Radio 4 Listings for 04/04/2009 - 10/04/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 4 APRIL 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00jff0l (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
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SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00jbky1 (Listen)
SAT       The Old Boys' Network, Episode 5
SAT       Tim Pigott-Smith reads the journal kept by Dr John Rae
SAT       during his years as the headmaster of Westminster School
SAT       from 1970 to 1986.
SAT       Dr Rae wonders whether he is as well qualified for the job
SAT       as a colleague who is reputed to have killed a man with
SAT       his bare hands when he was a member of the Special
SAT       Operations Executive in the Second World War.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jff0n (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jff0q (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jff0s (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00jff0v (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jff0x (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales,
SAT       Rev Dr Barry Morgan.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 The Estuary b008kf0n (Listen)
SAT       Episode 1
SAT       Peter France narrates an extraordinary story of life on
SAT       the Wash as the tides and the seasons change, set against
SAT       a backdrop of sounds recorded on location by Chris Watson.
SAT       At low tide, the vast expanses of mud which stretch almost
SAT       as far as the eye can see are a magnet for migratory birds.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00jgq3n (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00jgq3q (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07 Open Country b00jgq3s (Listen)
SAT       Three hundred years ago, Abraham Darby fired up his
SAT       furnace in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. It was the spark
SAT       that lit the Industrial Revolution. Darby's technological
SAT       leap would allow iron to be manufactured on an enormous
SAT       scale, opening the door to the creation of the machines,
SAT       factories, trains and ships that made the modern world.
SAT       Helen Mark visits the original foundry, joins in an
SAT       archaeological dig on the site, hears how the Aga company
SAT       keeps the gorge's traditions alive and meets a
SAT       contemporary artist inspired by the tough life of the
SAT       original ironworkers.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00jgq3v (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith,
SAT       with a debate on the future of the Royal Show.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00jgq3x (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00jgtfh (Listen)
SAT       With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00jgv15 (Listen)
SAT       With Fi Glover.
SAT       In the week that Madonna failed in her attempt to adopt a
SAT       second child from Malawi, Fi meets a single man who
SAT       successfully adopted two children.
SAT       Fi's studio guest is stem cell guru Professor Anthony
SAT       Hollander who led the development of the first ever tissue
SAT       engineered windpipe.
SAT       Plus an 'I Was There' memory from a Saturday Live listener
SAT       who watched the trial of Nelson Mandela, the Inheritance
SAT       Tracks of Oscar-winning actor Roberto Benigni, one
SAT       Liverpool fan's experience of the Heysel Stadium disaster
SAT       in 1985 and Susan Richardson as our studio poet.
SAT       
SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00jgv17 (Listen)
SAT       Sandi Toksvig explores the back streets of old Paris with
SAT       the help of writer Gillian Tindall, the author of
SAT       Footprints in Paris - A few streets, a few lives. Her
SAT       exploration revives 200 years of history through the lives
SAT       of real individuals who inhabited some of Paris oldest
SAT       streets in the Latin Quarter.
SAT       The programme also uncovers an obscure corner of British
SAT       military history involving Belize, HMS Ark Royal and
SAT       Buccaneer fighter bombers through author Rowland White's
SAT       Pheonix Squadron.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Eyes Down on Clubland b00jgv1b (Listen)
SAT       With working men's clubs on the verge of extinction, Dave
SAT       Spikey, who co-wrote and appeared in the comedy Phoenix
SAT       Nights, charts their history. He examines their social,
SAT       cultural and political impact and celebrates those that
SAT       continue to bring life to communities on the margins of
SAT       21st-century Britain.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00jgv1d (Listen)
SAT       Week In Westminster
SAT       After a week when the world's leaders descended on London
SAT       to clear a path out of the world economic crisis, do we
SAT       now have one?
SAT       And away from all the talk of global financial
SAT       institutions, tax havens and monetary stimulus, can it
SAT       give the British economy a jolt, and with it a jolt to the
SAT       Prime Minister's political position?
SAT       Here, the former Treasury ministers, Geoffrey Robinson for
SAT       Labour and John Maples for the Conservatives, and the
SAT       Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman Jeremy Browne, debate
SAT       how far the deal gives us what we need.
SAT       Also in the programme:
SAT       * Sheila Gunn, Press Secretary to John and Norma Major,
SAT       and Fiona Millar, who spent years working for Cherie
SAT       Blair, on what the wives do at summits.
SAT       * Tony Wright, who chairs the Public Administration Select
SAT       Committee, and Marta Andreasen, the EU whistleblower and
SAT       now UKIP Treasurer, on expenses and leaking
SAT       * And Baroness Estelle Morris on which reports Ministers
SAT       read, and which they don't.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00jgv1g (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00jgv1j (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance. Including reports on the steps taken by the
SAT       Pension Service after its helpline and e-forecast system
SAT       collapsed.
SAT       Plus a look at the implications of the deal struck to
SAT       rescue Dunfermline Building Society and claims that
SAT       surveyors are now undervaluing many properties, making it
SAT       impossible for some buyers to agree a price with a seller.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00jf47y (Listen)
SAT       Series 26, Episode 5
SAT       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
SAT       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
SAT       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Alun Cochrane.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00jgv1l (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00jgv1n (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00jf480 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Stafford.
SAT       He is joined by secretary of state for communities and
SAT       local government Hazel Blears, shadow secretary of state
SAT       for innovation, universities and skills David Willetts,
SAT       Liberal Democrat deputy leader Vince Cable and executive
SAT       editor and columnist at the London Evening Standard Anne
SAT       McElvoy.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00jgv1q (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 b00jgv1s (Listen)
SAT       Lambeth Palace
SAT       Dark comedy by Christopher William Hill imagining the
SAT       politics behind the scenes in the run-up to the selection
SAT       of a fictional Archbishop of Canterbury. How far will an
SAT       ultra-Establishment conservative and a barely-believing
SAT       liberal go to win the top job in the Church of England?
SAT       Michael Lombard ...... Alex Jennings
SAT       David Channing ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
SAT       Grace Lombard ...... Phoebe Nicholls
SAT       Patrick Latimer ...... Murray Melvin
SAT       Alicia Latham ...... Susan Jameson
SAT       Simon Brooker ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Anthony Taylor ...... Sam Dale
SAT       Russell Graves ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Claudia ...... Caroline Guthrie
SAT       Robin ...... Jonathan Tafler
SAT       Cardinal Daeneker ...... Malcolm Tierney
SAT       Seb ...... Benjamin Askew
SAT       Jade ...... Lizzy Watts
SAT       With Kirsty Wark and Jonathan Dimbleby as themselves.
SAT       Other parts played by Janice Acquah, Matt Addis and Paul
SAT       Rider.
SAT       Directed by Mary Peate.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00jcltr (Listen)
SAT       Series 7, Milt Jackson
SAT       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
SAT       century.
SAT       Milt Jackson, known as 'Bags', was the first vibraphone
SAT       player to perform in the bebop style of jazz. He was
SAT       spotted at the age of 22 by Dizzy Gillespie and given a
SAT       place in his band. His reputation grew from there, and he
SAT       is perhaps best known for helping to bring jazz to a new
SAT       concert-going audience during his 20-plus years as a
SAT       member of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
SAT       Vibraphone player Anthony Kerr sets Ken straight on
SAT       Jackson, who he admits to having overlooked as a teenage
SAT       jazz fan.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00jgv1v (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour with Jane Garvey.
SAT       With all the doom and gloom around, Jane asks what is
SAT       happiness, how do we get it and do women feel responsible
SAT       for keeping their families happy?
SAT       There's music from Lea De Laria, and are you guilty of
SAT       dressing your partner?
SAT       Two ten-year-olds dance the cha-cha in the studio as part
SAT       of a new educational initiative to get children back on
SAT       the dance floor.
SAT       Plus why girls with autism are being misdiagnosed, and we
SAT       ask whether history has been reworked and feminised, as
SAT       some claim.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00jgv1x (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula
SAT       Shah, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 iPM b00jff0z (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00jgv1z (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00jgv21 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jgv23 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00jgv25 (Listen)
SAT       Presented by Clive Anderson.
SAT       Marking the 500th anniversary of Henry's VIII's accession
SAT       to the throne, historian Dr David Starkey chats to Clive
SAT       Anderson about his C4 biography, Henry: Mind of a Tyrant,
SAT       and guest curating the British Library's exhibition Henry
SAT       VIII: Man and Monarch.
SAT       Having penned comedy favourites such as Father Ted and
SAT       Black Books, Graham Linehan talks about his Emmy
SAT       award-winning sitcom The IT Crowd.
SAT       As a former society editor, Stephanie Theobald was one of
SAT       the 'in' crowd. She describes how her time hanging out
SAT       with the movers and shakers of the art world inspired her
SAT       latest novel, A Partial Indulgence.
SAT       Gideon Coe stirs up some adolescent angst as he talks to
SAT       stand-up comedian Rufus Hound, presenter of Radio 4's My
SAT       Teenage Diary, in which top comedians revisit their
SAT       formative years by opening up their diaries.
SAT       Irrereverent comedy from Canadian Pete Johansson, who,
SAT       having toured the world and appeared on US primetime
SAT       televison, peddles his wares in the Loose Ends studio.
SAT       Music comes from Doves, who play Kingdom of Rust from
SAT       their forthcoming album of the same title. Plus a saunter
SAT       into the unique world of caberet and melody that is Lonely
SAT       Drifter Karen.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00jgv27 (Listen)
SAT       Zaha Hadid
SAT       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Zaha Hadid, the world's leading
SAT       female architect.
SAT       Workers have begun installing the roof on the Aquatics
SAT       Centre for the 2012 London Olympics, the boldest British
SAT       design yet by Hadid. But like the rest of Hadid's career,
SAT       the wave-shaped building has not been without controversy
SAT       - and it's projected to cost three times its original
SAT       budget.
SAT       Iraq-born Hadid is known around the world, yet in Britain
SAT       she is perhaps better known for designs that haven't been
SAT       built - such as the Cardiff Bay Opera House.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00jgv29 (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00jkw55 (Listen)
SAT       From Midpoint to Endpoint - Talking With John Updike
SAT       Mark Lawson traces the career of John Updike from 1969,
SAT       after he had been pictured on the cover of Time magazine
SAT       and brought to international recognition by his
SAT       best-selling novel Couples, to a final interview recorded
SAT       months before Updike's death in January 2009.
SAT       Mark draws on his own interviews with Updike - including
SAT       the one made in October 2008 which proved to he his last -
SAT       and appearances on programmes including With Great
SAT       Pleasure and Arena, and the writer's readings of his own
SAT       stories and memoirs. Updike talks about writing, sex,
SAT       death, God, golf and American presidents from Hoover to
SAT       Obama.
SAT       Including tributes from his son David and editors from his
SAT       publishers Knopf and the New Yorker magazine speaking at
SAT       an event from the New York Public Library.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00jc440 (Listen)
SAT       Something Fresh, Episode 1
SAT       First of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915
SAT       comic novel.
SAT       Two imposters infiltrate Blandings Castle, intent on
SAT       recovering a valuable scarab which the dotty Lord Emsworth
SAT       has unknowingly acquired from a dyspeptic American
SAT       millionaire.
SAT       Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd
SAT       Joan ...... Helen McCrory
SAT       J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo
SAT       Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis
SAT       Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen
SAT       George Emerson ...... James Frain
SAT       Baxter ...... Jared Harris
SAT       Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
SAT       Mrs Twemlow ...... Jill Gascoine
SAT       Miss Willoughby ...... Joanne Whalley
SAT       The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf
SAT       Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson
SAT       Adams ...... Kenneth Danziger
SAT       Jones/Ferris/Porter ...... Alan Shearman
SAT       All the maids ...... Moira Quirk
SAT       Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy
SAT       Directed by Martin Jarvis.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00jgv3z (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Decision Time b00jd6xv (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 b00jcgx9 (Listen)
SAT       Series 23, Episode 4
SAT       Paul Gambaccini chairs the fourth heat of the music quiz
SAT       from the Radio Theatre in London, with contestants from
SAT       the south of England. The competitors are Andrew Feltham
SAT       from Broadstairs, David Hodder from Camberley and Josie
SAT       Martin from the Isle of Wight.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Lost Voices b00j5ttf (Listen)
SAT       Rosemary Tonks: The Poet Who Vanished
SAT       Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of
SAT       lesser-known or forgotten poets.
SAT       Rosemary Tonks published two slim volumes of poetry and a
SAT       clutch of novels and then, towards the end of the 1970s,
SAT       disappeared from public life. Brian explores the operatic
SAT       drama of her work, which was hugely influenced by Rimbaud
SAT       and Baudelaire, and shares his enthusiasm with other
SAT       contemporary poets.
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SUN       SUNDAY 5 APRIL 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00jgzj6 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Lent Talks b00jd6xx (Listen)
SUN       A Godless Society?
SUN       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
SUN       from their own perspective.
SUN       Frank Field MP reflects on a society that chooses to root
SUN       its moral behaviour apart from God.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jgzj8 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jgzjb (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jgzjd (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00jgzjg (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00jgzjj (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Nicholas's Church, Leeds in
SUN       Kent.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00jgv27 (Listen)
SUN       Zaha Hadid
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Zaha Hadid, the world's leading
SUN       female architect.
SUN       Workers have begun installing the roof on the Aquatics
SUN       Centre for the 2012 London Olympics, the boldest British
SUN       design yet by Hadid. But like the rest of Hadid's career,
SUN       the wave-shaped building has not been without controversy
SUN       - and it's projected to cost three times its original
SUN       budget.
SUN       Iraq-born Hadid is known around the world, yet in Britain
SUN       she is perhaps better known for designs that haven't been
SUN       built - such as the Cardiff Bay Opera House.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00jgzjl (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00jgzjn (Listen)
SUN       Hospitality
SUN       For Palm Sunday, Mark Tully explores the deeper spiritual
SUN       meaning of hospitality, with Jean Vanier, founder of the
SUN       L'Arche community for adults with learning disabilities.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00jgzjq (Listen)
SUN       On Your Farm
SUN       Sir Donald Curry has been an insider during the events
SUN       that have brought significant change to the British
SUN       countryside and food and farming industries over the past
SUN       two decades. He saw at first hand the tragedy of mad cow
SUN       disease - young people dying because they'd eaten British
SUN       beef, infected with a mysterious cattle brain disease and
SUN       a livestock industry quarantined by the rest of the world.
SUN       Then came the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease
SUN       which cost taxpayers £8billion and set in train a rural
SUN       revolution of which Sir Donald was the architect. He gives
SUN       Steve Peacock his insights into this, and more, for this
SUN       week's On Your Farm.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00jgzjs (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00jgzjv (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00jgzjx (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 b00jgzjz (Listen)
SUN       SOS Sahel
SUN       Valerie Singleton appeals on behalf of SOS Sahel.
SUN       A donation of 15 pounds could train a water committee in
SUN       Sudan enabling a community to share precious water -
SUN       helping to preserve peace. If you are a UK taxpayer,
SUN       please provide SOS Sahel with your full name and address
SUN       so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation - worth
SUN       another 25 percent. Online and phone donation facilities
SUN       are not currently available to listeners without a UK
SUN       postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No 296311.
SUN       Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the
SUN       back of your envelope SOS Sahel.
SUN       Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00jgzk1 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00jgzk3 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00jgzk5 (Listen)
SUN       Journey into Hearing
SUN       Observing Lent through the senses.
SUN       A service for Palm Sunday live from Upper Clapton United
SUN       Reformed Church in Hackney, London.
SUN       The preacher is Rev John Macaulay.
SUN       Directors of Music: Nneoma Chima and Sam White.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00jf483 (Listen)
SUN       Clive James gives his take on the adult film industry and
SUN       the expenses furore surrounding the Home Secretary and her
SUN       husband Richard Timney.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00jgzk7 (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00jgzk9 (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 The Reunion b00jh1f1 (Listen)
SUN       Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group
SUN       of people intimately involved in a moment of modern
SUN       history.
SUN       She brings together some of the original members of the
SUN       National Theatre to remember its birth in 1963 under
SUN       artistic director Laurence Olivier. Her guests are Sir
SUN       Michael Gambon, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame
SUN       Joan Plowright and Bill Gaskill.
SUN       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00jcgxh (Listen)
SUN       Series 3, Episode 2
SUN       David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are
SUN       encouraged to tell lies. With Simon Evans, Tony Hawks,
SUN       Milton Jones and Johnny Vaughan.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00jh46t (Listen)
SUN       Olympics
SUN       Sheila Dillon finds out how the 2012 Olympics is already
SUN       changing food in Britain. Thousands of construction
SUN       workers have arrived in east London and there are ambitous
SUN       plans for their meal breaks.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00jh46w (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00jh46y (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 The Royal Show in Crisis b00k175r (Listen)
SUN       Britain's most presitigious agricultural show has been the
SUN       showcase for the farming industry for the last 160 years.
SUN       But the Royal Show hasn't made a profit for over 20 years.
SUN       It's been the victim of foot and mouth, atrocious weather
SUN       and bluetongue.
SUN       Tom Heap has been following the team at the show's home in
SUN       Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire as they try to ensure that
SUN       the 2009 effort will once more establish it as a premier
SUN       event.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00jf47q (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Bob Flowerdew, Chris Beardshaw and Bunny Guinness answer
SUN       questions posed by gardeners on the Nottinghamshire and
SUN       Derbyshire border.
SUN       Anne Swithinbank and Matthew Biggs return to the Royal
SUN       Botanical Gardens at Kew in its 250th year, with a visit
SUN       to the Temperate House.
SUN       Including the Gardeners' Question Time gardening weather
SUN       forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Ankle High History b00jh470 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 3
SUN       Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological
SUN       history.
SUN       Along the shores of Loch Tay are the remains of
SUN       byrehouses, the sort of buildings in which the majority of
SUN       Scots once lived. Mark Stephen hears the story of how
SUN       these homes came to be abandoned, as a rural way of life
SUN       disappeared.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00jh472 (Listen)
SUN       Something Fresh, Episode 2
SUN       Second of a two-part dramatisation of PG Wodehouse's 1915
SUN       comic novel.
SUN       The rivalry between Ashe and Joan to secure the precious
SUN       scarab is becoming intense. The obsessive Baxter is in hot
SUN       pursuit and Lord Emsworth keeps a shotgun beside him in
SUN       case of midnight marauders.
SUN       Ashe ...... Ioan Gruffudd
SUN       Joan ...... Helen McCrory
SUN       Baxter ...... Jared Harris
SUN       Earl of Emsworth ...... Martin Jarvis
SUN       J Preston Peters ...... Hector Elizondo
SUN       The Hon Freddie ...... Matthew Wolf
SUN       George Emerson ...... James Frain
SUN       Aline Peters ...... Andrea Bowen
SUN       Beach ...... Morgan Sheppard
SUN       Mr Judson ...... Darren Richardson
SUN       Colonel Mant ...... Kenneth Danziger
SUN       Wodehouse ...... Ian Ogilvy
SUN       Directed by Martin Jarvis.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Bookclub b00jh474 (Listen)
SUN       Andrew Motion
SUN       As he prepares to leave the post, Andrew Motion talks to
SUN       James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate. He
SUN       discusses his collection Public Property, which was the
SUN       first to be published after he became Poet Laureate. Some
SUN       of the poems were written to mark or celebrate events or
SUN       people. Others reveal some of his own strongest influences
SUN       - the countryside, his upbringing and his parents as well
SUN       as poets he most admires, including Wordsworth, Keats, Ted
SUN       Hughes and Philip Larkin.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Lost Voices b00jh476 (Listen)
SUN       Dom Moraes: The Double Exile
SUN       Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of
SUN       lesser-known or forgotten poets.
SUN       Born in India, educated at Oxford, admirer of Auden and
SUN       Spender and a youthful resident of low Soho dives, the
SUN       life of the beautiful Dom Moraes was in itself poetical.
SUN       Brian finds in Moraes' work the melancholy of a man who
SUN       never quite belonged either in India or England.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00jcrqx (Listen)
SUN       Shari Vahl investigates the extent to which inadequate
SUN       safeguards to property rights in Britain might be
SUN       contributing to the theft of millions of pounds, as
SUN       criminals 'steal' houses from under the noses of
SUN       homeowners by exploiting the way Land Registry information
SUN       is made available
SUN       File on 4 hears from victims living in mortgage-free homes
SUN       who have been targeted by criminal gangs.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00jgv27 (Listen)
SUN       Zaha Hadid
SUN       Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Zaha Hadid, the world's leading
SUN       female architect.
SUN       Workers have begun installing the roof on the Aquatics
SUN       Centre for the 2012 London Olympics, the boldest British
SUN       design yet by Hadid. But like the rest of Hadid's career,
SUN       the wave-shaped building has not been without controversy
SUN       - and it's projected to cost three times its original
SUN       budget.
SUN       Iraq-born Hadid is known around the world, yet in Britain
SUN       she is perhaps better known for designs that haven't been
SUN       built - such as the Cardiff Bay Opera House.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00jh478 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00jh47b (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jh47d (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00jh47g (Listen)
SUN       Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00jcvw0 (Listen)
SUN       Helen puts her memories on ice.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00jh47j (Listen)
SUN       Barney Harwood spotlights ice, snow sleighs and polar
SUN       bears as he finds out about life in the Arctic. Glenn
SUN       Morris from Arctic Voice talks Barney through survival in
SUN       sub-zero temperatures, and Barney hears from Glaitness
SUN       School in Orkney, which has twinned with a school in the
SUN       Arctic with the help of BBC World Class. Pupils have been
SUN       finding out what it's like to go to school surrounded by
SUN       ice and snow.
SUN       As a British team begins a trek to discover how quickly
SUN       the ice in the Arctic is melting, Tarquin Cooper explains
SUN       the impact of climate change on one of the coldest places
SUN       on Earth.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b008nwjw (Listen)
SUN       Portraits of East Anglia, Days of Rest
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       On a beautiful summer Sunday, Jules is paying a visit to
SUN       see Gran in her Suffolk care home. But it's not long
SUN       before her London employers track her down.
SUN       By Jill Laurimore, read by Rachel Atkins.
SUN       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00jf3hn (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00jf47s (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 b00jgv1j (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance. Including reports on the steps taken by the
SUN       Pension Service after its helpline and e-forecast system
SUN       collapsed.
SUN       Plus a look at the implications of the deal struck to
SUN       rescue Dunfermline Building Society and claims that
SUN       surveyors are now undervaluing many properties, making it
SUN       impossible for some buyers to agree a price with a seller.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00jgzjz (Listen)
SUN       SOS Sahel
SUN       Valerie Singleton appeals on behalf of SOS Sahel.
SUN       A donation of 15 pounds could train a water committee in
SUN       Sudan enabling a community to share precious water -
SUN       helping to preserve peace. If you are a UK taxpayer,
SUN       please provide SOS Sahel with your full name and address
SUN       so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation - worth
SUN       another 25 percent. Online and phone donation facilities
SUN       are not currently available to listeners without a UK
SUN       postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No 296311.
SUN       Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the
SUN       back of your envelope SOS Sahel.
SUN       Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00jdnsn (Listen)
SUN       Europe on the Edge
SUN       Peter Day reports from Spain, Hungary, Ireland and Iceland
SUN       on the heavy strains being felt by those countries on the
SUN       fringes of Europe which boomed when they were new recruits
SUN       to the EU. In the current economic crisis, however, they
SUN       are now under heavy pressure, along with the Eurozone and
SUN       the whole European Union.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00jh47l (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00jh47n (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster with Carolyn
SUN       Quinn. Including The Prime Ministers.
SUN       
SUN       23:02 The Film Programme b00jf47v (Listen)
SUN       Francine Stock talks to writer and director Richard
SUN       Curtis. He is returning to the director's chair for the
SUN       first time since Love Actually for his latest offering,
SUN       The Boat That Rocked, a comedy about pirate radio in the
SUN       1960s. Musician Neil Brand get his teeth into John
SUN       Williams's score for Jaws and the unique movies of
SUN       Jean-Pierre Melville are discussed by Rupert Wyatt,
SUN       director of British prison drama The Escapist.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00jgzjn (Listen)
SUN       Hospitality
SUN       For Palm Sunday, Mark Tully explores the deeper spiritual
SUN       meaning of hospitality, with Jean Vanier, founder of the
SUN       L'Arche community for adults with learning disabilities.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 6 APRIL 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00jctq5 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00jd6rc (Listen)
MON       Laurie Taylor discusses what is being called the
MON       re-Stalinisation of Russia on today's Thinking Allowed.
MON       According to exiled Russian academic Michail Ryklin,
MON       Putin's Russia is turning the clock back and
MON       rehabilitating the most famous demon of the Soviet Union.
MON       In a new book, he claims that although the Soviet Union
MON       proclaimed itself an aethist state, communism functioned
MON       as its religion, and when faith faded it was replaced by
MON       mass terror. But now memories of the terror and bloodshed
MON       have receded and Stalin is being reclaimed.
MON       Tony Bennett, professor of sociology at the Open
MON       University and director of the ESRC Centre for Research on
MON       Socio-Cultural Change, and Dr Elizabeth Silva, senior
MON       lecturer of the Faculty of sociology at the Open
MON       University, are the authors of Culture, Class and
MON       Distinction, a book described as the most sophisticated
MON       mapping of British cultural practices and preferences ever
MON       undertaken. They talk about art and the social origins of
MON       artistic taste.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00jgzjj (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Nicholas's Church, Leeds in
MON       Kent.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jctrq (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jctvr (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jctt2 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00jcv3m (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jcv40 (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales,
MON       Rev Dr Barry Morgan.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00jcv7p (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00jh4f3 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00jh4h9 (Listen)
MON       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00jh4f5 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr talks to former minister in the post-war Iraqi
MON       government Ali Allawi and actor-playwright Wallace Shawn.
MON       Plus Marina Hyde on how celebrities turn political and
MON       Lewis Wolpert on the secret life of cells. Wolpert
MON       maintains that for their size, cells are the most complex
MON       objects in the universe.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00jhck3 (Listen)
MON       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 1
MON       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
MON       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
MON       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet
MON       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jcvfv (Listen)
MON       With Sheila McClennon.
MON       Actress and comedian Maureen Lipman discusses directing,
MON       dating and her debut as Madame Armfeldt, the upper crust
MON       ex-courtesan, in Trevor Nunn's critically-acclaimed
MON       production of A Little Night Music.
MON       Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics
MON       show a steady rise in the number of only children. In
MON       1972, 18 per cent of children were living in a one child
MON       household, now it's 26 per cent. So does being an only
MON       child create a more motivated adult, a spoilt adult or
MON       does it really make any difference? Sheila is joined by
MON       Damon Syson, journalist and father of one; Ann Richardson,
MON       a psychotherapist specialising in single child adults, and
MON       an only child herself; and Anastasia De Waal, Head of
MON       Family and Education at Civitas, and youngest of five.
MON       All-girl a cappella trio Juice perform live in the studio,
MON       and explain how they make some of their more extraordinary
MON       vocals.
MON       Ski jumping has been part of the Olympic Winter Games
MON       since 1924 but has only involved male competitors. Now a
MON       group of women ski jumpers have filed a lawsuit on the
MON       grounds of sexual discrimination against the Vancouver
MON       Olympic Organising Committee because of their failure to
MON       be included in 2010 Winter Olympics. Sheila talks to the
MON       BBC's Olympics Correspondent Gordon Farquhar about the
MON       issue
MON       Including drama: Restless.
MON       
MON       11:00 The Price of a Pint of Milk b00jhfx6 (Listen)
MON       Following Derrick Weaver, who has been a milkman in
MON       Birmingham for 44 years, as he makes his deliveries around
MON       the Harborne area of the city. His day starts at 2.15am
MON       when he loads his float at the depot, and he delivers milk
MON       until 10.30am. On the way he has been known to be chased
MON       by poodles, asked to change old peoples' light bulbs and
MON       even find the odd corpse.
MON       
MON       11:30 Hazelbeach b0088nnw (Listen)
MON       Episode 4
MON       Comedy drama series by Caroline and David Stafford.
MON       Ronnie sets a honey trap, Nick is arrested and their hedge
MON       is stolen.
MON       Ronnie Hazelbeach ...... Jamie Foreman
MON       Nick ...... Paul Bazely
MON       Chloe ...... Tracy Wiles
MON       Monty Don ...... John Dougall
MON       Policeman ...... Simon Treves
MON       Whore ...... Liza Sadovy
MON       Second Policeman ...... Jot Davies
MON       Directed by Marc Beeby.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00jcvqc (Listen)
MON       Consumer issues with Julian Worricker. The latest figures
MON       on the organic market; Simon Parkes investigates the
MON       working lunch; and plans to move cigarettes under the
MON       counter.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00jcvs5 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00jcvv1 (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Counterpoint b00jhg36 (Listen)
MON       Series 23, Episode 5
MON       Paul Gambaccini chairs the fifth heat of the music quiz
MON       from Manchester, with contestants from the Midlands, north
MON       of England and Scotland. The competitors are Alan Douglas
MON       from Worcester, Leslie Ford from Newcastle and John Keir
MON       from Kirkcaldy.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00jcvw0 (Listen)
MON       Helen puts her memories on ice.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b007ycm8 (Listen)
MON       Feather
MON       By Rachel Joyce.
MON       Fern believes in magic, Father Christmas and the Tooth
MON       Fairy. She is collecting feathers because they can make
MON       wishes come true, and Fern has a very big and important
MON       wish.
MON       Fern ...... Maisie Cowell
MON       Lucy ...... Claire Price
MON       Flyn ...... Shaun Dooley
MON       Lloyd ...... Jot Davies
MON       Grandma ...... Richenda Carey
MON       Sam ...... Rachel Bavidge
MON       Cayleigh ...... Morgan Gayle
MON       Directed by Tracey Neale.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00jkw55 (Listen)
MON       From Midpoint to Endpoint - Talking With John Updike
MON       Mark Lawson traces the career of John Updike from 1969,
MON       after he had been pictured on the cover of Time magazine
MON       and brought to international recognition by his
MON       best-selling novel Couples, to a final interview recorded
MON       months before Updike's death in January 2009.
MON       Mark draws on his own interviews with Updike - including
MON       the one made in October 2008 which proved to he his last -
MON       and appearances on programmes including With Great
MON       Pleasure and Arena, and the writer's readings of his own
MON       stories and memoirs. Updike talks about writing, sex,
MON       death, God, golf and American presidents from Hoover to
MON       Obama.
MON       Including tributes from his son David and editors from his
MON       publishers Knopf and the New Yorker magazine speaking at
MON       an event from the New York Public Library.
MON       
MON       15:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion b00jcvz5 (Listen)
MON       Henry VIII - The King Must Wear Gold
MON       Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and
MON       male peacockery through the ages.
MON       For Henry, clothes were the embodiment of nation.
MON       A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00jh46t (Listen)
MON       Olympics
MON       Sheila Dillon finds out how the 2012 Olympics is already
MON       changing food in Britain. Thousands of construction
MON       workers have arrived in east London and there are ambitous
MON       plans for their meal breaks.
MON       
MON       16:30 Click On b00jhp58 (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 5
MON       Clare English finds out how new technology can help
MON       preserve the very old. She visits the Cutty Sark to
MON       discover how computer modelling is playing an important
MON       role in the ship's conservation.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00jd5bm (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
MON       Mair.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jcwm8 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00jhp5b (Listen)
MON       Series 3, Episode 3
MON       David Mitchell hosts the game show in which panellists are
MON       encouraged to tell lies and compete to see how many items
MON       of truth they are able to smuggle past their opponents.
MON       With Lucy Porter, Chris Addison, Clive Anderson and Graeme
MON       Garden.
MON       A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00jcvvh (Listen)
MON       An old friend comes to visit.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00jttf6 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an audio
MON       diary from artist Grayson Perry as he judges the Art Fund
MON       Prize for museums and galleries.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jcvhg (Listen)
MON       Restless, Episode 1
MON       Dramatisation of William Boyd's thriller.
MON       When Ruth visits her mother, Sally, at her country
MON       cottage, she embarks on a dark, dangerous journey into the
MON       past.
MON       Sally/Eve ...... Eileen Atkins
MON       Ruth ...... Fenella Woolgar
MON       Hamid ...... Akbar Kurtha
MON       Jochen ...... Gene Goodman
MON       Veronica ...... Lizzy Watts
MON       Directed by Marc Beeby.
MON       
MON       20:00 Document b00jhp5d (Listen)
MON       Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary
MON       evidence to throw new light on past events.
MON       Mike investigates why black African soldiers, who had shed
MON       their blood for France and formed two thirds of Charles de
MON       Gaulle's Free French army, were denied the glory of
MON       liberating Paris in August 1944.
MON       Documents written in the lead up to the liberation
MON       indicate just how far the Allies went to ensure that the
MON       troops marching into the capital were white. The
MON       Tiralleurs Senegalais - soldiers from West Africa who had
MON       signed up to fight for France - were turned away from the
MON       capital, stripped of their uniforms and made to languish
MON       in holding camps before being shipped back to their own
MON       countries.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00jdb6f (Listen)
MON       The Kingdom of Kids
MON       Bill Law reports from Swaziland, a country laid waste by
MON       poverty and AIDS. Impoverished children, with the help of
MON       surviving adults and local NGOs, are learning how to read
MON       and write in informal schools. In a country with a falling
MON       population and an economy in freefall, the children of
MON       Swaziland, against all the odds, are battling for their
MON       future and taking control of their own fates.
MON       
MON       21:00 Costing the Earth b00jhp5g (Listen)
MON       Antarctic Treaty
MON       Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty, a unique but
MON       little-known beacon of global co-operation which has kept
MON       the soldiers at bay and the scientists in harness on the
MON       continent for the last 50 years.
MON       It has survived Cold War tension, the Falklands war and
MON       rapacious fishing to emerge as a textbook study of how
MON       diplomacy can avoid conflict. But can it rebuff the
MON       pressures of the next 50 years, with tourists,
MON       bio-prospectors and energy companies all scouring the
MON       planet for scarce resources?
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00jh4f5 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr talks to former minister in the post-war Iraqi
MON       government Ali Allawi and actor-playwright Wallace Shawn.
MON       Plus Marina Hyde on how celebrities turn political and
MON       Lewis Wolpert on the secret life of cells. Wolpert
MON       maintains that for their size, cells are the most complex
MON       objects in the universe.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00jcwp2 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00jhp5z (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jcwtm (Listen)
MON       The Post Office Girl, Episode 1
MON       Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the
MON       Cinderella story, set in post-First World War Austria.
MON       Christine, who once enjoyed a comfortable middle-class
MON       existence, finds herself reduced to poverty and forced to
MON       work as a low-ranking official in the local post office.
MON       Then one day, out of the blue, a telegram arrives from her
MON       rich American aunt.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00jhp61 (Listen)
MON       Dominic Arkwright chairs the discussion programme.
MON       
MON       23:30 What a Carve Up b0076qlg (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Jonathan Coe's cult novel, adapted by David Nobbs, is a
MON       black comedy inspired by the immorality, greed and
MON       ambition of 1980s Britain.
MON       Michael ...... Robert Bathurst
MON       Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
MON       Hortensia/Tabitha ...... Flaminia Cinque
MON       Mortimer ...... Charlie Higson
MON       Alice ...... Lucy Punch
MON       Pyles ...... Jeff Rawle
MON       Michael's Mum ...... Geraldine McNulty
MON       Lawrence/Waiter ...... Gus Brown
MON       A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 7 APRIL 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00jctp4 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00jhck3 (Listen)
TUE       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 1
TUE       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
TUE       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
TUE       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet
TUE       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jctq7 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jctt4 (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jctrs (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00jctvt (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jcv3p (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales,
TUE       Rev Dr Barry Morgan.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00jcv5m (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00jcv7r (Listen)
TUE       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Thought for the Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Britishness b00jhpj3 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'.
TUE       With contributions from composer Nitin Sawhney, the
TUE       Archbishop of Canterbury and some Welsh rugby fans.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 The Prime Ministers b00jhpj5 (Listen)
TUE       Stanley Baldwin
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       Stanley Baldwin, who led Britain between the world wars
TUE       and was the first prime minister to master radio.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00jhcm5 (Listen)
TUE       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 2
TUE       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
TUE       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
TUE       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
TUE       Having returned from a trip to Jerusalem, the twins are
TUE       separated for the first time in their lives when Margaret
TUE       meets and marries James Gibson. But Agnes puts her spare
TUE       time to good use by learning Arabic in preparation for
TUE       their next adventure.
TUE       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jpfg7 (Listen)
TUE       With Sheila McClennon.
TUE       Including drama: Restless.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Hitting the Buffers b00c11h1 (Listen)
TUE       Transport
TUE       Gareth Mitchell looks at our need for speed in different
TUE       areas of modern life and asks what is stopping us from
TUE       getting faster. Promises of quicker and more comfortable
TUE       travel seem to have disappeared in the push towards
TUE       greener transport. But does greener mean slower? And have
TUE       faster speeds become elusive for both technological and
TUE       financial reasons?
TUE       Gareth travels to El Mirage dry lake bed in the
TUE       Californian desert, where 'hot rodding' was born, and to
TUE       the Estorick Gallery in London which houses the UK's
TUE       largest collection of Futurist art, the early-20th century
TUE       movement that expressed a love of speed.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 Black Screen Britain b00jhpj7 (Listen)
TUE       Reclaiming Our Image
TUE       Burt Caesar presents the second of two programmes
TUE       exploring how British film and television drama portrayed
TUE       post-war African-Caribbean migrants and created
TUE       opportunities for pioneering black actors such as Earl
TUE       Cameron, Cy Grant and Mona Hammond.
TUE       In the 1970s, a growing number of black writers and film
TUE       makers started to challenge the prevailing stereotypes of
TUE       black people and to tell their own stories. Burt examines
TUE       some of the landmark screen dramas that presented an
TUE       alternative view of black lives in Britain.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00jcvn9 (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00jcvqf (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00jcvs7 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Hallelujah b00jhpp8 (Listen)
TUE       Composer Jocelyn Pook celebrates the music and meaning of
TUE       the word Hallelujah through history and creates a new
TUE       composition inspired by the word. This exuberant
TUE       exclamation of joy and gratitude has survived the passage
TUE       of centuries, transcending the barriers of language,
TUE       religion and culture, and has inspired composers and
TUE       songwriters from the Psalms through Monteverdi, Handel,
TUE       Vivaldi, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.
TUE       Featuring contributions from composer Julian Anderson and
TUE       singer-songwriter kd lang.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00jcvvh (Listen)
TUE       An old friend comes to visit.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b008gzlk (Listen)
TUE       Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, Jerusalem
TUE       Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus
TUE       through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
TUE       The Galileans make the long journey south to the heart of
TUE       their nation. But their triumphant arrival is fraught with
TUE       danger and betrayal.
TUE       Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
TUE       Peter ...... Peter Firth
TUE       Judas ...... Paul Hilton
TUE       Caiaphas ...... Robin Soans
TUE       Rich man ...... Simon Treves
TUE       Pharisee ...... Alex Lanipekun
TUE       Martha ...... Joannah Tincey
TUE       Zacchaeus ...... Sam Dale
TUE       Tempter ...... Peter Marinker
TUE       Woman ...... Anna Bengo
TUE       Lawyer ...... Sam Pamphilon
TUE       Child ...... Skye Bennett
TUE       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Making History b00jm3fg (Listen)
TUE       Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring
TUE       ordinary people's links with the past.
TUE       Could a listener's hotel in North Wales once have been the
TUE       court of the 13th-century Welsh leader Llewellyn the
TUE       Great? Plus listeners caught up in the expulsions from Idi
TUE       Amin's Uganda in 1972 revisit their personal experiences,
TUE       and medicine historian Dr Elizabeth Hurren lifts the lid
TUE       on the grim history of the undertaker.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jhvcs (Listen)
TUE       The Burying of Joe Bloggs, Shirley May
TUE       Series of three stories by Frances Fyfield examining the
TUE       life of the deceased Joe Bloggs from the perspectives of
TUE       those who knew - or thought they knew - him best.
TUE       Joe's first wife, Shirley, never really let him go. The
TUE       week before he died he sent her a key through the post,
TUE       but the key to what?
TUE       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion b00jcwg1 (Listen)
TUE       The Stuart Kings - The Crisis in Fashion
TUE       Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and
TUE       male peacockery through the ages.
TUE       Men's clothing at the court of Charles I, sumptuously
TUE       portrayed in the paintings of van Dyck, radiated
TUE       confidence. Yet also written in the clothes were all the
TUE       tensions of the age.
TUE       A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Word of Mouth b00jhvk8 (Listen)
TUE       Michael Rosen examines spelling. With a revival of
TUE       interest in spelling bees, the ability to spell 'properly'
TUE       is again becoming synonymous with having a good education.
TUE       But do spelling reformers have a point when they say that
TUE       irregular spelling is responsible for anything from
TUE       teenage pregnancy to the high prison population?
TUE       Michael also considers the politics of spelling and why
TUE       computer spell-checkers do not seem to help people with
TUE       dyslexia.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00jhvhn (Listen)
TUE       Series 18, Napoleon Bonaparte
TUE       Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris.
TUE       Television and radio presenter Stuart Hall discusses his
TUE       lifelong hero, Napoleon Bonaparte. Is he one of the
TUE       greatest figures in European history or a ruthless
TUE       dictator, driven only by the desire for power?
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00jd5b9 (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
TUE       Mair.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jcwkf (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Heresy b00jhvn6 (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 1
TUE       Victoria Coren chairs the programme which challenges
TUE       established ideas. Panellists are David Baddiel, Germaine
TUE       Greer and Rufus Hound.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00jcvv3 (Listen)
TUE       Tony has one too many at Bridge Farm.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00jcwmb (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an
TUE       interview with writer Margaret Drabble, whose new book
TUE       brings together personal memoir and a reflection on the
TUE       history of the jigsaw puzzle.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jpfgb (Listen)
TUE       Restless, Episode 2
TUE       Dramatisation of William Boyd's thriller.
TUE       Ruth learns more about her mother's recruitment as a
TUE       British spy. Meanwhile her own past is catching up with
TUE       her.
TUE       Sally/Eve ...... Eileen Atkins
TUE       Ruth ...... Fenella Woolgar
TUE       Lucas Romer ...... Adrian Lukis
TUE       Hamid ...... Akbar Kurtha
TUE       Teacher ...... Philip Fox
TUE       Directed by Marc Beeby.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 The New Scramble for Africa b00jhxmk (Listen)
TUE       Mike Wooldridge reports on the quiet economic inroads into
TUE       Africa being made by India. He asks if we are witnessing a
TUE       modern-day scramble for Africa as India, along with the
TUE       world's other most populous country, China, seriously
TUE       compete with each other to engage resource-rich Africa. If
TUE       so, what will be the consequences for the continent as a
TUE       whole and will it benefit or be damaged by this
TUE       competition?
TUE       A Ruth Evans production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00jhxmm (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00jhxmp (Listen)
TUE       Dr Mark Porter explores men's health in the workplace and
TUE       how even the threat of redundancy can make you ill.
TUE       Mark visits the Olympic venue for London 2012 to talk to
TUE       doctors and construction workers about the importance of
TUE       having on-site facilities. He also hears how cab drivers
TUE       on Merseyside are giving tips on stopping smoking and
TUE       becoming more healthy by eating five portions of fruit and
TUE       veg per day. Also, how the Metropolitan Police are
TUE       managing the stress levels of their officers.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Britishness b00jhpj3 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Matthew d'Ancona explores the meaning of 'Britishness'.
TUE       With contributions from composer Nitin Sawhney, the
TUE       Archbishop of Canterbury and some Welsh rugby fans.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00jcwnt (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00jhxmr (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Robin
TUE       Lustig.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jcwzz (Listen)
TUE       The Post Office Girl, Episode 2
TUE       Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the
TUE       Cinderella story, set in post-WWI Austria.
TUE       A silk dress, a new hairstyle and make-up transform poor,
TUE       shy Christine into a beautiful, confident young woman. A
TUE       new life, full of possibilities, seems to beckon.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Arturart b00jhxmt (Listen)
TUE       Modern Arturart - Post-Modern Then Email-Modern
TUE       Arthur Smith presents a series of three comedy lectures on
TUE       different aspects of Art.
TUE       Arthur continues his journey through the history of
TUE       western representation and arrives at its most glorious
TUE       flowering - his own work. With contributions from Miriam
TUE       Elia, Phil Nice, Arnold Brown, Ian MacPherson and Simon
TUE       Munnery.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 What a Carve Up b0076qpl (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Jonathan Coe's cult novel, adapted by David Nobbs, is a
TUE       black comedy inspired by the immorality, greed and
TUE       ambition of 1980s Britain.
TUE       Michael ...... Robert Bathurst
TUE       Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
TUE       Hilary ...... Rebecca Front
TUE       Henry/Peter Eaves ...... Jeff Rawle
TUE       Findlay/McGanny ...... Charlie Higson
TUE       Hortensia/Receptionist/Nanny ...... Flaminia Cinque
TUE       Alan Beamish/Taxi Driver ...... Gus Brown
TUE       Simon Pride Wetherby ...... Alan Davies
TUE       Michael's Mum ...... Geraldine McNulty
TUE       A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00jctp6 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00jhcm5 (Listen)
WED       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 2
WED       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
WED       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
WED       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
WED       Having returned from a trip to Jerusalem, the twins are
WED       separated for the first time in their lives when Margaret
WED       meets and marries James Gibson. But Agnes puts her spare
WED       time to good use by learning Arabic in preparation for
WED       their next adventure.
WED       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jctq9 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jctt6 (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jctrv (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00jctvw (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jcv3r (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales,
WED       Rev Dr Barry Morgan.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00jcv5p (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00jcv7t (Listen)
WED       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
WED       Weather; Thought for the Day.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00jhxq4 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00jhdf8 (Listen)
WED       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 3
WED       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
WED       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
WED       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
WED       After the untimely death of both their husbands, the twins
WED       head to the monastery at Mount Sinai. While working in the
WED       library, Agnes stumbles upon a hidden palimpsest - one
WED       ancient document written on top of another.
WED       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jpg35 (Listen)
WED       With Sheila McClennon.
WED       Including drama: Restless.
WED       
WED       11:00 The Unknown Face b00jhy03 (Listen)
WED       Novelist Louise Welsh investigates the enduring
WED       fascination with the Inconnue de la Seine, a plaster death
WED       mask, reputedly that of a young woman whose body was
WED       pulled from the River Seine in the late-19th century.
WED       For 50 years she has been the face of the mannequin known
WED       as Resusci Anne on which over 300 million people have
WED       learnt the life-saving skills of resuscitation. She has
WED       also inspired generations of writers and artists,
WED       including Albert Camus, Man Ray, Vladimir Nabokov and
WED       Anais Nin.
WED       Louise attempts to answer the question which has
WED       fascinated them all - who was she?
WED       
WED       11:30 Safety Catch b00jhy0r (Listen)
WED       Series 2, I Draw the Line
WED       Sitcom by Laurence Howarth about a man who has reluctantly
WED       drifted into the arms dealing trade.
WED       Faced with a particularly tricky moral issue, Simon
WED       finally decides that enough is enough and quits his job.
WED       It is not great timing, though, as he and Anna find
WED       themselves contemplating having a baby.
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       Marcus ...... Dan Mersh.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00jcvnc (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00jcvqh (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00jcvs9 (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00jj01l (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00jcvv3 (Listen)
WED       Tony has one too many at Bridge Farm.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00jj01n (Listen)
WED       Beirut Days
WED       By Kris Kenway. A day in the life of the enigmatic city
WED       where east meets west. For three lost souls, this is the
WED       day when everything changes.
WED       Narrator ...... Nadim Sawalha
WED       Mounira ...... Souad Faress
WED       Josef ...... Peter Polycarpou
WED       Nadine ...... Sirine Saba
WED       Rania ...... Razane Jammal
WED       Abu Ziad ...... Raad Rawi
WED       Directed by James Robinson.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00jj0f4 (Listen)
WED       On Money Box Live Paul Lewis takes your questions on
WED       benefits. Paul is joined by: Eddy Graham from Child
WED       Poverty Action Group and Sally West of Age Concern.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jhvfz (Listen)
WED       The Burying of Joe Bloggs, Theodora
WED       Series of three stories by Frances Fyfield examining the
WED       life of the deceased Joe Bloggs from the perspectives of
WED       those who knew - or thought they knew - him best.
WED       Joe was Theodora's fourth husband and they met at an
WED       auction house. Curiously, Joe never wanted her to throw
WED       out the artefacts from her previous marriages, all those
WED       pictures on the walls of her beautiful home. Like Shirley
WED       May, Theodora also has a key.
WED       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       15:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion b00jcwg3 (Listen)
WED       Charles II - Fashion Restored?
WED       Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and
WED       male peacockery through the ages.
WED       The restoration of Charles II seems to signal a return to
WED       the old sartorial order. But alarm bells over
WED       'unpatriotic' French fashions prompt the style that will
WED       become the 'three-piece suit', and the court begins to
WED       lose its grip on men's fashion.
WED       A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00jj0f6 (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00jhxmp (Listen)
WED       Dr Mark Porter explores men's health in the workplace and
WED       how even the threat of redundancy can make you ill.
WED       Mark visits the Olympic venue for London 2012 to talk to
WED       doctors and construction workers about the importance of
WED       having on-site facilities. He also hears how cab drivers
WED       on Merseyside are giving tips on stopping smoking and
WED       becoming more healthy by eating five portions of fruit and
WED       veg per day. Also, how the Metropolitan Police are
WED       managing the stress levels of their officers.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00jd5bc (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
WED       Mair.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jcwkh (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4, followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00jj0mx (Listen)
WED       Episode 4
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 Walsall, celebrating the accent,
WED       the concrete hippo, and how the town has absolutely
WED       nothing to do with Birmingham.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00jcvv5 (Listen)
WED       History repeats itself for Joe Grundy.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00jcwmd (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jpg39 (Listen)
WED       Restless, Episode 3
WED       Dramatisation of William Boyd's thriller.
WED       Ruth discovers that her mother thinks that someone is
WED       trying to kill her.
WED       Sally/Eve ...... Eileen Atkins
WED       Ruth ...... Fenella Woolgar
WED       Lucas Romer ...... Adrian Lukis
WED       Jochen ...... Gene Goodman
WED       Hamid ...... Akbar Kurtha
WED       Ludger ...... Matt Addis
WED       Joos ...... Jonathan Tafler
WED       Directed by Marc Beeby.
WED       
WED       20:00 Bringing Up Britain b00jj0sm (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Episode 1
WED       Mariella Frostrup hosts a debate about parenting with
WED       families, experts and policy-makers.
WED       Mariella and her guests discuss whether shouting at
WED       children inflicts long-term damage or is an inevitable
WED       part of busy family life. As the focus on children's
WED       behaviour and parents' management of it increases, are
WED       there effective alternatives to yelling at children to get
WED       them to do what you want?
WED       The panellists are psychotherapist Sue Gerhardt, Professor
WED       Stephen Scott of the National Association of Parenting
WED       Practitioners and journalist and writer Jennie Bristow.
WED       
WED       20:45 Lent Talks b00jj13m (Listen)
WED       God Present in Absence?
WED       Six well-known figures explore ideas of the absence of God
WED       from their own perspective.
WED       Jewish feminist theologian Melissa Raphael wonders what
WED       Jesus' cry of abandonment on the cross says about God's
WED       absence and how it connects with the experience of many
WED       Jews in the Holocaust.
WED       
WED       21:00 Debating Animals b00jj13p (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
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 our responses to cats and dogs - one
WED       semi-feral, independent and full of attitude, the other
WED       traditionally 'man's best friend' but in constant need of
WED       time and care. Is the growing popularity of cats over dogs
WED       a case of modern Britons preferring to indulge themselves
WED       rather than take on the duties required of dog ownership?
WED       Peter Purves, Ann Widdecombe and Sir David Attenborough
WED       offer their thoughts.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00jhxq4 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00jcwnw (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00jj13r (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Jane
WED       Hill.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jcx01 (Listen)
WED       The Post Office Girl, Episode 3
WED       Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the
WED       Cinderella story, set in post-First World War Austria.
WED       Christine's new-found happiness is ruined when a jealous
WED       rival spreads gossip, but she finds a friend in an
WED       unexpected quarter.
WED       
WED       23:00 My Teenage Diary b00jj13t (Listen)
WED       Russell Kane
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 Russell Kane.
WED       
WED       23:15 Bespoken Word b00cqhrf (Listen)
WED       Series 4, Episode 3
WED       Mister Gee presents the performance poetry series,
WED       featuring highlights from the Latitude Festival in
WED       Suffolk. Performers include the internationally renowned
WED       Kat Francois.
WED       
WED       23:30 What a Carve Up b0076qsz (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Jonathan Coe's cult novel, adapted by David Nobbs, is a
WED       black comedy inspired by the immorality, greed and
WED       ambition of 1980s Britain.
WED       Michael enlists the services of a private detective.
WED       Michael ...... Robert Bathurst
WED       Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
WED       Findlay ...... Charlie Higson
WED       Henry ...... Jeff Rawle
WED       Hortensia ...... Flaminia Cinque
WED       Alan Beamish ...... Gus Brown
WED       Michael's Mum ...... Geraldine McNulty
WED       A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 9 APRIL 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00jctp8 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00jhdf8 (Listen)
THU       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 3
THU       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
THU       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
THU       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
THU       After the untimely death of both their husbands, the twins
THU       head to the monastery at Mount Sinai. While working in the
THU       library, Agnes stumbles upon a hidden palimpsest - one
THU       ancient document written on top of another.
THU       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jctqc (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jctt8 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jctrx (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00jctvy (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jcv3t (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales,
THU       Rev Dr Barry Morgan.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00jcv5r (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Chris Impey.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00jcv7w (Listen)
THU       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
THU       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00jn8bc (Listen)
THU       Brave New World
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests David Bradshaw, Daniel Pick and
THU       Michele Barrett discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932
THU       novel, Brave New World. The future of test tube babies,
THU       free love and round-the-clock surveillance that was
THU       envisaged by Huxley strikes a sinister chord today.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00jhdzw (Listen)
THU       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 4
THU       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
THU       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
THU       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
THU       Having discovered an ancient Syrian text of the four
THU       Gospels, Agnes and Margaret return to Mount Sinai with
THU       various academics in tow. But on their return to England
THU       an argument erupts over who should take the credit for
THU       their find.
THU       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jpg7d (Listen)
THU       With Jane Little.
THU       Including drama: Restless.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00jjjps (Listen)
THU       Kosovo
THU       Michael Montgomery reports on alleged atrocities in Kosovo
THU       which have remained hidden for 10 years. To mark the 10th
THU       anniversary of the war in Kosovo, and using documents and
THU       interviews he has gathered over more than five years,
THU       Michael reveals detailed evidence of another side to the
THU       conflict which the world was not meant to see.
THU       
THU       11:30 The Great Architect of Home b00jjjpv (Listen)
THU       Susan Marling spotlights architect Frank Lloyd Wright and
THU       his influence on house design. Wright broke the mould of
THU       19th century home design in favour of a style that was
THU       light, airy, open plan and in sympathy with nature - it
THU       still appears modern 50 years after his death.
THU       Susan visits the famous Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, a
THU       house with a sculptural series of wide floors cantilevered
THU       out over a stream in the countryside. She also goes to
THU       Taliesin West in Arizona, home to Wright's studio and
THU       Foundation.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00jcvnf (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00jcvqk (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00jcvsc (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Costing the Earth b00jhp5g (Listen)
THU       Antarctic Treaty
THU       Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty, a unique but
THU       little-known beacon of global co-operation which has kept
THU       the soldiers at bay and the scientists in harness on the
THU       continent for the last 50 years.
THU       It has survived Cold War tension, the Falklands war and
THU       rapacious fishing to emerge as a textbook study of how
THU       diplomacy can avoid conflict. But can it rebuff the
THU       pressures of the next 50 years, with tourists,
THU       bio-prospectors and energy companies all scouring the
THU       planet for scarce resources?
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00jcvv5 (Listen)
THU       History repeats itself for Joe Grundy.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b008gzll (Listen)
THU       Witness: Five Plays from the Gospel of Luke, Tested
THU       Series by Nick Warburton imagining the story of Jesus
THU       through the eyes of those who witnessed it.
THU       The arrest of Jesus will test the faith, heart and courage
THU       of everyone who plays a part in what will follow.
THU       Jesus ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
THU       Peter ...... Peter Firth
THU       Judas ...... Paul Hilton
THU       Caiaphas ...... Robin Soans
THU       Pilate ...... Colin Stinton
THU       Mary ...... Penelope Wilton
THU       Baker ...... Ben Crowe
THU       Centurion ...... Peter Marinker
THU       Girl ...... Anna Bengo
THU       Guard ...... Lloyd Thomas
THU       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
THU       
THU       15:02 Open Country b00jgq3s (Listen)
THU       Three hundred years ago, Abraham Darby fired up his
THU       furnace in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire. It was the spark
THU       that lit the Industrial Revolution. Darby's technological
THU       leap would allow iron to be manufactured on an enormous
THU       scale, opening the door to the creation of the machines,
THU       factories, trains and ships that made the modern world.
THU       Helen Mark visits the original foundry, joins in an
THU       archaeological dig on the site, hears how the Aga company
THU       keeps the gorge's traditions alive and meets a
THU       contemporary artist inspired by the tough life of the
THU       original ironworkers.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00jgzjz (Listen)
THU       SOS Sahel
THU       Valerie Singleton appeals on behalf of SOS Sahel.
THU       A donation of 15 pounds could train a water committee in
THU       Sudan enabling a community to share precious water -
THU       helping to preserve peace. If you are a UK taxpayer,
THU       please provide SOS Sahel with your full name and address
THU       so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation - worth
THU       another 25 percent. Online and phone donation facilities
THU       are not currently available to listeners without a UK
THU       postcode.
THU       Registered Charity No 296311.
THU       Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the
THU       back of your envelope SOS Sahel.
THU       Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00jhvgr (Listen)
THU       The Burying of Joe Bloggs, Murray
THU       Series of three stories by Frances Fyfield examining the
THU       life of the deceased Joe Bloggs from the perspectives of
THU       those who knew - or thought they knew - him best.
THU       Joe's trusted lawyer waits for the hearse outside a church
THU       in the City of London. While the two women put down Joe's
THU       frequent absences to assumed infidelity, Murray has a
THU       different take. He and Joe shared a passion for the
THU       less-than-kosher collecting of fine art and antiques.
THU       Murray is also waiting for the two women, but which one
THU       has the right key?
THU       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       15:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion b00jcwg5 (Listen)
THU       Beau Nash and the Rise of the Middling Sort
THU       Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and
THU       male peacockery through the ages.
THU       Laurence visits Bath, the setting for the 18th-century
THU       revolution in men's clothing where Beau Nash's Rules open
THU       society to men who are well dressed, not just well born.
THU       A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       16:00 Bookclub b00jh474 (Listen)
THU       Andrew Motion
THU       As he prepares to leave the post, Andrew Motion talks to
THU       James Naughtie about his 10 years as Poet Laureate. He
THU       discusses his collection Public Property, which was the
THU       first to be published after he became Poet Laureate. Some
THU       of the poems were written to mark or celebrate events or
THU       people. Others reveal some of his own strongest influences
THU       - the countryside, his upbringing and his parents as well
THU       as poets he most admires, including Wordsworth, Keats, Ted
THU       Hughes and Philip Larkin.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00jjkph (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper and guests dissect the week's science and
THU       ask, 40 years after the first British Concorde flight,
THU       whatever happened to the supersonic dream?
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00jd5bf (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
THU       Mair.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jcwkk (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 4 Stands Up b00jjkpk (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Episode 2
THU       Chris Addison hosts the stand-up comedy show featuring
THU       some of the top names on the circuit. Featuring Sarah
THU       Millican, James Sherwood and Jeff Green.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00jcvv7 (Listen)
THU       Ed gets a fairy grandfather.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00jcwmg (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jpg7g (Listen)
THU       Restless, Episode 4
THU       Dramatisation of William Boyd's thriller.
THU       As Ruth wrestles with problems in her own life, she learns
THU       some shocking truths about her mother's activities as a
THU       British spy.
THU       Sally/Eve ...... Eileen Atkins
THU       Ruth ...... Fenella Woolgar
THU       Lucas Romer ...... Adrian Lukis
THU       Jochen ...... Gene Goodman
THU       Hamid ...... Akbar Kurtha
THU       Ludger ...... Matt Addis
THU       Bobby ...... Malcolm Tierney
THU       Directed by Marc Beeby.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00jkrdt (Listen)
THU       Simon Cox presents the current affairs series combining
THU       original insights into major news stories with topical
THU       investigations.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00jjls6 (Listen)
THU       All New
THU       Peter Day hears from the business people who, faced with
THU       the uncertainties of the global recession, are pinning
THU       their hopes for economic recovery on bold new innovation.
THU       
THU       21:00 Power Failure? The Story of the Battery b00jjls9 (Listen)
THU       Mark Miodownik explores the idea of a future in which a
THU       new generation of batteries, ten times more powerful than
THU       anything currently available, might power not just
THU       electric cars but electric commercial aircraft and
THU       artificial hearts and limbs.
THU       He finds out how batteries work and why, at least until
THU       now, they have been severely limited by the natural laws
THU       of physics.
THU       Mark also hears concerns that oil companies have conspired
THU       with car manufacturers to suppress battery technology, and
THU       enters the laboratories of the scientists who are pursuing
THU       the holy grail of battery power.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00jn8bc (Listen)
THU       Brave New World
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests David Bradshaw, Daniel Pick and
THU       Michele Barrett discuss Aldous Huxley's dystopian 1932
THU       novel, Brave New World. The future of test tube babies,
THU       free love and round-the-clock surveillance that was
THU       envisaged by Huxley strikes a sinister chord today.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00jcwny (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00jjlsc (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jcx03 (Listen)
THU       The Post Office Girl, Episode 4
THU       Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the
THU       Cinderella story, set in post-First World War Austria.
THU       Christine and Ferdinand grow closer but their hopes and
THU       plans are constantly curtailed by a lack of money.
THU       
THU       23:00 The Personality Test b007tckc (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Edwina Currie
THU       Edwina Currie takes the chair for the comedy quiz in which
THU       all the questions are about the guest host. Panellists are
THU       Sue Perkins, Caroline Quinlan, Robin Ince and Will Smith.
THU       
THU       23:30 What a Carve Up b0076qx7 (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       Jonathan Coe's cult novel, adapted by David Nobbs, is a
THU       black comedy inspired by the immorality, greed and
THU       ambition of 1980s Britain.
THU       Michael Pearce is writing the biography of the notorious
THU       Winshaw family. He encounters Mortimer Winshaw's son, art
THU       guru Roddy.
THU       Michael ...... Robert Bathurst
THU       Fiona ...... Fiona Allen
THU       Roddy/Farringdon ...... Gus Brown
THU       Findlay ...... Charlie Higson
THU       Hilary ...... Rebecca Front
THU       Pyles/Phoebe's Dad ...... Jeff Rawle
THU       Conrad/Mortimer ...... Charlie Higson
THU       Phoebe ...... Lucy Punch
THU       Tabitha ...... Flaminia Cinque
THU       A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 10 APRIL 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00jctpb (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00jhdzw (Listen)
FRI       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 4
FRI       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
FRI       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
FRI       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
FRI       Having discovered an ancient Syrian text of the four
FRI       Gospels, Agnes and Margaret return to Mount Sinai with
FRI       various academics in tow. But on their return to England
FRI       an argument erupts over who should take the credit for
FRI       their find.
FRI       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00jctqf (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00jcttc (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00jctrz (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00jctw0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00jcv3w (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with the Archbishop of Wales,
FRI       Rev Dr Barry Morgan.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00jcv5t (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00jcv7y (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 The Reunion b00jh1f1 (Listen)
FRI       Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group
FRI       of people intimately involved in a moment of modern
FRI       history.
FRI       She brings together some of the original members of the
FRI       National Theatre to remember its birth in 1963 under
FRI       artistic director Laurence Olivier. Her guests are Sir
FRI       Michael Gambon, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Maggie Smith, Dame
FRI       Joan Plowright and Bill Gaskill.
FRI       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00jhfr9 (Listen)
FRI       Sisters of Sinai, Episode 5
FRI       By Janet Soskice. The true story of the two sisters who
FRI       discovered one of the earliest known copies of the Bible
FRI       on Mount Sinai in 1892. Read by Stella Gonet.
FRI       After a long and time-consuming battle, Agnes' discovery
FRI       is finally published, but this does not put an end to the
FRI       twins' travels. At the age of 63 they set off for their
FRI       sixth and final trip to Mount Sinai.
FRI       A Pier Productions production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00jpgbk (Listen)
FRI       With Sheila McClennon.
FRI       Including drama: Restless.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Freezing Fire, Singing Stone b00jjmtq (Listen)
FRI       Writer Hilary Finch shares her fascination with Iceland,
FRI       that land of fire whose economy is now in meltdown.
FRI       Talking to musicians, artists, writers and political
FRI       commentators, including the former president and the
FRI       leader of the singing protesters of the so-called
FRI       'kitchen-utensil revolution', she offers a personal
FRI       portrait of the country that embraces sagas and geysers,
FRI       elves and economics.
FRI       A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00jjn19 (Listen)
FRI       Series 3, The Man in the Garden
FRI       Series of three comic plays starring Stanley Baxter.
FRI       A lonely lady on a holiday in the remote West Highlands of
FRI       Scotland finds herself falling in love with two members of
FRI       the same family, born 60 years apart. By Rona Munro.
FRI       Duncan ...... Stanley Baxter
FRI       Ellie ...... Penelope Wilton
FRI       Receptionist ...... Bill Paterson
FRI       Directed by Marilyn Imrie
FRI       A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00jcvnh (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00jcvqm (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00jcvsf (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00jjp9j (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00jcvv7 (Listen)
FRI       Ed gets a fairy grandfather.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00jjp9l (Listen)
FRI       NQ48
FRI       Comedy by Peter Vickers about one man's quest to get out
FRI       of bed. Joe is a loser from a family of losers who
FRI       considers it a good day if he is up by noon.
FRI       Joe ...... Jason Manford
FRI       Aunty Cara ...... Fiona Allen
FRI       Chris ...... Benjamin Askew
FRI       Sasha ...... Lizzy Watts
FRI       Dominic ...... Stephen Hogan
FRI       Sean ...... Matt Addis
FRI       Tom ...... Jonathan Tafler
FRI       Tanya ...... Janice Acquah
FRI       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Good Friday Liturgy: The Passion in the City
FRI       b00jm59h (Listen)
FRI       Rev Milton Williams, an Anglican priest who ministers on
FRI       Capitol Hill, meditates on the Passion Narrative as it
FRI       impacts on the African American community in Washington,
FRI       DC, one of the most deprived communities in the United
FRI       States.
FRI       
FRI       15:30 Actor's Words b007xkwz (Listen)
FRI       Meeting Mr Rainbow
FRI       A mouse undertakes a perilous journey to seek an audience
FRI       with a parrot. By Richard Griffiths.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Men of Fashion b00jcwg7 (Listen)
FRI       Beau Brummell - The Dandy Style
FRI       Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen tells the story of dandyism and
FRI       male peacockery through the ages.
FRI       Beau Brummell, taste-maker to the Regency, was the most
FRI       influential man in British fashion. What was the dandy
FRI       style and why did the men of St James's do it so very well?
FRI       A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00jjt87 (Listen)
FRI       John Wilson presents the obituary series, analysing and
FRI       celebrating the life stories of people who have recently
FRI       died. The programme reflects on people of distinction and
FRI       interest from many walks of life, some famous and some
FRI       less well known.
FRI       
FRI       16:30 The Film Programme b00jjt89 (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to poet, publisher, painter and film
FRI       actor Viggo Mortensen about an eclectic career that
FRI       includes Lord of the Rings and David Cronenberg's Easter
FRI       Promises.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00jd5bh (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
FRI       Quinn.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00jcwkm (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00jjtz1 (Listen)
FRI       Series 26, Episode 6
FRI       Comedy sketches and satirical comments from Steve Punt,
FRI       Hugh Dennis and the team including Mitch Benn, Laura
FRI       Shavin, Jon Holmes and Marcus Brigstocke.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00jcvv9 (Listen)
FRI       The mystery is solved for Helen.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00jcwmj (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Alan Ayckbourn
FRI       reflects on a career in which he has written 72 full
FRI       length plays.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00jpgbm (Listen)
FRI       Restless, Episode 5
FRI       Dramatisation of William Boyd's thriller.
FRI       As Sally's activities in the USA become increasingly
FRI       dangerous, Ruth is visited by the police.
FRI       Sally/Eve ...... Eileen Atkins
FRI       Ruth ...... Fenella Woolgar
FRI       Lucas Romer ...... Adrian Lukis
FRI       Morris ...... Philip Fox
FRI       DC Frobisher ...... Benjamin Askew
FRI       Anna ...... Lizzy Watts
FRI       Mason ...... Sam Dale
FRI       Porter ...... Malcolm Tierney
FRI       Directed by Marc Beeby.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00jjtz3 (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in London.
FRI       Panellists include the former Mayor of London Ken
FRI       Livingstone.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00jjtz5 (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b0081nln (Listen)
FRI       OK Computer
FRI       By Joel Horwood, Chris Perkins, Al Smith and Chris Thorpe.
FRI       A man wakes up in a hospital in Berlin. He has no memory
FRI       of who he is, or where he comes from. Once the details of
FRI       his life are recovered, he is repatriated to Britain and
FRI       into his former life. But he is haunted by the suspicion
FRI       that this is not his real life at all.
FRI       The play celebrates Radiohead's seminal 1997 album OK
FRI       Computer and draws on themes from each of its 12 tracks.
FRI       Paul ...... Tom Brooke
FRI       Sarah ...... Liz White
FRI       Helen ...... Federay Holmes
FRI       Owen ...... Pieter Lawman
FRI       Boss ...... Chris Thorpe.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00jcwp0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00jjtz7 (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00jcx05 (Listen)
FRI       The Post Office Girl, Episode 5
FRI       Emma Gregory reads Stefan Zweig's reworking of the
FRI       Cinderella story, set in post-First World War Austria.
FRI       As their resources finally run out, Christine and
FRI       Ferdinand are faced with two desperate choices.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00jhvhn (Listen)
FRI       Series 18, Napoleon Bonaparte
FRI       Series of biographical discussions with Matthew Parris.
FRI       Television and radio presenter Stuart Hall discusses his
FRI       lifelong hero, Napoleon Bonaparte. Is he one of the
FRI       greatest figures in European history or a ruthless
FRI       dictator, driven only by the desire for power?
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Lost Albums b00bz4ck (Listen)
FRI       Series 2, Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day
FRI       Music journalist Pete Paphides reveals the stories and
FRI       music behind some of the great albums which were never
FRI       released.
FRI       After Vashti Bunyan tried and failed to secure herself a
FRI       career as a willowy chanteuse, she left it all behind and
FRI       moved to join her friend Donovan, who was in the process
FRI       of setting up a commune in the Outer Hebrides. On her
FRI       journey north in a Romany caravan, she wrote the songs
FRI       which would surface in the late 1990s as Just Another
FRI       Diamond Day.
FRI       
FRI       
FRI