Radio 4 Listings for 09/05/2009 - 15/05/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 9 MAY 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00k57hf (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 b00k3fqc (Listen)
SAT       From Harvey River, Episode 5
SAT       Dona Croll reads from Lorna Goodison's portrait of past
SAT       generations of her unconventional family in Harvey River,
SAT       Jamaica.
SAT       Lorna looks back on her extraordinary childhood in
SAT       Kingston as the daughter of Mama Goodie, whose bottomless
SAT       cooking pot and endless words of wisdom sustain the
SAT       locals. But times are changing in Jamaica, as the hypnotic
SAT       chants and drums of the Rastafarians echo over the city
SAT       and independence for the country finally arrives.
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SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k57hj (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k57hl (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k57hn (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
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SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00k57hq (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00k57hs (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
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SAT       05:45 The Estuary b008kvrj (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
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       How might climate change and rising sea levels affect this
SAT       wild, desolate and beautiful landscape?
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SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00k57hv (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00k799b (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       06:07 Open Country b00k7b8v (Listen)
SAT       Countryside magazine. Matt Baker visits one of the most
SAT       beautiful yet hard to build railway lines in the country,
SAT       from Settle to Carlisle.
SAT       It was completed in 1876, and over the five years it took
SAT       to build, hundreds of men, women and children died in the
SAT       navvy camps set up along its path. Today it stands as a
SAT       monument to their work and tragic deaths but 20 years ago
SAT       it could easily have closed. A vigorous campaign was set
SAT       up to save the line and today the numbers who use what is
SAT       known as Britain's most scenic railway route are
SAT       increasing.
SAT       Matt discovers the history of the line and why it remains
SAT       so vital for the rural communities it links.
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SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00k7b8x (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       An independent report for the National Farmers Union says
SAT       the average chicken farmer has lost money over the last
SAT       five years. Many have not had the cash to invest in
SAT       buildings and equipment to keep their businesses efficient
SAT       and their costs down. With new rules and added costs
SAT       around the corner, some are asking if they should leave
SAT       the industry altogether. Farming Today looks at the future
SAT       of Britain's most popular meat.
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SAT       06:57 Weather b00k7b8z (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00k7c1q (Listen)
SAT       With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk,
SAT       Weather, Thought for the Day, Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00k7c1s (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by journalist and
SAT       writer Melissa Benn. With poetry from Elvis McGonagall.
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SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00k7c1v (Listen)
SAT       John McCarthy talks to BBC Security Correspondent Frank
SAT       Gardner about visiting destinations from Sumatra to
SAT       Socotra and how he has kept up his highly active
SAT       travelling since gunshot injuries he suffered in Saudi
SAT       Arabia put him in a wheelchair. A keen traveller since his
SAT       schooldays, Frank bas been to many out-of-the-way parts of
SAT       the world for both business and recreation.
SAT       John also meets actor and writer Michael Simkins, who had
SAT       no experience of France other than the impressions he
SAT       gleaned from films and its reputation among the British.
SAT       When he spent a summer touring the country and sampling
SAT       the French way of life, from wine tasting to haute cuisine
SAT       and from naturism to haute couture, he had some of his
SAT       worst - and best - suspicions confirmed.
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SAT       10:30 When Real Women Wore Minis and Real Men Drove Them
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SAT       Francesco da Mosto celebrates the 40th anniversary of the
SAT       release of The Italian Job and explores its enduring
SAT       popularity.
SAT       He tracks down some of the real stars of this last hurrah
SAT       of the Swinging Sixties and discovers some interesting
SAT       behind-the-scenes secrets, including why scriptwriter Troy
SAT       Kennedy Martin chose Turin for the main location.
SAT       Also, what was it really like to drive one of the Mini
SAT       Coopers in the famous car chase through the city, into the
SAT       sewers and, ultimately, the death-defying leap across a
SAT       60ft gap between buildings?
SAT       Producer Michael Deeley reveals what was behind the choice
SAT       of the film's ending, and the several alternative versions
SAT       which have provided numerous theories over the years.
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SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00k7c1z (Listen)
SAT       Not the best of times for the Prime Minister Gordon Brown
SAT       with troubles ranging from mishandling the issue of the
SAT       Gurkhas to published details of MPs expense claims
SAT       including his own.
SAT       Tony Wright Labour chair of the Public Administration
SAT       Committee looks at the effect these disclosures might
SAT       have, while government backbenchers Gisela Stuart Chris
SAT       Mullin and George Mudie judge the Prime Minister’s chances
SAT       of weathering the storm.
SAT       One thing is certain given the economic situation, cuts in
SAT       public spending will have to be made. But where?
SAT       Conservative Andrew Tyrie who was in the Treasury in the
SAT       1980's and Steve Webb Liberal Democrat spokesman on
SAT       pensions discuss the options.
SAT       Thirty years ago this week Margaret Thatcher became
SAT       Britain’s first woman Prime Minister. Shirley Williams
SAT       (now Baroness Williams) a parliamentary colleague from the
SAT       early 1960s talks about her early years.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00k7c21 (Listen)
SAT       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
SAT       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00k7c23 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The News Quiz b00k4l2d (Listen)
SAT       Series 68, Episode 2
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists
SAT       are Andy Hamilton, Francis Wheen, Sue Perkins and Jeremy
SAT       Hardy.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00k7c25 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00k7c27 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00k4l2g (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Edinburgh.
SAT       Panellists are John Swinney MSP, cabinet secretary in the
SAT       Scottish government, John McFall MP, Labour chairman of
SAT       Westminster's Treasury select committee, Annabel Goldie
SAT       MSP, leader of the Conservatives in the Scottish
SAT       Parliament and Danny Alexander MP, chief of staff to the
SAT       Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00k7c29 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in
SAT       response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
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SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00k7c2c (Listen)
SAT       Point of Departure
SAT       By Francis Turnly. Controversial African leader Jonah
SAT       Kotto is attending a peace summit in Belfast where Alec
SAT       Murray is assigned to his security detail. When security
SAT       at Stormont is breached Alec fears for Kotto's life, but
SAT       is there a real threat, and, if so, how serious is it?
SAT       Alec Murray ...... Patrick Fitzsymons
SAT       Jonah Kotto ...... George Harris
SAT       Grace ...... Ellen Thomas
SAT       Clive ...... Adrian Lukis
SAT       Miller ...... David Schofield
SAT       Hannah ...... Aislin McGuckin
SAT       Victor ...... Jude Akuwudike
SAT       De Silva ...... Jimmy Akingbola
SAT       Ambassador/Reporter ...... Ian McElhinney
SAT       Photographer ...... Chris Patrick-Simpson
SAT       Doctor/Simon ...... Ian Beattie
SAT       Samuel Muntanga ...... Mark Asante
SAT       Daniel Kenyatta ...... George B Seremba
SAT       Newscaster ...... Fo Cullen
SAT       Reporters ...... Laura Conway, Brian Murray
SAT       Directed by Heather Larmour.
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SAT       15:30 The Music Group b00k3xlb (Listen)
SAT       Series 3, Episode 4
SAT       Comedian, broadcaster and GP Dr Phil Hammond asks each of
SAT       three guests to play the track of their choice for the
SAT       delight or disdain of the others.
SAT       His guests are Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member Neil Innes;
SAT       Graham Linehan, writer of The IT Crowd, Black Books and
SAT       Father Ted; and actress Felicity Finch, who plays Ruth
SAT       Archer in The Archers.
SAT       A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00k7c2f (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey. Including:
SAT       Actress Michelle Pfeiffer on her latest film Cheri, which
SAT       explores the luxurious world of the courtesan in Paris at
SAT       the turn of the 19th century. Many of the courtesans in
SAT       this period became so famed for their beauty, wit and
SAT       expertise in the art of love-making that they were able to
SAT       amass large fortunes from the Dukes and Princes who sought
SAT       their favours. Michelle plays one of the most successful
SAT       of the courtesans.
SAT       Coinciding with the 250th anniversary in 2009 of the birth
SAT       of the feminist and thinker Mary Wollstonecraft, Jenni
SAT       Murray discusses what influence the author of A
SAT       Vindication of the Rights of Woman has on today's
SAT       feminists.
SAT       Jenni talks to writer Fay Weldon about the lasting impact
SAT       of The Women's Room, the novel for which late Marilyn
SAT       French is best remembered. Published in 1977, it sold some
SAT       20 million copies worldwide, and told the story of Mira,
SAT       who escaped a dull and restrictive marriage for a
SAT       university education. It contained the famous line 'All
SAT       men are rapists' and has been voted one of the tope five
SAT       most influential books in a Woman's Hour poll.
SAT       There are a record number of legal disputes over family
SAT       inheritance. Sheila McClennon hears from listeners whose
SAT       families have been torn apart by money. She also hears
SAT       what is the best course of action is to avoid future fall
SAT       outs.
SAT       As one male judge is about to retire from the US supreme
SAT       court - are there any women who should replace him?
SAT       Plus award-winning soprano Kate Royal.
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SAT       17:00 PM b00k7c2h (Listen)
SAT       Saturday PM
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
SAT       Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 iPM b00k7c2k (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00k7c2m (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00k7c2p (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k7c2r (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00k7c2t (Listen)
SAT       An eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
SAT       Peter Curran is joined by Julian Clary, Charles Hazlewood
SAT       and Sharon Horgan.
SAT       Gideon Coe talks to Flight of the Conchords star Kristen
SAT       Schaal.
SAT       With comedy from Carl Donnely and music from Dear Reader
SAT       and Smoove and Turrell.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 From Fact to Fiction b00k7c9b (Listen)
SAT       Series 6, Episode 2
SAT       Series in which writers create a fictional response to the
SAT       week's news.
SAT       As experts begin the exhumation of up to 400 unknown WWI
SAT       soldiers in the village of Fromelles, Bonnie Greer
SAT       imagines the impact upon some of those involved.
SAT       With Nadine Marshall, Malcolm Tierney, Benjamin Askew.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00k7d2y (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe is joined by journalist Andreas Whittam
SAT       Smith, writer Catherine O'Flynn and artistic director of
SAT       the South Bank Jude Kelly to discuss the cultural
SAT       highlights of the week - featuring a blockbusting trip to
SAT       the final frontier, two very distinguished tramps and five
SAT       musical stories.
SAT       The USS Enterprise gets taken out for another spin around
SAT       the block in JJ Abrams' blockbuster Star Trek. Chris Pine
SAT       is Kirk and Zachary Quinto is Spock in this prequel which
SAT       also features the original Ol' Pointy Ears, Leonard Nimoy.
SAT       A previous incumbent of the bridge of the Enterprise,
SAT       Patrick Stewart, can currently be found at the Theatre
SAT       Royal, Haymarket, playing opposite Ian McKellen in Waiting
SAT       for Godot. Directed by Sean Matthias, this production of
SAT       Beckett's classic, nearly 55 years after its London debut,
SAT       also features Simon Callow and Ronald Pickup.
SAT       A new book by Kazuo Ishiguro is always an event and
SAT       Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
SAT       distinguishes itself by being his first collection of
SAT       short stories. These are thematically linked and take the
SAT       reader from the piazzas of Italy to the Malvern Hills, a
SAT       meltdown in a London flat and plastic surgery in Hollywood.
SAT       Channel 4's The Big Art Project began back in 2005 when
SAT       people across the country were invited to nominate sites
SAT       they felt would benefit from an art installation. Close to
SAT       1,400 nominations were received, from which seven sites
SAT       were selected. Big Art reveals how the aspirations that
SAT       people had for these sites became solid reality and
SAT       unearths the inevitable tensions between those who create
SAT       public art and those who have to live in its shadow.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00k7d30 (Listen)
SAT       John Barbirolli - Angel of the North
SAT       James Naughtie remembers English conductor Sir John
SAT       Barbirolli, in his own words as well as in the
SAT       recollections of colleagues and through archive recordings.
SAT       Barbirolli had Italian and French blood in his veins but
SAT       he was a proud cockney who became a champion of English
SAT       music. When he died in 1970, Britain lost a figure who
SAT       seemed part of our musical life.
SAT       Barbirolli is remembered affectionately for his work with
SAT       the Halle Orchestra in Manchester with whom he forged a
SAT       unique bond from 1942 onwards and brought new vigour and
SAT       worldwide renown to the oldest professional orchestra in
SAT       Britain.
SAT       James chairs a discussion between Sir Mark Elder, current
SAT       music director of the Halle, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
SAT       and founder of Opera North, and writer Andrew
SAT       Farach-Colton.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00k2qr9 (Listen)
SAT       Troilus and Criseyde, Episode 2
SAT       Dramatisation of Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.
SAT       One of the great works of English literature, this
SAT       powerful, compelling story explores love from its first
SAT       tentative beginnings through to passionate sensuality and
SAT       eventual tragic disillusionment. Lavinia Greenlaw's new
SAT       version for radio brings Chaucer's language up-to-date for
SAT       a modern audience while remaining true to his original
SAT       poetic intention.
SAT       Criseyde's Uncle Pandarus has been the matchmaker for the
SAT       Trojan hero Troilus and young widow Criseyde, who are
SAT       desperately in love. But what will happen when Criseyde is
SAT       handed over to the Greeks at the gates of Troy to join her
SAT       'traitor' father?
SAT       Troilus ...... Tom Ferguson
SAT       Criseyde ...... Maxine Peake
SAT       Pandarus ...... Malcolm Raeburn
SAT       Servant/Friend ...... Kathryn Hunt
SAT       Calchas/Servant ...... Kevin Doyle
SAT       Priam/Servant ...... Terence Mann
SAT       Hector/Diomede ...... Declan Wilson
SAT       With music composed by Gary Yershon and performed by Ehsan
SAT       Emam, Tim Williams and Mike Dale.
SAT       Directed by Susan Roberts.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00k7d32 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00k4bgq (Listen)
SAT       The Law and the Unborn
SAT       Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal
SAT       issues of the day.
SAT       Developments in human reproductive technologies give rise
SAT       to a range of legal and ethical controversies around
SAT       fertilization, cloning, surrogacy and abortion. The new
SAT       Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act makes legal the
SAT       creation of 'saviour siblings' and hybrid animal-human
SAT       embryos for scientific research. Does the law provide
SAT       enough protection for the unborn? Clive considers who
SAT       decides what can be done to an embryo and when, in law,
SAT       life begins.
SAT       An Above the Title production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Counterpoint b00k3vkk (Listen)
SAT       Series 23, Episode 9
SAT       Paul Gambaccini chairs the ninth and final heat of the
SAT       music quiz to decide the remaining semi final place. The
SAT       competitors are Ian Bayley from Oxford, David Saxon from
SAT       Northwood in Middlesex and Gary Williams from
SAT       Weston-super-Mare.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Ossian b00k2vz6 (Listen)
SAT       Kenneth Steven tells the story of one of the greatest
SAT       hoaxes in the history of poetry and literature. James
SAT       MacPherson's apparent 'discovery' of the ancient poems of
SAT       Ossian in the 1760s transformed the image and acceptance
SAT       of Highland Scottish life throughout the world and helped
SAT       to inspire the Romantic movement, but very quickly doubts
SAT       were voiced about the authenticity of the poems.
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SUN       SUNDAY 10 MAY 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00k7d83 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b0084s1n (Listen)
SUN       The Big Chill, The Lost Child
SUN       Specially commissioned stories exploring the darker side
SUN       of life.
SUN       A couple hear a baby crying on their child monitor.
SUN       Unfortunately, it's not their baby. A cry for help or a
SUN       call from beyond the grave? Inspector Devlin investigates.
SUN       By Brian McGilloway, read by Lloyd Hutchinson.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k7f4q (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k7f4s (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k7f4v (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00k7pnp (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00k7pnr (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Olave's Church in London.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Petitioning the Modern Way b00k4bl6 (Listen)
SUN       Episode 2
SUN       Journalist and author Jon Ronson examines Number 10's
SUN       e-petitioning system, which allows the public to submit
SUN       petitions directly to the Prime Minister.
SUN       Jon wonders how this fits in with our notions of democracy.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00k7pr4 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00k7pr6 (Listen)
SUN       Entitlement
SUN       Mark Tully explores the complex relationship between a
SUN       sense of entitlement and the claiming of rights. What is
SUN       the difference between entitlements and rights and why is
SUN       a sense of entitlement so closely related to privilege?
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00k7pr8 (Listen)
SUN       Alex James meets Julian Hodge, a Devon butcher with a
SUN       passion for meat and motorbikes who is offering a unique
SUN       service to farmers. After 20 years of butchery, he now
SUN       rides through the countryside offering an on-farm cutting
SUN       service. But is there a future in the personal touch?
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00k7qy2 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00k7qy4 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00k7qy6 (Listen)
SUN       Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news
SUN       of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00k7qy8 (Listen)
SUN       Children's Heart Federation
SUN       India Knight appeals on behalf of Children's Heart
SUN       Federation. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit
SUN       cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Please mark the back of
SUN       your envelope: Children's Heart Federation.
SUN       If you are a UK tax payer, please provide The Children's
SUN       Heart Federation with your full name and address so that
SUN       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation worth another
SUN       25 per cent. The online and phone donation facilities are
SUN       not currently available to listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No: 1120557.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00k7qyb (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00k7qyd (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00k7qyg (Listen)
SUN       O for the Wings of a Dove
SUN       Rev Stephen Shipley visits Leipzig to reflect on the faith
SUN       of composer Felix Mendelssohn, on the 200th anniversary of
SUN       his birth.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00k4l2j (Listen)
SUN       Clive James wonders what it says about the British
SUN       attitude to poetry that we have the institution of the
SUN       Poet Laureateship.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00k7qyj (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 Archers Omnibus b00k7qyl (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00k7qyn (Listen)
SUN       Whoopi Goldberg
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the comic and actress
SUN       Whoopi Goldberg.
SUN       As a child she used to practise the acceptance speeches
SUN       she was sure she would one day make - little surprise then
SUN       that she's one of a handful of people to have won an
SUN       Oscar, a Grammy, a Tony and Emmy awards.
SUN       She is, she says, like a battery. When she is performing
SUN       she feels as if she has been plugged in and recharged.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 The Museum of Curiosity b00k3x21 (Listen)
SUN       Series 2, Episode 1
SUN       John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three
SUN       distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast
SUN       imaginary museum.
SUN       John and Sean's guests are Brian Eno, Chris Donald and
SUN       Dave Gorman.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00k7rbh (Listen)
SUN       Farming on the Urban Fringe
SUN       Picnickers, art groups and frolicking dogs - some of the
SUN       daily problems faced by farmers on the urban fringes, with
SUN       a population less personally connected with life on a
SUN       working farm than ever before.
SUN       John Waite looks at the challenges and opportunities
SUN       facing the farmers living cheek by jowl with their urban
SUN       neighbours, and at some of the attempts being made to
SUN       bring the two closer together.
SUN       We hear from Wayside Farm in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire,
SUN       which last year took part in Open Farm Sunday to help
SUN       explain farming to their neighbours and reduce the casual
SUN       damage and trespass caused by uninformed picnickers and
SUN       dog walkers to their land. Caroline Drummond from LEAF,
SUN       Linking Environment and Farming, which organises Open Farm
SUN       Sunday explains why they run it.
SUN       John also visits Shabden Park Farm in Chipstead, Surrey,
SUN       where Mark and Kirstie Banham have set up an on-farm
SUN       butchery to sell direct to their town dwelling, commuting
SUN       neighbours.
SUN       Sir Don Curry talks about the importance of reconnection,
SUN       the main theme of 1991's Curry Report into the Future of
SUN       Farming and Food.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00k7rbk (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00k7rbm (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Catholics and Jews b00kb8r7 (Listen)
SUN       War and Peace?
SUN       Edward Stourton examines the history of the complex
SUN       relationship between Catholics and Jews.
SUN       Edward asks whether relations have cooled following a
SUN       string of controversies, including calls to canonise Pope
SUN       Pius XII, referred to by some as 'Hitler's Pope'.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00k4kkn (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew and Chris Beardshaw are
SUN       guests of Somerfords Garden Club and The Great Somerford
SUN       Allotments Bicentenary Committee near Malmesbury.
SUN       In the first in a new series looking at how we can carry
SUN       out sustainable gardening, the panel discover the benefits
SUN       and reasons for growing native plants.
SUN       Including Gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Lights, Camera, Landmark b00fgbls (Listen)
SUN       Lacock, Wiltshire
SUN       Matthew Sweet visits parts of the man-made landscape which
SUN       have been used in films over the years.
SUN       Matthew discovers how this Wiltshire village has been used
SUN       for period dramas such as The Other Boleyn Girl and Pride
SUN       and Prejudice.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00k7rbp (Listen)
SUN       The Siege of Krishnapur, Episode 1
SUN       Dramatisation by Shelagh Stephenson of the novel by JG
SUN       Farrell.
SUN       It is 1857 and British rule in India is under threat. At
SUN       first the colonists are confident that their 'superior
SUN       culture' will prevail, but as the Indian mutineers show
SUN       their metal, the Collector of Krishnapur is forced to
SUN       reconsider.
SUN       Hopkins, The Collector ...... Alex Jennings
SUN       Fluery ...... Ben Askew
SUN       Prince Hari ...... Shiv Grewal
SUN       Harry Dunstaple ...... Matt Addis
SUN       Louise Dunstaple ...... Jasmine Hyde
SUN       Dr Dunstaple ...... Malcolm Tierney
SUN       Mrs Dunstaple ...... Caroline Guthrie
SUN       Willoughby ...... Sam Dale
SUN       Miriam ...... Janice Acquah
SUN       Dr MacNab ...... Stephen Hogan
SUN       The Padre ...... Philip Fox
SUN       Cutter ...... Jonathan Tafler
SUN       Lieutenant Peterson ...... Paul Rider
SUN       Lucy Hughes ...... Lizzy Watts
SUN       Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00k7snx (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup talks to the Irish writer Colm Toibin,
SUN       who has twice been nominated for the Booker prize, about
SUN       his new novel, Brooklyn. Plus Ali Smith takes Mariella on
SUN       a walk around the park that inspired her latest fiction.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 The Women of Rainer Maria Rilke b00k7snz (Listen)
SUN       Hayley Radford explores the influence of significant women
SUN       on the life and work of poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Regarded
SUN       by many as one of the most significant German-speaking
SUN       literary figures of the early Modern period, Rilke wrote
SUN       lyrical verse and prose including Sonnets to Orpheus and
SUN       Letter to A Young Poet.
SUN       Hayley examines how he was dominated by the love of his
SUN       mother and later pushed himself to the very limits of
SUN       romantic love. The poet threw himself into endless
SUN       heartbreak, many relationships, even abandoning a wife and
SUN       child. He became the passive lover of a series of
SUN       forthright, older women, including a princess and some
SUN       heiresses, all in pursuit of the sweet agonies with which
SUN       he could infuse his writing.
SUN       Featuring contributions from Rilke experts Dirk Heisserer,
SUN       Professor Karen Leeder, Dr Ben Hutchinson and Professor
SUN       Von Bulow.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 The New Hindu Fundamentalists b00k3zzd (Listen)
SUN       Navdip Dhariwal investigates the rise of Hindu
SUN       fundamentalism in Britain. Hindutva - the belief that
SUN       India should exclusively follow the laws and principles of
SUN       the majority Hindu faith - has been evolving and
SUN       developing on the sub-continent for many decades.
SUN       Navdip explores the history of the Hindu right wing in
SUN       India and its power and influence within Hindu communities
SUN       outside India. She asks why increasing numbers of Hindus
SUN       are being drawn to the fundamentalist agenda, which some
SUN       regard as anti-Muslim and anti-Christian.
SUN       Her investigation leads her to British Hindus who are
SUN       giving seemingly charitable donations that are, in
SUN       reality, ending up in the coffers of the Hindu right.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 From Fact to Fiction b00k7c9b (Listen)
SUN       Series 6, Episode 2
SUN       Series in which writers create a fictional response to the
SUN       week's news.
SUN       As experts begin the exhumation of up to 400 unknown WWI
SUN       soldiers in the village of Fromelles, Bonnie Greer
SUN       imagines the impact upon some of those involved.
SUN       With Nadine Marshall, Malcolm Tierney, Benjamin Askew.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00k7sv9 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00k7svc (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k7svf (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4, followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00k7svh (Listen)
SUN       A selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00k7svk (Listen)
SUN       Lilian digs for information.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Go4it b00k7svm (Listen)
SUN       Children's magazine. Barney Harwood visits a farm, tries
SUN       his hand at egg collecting, meets some newborn lambs and
SUN       discovers where his food really comes from. And he finds
SUN       out what it is like to grow up on a farm from the farmer's
SUN       12-year-old daughter.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b00cm7h4 (Listen)
SUN       Stories with Latitude, Episode 3
SUN       Readings recorded on stage at the Latitude Festival in
SUN       Suffolk. Jon Ronson reveals the tensions inherent in
SUN       knives, wives, dogs and small boys.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 More or Less b00k4kkj (Listen)
SUN       Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers
SUN       everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
SUN       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00k4l28 (Listen)
SUN       Matthew Bannister talks to Nicky Weller and Steve White
SUN       about the life of music manager John Weller; Adrian
SUN       Jackson on Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal; Arif
SUN       Waqar on Ghazal singer Iqbal Bano; Anne Cole and Adrian
SUN       Midgely on English toponymist Dr Margaret Gelling;
SUN       Marianne Faithfull and Nicky Haslam on model and muse
SUN       Maxime de la Falaise.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00k7c23 (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00k7qy8 (Listen)
SUN       Children's Heart Federation
SUN       India Knight appeals on behalf of Children's Heart
SUN       Federation. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit
SUN       cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Please mark the back of
SUN       your envelope: Children's Heart Federation.
SUN       If you are a UK tax payer, please provide The Children's
SUN       Heart Federation with your full name and address so that
SUN       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation worth another
SUN       25 per cent. The online and phone donation facilities are
SUN       not currently available to listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No: 1120557.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00k4g5b (Listen)
SUN       Location, Location
SUN       Mobile phones and other devices are helping all sorts of
SUN       useful objects 'know' where they are - and tell everybody
SUN       else about it. Peter Day hears from the people building
SUN       companies out of this dramatic new sensing ability.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00k7svp (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00k7svr (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Letters to Mary.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 The Film Programme b00k4l2b (Listen)
SUN       JJ Abrams boldly goes back to the future with the Star
SUN       Trek prequel, starring Kirk and Spock as you've never seen
SUN       them before.
SUN       Behind the scenes of Junior Eurovision with Sounds Like
SUN       Teen Spirit.
SUN       When Jean-Luc met Mick and Keith - Godard and The Rolling
SUN       Stones and the making of Sympathy For The Devil.
SUN       Henry Selick on the dark materials of his Neil Gaiman
SUN       adaptation Coraline.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00k7pr6 (Listen)
SUN       Entitlement
SUN       Mark Tully explores the complex relationship between a
SUN       sense of entitlement and the claiming of rights. What is
SUN       the difference between entitlements and rights and why is
SUN       a sense of entitlement so closely related to privilege?
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 11 MAY 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00k7sy5 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00k49s7 (Listen)
MON       Can the tubular steel and smoked glass dreams of leading
MON       architects ever take account of the mess of life? Jeremy
MON       Till claims that architecture exists in a bubble and
MON       ignores the way people really live. He joins Laurie Taylor
MON       to discuss how architecture engages - or fails to engage -
MON       with the society for which it builds. They are joined by
MON       Ricky Burdett, Chief Architectural Advisor for the Olympic
MON       Development Authority, to critique a profession whose
MON       output we all have to live with.
MON       Plus, Will Atkinson from Bristol University introduces his
MON       groundbreaking study into the life decisions made by the
MON       children of working class parents. He finds that despite
MON       claims that we live in a new society, class is remarkably
MON       durable.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00k7pnr (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Olave's Church in London.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k7vm7 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k7vqs (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k7vnh (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00k7vs7 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00k7wkc (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00k7wnd (Listen)
MON       As nylon replaces wool as the material of choice for
MON       clothing and carpets, Charlotte Smith discovers what
MON       impact this is having on farmers and their sheep. She
MON       finds out that the future of the woolly sheep could be
MON       hairy. Plus uptake of bluetongue vaccination has been so
MON       low that Defra are holding a 'cut price' sale of the
MON       vaccine.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00k89pm (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00k7wr1 (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Edward Stourton. Including Sports
MON       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00k89pp (Listen)
MON       Journalist and campaigner David Akinsanya spent his
MON       childhood in care, waiting in vain to be adopted. He
MON       argues that foster care is not always the right answer for
MON       some children and calls for investment in small
MON       residential children's homes. His remarks come as
MON       statistics for children taken into care show a sharp
MON       increase.
MON       AS Byatt's latest novel looks at fairy tales. Against the
MON       backdrop of the Arts and Crafts movement, she questions
MON       the motives of the people who write children's stories.
MON       Journalist Peter Hitchens calls for an end to the labels
MON       Left and Right in politics, suggesting they are outdated
MON       and stifle true political debates.
MON       Historian Richard Overy argues that there are many
MON       parallels between the looming sense of apocalypse that
MON       characterised the 1930s and today.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00k81bd (Listen)
MON       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 1
MON       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
MON       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
MON       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
MON       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
MON       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
MON       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
MON       again.
MON       Arthur's thoughts on the nature of stand-up comedy and how
MON       his desire to perform led to mirthless disaster in the
MON       rough and tumble of the emerging alternative comedy
MON       circuit - a world of sharp, political and angry jesters,
MON       directing their ire at the tired old dinosaurs of light
MON       entertainment.
MON       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00k81cr (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey. Including:
MON       Accepting South Africa's presidential nomination, African
MON       National Congress leader Jacob Zuma promised to 'lead the
MON       country towards the realisation of former president Nelson
MON       Mandela's dream of a non-sexist and non-racial South
MON       Africa'. The BBC's correspondent in Johannesburg Victoria
MON       Phenethi explains what is expected from the women chosen
MON       to lead in the country's new government.
MON       As the recession leads many couples to reconsider plans
MON       for their dream wedding, reporter Anna McNamee talks to
MON       one woman to find out how with the help of her friends and
MON       a website called freecycle - a listing service helping
MON       people give unwanted items away for free - she is on track
MON       to have her big wedding after all.
MON       Jane is joined by Daily Record columnist Joan Burnie,
MON       Angie Hobbs, associate professor of Philosophy at Warwick
MON       University and freelance journalist Natalie Barrass to
MON       discuss the nature of female friendships, whether it's
MON       possible to have more than three real friends and how the
MON       changing nature of technology affects the way we bond.
MON       And Grammy Award-winning musician, Sharon Isbin -
MON       described as America's 'guitarist laureate' and 'the Monet
MON       of the classical guitar' performs in the studio and talks
MON       about her career and her latest album Journey to the New
MON       World.
MON       
MON       11:00 Britain's Oldest New Mum b00k89pr (Listen)
MON       Dinah Lammiman meets Britain's oldest new mum, 58-year-old
MON       Sue Tollefsen. She and baby Freya are surrounded by
MON       supportive friends and family, but when she starts to
MON       engage with the wider world she finds that not everyone is
MON       comfortable with a woman becoming a new mother at her age.
MON       
MON       11:30 Rudy's Rare Records b0093v49 (Listen)
MON       Get Up, Stand Up
MON       Sitcom by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell, set in a
MON       Birmingham record shop.
MON       Adam ...... Lenny Henry
MON       Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
MON       Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
MON       Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
MON       Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
MON       Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
MON       DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
MON       Dexter the Landlord ...... Gresby Nash
MON       Diabolicus ...... Adam de Ville.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00k81gz (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00k823g (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00k823j (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Counterpoint b00k89pt (Listen)
MON       Series 23, Episode 10
MON       Paul Gambaccini chairs the first semi final of the music
MON       quiz. The competitors are Alan Douglas from
MON       Worcestershire, Brian Haines from London and David Saxon
MON       from Northwood in Middlesex.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00k7svk (Listen)
MON       Lilian digs for information.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00k8dq1 (Listen)
MON       Bad by Default
MON       Comedy by Leah Chillery. Tanya disappears with her
MON       mother's credit card to Jamaica to find her father, the
MON       man her mother said abandoned them. But when she finds her
MON       dad, he is about to marry his sweetheart, and although he
MON       is pleased to see Tanya, he is reluctant to give answers
MON       for his parental absence.
MON       With Everal A Walsh, Carla Henry.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00k7d30 (Listen)
MON       John Barbirolli - Angel of the North
MON       James Naughtie remembers English conductor Sir John
MON       Barbirolli, in his own words as well as in the
MON       recollections of colleagues and through archive recordings.
MON       Barbirolli had Italian and French blood in his veins but
MON       he was a proud cockney who became a champion of English
MON       music. When he died in 1970, Britain lost a figure who
MON       seemed part of our musical life.
MON       Barbirolli is remembered affectionately for his work with
MON       the Halle Orchestra in Manchester with whom he forged a
MON       unique bond from 1942 onwards and brought new vigour and
MON       worldwide renown to the oldest professional orchestra in
MON       Britain.
MON       James chairs a discussion between Sir Mark Elder, current
MON       music director of the Halle, David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
MON       and founder of Opera North, and writer Andrew
MON       Farach-Colton.
MON       
MON       15:45 Bad Habits b00f6qmv (Listen)
MON       Workaholism
MON       Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the
MON       bad habits and personal failings which directly or
MON       indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
MON       Richard explores the rising problem of workaholism. He
MON       talks to a City lawyer who works 20 hours a day, visits
MON       Pricewaterhouse Coopers to see how they tackle the issue
MON       and writer Jon Ronson confesses to being a workaholic.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00k7rbh (Listen)
MON       Farming on the Urban Fringe
MON       Picnickers, art groups and frolicking dogs - some of the
MON       daily problems faced by farmers on the urban fringes, with
MON       a population less personally connected with life on a
MON       working farm than ever before.
MON       John Waite looks at the challenges and opportunities
MON       facing the farmers living cheek by jowl with their urban
MON       neighbours, and at some of the attempts being made to
MON       bring the two closer together.
MON       We hear from Wayside Farm in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire,
MON       which last year took part in Open Farm Sunday to help
MON       explain farming to their neighbours and reduce the casual
MON       damage and trespass caused by uninformed picnickers and
MON       dog walkers to their land. Caroline Drummond from LEAF,
MON       Linking Environment and Farming, which organises Open Farm
MON       Sunday explains why they run it.
MON       John also visits Shabden Park Farm in Chipstead, Surrey,
MON       where Mark and Kirstie Banham have set up an on-farm
MON       butchery to sell direct to their town dwelling, commuting
MON       neighbours.
MON       Sir Don Curry talks about the importance of reconnection,
MON       the main theme of 1991's Curry Report into the Future of
MON       Farming and Food.
MON       
MON       16:30 Traveller's Tree b00k8f00 (Listen)
MON       Series 5, The Niche Holiday
MON       Katie Derham presents the holiday magazine which examines
MON       our holiday and travel trends.
MON       With the growth of enthusiast tour operators, there is now
MON       a huge range of niche holiday opportunities, with every
MON       private passion, hobby and indulgence catered for.
MON       Patricia Lalla travels to Portugal on a wolf-watching
MON       holiday and Dan Cruickshank talks about his experiences
MON       following in Captain Cook's footsteps to New Zealand.
MON       Is the niche experience just another excuse for
MON       one-upmanship or a genuine way of exploring our cravings
MON       and curiosities?
MON       A Just Radio/Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00k83q2 (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
MON       Mair. Plus Weather.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k83t1 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4, followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       18:30 The Museum of Curiosity b00k8fdv (Listen)
MON       Series 2, Episode 2
MON       John Lloyd and Sean Lock host a panel show in which three
MON       distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast
MON       imaginary museum.
MON       Tim FitzHigham, Simon Singh and Gavin Pretor-Pinney donate
MON       Don Quixote, a pigeon-spattered telescope and an extremely
MON       rare cloud.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00k824p (Listen)
MON       David objects when Jill goes up in the world.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00k83ty (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an
MON       interview with writer Edna O'Brien, whose play Haunted
MON       receives its world premiere in Manchester.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00k85ph (Listen)
MON       The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Episode 1
MON       Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian
MON       Faulks, set in a France still reeling from the First World
MON       War and limbering up for the Second.
MON       Faulks examines the hopes, fears and passions of a few
MON       individuals and explores a world of fragile optimism,
MON       where the signs of another war are already on the horizon.
MON       Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
MON       Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
MON       Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
MON       Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
MON       Etienne ...... Toby Jones
MON       Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
MON       Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
MON       Mireille ...... Avril Clark
MON       Directed by Frank Stirling
MON       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       20:00 A Baby Asbo b00k8fdx (Listen)
MON       Winifred Robinson follows intensive work going on in
MON       Coventry with a group of nine to 13-year-olds already in
MON       trouble with the police or in danger of being excluded
MON       from school.
MON       The youngsters are on the Youth Justice Board's 'inclusion
MON       support programme', with activities ranging from fishing
MON       to family therapy aimed at addressing their behaviour.
MON       Some have already been in trouble with the police, others
MON       are referred following school exclusions, because older
MON       brothers are involved in crime or because of general
MON       concerns about anti-social behaviour.
MON       Winifred also follows a unique scheme being piloted in
MON       London which addresses wider groups of youngsters before
MON       they start at secondary school. The courses include anger
MON       management classes and workshops highlighting the dangers
MON       of gang activity, with the idea originally coming from
MON       America. Growing Against Gangs involves a unique
MON       collaboration between police, schools and voluntary
MON       organisations. The government believes that targeting
MON       children close to the age of criminality provides a real
MON       opportunity to set them on a better path in life.
MON       Mitchell, 10, is at the first stages of this work - he is
MON       one of four children and has been in trouble at school and
MON       in his community. His mum, Lisa, has welcomed input from
MON       Carl, the YISP worker, and is pleased that targeted
MON       activities with Mitchell have given her time to spend with
MON       her other children. She is also learning how to impose
MON       stricter boundaries and already sees that Mitchell's
MON       behaviour is improving.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00g471k (Listen)
MON       Cuba
MON       Linda Pressly investigates the housing crisis in Cuba.
MON       Even before the recent hurricanes that damaged over half a
MON       million homes, perhaps the most common cause of complaint
MON       on the island was accommodation. The black market in
MON       property and building materials is thought to be huge.
MON       Linda finds out about some of the unique ways that Cubans
MON       have been finding to get around regulations to secure a
MON       new home, in a nation where it is illegal to buy and sell
MON       property.
MON       
MON       21:00 Costing the Earth b00k8fdz (Listen)
MON       Tom Heap examines the carbon footprint of older people.
MON       This age group are said to be heavy consumers, but they
MON       could also play an important part in preparing for climate
MON       change in an ageing society.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00k89pp (Listen)
MON       Journalist and campaigner David Akinsanya spent his
MON       childhood in care, waiting in vain to be adopted. He
MON       argues that foster care is not always the right answer for
MON       some children and calls for investment in small
MON       residential children's homes. His remarks come as
MON       statistics for children taken into care show a sharp
MON       increase.
MON       AS Byatt's latest novel looks at fairy tales. Against the
MON       backdrop of the Arts and Crafts movement, she questions
MON       the motives of the people who write children's stories.
MON       Journalist Peter Hitchens calls for an end to the labels
MON       Left and Right in politics, suggesting they are outdated
MON       and stifle true political debates.
MON       Historian Richard Overy argues that there are many
MON       parallels between the looming sense of apocalypse that
MON       characterised the 1930s and today.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00k871h (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00k871t (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00k8759 (Listen)
MON       Brooklyn, An Unlooked-for Offer
MON       Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a
MON       girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new
MON       life in New York in the 1950s.
MON       The novel opens in the small town of Enniscorthy in the
MON       south east of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is
MON       one among many of her generation who can find no work. Her
MON       three brothers have already left to seek their fortunes in
MON       England; she, her sister Rose and her widowed mother are
MON       all that remain at home.
MON       When a priest comes home from America for a holiday, he
MON       recognises both Eilis' plight and her potential.
MON       
MON       23:00 Word of Mouth b00k3znq (Listen)
MON       Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of
MON       words, language and the way we speak.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00k890f (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with Sean Curran.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 12 MAY 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00k7sxs (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00k81bd (Listen)
TUE       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 1
TUE       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
TUE       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
TUE       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
TUE       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
TUE       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
TUE       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
TUE       again.
TUE       Arthur's thoughts on the nature of stand-up comedy and how
TUE       his desire to perform led to mirthless disaster in the
TUE       rough and tumble of the emerging alternative comedy
TUE       circuit - a world of sharp, political and angry jesters,
TUE       directing their ire at the tired old dinosaurs of light
TUE       entertainment.
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k7vk0 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k7vnk (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k7vm9 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00k7vqw (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00k7wjz (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00k7wn2 (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00k7wqn (Listen)
TUE       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
TUE       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
TUE       Parliament.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 What's the Point of ... b00k8frh (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, The Privy Council
TUE       Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought provoking look at
TUE       one of Britain's oldest institutions, the Privy Council.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Head To Head b00k8g51 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 4
TUE       Edward Stourton presents a series celebrating great
TUE       debates, combining archive of rare discussions between key
TUE       figures with analysis by a panel of experts.
TUE       Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan clash over the
TUE       electronic age. Has technology set man free or alienated
TUE       individuals and led to a fragmented society?
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00k9qdh (Listen)
TUE       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 2
TUE       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
TUE       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
TUE       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
TUE       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
TUE       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
TUE       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
TUE       again.
TUE       Arthur learns that being funny can get you laid. And
TUE       success on the comedy circuit allows him time to pursue
TUE       other ideas and very different interests, which include
TUE       two bizarre prison visits.
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00k81ch (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey. Including drama: The Girl at the Lion
TUE       D'Or.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Nature b00k8lfz (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Anuta - An Island Governed By Love
TUE       Situated in the South Pacific, Anuta is home to 300
TUE       people, which based on the size of the island is a
TUE       population density to rival Bangladesh.
TUE       It is a place where people follow a traditional way of
TUE       life that goes back hundreds of years. The nearest school
TUE       is hundreds of miles away and there is no clinic. Few
TUE       people earn money, but they don't need it. Everything they
TUE       need they grow or harvest themselves, and have sustained
TUE       their resources across the generations.
TUE       Reporter Huw Cordey visited Anuta to record part of a BBC
TUE       television series, South Pacific. In this programme he
TUE       meets the islanders and their chief, and hears about their
TUE       lives. He fishes, catches birds and lives with them,
TUE       discovering that all Anutans live by the principle of
TUE       'Arofa', or love.
TUE       He also finds out how modern life is catching up with the
TUE       Anutans, and why not everyone there is happy with the
TUE       island idyll where tradition is all and individualism is
TUE       nothing.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 By Jove Carruthers! b00k8lg1 (Listen)
TUE       Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers, the
TUE       character who inspired a thousand silly quips and cod
TUE       Edwardian accents. At least seven different Carruthers
TUE       crop up in Edwardian boys' tales, but who exactly was he,
TUE       what did he do, and how did he assume such a strange kind
TUE       of posthumous fame?
TUE       Miles finds out about the Carruthers who appears in the
TUE       Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Solitary
TUE       Cyclist and the one which narrates Erskine Childers' 1903
TUE       spy novel The Riddle of the Sands.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00k81f9 (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00k81h1 (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00k823l (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 The Music Group b00k8lg3 (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 5
TUE       Comedian, broadcaster and GP Dr Phil Hammond asks each of
TUE       three guests to play the track of their choice for the
TUE       delight or disdain of the others.
TUE       Phil's guests include soul food chef Momma Cherri and
TUE       crime writer Mark Billingham. Will the tastes of his
TUE       popular, country music-loving detective Tom Thorne be
TUE       making an appearance?
TUE       A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00k824p (Listen)
TUE       David objects when Jill goes up in the world.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00k8lg5 (Listen)
TUE       Sargasso
TUE       By Simon Bovey. Elver season on the River Severn - a time
TUE       of mystery and danger. The wrong time and place for a
TUE       young man to be searching for his place in the world.
TUE       Kevin ...... Robert Lonsdale
TUE       Sabrian ...... Emily Wachter
TUE       Bruce ...... Ian Gelder
TUE       Tan ...... Stuart McLoughlin
TUE       Debbie ...... Lizzy Watts
TUE       Gilpin ...... Stephen Hogan
TUE       Phil ...... Matt Addis
TUE       Buyer/Policeman ...... Benjamin Askew
TUE       Directed by Marc Beeby.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Making History b00k8llc (Listen)
TUE       Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring
TUE       ordinary people's links with the past.
TUE       How the experiences of a painter and decorator from Sale
TUE       in 19th-century China reveals more about the spread of
TUE       religion in that period. Plus the remarkable story of the
TUE       listener who witnessed the German surrender at Monte
TUE       Cassino.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00k8llf (Listen)
TUE       I Was There Too!, That Door
TUE       Series of stories about great historical moments, told
TUE       from the perspective of unexpected and overlooked
TUE       witnesses.
TUE       By Elizabeth Kuti. Wittenberg, on a cold October night in
TUE       1517. Brother Martin has some papers he wants to nail to
TUE       the church door, but he hadn't counted on meeting the
TUE       indomitable Frau Sprenger.
TUE       Read by Eleanor Bron.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 Bad Habits b00f9xm2 (Listen)
TUE       Laziness
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Word of Mouth b00k8t3x (Listen)
TUE       Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of
TUE       words, language and the way we speak.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00k8t3z (Listen)
TUE       Series 18, John Coltrane
TUE       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
TUE       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
TUE       Musician Andy Sheppard chooses influential saxophonist
TUE       John Coltrane, creator of the albums Giant Steps and A
TUE       Love Supreme. Supporting Andy's choice is the editor of
TUE       Wired magazine, Tony Herrington.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00k83ny (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
TUE       Mair. Plus Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k83q4 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4, followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Heresy b00k8t4w (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 5
TUE       Victoria Coren chairs the programme which challenges
TUE       established ideas. Panellists are Dave Gorman, Jeremy
TUE       Hardy and Sue Perkins.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00k824c (Listen)
TUE       Matt suspects double dealings at Borchester Land.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00k83t3 (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including the
TUE       verdict on Charlie Kaufman's film Synecdoche, New York,
TUE       which stars Philip Seymour Hoffman as an obsessive theatre
TUE       director.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00kc7qg (Listen)
TUE       The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Episode 2
TUE       Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian
TUE       Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
TUE       Anne Louvet has begun work as a cleaner for the Hartmanns
TUE       in their manor house at Janvilliers and Charles Hartmann
TUE       is beginning to feel disturbed by the power of his
TUE       attraction to her.
TUE       Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
TUE       Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
TUE       Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
TUE       Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
TUE       Etienne ...... Toby Jones
TUE       Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
TUE       Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
TUE       Mireille ...... Avril Clark
TUE       Directed by Frank Stirling
TUE       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 Sacred Election: Lessons from the Biggest Democracy
TUE       in the W b00k8v7c (Listen)
TUE       Political anthropologist Dr Mukulika Banerjee reports from
TUE       India on the many surprising ways in which the country
TUE       manages to defy apparently insuperable odds to deliver an
TUE       efficient and effective democratic process.
TUE       An Indian general election is the largest single organised
TUE       event in the world, with over 700 million voters, 800,000
TUE       polling stations and one million electronic voting
TUE       machines moved in phases around the country; and, unlike
TUE       many western democracies, electoral participation in India
TUE       is positively buoyant, and rising.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00k8v7f (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00k8v7h (Listen)
TUE       Dr Mark Porter explores the latest treatments for breast
TUE       problems. Women often believe if they find changes to
TUE       their breasts, or feel pain in that area, it means that
TUE       they have a serious condition or cancer. But usually the
TUE       symptoms are of a benign condition. Mark finds out how
TUE       they are treated.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 What's the Point of ... b00k8frh (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, The Privy Council
TUE       Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought provoking look at
TUE       one of Britain's oldest institutions, the Privy Council.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00k86zy (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00k871k (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kb9jc (Listen)
TUE       Brooklyn, Farewell and Adieu
TUE       Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a
TUE       girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new
TUE       life in New York in the 1950s.
TUE       Prompted by Father Flood, home from America for a holiday,
TUE       Rose sets about organising her younger sister. Almost
TUE       before she knows it, or has had time to say goodbye, Eilis
TUE       is crossing the Atlantic, heading for a job on the shop
TUE       floor of a Brooklyn department store, lodgings with an
TUE       Irish landlady and a brand new life.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 The Secret World b00k8v7k (Listen)
TUE       Episode 5
TUE       Comedy series that offers an insight into the private
TUE       lives of the famous. With Jon Culshaw, Margaret
TUE       Cabourn-Smith, Julian Dutton, Lewis MacLeod, Jess Robinson
TUE       and Duncan Wisbey.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00k890h (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Susan Hulme.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00k7sxv (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00k9qdh (Listen)
WED       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 2
WED       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
WED       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
WED       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
WED       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
WED       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
WED       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
WED       again.
WED       Arthur learns that being funny can get you laid. And
WED       success on the comedy circuit allows him time to pursue
WED       other ideas and very different interests, which include
WED       two bizarre prison visits.
WED       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k7vk2 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k7vnm (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k7vmc (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00k7vr0 (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00k7wk1 (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00k7wn4 (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00k7wqq (Listen)
WED       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
WED       Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00k8w6j (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00k9qdk (Listen)
WED       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 3
WED       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
WED       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
WED       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
WED       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
WED       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
WED       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
WED       again.
WED       Growing up and growing old; Arthur's thoughts on the male
WED       mid-life crisis, as he faces depression. Plus how a unique
WED       rendition of Hamlet allowed him to smile again.
WED       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00k81ck (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Girl at the Lion
WED       D'Or.
WED       
WED       11:00 The Manuscript Hunter b00k9d7p (Listen)
WED       Mark Whitaker profiles Thomas Staley, who, over the past
WED       20 years, has bought the archives of many of Britain's
WED       most important living writers for the University of Texas
WED       in Austin. Staley talks about his life in literature and
WED       his controversial methods, and Mark reports on efforts to
WED       stop the continuing export of Britain's literary heritage.
WED       A Square Dog production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       11:30 Murder Unprompted: A Charles Paris Mystery b0084ldq (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Simon Brett's thespian sleuth returns in a dramatisation
WED       by Jeremy Front.
WED       Can Charles prove his friend Alex innocent of murder and
WED       at the same time stop himself being made homeless?
WED       Charles Paris ...... Bill Nighy
WED       Frances ...... Suzanne Burden
WED       Maurice ...... Jon Glover
WED       Lucy ...... Jemima Rooper
WED       Val ...... Liza Sadovy
WED       Paula Lexington/SM ...... Rachel Bavidge
WED       Mal Benson ...... Nitin Ganatra
WED       Dr Blythe ...... Simon Treves
WED       Madeleine ...... Jasmin Callan
WED       Georgina Banks ...... Miranda Colchester
WED       Miles/Newsreader ...... Thomas Arnold
WED       Juliet/Journalist ...... Tilly Gaunt
WED       Directed by Sally Avens.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00k81fc (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00k81h3 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00k823n (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00k9d7r (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00k824c (Listen)
WED       Matt suspects double dealings at Borchester Land.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00k9d7t (Listen)
WED       In a Land Far Away
WED       By Andy Macdonald. Jamie, a British soldier in
WED       Afghanistan, struggles to show his emotions when a friend
WED       is killed on patrol and to communicate with his young son
WED       back home in Scotland. But thanks to the help of Wali, the
WED       company's Afghan interpreter, he begins to open up and
WED       talk about his feelings.
WED       Jamie 'Bullett' McQueen ...... Sean Biggerstaff
WED       Wali ...... Khalid Laith
WED       Gavin Yates ...... Steven McNicoll
WED       Kay ...... Molly Innes
WED       Kyle ...... Hugo Homer
WED       Steve/Corporal ...... Robert Jack
WED       Officer/Padre ...... Kenny Blyth
WED       Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00k9d7w (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial
WED       issues.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00kbj2y (Listen)
WED       I Was There Too!, Nothing But Blue Skies
WED       Series of stories about great historical moments, told
WED       from the perspective of unexpected and overlooked
WED       witnesses.
WED       97-year-old Katharine Rudd tells the true story of her
WED       experiences on the night of the Roswell incident in New
WED       Mexico, 1947, when the US government allegedly covered up
WED       an encounter with aliens.
WED       By Dominic Power, read by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
WED       
WED       15:45 Bad Habits b00fl05d (Listen)
WED       Time-keeping
WED       Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the
WED       bad habits and personal failings which directly or
WED       indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
WED       Richard explores the problem of time-keeping. He visits a
WED       call centre that had problems with punctuality, meets a
WED       factory worker from Scotland who blew the whistle on
WED       draconian time-management practices and hears from Diana
WED       DeLonzor, author of How to Never Be Late Again, who
WED       explains why lateness is a pathology that deserves our
WED       sympathy.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00k9d7y (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00k8v7h (Listen)
WED       Dr Mark Porter explores the latest treatments for breast
WED       problems. Women often believe if they find changes to
WED       their breasts, or feel pain in that area, it means that
WED       they have a serious condition or cancer. But usually the
WED       symptoms are of a benign condition. Mark finds out how
WED       they are treated.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00k83p1 (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
WED       Mair. Plus Weather.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k83q6 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4, followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       18:30 Elvenquest b00k9d80 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Sci-fi comedy series by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
WED       Sam has his death foretold by The Oracle of Fenrog, Lord
WED       Darkness books himself in for a retox and Kreech
WED       unwittingly releases the dreaded Nightdemon, whose
WED       intentions for the future of the universe are not good.
WED       Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
WED       Dean the Dwarf/Kreech ...... Kevin Eldon
WED       Amis ...... James Bachman
WED       Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
WED       Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
WED       Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00k824f (Listen)
WED       Eddie and Joe search for buried treasure.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00k83t5 (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00kc7qj (Listen)
WED       The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Episode 3
WED       Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian
WED       Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
WED       Charles has rented rooms for the young waitress he has
WED       befriended at the Hotel Lion d'Or. She has agreed to go
WED       with him to a country house party. He tells himself that
WED       the trip is entirely innocent, but lets his wife think
WED       that he is away working for the government in Paris.
WED       Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
WED       Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
WED       Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
WED       Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
WED       Etienne ...... Toby Jones
WED       Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
WED       Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
WED       Mireille ...... Avril Clark
WED       Directed by Frank Stirling
WED       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       20:00 Unreliable Evidence b00k9d82 (Listen)
WED       The Law and Death
WED       Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal
WED       issues of the day.
WED       Medical science has given us increasing control over when,
WED       where and how we die, but the law is struggling to keep
WED       pace. Clive and his guests explore the ongoing legal
WED       arguments about assisted suicide, mercy killing and even
WED       the precise definition of death.
WED       
WED       20:45 Letters to Mary b00k9d84 (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       Series in which three writers send an informal letter to
WED       the influential British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, 250
WED       years after her birth, updating her on the progress of her
WED       often radical ideas.
WED       Professor Janet Todd, President of Lucy Cavendish College,
WED       Cambridge, addresses a letter to Mary about her her first
WED       book, a self-help manual called Thoughts on the Education
WED       of Daughters.
WED       Some readers argue that this work is no different from any
WED       other 18th century Conduct Book, with its rather modest
WED       ideas about how girls should live their lives, but Janet
WED       Todd believes that it shows real sparks that would flare
WED       up fully in her incendiary work, A Vindication of the
WED       Rights of Woman, four years later. She goes on to wonder
WED       how Mary might feel about the education and aspirations of
WED       girls today.
WED       Read by Sian Thomas.
WED       
WED       21:00 Nature b00k8lfz (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Anuta - An Island Governed By Love
WED       Situated in the South Pacific, Anuta is home to 300
WED       people, which based on the size of the island is a
WED       population density to rival Bangladesh.
WED       It is a place where people follow a traditional way of
WED       life that goes back hundreds of years. The nearest school
WED       is hundreds of miles away and there is no clinic. Few
WED       people earn money, but they don't need it. Everything they
WED       need they grow or harvest themselves, and have sustained
WED       their resources across the generations.
WED       Reporter Huw Cordey visited Anuta to record part of a BBC
WED       television series, South Pacific. In this programme he
WED       meets the islanders and their chief, and hears about their
WED       lives. He fishes, catches birds and lives with them,
WED       discovering that all Anutans live by the principle of
WED       'Arofa', or love.
WED       He also finds out how modern life is catching up with the
WED       Anutans, and why not everyone there is happy with the
WED       island idyll where tradition is all and individualism is
WED       nothing.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00k8w6j (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00k8700 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00k871m (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kb9k4 (Listen)
WED       Brooklyn, Letters from Home
WED       Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a
WED       girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new
WED       life in New York in the 1950s.
WED       Eilis has lodgings with an Irish landlady and a job on the
WED       shop floor of a department store. Every day a whole world
WED       of things are new, but letters from home remind her of
WED       just what she is missing.
WED       
WED       23:00 Elvis By Bono b00k9dtp (Listen)
WED       U2's singer Bono reads his own poem, Elvis, and weaves it
WED       into an atmospheric sound-scape.
WED       The poem, which sounds like the beat poetry of Adrian
WED       Henry, contains images from Elvis' life and his legacy,
WED       American history, and popular culture of the last 50 years
WED       from crooning to rap via rock and roll, from Valentino to
WED       television via Nixon and Lisa Marie. It is blended with
WED       archive material and recorded, specially-composed music.
WED       
WED       23:15 Peacefully in their Sleeps b007wj0y (Listen)
WED       Douggie 'The Shins' Wild
WED       Spoof obituary series by Chris Chantler and Howard Read.
WED       Renowned broadcaster Roydon Postlethwaite gazes back
WED       admiringly at the life of the hottest hunk of footballing
WED       manhood Britain ever produced.
WED       Roydon Postlethwaite ...... Geoff McGivern
WED       Douggie Wild ...... Jeffrey Holland
WED       Juanita World ...... Laura Solon
WED       Peter Pundit/Jerry Panther ...... Nitin Ganatra
WED       Aunty Nancy ...... Rita May
WED       Harry Trubshaw ...... Bill Maynard
WED       Joe Gorston ...... Howard Read
WED       Les Dynham ...... Chris Chantler.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00k890k (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with David Wilby.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 14 MAY 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00k7sxx (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00k9qdk (Listen)
THU       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 3
THU       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
THU       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
THU       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
THU       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
THU       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
THU       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
THU       again.
THU       Growing up and growing old; Arthur's thoughts on the male
THU       mid-life crisis, as he faces depression. Plus how a unique
THU       rendition of Hamlet allowed him to smile again.
THU       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k7vk4 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k7vnp (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k7vmg (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00k7vr3 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00k7wk3 (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00k7wn6 (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00k7wqs (Listen)
THU       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
THU       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00k9h9g (Listen)
THU       The Siege of Vienna
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Alastair Wheatcroft, Claire Norton
THU       and Jeremy Black discuss the Ottoman siege of Vienna in
THU       1683, a titanic struggle that shaped East-West perceptions
THU       and helped to define the boundaries of modern Europe.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00k9qdm (Listen)
THU       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 4
THU       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
THU       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
THU       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
THU       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
THU       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
THU       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
THU       again.
THU       Arthur confronts a near-death experience and learns what
THU       freedom really means.
THU       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00k81cm (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Girl at the Lion
THU       D'Or.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00kkfth (Listen)
THU       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
THU       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU       
THU       11:30 Jean b00k9h9m (Listen)
THU       Mary Stephenson, who worked for the novelist Jean Rhys in
THU       the final months of her life before her death in 1979,
THU       remembers the time she spent with her as she took
THU       dictation of her autobiography.
THU       At the time she answered Jean's advertisement for a
THU       typist, Mary was in her early 30s and she found the
THU       87-year-old Rhys to be, by turns, charming, infuriating
THU       and embittered; sometimes her memories would light her up,
THU       sometimes they would fire her anger.
THU       Now a writer herself, Mary's recollections draw on
THU       extracts from the book she typed - Jean's autobiography
THU       Smile Please. Two other women in Jean's life, her editor
THU       Diana Athill and her friend Diana Melly, also add their
THU       own memories of the author at this final, troubled stage
THU       of her life.
THU       Jean Rhys is played by Merelina Kendall.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00k81ff (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00k81h5 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00k823q (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Costing the Earth b00k8fdz (Listen)
THU       Tom Heap examines the carbon footprint of older people.
THU       This age group are said to be heavy consumers, but they
THU       could also play an important part in preparing for climate
THU       change in an ageing society.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00k824f (Listen)
THU       Eddie and Joe search for buried treasure.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b0084kdc (Listen)
THU       The Woman from the North
THU       By Bernard MacLaverty.
THU       Cassie has never sat an exam in her life but now finds
THU       herself facing a life-changing assessment and the prospect
THU       of residential care. What must she do to pass and return
THU       to her own home?
THU       Cassie ...... Doreen Keogh
THU       Gerard ...... Kieran Lagan
THU       Christopher ...... Sean Campion
THU       Hairdresser/Doctor ...... Miche Doherty
THU       Nurse/Dinner Lady ...... Jo Donnelly
THU       Directed by Heather Larmour.
THU       
THU       15:02 Open Country b00k7b8v (Listen)
THU       Countryside magazine. Matt Baker visits one of the most
THU       beautiful yet hard to build railway lines in the country,
THU       from Settle to Carlisle.
THU       It was completed in 1876, and over the five years it took
THU       to build, hundreds of men, women and children died in the
THU       navvy camps set up along its path. Today it stands as a
THU       monument to their work and tragic deaths but 20 years ago
THU       it could easily have closed. A vigorous campaign was set
THU       up to save the line and today the numbers who use what is
THU       known as Britain's most scenic railway route are
THU       increasing.
THU       Matt discovers the history of the line and why it remains
THU       so vital for the rural communities it links.
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00k7qy8 (Listen)
THU       Children's Heart Federation
THU       India Knight appeals on behalf of Children's Heart
THU       Federation. Donations: Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Credit
THU       cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. Please mark the back of
THU       your envelope: Children's Heart Federation.
THU       If you are a UK tax payer, please provide The Children's
THU       Heart Federation with your full name and address so that
THU       they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation worth another
THU       25 per cent. The online and phone donation facilities are
THU       not currently available to listeners without a UK postcode.
THU       Registered Charity No: 1120557.
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00kbj2r (Listen)
THU       I Was There Too!, Permanent Wave
THU       Series of stories about great historical moments, told
THU       from the perspective of unexpected and overlooked
THU       witnesses.
THU       By Ian Sansom. Imagining what it might have been like to
THU       dress the hair of one of the country's most influential
THU       women.
THU       Read by Maggie Steed.
THU       
THU       15:45 Bad Habits b00fpxkg (Listen)
THU       Perfectionism
THU       Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the
THU       bad habits and personal failings which directly or
THU       indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
THU       Richard examines the impact of perfectionism and goes
THU       inside a double Michelin-starred restaurant to see how
THU       chef Marcus Wareing strives for food utopia.
THU       Douglas Broadley, CEO of global design agency Imagination,
THU       talks frankly about how his perfectionism affects the
THU       company and an ex-employee gives his perspective on
THU       working for a perfectionist boss.
THU       Also featuring psychologist and perfectionism expert Cary
THU       Cooper.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00k7snx (Listen)
THU       Mariella Frostrup talks to the Irish writer Colm Toibin,
THU       who has twice been nominated for the Booker prize, about
THU       his new novel, Brooklyn. Plus Ali Smith takes Mariella on
THU       a walk around the park that inspired her latest fiction.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00k9hlz (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper reports on the final Hubble Space Telescope
THU       servicing mission.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00k83p3 (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
THU       Mair. Plus Weather.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k83q8 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4, followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       18:30 Hut 33 b00bcccs (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Royal Visit
THU       Sitcom by James Cary, set in Bletchley Park in 1941.
THU       A royal visitor is coming to inspect Bletchley Park, but
THU       the top brass are worried that this particular royal is a
THU       Nazi sympathiser. Hut 33 has to delay him and make sure he
THU       doesn't see any of the code-breaking machines.
THU       Charles ...... Robert Bathurst
THU       Archie ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
THU       Minka...... Olivia Colman
THU       Gordon ...... Fergus Craig
THU       Mrs Best ...... Lill Roughley
THU       Joshua ...... Alex MacQueen
THU       Duke of Kent ...... Michael Fenton-Stevens.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00k824h (Listen)
THU       Annette finds some hidden talents.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00k83t7 (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, who reports on
THU       French Film, a British comedy starring Hugh Bonneville and
THU       Eric Cantona.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00kc7ql (Listen)
THU       The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Episode 4
THU       Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian
THU       Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
THU       The love affair between Charles and Anne begins to look
THU       precarious as a political crisis erupts in Paris and, back
THU       home, Charles' wife becomes suspicious.
THU       Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
THU       Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
THU       Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
THU       Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
THU       Etienne ...... Toby Jones
THU       Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
THU       Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
THU       Mireille ...... Avril Clark
THU       Directed by Frank Stirling
THU       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00k9hm1 (Listen)
THU       With the Home Office consulting on a new strategy to deal
THU       with violence against women, Sue Littlemore examines a
THU       string of cases in which women were killed by their
THU       partners, despite having gone to the police for protection.
THU       Is this an unconnected series of mistakes or evidence that
THU       the criminal justice system still does not take domestic
THU       violence as seriously as it should?
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00k4g5b (Listen)
THU       Location, Location
THU       Mobile phones and other devices are helping all sorts of
THU       useful objects 'know' where they are - and tell everybody
THU       else about it. Peter Day hears from the people building
THU       companies out of this dramatic new sensing ability.
THU       
THU       21:00 The Landfill Designers b00k9hn9 (Listen)
THU       Journalist and designer John Thackara investigates why
THU       scientists and designers are deliberately planning for
THU       failure. Many products and scientific advancements are now
THU       deliberately given a short shelf life. John asks what
THU       impact the 'landfill designers' are having on scientific
THU       progress, the environment and our expectations of the
THU       technology we use every day.
THU       The term 'planned obsolescence' was coined in the 1950s
THU       but has never been more relevant. John explores how,
THU       paradoxically, this focus on a throw-away society is
THU       helping science to advance in unexpected ways. Our desire
THU       to have the latest style can mean more in landfill, more
THU       children in China and India sifting through toxic waste,
THU       but it can also mean an innovative approach to new
THU       technologies and reusable materials.
THU       An All Out production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00k9h9g (Listen)
THU       The Siege of Vienna
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Alastair Wheatcroft, Claire Norton
THU       and Jeremy Black discuss the Ottoman siege of Vienna in
THU       1683, a titanic struggle that shaped East-West perceptions
THU       and helped to define the boundaries of modern Europe.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00k8702 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00k871p (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
THU       Shah.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kb9kj (Listen)
THU       Brooklyn, Christmas Comfort
THU       Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a
THU       girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new
THU       life in New York in the 1950s.
THU       Christmas looms, as Eilis struggles to adapt to her new
THU       life in a city far from home. But she is not the only
THU       member of the Irish diaspora feeling homesick - helping
THU       Father Flood tend to his flock brings comfort and cheer.
THU       
THU       23:00 Down the Line b008q0sw (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Episode 3
THU       Spoof phone-in show starring Rhys Thomas as Gary Bellamy.
THU       With Amelia Bullmore, Simon Day, Felix Dexter, Charlie
THU       Higson, Lucy Montgomery and Paul Whitehouse.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00k890p (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with David Wilby.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00k7sy0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00k9qdm (Listen)
FRI       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 4
FRI       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
FRI       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
FRI       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
FRI       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
FRI       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
FRI       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
FRI       again.
FRI       Arthur confronts a near-death experience and learns what
FRI       freedom really means.
FRI       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00k7vk6 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00k7vnr (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00k7vmj (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00k7vr6 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00k7wk5 (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00k7wn8 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00k7wqv (Listen)
FRI       With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
FRI       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00k7qyn (Listen)
FRI       Whoopi Goldberg
FRI       Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the comic and actress
FRI       Whoopi Goldberg.
FRI       As a child she used to practise the acceptance speeches
FRI       she was sure she would one day make - little surprise then
FRI       that she's one of a handful of people to have won an
FRI       Oscar, a Grammy, a Tony and Emmy awards.
FRI       She is, she says, like a battery. When she is performing
FRI       she feels as if she has been plugged in and recharged.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00k9qdq (Listen)
FRI       My Name is Daphne Fairfax, Episode 5
FRI       Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which
FRI       reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy
FRI       kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired
FRI       undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a
FRI       failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an
FRI       intensive care patient who has been told never to drink
FRI       again.
FRI       Arthur becomes an institution, meets Bill Clinton and
FRI       becomes a grumpy old man, and the path of true love takes
FRI       an unlikely course.
FRI       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00k81cp (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: The Girl at the Lion
FRI       D'Or.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Ted Hughes: Eco Warrior b00k9p0r (Listen)
FRI       Poet Simon Armitage examines how Ted Hughes became a
FRI       committed campaigner for the environment.
FRI       Hughes' private life is as well documented as his literary
FRI       output, but his active campaigning for the environment was
FRI       largely unknown. His passion for fishing led him to see at
FRI       first hand the extent of the damage that pollution was
FRI       doing to the rivers he loved and their animal populations.
FRI       He took up the cause with a vengeance, using his position
FRI       as Poet Laureate to petition politicians including the
FRI       Prime Minister of the day, Margaret Thatcher.
FRI       Simon visits Devon to speak with fellow campaigners about
FRI       the rivers trust that Hughes helped to form, and also
FRI       about the day he brought down the house as chief witness
FRI       at a public inquiry. It reveals a new side to a man that
FRI       so many people thought they already knew.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 Chain Reaction b00773m1 (Listen)
FRI       Series 3, Phill Jupitus interviews John Hegley
FRI       Series in which public figures choose others to interview.
FRI       Phill Jupitus talks to fellow poet and comedian John
FRI       Hegley.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00k81fh (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00k81h7 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00k823s (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 More or Less b00k9p0t (Listen)
FRI       Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers
FRI       everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
FRI       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00k824h (Listen)
FRI       Annette finds some hidden talents.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00k9p0w (Listen)
FRI       The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble
FRI       Comedy by Julian Gough. The story of an encounter one
FRI       snowy night on a railway platform somewhere in southern
FRI       England between a young Irish orphan, Jude, and Dr Ibrahim
FRI       Bihi, a Somali with a degree in economics who has made and
FRI       lost a fortune in the virtual goat market. As Dr Bihi
FRI       relates the story of his rise and fall, he takes the
FRI       opportunity to educate young Jude in the pitfalls and the
FRI       glories of market forces.
FRI       Dr Ibrahim Bihi ...... Hugh Quarshie
FRI       Jude ...... Sam O'Mahony-Adams
FRI       Herself ...... Stephanie Flanders
FRI       Directed by Di Spiers.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00k9pb2 (Listen)
FRI       Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Anne Swithinbank, John Cushnie and Matthew Wilson are
FRI       guests of Groombridge Horticultural Society and Garden
FRI       Club near Tunbridge Wells.
FRI       In the second of a series on how to carry out sustainable
FRI       gardening, the panel look at managing without chemicals by
FRI       gardening organically.
FRI       Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 Bad Habits b00ft1tv (Listen)
FRI       Procrastination
FRI       Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the
FRI       bad habits and personal failings which directly or
FRI       indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
FRI       Richard investigates how much time British workers spend
FRI       on personal emails and what managers do to crack down on
FRI       it. He also speaks to writer Charlie Brooker, who blames
FRI       the internet for his tendency to continually put things
FRI       off.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00k9pb4 (Listen)
FRI       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
FRI       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
FRI       recently died. The programme reflects on people of
FRI       distinction and interest from many walks of life, some
FRI       famous and some less well known.
FRI       
FRI       16:30 The Film Programme b00k9pb7 (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Charlie Kaufman, the writer of
FRI       surreal dramas Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine
FRI       of the Spotless Mind. He discusses his directorial debut,
FRI       Synecdoche, New York, and the contents of his dreams.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00k83p5 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00k83qb (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4, followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The News Quiz b00k9pb9 (Listen)
FRI       Series 68, Episode 3
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists
FRI       are Andy Hamilton, Fred MacAulay, Sue Perkins and Jeremy
FRI       Hardy.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00k824k (Listen)
FRI       Jazzer gives words of dubious wisdom.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00k83t9 (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including an
FRI       interview with renowned tenor José Carreras.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00kc7qn (Listen)
FRI       The Girl at the Lion D'Or, Episode 5
FRI       Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian
FRI       Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
FRI       Christine Hartmann sacks Anne after suspecting that she is
FRI       having an affair with her husband, and Charles returns
FRI       from Paris to profess his love to Anne.
FRI       Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
FRI       Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
FRI       Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
FRI       Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
FRI       Etienne ...... Toby Jones
FRI       Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
FRI       Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
FRI       Mireille ...... Avril Clark
FRI       Directed by Frank Stirling
FRI       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00k9pbc (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Chichester.
FRI       Panellists include UKIP leader Nigel Farage and Shadow
FRI       Leader of the House of Commons, Alan Duncan.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00k9pbf (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00777bk (Listen)
FRI       Buried
FRI       Steve Jacobi's play tells the story of his friend Mark
FRI       Higson, a civil servant who blew the whistle on the Iraqi
FRI       arms scandal in 1989. A backdrop of news extracts from the
FRI       period accompanies this study of a brilliant but troubled
FRI       man who lost everything when he acted on his conscience.
FRI       Mark ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
FRI       Steve ...... Michael Begley
FRI       Man from FO/Journalist ...... Malcolm Raeburn
FRI       Lord Justice Scott ...... Rob Pickavance
FRI       Teddy ...... Wilson
FRI       Presiley Baxendale/Cheryl ...... Deborah McAndrew
FRI       Directed by Melanie Harris.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00k8704 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00k871r (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00kb9kv (Listen)
FRI       Brooklyn, The Melting Pot
FRI       Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a
FRI       girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new
FRI       life in New York in the 1950s.
FRI       As Bartocci's opens its doors to all customers, whatever
FRI       their colour, Eilis fights the prejudice of her fellow
FRI       lodgers. Even at Father Flood's Irish dance night, not
FRI       everyone is Irish.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00k8t3z (Listen)
FRI       Series 18, John Coltrane
FRI       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
FRI       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
FRI       Musician Andy Sheppard chooses influential saxophonist
FRI       John Coltrane, creator of the albums Giant Steps and A
FRI       Love Supreme. Supporting Andy's choice is the editor of
FRI       Wired magazine, Tony Herrington.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00k890r (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI       
FRI       
FRI