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

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SAT       SATURDAY 28 MARCH 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00j9kgm (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00j9k3f (Listen)
SAT       The Tent, the Bucket and Me, Episode 5
SAT       Emma Kennedy reads her account of family camping holidays
SAT       from her childhood in the 1970s.
SAT       Emma, now 13, takes her final family camping trip to
SAT       France. The perils of sunburn are nothing compared to the
SAT       public humiliation that follows.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00j9kgp (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00j9kgr (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00j9kgv (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00j9kgx (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00j9kgz (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00j9kh1 (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00j9kh3 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00j9lpj (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00j9lpl (Listen)
SAT       Countryside magazine. Matt Baker investigates how the
SAT       parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being
SAT       transformed for the 2012 Olympics into the largest urban
SAT       park created in Europe for more than 150 years.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today This Week b00j9lpn (Listen)
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00j9lpq (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00j9lps (Listen)
SAT       With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
SAT       Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00jb1s5 (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Richard Coles hears from a woman who
SAT       sleeps with an ice crusher under her pillow thanks to a
SAT       former lover who has been stalking her for fifteen years.
SAT       There's a guerrilla report from Brad Moss - a practitioner
SAT       of parkour, or street running. Plus Marc Koska whose
SAT       simple invention of a non-reusable syringe, has saved
SAT       millions of lives, the Inheritance Tracks of post-punk
SAT       hero Jah Wobble, poetry from Elvis McGonagall and a
SAT       returning studio guest - restaurateur, much respected
SAT       foodie and novelist Prue Leith.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00jb1s7 (Listen)
SAT       Sandi Toksvig explores the adventures, frustrations and
SAT       joys of travel.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Wah! Wah! Wah! Waaaaah! The Comedy Scores b00g0npk (Listen)
SAT       Huw Williams appraises classic comedy music written for
SAT       film, television and radio.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00jb1s9 (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Matthew
SAT       D'Ancona.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00jb1sc (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00jb1sf (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance. Including reports on the future of Scotland's
SAT       largest building society and mounting anger over a new
SAT       alternative to bankruptcy. Plus a look at the best cash
SAT       ISA deals as the tax year draws to a close.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00j8f4b (Listen)
SAT       Series 26, Episode 4
SAT       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
SAT       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
SAT       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Holly Walsh.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00jb1sh (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00jb1sk (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00j8f4d (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Dalston,
SAT       Cumbria. Panellists are former Liberal Democrat leader Sir
SAT       Menzies Campbell, shadow home secretary Chris Grayling,
SAT       work and pensions minister Kitty Ussher and Daily Mail
SAT       parliamentary sketch-writer Quentin Letts.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00jb1sm (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in
SAT       response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00jb1sp (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Ripley, Ripley Under Water
SAT       Last in a series of five plays based on the novels by
SAT       Patricia Highsmith about the suave and amoral Tom Ripley.
SAT       Strange new neighbours show an overdeveloped interest in
SAT       Ripley's past. Tom discovers they are not who they say
SAT       they are, but will his shady dealings be exposed after all?
SAT       Tom Ripley ...... Ian Hart
SAT       Heloise ...... Helen Longworth
SAT       Madame Annette ...... Caroline Guthrie
SAT       David Pritchard ...... William Hope
SAT       Janice Pritchard ...... Janice Acquah
SAT       Jeff Constant ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Cynthia Gradnor ...... Lizzy Watts
SAT       Policeman ...... Matt Addis
SAT       Directed by Steven Canny.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00j6xy1 (Listen)
SAT       Series 7, Benny Goodman
SAT       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
SAT       century.
SAT       Clarinettist and bandleader Benny Goodman became known as
SAT       the King of Swing. Brought up in extreme poverty in the
SAT       Jewish ghetto of Chicago's South Side, by the end of the
SAT       1930s he had achieved the adulation of a modern-day pop
SAT       star
SAT       There were reports of ballroom riots, jitterbuggers
SAT       dancing in the aisles at his concerts and solemn words
SAT       being written about how the nation's youth was being
SAT       corrupted by his music.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00jb1sr (Listen)
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey. Including Delia Smith on her life and career;
SAT       women and sport; female ambassadors working in Russia and
SAT       Spain.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00jb1st (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
SAT       Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 Bottom Line b00jb1ym (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis asks his guests from car maker Nissan, baby
SAT       retailer Mothercare and financial firm Barchester Group
SAT       what they fear more, inflation or deflation.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00jb1yp (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00jb1yr (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jb1yt (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00jb1yw (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson presents an eclectic mix of conversation,
SAT       comedy and music. His guests are comedian Ben Miller,
SAT       actor Roger Lloyd Pack and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy,
SAT       and Rachael Stirling talks to impressionist Jon Culshaw.
SAT       Plus music from Jessica Lea Mayfield and William Elliot
SAT       Whitmore and comedy from Tony Law.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00jb1yy (Listen)
SAT       Richard Holbrooke
SAT       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard
SAT       Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan
SAT       and Pakistan.
SAT       He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to
SAT       the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has
SAT       spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in
SAT       equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with
SAT       leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn
SAT       region and seeking an exit plan for western troops.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00jb1z0 (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights, including the new film The Damned United,
SAT       which stars Michael Sheen as Brian Clough.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00h3x73 (Listen)
SAT       Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover
SAT       Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover
SAT       the value and significance of old vinyl.
SAT       He uncovers a network of dealers and buyers, supplying a
SAT       community of 'crate diggers' and 'beat miners' and a world
SAT       in which samples from records bought for a few pence in a
SAT       car boot sale can provide the basis for a million-selling
SAT       hit.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00j5tt9 (Listen)
SAT       Sunset Song, Episode 2
SAT       Gerda Stevenson's dramatisation of the 1932 novel by Lewis
SAT       Grassic Gibbon, set in north-east Scotland before and
SAT       during the First World War.
SAT       After her father's death, Chris is determined to stay and
SAT       work the farm alone if need be. Joined by Ewan Tavendale
SAT       in marriage and on the farm, Chris gives birth to a son.
SAT       But the outbreak of the First World War brings devastating
SAT       change to her family, the rural landscape and the
SAT       community.
SAT       Chris Guthrie ...... Lesely Hart
SAT       Ewan Tavendale ...... Finn Den Hertog
SAT       Chae Strachan ...... Douglas Russell
SAT       Long Rob ...... Matthew Zajac
SAT       Mistress Munro ...... Estrid Barton
SAT       Kirsty Strachan ...... Shonagh Price
SAT       Rev Colquohoun ...... Fraser Sivewright
SAT       Rev Gibbon ...... Keith Hutcheon
SAT       Directed by David Ian Neville.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00jb1z2 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Decision Time b00j7524 (Listen)
SAT       The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on
SAT       the process by which controversial decisions are reached
SAT       behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside
SAT       experts, he examines the problems that future governments
SAT       will face and hear the arguments about how they might be
SAT       resolved.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Counterpoint b00j6bbl (Listen)
SAT       Series 23, Episode 3
SAT       Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the music quiz
SAT       from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from
SAT       the south of England. The contestants are Paul Fischer
SAT       from Sleaford, Peter Trickey from Uxbridge and Tim Wise
SAT       from Wallington.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Lost Voices b00j9hng (Listen)
SAT       Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire
SAT       Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of
SAT       lesser-known or forgotten poets.
SAT       Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a
SAT       trip to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s
SAT       changed his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled
SAT       with distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully
SAT       lyrical poetry.
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SUN       SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00jb8nr (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Lent Talks b00j7526 (Listen)
SUN       The Eyes of God
SUN       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
SUN       from their own perspective.
SUN       George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at
SUN       Oxford University, reflects on the benefits of God's
SUN       absence.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jc3cv (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       02:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jc3cx (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jc3cz (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00jc3p6 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00jc3p8 (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from Tewkesbury Abbey.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00jb1yy (Listen)
SUN       Richard Holbrooke
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard
SUN       Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan
SUN       and Pakistan.
SUN       He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to
SUN       the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has
SUN       spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in
SUN       equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with
SUN       leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn
SUN       region and seeking an exit plan for western troops.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00jc3pb (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00jc3pd (Listen)
SUN       Feast and Famine
SUN       Writer and broadcaster Irma Kurts reflects on the human
SUN       obsession with food.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00jc3pg (Listen)
SUN       Village Pigs
SUN       Adam Henson visits members of the Marton Pig Club, a
SUN       community group raising 10 Berkshire pigs for meat.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00jc3pj (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00jc3pl (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00jc3pn (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton discusses the religious and ethical news of
SUN       the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00jc3pq (Listen)
SUN       YoungMinds
SUN       Tanya Byron appeals on behalf of YoungMinds.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00jc3ps (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00jc3pv (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00jc3px (Listen)
SUN       Journey into Taste
SUN       Observing Lent through the senses.
SUN       A service from Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, led by
SUN       Rev Lindsey Sanderson of Action of Churches Together in
SUN       Scotland.
SUN       Preacher: Kevin Franz, lead mental healthcare chaplain in
SUN       Greater Glasgow.
SUN       With members of the Edinburgh Choral Union, directed by
SUN       Michael Bawtree.
SUN       Organist: Morley Whitehead.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00j9k7c (Listen)
SUN       Clive James' take on the downfall of Australian judge
SUN       Marcus Einfeld.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00jc3pz (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00jc3q1 (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00jc3q3 (Listen)
SUN       Sebastian Faulks
SUN       Kirsty Young invites writer Sebastian Faulks to choose
SUN       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00j6bdt (Listen)
SUN       Series 3, Episode 1
SUN       David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are
SUN       encouraged to tell lies. With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison,
SUN       Clive Anderson and Graeme Garden.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00jc3sw (Listen)
SUN       Omega 6
SUN       Sheila Dillon finds out how Omega 6 has come to dominate
SUN       the Western diet and why it matters.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00jc3sy (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 World This Weekend b00jc3t0 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Gangs, Guns and Families b00hphbl (Listen)
SUN       Professor Jon Silverman takes a mother who grew up on the
SUN       notorious Stonebridge Park estate in north west London,
SUN       and now studies criminology, back to the estate to see the
SUN       changes experienced by those who live there and the
SUN       growing prevalence of knife and gun crime.
SUN       Suzella Palmer is about to complete a PhD on youth crime
SUN       at the University of Bedfordshire. She has garnered much
SUN       of her academic research from the experiences of her
SUN       16-year-old son Zane, who has spent time in prison for
SUN       violent affray and mixes with people who carry knives and
SUN       would not hesitate to use them.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00j8dk3 (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood
SUN       answer questions posed by gardeners in Devon.
SUN       To mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Botanical
SUN       Gardens in Kew, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs, who
SUN       trained there, return to what is regarded by some as the
SUN       most important botanical gardens in the world.
SUN       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
SUN       forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Ankle High History b00jc3t2 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological
SUN       history.
SUN       In Strathconon, now an empty wilderness, amateur
SUN       archaeologists have uncovered the remains of dozens of
SUN       illicit stills. Mark hears stories from a time when
SUN       mountains and glens were full of whisky smugglers.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00jc440 (Listen)
SUN       Something Fresh, Episode 1
SUN       First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915
SUN       comic novel.
SUN       Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on
SUN       recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth
SUN       has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American
SUN       millionaire.
SUN       Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd
SUN       Joan ...... Helen McCrory
SUN       J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo
SUN       Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis
SUN       Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen
SUN       George Emerson ...... James Frain
SUN       Baxter ...... Jared Harris
SUN       Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
SUN       Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine
SUN       Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley
SUN       The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf
SUN       Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson
SUN       Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger
SUN       Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman
SUN       All the maids ...... Moira Quirk
SUN       Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy
SUN       Directed by Martin Jarvis.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00jc4p6 (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup's guests include thriller writer Tom Rob
SUN       Smith, who talks about his latest novel The Secret Speech.
SUN       Plus a walk around Venice with Donna Leon, who explains
SUN       how the city inspired the adventures of her detective hero
SUN       Comissario Brunetti.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Lost Voices b00j5ttf (Listen)
SUN       Rosemary Tonks: The Poet Who Vanished
SUN       Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of
SUN       lesser-known or forgotten poets.
SUN       Rosemary Tonks published two slim volumes of poetry and a
SUN       clutch of novels and then, towards the end of the 1970s,
SUN       disappeared from public life. Brian explores the operatic
SUN       drama of her work, which was hugely influenced by Rimbaud
SUN       and Baudelaire, and shares his enthusiasm with other
SUN       contemporary poets.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00j72bb (Listen)
SUN       Torturers in the UK
SUN       Fran Abrams asks if Britain has become a haven for
SUN       torturers, and investigates the case for new laws and
SUN       tougher policing to prevent alleged human rights abusers
SUN       from taking refuge in this country.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00jb1yy (Listen)
SUN       Richard Holbrooke
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles the American diplomat Richard
SUN       Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan
SUN       and Pakistan.
SUN       He has a reputation for getting results, and from Asia to
SUN       the Balkans, and from Germany to Wall Street, he has
SUN       spurned old-style diplomacy, provoking praise and fury in
SUN       equal measure. In his current role he is tasked with
SUN       leading President Obama's new strategy for the war-torn
SUN       region and seeking an exit plan for western troops.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00jc4r8 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00jc4rb (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jc4rd (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00jc4rg (Listen)
SUN       Peter Curran introduces his selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00jbrvt (Listen)
SUN       It's too little, too late, for Matt.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00jc4tj (Listen)
SUN       Children's magazine. Barney Harwood is given a
SUN       behind-the-scenes tour of the Wallace and Gromit A Grand
SUN       Day Out exhibition at the Science Museum in London. The
SUN       Museum, in partnership with Aardman Animations, aims to
SUN       help the inventors of the future. Barney also finds out
SUN       how inventions can be protected by the Intellectual
SUN       Property Office.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b008nwjv (Listen)
SUN       Portraits of East Anglia, Teeny Weeny Little World
SUN       Specially commissioned stories by local authors, inspired
SUN       by paintings of the East Anglian landscape. Recorded in
SUN       front of an audience in Halesworth, Suffolk, the readings
SUN       are introduced by Neil Innes.
SUN       As a new school term begins, the recently appointed
SUN       headmaster is making his mark with all sorts of changes -
SUN       far too many for Mr Crowther's liking.
SUN       By DJ Taylor, read by Stephen Critchlow.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00j8djz (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00j8f46 (Listen)
SUN       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
SUN       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
SUN       recently died. The programme reflects on people of
SUN       distinction and interest from many walks of life, some
SUN       famous and some less well known.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00jb1sf (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance. Including reports on the future of Scotland's
SUN       largest building society and mounting anger over a new
SUN       alternative to bankruptcy. Plus a look at the best cash
SUN       ISA deals as the tax year draws to a close.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00jc3pq (Listen)
SUN       YoungMinds
SUN       Tanya Byron appeals on behalf of YoungMinds.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00j7xgg (Listen)
SUN       Obama's Pentagon
SUN       Newsnight's defence correspondent Mark Urban asks if the
SUN       Obama presidency will see substantial reform at the
SUN       Pentagon.
SUN       During his campaign to become commander-in-chief, Barack
SUN       Obama pledged to adapt 'US military capabilities for
SUN       current, not Cold War, needs'. Mark looks at whether the
SUN       'small war' strategists, those promoting 'non-kinetic'
SUN       approaches such as better intelligence gathering and
SUN       nation building are going to win out over the
SUN       traditionalists who believe that the defence of America
SUN       still lies in investing billions of dollars in planes,
SUN       tanks and ships.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00jc4tl (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00jc4tn (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn
SUN       Quinn. Including The Prime Ministers.
SUN       
SUN       23:02 The Film Programme b00j8f48 (Listen)
SUN       Francine Stock talks to Colin Firth about his new film
SUN       Genova, a ghost story with a twist directed by Michael
SUN       Winterbottom. Plus Rupert Wyatt, director of The Escapist,
SUN       discusses the work of Jean-Pierre Melville and its
SUN       influence on his prison drama.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00jc3pd (Listen)
SUN       Feast and Famine
SUN       Writer and broadcaster Irma Kurts reflects on the human
SUN       obsession with food.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 30 MARCH 2009
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgk5 (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgjs (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00jbh2c (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbhlm (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00jbkfg (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00jcdb5 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00jbkgc (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00jcdb7 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkj5 (Listen)
MON       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 1
MON       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
MON       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
MON       from 1970 to 1986.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpbc (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       Including drama: Daunt and Dervish.
MON       
MON       11:00 Unseen Britain b00jcdb9 (Listen)
MON       Episode 3
MON       Peter White goes in search of those who monitor how we
MON       spend our money, where we travel and the state of our
MON       health, while remaining unseen themselves.
MON       Peter meets forensic scientists and talks to them about
MON       their work. A 'questioned documents' specialist examines
MON       Peter's signature and reveals some of its secrets, and
MON       Peter also learns about some of the methods used to match
MON       crime scene marks with suspected shoes and tools.
MON       Plus Peter Dean, a police doctor and television
MON       consultant, discusses real crime compared to what we see
MON       on TV programmes.
MON       
MON       11:30 Hazelbeach b00853kb (Listen)
MON       Episode 3
MON       Comedy drama series by Caroline and David Stafford.
MON       Ronnie organises a trip to the races, and Nick makes a
MON       startling discovery about the true nature of friendship.
MON       Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman
MON       Nick ...... Paul Bazely
MON       Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
MON       James ...... John Dougall
MON       Harry/Car Park Attendant ...... Simon Treves
MON       Directed by Marc Beeby.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00jbrgm (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00jbrrc (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00jbrrt (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Counterpoint b00jcgx9 (Listen)
MON       Series 23, Episode 4
MON       Paul Gambaccini chairs the fourth heat of the music quiz
MON       from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from
MON       the south of England. The competitors are Andrew Feltham
MON       from Broadstairs, David Hodder from Camberley and Josie
MON       Martin from the Isle of White.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00jbrvt (Listen)
MON       It's too little, too late, for Matt.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00jcgxc (Listen)
MON       Dewey Eyed
MON       By Sarah Naomi Lee. Philippa is a librarian from a long
MON       line of librarians. When her father dies and her mother
MON       loses her wits, she tries the only language her mother
MON       understands, that of the Dewey cataloguing system, to
MON       guide her back to sanity.
MON       Philippa ...... Olivia Colman
MON       Vera ...... Sheila Reid
MON       Sheila ...... Caroline Guthrie
MON       Alistair ...... Paul Rider
MON       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00h3x73 (Listen)
MON       Beat Mining with the Vinyl Hoover
MON       Broadcaster Toby Amies digs into the archives to discover
MON       the value and significance of old vinyl.
MON       He uncovers a network of dealers and buyers, supplying a
MON       community of 'crate diggers' and 'beat miners' and a world
MON       in which samples from records bought for a few pence in a
MON       car boot sale can provide the basis for a million-selling
MON       hit.
MON       
MON       15:45 Into the Gap b00jcdcs (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the
MON       Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and
MON       stories as he talks to people in transit.
MON       A compulsive people-watcher, Lemn buys himself a coffee
MON       and observes modern Britons collide. Serenaded by the
MON       howls from arcade games and the quiet chit chat over
MON       burgers and cappuccino, the poet arrives for a 24-hour
MON       stint. He catches people in transit, but as they wait, the
MON       sound of the motorway still ringing in their ears, he
MON       wonders what fantasies, fears and fun will fuel their
MON       conversation.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00jc3sw (Listen)
MON       Omega 6
MON       Sheila Dillon finds out how Omega 6 has come to dominate
MON       the Western diet and why it matters.
MON       
MON       16:30 Click On b00jcgxf (Listen)
MON       Simon Cox with the latest developments in the world of IT.
MON       He explores the ways in which technology enhances
MON       collaboration and asks about the social impact of masses
MON       mobilised by the internet.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00jbs0r (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
MON       Mair.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs23 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00jcgxh (Listen)
MON       Series 3, Episode 2
MON       David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are
MON       encouraged to tell lies. With Simon Evans, Tony Hawks,
MON       Milton Jones and Johnny Vaughan.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00jbrxc (Listen)
MON       Mike's mouth gets the better of him.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00jbs3y (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who is joined by
MON       novelists Jeanette Winterton and Andrew O'Hagan to debate
MON       a new collection of stories inspired by renowned operas.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpgs (Listen)
MON       Daunt and Dervish, Episode 1
MON       Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes,
MON       set in 1956.
MON       Preparations for Josephine and Bill's wedding take a back
MON       seat when Daunt and Dervish get a phone call.
MON       Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey
MON       Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
MON       Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan
MON       Katherine De Vere Cole ...... Tina Gray
MON       Laura Stevens ...... Jill Cardo
MON       Terry Stevens ...... Paul Rider
MON       Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale
MON       Waiter ...... Chris Pavlo
MON       Newsreader ...... Dan Starkey
MON       Operator ...... Janice Acquah
MON       Directed Colin Guthrie.
MON       
MON       20:00 Document b00jcgxk (Listen)
MON       Leyland Buses, Cuba and the CIA
MON       Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary
MON       evidence to throw new light on past events.
MON       Mike examines allegations that CIA agents sabotaged
MON       consignments of British Leyland buses bound for Cuba in
MON       the 1960s. The British government's support of a deal to
MON       export hundreds of buses to the island, which was in the
MON       early days of its revolution, incensed the American
MON       government, which was trying to enforce its economic
MON       blockade. With anti-Castro rhetoric and communist fears
MON       mounting within the Kennedy administration, the CIA was
MON       given special powers to undermine the regime in Cuba.
MON       Mike examines official papers which point towards concerns
MON       that the coveted Leyland buses had been sabotaged on Cuban
MON       soil or en route to Cuba. With 'spymania' in the air,
MON       these fears were heightened when in October 1964 a ship
MON       carrying 42 buses to Havana was struck by another ship on
MON       the Thames and sunk.
MON       The programme investigates just how far the US was
MON       prepared to go to sabotage the Cuban economy and asks
MON       whether the CIA could really have sent the buses to the
MON       bottom of the Thames.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00j7txw (Listen)
MON       Ethiopia - Troubles Downstream
MON       Peter Greste journeys down the Omo River from Ethiopia's
MON       central highlands to Northern Kenya where the lives of
MON       nearly half a million of the world's most remote
MON       tribespeople are threatened by a massive hydro-electricity
MON       project. The tribes, already fighting over increasingly
MON       scarce water and land, have warned that the dam could
MON       plunge them into an all-out struggle for survival.
MON       
MON       21:00 The Medicalisation of Normality b00jcjc5 (Listen)
MON       Health journalist John Naish asks if we are turning normal
MON       human behaviour and normal stages in human development
MON       into medical conditions. It is estimated that 10 per cent
MON       of British people take anti-depressants and 10 per cent of
MON       American children take Ritalin to control their behaviour.
MON       It seems that a new mental illness is invented every week,
MON       covering every potential quirk in the human condition,
MON       such as Restless Leg Syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder,
MON       Female Sexual Dysfunction and Celebrity Worship Syndrome.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00jcdb7 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr sets the cultural agenda for the week.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00jbs48 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvfv (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbvlt (Listen)
MON       The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 1
MON       Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child
MON       detective, set in 1950s Wales.
MON       Gwenni Morgan is 12 and flies in her sleep. One night she
MON       sees a body floating in a pool and wakes to find that Mr
MON       Evans has gone missing.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00j7ty0 (Listen)
MON       Dominic Arkwright discusses modern family life and how it
MON       matches up to the ideal with John O'Farrell, Kathryn Flett
MON       and Andi Oliver.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc373 (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with Susan Hulme.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 31 MARCH 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00jbggd (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkj5 (Listen)
TUE       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 1
TUE       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
TUE       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
TUE       from 1970 to 1986.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbgh7 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgjv (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbghy (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm3 (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2f (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00jbhlr (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00jbkfj (Listen)
TUE       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Britishness b00jcjjp (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'. Is
TUE       it the glue that can hold us all together or just a word
TUE       that has lost its meaning?
TUE       
TUE       09:30 The Prime Ministers b00jck84 (Listen)
TUE       David Lloyd George
TUE       BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson explores how Britain's
TUE       prime ministers have used their power, responded to the
TUE       challenges of their time and made the job what it is today.
TUE       David Lloyd George, who led Britain in the First World War
TUE       with a presidential approach.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkkg (Listen)
TUE       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 2
TUE       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
TUE       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
TUE       from 1970 to 1986.
TUE       When he was interviewed for the job, Dr Rae was not sure
TUE       what stance he took on illegal drugs, but in a famously
TUE       liberal school in the heart of 1970s London his battle
TUE       against drug users was to become a constant challenge.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdm (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       Including drama: Daunt and Dervish.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 The Men Who Fell to Earth b00jck86 (Listen)
TUE       Former paratrooper John McDonald tells the history of
TUE       military parachuting.
TUE       He tells his own parachuting story, which ended in 1981
TUE       when he and his heavy equipment tumbled to earth.
TUE       John meets one of the last survivors of the ill-fated
TUE       Operation Colossus, Britain's first ever airborne assault
TUE       in February 1941, and a survivor of the last mass airborne
TUE       paratroop drop over Suez.
TUE       He also considers the members of the so-called Caterpillar
TUE       Club, the men and women who have had to abandon their
TUE       stricken aircraft and make a jump for it.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 Black Screen Britain b00jck88 (Listen)
TUE       Ambassadors for the Race
TUE       Burt Caesar's series exploring how British film and
TUE       television drama portrayed post-war African-Caribbean
TUE       migrants and created opportunities for pioneering black
TUE       actors such as Earl Cameron, Cy Grant and Mona Hammond.
TUE       How the first generation of African-Caribbean immigrants
TUE       were portrayed in early British television and film dramas.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00jbpyn (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00jbrgp (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00jbrrf (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00jcltr (Listen)
TUE       Series 7, Milt Jackson
TUE       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
TUE       century.
TUE       Milt Jackson, known as 'Bags', was the first vibraphone
TUE       player to perform in the bebop style of jazz. He was
TUE       spotted at the age of 22 by Dizzy Gillespie and given a
TUE       place in his band. His reputation grew from there, and he
TUE       is perhaps best known for helping to bring jazz to a new
TUE       concert-going audience during his 20-plus years as a
TUE       member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
TUE       Vibraphone player Anthony Kerr sets Ken straight on
TUE       Jackson, who he admits to having overlooked as a teenage
TUE       jazz fan.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00jbrxc (Listen)
TUE       Mike's mouth gets the better of him.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b008gzlj (Listen)
TUE       Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, Outsiders
TUE       Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus
TUE       through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
TUE       Jesus' revolutionary teaching is gathering more and more
TUE       followers. But the more he embraces the outcasts, the more
TUE       he challenges the authorities.
TUE       Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
TUE       Peter ...... Peter Firth
TUE       Andrew ...... Paul Copley
TUE       Judas ...... Paul Hilton
TUE       Woman ...... Maxine Peake
TUE       Magdalene ...... Lorraine Ashbourne
TUE       Joanna ...... Rachel Atkins
TUE       Simon ...... Peter Marinker
TUE       Friend of the sick man ...... Ben Crowe
TUE       Child ...... Poppy Friar
TUE       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00jclvs (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the environment and the natural world.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jclzh (Listen)
TUE       Opening Lines, Day Tripper
TUE       Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers.
TUE       A day trip to the seaside offers the chance of new
TUE       beginnings for a mother and son. By Susan Elliot-Wright,
TUE       read by Claire Rushbrook.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyfg (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the
TUE       Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and
TUE       stories as he talks to people in transit.
TUE       Lemn discovers exotic tales from Africa, an arranged
TUE       marriage in operation and a young soldier embarking on his
TUE       first tour of Afghanistan.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Law in Action b00jcq5f (Listen)
TUE       Clive Coleman asks why the government wants radical
TUE       changes to the law on murder and on inquests in cases
TUE       where the state is involved.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00jcq5h (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to Ann Widdecombe and Kate Humble
TUE       about their favourite books.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00jbryw (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
TUE       Mair.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs0t (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Cabin Pressure b00ctl6w (Listen)
TUE       Fitton
TUE       Sitcom by John Finnemore about the pilots of a tiny
TUE       charter airline for whom no job is too small and many jobs
TUE       are too difficult.
TUE       The crew are grounded, so Arthur shows the crew why apples
TUE       are the secret of happiness and Martin shows Carolyn how
TUE       to be an air hostess.
TUE       Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ...... Stephanie Cole
TUE       1st Officer Douglas Richardson ...... Roger Allam
TUE       Captain Martin Crieff ...... Benedict Cumberbatch
TUE       Arthur Shappey ...... John Finnemore
TUE       Mr Goddard ...... Adam G Goodwin
TUE       Helena Richardson ...... Melisande Cook.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00jbrx3 (Listen)
TUE       Tom and Brenda have a parting of the ways.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00jbs25 (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson reports on a new
TUE       exhibition which charts the links between mental illness,
TUE       art and architecture in Vienna at the start of the 20th
TUE       century.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpv0 (Listen)
TUE       Daunt and Dervish, Episode 2
TUE       Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes,
TUE       set in 1956.
TUE       Daunt and Dervish might find it harder than they expected
TUE       to have another word with Terry Stevens.
TUE       Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey
TUE       Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
TUE       Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan
TUE       Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo
TUE       Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale
TUE       Inspector Alderney ...... Jonathan Tafler
TUE       Ogilvy ...... Dan Starkey
TUE       Beryl ...... Janice Acquah
TUE       Teddy Boy ...... Inam Mirza
TUE       Directed by Colin Guthrie.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00jcrqx (Listen)
TUE       Shari Vahl investigates the extent to which inadequate
TUE       safeguards to property rights in Britain might be
TUE       contributing to the theft of millions of pounds, as
TUE       criminals 'steal' houses from under the noses of
TUE       homeowners by exploiting the way Land Registry information
TUE       is made available
TUE       File on 4 hears from victims living in mortgage-free homes
TUE       who have been targeted by criminal gangs.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00jcrqz (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Wasting Away in the Outback b00jcrr1 (Listen)
TUE       Nick Bryant travels into the Australian outback to explore
TUE       the ethics of a deal which promises 12 million dollars to
TUE       an isolated indigenous community in exchange for them
TUE       taking on the government's nuclear waste.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Britishness b00jcjjp (Listen)
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'. Is
TUE       it the glue that can hold us all together or just a word
TUE       that has lost its meaning?
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00jbs40 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvfx (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhd (Listen)
TUE       The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 2
TUE       Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child
TUE       detective, set in 1950s Wales.
TUE       Gwenni starts her investigation of Mr Evans' disappearance
TUE       by going round the village with a poster.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Arturart b00jcrr3 (Listen)
TUE       The High Summer of the Arturart Renaissance
TUE       Arthur Smith presents a series of three comedy lectures on
TUE       different aspects of Art.
TUE       Arthur deconstructs the Renaissance and asks if it is time
TUE       for a 'Re-Renaissance'. The artist of the week is
TUE       Caravaggio, who was not a very nice man. With
TUE       contributions from Miriam Elia, Phil Nice, Leslie Primo
TUE       and Jessica Hynes.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc36x (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with David Wilby.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 1 APRIL 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00jbggg (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkkg (Listen)
WED       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 2
WED       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
WED       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
WED       from 1970 to 1986.
WED       When he was interviewed for the job, Dr Rae was not sure
WED       what stance he took on illegal drugs, but in a famously
WED       liberal school in the heart of 1970s London his battle
WED       against drug users was to become a constant challenge.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbgh9 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgjx (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgj0 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm5 (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2h (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00jbhlw (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00jbkfl (Listen)
WED       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
WED       Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00jd5pt (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkkj (Listen)
WED       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 3
WED       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
WED       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
WED       from 1970 to 1986.
WED       Harold Wilson wins the 1974 general election, but, as Dr
WED       Rae becomes increasingly involved in the national debate
WED       on education, it is inflation rather than politics that
WED       presents the sternest challenge.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdp (Listen)
WED       With Jane Garvey.
WED       Including drama: Daunt and Dervish.
WED       
WED       11:00 Revealing the Mind Bender General b00jd5pw (Listen)
WED       James Maw on the controversial psychiatrist Dr William
WED       Sargant, who tested drugs on his patients with, some say,
WED       catastrophic results.
WED       In the 1960s and 1970s he developed his controversial Deep
WED       Sleep Treatment in the Sleep Room of St Thomas's Hospital
WED       in London. James talks to some of those who worked under
WED       Sargant in the late-1960s and to some of his former
WED       patients, who all say that they are still suffering from
WED       his treatment to this day.
WED       
WED       11:30 Safety Catch b00jd60v (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Brothers in Arms
WED       Sitcom by Laurence Howarth about a man who has reluctantly
WED       drifted into the arms dealing trade.
WED       Simon uses his 'flair for original ideas' to go to extreme
WED       lengths to prove to his colleagues and family just how bad
WED       he feels about doing the job he does.
WED       Simon McGrath ...... Darren Boyd
WED       Anna Grieg ...... Joanna Page
WED       Boris Kemal ...... Lewis Macleod
WED       Judith McGrath ...... Sarah Smart
WED       Angela McGrath ...... Brigit Forsyth
WED       Madeleine Turnbull ...... Rachel Atkins
WED       Peter ...... Gus Brown
WED       Paramedic ...... Philip Fox.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00jbpyq (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00jbrgr (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00jbrrh (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00jd64p (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00jbrx3 (Listen)
WED       Tom and Brenda have a parting of the ways.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00jd6r7 (Listen)
WED       A Question of Royalty
WED       Comedy by Andrew Lynch, inspired by real events. Two
WED       bungling self-employed plasterers, ignorant of the
WED       constitutional crisis their actions could precipitate,
WED       steal The Queen's wedding certificate while working on the
WED       refurbishment of the Public Records Office.
WED       Bernie ...... Johnny Vegas
WED       Danny ...... Ricky Tomlinson
WED       Sarah ...... Catherine McCormack
WED       Jan ...... Nicola Stephenson
WED       Tim ...... Tim Bentinck
WED       Farnworth ...... Rupert Degas.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00jd6r9 (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on employment
WED       rights. He is joined by Clive Howard, employment partner
WED       at Russell Jones Walker, Sian Keall, employment partner at
WED       Travers Smith and Sarah Veale, head of equality and
WED       employment rights at the TUC.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jcmv3 (Listen)
WED       Opening Lines, The World
WED       Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers.
WED       A man wakes up one day to discover that he can see and
WED       hear everything that is happening in the world. Will he
WED       find a way of managing his new condition? By Frank Burton,
WED       read by Karl Davies.
WED       
WED       15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyjt (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the
WED       Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and
WED       stories as he talks to people in transit.
WED       Lemn encounters a Coronation Street actor going to a
WED       party, students going to Amsterdam and a Michael Jackson
WED       fan on the way to meet her idol.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00jd6rc (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 The Medicalisation of Normality b00jcjc5 (Listen)
WED       Health journalist John Naish asks if we are turning normal
WED       human behaviour and normal stages in human development
WED       into medical conditions. It is estimated that 10 per cent
WED       of British people take anti-depressants and 10 per cent of
WED       American children take Ritalin to control their behaviour.
WED       It seems that a new mental illness is invented every week,
WED       covering every potential quirk in the human condition,
WED       such as Restless Leg Syndrome, Social Anxiety Disorder,
WED       Female Sexual Dysfunction and Celebrity Worship Syndrome.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00jbryy (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
WED       Mair.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs0w (Listen)
WED       
WED       18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00jd6rf (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates
WED       a stand-up show for a local audience based on what he
WED       finds out about the area.
WED       Mark records a show in Lewes, East Sussex, celebrating
WED       fires, pub fights and stroppiness.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00jbrx5 (Listen)
WED       It's April Fool's Day and the joke is on Kenton.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00jbs28 (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including an
WED       interview with the singer and songwriter PJ Harvey.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpvd (Listen)
WED       Daunt and Dervish, Episode 3
WED       Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes,
WED       set in 1956.
WED       A trip to the Astoria dancehall turns out to be a little
WED       more exciting than the ladies had planned.
WED       Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey
WED       Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
WED       Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan
WED       Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo
WED       Laura Stevens ...... Jill Cardo
WED       Terry Stevens ...... Paul Rider
WED       Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale
WED       Harry Shears ...... Dan Starkey
WED       Brigadier Burkenshaw ...... Malcolm Tierney
WED       Teddy boys ...... Inam Mirza and Jonathan Tafler
WED       Directed by Colin Guthrie.
WED       
WED       20:00 Decision Time b00jd6xv (Listen)
WED       The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson shines a light on
WED       the process by which controversial decisions are reached
WED       behind closed doors in Whitehall. With a panel of inside
WED       experts, he examines the problems that future governments
WED       will face and hear the arguments about how they might be
WED       resolved.
WED       
WED       20:45 Lent Talks b00jd6xx (Listen)
WED       A Godless Society?
WED       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
WED       from their own perspective.
WED       Frank Field MP reflects on a society that chooses to root
WED       its moral behaviour apart from God.
WED       
WED       21:00 Debating Animals b00jd9kd (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       Rod Liddle examines our differing responses to related
WED       animal species and tries to establish what those responses
WED       tell us not merely about the animals but about ourselves.
WED       Rod considers the otter and the mink - the one a playful,
WED       affectionate emblem of British environmental awareness,
WED       the other invariably depicted as a voracious invader.
WED       Sir David Attenborough and ecologist Johnny Birks help Rod
WED       to separate fact from fiction and understand why one
WED       member of the Mustelid family should have us cooing and
WED       handing over money to environmental causes while the other
WED       can expect loathing at best and more often than not calls
WED       for a mass cull.
WED       He also hears from people involved in the Hebridean mink
WED       cull, who are acting to save indigenous bird species in
WED       the Western Isles.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00jd5pt (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00jbs42 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvfz (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhl (Listen)
WED       The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 3
WED       Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child
WED       detective, set in 1950s Wales.
WED       Gwenni is interviewed by the detectives investigating Mr
WED       Evans' death and an arrest is made.
WED       
WED       23:00 My Teenage Diary b00jd9x5 (Listen)
WED       Richard Herring
WED       Rufus Hound invites comedians to revisit their formative
WED       years by dusting off their teenage diaries and reading
WED       them out in public for the very first time. Will they
WED       experience the warm glow of nostalgia or the hot flush of
WED       embarrassment?
WED       With Richard Herring.
WED       
WED       23:15 Bespoken Word b00chy8h (Listen)
WED       Series 4, Episode 1
WED       Performance poetry series, recorded in London's Troubadour
WED       Coffee House. Featuring Polar Bear, Felix Dennis and
WED       Scroobius Pip.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc36z (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Sean Curran.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 2 APRIL 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00jbggj (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkkj (Listen)
THU       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 3
THU       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
THU       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
THU       from 1970 to 1986.
THU       Harold Wilson wins the 1974 general election, but, as Dr
THU       Rae becomes increasingly involved in the national debate
THU       on education, it is inflation rather than politics that
THU       presents the sternest challenge.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbghc (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgjz (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgj2 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm7 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2k (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00jbhly (Listen)
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00jbkfn (Listen)
THU       With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
THU       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
THU       Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00jdb6c (Listen)
THU       Baconian Science
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests including Patricia Fara and
THU       Stephen Pumfrey discuss Francis Bacon, the Elizabethan
THU       lawyer, politician and father of the Baconian scientific
THU       method.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00jbkxz (Listen)
THU       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 4
THU       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
THU       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
THU       from 1970 to 1986.
THU       During a typical day, Dr Rae was called on to deal with
THU       everyone from the scholar who steals books to the Prime
THU       Minister.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdr (Listen)
THU       With Jane Garvey.
THU       Including drama: Daunt and Dervish.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00jdb6f (Listen)
THU       The Kingdom of Kids
THU       Bill Law reports from Swaziland, a country laid waste by
THU       poverty and AIDS. Impoverished children, with the help of
THU       surviving adults and local NGOs, are learning how to read
THU       and write in informal schools. In a country with a falling
THU       population and an economy in freefall, the children of
THU       Swaziland, against all the odds, are battling for their
THU       future and taking control of their own fates.
THU       
THU       11:30 With Great Pleasure b00jdflg (Listen)
THU       Sir Alan Ayckbourn
THU       Playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn asserts the importance of
THU       humour and laughter in his choice of literary extracts.
THU       The readers are Amanda Root and Jon Strickland.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00jbpys (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00jbrgt (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00jbrrk (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b0076wrz (Listen)
THU       Dominic Arkwright presents the series featuring new
THU       writing and stimulating discussion. Guy Browning, Amanda
THU       Mitchison and Wilfred Emmanuel Jones take on the
THU       brown-nosers and lickspittles of the corporate world.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00jbrx5 (Listen)
THU       It's April Fool's Day and the joke is on Kenton.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00jdms7 (Listen)
THU       Aromatherapy
THU       By Ed Harris. Robert returns from holiday in Thailand in
THU       crippling pain from an illness with a very unusual cure.
THU       Robert ...... Martin Freeman
THU       Oliver ...... Nigel Anthony
THU       Doctor Magisterne ...... Pip Torrens
THU       Lily ...... Clare Corbett
THU       Sophie ...... Polly Lister
THU       Directed by Chris Wallis.
THU       
THU       15:02 Open Country b00j9lpl (Listen)
THU       Countryside magazine. Matt Baker investigates how the
THU       parklands and wetlands of the Lea Valley are being
THU       transformed for the 2012 Olympics into the largest urban
THU       park created in Europe for more than 150 years.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00jc3pq (Listen)
THU       YoungMinds
THU       Tanya Byron appeals on behalf of YoungMinds.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jcmvc (Listen)
THU       Opening Lines, Atlantic Flats
THU       Series showcasing first-time and emerging writers.
THU       An elderly man sits alone in his flat by the sea,
THU       wondering if he can ever recapture the relationship he had
THU       with his daughter when she was a child. By Richard Knight,
THU       read by Malcolm Tierney.
THU       
THU       15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyk6 (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the
THU       Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and
THU       stories as he talks to people in transit.
THU       Lemn meets a Portuguese family who all work at the
THU       services, a lorry driver whose coy carp just died and an
THU       elderly couple who sleep in a lorry on the forecourt.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00jc4p6 (Listen)
THU       Mariella Frostrup's guests include thriller writer Tom Rob
THU       Smith, who talks about his latest novel The Secret Speech.
THU       Plus a walk around Venice with Donna Leon, who explains
THU       how the city inspired the adventures of her detective hero
THU       Comissario Brunetti.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00jdms9 (Listen)
THU       Pen Haddow speaks to Quentin Cooper from the Arctic ice
THU       cap, where Haddow and his team are currently measuring
THU       this year's ice melt - up close and personal.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00jbrz0 (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
THU       Mair. Plus Weather.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs0y (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 4 Stands Up b00jdmtx (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Episode 1
THU       Chris Addison hosts the stand-up comedy show featuring
THU       some of the top names on the circuit. Featuring Stephen
THU       Carlin, Adams and Rea and Jon Richardson.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00jbrx7 (Listen)
THU       Matt learns who his friends are.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00jbs2b (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpvn (Listen)
THU       Daunt and Dervish, Episode 4
THU       Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes,
THU       set in 1956.
THU       Both the De Vere Cole garden party and the garage at the
THU       King's Cross railway arches bring surprises.
THU       Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey
THU       Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
THU       Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan
THU       Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo
THU       Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale
THU       Inspector Alderney ...... Jonathan Tafler
THU       Ogilvy ...... Dan Starkey
THU       Beryl ...... Janice Acquah
THU       Teddy Boy ...... Inam Mirza
THU       Directed by Colin Guthrie.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00jdnsl (Listen)
THU       Simon Cox presents the current affairs series combining
THU       original insights into major news stories with topical
THU       investigations. He asks what it really means when a Briton
THU       commits suicide in Switzerland and probes the myths and
THU       reality of the Dignitas organisation. Simon reveals how
THU       Swiss right-to-die organisations have extended their
THU       services to yet more controversial areas: helping the
THU       mentally ill, or those in pain or depressed, to die. He
THU       examines the process in detail and asks what safeguards
THU       exist.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00jdnsn (Listen)
THU       Europe on the Edge
THU       Peter Day reports from Spain, Hungary, Ireland and Iceland
THU       on the heavy strains being felt by those countries on the
THU       fringes of Europe which boomed when they were new recruits
THU       to the EU. In the current economic crisis, however, they
THU       are now under heavy pressure, along with the Eurozone and
THU       the whole European Union.
THU       
THU       21:00 Oceans: What Lies Beneath b00jdnsq (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the
THU       oceans that make up nearly 80 per cent of our planet.
THU       Gabrielle examines the intimate relationship between the
THU       oceans and our climate. She finds out how the ocean
THU       currents influence the temperature of the planet and the
THU       important role oceans may play in protecting us from the
THU       damaging effects of global warming.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00jdb6c (Listen)
THU       Baconian Science
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests including Patricia Fara and
THU       Stephen Pumfrey discuss Francis Bacon, the Elizabethan
THU       lawyer, politician and father of the Baconian scientific
THU       method.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00jbs44 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvg1 (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhq (Listen)
THU       The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 4
THU       Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child
THU       detective, set in 1950s Wales.
THU       The case is closed and Gwenni must put an end to her
THU       detective work, but not before a family secret comes to
THU       light.
THU       
THU       23:00 The Personality Test b007sq67 (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Andrew Neil
THU       Comedy quiz presented by a new guest host, with
THU       broadcaster and former Sunday Times Editor Andrew Neil
THU       taking the chair in this edition. Facing Andrew's quirky
THU       quiz are comedians Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin
THU       Ince and Will Smith.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc371 (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Robert Orchard.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 3 APRIL 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00jbggl (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00jbkxz (Listen)
FRI       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 4
FRI       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
FRI       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
FRI       from 1970 to 1986.
FRI       During a typical day, Dr Rae was called on to deal with
FRI       everyone from the scholar who steals books to the Prime
FRI       Minister.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jbghf (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jbgk1 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jbgj4 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00jbgm9 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jbh2m (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Leslie Griffiths.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00jbhm2 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00jbkfq (Listen)
FRI       With John Humphrys and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the
FRI       Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00jc3q3 (Listen)
FRI       Sebastian Faulks
FRI       Kirsty Young invites writer Sebastian Faulks to choose
FRI       eight records to take to Radio 4's mythical desert island.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00jbky1 (Listen)
FRI       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 5
FRI       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
FRI       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
FRI       from 1970 to 1986.
FRI       Dr Rae wonders whether he is as well qualified for the job
FRI       as a colleague who is reputed to have killed a man with
FRI       his bare hands when he was a member of the Special
FRI       Operations Executive in the Second World War.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jbpdt (Listen)
FRI       With Sheila McClennon.
FRI       Including drama: Daunt and Dervish.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 The Darwinian Sistine Chapel b00jf3hj (Listen)
FRI       Following artist Tanya Kovats, who, having been
FRI       commissioned to create a work of art to decorate the
FRI       ceiling of the Natural History Museum, sets out to look
FRI       for a tree to realise her artistic vision.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00jf3hl (Listen)
FRI       Series 3, Fife Circle
FRI       Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
FRI       Two elderly brothers meet at Waverley station and set out
FRI       on a journey of discovery involving lost mothers, fathers,
FRI       brothers and sisters, and learn just whom they really
FRI       belong to. By Michael Chaplin.
FRI       Sir Hugh Dundas/Alex Kelly ...... Stanley Baxter
FRI       Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00jbpyv (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00jbrgw (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00jbrrm (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00jf3hn (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00jbrx7 (Listen)
FRI       Matt learns who his friends are.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b007vhjg (Listen)
FRI       Tony's Little Sister and the Paradox of Monasticism
FRI       David and Caroline Stafford's play tells the story of St
FRI       Anthony - hermit, ascetic and founder of Christian
FRI       monasticism - from the point of view of his angry little
FRI       sister Dious.
FRI       Anthony ...... Duncan Preston
FRI       Dious ...... Samantha Spiro
FRI       Satan ...... Tim McMullan
FRI       Hilarion ...... Ben Crowe
FRI       Sheba ...... Rachel Bavidge.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00jf47q (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness answer
FRI       questions posed by gardeners on the Nottinghamshire and
FRI       Derbyshire border.
FRI       Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs return to the Royal
FRI       Botanical Gardens at Kew in its 250th year, with a visit
FRI       to the Temperate House.
FRI       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
FRI       forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Into the Gap b00jgyl9 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Poet Lemn Sissay observes Britain on the move at the
FRI       Watford Gap motorway services, capturing its sounds and
FRI       stories as he talks to people in transit.
FRI       Lemn meets two businessmen with thermal imaging cameras
FRI       and an engineer who is a closet campanologist.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00jf47s (Listen)
FRI       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
FRI       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
FRI       recently died. The programme reflects on people of
FRI       distinction and interest from many walks of life, some
FRI       famous and some less well known.
FRI       
FRI       16:30 The Film Programme b00jf47v (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to writer and director Richard
FRI       Curtis. He is returning to the director's chair for the
FRI       first time since Love Actually for his latest offering,
FRI       The Boat That Rocked, a comedy about pirate radio in the
FRI       1960s.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00jbrz2 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jbs10 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00jf47y (Listen)
FRI       Series 26, Episode 5
FRI       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
FRI       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
FRI       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Alun Cochrane.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00jbrx9 (Listen)
FRI       Helen gets a blast from the past.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00jbs2d (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an
FRI       interview with writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, best known
FRI       for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jbpw1 (Listen)
FRI       Daunt and Dervish, Episode 5
FRI       Another adventure for Guy Meredith's female private eyes,
FRI       set in 1956.
FRI       Mrs Mackie chooses a rather awkward time to pay a visit.
FRI       Josephine Daunt ...... Anna Massey
FRI       Susan Dervish ...... Sylvestra Le Touzel
FRI       Bill Mackie ...... Sean Scanlan
FRI       Mrs Mackie ...... Tina Gray
FRI       Laura Stevens ...... Jill Cardo
FRI       Lenny Davies ...... Robert Lonsdale
FRI       Eddie Turner ...... Chris Pavlo
FRI       Brigadier Burkenshaw ...... Malcolm Tierney
FRI       Soldier ...... Dan Starkey
FRI       Directed by Colin Guthrie.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00jf480 (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Stafford.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00jf483 (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00771sz (Listen)
FRI       The Monkey's Mask
FRI       Detective tale set in Sydney, adapted from the
FRI       best-selling verse novel by Australian poet Dorothy Porter.
FRI       When street-smart private investigator Jill Fitzpatrick is
FRI       hired to work on the case of a missing University student,
FRI       she falls for the girl's poetry tutor, the intellectual Dr
FRI       Diana Maitland. Soon the smell of death around the case is
FRI       getting all mixed up with the sick intoxication of love.
FRI       Jill Fitzpatrick ...... Federay Holmes
FRI       Dr Diana Maitland ...... Kerry Fox
FRI       Lou ...... Linda Marlowe
FRI       Steve ...... Sam Dale
FRI       Bill McDonald ...... Danny Webb
FRI       Tony Knight ...... Richard Dillane
FRI       Mickey Norris ...... Rachel Morris
FRI       Mrs Norris ...... Carolyn Pickles
FRI       Nick Maitland ...... Matt Dyktynski
FRI       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00jbs46 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00jbvg3 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jbxhs (Listen)
FRI       The Earth Hums in B Flat, Episode 5
FRI       Joanna Page reads Mari Strachan's magical story of a child
FRI       detective, set in 1950s Wales.
FRI       Standing on the cusp of adolescence, Gwenni finds out the
FRI       truth about her grandmother.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00jcq5h (Listen)
FRI       Sue MacGregor talks to Ann Widdecombe and Kate Humble
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FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00jc37h (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
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