Radio 4 Listings for 28/11/2009 - 04/12/2009

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SAT       SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2009
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00nz94w (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 b00p298v (Listen)
SAT       Family Britain, A Pretty Mess
SAT       Dominic West reads from David Kynaston's vivid and
SAT       intimate history of Britain in the 1950s, drawing on the
SAT       letters, diaries and memories of well-known and ordinary
SAT       people.
SAT       An increasingly affluent and confident Britain is rocked
SAT       by the Suez crisis.
SAT       Abridged by Jane Greenwood.
SAT       A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00nz9dg (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Shipping Forecast b00nz9dj (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00nz9dl (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00nz9dn (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00nz9dq (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 Running Away b00f37gc (Listen)
SAT       Shami Chakrabarti
SAT       Tim Samuels joins five famous guests as they put the
SAT       demands of their hectic daily lives on hold and escape for
SAT       a few hours.
SAT       Shami Chakrabarti, director of the pressure group Liberty,
SAT       prises herself away from the confines of her small,
SAT       windowless office and her email and heads for the British
SAT       Film Institute on London's Southbank, only to take a seat
SAT       in a darkened room of a very different kind and indulge in
SAT       her favourite form of escape - going to the pictures.
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SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00nz9ds (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00nzb8k (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       06:07 Open Country b00p7g7y (Listen)
SAT       The New Face of the Clyde
SAT       The people of Cumbria are embarking on the massive
SAT       clean-up operation after record rainfall and devastating
SAT       floods over the past days. But flooding has become an all
SAT       too familiar experience across the UK.
SAT       In this week's Open Country Matt Baker heads to Glasgow to
SAT       explore the River Clyde. The waters of its White Cart
SAT       tributary can rise by 20 feet in less than 12 hours. It's
SAT       flooded significantly 20 times in the last century and
SAT       Matt meets residents who have given up barricading the
SAT       doors and accept living upstairs until floodwaters recede.
SAT       But a massive engineering project is now underway to
SAT       reduce the likelihood of flooding. Matt finds out where
SAT       the water will go and just how the surrounding wildlife
SAT       will be affected.
SAT       Matt also explores the changing face of the Clyde.
SAT       Traditionally it's been seen as an exit point from
SAT       Glasgow. The massive shipbuilding industry and the docks
SAT       meant both the ships and their goods left from the city.
SAT       For Glasweigians too they headed to the river only to go
SAT       on their holidays 'doon the watter' to the seaside. But
SAT       now the image of the river is changing. Shipbuilding has
SAT       declined so industry's dominance of the waterside has
SAT       waned. 1.5 billion pounds has been invested to regenerate
SAT       the Clyde and residents and visitors are being encouraged
SAT       to rediscover it as a destination in itself. Matt Baker
SAT       jumps aboard one of the new riverboat tours to see the
SAT       city from a new perspective and see h
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00nzypb (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       For shoppers who want to buy British food, the choice is
SAT       not always straightforward. Items can be labelled British
SAT       even if they've only had slight processing or packaging
SAT       here but use foreign ingredients.
SAT       Charlotte Smith speaks to food producers who argue that
SAT       many labels are misleading and that they are being
SAT       disadvantaged as customers who think they're supporting
SAT       British farmers aren't. She speaks to retailers and the
SAT       government to find out what efforts are being made but why
SAT       we still don't have a mandatory no-nonsense labelling
SAT       system for 'country of origin'.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00nzypd (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00nzypg (Listen)
SAT       With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
SAT       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00p016d (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Fi Glover talks to author Justin
SAT       Cartwright. With poetry from Luke Wright.
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SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00p016g (Listen)
SAT       Sandi Toksvig talks to Christopher Somerville about the
SAT       business of bringing the countryside alive through
SAT       recounting his journeys through Britain. They discuss some
SAT       of the walks and rides through iconic landscapes that
SAT       encapsulate some essential aspect of this country, from
SAT       Shetland to Canvey Island.
SAT       King Harold's army's 12-day march south in October 1066
SAT       after the victory against the Norwegians at Stamford
SAT       Bridge to meet William the soon-to-be-Conqueror at
SAT       Hastings was perhaps the most significant walk in English
SAT       history. Huon Mallalieu and Chas Jones have both recreated
SAT       aspects of this journey and Sandi finds out what it was
SAT       like to make such a march and how much it influenced
SAT       events.
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SAT       10:30 In Search of Beauty b00p016j (Listen)
SAT       Erin O'Connor - haute couture supermodel and a driving
SAT       force behind change in the fashion industry - explores the
SAT       nature of beauty.
SAT       With the help of renowned facial reconstructive surgeon
SAT       Professor Iain Hutchison, who has treated people with
SAT       severe facial disfigurement, and Professor of Children's
SAT       Literature Kim Reynolds, who has studied the way beauty is
SAT       regarded in traditional stories, Erin explores various
SAT       opinions and experiences of beauty.
SAT       She also goes behind the scenes at London Fashion Week, to
SAT       an event called All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, which used a
SAT       wide range of models - both in size and age - as a way to
SAT       broaden the range of catwalk models used at such
SAT       influential events.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00p016l (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve
SAT       Richards.
SAT       A recent shift in opinion poll ratings has raised visions
SAT       of a hung parliament. The last one in Westminster was in
SAT       the late seventies, the so-called Lib Lab pact. Jim
SAT       Callaghan was Prime Minister, Roy Hattersley - now Lord
SAT       Hattersley - was in his cabinet, and David Steel - now
SAT       Lord Steel - was the Liberal leader. How do they think it
SAT       worked?
SAT       Also in the programme:
SAT       David Cowling, the BBC's head of political research, on
SAT       the accuracy of political polls:
SAT       Economists Larry Elliott (The Guardian) and Liam Halligan
SAT       (Prosperity Capital) examine the political options for
SAT       handling the economic deficit:
SAT       Plus will the inquiry into the Iraq war, now underway,
SAT       reveal any more than we know already? George Mudie a
SAT       Labour MP who regrets his support for the war, and Bernard
SAT       Jenkin a shadow defence spokesman at the time, discuss
SAT       their expectations of the Chilcot inquiry.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00p016n (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       It's 25 years since a cloud of poison gas escaped from a
SAT       factory in the Indian city of Bhopal. Thousands were
SAT       killed and many more have suffered serious illness since.
SAT       Allan Little has just been there to meet some of those who
SAT       were caught up in the disaster, and continue to campaign
SAT       for justice. He tells us that the direction of the wind on
SAT       that December night was one of the factors which
SAT       determined whether you lived or died.
SAT       The continued building of Israeli settlements has become
SAT       one of the most contentious issues in Middle East
SAT       politics. In the week that the Israelis offered a freeze
SAT       on some settlement construction, Alan Johnston has been to
SAT       the West Bank to see some of the areas in question and to
SAT       discuss the issue with both Israeli settlers and
SAT       Palestinians.
SAT       It started with a pair of football matches but before long
SAT       it developed into a full-scale diplomatic row between
SAT       Egypt and Algeria. There have been angry rioters on the
SAT       streets of Cairo, diplomats being called in for urgent
SAT       consultations and enraged media on all sides offering
SAT       often inflammatory comment. Christian Fraser has been
SAT       following developments and asks if Egypt's failure to
SAT       qualify for the World Cup has exposed deeper frustrations
SAT       inside the country.
SAT       Is Josef Stalin enjoying something of a comeback? John
SAT       Sweeney is in Russia discovering that a frieze lauding
SAT       Stalin's achievements has reappeared on the wall of a
SAT       Moscow tube station after an absence of half a century.
SAT       Also, Russian schoolchildren are being offered a new
SAT       history of their country complete with a reassessment of
SAT       Stalin's legacy, which some believe glosses over the
SAT       atrocities of his era.
SAT       Christine Finn travels by rail between Singapore and
SAT       Bangkok - and not for her the luxury tourist service which
SAT       whisks the well-to-do across South East Asia in air
SAT       conditioned comfort. She takes the lesser-known eastern
SAT       route as a landscape of colonial history, rubber
SAT       plantations and forest clearance unfolds outside.
SAT       Throughout the journey she is offered a wide range of
SAT       delicacies to eat and drink, but will she tackle the
SAT       notorious durian fruit-flavoured popcorn?
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00p016q (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       Overdraft charges: campaigners aren't giving up - are you?
SAT       We reveal the next step.
SAT       Fed up with budget airline booking fees? We find out how
SAT       to avoid them.
SAT       Why you should act now to avoid January's VAT increase.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00nz940 (Listen)
SAT       Series 29, Episode 1
SAT       Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of
SAT       the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin,
SAT       Jon Holmes and Shazia Mirza.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00p016s (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00p016v (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00nz942 (Listen)
SAT       Eddie Mair chairs the debate from Tidworth, Wiltshire,
SAT       with questions from the audience for the panel including:
SAT       Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Europe; David Willetts MP,
SAT       Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and
SAT       Skills; Timothy Garton-Ash, Professor of European Studies
SAT       at the University of Oxford; and Anne McElvoy, executive
SAT       editor of the London Evening Standard.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00p016x (Listen)
SAT       Eddie Mair takes listeners' calls and emails in response
SAT       to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00p1k88 (Listen)
SAT       A Family Affair
SAT       On 22nd November 1990, following dissention in the
SAT       Conservative ranks and an equivocal leadership ballot,
SAT       Margaret Thatcher made the dramatic decision to offer her
SAT       resignation as prime minister. Michael Dobbs' play follows
SAT       Thatcher's last traumatic days in power, seen from the
SAT       perspective of her husband, Denis, and her family.
SAT       Margaret Thatcher ...... Clare Higgins
SAT       Denis Thatcher ...... Stephen Moore
SAT       Carol Thatcher ...... Monica Dolan
SAT       Mark Thatcher ...... William McGeogh
SAT       Bill ...... Benjamin Whitrow
SAT       Sir Geoffrey Howe ...... John McEnery
SAT       Anthony ...... Kevin Doyle
SAT       Minister ...... Sean Campion
SAT       Christine ...... Sara Stewart
SAT       Directed by Roland Jaquerello
SAT       A Fiction Factory production for BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       15:30 Nightingale of the Nile b00ny9y6 (Listen)
SAT       Singer-songwriter, record producer and world music expert
SAT       Justin Adams travels to Cairo, where he grew up, to tell
SAT       the story of the woman whose voice dominated the culture
SAT       and politics of the Middle East in the 20th century, Umm
SAT       Kulthum.
SAT       Once described as a combination of 'Ella Fitzgerald,
SAT       Eleanor Roosevelt and Elvis Presley', her radio broadcasts
SAT       often brought the entire Arabic world to a standstill. Her
SAT       incredible voice and skilful handling of the media quickly
SAT       made her the most prominent celebrity in the Arab world at
SAT       the time, and her close friendship with both the royal
SAT       circle of King Farouk I before the revolution, and
SAT       President Nasser in its wake, gave her unprecedented
SAT       political influence.
SAT       Justin Adams is Robert Plant's songwriting partner, record
SAT       producer for the Tuareg desert blues band Tinariwen, among
SAT       others, and an ex-collaborator with Jah Wobble. As the son
SAT       of a British diplomat, Justin grew up in Cairo during
SAT       Kulthum's golden age. Now he travels back, talking to
SAT       those that knew her to discover more about this icon of
SAT       the Arabic world.
SAT       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00p0171 (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with
SAT       Jane Garvey.
SAT       Including domestic violence and the government's strategy
SAT       to protect women; novelist Zadie Smith on the pleasures of
SAT       essay writing; bras and getting the best fit; Fame actor
SAT       turned director Debbie Allen on her latest stage venture;
SAT       why prisons still hold too many women; and chores - do
SAT       children get off too lightly?
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SAT       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p03h9 (Listen)
SAT       28th November 1989
SAT       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
SAT       years ago.
SAT       The Czech PM Ladislav Adamec heralds a historic moment as
SAT       he formally announces the end of the Communist Party's
SAT       monopoly on power.
SAT       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00p03hc (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
SAT       Quinn, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 iPM b00p03hf (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00p03hh (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00p03hk (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p03hm (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00p03hp (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson is joined by comedian Dara O'Briain,
SAT       actress Ruth Wilson and theatre director Adrian Noble.
SAT       Stephen K Amos talks to the historian Benjamin Woolley and
SAT       finds out why games, from board games to the joystick
SAT       generation, are so popular.
SAT       Comedy comes with a scientific bent from Robin Ince.
SAT       With music from Brett Anderson and Beth Jeans Houghton.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 From Fact to Fiction b00p03hr (Listen)
SAT       Series 7, The Herald in the Sky
SAT       Series in which writers create a fictional response to the
SAT       week's news.
SAT       Glyn Maxwell's story is set in a hospital room where two
SAT       nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20
SAT       years.
SAT       With Claire Rushbrook, Nigel Hastings and Lydia Wilson.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00p03ht (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00p03hw (Listen)
SAT       Lord Clark - Seeing Through The Tweed
SAT       Kenneth Clark is remembered as a tweedy patrician who
SAT       lectured on the arts from a position of immense privilege.
SAT       But Richard Weight argues that Clark was in fact a toff
SAT       with a democratic mission, and that the BBC's
SAT       Civilisation, first broadcast in 1969, was the culmination
SAT       of a career that reveals much about 20th-century Britain.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00nx8k4 (Listen)
SAT       Fair Stood The Wind For France, Episode 2
SAT       Dramatisation by Maddy Fredericks of HE Bates' classic
SAT       tale of danger, suspense and romance in Second World War
SAT       France.
SAT       John Franklin, a wounded British airman, is finally fit
SAT       and planning his escape from France. He could go the fast
SAT       way - or the slow way.
SAT       Franklin ...... Rory Kinnear
SAT       Francoise ...... Louise Brealey
SAT       Grandmother ...... Ellie Haddington
SAT       Father ...... Bruce Alexander
SAT       Boat Man ...... Kenneth Collard
SAT       O'Connor ...... Tom Goodman-Hill
SAT       With John Biggins, Kate Layden, Rhys Jennings and Piers
SAT       Wehner.
SAT       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 Weather b00p03vp (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00nywwg (Listen)
SAT       As Belle de Jour, her blog titillated and fascinated the
SAT       press in equal measure; now Belle de Jour has outed
SAT       herself and the reality hasn't disappointed the
SAT       commentators. Research scientist Dr Brooke Magnanti, 33,
SAT       revealed she was the person behind the blog; she had
SAT       turned to prostitution while an impoverished student.
SAT       The tale of Belle de Jour seems to encapsulate our moral
SAT       ambiguity to prostitution. As a tall, blonde, attractive,
SAT       intelligent, middle-class woman she commands flattering
SAT       profiles; only when Dr Magnanti claimed that she enjoyed
SAT       her work did she draw any kind of criticism. Is this
SAT       another example of the myth of the 'happy hooker' that
SAT       allows us on the one hand to get a vicarious thrill from a
SAT       glamorous world where sex is on tap, but on the other to
SAT       look down on a disease-ridden underclass that sell their
SAT       bodies to fund a drug habit. Should we use the law to draw
SAT       a clearer moral line between those who use prostitutes and
SAT       those who are victims of the trade?
SAT       Witnesses:
SAT       Beverley Carter
SAT       Founder of charity Bridging the Gap and former prostitute.
SAT       Dawn Annandale
SAT       Editor Lifetimes Magazine and former call girl, author of
SAT       Call Me Elizabeth: Wife, Mother, Escort and Call Me Madam:
SAT       From Mother To Madam.
SAT       Dr Belinda Brooks Gordon
SAT       Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, whose main
SAT       research interests address psychological, legal, and
SAT       social policy questions on sexuality, gender and the law.
SAT       Anna van Heeswijk
SAT       Campaigns coordinator Object, an organisation which
SAT       challenges 'sex object culture'.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Brain of Britain b00ny7k6 (Listen)
SAT       Russell Davies chairs the seventh heat of the perennial
SAT       general knowledge contest.
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Adventures in Poetry b00nx8k8 (Listen)
SAT       Series 10, Mending Wall
SAT       Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting
SAT       appeal of some well-loved poems.
SAT       Robert Frost's Mending Wall gave us the epigram 'good
SAT       fences make good neighbours'. They don't, of course, but
SAT       we still need our walls and hedges. Peggy meets sheep
SAT       farmers, wall artists and poetry enthusiasts as she
SAT       explores the stories behind the poem.
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SUN       SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2009
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00p047r (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Original Shorts b008pvmy (Listen)
SUN       Series 3, Love among the Lobelias
SUN       New short stories by well-known authors.
SUN       Robert Shearman's persuasive fantasy portrays Old Nick,
SUN       the devil, in the guise of a romantic novelist.
SUN       Read by Mark Gatiss.
SUN       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p047t (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p047w (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p047y (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00p0480 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00p0482 (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Mary Redcliffe Church in
SUN       Bristol.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 The Cases That Changed Our World b00nywwj (Listen)
SUN       Episode 4
SUN       Clive Coleman tells the stories of cases that shaped our
SUN       lives but which are little known outside the legal world.
SUN       Clive revisits Donohue vs Stevenson, better known as The
SUN       Case of the Paisley Snail. Finding a snail (or was it a
SUN       slug?) in a bottle of ginger beer may seem a minor upset,
SUN       but the resulting case in 1932 produced the first
SUN       comprehensive definition of neglect in tort law and
SUN       established the meaning of the 'duty of care'.
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00p0484 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00p0486 (Listen)
SUN       A Mirror for the Soul
SUN       Mike Wooldridge considers the Sufi tradition - its
SUN       history, beliefs and practices and the mystical experience
SUN       that lies at its very heart.
SUN       The readers are Janice Acquah, Nicholas Boulton and Frank
SUN       Stirling.
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 The Living World b00p0488 (Listen)
SUN       Autumn Ivy
SUN       The ivy is a common sight throughout Britain; in the
SUN       autumn its flowers provide an important late source of
SUN       nectar for insects, while its evergreen leaves are a haven
SUN       for wildlife. Should ivy therefore be so maligned?
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00p05j4 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00p05m2 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00p068h (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 b00p068k (Listen)
SUN       Computer Aid International
SUN       Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid
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SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00p068m (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00p068p (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00p068r (Listen)
SUN       A service for Advent from St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth,
SUN       led by the Very Rev Hunter Farquharson with the Rev Ann
SUN       Mazur.
SUN       Preacher: the Most Rev David Chillingworth, Primus of the
SUN       Scottish Episcopal Church.
SUN       Musical Director: Richard Walmsley.
SUN       Organist: Andrew Tillett.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00nz944 (Listen)
SUN       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
SUN       The spirit in which the game is played determines whether
SUN       he likes or loathes the sport.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00p068t (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00p068w (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00p068y (Listen)
SUN       Morrissey
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is Morrissey.
SUN       As the lead singer of The Smiths he captivated a
SUN       generation of angst-ridden teenagers and, a quarter of a
SUN       century later, he remains the outsider's outsider.
SUN       As a child, he was enthralled by the emotion and beauty in
SUN       pop music. He discovered the joy of public performance
SUN       when, as a six-year-old boy, he stood on a table and
SUN       started singing. But from an early age he felt he had to
SUN       avoid everything conventional life had to offer. 'I just
SUN       didn't want the norm in any way, he says, 'and I didn't
SUN       get it. And I'm very glad.'.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00ny7n8 (Listen)
SUN       Series 52, Episode 2
SUN       The perennial antidote to panel games comes from the Old
SUN       Vic Theatre in London, with Jack Dee taking over the
SUN       chairman's role.
SUN       Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor
SUN       are joined by Rob Brydon.
SUN       With Colin Sell at the piano.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00p0690 (Listen)
SUN       Awards Extras
SUN       The 2009 Food and Farming Awards were a glittering affair,
SUN       attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
SUN       Cornwall. Our winners were thrilled to receive awards from
SUN       both of them, and from food celebrities including Raymond
SUN       Blanc, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Mark Hix. In this
SUN       programme, chef and restaurateur Mark Hix rejoins Sheila
SUN       Dillon to tell us more about some of the finalists,
SUN       including the fish smoker working from a shed on the
SUN       beach, and the producers of charcuterie that's even fooled
SUN       the French.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00p0692 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00p1f4v (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Brian Hanrahan.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Tarred and Feathered b00p1f4x (Listen)
SUN       A woman is dragged from her home and, while a crowd
SUN       screams at her, she is held down, her hair shaved off and
SUN       paint poured over her head. Then she is tied to a lamp
SUN       post and has a sign hung over her which reads 'Soldier
SUN       Doll'. This is Northern Ireland in 1971, and no-one steps
SUN       forward to help her. The victim's crime was to go out with
SUN       a soldier. As law and order broke down in republican
SUN       communities, the IRA filled the vacuum with their own
SUN       'alternative authority'.
SUN       Ruth McDonald goes in search of the woman, and discovers
SUN       that this form of rough justice which, far from
SUN       disappearing with the ceasefires, is on the increase.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00nz93r (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Matt Gibbs answer
SUN       questions posed by gardeners in Mayfield, East Sussex.
SUN       With Christmas just around the corner, the team give their
SUN       top tips for which new books to buy, and Bunny Guinness
SUN       checks out some new gadgets and gizmos that might be
SUN       making an appearance in your garden some time soon.
SUN       Including Gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Brother Mine b00cm7hg (Listen)
SUN       Twins
SUN       Julian Lloyd Webber explores different social and cultural
SUN       attitudes towards siblings.
SUN       Average siblings share half of their genes, but identical
SUN       twins share all of theirs. Does this mean they will
SUN       necessarily share personality traits, skills and
SUN       characteristics?
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00p1fj2 (Listen)
SUN       The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Tinker, Tailor,
SUN       Soldier, Spy, Part 1
SUN       Dramatisation by Shaun McKenna of John le Carre's classic
SUN       novel featuring intelligence officer George Smiley.
SUN       Ever since the capture and torture of their agent in
SUN       Czechoslovakia, the British Secret Intelligence Service
SUN       has been in trouble. Now, the government has been forced
SUN       to call George Smiley back from retirement to investigate
SUN       the whole incident and to seek out the mole they believe
SUN       to be at the heart of the service.
SUN       George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SUN       Ann Smiley ...... Anna Chancellor
SUN       Jim Prideaux ...... Anthony Calf
SUN       Peter Guillam ...... Ewan Bailey
SUN       Oliver Lacon ...... Alex Jennings
SUN       Ricki Tarr ...... Jamie Foreman
SUN       Irina ...... Vera Filatova
SUN       Mendel ...... Kenneth Cranham
SUN       Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed
SUN       Magyar ...... Peter Majer
SUN       Roddy Martindale ...... Philip Fox
SUN       Bill Roach ...... Ryan Watson
SUN       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 20th December as
SUN       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Open Book b00p1fth (Listen)
SUN       Mariella talks to Jeanette Winterson, best known for
SUN       novels including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and
SUN       Lighthousekeeping, about a pair of books she has written
SUN       for children. The Battle of the Sun is the sequel to the
SUN       bestselling Tanglewreck. She explains her fascination with
SUN       Elizabethan London and why a childhood spent almost
SUN       without books turned her into a storyteller.
SUN       Two other top children's authors, Meg Rosoff and Philip
SUN       Ardagh, recommend their favourite titles of 2009, from
SUN       picture books to novels for young adults.
SUN       Mariella also talks to the distinguished Shakespeare
SUN       scholar Sir Frank Kermode. His new book, published in the
SUN       week of his 90th birthday, returns to one of his first
SUN       loves, the novels of EM Forster. He explains his
SUN       admiration for - and reservations about - Forster's work.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Adventures in Poetry b00p1ftk (Listen)
SUN       Series 10, An Arundel Tomb
SUN       Peggy Reynolds explores the background, effect and lasting
SUN       appeal of some well-loved poems.
SUN       Philip Larkin was disappointed by his 'Tomb poem': one of
SUN       the pivotal details was wrong and another, he discovered,
SUN       had been invented by a Victorian restorer 500 years later.
SUN       'Muddle to the end,' he complained, and yet it is now one
SUN       of his best-loved and most quoted poems.
SUN       
SUN       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1g92 (Listen)
SUN       29th November 1989
SUN       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
SUN       years ago.
SUN       Margaret Thatcher and her challenger Sir Anthony Meyer
SUN       submit their nomination papers as the fight begins for the
SUN       leadership of the Conservative Party.
SUN       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00nycc4 (Listen)
SUN       With around 8,000 people waiting for an organ transplant
SUN       in the UK, hospitals are having to use organs from the
SUN       elderly, smokers, cancer sufferers and drug abusers. Gerry
SUN       Northam examines the dilemmas posed for doctors and
SUN       assesses the risks to transplant patients.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 From Fact to Fiction b00p03hr (Listen)
SUN       Series 7, The Herald in the Sky
SUN       Series in which writers create a fictional response to the
SUN       week's news.
SUN       Glyn Maxwell's story is set in a hospital room where two
SUN       nurses tend to a man who has been in a coma for over 20
SUN       years.
SUN       With Claire Rushbrook, Nigel Hastings and Lydia Wilson.
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00p1g94 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00p1g96 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p1g98 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00p1g9b (Listen)
SUN       Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       Programmes featured on the programme:
SUN       Off the Page - Radio 4
SUN       Bespoken Word - Radio 4
SUN       Book at Bedtime: Notwithstanding - Radio 4
SUN       In Search of Beauty - Radio 4
SUN       The Essay: Enlightenment Voices, episode 4 - Radio 3
SUN       Jeremy Vine Show on Dementia - Radio 2
SUN       Outlook - World Service
SUN       Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up - Radio 4
SUN       A Very Scottish Homecoming, episode 5 - Radio 4
SUN       The Nightingale of the Nile - Radio 4
SUN       The Friday Play: Shirleymander - Radio 4
SUN       The Cases that Changed Our World - Radio 4
SUN       The Songs the Beatles Gave Away - Radio 2.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00p1g9x (Listen)
SUN       The future looks bleak for Peggy.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00p1g9z (Listen)
SUN       Matt Frei presents an insider guide to the people and the
SUN       stories shaping America today. Combining location reports
SUN       with lively discussion and exclusive interviews, the show
SUN       provides new and surprising insights into contemporary
SUN       America.
SUN       Matt Frei talks to American storyteller, musician,
SUN       humorist and radio personality Garrison Keillor for some
SUN       tips on Thanksgiving reading, holiday stories and all
SUN       things American.
SUN       Matt gets the inside track from David Plouffe, President
SUN       Barak Obama's 2008 campaign manager. They cover everything
SUN       from Thanksgiving 2007 on the election trail to whether
SUN       he'd consider running a Sarah Palin 2012 campaign.
SUN       From news anchor to cranberry relish-maker, Matt talks to
SUN       one of the founding women of American public radio news,
SUN       Susan Stamberg. She shares a few Thanksgiving tips,
SUN       including her recipe for cranberry relish and some advice
SUN       about how to outsource the bulk of the Thanksgiving feast
SUN       preparations.
SUN       Matt talks to Master Edward Winslow, an American Pilgrim
SUN       from the year 1627.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b0080g3t (Listen)
SUN       Sputnik, The Phantom Cosmonaut
SUN       A selection of stories celebrating the Russian satellite
SUN       which started the space race in 1957.
SUN       By Anita Sullivan, read by Neil Dudgeon.
SUN       For every successful space launch, there were plenty of
SUN       rumours about missions that went wrong and were never
SUN       reported. Years before Gagarin, a small spacecraft breaks
SUN       from its intended orbit.
SUN       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00nz1bm (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00nz93v (Listen)
SUN       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00p016q (Listen)
SUN       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SUN       finance.
SUN       Overdraft charges: campaigners aren't giving up - are you?
SUN       We reveal the next step.
SUN       Fed up with budget airline booking fees? We find out how
SUN       to avoid them.
SUN       Why you should act now to avoid January's VAT increase.
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00p068k (Listen)
SUN       Computer Aid International
SUN       Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid
SUN       International.
SUN       Donations to Computer Aid International should be sent to
SUN       Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
SUN       envelope Computer Aid International. Credit cards:
SUN       Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please
SUN       provide Computer Aid International with your full name and
SUN       address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation.
SUN       The online and phone donation facilities are not currently
SUN       available to listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       Registered Charity No: 1069256.
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00nz005 (Listen)
SUN       Unlimited Company
SUN       In a world where banks and conventional companies have
SUN       taken a big battering in the recession, perhaps there are
SUN       better ways of running an business. Peter Day listens to
SUN       some people who are trying to do things completely
SUN       differently.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00p1gf8 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00p1gfb (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Political Roots.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 1989: Day by Day Omnibus b00p1gjh (Listen)
SUN       Week ending 28th November 1989
SUN       A look back at the events making the news 20 years ago,
SUN       with Sir John Tusa.
SUN       The Czech leadership are forced to resign but
SUN       demonstrators in Prague keep up the pressure for free
SUN       elections, and Margaret Thatcher defends her record on the
SUN       BBC's Panorama.
SUN       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00p0486 (Listen)
SUN       A Mirror for the Soul
SUN       Mike Wooldridge considers the Sufi tradition - its
SUN       history, beliefs and practices and the mystical experience
SUN       that lies at its very heart.
SUN       The readers are Janice Acquah, Nicholas Boulton and Frank
SUN       Stirling.
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2009
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00p1h0w (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00nyfhk (Listen)
MON       Barack Obama famously used new technologies in his 2008
MON       election campaign. Could those same techniques be used to
MON       reinvigorate the next UK general elction in the same way
MON       it did for Obama's Web 2.0 campaign? From MySpace and
MON       Facebook, text messages to email, will new media transform
MON       the election in the same way it did for America? Or is the
MON       UK too party political for digital technology to have the
MON       same impact? Laurie Taylor discusses with Rachel Gibson,
MON       Professor of Political Science at the University of
MON       Manchester.
MON       Also, how musicians performing can give new insights into
MON       negotiation, learning and decision making. Howard S
MON       Becker, professional jazz player and acclaimed
MON       sociologist, joins Laurie to discuss what jazz and music
MON       can teach the rest of the world.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00p0482 (Listen)
MON       The sound of bells from St Mary Redcliffe Church in
MON       Bristol.
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2l (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h4b (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h40 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00p1hck (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hhc (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00p1hkp (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00p1nly (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00p1hq6 (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00p1nm0 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr talks to Eugene Rogan about the history of the
MON       Arabs, from the Ottoman Empire to the rise of Arab
MON       nationalism and the conflict between secular and Islamic
MON       values. While Professor of Strategy, Audrey Kurth Cronin,
MON       explains how terrorist campaigns always come to an end,
MON       and what we can learn about their demise.
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00p684l (Listen)
MON       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
MON       Episode 1
MON       Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind
MON       seemingly trivial assumptions.
MON       An inventor who was strangled by his own invention, a
MON       Nobel Prize winner who had his 'eureka' moment in the car
MON       and how stem cell research could change the future of
MON       medicine.
MON       Read by Toby Longworth.
MON       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
MON       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1jsz (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       Middle-aged men are seven times more likely to have
MON       suicidal thoughts than women of the same age, but only
MON       half as likely to talk about them. A study has shown that
MON       one in seven men will develop depression within six months
MON       of losing their job, so what are the repercussions for
MON       their partners this Christmas? Pat Prestage has coped with
MON       husband Martin's depression for over 15 years. She and
MON       Martin join Jane to discuss what it is like living with a
MON       male partner's depression, along with Jan Scott, Professor
MON       of Psychological Medicine at Newcastle University.
MON       Camille O'Sullivan is notoriously difficult to pigeonhole.
MON       On stage, dressed in corsets and fishnet tights, she could
MON       be mistaken for a burlesque singer, but the show she
MON       performs is far more eclectic and diverse. She started her
MON       career as a traditional chanteuse, signing songs by Edith
MON       Piaf and Marlene Dietrich. Since then she has incorporated
MON       more contemporary music into her show, including songs by
MON       artists including Nick Cave, Tom Waits and David Bowie.
MON       She talks to Jane about her unorthodox career, and how she
MON       trained as an architect rather than as a singer. She also
MON       sings one of the songs from the show she will be
MON       performing at the Apollo Theatre in central London.
MON       Rollerderby exploded onto the American scene well over 60
MON       years ago, fizzled out for a while before taking off
MON       again. There are over 400 clubs worldwide, 25 of them in
MON       the UK. It's rowdy, boisterous and often violent.
MON       Rollerderby is a women-only contact sport where two teams
MON       skate around a looped track, with the 'jammer' trying to
MON       make her way through the opposing players to score points.
MON       Players are allowed to hip-shove and shoulder-barge to
MON       hamper the other team's chance of success. They call each
MON       other names like Auntie Terror and Fox Sake and liken it
MON       to knocking eight bells out of each other before going to
MON       the pub together. Sky Rockit, Auntie Terror and Wyrdsister
MON       reveal all to Jane Garve
MON       
MON       11:00 Brick by Brick b00p1nm3 (Listen)
MON       Exploring the demolitions industry through the
MON       dismantling, brick by brick, of one of the largest
MON       granite-faced buildings in the world, Marischal College in
MON       Aberdeen.
MON       The college boasts the second largest granite facade in
MON       the world; formerly part of the University of Aberdeen, it
MON       is undergoing radical change to house the city's new
MON       council offices. In order to save the historic frontage,
MON       the building is being dismantled piece by piece, leaving
MON       only the outer walls. Skilled demolitions workers,
MON       stonemasons and archaeologists take apart the fabric of
MON       the building, revealing unknown aspects of the its
MON       structure and history, and offering insights into the
MON       demolitions world.
MON       
MON       11:30 Tickets Please b00p1nm5 (Listen)
MON       Episode 3
MON       Comedy drama by Mark Maier about the ongoing trials of the
MON       staff and passengers on an intercity rail service.
MON       Love flourishes among the staff on the 9.27 London to
MON       Exeter, but with the unwelcome addition of Diana's amorous
MON       mum. And why's her dad squashing Carol's muffins?
MON       Robin ...... Jeremy Swift
MON       Nadine ...... Alex Kelly
MON       Peter ...... Malcolm Tierney
MON       Carol ...... Tessa Nicholson
MON       Carl ...... Nicholas Boulton
MON       Diana ...... Melissa Advani
MON       Linda ...... Kate Layden
MON       Keith ...... Stephen Hogan
MON       Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00p1jy2 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00p1kzd (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00p1l1v (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Brain of Britain b00p28w7 (Listen)
MON       Russell Davies chairs the eighth heat of the perennial
MON       general knowledge contest, with contestants from the
MON       Midlands.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00p1g9x (Listen)
MON       The future looks bleak for Peggy.
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p28w9 (Listen)
MON       Grey Expectations
MON       By Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
MON       You can have too much money. Graham Slater has 200 billion
MON       pounds to get rid of, since most of the world's toxic
MON       loans have materialised in his office - which happens to
MON       be in a parallel universe.
MON       Graham ...... Stephen Mangan
MON       Griselda ...... Rebecca Front
MON       Dottie ...... Phyllida Law
MON       Laz ...... Toby Longworth
MON       Mrs Grayson ...... Polly Frame
MON       Cabby ...... Matt Addis
MON       Directed by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran.
MON       A CPL production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       15:00 Birds and the Battlefield b00gbf2j (Listen)
MON       BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner, himself a keen
MON       bird watcher, examines the sometimes surprising links
MON       between soldiers and birds and the comfort soldiers find
MON       in such an interest in times of extreme stress. It is a
MON       relationship that can be traced from those who served in
MON       the First World War trenches to troops currently serving
MON       in Iraq and Afghanistan. Featuring interviews with current
MON       servicemen and women as well as letters from the front,
MON       poetry, music and birdsong.
MON       A Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist
MON       b00p1l9g (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       The first of five shortlisted stories for the annual
MON       prize, chosen from over 680 entries from published
MON       writers. Read by Miriam Margolyes
MON       Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer
MON       writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the
MON       fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving.
MON       They reflect the very best in short story writing in
MON       Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's
MON       best-known actors.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00p0690 (Listen)
MON       Awards Extras
MON       The 2009 Food and Farming Awards were a glittering affair,
MON       attended by the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of
MON       Cornwall. Our winners were thrilled to receive awards from
MON       both of them, and from food celebrities including Raymond
MON       Blanc, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall and Mark Hix. In this
MON       programme, chef and restaurateur Mark Hix rejoins Sheila
MON       Dillon to tell us more about some of the finalists,
MON       including the fish smoker working from a shed on the
MON       beach, and the producers of charcuterie that's even fooled
MON       the French.
MON       
MON       16:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage b00p29kc (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Former cosmologist Dara O'Briain and Dr Alice Roberts join
MON       physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince for a witty,
MON       irreverant and unashamedly rational look at the world
MON       according to science. They'll be asking why so many
MON       comedians seem to start life as scientists, and begin
MON       their quest to put science at the heart of popular culture.
MON       
MON       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1lgj (Listen)
MON       30th November 1989
MON       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
MON       years ago.
MON       Record libel damages are awarded to Conservative peer Lord
MON       Aldington after being accused of war crimes.
MON       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00p1lgz (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 b00p1lsc (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b00p2b01 (Listen)
MON       Series 52, Episode 3
MON       The perennial antidote to panel games pays a visit to the
MON       Festival Theatre in Chichester, with Jack Dee taking the
MON       chairman's role.
MON       Regulars Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden
MON       are joined by David Mitchell.
MON       With Colin Sell at the piano.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00p1l27 (Listen)
MON       Leon redeems himself with Helen.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00p1md1 (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
MON       interview with one of the writers shortlisted for the BBC
MON       National Short Story Award.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1mjm (Listen)
MON       Our Mutual Friend, Episode 16
MON       Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic
MON       novel.
MON       Eugene heads upstream looking for Lizzie, unaware of the
MON       man in the shadows. Boffin, meanwhile, has an appointment
MON       with Wegg.
MON       Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
MON       Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
MON       Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
MON       John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
MON       Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
MON       Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
MON       Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
MON       Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew
MON       Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
MON       Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
MON       Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
MON       Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke
MON       Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
MON       Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
MON       Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
MON       Music by Roger Goula
MON       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
MON       This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as
MON       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
MON       
MON       20:00 Document b00p2b03 (Listen)
MON       Mike Thomson presents the series using documentary
MON       evidence to throw new light on past events.
MON       Mike uncovers Winston Churchill's paper trail of secret
MON       deals, bribes and broken promises in wartime Spain.
MON       If Spain entered the war, Britain's supply lines would
MON       have been cut and Gibraltar and the entire North Africa
MON       campaign put in peril. Desperate to stop this happening,
MON       the prime minister paid Franco's top generals
MON       multi-million pound bribes. Churchill believed disaster
MON       could only be averted by using vast sums of money and a
MON       shady entrepreneur known as the Last Pirate of the
MON       Mediterranean.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00nyxvt (Listen)
MON       A Small Town in Mississippi
MON       In 1995, four people were murdered in Winona, Mississippi.
MON       The black man charged with their murders is now facing his
MON       sixth trial. Racial tensions helped lead to three
MON       convictions being overturned and two trials were
MON       deadlocked by hung juries. Tom Mangold visits the Deep
MON       South to investigate and to speak to those most closely
MON       involved. What he discovers says much about whether the
MON       high hopes of an increasingly race-neutral America are
MON       still justified at the close of the first year of Barack
MON       Obama's presidency.
MON       
MON       21:00 Frontiers b00p2bnf (Listen)
MON       Ahead of the 2009 Climate Change conference in Copenhagen,
MON       Geoff Watts chairs a special Frontiers debate on one of
MON       global warming's most contentious issues - population
MON       growth. Delegates in Copenhagen will address how to reduce
MON       greenhouse gases, blamed for warming the planet. But in
MON       focusing on energy production, is there a factor that is
MON       being ignored because it is too controversial - the sheer
MON       numbers of us on the planet? Geoff and guests grapple with
MON       the complex issues surrounding population and climate
MON       change. If there is a relationship, what can be done about
MON       it?
MON       Joining Geoff on the panel are:
MON       John Guillebaud, Emeritus Professor of Family Planning and
MON       Reproductive Health at University College London
MON       David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow in Human Settlements at
MON       the International Institute for Environment and Development
MON       Karen Newman, Co-ordinator at the Population and
MON       Sustainability Network.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00p1nm0 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr talks to Eugene Rogan about the history of the
MON       Arabs, from the Ottoman Empire to the rise of Arab
MON       nationalism and the conflict between secular and Islamic
MON       values. While Professor of Strategy, Audrey Kurth Cronin,
MON       explains how terrorist campaigns always come to an end,
MON       and what we can learn about their demise.
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00p1mk8 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mwv (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p1mwx (Listen)
MON       Riceyman Steps, Episode 1
MON       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
MON       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
MON       It is a year since the end of the First World War, and
MON       Londoners are struggling to return to normal life. But on
MON       Riceyman Steps a secondhand bookseller is already
MON       contemplating a significant change to his circumstances.
MON       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00 Word of Mouth b00nycby (Listen)
MON       Michael Rosen investigates coded language.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8j (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with Susan Hulme.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 1 DECEMBER 2009
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxc (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00p684l (Listen)
TUE       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
TUE       Episode 1
TUE       Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind
TUE       seemingly trivial assumptions.
TUE       An inventor who was strangled by his own invention, a
TUE       Nobel Prize winner who had his 'eureka' moment in the car
TUE       and how stem cell research could change the future of
TUE       medicine.
TUE       Read by Toby Longworth.
TUE       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
TUE       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h0y (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h42 (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2n (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00p1h5w (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hcm (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhf (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00p1hks (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 The Choice b00p2cbx (Listen)
TUE       Michael Buerk interviews people who have made
TUE       life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole
TUE       process, from the original dilemma to living with the
TUE       consequences.
TUE       Michael talks to former social worker Nevres Kemal, who
TUE       blew the whistle on Haringey Council before the death of
TUE       Baby P.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Pilots That Never Flew b00g633n (Listen)
TUE       Writers
TUE       Series in which director of the National Youth Theatre
TUE       Paul Roseby examines the laborious process of creating
TUE       successful pilot programmes.
TUE       Paul talks to writers whose ideas were eventually turned
TUE       into pilots: Geoff Atkinson, Paul Dornan and the creators
TUE       of Ed Reardon's Week, Andrew Nickolds and Christopher
TUE       Douglas.
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00p6yx5 (Listen)
TUE       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind
TUE       seemingly trivial assumptions.
TUE       Why a hair of the dog works, how a 5,000-year-old pot
TUE       could show early animation, and the question, 'is your
TUE       brain is really necessary?'
TUE       Read by Toby Longworth.
TUE       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
TUE       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsg (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Our Mutual Friend.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Tempus Fugit b00p2cbz (Listen)
TUE       Ian Peacock finds out what is going on in our brain when
TUE       we perceive time. He discovers why, when we're young,
TUE       summer holidays seem to stretch forever, but as we age,
TUE       those precious two weeks in the sun are over in a flash.
TUE       He looks at how we measure time and how it can be
TUE       distorted in our minds, and asks what we can do to make
TUE       the most of the precious time we have.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 A Jewel in the Comedy Crown b00p2cc1 (Listen)
TUE       Jason Manford pays tribute to Jimmy Jewel, one of the most
TUE       enduring showbusiness entertainers of the 20th century.
TUE       Born in December 1909, Jewel, probably best remembered
TUE       today for his fractious double act with Hylda Baker in the
TUE       1960s and 70s comedy Nearest and Dearest, first took to
TUE       the stage aged four. Later, as part of the variety double
TUE       act Jewel and Warriss, he became a popular music hall
TUE       star. Jewel continued a successful career on radio, stage
TUE       and screen before cementing his position as one of the
TUE       great survivors and adapters when he made the
TUE       transformation to accomplished straight actor.
TUE       Jimmy Jewel's story reflects the changing face of British
TUE       light entertainment over 60 years, and this programme is
TUE       peppered with classic Jewel archive and includes
TUE       contributions from actor Jean Boht and variety entertainer
TUE       John Styles.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxr (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00p1k9r (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00p1kzg (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Tales from the Stave b00p2cq0 (Listen)
TUE       Series 5, Bach's B-Minor Mass
TUE       There are very few scores anywhere in the world of more
TUE       value than Bach's famous Mass. So fragile is it that the
TUE       Berlin library where it's kept (the Staatsbibliothek zu
TUE       Berlin) allows only a very few people ever to see it, let
TUE       alone touch it.
TUE       Choral conductor Simon Halsey and the Bach soprano Deborah
TUE       York join Frances at the Library to get closer to the
TUE       great German composer's extraordinary industry and to
TUE       catch a glimpse of his humanity. It is often half-jokingly
TUE       said that, to his fans, Bach is not so much a composer as
TUE       a religion; but here, in his neat hand, are the crossings
TUE       out and re-workings of a man still seeking to perfect
TUE       music, much of which was written earlier in his life.
TUE       Simon Halsey has described the B-Minor Mass as 'Bach's
TUE       greatest hits', since in many ways it is a compilation of
TUE       pieces he had composed over a number of years. The Berlin
TUE       score isn't simply a fair copy of this assembly, but shows
TUE       Bach still hard at work, changing his mind, rewriting - a
TUE       phrase shifted here, a key modulated there - introducing
TUE       new instrumentation and striving for something better.
TUE       There is also an incredible technological story to tell.
TUE       Bach's pages are literally thick with music - so thick
TUE       that in many places the ink has actually burned through
TUE       the paper, leaving it almost impossible to read. So the
TUE       Library has had to split the single pages open and insert
TUE       a protective sheet to stabilise the ink-burn.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00p1l27 (Listen)
TUE       Leon redeems himself with Helen.
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p2h3z (Listen)
TUE       Right Place, Wrong Time
TUE       Dark thriller by Don Webb. Alan Morgan is a salesman; he
TUE       spends a lot of time away from home. A series of violent
TUE       crimes is committed across the north. The only lead is a
TUE       photo-fit reconstruction of the robber's face - it is the
TUE       spitting image of Alan.
TUE       Alan ...... Shaun Dooley
TUE       Perkins ...... Greg Wood
TUE       Cheshire ...... James Quinn
TUE       Jill ...... Fiona Clarke
TUE       Berry ...... Roger Morlidge
TUE       Margaret ...... Ruth Alexander-Rubin.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00p2h88 (Listen)
TUE       Nuclear power is being offered as one solution to the
TUE       problems of burning fossil fuels and its likely that new
TUE       atomic power stations will be built in the coming decades.
TUE       But how would you react if you were told that they would
TUE       run out of fuel in a matter of decades? Home Planet asks
TUE       how big stocks of uranium are and whether their really is
TUE       enough to fuel a nuclear boom.
TUE       How, too, will rain forests and savannahs be treated at
TUE       the Copenhagen summit? Could seeding clouds have diverted
TUE       the recent devastating rain away from Cumbria? Can
TUE       incinerators ever be a safe method of waste disposal, and
TUE       what are the limits of scientific discovery?
TUE       On the panel are conservationist Dr Lynn Dicks of
TUE       Cambridge University, science writer Ehsan Masood and
TUE       Professor Philip Stott, an environmental scientist from
TUE       the University of London.
TUE       As always we want to hear your comments on the topics
TUE       discussed and any questions you might want to put to
TUE       future programmes.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist
TUE       b00p5xk0 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       Penelope Wilton reads the second of five shortlisted
TUE       stories for the annual prize, chosen from over 680 entries
TUE       from published writers.
TUE       Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer
TUE       writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the
TUE       fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving.
TUE       They reflect the very best in short story writing in
TUE       Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's
TUE       best-known actors.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Word of Mouth b00p2hfw (Listen)
TUE       Michael Rosen asks whether English is one language or a
TUE       thousand.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00p2hfy (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and
TUE       Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards, about their
TUE       favourite books - John Fowles' classic first novel and a
TUE       New Age self-help book.
TUE       
TUE       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1lcw (Listen)
TUE       1st December 1989
TUE       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
TUE       years ago.
TUE       Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit
TUE       the Vatican and there is fierce fighting in the
TUE       Philippines as thousands of troops attempt to overthrow
TUE       their president.
TUE       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00p1lgl (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 b00p1lrs (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up! b00p2hg0 (Listen)
TUE       Episode 4
TUE       She came, she saw, she criticised: stand-up comedian Jo
TUE       Caulfield holds forth with a glorious mixture of bitchy
TUE       friendliness and foot-in-mouth populism.
TUE       In this episode, Jo fails to shut up about the complex
TUE       relationship between the global banking system, the M3
TUE       money supply, quantitative easing and Kerry Katona.
TUE       With Zoe Lyons, Nick Revell and William Hartley.
TUE       Written by Jo Caulfield and Kevin Anderson, with
TUE       additional material by Michael Beck, James Branch, Dan
TUE       Evans, Jules Gregg, Brian Mitchell, Joseph Nixon and Matt
TUE       Ross.
TUE       A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00p1l1x (Listen)
TUE       Mike reaches a diamond milestone.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00p1m0c (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md3 (Listen)
TUE       Our Mutual Friend, Episode 17
TUE       Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic
TUE       novel.
TUE       Eugene finds Lizzie, but it looks as if John may have lost
TUE       Bella.
TUE       Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
TUE       Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
TUE       Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
TUE       John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
TUE       Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
TUE       Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
TUE       Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
TUE       Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew
TUE       Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
TUE       Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
TUE       Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
TUE       Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke
TUE       Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
TUE       Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
TUE       Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
TUE       Music by Roger Goula
TUE       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
TUE       This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as
TUE       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00p2hnt (Listen)
TUE       US troops have handed control for security in Iraq back to
TUE       the Iraqi government, which was supposed to be the first
TUE       sign that normality was returning to the streets. So why
TUE       are thousands of Iraqi refugees still refusing to return
TUE       home? Kate Clark invesigates.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00p2hnw (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 All in the Mind b00p2hny (Listen)
TUE       Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest
TUE       scientific research about the brain and the mind.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 The Choice b00p2cbx (Listen)
TUE       Michael Buerk interviews people who have made
TUE       life-altering decisions and talks them through the whole
TUE       process, from the original dilemma to living with the
TUE       consequences.
TUE       Michael talks to former social worker Nevres Kemal, who
TUE       blew the whistle on Haringey Council before the death of
TUE       Baby P.
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00p1mjp (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvc (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3th9 (Listen)
TUE       Riceyman Steps, Episode 2
TUE       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
TUE       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
TUE       Henry Earlforward learns that his new neighbour, the
TUE       widowed Mrs Arb, shares his passion for thrift. They also
TUE       share the services of the good-natured charwoman, Elsie.
TUE       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Vent b00p2hqy (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Loneliness is a Crowded Head
TUE       Comedy series by Nigel Smith about a man in a coma,
TUE       travelling through the distinctly odd landscape of his own
TUE       unconscious mind.
TUE       Ben's life is full of well-meaning people trying to do
TUE       everything for him. Everything, that is, except leave him
TUE       alone. He begins to wonder if Robinson Crusoe might have
TUE       been on to a good thing.
TUE       Ben ...... Neil Pearson
TUE       Mary ...... Fiona Allen
TUE       Mum ...... Josie Lawrence
TUE       Blitz ...... Leslie Ash
TUE       Nurse ...... Jo Martin
TUE       Derek ...... Stephen Frost
TUE       Marley ...... Spencer Brown
TUE       Bea ...... Scarlett Milburn-Smith
TUE       Castaway ...... John Kay-Steel
TUE       Waiter ...... Bruce Alexander
TUE       Directed by Nigel Smith.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n88 (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with David Wilby.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 2 DECEMBER 2009
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxf (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00p6yx5 (Listen)
WED       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
WED       Episode 2
WED       Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind
WED       seemingly trivial assumptions.
WED       Why a hair of the dog works, how a 5,000-year-old pot
WED       could show early animation, and the question, 'is your
WED       brain is really necessary?'
WED       Read by Toby Longworth.
WED       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
WED       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h10 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h44 (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2q (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00p1h5y (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hcp (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhh (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00p1hkw (Listen)
WED       With Justin Webb and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
WED       Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00p2hy2 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00p6ywn (Listen)
WED       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
WED       Episode 3
WED       Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind
WED       seemingly trivial assumptions.
WED       How two physicists linked the problem of interference on
WED       their TV screen to the Big Bang, how a total solar eclipse
WED       is down to cosmic coincidence, and why NASA launched a
WED       record player into space.
WED       Read by Toby Longworth.
WED       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
WED       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsj (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Our Mutual Friend.
WED       
WED       11:00 In Living Memory b00p2hy4 (Listen)
WED       Series 11, Moorgate
WED       Contemporary history series.
WED       In February 1975 a London Underground driver drove his
WED       train at full speed into a brick wall. Forty-three people
WED       died, in what remains the worst ever accident on the
WED       Underground. There was nothing wrong with the train, so
WED       why did he do it? Could it have been suicide? Or did he
WED       just get confused about where he was?
WED       
WED       11:30 Ballylenon b00p2jch (Listen)
WED       Series 7, Episode 2
WED       Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the
WED       1950s in a Donegal town.
WED       It is 1959. Customers to Miss Maconchy's shop have
WED       increased significantly since her 'vision' at Lourdes. But
WED       Mrs Vivienne Hawthorne wonders if the census that
WED       disclosed a fall in her congregation was tampered with.
WED       Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
WED       Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
WED       Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy
WED       Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
WED       Rev Samuel Hawthorne ...... Miche Doherty
WED       Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
WED       Terry Black ...... Mark Lambert
WED       Consuela Dooley ...... Cathy Belton
WED       Pianist: Michael Harrison
WED       Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan
WED       This episode is available until 11.30am on 6th January
WED       2010 as part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxt (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00p1k9t (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00p1kzj (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00p2jck (Listen)
WED       Ed Stourton presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00p1l1x (Listen)
WED       Mike reaches a diamond milestone.
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p2jcm (Listen)
WED       A Dangerous Thing
WED       By John Sessions.
WED       May 1744: Alexander Pope is on his deathbed in Twickenham;
WED       Jonathan Swift is losing his wits in Dublin. The two
WED       friends have not seen each other in 17 years, although
WED       each is very much on the other's mind.
WED       In his final hours, Pope talks to his emotional and
WED       intellectual soulmate, Martha 'Pattie' Blount, about his
WED       relationship with Swift and the events that have conspired
WED       to keep the two friends apart for most of their lives. He
WED       also recalls Swift's last visit to London, when an
WED       unexpected encounter with a young burglar put the
WED       divergent philosophies of the two friends to the test.
WED       Jonathan Swift ...... Timothy Spall
WED       Alexander Pope ...... John Sessions
WED       Martha 'Pattie' Blount ...... Amanda Root
WED       Boy (Tom)/John Gay ...... Joe Thomas
WED       Amica ...... Tessa Nicholson
WED       Dr Cheselden/Lord Bolingbroke/Waterman ...... Nigel
WED       Hastings
WED       Swift's Servant/Dr Arbuthnot/Matthew/ Gentleman ......
WED       John Biggins.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00p2z8d (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis and a panel of answer calls on support for
WED       carers.
WED       Paul is joined by:
WED       Jean French, advice and information manager, Carers UK
WED       Lucy McLynn, partner, Bates Wells and Braithwaite
WED       Derek Sinclair, senior parent adviser, Contact a Family.
WED       
WED       15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist
WED       b00p5xk2 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Hannah Gordon reads the third of five shortlisted stories
WED       for the annual prize, chosen from over 680 entries from
WED       published writers.
WED       Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer
WED       writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the
WED       fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving.
WED       They reflect the very best in short story writing in
WED       Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's
WED       best-known actors.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00p2z8g (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor talks to Karen Ho, Associate Professor of
WED       Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. She went to
WED       Wall Street to understand how the lives, experiences and
WED       ideologies of the investment bankers who work there shaped
WED       not just the financial markets but the very nature of
WED       employment across America.
WED       
WED       16:30 All in the Mind b00p2hny (Listen)
WED       Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest
WED       scientific research about the brain and the mind.
WED       
WED       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1lcy (Listen)
WED       2nd December 1989
WED       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
WED       years ago.
WED       Bush and Gorbachev begin their summit in Malta as a poll
WED       shows that Margaret Thatcher is losing favour with the
WED       public ahead of a leadership challenge from Sir Anthony
WED       Meyer.
WED       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00p1lgn (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 b00p1lrv (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 Laura Solon: Talking and Not Talking b00p2z8j (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Episode 3
WED       Perrier Award-winning comedian Laura Solon presents a
WED       series of sketches, monologues and one-liners.
WED       A woman who is so completely useless that she's just been
WED       snapped up for a job in the government, Britain's most
WED       affable secret agent and someone with a pretend hedgehog
WED       sanctuary.
WED       With Ben Moor, Rosie Cavaliero and Ben Willbond.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00p1l1z (Listen)
WED       Jack moves into his new home.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00p1m0f (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson, including an
WED       interview with one of the contenders for the BBC National
WED       Short Story Award.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md5 (Listen)
WED       Our Mutual Friend, Episode 18
WED       Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens's classic
WED       novel.
WED       Two declarations of love that couldn't be more different,
WED       as John, Bella, Eugene and Lizzie's streams cross.
WED       Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
WED       Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
WED       Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
WED       John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
WED       Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
WED       Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
WED       Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
WED       Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew
WED       Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
WED       Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
WED       Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
WED       Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke
WED       Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
WED       Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
WED       Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
WED       Music by Roger Goula
WED       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
WED       This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as
WED       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00p2z8m (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor,
WED       Claire Fox and Clifford Longley cross-examine witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45 Political Roots b00p6qpf (Listen)
WED       Liberals
WED       Richard Reeves examines the intellectual and philosophical
WED       roots of the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg.
WED       
WED       21:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage b00p29kc (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       Former cosmologist Dara O'Briain and Dr Alice Roberts join
WED       physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince for a witty,
WED       irreverant and unashamedly rational look at the world
WED       according to science. They'll be asking why so many
WED       comedians seem to start life as scientists, and begin
WED       their quest to put science at the heart of popular culture.
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00p2hy2 (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00p1mjr (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvf (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3tgw (Listen)
WED       Riceyman Steps, Episode 3
WED       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
WED       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
WED       Elsie's sweetheart Joe has returned from the war,
WED       shell-shocked and volatile. Thwarted by her new employer's
WED       insistence that Elsie work on into the evening, Joe is
WED       unable to control the strength of his feelings and a
WED       violent outburst ensues.
WED       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00 The Ladies b00glqw4 (Listen)
WED       Episode 3
WED       Series of comedy sketches by Emily Watson Howes set in a
WED       ladies' public toilet, featuring various female characters
WED       as they come and go.
WED       Four girls make their first foray into the world of
WED       illegal drug taking, with horrendous consequences for one
WED       of them.
WED       With Emily Watson Howes, Kate Donmall, Suzanne Hislop,
WED       Fran Moulds.
WED       
WED       23:15 All Bar Luke b00db0x5 (Listen)
WED       Series 3, The Engagement
WED       Poignant comedy drama series by Tim Key.
WED       A harrowing cab journey of the soul - Luke heads home to
WED       collect his mum after his brother proposes to Hayley at
WED       Newmarket races.
WED       An Angel Eye Media production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8b (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Sean Curran.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 3 DECEMBER 2009
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxh (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00p6ywn (Listen)
THU       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
THU       Episode 3
THU       Karl Sabbagh's book explores the surprising science behind
THU       seemingly trivial assumptions.
THU       How two physicists linked the problem of interference on
THU       their TV screen to the Big Bang, how a total solar eclipse
THU       is down to cosmic coincidence, and why NASA launched a
THU       record player into space.
THU       Read by Toby Longworth.
THU       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
THU       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h12 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h46 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2s (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00p1h60 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hcr (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhk (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00p1hky (Listen)
THU       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
THU       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00p315t (Listen)
THU       The Silk Road
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade
THU       route which, for thousands of years, did much to connect
THU       European and Asian cultures.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00p6ywq (Listen)
THU       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
THU       Episode 4
THU       Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind
THU       seemingly trivial assumptions.
THU       Who really invented the wheel, why one particular flower
THU       exudes the smell of nicotine, what makes the sound of a
THU       whip crack, and why a man's best friend will sense
THU       unfairness.
THU       Read by Toby Longworth.
THU       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
THU       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsl (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray. Including a phone-in with Delia Smith
THU       about Christmas catering: cooking and planning ahead. Plus
THU       drama: Our Mutual Friend.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00p315w (Listen)
THU       Pakistan Drugs
THU       Julia Rooke accompanies former heroin dealer, Urfan Azad,
THU       on a journey back to the remote mountain madrassa in north
THU       west Pakistan where he received drugs rehabilitation and
THU       spiritual healing. But during their journey Urfan reveals
THU       how young recovering addicts were given military training
THU       and sent to Afghanistan.
THU       
THU       11:30 The House That Jazz Built b00p315y (Listen)
THU       Celebrating 50 years of Ronnie Scott's, Paul Merton looks
THU       back at the origins of Ronnie Scott's, Britain's most
THU       famous jazz venue, and examines its impact in the world of
THU       music.
THU       Ever since his trips in the late-1940s to the jazz clubs
THU       of New York's 52nd Street, Ronnie Scott dreamt of opening
THU       his own London venue. His vision came true when the first
THU       Ronnie Scott's club opened on Gerrard Street, Soho, in
THU       1959.
THU       The initial plan was purely to provide a base for British
THU       jazz musicians to jam. However, the club quickly developed
THU       a reputation for featuring the best in modern jazz and
THU       soon provided a platform for the world's greatest jazz
THU       musicians. It became a Mecca for jazz music fans and a
THU       popular hang-out for politicians, comedians and actors.
THU       In 1965 it relocated a short distance to Frith Street,
THU       where it remains one of the world's most celebrated jazz
THU       rooms, complete with its own studio and record label.
THU       Recorded on location at Ronnie Scott's, the programme
THU       features interviews with leading jazz artists Salena
THU       Jones, Ian Shaw, Jay Phelps and James Pearson, and
THU       features music and archive from personalities associated
THU       with the venue during its 50-year history.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxw (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00p1k9w (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00p1kzm (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Off the Page b00p31l0 (Listen)
THU       Everyone's A Critic
THU       Are you worried about the future of criticism? You should
THU       be. When newspaper editors are forced to make cutbacks, it
THU       is critics who are the first in the firing line. But do we
THU       really need critics and criticism? Critic and journalist
THU       Toby Young is joined by blogger Lynne Hatwell and
THU       occupational psychologist Clive Fletcher to write about
THU       and discuss criticism and the critics. Dominic Arkwright
THU       presents.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00p1l1z (Listen)
THU       Jack moves into his new home.
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p32zk (Listen)
THU       Headliner
THU       By Neil Brand. Important elections are on the horizon in
THU       the eastern European state of Khovakhia when up-and-coming
THU       stand-up comedienne Katya Kalugin is befriended by US
THU       comedy legend Doug Stokowski.
THU       Katya Kalugin ...... Laura Solon
THU       Doug Stokowski ...... Ewan Bailey
THU       Pavel ...... John Biggins
THU       Mikael ...... Piers Wehner
THU       MC ...... Nigel Hastings
THU       Reporter ...... Kate Layden.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00p7g7y (Listen)
THU       The New Face of the Clyde
THU       The people of Cumbria are embarking on the massive
THU       clean-up operation after record rainfall and devastating
THU       floods over the past days. But flooding has become an all
THU       too familiar experience across the UK.
THU       In this week's Open Country Matt Baker heads to Glasgow to
THU       explore the River Clyde. The waters of its White Cart
THU       tributary can rise by 20 feet in less than 12 hours. It's
THU       flooded significantly 20 times in the last century and
THU       Matt meets residents who have given up barricading the
THU       doors and accept living upstairs until floodwaters recede.
THU       But a massive engineering project is now underway to
THU       reduce the likelihood of flooding. Matt finds out where
THU       the water will go and just how the surrounding wildlife
THU       will be affected.
THU       Matt also explores the changing face of the Clyde.
THU       Traditionally it's been seen as an exit point from
THU       Glasgow. The massive shipbuilding industry and the docks
THU       meant both the ships and their goods left from the city.
THU       For Glasweigians too they headed to the river only to go
THU       on their holidays 'doon the watter' to the seaside. But
THU       now the image of the river is changing. Shipbuilding has
THU       declined so industry's dominance of the waterside has
THU       waned. 1.5 billion pounds has been invested to regenerate
THU       the Clyde and residents and visitors are being encouraged
THU       to rediscover it as a destination in itself. Matt Baker
THU       jumps aboard one of the new riverboat tours to see the
THU       city from a new perspective and see h
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00p068k (Listen)
THU       Computer Aid International
THU       Johnny Ball appeals on behalf of Computer Aid
THU       International.
THU       Donations to Computer Aid International should be sent to
THU       Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your
THU       envelope Computer Aid International. Credit cards:
THU       Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please
THU       provide Computer Aid International with your full name and
THU       address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation.
THU       The online and phone donation facilities are not currently
THU       available to listeners without a UK postcode.
THU       Registered Charity No: 1069256.
THU       
THU       15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist
THU       b00p5xk4 (Listen)
THU       Episode 4
THU       The fourth of five shortlisted stories for the annual
THU       prize, chosen from over 680 entries from published
THU       writers. Read by Jason Isaacs
THU       Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer
THU       writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the
THU       fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving.
THU       They reflect the very best in short story writing in
THU       Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's
THU       best-known actors.
THU       
THU       16:00 Open Book b00p1fth (Listen)
THU       Mariella talks to Jeanette Winterson, best known for
THU       novels including Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit and
THU       Lighthousekeeping, about a pair of books she has written
THU       for children. The Battle of the Sun is the sequel to the
THU       bestselling Tanglewreck. She explains her fascination with
THU       Elizabethan London and why a childhood spent almost
THU       without books turned her into a storyteller.
THU       Two other top children's authors, Meg Rosoff and Philip
THU       Ardagh, recommend their favourite titles of 2009, from
THU       picture books to novels for young adults.
THU       Mariella also talks to the distinguished Shakespeare
THU       scholar Sir Frank Kermode. His new book, published in the
THU       week of his 90th birthday, returns to one of his first
THU       loves, the novels of EM Forster. He explains his
THU       admiration for - and reservations about - Forster's work.
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00p940r (Listen)
THU       Quentin Cooper looks at how science is uncovering the
THU       secrets of the world's toughest bacterium.
THU       One of those battling it out for such a title is
THU       Deinococcus radiodurans. It was discovered in the 1950s
THU       after surviving in cans of food after they had been
THU       bombarded with radiation. Its ability to repair its own
THU       DNA means it could be used in the future to reclaim land
THU       contaminated by nuclear or chemical events. Quentin finds
THU       out how scientists are uncovering the secrets behind its
THU       ability to survive extreme temperatures, severe
THU       dehydration and lethal doses of radiation. Understanding
THU       how bacteria like Deinococcus coordinate their arsenal of
THU       defence mechanisms could help scientists overcome the
THU       defences of dangerous, disease causing bacteria.
THU       
THU       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1ld0 (Listen)
THU       3rd December 1989
THU       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
THU       years ago.
THU       George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev declare that the Cold
THU       War is over, as hundreds of thousands of people form a
THU       human chain to demand reforms in East Germany.
THU       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00p1lgq (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 b00p1lrx (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Bleak Expectations b00p3380 (Listen)
THU       Series 3, Lives Lost, Ruined, Wrecked and Redeemed
THU       Comedy Victorian adventure by Mark Evans.
THU       Pip and Ripely find themselves facing a vast and evil
THU       undead army. England has only one hope - that Miss Sweetly
THU       Delightful can melt Mr Benevolent's cruel, undead heart.
THU       Sir Philip ...... Richard Johnson
THU       Young Pip Bin ...... Tom Allen
THU       Gently Benevolent ...... Anthony Head
THU       Harry Biscuit ...... James Bachman
THU       Bishop Wackwallop ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
THU       Ripely Bin ...... Sarah Hadland
THU       Miss Sweetly Delightful ...... Raquel Cassidy
THU       The Duke of Chelsea ...... Mark Evans.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00p1l21 (Listen)
THU       Vicky and Joe get creative.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00p1m0h (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including a first
THU       night report on a major new staging of the musical Sweet
THU       Charity, starring Tamzin Outhwaite.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md7 (Listen)
THU       Our Mutual Friend, Episode 19
THU       Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens's classic
THU       novel.
THU       Charlie visits Bradley for the last time, and Mortimer
THU       Lightwood meets John Rokesmith for what should be the
THU       first.
THU       Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
THU       Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
THU       Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
THU       John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
THU       Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
THU       Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
THU       Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
THU       Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew
THU       Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
THU       Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
THU       Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
THU       Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke
THU       Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
THU       Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
THU       Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
THU       Music by Roger Goula
THU       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
THU       This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as
THU       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00p33wx (Listen)
THU       Current affairs series which combines original insights
THU       into major news stories with topical investigations. Phil
THU       Kemp reports.
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00p33wz (Listen)
THU       Small Wonder
THU       Microloans have brought credit to millions of poor people
THU       shunned by the conventional banking system, but now
THU       commercial financial institutions are jumping on the
THU       microlending bandwagon. Peter Day wonders whether a
THU       microloan bubble is about to burst.
THU       
THU       21:00 Jumbo to Jockey b00g36l2 (Listen)
THU       Following an overweight middle-aged man, Dominic Prince,
THU       as he spends a year persuing his lifetime ambition to
THU       become a jockey.
THU       At the beginning of 2008, Dominic Prince was 47 years old,
THU       weighed sixteen and half stones and felt his life was
THU       churning in neutral. A very pleasant neutral, but neutral
THU       nonetheless. As a child he had a dream, to become a jockey
THU       and ride competitively. But the dream didn't even come
THU       close to being realised - until now, when he decided to
THU       give it one last shot.
THU       Dominic confronts his mid-life crisis, tries to lose a
THU       quarter of his body weight, learns to ride like a
THU       professional and seeks to fulfil his dream, 30 years
THU       behind schedule.
THU       He his put through his paces on a horse simulator at the
THU       British Racing School, receives advice from top jockeys
THU       and trainers and hears the misgivings of the other stable
THU       lads when he turns up for work.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00p315t (Listen)
THU       The Silk Road
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Silk Road, the trade
THU       route which, for thousands of years, did much to connect
THU       European and Asian cultures.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00p1mjt (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvh (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3tgy (Listen)
THU       Riceyman Steps, Episode 4
THU       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
THU       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
THU       Romance, of a sort, is in the air in Clerkenwell, but
THU       Henry Earlforward believes practicalities must take
THU       precedence.
THU       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00 Chain Reaction b008z74b (Listen)
THU       Series 4, David Tennant
THU       Chat show in which last week's interviewee becomes this
THU       week's interviewer. Catherine Tate takes the host's chair
THU       as she talks to - or mercilessly teases - David Tennant.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8d (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Robert Orchard.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 2009
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00p1gxk (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00p6ywq (Listen)
FRI       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
FRI       Episode 4
FRI       Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind
FRI       seemingly trivial assumptions.
FRI       Who really invented the wheel, why one particular flower
FRI       exudes the smell of nicotine, what makes the sound of a
FRI       whip crack, and why a man's best friend will sense
FRI       unfairness.
FRI       Read by Toby Longworth.
FRI       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
FRI       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00p1h14 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00p1h48 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00p1h2w (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00p1h62 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00p1hct (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Alastair McIntosh.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00p1hhm (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00p1hl0 (Listen)
FRI       With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk;
FRI       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00p068y (Listen)
FRI       Morrissey
FRI       Kirsty Young's castaway is Morrissey.
FRI       As the lead singer of The Smiths he captivated a
FRI       generation of angst-ridden teenagers and, a quarter of a
FRI       century later, he remains the outsider's outsider.
FRI       As a child, he was enthralled by the emotion and beauty in
FRI       pop music. He discovered the joy of public performance
FRI       when, as a six-year-old boy, he stood on a table and
FRI       started singing. But from an early age he felt he had to
FRI       avoid everything conventional life had to offer. 'I just
FRI       didn't want the norm in any way, he says, 'and I didn't
FRI       get it. And I'm very glad.'.
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00p6yws (Listen)
FRI       The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises,
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Karl Sabbagh book explores the surprising science behind
FRI       seemingly trivial assumptions.
FRI       A ship that repaired itself; how the earliest telephones
FRI       worked without bells; why it's a good thing for
FRI       skyscrapers to sway; and how Europe to America in an hour,
FRI       by train, may one day become a reality.
FRI       Read by Toby Longworth.
FRI       Abridged by Libby Spurrier.
FRI       A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00p1hsn (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Our Mutual Friend.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 Lives in a Landscape b00p346r (Listen)
FRI       Series 5, BMX Brothers
FRI       Documentary series telling original stories about real
FRI       lives in Britain today.
FRI       Trey and Daniel Whyte's talent on the BMX track has
FRI       resulted in progress to an Olympic qualifying event in the
FRI       south of France. Within the space of six months they have
FRI       seen their lives transformed, moving from a makeshift BMX
FRI       track on their Peckham estate to preparations for the
FRI       event in Nice. The ruthlessness learnt on their run-down
FRI       estate undoubtedly helps them on the race track, but will
FRI       it also make it harder for them to adjust to their new
FRI       lives?
FRI       In preparation for the event, Daniel has moved to the UK's
FRI       cycling academy in Manchester and 15-year-old Trey has
FRI       been combining time there with his studies back in London
FRI       at the Peckham Academy. Their cycle coach believes the
FRI       edge needed to live in places like Peckham has given the
FRI       boys a real advantage on the track. Daniel in particular
FRI       is considered fearless by his rivals, and he gives an
FRI       insight into his life before he took up cycling, and
FRI       exactly how much trouble he was in.
FRI       It was a chance encounter with CK Flash, a part-time DJ
FRI       and local BMX enthusiast, which led to the brothers taking
FRI       up BMX riding and later resulted in parents forming a
FRI       Peckham club which is now one of the best in the country.
FRI       The Whyte brothers have their sights set on the London
FRI       Olympics, but how much will they be able to adapt to the
FRI       changes they face as 2012 approaches?
FRI       
FRI       11:30 The Richest Man In Britain b00p346t (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       Sitcom by Nick Hornby and Giles Smith about an ageing rock
FRI       star and his search for fulfilment.
FRI       Trillionnaire rocker Dave Mabbutt and his personal
FRI       assistant Dom come to blows over the one thing money can't
FRI       buy.
FRI       Dave Mabbutt ...... Mark Williams
FRI       Dom ...... Russell Tovey.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00p1jxy (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00p1k9y (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00p1kzp (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00p346w (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00p1l21 (Listen)
FRI       Vicky and Joe get creative.
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00p346y (Listen)
FRI       Number 10, A Failed State
FRI       Series of plays by Jonathan Myerson depicting life inside
FRI       Downing Street.
FRI       The coalition is unravelling and, as his team scramble for
FRI       votes to keep the government in place, the PM goes to his
FRI       constituency and becomes embroiled in a housing issue
FRI       involving a Somalian single mother. Is it deliberate
FRI       politics or the last act of a collapsing prime minister?
FRI       Adam ...... Antony Sher
FRI       Monica ...... Sasha Behar
FRI       Polly ...... Penny Downie
FRI       Bill ...... Bill Paterson
FRI       Steve ...... Stephen Mangan
FRI       Gwen Donoghue ...... Denise Black
FRI       Biyot Abdulle, constituent ...... Nicola Gardner
FRI       Hannah Armstrong ...... Kelly Hunter
FRI       Terry Gruber, union leader ...... Nicholas Murchie
FRI       Copple, housing manager ...... Michael Eaves
FRI       Trevithick ...... Karl Theobald
FRI       Simon Laity ...... Damian Lewis
FRI       Directed by Clive Brill
FRI       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00p34yh (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Chris Beardshaw, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew are
FRI       guests of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in
FRI       Edinburgh.
FRI       The programme takes a guided tour of the Royal Botanic
FRI       Garden Edinburgh.
FRI       Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:30 BBC National Short Story Award: The Shortlist
FRI       b00p5xk6 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 5
FRI       The last of five shortlisted stories for the annual prize,
FRI       chosen from over 680 entries from published writers. Read
FRI       by Julia McKenzie
FRI       Written by an exciting mix of well known and newer
FRI       writers, the stories range from the contemporary to the
FRI       fantastical, and from the funny to the intensely moving.
FRI       They reflect the very best in short story writing in
FRI       Britain today, and are read by some of the nation's
FRI       best-known actors.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00p34ym (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 b00p34yp (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Ocean's 11 director Steven
FRI       Soderbergh about his latest release, The Girlfriend
FRI       Experience.
FRI       
FRI       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00p1ld2 (Listen)
FRI       4th December 1989
FRI       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
FRI       years ago.
FRI       For the first time, the Soviet government joins other
FRI       Warsaw Pact countries in condemning its own invasion of
FRI       Czechoslovakia in 1968, and thousands take to the streets
FRI       in Prague demanding a new government.
FRI       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00p1lgs (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
FRI       Quinn. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00p1lrz (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The Now Show b00p34yr (Listen)
FRI       Series 29, Episode 2
FRI       Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of
FRI       the week's news, with help from Mitch Benn, Laura Shavin,
FRI       Jon Holmes and Marcus Brigstocke.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00p1l23 (Listen)
FRI       Ian extends a hopeful olive branch.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00p1m0k (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang. Including an
FRI       interview with the pioneering 80 year old composer George
FRI       Crumb, whose epic work Star Child needs four conductors.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00p1md9 (Listen)
FRI       Our Mutual Friend, Episode 20
FRI       Adaptation by Mike Walker of Charles Dickens' classic
FRI       novel.
FRI       Truths that seemed drowned finally come to the surface.
FRI       Charles Dickens ...... Alex Jennings
FRI       Bella Wilfer ...... Daisy Haggard
FRI       Lizzie Hexam ...... Lizzy Watts
FRI       John Rokesmith ...... Carl Prekopp
FRI       Eugene Wrayburn ...... Patrick Kennedy
FRI       Boffin ...... Jason Watkins
FRI       Mortimer Lightwood ...... Matt Addis
FRI       Sloppy ...... Benjamin Askew
FRI       Mrs Boffin ...... Pauline Quirke
FRI       Pa Wilfer ...... Philip Fox
FRI       Charlie Hexam ...... Adam Arnold
FRI       Bradley Headstone ...... Neil Stuke
FRI       Silas Wegg ...... Lee Ross
FRI       Venus ...... Stephen Hogan
FRI       Rogue Riderhood ...... Jamie Foreman
FRI       Music by Roger Goula
FRI       Directed by Jessica Dromgoole and Jeremy Mortimer
FRI       This episode is available until 7.45pm on 11th December as
FRI       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00p34yt (Listen)
FRI       Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from
FRI       Stratford-upon-Avon. The panel includes columnist AA Gill
FRI       and Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00p34yw (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Clive James.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b009yfcp (Listen)
FRI       How Now TV
FRI       By Paul Watson.
FRI       Television presenter Daniela Cross, a legend in her own
FRI       lunchtime, must have started her career somewhere. Pearly
FRI       teeth and a saccharine nature are not enough to climb the
FRI       industry's greasy pole. A helping hand from friends in
FRI       high places will help, as will a seductive smile. But it's
FRI       acceptable gimmicks that are most needed in delivering an
FRI       audience, and it is the acceptable that is fast running
FRI       out in today's TV.
FRI       So acceptable must give way to the difficult, the new, the
FRI       so-called radical and more often the once unacceptable. A
FRI       programme idea that can be justified by bums sat on seats
FRI       and by revenue produced. And that was Daniela's gift to
FRI       telly, an idea so awful but so justifiable that she was
FRI       bound to succeed.
FRI       Daniela ...... Victoria Shalet
FRI       Daddy (John Cross) ...... Nicholas Farrell
FRI       Deborah ...... Frances Barber
FRI       Averill ...... Lizzy McInnerny
FRI       Gary ...... Leo Bill
FRI       Hassan ...... Joseph Marcell
FRI       Samuel ...... Jonathan Firth
FRI       Crispin ...... Mathew Baynton
FRI       Permindah ...... Manjinder Virk
FRI       Picture Editor ...... Keith Drinkel
FRI       Young Director ...... Tom Watson
FRI       Directed by Paul Watson.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00p1mjw (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00p1mvk (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00p3th0 (Listen)
FRI       Riceyman Steps, Episode 5
FRI       Robert Powell reads from the 1923 novel by Arnold Bennett
FRI       about the poignant struggles of everyday London life.
FRI       Mr Earlforward's drive for economy is revealed as a
FRI       corrosive desire, in stark contrast with the spontaneous
FRI       greed for life embodied by the hard-working but
FRI       ever-hungry Elsie.
FRI       A Waters Partnership production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00p2hfy (Listen)
FRI       Sue MacGregor talks to Blur drummer Dave Rowntree and
FRI       Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards, about their
FRI       favourite books - John Fowles' classic first novel and a
FRI       New Age self-help book.
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00p1n8g (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI       
FRI       
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