Radio 4 Listings for 07/03/2009 - 13/03/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2009
SAT       
SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00hwwhg (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00hzygf (Listen)
SAT       The Decisive Moment, Episode 5
SAT       Hari Dhillon and Amanda Burton read Jonah Lehrer's
SAT       exploration of neuroscience and how the human brain makes
SAT       up its mind.
SAT       Exploring the certainty trap - a potential hazard for
SAT       pundits and politicians alike. It feels good to be
SAT       certain, but this can lead each of us to pretend that our
SAT       mind is in full agreement with itself, even when it is
SAT       not. In other words, we trick ourselves into being sure.
SAT       But is it possible to use our knowledge of the brain to
SAT       avoid such pitfalls?
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hwwhj (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hwwhl (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hwwhn (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00hwwhq (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hwwhs (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00hwwhv (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00hwwhx (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00hxns1 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00hxns3 (Listen)
SAT       Countryside magazine. Helen Mark visits Scotland's rivers
SAT       to find that the freshwater pearl mussel, already
SAT       endangered, now faces new threats from unscrupulous
SAT       thieves who kill all the mussels they gather in the hope
SAT       of finding a precious pearl inside.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today This Week b00hxns5 (Listen)
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00hxns7 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00hxns9 (Listen)
SAT       With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk,
SAT       Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00hxnv3 (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Clare Balding is joined by Colonel
SAT       Bob Stewart, head of the UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia
SAT       during the early 1990s. Plus poetry from Kate Fox.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00hxnv5 (Listen)
SAT       John McCarthy explores the adventures, frustrations and
SAT       joys of travel.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Baseball and Me b00hxv2p (Listen)
SAT       Episode 1
SAT       Simon Schama, who has lived in the United States for 30
SAT       years, explores his love of baseball.
SAT       He first walked into a ballpark in the early 1980s. From
SAT       the moment he saw the floodlit green of the Fenway Park
SAT       turf and the theatrical attire of the Boston Red Sox he
SAT       was smitten. Before then, cricket had been his sport, but
SAT       all too quickly wickets became bases and bowlers became
SAT       pitchers.
SAT       Simon fell in love with baseball - its statistics,
SAT       language, characters and history. Now he seeks to explain
SAT       why he, and the United States, are so infatuated with a
SAT       game that the British so often dismiss.
SAT       Simon gains behind-the-scenes access to his adopted team,
SAT       the Boston Red Sox. The lockeroom, the scoreboard operator
SAT       and, most importantly, the man who sells the famous Fenway
SAT       Frank hotdog are all players in a pageant that holds a
SAT       nation in its thrall.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00hxv2r (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster, presented by
SAT       Jackie Ashley.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00hxv2t (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00hxv2w (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       The Bank of England plans to pump up the economy with
SAT       quantitative easing, but what is it and will it work? What
SAT       does the latest cut in interest rates mean for savers -
SAT       are bonds the answer? Plus, thousands still wait for
SAT       compensation following leisure group XL's collapse.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00hwtj7 (Listen)
SAT       Series 26, Episode 1
SAT       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
SAT       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
SAT       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Jon Richardson.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00hxv2y (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00hxvgb (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00hwvf7 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Sutton,
SAT       Surrey.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00hxvgd (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 b00hxvm7 (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Ripley, Ripley Under Ground
SAT       Second in a series of five plays based on the novels by
SAT       Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley.
SAT       With a dead man's money safely stowed in the bank, Tom is
SAT       living in luxury in a chateau in France with his beautiful
SAT       French wife. But the clever art forgery which funds Tom's
SAT       expensive tastes is about to be uncovered.
SAT       Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart
SAT       Heloise ...... Helen Longworth
SAT       Bernard Tufts ...... Benedict Sandiford
SAT       Jeff Constant ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Madame Annette ...... Caroline Guthrie
SAT       Murchison ...... Malcolm Tierney
SAT       Webster ...... Stephen Critchlow
SAT       Directed by Claire Grove.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Sleeve Notes b00htmzr (Listen)
SAT       Music writer Laura Barton explains her love of the sleeve
SAT       note, which was once, for many, the cherished gateway into
SAT       a musical world but has now been diminished by the
SAT       digitalisation of music.
SAT       She considers how the sleeve note can act as a declaration
SAT       of intent from the artist, as epitomised by Johnny Cash's
SAT       sleeve notes for his classic 1968 live album, At Folsom
SAT       Prison, or by the inclusion of the founding declaration of
SAT       the Rock Against Racism movement on the sleeve of Tom
SAT       Robinson's debut album Power in the Darkness.
SAT       Poet Simon Armitage talks about being commissioned by Paul
SAT       Weller to write the sleeve notes for his latest album.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Weekend Woman's Hour b00hxz1x (Listen)
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey.
SAT       Including the music and life of the Romanian Opera singer
SAT       Angela Gheorghiu, Heston Blumenthal on his latest
SAT       television series, Glenys Kinnock discusses her career,
SAT       Alistair Campbell's partner Fiona Millar, women who pay
SAT       for sex and and Una Marson, the first black woman to be
SAT       employed by the BBC.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00hxz1z (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
SAT       Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 Bottom Line b00hxz21 (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis challenges his guests on the art - and the
SAT       complications - of pricing. For once, as recession gloom
SAT       deepens, bosses of big business discuss the upturn,
SAT       whenever that might come.
SAT       Evan meets Sir Moir Lockhead of FirstGroup, one of the
SAT       world's biggest transport companies, Christina Domecq of
SAT       leading technology company Spinvox and Tom Purves, chief
SAT       executive of Rolls Royce Motor Cars.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00hxz23 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00hxz25 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hxz27 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00hxz29 (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation,
SAT       comedy and music. He is joined by Stephen Tompkinson,
SAT       Henry Worsley and Alan Simpson, and Gideon Coe talks to
SAT       Luke Haines about Britpop. With music from Devon Sproule,
SAT       Daby Toure and Skip McDonald and comedy from Jon
SAT       Richardson.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00hxz2c (Listen)
SAT       Pen Hadow
SAT       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow,
SAT       who is leading the Catlin Arctic Survey to determine the
SAT       likely meltdown date of the ice cap. The British
SAT       trailblazer and his team will drag a mobile radar unit
SAT       more than 1000 kilometres as they trek to the North Pole.
SAT       Hadow, a self-confessed 'tortured soul', has been
SAT       criticised by some in the past for his so-called reckless
SAT       behaviour. But his current trip, he insists, is not about
SAT       exploration, but about gathering scientific data that
SAT       could be crucial to our understanding of climate change.
SAT       Mary Ann hears from friends and family of this enigmatic
SAT       explorer.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00hxz2f (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the new movie Watchmen,
SAT       and a recreation of the architect Le Corbusier's
SAT       Mediterranean hideaway.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00hxz2h (Listen)
SAT       A Tibetan Odyssey: 50 Years in Exile
SAT       On the 50th anniversary of the 1959 uprising in Tibet,
SAT       Isabel Hilton hears the stories of Tibetan communities in
SAT       exile.
SAT       The Dalai Lama, as well as refugees in India and Britain,
SAT       recount their personal experiences and discuss their hopes
SAT       for the future. Isabel reflects on the journey made by the
SAT       Dalai Lama's followers over the last 50 years and
SAT       considers the challenges for these displaced people as
SAT       they strive to preserve their culture and regain their
SAT       autonomy.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00hs8xn (Listen)
SAT       Rendezvous with Rama, Episode 1
SAT       Mike Walker's dramatisation of the novel by Arthur C
SAT       Clarke, set in the 22nd Century.
SAT       When the mysterious space object known as Rama appears in
SAT       the solar system, the crew of the SV Endeavour are sent to
SAT       investigate.
SAT       William Norton ...... Richard Dillane
SAT       Li Kwok ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu
SAT       Pieter Rousseau ...... Jimmy Akingbola
SAT       Jimmy Pak ...... Robert Lonsdale
SAT       Aruna Calvert ...... Archie Panjabi
SAT       Gerry ...... Inam Mirza
SAT       Ruby Barnes ...... Janice Acquah
SAT       Laura Ernst ...... Ania Sowinski
SAT       Indira Gopal ...... Shelley King
SAT       Erl King ...... Peter Marinker
SAT       Tamara Ruiz ...... Jill Cardo
SAT       Tan Sun ...... Jonathan Tafler
SAT       Henning ...... Paul Rider.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00hxz2k (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00htwhg (Listen)
SAT       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
SAT       behind the week's news. With Michael Portillo, Claire Fox,
SAT       Matthew Taylor and Clifford Longley.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Quote... Unquote b00htgdx (Listen)
SAT       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
SAT       of quotations and anecdotes. With guests Catherine
SAT       Bennett, Michael Dobbs, Sir Antony Jay and John Lahr.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Poetry Please b00hs93v (Listen)
SAT       Roger McGough introduces poems by Ernest Dowson, DH
SAT       Lawrence, Laurie Lee and popular contemporary poet UA
SAT       Fanthorpe.
SAT       
SAT       
SUN       SUNDAY 8 MARCH 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00hy56s (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Lent Talks b00htwhj (Listen)
SUN       In No God's Land
SUN       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
SUN       from their own perspective. Martin Bell reflects on his
SUN       experience in war zones.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hy5bq (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hy5bs (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hy5bv (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00hy5bx (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00hy5bz (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Mary Parish Church, Bishopstoke
SUN       in Hampshire.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00hxz2c (Listen)
SUN       Pen Hadow
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow,
SUN       who is leading the Catlin Arctic Survey to determine the
SUN       likely meltdown date of the ice cap. The British
SUN       trailblazer and his team will drag a mobile radar unit
SUN       more than 1000 kilometres as they trek to the North Pole.
SUN       Hadow, a self-confessed 'tortured soul', has been
SUN       criticised by some in the past for his so-called reckless
SUN       behaviour. But his current trip, he insists, is not about
SUN       exploration, but about gathering scientific data that
SUN       could be crucial to our understanding of climate change.
SUN       Mary Ann hears from friends and family of this enigmatic
SUN       explorer.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00hy5c1 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00hy5c3 (Listen)
SUN       As You Have Lived
SUN       Mark Tully explores how the way we choose to live our
SUN       lives reveals our most powerful beliefs and motivations,
SUN       whether we are conscious of them or not. What happens when
SUN       our deepest beliefs and motivations prove to be at odds
SUN       with those we profess?
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00hy5c5 (Listen)
SUN       Topical farming magazine. Elinor Goodman witnesses the end
SUN       of an era for a family-run battery farm in Dorset which is
SUN       scaling down its caged egg production because it is no
SUN       longer making any money.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00hy5c7 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00hy5c9 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00hy5cc (Listen)
SUN       Discussing the religious and ethical news of the week.
SUN       Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, both familiar
SUN       and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00hy5cf (Listen)
SUN       Iraqi Association
SUN       Canon Andrew White appeals on behalf of the Iraqi
SUN       Association.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00hy5y5 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00hy5y7 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00hy5y9 (Listen)
SUN       Journey into the Imagination
SUN       Observing Lent through the senses. From St Cuthbert's
SUN       Church, Carham in Northumberland. With Companions and
SUN       Friends of the Northumbria Community, a geographically
SUN       dispersed network of Christians, exploring a new monastic
SUN       spirituality in a changing postmodern culture. Preacher:
SUN       Rev Roy Searle. Director of Music: Jeff Sutheran.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00hwvf9 (Listen)
SUN       Katharine Whitehorn reflects on images of women in the
SUN       media.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00hy5yc (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00hy5yf (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00hy5yh (Listen)
SUN       Richard Madeley
SUN       Kirsty Young invites broadcaster Richard Madeley to choose
SUN       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00htgzz (Listen)
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with
SUN       panellists Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Jack Dee and Josie
SUN       Lawrence.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00hy5yk (Listen)
SUN       Recession and Retail
SUN       Sheila Dillon re-visits some of the finalists from the
SUN       Food and Farming Awards to see how they are coping as the
SUN       recession bites ever deeper.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00hy5ym (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 World This Weekend b00hy5yp (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with James Robbins.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Stand-Up With the Stars b00j0mh5 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Hugh Dennis follows the fortunes of four Radio 4
SUN       presenters - Evan Davis, Libby Purves, Peter White and
SUN       Laurie Taylor - as they try their hand at stand-up comedy
SUN       for Comic Relief. They are mentored by comedians Paul
SUN       Merton, Milton Jones, Josie Long and Shappi Khorsandi in
SUN       the lead-up to a final live performance at a London comedy
SUN       club.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardener's Question Time b00hwbpb (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       John Cushnie, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood answer
SUN       questions posed by gardeners at the Chipstead Flower Show
SUN       Association in Surrey.
SUN       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
SUN       forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 My Mile of the River b00hy5yr (Listen)
SUN       Episode 4
SUN       Chris Tally Evans evokes the sights and sounds of the
SUN       River Wye as it flows yards from his garden in Rhayader in
SUN       Mid Wales.
SUN       On a freezing autumn morning, Chris watches at dawn for
SUN       otters.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00hy5yt (Listen)
SUN       Rendezvous with Rama, Episode 2
SUN       Mike Walker's dramatisation of the novel by Arthur C
SUN       Clarke, set in the 22nd Century.
SUN       What is the secret at the heart of the space object known
SUN       as Rama and why, years after the event, has Commander
SUN       William Norton never spoken about what he found there?
SUN       William Norton ...... Richard Dillane
SUN       Li Kwok ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu
SUN       Pieter Rousseau ...... Jimmy Akingbola
SUN       Jimmy Pak ...... Robert Lonsdale
SUN       Aruna Calvert ...... Archie Panjabi
SUN       Gerry ...... Inam Mirza
SUN       Ruby Barnes ...... Janice Acquah
SUN       Laura Ernst ...... Ania Sowinski
SUN       Indira Gopal ...... Shelley King
SUN       Erl King ...... Peter Marinker
SUN       Tamara Ruiz ...... Jill Cardo
SUN       Tan Sun ...... Jonathan Tafler
SUN       Henning ...... Paul Rider.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00hy5yw (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to Dame Joan Bakewell, who
SUN       explains why she has waited until her eighth decade to
SUN       publish a novel.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00hy60k (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough celebrates the work of Vernon Scannell and
SUN       Stevie Smith, and looks forward to spring in a selection
SUN       of listeners' requests including the work of MR Peacocke,
SUN       a keen observer of the natural world.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00htn04 (Listen)
SUN       Julian O'Halloran investigates claims that overreaction by
SUN       schools to minor incidents or unproven allegations is
SUN       ruining the careers of hundreds of innocent teachers. As
SUN       efforts to protect children from abuse or cruelty are
SUN       intensified, Julian asks if some safety measures have gone
SUN       too far?
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00hxz2c (Listen)
SUN       Pen Hadow
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the Polar explorer Pen Hadow,
SUN       who is leading the Catlin Arctic Survey to determine the
SUN       likely meltdown date of the ice cap. The British
SUN       trailblazer and his team will drag a mobile radar unit
SUN       more than 1000 kilometres as they trek to the North Pole.
SUN       Hadow, a self-confessed 'tortured soul', has been
SUN       criticised by some in the past for his so-called reckless
SUN       behaviour. But his current trip, he insists, is not about
SUN       exploration, but about gathering scientific data that
SUN       could be crucial to our understanding of climate change.
SUN       Mary Ann hears from friends and family of this enigmatic
SUN       explorer.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00hy62h (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00hy62k (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hy62m (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00hy62p (Listen)
SUN       John Waite makes his selection of highlights from the past
SUN       week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00hy62r (Listen)
SUN       Matt keeps a low profile.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00hy665 (Listen)
SUN       Children's magazine. Barney Harwood finds out how children
SUN       and opera get along together. He talks to some of the 200
SUN       young performers involved in a new choral work, On the Rim
SUN       of the World, at the Royal Opera House in London. Plus a
SUN       look at a very different musical venture used in schools,
SUN       Rockford's Rock Opera, which is neither rock nor opera but
SUN       a story about the island of Infinity where world's lost
SUN       creatures live.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b007vhn9 (Listen)
SUN       Caravan Club, Glad to be Alive
SUN       Series of short stories celebrating a British institution.
SUN       A lonely woman's life is changed forever when a boisterous
SUN       family set up their caravan at the end of a quiet country
SUN       lane.
SUN       By Julia Langdon, read by Irene MacDougall.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00hv33g (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00hwtj3 (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 b00hxv2w (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       The Bank of England plans to pump up the economy with
SUN       quantitative easing, but what is it and will it work? What
SUN       does the latest cut in interest rates mean for savers -
SUN       are bonds the answer? Plus, thousands still wait for
SUN       compensation following leisure group XL's collapse.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00hy5cf (Listen)
SUN       Iraqi Association
SUN       Canon Andrew White appeals on behalf of the Iraqi
SUN       Association.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00hv1f8 (Listen)
SUN       The Threat of Thrift
SUN       After decades of easy credit, Chris Bowlby asks if the
SUN       concept of thrift has lost its moral attraction and if its
SUN       revival could further damage the economy.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00hy8nh (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00hy8nk (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn
SUN       Quinn. Including The Prime Ministers.
SUN       
SUN       23:02 The Film Programme b00hwtj5 (Listen)
SUN       Francine Stock talks to Julian Fellowes, the actor and
SUN       Oscar-winning writer of Gosford Park, about his latest
SUN       script, Young Victoria. Plus director Ole Christian Madsen
SUN       talks about his popular but controversial war movie, Flame
SUN       and Citron, which investigates the role of the Resistance
SUN       movement against the Nazi occupation of Denmark.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00hy5c3 (Listen)
SUN       As You Have Lived
SUN       Mark Tully explores how the way we choose to live our
SUN       lives reveals our most powerful beliefs and motivations,
SUN       whether we are conscious of them or not. What happens when
SUN       our deepest beliefs and motivations prove to be at odds
SUN       with those we profess?
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 9 MARCH 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00hycpx (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00htwhb (Listen)
MON       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
MON       society works.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00hy5bz (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Mary Parish Church, Bishopstoke
MON       in Hampshire.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hycrl (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hyctz (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hycsy (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00hycx3 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hycyv (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00hyd16 (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00hzd77 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00hyd1j (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00hzd79 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00hyzgn (Listen)
MON       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 1
MON       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
MON       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
MON       Yasmin makes an emotional journey from Uganda to Britain,
MON       just after Idi Amin has seized control of her country. On
MON       the flight over, as she fends off fellow Ugandans' endless
MON       offers of food, she begins to reflect on her time in
MON       Africa through the meals and recipes that have marked her
MON       life.
MON       On her arrival in London, though, she is given a stark
MON       reminder of her status in her new country when she faces
MON       interrogation over a suitcase full of mangoes.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00hz0b7 (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey. Guests include Julie Myerson, Jacqueline
MON       Wilson and Ulrika Jonsson.
MON       Including drama:
MON       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting from Scratch
MON       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
MON       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
MON       The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield
MON       who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England
MON       struggles through the postwar period of rationing and
MON       rebuilding.
MON       Hazel works with her dad in the family shop, but is
MON       worried that her mother has eyes for someone else.
MON       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
MON       Hilda ...... Olwen May
MON       Joe ...... David Fleeshman
MON       Stan/Policeman ...... James Quinn
MON       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
MON       Philip ...... Luke Walker
MON       Mrs Brook ...... Kate Layden
MON       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
MON       
MON       11:00 Walls and Peace b00hzdnd (Listen)
MON       Gerry Anderson asks if the time has come to pull down the
MON       'peace walls' that have divided the Catholic and
MON       Protestant communities of Belfast for almost 40 years.
MON       In the years since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, not one
MON       wall has been removed - rather, they have been built even
MON       higher and continue to be erected. Gerry talks to Belfast
MON       residents to gain a sense of the vast area of the city
MON       that the walls cover and the impact they continue to have
MON       on people's daily lives.
MON       
MON       11:30 The Yellowplush Papers b00hzf2h (Listen)
MON       My Debut in Society
MON       Series of five comic tales by William Makepeace Thackeray,
MON       adapted by Stephen Wyatt, recounting the rise and fall of
MON       early-19th Century footman Charles Yellowplush.
MON       Charles suddenly finds himself a very rich man. He leaves
MON       service and embarks on a life of opera, society dinners
MON       and balls. And goes a little mad.
MON       Charles Yellowplush ...... Adam Buxton
MON       Mary Ann ...... Annabelle Dowler
MON       James ...... Gunnar Cauthery
MON       Angelina ...... Janice Acquah
MON       Bareaches ...... Stephen Critchlow
MON       Silvertop ...... Inam Mirza
MON       Gazette/Dancing Master ...... Paul Rider
MON       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00hz0g9 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00hz0jc (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00hz0jp (Listen)
MON       National and international news.
MON       
MON       13:30 Counterpoint b00hzf58 (Listen)
MON       Series 23, Episode 1
MON       Paul Gambaccini chairs the first heat of the music quiz,
MON       with contestants from the south of England competing at
MON       the BBC Radio Theatre in London. Paul puts the questions
MON       to amateur music lovers Brenda Mortimer from Camberley,
MON       David Roy from Bushey and Paul Tobin from Taunton.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00hy62r (Listen)
MON       Matt keeps a low profile.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00hzgp0 (Listen)
MON       Cry Babies
MON       Science-fiction drama by Kim Newman, set in the near
MON       future.
MON       Busy, successful couple Angela and Barty Flitcroft want a
MON       child but do not have the time to look after it. The
MON       solution is a genetically-enhanced daughter, Joy, birthed
MON       by a surrogate mother and reared to adulthood in a
MON       cryogenic chamber.
MON       Joy experiences brief moments 'out of the machine', and as
MON       time passes each opening brings shocks and surprises as
MON       her parents and their society undergo incredible changes.
MON       And for Joy, stuffed with education by the machine but
MON       denied everyday experiences, life is not just a strange
MON       new country, but a frightening, confusing and often funny
MON       one, too.
MON       Dr Rossiter ...... Alex Jennings
MON       Angela Flitcroft ...... Natasha Little
MON       Barty Flitcroft ...... Rupert Degas
MON       Joy ...... Sia Berkeley
MON       Roger ...... Colin Morgan
MON       SleepLearn Machine ...... Sarah Douglas
MON       Aruna ...... Emma Darwall-Smith
MON       Jeff ...... Sam Alexander
MON       Daisy ...... Kirsty Stuart
MON       Ari ...... Rob Kendrick
MON       Nurse Marketa/Girl ...... Emma Handy
MON       Directed by Neil Gardner
MON       Part of BBC Radio 4's Science Fiction Season.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00hxz2h (Listen)
MON       A Tibetan Odyssey: 50 Years in Exile
MON       On the 50th anniversary of the 1959 uprising in Tibet,
MON       Isabel Hilton hears the stories of Tibetan communities in
MON       exile.
MON       The Dalai Lama, as well as refugees in India and Britain,
MON       recount their personal experiences and discuss their hopes
MON       for the future. Isabel reflects on the journey made by the
MON       Dalai Lama's followers over the last 50 years and
MON       considers the challenges for these displaced people as
MON       they strive to preserve their culture and regain their
MON       autonomy.
MON       
MON       15:45 Wildlife and the Marine Bill b00hz1rz (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Kelvin Boot explores how plants, animals and sand habitats
MON       around Britain could benefit from the proposed new Marine
MON       and Coastal Access Bill.
MON       Many habitats and species in Britain are severely
MON       threatened and the Bill has been hailed as potentially one
MON       of the most important tools to help conserve the marine
MON       wildlife.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00hy5yk (Listen)
MON       Recession and Retail
MON       Sheila Dillon re-visits some of the finalists from the
MON       Food and Farming Awards to see how they are coping as the
MON       recession bites ever deeper.
MON       
MON       16:30 Click On b00hzhw3 (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 1
MON       Simon Cox presents the topical magazine series covering
MON       the latest developments and issues in the world of IT. As
MON       YouTube continues to cost more than it makes, is Google
MON       regretting paying nearly 900 million pounds for it? Plus
MON       Simon discovers what it takes to compose music for a
MON       top-selling video game.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00hz1v3 (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 b00hz1wl (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00hzj3w (Listen)
MON       Series 54, Episode 9
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game, with
MON       panellists Paul Merton, Clement Freud, Sheila Hancock and
MON       David Mitchell.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00hz193 (Listen)
MON       Eddie tries the hard sell.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00hz211 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00hz213 (Listen)
MON       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch,
MON       Episode 1
MON       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
MON       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
MON       The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from
MON       Huddersfield, who dreams of becoming a freelance writer as
MON       England struggles through the postwar period of rationing
MON       and rebuilding.
MON       Hazel works with her dad in the family shop, but is
MON       worried that her mother has eyes for someone else.
MON       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
MON       Hilda ...... Olwen May
MON       Joe ...... David Fleeshman
MON       Stan/Policeman ...... James Quinn
MON       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
MON       Philip ...... Luke Walker
MON       Mrs Brook ...... Kate Layden
MON       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
MON       
MON       20:00 Snow in Libya b00gd3zj (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Broadcaster Peter Snow returns to scenes of his post-war
MON       childhood in Libya for the first time in 50 years to
MON       discover how the modern Great Socialist People's Libyan
MON       Arab Jamahiriya has changed from the place he remembers
MON       from his youth.
MON       Peter leaves the city of Benghazi, and his childhood
MON       memories of Cyrene, to visit Tripoli for the first time,
MON       and to find out more about how Libya is adapting to the
MON       modern world.
MON       
MON       20:30 Bottom Line b00hxz21 (Listen)
MON       Evan Davis challenges his guests on the art - and the
MON       complications - of pricing. For once, as recession gloom
MON       deepens, bosses of big business discuss the upturn,
MON       whenever that might come.
MON       Evan meets Sir Moir Lockhead of FirstGroup, one of the
MON       world's biggest transport companies, Christina Domecq of
MON       leading technology company Spinvox and Tom Purves, chief
MON       executive of Rolls Royce Motor Cars.
MON       
MON       21:00 Whose Health Is It Anyway? b00hzjml (Listen)
MON       Barbara Myers examines the health trainers initiative, a
MON       unique peer-to-peer approach to healthcare that targets
MON       marginalised people whose lifestyle may be the biggest
MON       risk to their health.
MON       The public are repeatedly told on television, in magazines
MON       and by medical professionals what is and is not good for
MON       our health. So why can some people still not lose weight,
MON       stop smoking and get fit?
MON       Barbara asks if health trainers, a new breed of personal
MON       health trainers, are the key to a healthier Britain. Set
MON       up specifically to target marginalised communities, the
MON       health trainers initiative trains people from those same
MON       communities to disepense health advice to their peers.
MON       The programme examines the outcomes of the initiative and
MON       asks whether this method is more effective than more
MON       traditional top-down approaches to trying to change
MON       behaviour that can be harmful to health.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00hzd79 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00hz3sl (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00hz3t3 (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hz3x7 (Listen)
MON       Family Money, Episode 1
MON       Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller
MON       which tells the story of recently-widowed Fanny Pye, and
MON       how her life is changed when she intervenes to stop a
MON       street brawl.
MON       Fanny's memory plays tricks as she tries to recall the
MON       brawl. Her grown-up children, Harry and Isabel, struggle
MON       to come to terms with their changed and frightened mother.
MON       
MON       23:00 Stand-Up With the Stars b00j0mh5 (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       Hugh Dennis follows the fortunes of four Radio 4
MON       presenters - Evan Davis, Libby Purves, Peter White and
MON       Laurie Taylor - as they try their hand at stand-up comedy
MON       for Comic Relief. They are mentored by comedians Paul
MON       Merton, Milton Jones, Josie Long and Shappi Khorsandi in
MON       the lead-up to a final live performance at a London comedy
MON       club.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00hzcy8 (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with Susan Hulme.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 10 MARCH 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00hycnh (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00hyzgn (Listen)
TUE       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 1
TUE       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
TUE       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
TUE       Yasmin makes an emotional journey from Uganda to Britain,
TUE       just after Idi Amin has seized control of her country. On
TUE       the flight over, as she fends off fellow Ugandans' endless
TUE       offers of food, she begins to reflect on her time in
TUE       Africa through the meals and recipes that have marked her
TUE       life.
TUE       On her arrival in London, though, she is given a stark
TUE       reminder of her status in her new country when she faces
TUE       interrogation over a suitcase full of mangoes.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hycpz (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hyct0 (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hycrn (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00hycv1 (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hycx5 (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00hycyx (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00hyd18 (Listen)
TUE       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Call Yourself a Feminist b00j022c (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Historian Bettany Hughes presents the first in a series of
TUE       three discussions tracing the development of feminist
TUE       ideas from the 1960s onwards.
TUE       A panel of guests explore the issues which motivated women
TUE       to join together under the banner of feminism. While
TUE       activists pursued campaigns involving street protests and
TUE       fighting through the courts, other women were alienated by
TUE       their arguments. Both feminists and non-feminists join
TUE       Bettany to recall key events.
TUE       Bettany's guests are journalist Ann Leslie, American
TUE       academic Elaine Showalter, activist and historian Sally
TUE       Alexander and co-founder of the US National Organisation
TUE       of Women, Sonia Fuentes.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 The Prime Ministers b00j022f (Listen)
TUE       Sir Robert Peel
TUE       BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's
TUE       prime ministers have used their power, responded to the
TUE       challenges of their time and made the job what it is today.
TUE       Sir Robert Peel, who put the national interest before
TUE       party interest.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00hz01t (Listen)
TUE       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 2
TUE       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
TUE       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
TUE       Yasmin recalls her family history, from her parents'
TUE       meeting to her unconventional childhood in exotic Kampala,
TUE       where pythons made unexpected intrusions at lavish family
TUE       picnics.
TUE       She looks at the history of the Asians in Uganda, many of
TUE       whom arrived as slaves but went on to become successful
TUE       entrepreneurs, and in doing so assumed a rather uneasy
TUE       position between the Europeans and the Africans that would
TUE       later prove to be their downfall.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00j3hqx (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       Including drama:
TUE       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting from Scratch
TUE       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
TUE       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
TUE       The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield
TUE       who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England
TUE       struggles through the postwar period of rationing and
TUE       rebuilding.
TUE       After hearing some devastating news, Hazel waits with her
TUE       brother Philip for the return of their mother, unaware
TUE       that her life is about to be turned upside down.
TUE       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
TUE       Hilda ...... Olwen May
TUE       Joe ...... David Fleeshman
TUE       Stan/Policeman ...... James Quinn
TUE       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
TUE       Philip ...... Luke Walker
TUE       Mrs Brook ...... Kate Layden
TUE       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Adventures in Junk b00j022h (Listen)
TUE       Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the
TUE       adventure playground. The very first adventure playground
TUE       opened in Emdrup, Denmark in 1943. As resistance grew
TUE       against the Nazi occupation, two men pioneered a unique
TUE       space, the children's world turned upside down.
TUE       They were forged in the ideas of modernist and radical
TUE       architects and exported to a postwar Britain by the
TUE       campaigning Lady Allen of Hurtwood. The rubble and rubbish
TUE       of the nation's shattered cities were now reimagined as
TUE       spaces for all sorts of adventures.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 What Texting Owes to the Literary Enlightenment
TUE       b00j0c2c (Listen)
TUE       Chris Addison explores the links between modern-day
TUE       text-speak and the language of the 18th-Century Literary
TUE       Enlightenment. He examines the expressive elements of text
TUE       language, or 'textese', and how it can be seen to echo a
TUE       ludic art form that became popular in the Romantic era,
TUE       via insights found in the letters of Jonathan Swift and
TUE       later works by Lewis Carroll and James Joyce.
TUE       Featuring contributions from authors Will Self and Ian
TUE       Rankin, poet Scott Tyrell and Professors Jeremy Tambling,
TUE       John Sutherland and David Crystal.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00hz0dp (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00hz0gc (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00hz0jf (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j0c2f (Listen)
TUE       Series 7, Charlie Parker
TUE       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
TUE       Century.
TUE       Ken talks to British jazz musician Soweto Kinch about
TUE       saxophonist Charlie Parker, one of the founding fathers of
TUE       the bebop movement. After moving to New York in 1939, he
TUE       worked with Dizzy Gillespie and helped to push the
TUE       boundaries of the form. However, his life and career were
TUE       blighted by a heroin addiction which killed him at the age
TUE       of just 34.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00hz193 (Listen)
TUE       Eddie tries the hard sell.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j0gd3 (Listen)
TUE       Anaesthesia
TUE       By Richard Holmes. Drawing on original documents and
TUE       notebooks, the story of the time in 1799 when, in a town
TUE       house on the banks of the River Avon in Bristol, Humphry
TUE       Davy, later celebrated for his miners lamp, came within a
TUE       breath of discovering the anaesthetic powers of nitrous
TUE       oxide.
TUE       Humphry Davy ...... Paul Mundell
TUE       Dr Thomas Beddoes ...... Richard McCabe
TUE       Mrs Anna Beddoes ...... Eleanor Tremaine
TUE       The Ostler ...... David Collins
TUE       The Journalist ...... Kenneth Cranham
TUE       Mr Coleridge ...... Stephen Noonan
TUE       Mr Southey ...... Richard Holmes.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00j0gd5 (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the environment and the natural world.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00j0gd7 (Listen)
TUE       Abroad, Hesitation
TUE       Series of three edgy tales of people abroad, by Virginia
TUE       Gilbert.
TUE       A husband on holiday with his wife is tested to the limit
TUE       by the tantrums of a young boy he just cannot help being
TUE       annoyed by. When the boy gets into difficulties one
TUE       evening in the pool, the husband's hesitancy to rush to
TUE       his aid forces his wife to look at him in a new light.
TUE       Read by Philip Jackson.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Wildlife and the Marine Bill b00j3t9g (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Kelvin Boot explores how plants, animals and sand habitats
TUE       around Britain could benefit from the proposed new Marine
TUE       and Coastal Access Bill.
TUE       The impact that the Bill could have on our declining fish
TUE       stocks. Could the proposed new conservation zones
TUE       replenish the numbers of cod, plaice and other fish which
TUE       have declined by over 90 per cent in the last century?
TUE       Marine scientists and fishermen give their opinions.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Law in Action b00j4f1m (Listen)
TUE       Reporting on the problems faced by governments prosecuting
TUE       pirates captured at sea. The world's navies have joined
TUE       forces to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia but cannot
TUE       agree what to do with the pirates they catch.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00j0gdc (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to film reviewer Angie Errigo and
TUE       television comedy writer Jesse Armstrong about their
TUE       favourite books.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00hz1tt (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 b00hz1w4 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Cabin Pressure b00chy5c (Listen)
TUE       Cremona
TUE       Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny
TUE       charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs
TUE       are too difficult.
TUE       Arthur is struck dumb when a film star joins the flight,
TUE       and Douglas has to disguise 30 knights of Camelot in a
TUE       hurry.
TUE       Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
TUE       1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
TUE       Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
TUE       Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
TUE       Hester Macaulay ...... Helen Baxendale
TUE       Percival ...... Rufus Jones
TUE       Gawain ...... Robert Harley
TUE       Lancelot ...... Ali Amadi.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00hz0qw (Listen)
TUE       Jazzer heads for sweet disaster.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00hz1yk (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson meets writer and
TUE       director Tony Gilroy whose new film, Duplicity, stars
TUE       Julia Roberts and Clive Owen.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00j3hy4 (Listen)
TUE       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch,
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
TUE       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
TUE       The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield
TUE       who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England
TUE       struggles through the postwar period of rationing and
TUE       rebuilding.
TUE       After hearing some devastating news, Hazel waits with her
TUE       brother Philip for the return of their mother, unaware
TUE       that her life is about to be turned upside down.
TUE       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
TUE       Hilda ...... Olwen May
TUE       Joe ...... David Fleeshman
TUE       Stan/Policeman ...... James Quinn
TUE       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
TUE       Philip ...... Luke Walker
TUE       Mrs Brook ...... Kate Layden
TUE       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00j0gdf (Listen)
TUE       Simon Cox examines the record of the Royal Military Police
TUE       in dealing with alleged crimes by British forces both
TUE       during operations and in peacetime.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00j0gdh (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Am I Normal? b00j0gj7 (Listen)
TUE       Series 6, Early Menopause
TUE       Vivienne Parry continues her quest to find out what is
TUE       normal.
TUE       As increasing numbers of women delay trying for a baby,
TUE       will early menopause be recognised more? Vivienne explores
TUE       the stigma that has surrounded the menopause, from the
TUE       Greeks to Virginia Woolf, and asks if it still exists
TUE       today.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Call Yourself a Feminist b00j022c (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Historian Bettany Hughes presents the first in a series of
TUE       three discussions tracing the development of feminist
TUE       ideas from the 1960s onwards.
TUE       A panel of guests explore the issues which motivated women
TUE       to join together under the banner of feminism. While
TUE       activists pursued campaigns involving street protests and
TUE       fighting through the courts, other women were alienated by
TUE       their arguments. Both feminists and non-feminists join
TUE       Bettany to recall key events.
TUE       Bettany's guests are journalist Ann Leslie, American
TUE       academic Elaine Showalter, activist and historian Sally
TUE       Alexander and co-founder of the US National Organisation
TUE       of Women, Sonia Fuentes.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00hz3ct (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00hz3sn (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Robin
TUE       Lustig.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hz44b (Listen)
TUE       Family Money, Episode 2
TUE       Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller
TUE       which tells the story of recently-widowed Fanny Pye, and
TUE       how her life is changed when she intervenes to stop a
TUE       street brawl.
TUE       When Fanny is discharged from hospital, her children Harry
TUE       and Isabel are concerned about how she will cope at home
TUE       on her own.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Mastering the Universe b00j0gm8 (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 3
TUE       Comedy series starring Dawn French as Professor Joy Klamp,
TUE       a specialist in the art of spoiling other people's
TUE       pleasure.
TUE       Investigating the fun that can be had, at other people's
TUE       expense, through the gift of children.
TUE       With Chris Douglas, Sally Grace, Katy Brand, Christopher
TUE       Douglas, Dan Tetsell, Brian Perkins.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00hzcxy (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with David Wilby.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 11 MARCH 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00hycnk (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00hz01t (Listen)
WED       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 2
WED       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
WED       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
WED       Yasmin recalls her family history, from her parents'
WED       meeting to her unconventional childhood in exotic Kampala,
WED       where pythons made unexpected intrusions at lavish family
WED       picnics.
WED       She looks at the history of the Asians in Uganda, many of
WED       whom arrived as slaves but went on to become successful
WED       entrepreneurs, and in doing so assumed a rather uneasy
WED       position between the Europeans and the Africans that would
WED       later prove to be their downfall.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hycq3 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hyct2 (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hycrq (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00hycv3 (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hycx7 (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00hycyz (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00hyd1b (Listen)
WED       With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
WED       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
WED       Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00j0h03 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00hz01w (Listen)
WED       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 3
WED       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
WED       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
WED       Yasmin recalls her happy schooldays, despite turbulence at
WED       home. Now that the Asians seem to have secured their
WED       position in Uganda, life is good, and food in particular
WED       is plentiful and sumptuous. Happiness is measured by the
WED       thickness of the ghee on their curries.
WED       But as independence for the Africans looms, and Harold
WED       Macmillan predicts that a 'wind of change' will blow
WED       through the continent, the atmosphere begins to darken for
WED       the Ugandan Asians.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00j3hqz (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray.
WED       Including drama:
WED       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting from Scratch
WED       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
WED       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
WED       The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield
WED       who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England
WED       struggles through the postwar period of rationing and
WED       rebuilding.
WED       Just when she thinks that things cannot get much worse,
WED       Hazel meets a knight in shining armour at a bus stop.
WED       Granville Wheeler rescues her from an unpleasant fate, and
WED       she takes Sylvia to see him in an amateur production of
WED       Merrie England. But Granville is sent off on Army Reserve
WED       training, and Hazel finds herself alone again.
WED       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
WED       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
WED       Granville ...... Adrian Grove
WED       Philip ...... Luke Walker
WED       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
WED       
WED       11:00 Tin Men b00j0h05 (Listen)
WED       Jolyon Jenkins explores the story of the last working tin
WED       mine in Cornwall, South Crofty near Redruth, which has
WED       re-opened for business but is not yet producing ore.
WED       He meets the businessmen who are committed to once again
WED       raising tin from Cornish ground, hears from the Cornishmen
WED       divided on where Cornwall's future lies and why tin
WED       remains at the heart of Cornish politics.
WED       
WED       11:30 Clare in the Community b00j0h07 (Listen)
WED       Series 5, It's Good to Talk
WED       Comedy by Harry Venning and David Ramsden.
WED       An old university friend visits with a confession to make.
WED       Clare ...... Sally Phillips
WED       Brian ...... Alex Lowe
WED       Helen ...... Liza Tarbuck
WED       Ray ...... Richard Lumsden
WED       Megan/Nali ...... Nina Conti
WED       Irene ...... Ellen Thomas
WED       Simon ...... Andrew Wincott
WED       Michael ...... Chris Pavlo
WED       Carol ...... Donnla Hughes.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00hz0dr (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00hz0gf (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00hz0jh (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00j0h09 (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00hz0qw (Listen)
WED       Jazzer heads for sweet disaster.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j0h0c (Listen)
WED       Homesick
WED       Comedy by Anita Sullivan. Jeff's mundane life changes when
WED       he is struck by an actual bolt from the blue. He starts
WED       hearing a voice in another language and his perspective
WED       changes. Then he meets a girl and falls in love. But does
WED       she love him, or the voice in his ear?
WED       Alien ...... Mark Heap
WED       Jeff ...... Paul Ritter
WED       Nicole ...... Maxine Peake
WED       Pat ...... Susan Jameson
WED       Hopper ...... Ewan Bailey
WED       Other parts played by Mai Soteriou
WED       Directed by Anita Sullivan.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00j0h0f (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby takes listeners' questions on ISAs and
WED       tax free savings. He is joined by Mark Dampier, head of
WED       research at Hargreaves Lansdown, Michelle Slade, press
WED       officer at Moneyfacts and Adrian Lowcock, senior
WED       investment adviser at Bestinvest.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00j18p9 (Listen)
WED       Abroad, Sisters
WED       Series of three edgy tales of people abroad, by Virginia
WED       Gilbert.
WED       When two sisters take a holiday together, the memory of a
WED       childhood incident causes older sister May to gradually
WED       recognise the truth of her standing with her younger
WED       sister. Read by Sorcha Cusack.
WED       
WED       15:45 Wildlife and the Marine Bill b00j3t9j (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Kelvin Boot explores how plants, animals and sand habitats
WED       around Britain could benefit from the proposed new Marine
WED       and Coastal Access Bill.
WED       How wildlife values can be measured against other
WED       socio-economic services. Kelvin visits the site of a wind
WED       farm on the Lancashire coast, where the discovery of a
WED       huge flock of sea-duck has both underlined the potential
WED       conflicts between users of the seas and offered solutions
WED       for a way forward.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00j0h9g (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Am I Normal? b00j0gj7 (Listen)
WED       Series 6, Early Menopause
WED       Vivienne Parry continues her quest to find out what is
WED       normal.
WED       As increasing numbers of women delay trying for a baby,
WED       will early menopause be recognised more? Vivienne explores
WED       the stigma that has surrounded the menopause, from the
WED       Greeks to Virginia Woolf, and asks if it still exists
WED       today.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00hz1tx (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
WED       Mair.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hz1w6 (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 b00j0h9n (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Sandi Toksvig
WED       Sandi Toksvig eats her first pot noodle, wears high heels
WED       and tries stilt walking - not all at the same time, of
WED       course.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00hz0r4 (Listen)
WED       Matt gets a glimmer of hope.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00hz1ym (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including a report
WED       on how comedy shows make the move from radio to television.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00j3hzm (Listen)
WED       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch,
WED       Episode 3
WED       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
WED       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
WED       The story of Hazel Taylor, a young woman from Huddersfield
WED       who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as England
WED       struggles through the postwar period of rationing and
WED       rebuilding.
WED       Just when she thinks that things cannot get much worse,
WED       Hazel meets a knight in shining armour at a bus stop.
WED       Granville Wheeler rescues her from an unpleasant fate, and
WED       she takes Sylvia to see him in an amateur production of
WED       Merrie England. But Granville is sent off on Army Reserve
WED       training, and Hazel finds herself alone again.
WED       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
WED       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
WED       Granville ...... Adrian Grove
WED       Philip ...... Luke Walker
WED       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
WED       
WED       20:00 Decision Time b00j0hbw (Listen)
WED       The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on
WED       the process by which controversial decisions are reached
WED       behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside
WED       experts, he examines the problems that future governments
WED       will face and hear the arguments about how they might be
WED       resolved.
WED       
WED       20:45 Lent Talks b00j0ndf (Listen)
WED       Crave for Less
WED       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
WED       from their own perspective. Richard Holloway searches for
WED       the reality of God's presence in absence.
WED       
WED       21:00 Chi-Chi: Panda Ambassador b00j0pp6 (Listen)
WED       Naturalist and journalist Henry Nicholls traces the story
WED       of Chi-Chi the panda, now stuffed and displayed at the
WED       Natural History Museum in London, but once celebrated in
WED       global headlines.
WED       He learns more from zoologist Desmond Morris, the man
WED       responsible for bringing the baby panda Chi Chi to London
WED       Zoo. Henry also travels to Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna to see
WED       how pandas are bred today in captivity, and discovers that
WED       the events of Chi-Chi's life have had global implications
WED       that go far beyond the panda world.
WED       Featuring contributions from Polly Parry of the Natural
WED       History Museum, David Norman of the World Wildlife Fund,
WED       Eveline Dungl, curator of Schonbrunn Zoo and Wang Tiejun
WED       of the Chinese panda breeding programme.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00j0h03 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00hz3cy (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00hz3sq (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hz44d (Listen)
WED       Family Money, Episode 3
WED       Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller
WED       which tells the story of recently-widowed Fanny Pye, and
WED       how her life is changed when she intervenes to stop a
WED       street brawl.
WED       Harry and Isabel are concerned for Fanny's future when she
WED       decides to sell up and give some of the proceeds to her
WED       good friend, and home help, Ivy Trench. Meanwhile, is
WED       someone watching her?
WED       
WED       23:00 Josie Long: All of the Planet's Wonders b00j0pp8 (Listen)
WED       Episode 4
WED       Comedy series in which Josie Long attempts to better
WED       herself through learning from reference books, with help
WED       from Irish comedian Maeve Higgins and special guests.
WED       Josie thinks about propriety, plants, grandparents, being
WED       connected to the world around you and growing your own.
WED       With special guest, comedian Isy Suttie.
WED       
WED       23:15 One b00771mt (Listen)
WED       Series 1, Episode 4
WED       The sketch show where no sketch features more than one
WED       voice.
WED       Written by David Quantick and starring Dan Maier, Lizzie
WED       Roper, Graeme Garden, Deborah Norton, Andrew Crawford, Dan
WED       Antopolski, Simon Greenall and Kate Gielgud, with Bill
WED       Oddie and Jeremy Clarkson as themselves.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00hzcy0 (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Sean Curran.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 12 MARCH 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00hycnm (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00hz01w (Listen)
THU       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 3
THU       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
THU       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
THU       Yasmin recalls her happy schooldays, despite turbulence at
THU       home. Now that the Asians seem to have secured their
THU       position in Uganda, life is good, and food in particular
THU       is plentiful and sumptuous. Happiness is measured by the
THU       thickness of the ghee on their curries.
THU       But as independence for the Africans looms, and Harold
THU       Macmillan predicts that a 'wind of change' will blow
THU       through the continent, the atmosphere begins to darken for
THU       the Ugandan Asians.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hycq5 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hyct4 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hycrs (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00hycv5 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hycx9 (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00hycz1 (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00hyd1d (Listen)
THU       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
THU       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
THU       Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00j0q53 (Listen)
THU       The Library of Alexandria
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Simon Goldhill, Serafina Cuomo and
THU       Matthew Nichols discuss the Library of Alexandria, one of
THU       the greatest libraries in history. The way knowledge was
THU       arranged on its shelves still influences our understanding
THU       of the world today.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00hz01y (Listen)
THU       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 4
THU       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
THU       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
THU       Yasmin recounts her tumultuous teenage years, in the wake
THU       of independence in Uganda. After being disowned by her
THU       father for playing Juliet alongside a black Romeo in her
THU       high school play, Yasmin finds herself at a political
THU       bootcamp where she comes face to face with the country's
THU       future leader, the ruthless Idi Amin.
THU       Trying to ignore the darkening political situation, Yasmin
THU       enrols at Makerere University, but when the night raids by
THU       Amin's henchmen begin and students start to disappear,
THU       Yasmin realises that life for the Ugandan Asians is
THU       becoming more precarious than ever.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00j3hr1 (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray.
THU       Including drama:
THU       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting from Scratch
THU       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
THU       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
THU       The story of Hazel Wheeler, a young woman from
THU       Huddersfield who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as
THU       England struggles through the postwar period of rationing
THU       and rebuilding.
THU       Hazel becomes Mrs Wheeler, and the happy couple struggle
THU       to make ends meet. Hazel joins the ranks of temporary
THU       postal workers at Christmas, and she and Granville go on
THU       an eventful holiday to Southport. All good material for
THU       her - so far - unsuccessful writing career. But she
THU       returns from holiday to find a letter from the BBC.
THU       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
THU       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
THU       Mr Bellinger/Cook ...... Luke Walker
THU       Mrs Jowett ...... Kate Layden
THU       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00j0q55 (Listen)
THU       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
THU       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU       
THU       11:30 With Great Pleasure b00j0q57 (Listen)
THU       Les Dennis
THU       Guest performers select their favourite pieces of writing.
THU       Les Dennis introduces an eclectic selection of readings
THU       reflecting some of the ups and downs of his personal and
THU       professional life. Readers are Christopher Cazenove and
THU       Jodie McNee.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00hz0dt (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00hz0gh (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00hz0jk (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b00j16kr (Listen)
THU       Dominic Arkwright chairs a discussion on the theme of
THU       feeling like an impostor, with guests including
THU       philosopher Julian Baggini.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00hz0r4 (Listen)
THU       Matt gets a glimmer of hope.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j16kt (Listen)
THU       Getting to Zero
THU       By Sarah Woods. An expert panel sets an average family the
THU       task of eliminating their carbon footprint in just six
THU       weeks - and living with the consequences.
THU       With George Monbiot, Paul Allen, Peter Harper.
THU       
THU       15:02 Open Country b00hxns3 (Listen)
THU       Countryside magazine. Helen Mark visits Scotland's rivers
THU       to find that the freshwater pearl mussel, already
THU       endangered, now faces new threats from unscrupulous
THU       thieves who kill all the mussels they gather in the hope
THU       of finding a precious pearl inside.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00hy5cf (Listen)
THU       Iraqi Association
THU       Canon Andrew White appeals on behalf of the Iraqi
THU       Association.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00j18pc (Listen)
THU       Abroad, The Conversation
THU       Series of three edgy tales of people abroad, by Virginia
THU       Gilbert.
THU       In bed, a husband is disturbed from his sleep by the
THU       couple in the next room, who are having a conversation
THU       which gives him pause for thought. His wife is
THU       uninterested and unaware, wrapped up as she is in her own
THU       needs. Read by Brian Gilbert.
THU       
THU       15:45 Wildlife and the Marine Bill b00j3t9l (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Kelvin Boot explores how plants, animals and sand habitats
THU       around Britain could benefit from the proposed new Marine
THU       and Coastal Access Bill.
THU       The Bill promises the public the chance to walk around the
THU       coasts of England, Wales and Scotland. Kelvin assesses the
THU       potential impact on wildlife and explores the crumbling
THU       Dorset Heritage Coast, where the Bill will offer solutions
THU       to the problems of coastal erosion. He also hears from
THU       landowners and conservationists about the advantages and
THU       possible drawbacks for wildlife along the route.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00hy5yw (Listen)
THU       Mariella Frostrup talks to Dame Joan Bakewell, who
THU       explains why she has waited until her eighth decade to
THU       publish a novel.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00j16kw (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper hears about nature's best kept secret - the
THU       factory of life. It is well known that genes written in
THU       DNA are the code of life, carrying information from
THU       generation to generation. But without a code-reading
THU       machine, our DNA would be useless.
THU       Quentin learns about the biological machine that does just
THU       that in every cell in our bodies, indeed in every cell in
THU       every living organism - a machine called the ribosome.
THU       This single, extraordinarily adaptable device manufactures
THU       every protein in our body, constantly working to keep our
THU       metabolism and life processes going. When we take
THU       antibiotics, it is usually to block the ribosomes in
THU       infectious bacteria. Tiny variations mean that those in
THU       our cells can keep going.
THU       Because the ribosome is built out of DNA's simpler cousin
THU       RNA, this biological constructor provides the strongest
THU       clue that life developed out of a primordial soup of
THU       simple reacting RNA molecules.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00hz1tz (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
THU       Mair.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hz1w8 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 Old Harry's Game b00j16ky (Listen)
THU       Series 7, Episode 4
THU       Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in Hell.
THU       Why has a baby ended up in Hell? Only God has the power to
THU       bring people back to life, but can he be persuaded?
THU       Satan ...... Andy Hamilton
THU       Edith ...... Annette Crosbie
THU       Scumspawn ...... Robert Duncan
THU       Thomas ...... Jimmy Mulville
THU       God ...... Timothy West
THU       With Felicity Montagu.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00hz0rb (Listen)
THU       Tom is forced to go back to the drawing board.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00hz1yp (Listen)
THU       Arts news, interviews and reviews, with Kirsty Lang.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00j3j26 (Listen)
THU       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch,
THU       Episode 4
THU       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
THU       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
THU       The story of Hazel Wheeler, a young woman from
THU       Huddersfield who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as
THU       England struggles through the postwar period of rationing
THU       and rebuilding.
THU       Hazel becomes Mrs Wheeler, and the happy couple struggle
THU       to make ends meet. Hazel joins the ranks of temporary
THU       postal workers at Christmas, and she and Granville go on
THU       an eventful holiday to Southport. All good material for
THU       her, so far, unsuccessful writing career. But she returns
THU       from holiday to find a letter from the BBC.
THU       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
THU       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
THU       Mr Bellinger/Cook ...... Luke Walker
THU       Mrs Jowett ...... Kate Layden
THU       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
THU       
THU       20:00 Seven Days b00j17xr (Listen)
THU       Jenny Cuffe spends seven days at a children's hospice, as
THU       it supports youngsters with life limiting conditions. Like
THU       many charities, funding has been hit in the downturn.
THU       
THU       20:30 Analysis b00j17xt (Listen)
THU       Clever.com
THU       Kenan explores the reality behind the stereotype of the
THU       'Google generation', the young people who have become so
THU       hooked on the web and computer games that they are unable
THU       to think, study and concentrate.
THU       This characterisation is motivated by genuine concerns
THU       that heavy use of the internet and computer games are
THU       actually rewiring the brains of young people. They are
THU       learning and thinking differently to their forebears in a
THU       massive technological and social experiment. Kenan
THU       investigates these concerns and asks Stephen Fry, among
THU       others, whether the rise of the digital generation should
THU       be a cause for celebration or concern.
THU       
THU       21:00 Oceans: What Lies Beneath b00j1819 (Listen)
THU       Episode 1
THU       Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the
THU       oceans that make up nearly 80 per cent of our planet. From
THU       strange new creatures that are only now being discovered
THU       to the treasures lying hidden in the inky depths, it is no
THU       wonder that oceanographers are calling this a golden age
THU       of oceanic discovery.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00j0q53 (Listen)
THU       The Library of Alexandria
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Simon Goldhill, Serafina Cuomo and
THU       Matthew Nichols discuss the Library of Alexandria, one of
THU       the greatest libraries in history. The way knowledge was
THU       arranged on its shelves still influences our understanding
THU       of the world today.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00hz3d0 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00hz3ss (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hz44g (Listen)
THU       Family Money, Episode 4
THU       Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller
THU       which tells the story of recently-widowed Fanny Pye, and
THU       how her life is changed when she intervenes to stop a
THU       street brawl.
THU       After her house catches fire, Fanny's plans to sell up are
THU       put on hold. As her neighbours gather in the street as the
THU       fire is put out, she sees the man from the canal boat in
THU       the crowd - but why is he there?
THU       
THU       23:00 Inside Alan Francis b00j17xy (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Comedy series in which comedian Alan Francis explores the
THU       workings of his own mind in relation to his life, friends
THU       and long-suffering girlfriend Jane.
THU       Alan leaves home.
THU       With Julian Dutton, Barnaby Power, Kali Peacock.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00hzcy2 (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Sean Curran.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 13 MARCH 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00hycnp (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00hz01y (Listen)
FRI       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 4
FRI       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
FRI       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
FRI       Yasmin recounts her tumultuous teenage years, in the wake
FRI       of independence in Uganda. After being disowned by her
FRI       father for playing Juliet alongside a black Romeo in her
FRI       high school play, Yasmin finds herself at a political
FRI       bootcamp where she comes face to face with the country's
FRI       future leader, the ruthless Idi Amin.
FRI       Trying to ignore the darkening political situation, Yasmin
FRI       enrols at Makerere University, but when the night raids by
FRI       Amin's henchmen begin and students start to disappear,
FRI       Yasmin realises that life for the Ugandan Asians is
FRI       becoming more precarious than ever.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00hycq7 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00hyct6 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00hycrv (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00hycv7 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00hycxc (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Sharon Grenham-Toze.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00hycz3 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00hyd1g (Listen)
FRI       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
FRI       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
FRI       Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00hy5yh (Listen)
FRI       Richard Madeley
FRI       Kirsty Young invites broadcaster Richard Madeley to choose
FRI       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00hz020 (Listen)
FRI       The Settler's Cookbook, Episode 5
FRI       Yasmin Alibhai-Brown reads her memoir of her childhood in
FRI       Uganda and move to Britain in the 1970s.
FRI       Yasmin arrives in London in 1972 and finds a country rife
FRI       with industrial unrest and casual racism. Terrified by
FRI       stories of Amin's reprisals back home and shocked by the
FRI       sights of fellow Ugandans arriving penniless and
FRI       bewildered at British ariports, Yasmin hopes to find
FRI       refuge in the ivory towers of Oxford University.
FRI       Instead she encounters further prejudice, albeit of a less
FRI       overt nature. Finally, when her fragile marriage buckles
FRI       under the hedonistic pressures of the hippy revolution,
FRI       Yasmin retreats to her cookery books and the recipes that
FRI       were handed down by her beloved mother.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00j3hr3 (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray.
FRI       Including drama:
FRI       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting from Scratch
FRI       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
FRI       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
FRI       The story of Hazel Wheeler, a young woman from
FRI       Huddersfield who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as
FRI       England struggles through the postwar period of rationing
FRI       and rebuilding.
FRI       After hearing good news from the BBC, Hazel travels to the
FRI       Woman's Hour studio in Leeds with her mother - unaware
FRI       that there is good news of a different kind on the way.
FRI       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
FRI       Hilda ...... Olwen May
FRI       Granville ...... Adrian Grove
FRI       Stan ...... James Quinn
FRI       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
FRI       Ray Lakeland/Announcer ...... Stuart Richman
FRI       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 The Counterfeiter's Tale b00j1dvs (Listen)
FRI       Historian Tristram Hunt delves into the story of the
FRI       biggest money counterfeiting operation in history, through
FRI       its only surviving participant: 93-year-old Adolf Burger.
FRI       For the last three years of the Second World War, 142
FRI       prisoners in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, north
FRI       of Berlin, were forced by their captors to forge millions
FRI       of pounds-worth of British banknotes, which the Nazis
FRI       planned to use to ruin Britain's wartime economy. Tristram
FRI       learns more from historians and sees the original
FRI       counterfeited notes, which are now held in the archives of
FRI       the Bank of England.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 HR b00j1dvv (Listen)
FRI       A Leaving Party
FRI       Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the
FRI       misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his
FRI       trouble-making colleague.
FRI       Peter and Sam meet on their way to a leaving party - but
FRI       whose leaving party?
FRI       Peter ...... Jonathan Pryce
FRI       Sam ...... Nicholas le Prevost
FRI       Elevator voice ...... Sam Dale
FRI       Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00hz0dw (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00hz0gk (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00hz0jm (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with James Robbins.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00j1dvx (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00hz0rb (Listen)
FRI       Tom is forced to go back to the drawing board.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00j1dvz (Listen)
FRI       Mayflies
FRI       By Mike Maddox. Douglas Scofield has retired from the
FRI       world of astronomy and, following the death of his wife,
FRI       now runs a fish farm with his daughter, who is expecting
FRI       her first child. All he wants is peace and quiet and a
FRI       chance to write his book about fishing.
FRI       However, a visit from an old colleague brings news of a
FRI       message from a distant world, the very sign of life
FRI       Douglas spent his career searching for. Is it safe to
FRI       reply? Indeed, should they reply at all - and to what
FRI       purpose?
FRI       Douglas Scofield ...... Derek Jacobi
FRI       Dave ...... Jason Isaacs
FRI       Lucy ...... Catherine McCormack
FRI       Mole ...... Danny Webb
FRI       Moira ...... Sarah Douglas
FRI       Rob ...... Steven Cree
FRI       Directed by Neil Gardner.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardener's Question Time b00j1f9c (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       John Cushnie, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness answer
FRI       questions posed by gardeners at Chapel-en-le-Frith
FRI       Gardening Club in Derbyshire.
FRI       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
FRI       forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Wildlife and the Marine Bill b00j3t9n (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Kelvin Boot explores how plants, animals and sand habitats
FRI       around Britain could benefit from the proposed new Marine
FRI       and Coastal Access Bill.
FRI       How the new Bill promises to conserve British coastal
FRI       wildlife. Should there be quotas for protected areas, and
FRI       how should we balance the interests of all the other
FRI       stakeholders in our seas?
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00j1f9f (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 b00j1f9h (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Julia Roberts about her new
FRI       espionage comedy, Duplicity. Plus Shirley Anne Field
FRI       recalls her role in the ground-breaking 1960 British
FRI       movie, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00hz1v1 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00hz1wb (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00j1f9k (Listen)
FRI       Series 26, Episode 2
FRI       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
FRI       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
FRI       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Nick Doody.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00hz0rg (Listen)
FRI       Matt discovers who his friends are.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00hz1yr (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews, featuring jazz saxophonist Lester
FRI       Young, who died 50 years ago.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00j3j2z (Listen)
FRI       Writing the Century 1948-1953: Starting From Scratch,
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Series exploring the 20th Century through diaries and
FRI       correspondence of real people, dramatised by Peter Roberts.
FRI       The story of Hazel Wheeler, a young woman from
FRI       Huddersfield who dreams of becoming a freelance writer, as
FRI       England struggles through the postwar period of rationing
FRI       and rebuilding.
FRI       After hearing good news from the BBC, Hazel travels to the
FRI       Woman's Hour studio in Leeds with her mother - unaware
FRI       that there is good news of a different kind on the way.
FRI       Hazel ...... Amy Humphreys
FRI       Hilda ...... Olwen May
FRI       Granville ...... Adrian Grove
FRI       Stan ...... James Quinn
FRI       Sylvia ...... Lucy Jo Hudson
FRI       Ray Lakeland/Announcer ...... Stuart Richman
FRI       Directed by Peter Leslie Wild.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00j1f9m (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Londonderry.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00j1f9p (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Katharine
FRI       Whitehorn.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00j1fdm (Listen)
FRI       Stone, The Ties That Bind
FRI       By Damian Wayling.
FRI       When a body dredged up from a lake implicates an ex-police
FRI       officer and a respected headteacher, DCI Stone has a
FRI       difficult decision to make as he discovers the real truth
FRI       that lies behind the murder.
FRI       Stone ...... Hugo Speer
FRI       Catriona ...... Zoe Henry
FRI       Thomas ...... Rob Pickavance
FRI       Sally ...... Danielle Henry
FRI       Tanner ...... Craig Cheetham
FRI       Chloe/DS Addison ...... Maxine Burth
FRI       Tyler ...... Reece Noi
FRI       Wise ...... James Nickerson
FRI       Piotra/Lawler ...... Greg Wood
FRI       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00hz3d6 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00hz3sv (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
FRI       Shah.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00hz44j (Listen)
FRI       Family Money, Episode 5
FRI       Hannah Gordon reads Nina Bawden's psychological thriller
FRI       which tells the story of recently-widowed Fanny Pye, and
FRI       how her life is changed when she intervenes to stop a
FRI       street brawl.
FRI       A conversation with Isabel about what happened the night
FRI       she witnessed the murder of Andrew Hobbes leaves Fanny
FRI       perturbed. Are her recollections of that night returning?
FRI       
FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00j0gdc (Listen)
FRI       Sue MacGregor talks to film reviewer Angie Errigo and
FRI       television comedy writer Jesse Armstrong about their
FRI       favourite books.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00hzcy4 (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI       
FRI       
FRI