious
THU       balloon flights carrying a special telescope above the
THU       Arctic and Antarctic, and attempts to film the flights.
THU       Mark Devlin, an astronomer at the University of
THU       Pennsylvania, aims to study new stars in distant galaxies.
THU       He needs to look at them in wavelengths of light that do
THU       not penetrate the Earth's atmosphere, so he attempts to
THU       fly his fragile telescope beneath a high-altitude balloon
THU       which takes it to the top of the atmosphere. To keep it in
THU       the sky requires constant daylight, so he has to take it
THU       above the Arctic or Antarctic circle in mid-summer.
THU       Mark's brother, Paul, is an Emmy award-winning film-maker
THU       and has been making a documentary that follows Paul's
THU       team. He captures the trials and tribulations, delays and
THU       panics, disappointments and triumphs of attempted launches
THU       from Sweden and Antarctica.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00h4r83 (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 b00h4rb9 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00f6p8q (Listen)
THU       Series 5, The Great Escape
THU       Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
THU       Ed finds himself in gainful employment writing for a local
THU       lifestyle magazine when everyone at the agency goes on
THU       holiday. There may even be a romantic holiday on the
THU       horizon for him.
THU       Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
THU       Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
THU       Carol ...... Rebecca Front
THU       Aussie ...... Lewis MacLeod
THU       Pearl ...... Rita May
THU       Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
THU       Check-in woman ...... Nicola Sanderson
THU       Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00h4pvb (Listen)
THU       Lynda thinks outside the box.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00h4w10 (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Including a review
THU       of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the new film written and
THU       directed by Woody Allen.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hb62m (Listen)
THU       The Lady of the Camellias, Episode 4
THU       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
THU       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
THU       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
THU       the love of young Armand Duval.
THU       Armand and Marguerite have at last escaped to a rural
THU       idyll, but their happiness is shattered when Armand's
THU       father begs his son to leave his mistress.
THU       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
THU       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
THU       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
THU       Prudence/Maid ...... Manon Edwards
THU       Duval Senior ...... Steffan Rhodri
THU       Directed by Polly Thomas.
THU       
THU       20:00 Investigation b00h8wq7 (Listen)
THU       Series 6, Episode 4
THU       Simon Cox investigates the dangers, and possible merits,
THU       of incineration as a means of disposing of waste. While
THU       environmentalists argue against it, the collapsing market
THU       for recyclable material and Britain's growing waste
THU       mountains suggest that incineration may yet be a viable
THU       option.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00h8x2b (Listen)
THU       The Remarkable Mr China
THU       Peter Day talks to Irish businessman Liam Casey from his
THU       base in the industrial powerhouse of Shenzen, close to
THU       Hong Kong. He gives his insights into how China works and
THU       how its influence is rippling through companies and
THU       consumers all over the world.
THU       
THU       21:00 Leading Edge b00h8x2g (Listen)
THU       Geoff Watts with the latest stories from the world of
THU       science.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00h8t18 (Listen)
THU       The Brothers Grimm
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Marina Warner, Juliette Wood and
THU       Tony Phelan discuss the fairy tales collected by the
THU       Brothers Grimm, including Cinderella, Rapunzel and Hansel
THU       and Gretal. What they can tell us about the German
THU       imagination and 19th-century romantic nationalism?
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00h5dz0 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00h5f0q (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00h5j3l (Listen)
THU       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode
THU       9
THU       Stewart Clapp, Emilia Fox and Ben Crowe read from Mary Ann
THU       Shaffer's novel, set in the aftermath of the Second World
THU       War.
THU       Juliet has finally made it clear that she has no intention
THU       of marrying Markham Reynolds, and continues to live in
THU       Elizabeth's old home and look after her daughter, Kit.
THU       
THU       23:00 Recorded for Training Purposes b00h8x2m (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Episode 5
THU       Sketch show about modern communication, media noise and
THU       contemporary obsessions. With Ben Willbond, Dominic
THU       Coleman, Ingrid Oliver, Rachel Atkins, Lewis Macleod and
THU       Julie Mayhew.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00h5j5t (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Sean Curran.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00h4fnt (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00hd34y (Listen)
FRI       The Last Supper, Episode 4
FRI       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
FRI       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
FRI       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
FRI       to a more relaxed way of life.
FRI       The family see some of Rafael's masterpieces in Florence
FRI       and then head south to Naples and Pompeii.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00h4gd8 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00h4gfw (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00h4gj2 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00h4gmc (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00h4gpr (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Prebendary Edward Mason.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00h4grp (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00h4gwt (Listen)
FRI       With Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
FRI       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
FRI       Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00h4d2l (Listen)
FRI       Thomas Quasthoff
FRI       Kirsty Young invites the singer Thomas Quasthoff to choose
FRI       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00hd350 (Listen)
FRI       The Last Supper, Episode 5
FRI       Holly Aird reads Rachel Cusk's story of her family's
FRI       three-month tour of Italy, during which they discover some
FRI       of the country's rich artistic heritage and enjoy adapting
FRI       to a more relaxed way of life.
FRI       The family explore Rome's artistic heritage, as their trip
FRI       draws to an end.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00h9x9p (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray.
FRI       Including drama:
FRI       The Lady of the Camellias
FRI       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
FRI       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
FRI       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
FRI       the love of young Armand Duval.
FRI       Armand finally reveals the hidden sacrifice that
FRI       Marguerite made for him, and how nobly she acted for love.
FRI       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
FRI       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
FRI       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
FRI       Porter ...... Keiron Self
FRI       Olympe ...... Lynne Seymour
FRI       Prudence/Maid ...... Manon Edwards
FRI       Duval Senior ...... Steffan Rhodri
FRI       Directed by Polly Thomas.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 The Battle of the Tweed b00h8ym2 (Listen)
FRI       Financial journalist Lesley Campbell finds out if new
FRI       money and new ideas from outside the Outer Hebrides can
FRI       save the local Harris Tweed industry, which is on the
FRI       brink of disappearing. She visits the boardrooms and the
FRI       windswept island homes of those battling to preserve this
FRI       iconic fabric.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Castle b00h8ym4 (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Episode 6
FRI       Sitcom by Kim Fuller, set in a medieval castle with some
FRI       remarkably modern trappings.
FRI       Love is in the air as a new suitor for Anne puts De
FRI       Warenne's visor firmly out of joint, and a primitive
FRI       satnav and some surgically-introduced helium cause chaos
FRI       at the altar.
FRI       Sir John Woodstock ...... James Fleet
FRI       Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon
FRI       Lady Anne Woodstock ...... Montserrat Lombard
FRI       Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
FRI       Lady Charlotte ...... Ingrid Oliver
FRI       Master Henry Woodstock ...... Steven Kynman
FRI       Merlin ...... Lewis MacLeod.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00h4pl7 (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00h4pmd (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00h4ppd (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00h8ymn (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00h4pvb (Listen)
FRI       Lynda thinks outside the box.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00h8zf1 (Listen)
FRI       Phumzile
FRI       By Matthew Hurt. On holiday in South Africa, British
FRI       friends Tom and Pete encounter a local woman, Phumzile,
FRI       when she helps Pete tackle a mugger. As Phumzile and Pete
FRI       subsequently grow closer, she reveals that she is HIV
FRI       positive and Pete helps her to get treatment in Britain.
FRI       However, Tom suspects that his friend is being taken
FRI       advantage of.
FRI       Phumzile ...... Nadine Marshall
FRI       Pete ...... Stephen Hogan
FRI       Tom ...... Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
FRI       Emilia ...... Syan Blake
FRI       Harry ...... Matt Addis.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardener's Question Time b00h9008 (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       John Cushnie, Chris Beardshaw and Anne Swithinbank answer
FRI       the questions posed by gardeners in South Wales.
FRI       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
FRI       forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 America, Empire of Liberty b00h4r45 (Listen)
FRI       Huddled Masses, Savage Hordes
FRI       Series charting the history of America, written and
FRI       presented by David Reynolds. The impact of mass
FRI       immigration on American politics and culture.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00h900c (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 b00h900f (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
FRI       John Patrick Shanley about his own adaptation of his stage
FRI       drama Doubt, which stars Meryl Streep as a nun who
FRI       harbours suspicions about a priest who teaches in the
FRI       Catholic school where she works.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00h4r85 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00h4rbc (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The News Quiz b00h900h (Listen)
FRI       Series 67, Episode 5
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz, with
FRI       panellists Jeremy Hardy, Chris Addison, Andy Hamilton and
FRI       Phill Jupitus.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00h4pvd (Listen)
FRI       Brenda looks for the silver lining.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00h4w12 (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hb644 (Listen)
FRI       The Lady of the Camellias, Episode 5
FRI       By Alexandre Dumas. The story of Marguerite Gauthier, a
FRI       Parisian courtesan who goes on a journey through
FRI       worldliness, love, renunciation and atonement, thanks to
FRI       the love of young Armand Duval.
FRI       Armand finally reveals the hidden sacrifice that
FRI       Marguerite made for him, and how nobly she acted for love.
FRI       Duval ...... Dan Stevens
FRI       Dumas ...... Joseph Kloska
FRI       Marguerite ...... Ruth Wilson
FRI       Porter ...... Keiron Self
FRI       Olympe ...... Lynne Seymour
FRI       Prudence/Maid ...... Manon Edwards
FRI       Duval Senior ...... Steffan Rhodri
FRI       Directed by Polly Thomas.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00h900k (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Canterbury.
FRI       The panel includes the former Conservative minister Anne
FRI       Widdecombe.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00h900m (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Harold Evans.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 America, Empire of Liberty Omnibus b00h900p (Listen)
FRI       Capital and Labour
FRI       Omnibus edition of the series charting the history of
FRI       America, written and presented by David Reynolds.
FRI       The rise of big business and the industrialisation of
FRI       America. Fortunes were made but poverty and slum living
FRI       also took hold. Workers began to protest and unite,
FRI       socialism was considered and mass immigration took off on
FRI       a staggering scale.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00h5dz2 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00h5f0s (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with David
FRI       Eades.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00h5j3n (Listen)
FRI       The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Episode
FRI       10
FRI       Emilia Fox and Ann Beach read from Mary Ann Shaffer's
FRI       novel, set in the aftermath of the Second World War.
FRI       Juliet grows increasingly fond of Elizabeth's young
FRI       daughter, Kit, and Isola decides to combine the role of
FRI       Miss Marple with that of Cupid.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00h6zs7 (Listen)
FRI       Series 17, Robert Kennedy
FRI       Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris.
FRI       Ken Livingstone discusses his hero Robert Kennedy.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00h5j5w (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
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