Radio 4 Listings for 02/01/2010 - 08/01/2010

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SAT       SATURDAY 2 JANUARY 2010
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00pg5vh (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
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SAT       00:15 Dear Darwin b00gdvwx (Listen)
SAT       Episode 5
SAT       Five leading scientists address letters to Charles Darwin,
SAT       expressing their thoughts on his work and legacy.
SAT       Prof Baruch Blumberg received the 1976 Nobel Prize for his
SAT       work on viral infection. He and his colleagues discovered
SAT       the Hepatitis B virus, diagnostic methods for its
SAT       detection, and the vaccine. The vaccine, the first
SAT       anti-cancer vaccine, is now one of the most commonly used
SAT       world-wide and has prevented many cases of disease and
SAT       death. He describes the central issues that viruses -
SAT       unknown to Darwin - raise for biologists looking at the
SAT       role of cooperation in the history of life; and further,
SAT       how evolution proved to be fundamental in his later work
SAT       for NASA, searching for life elsewhere in the universe.
SAT       Listen to Programme Five
SAT       Prof Baruch Blumberg
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SAT       00:30 Book of the Week b00ph6xr (Listen)
SAT       Vincent van Gogh: The Letters, Episode 5
SAT       Mark Rylance, Joseph Cohen-Cole and Julius D'Silva read
SAT       from a new edition of Van Gogh's prodigious correspondence.
SAT       Vincent is recovering in hospital following the incident
SAT       in which he severed his own earlobe. Gauguin has left the
SAT       yellow house in Arles for good, but the two artists still
SAT       correspond. Although Vincent recovers physically from the
SAT       incident, he decides to commit himself to a mental asylum
SAT       only weeks after leaving hospital.
SAT       Abridged by Doreen Estall.
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SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pg5vk (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pg5vm (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
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SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pg5vp (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
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SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00pg5vr (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pg5vt (Listen)
SAT       Prayer for the Day
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
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SAT       05:45 A Box of Wittgensteins b00fy2xf (Listen)
SAT       The Palais Wittgenstein
SAT       The great-niece of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein,
SAT       Margaret Stonborough, talks to the artist and historian
SAT       Michael Huey as she delves into six boxes of
SAT       newly-inherited family archives. As she digs deeper into
SAT       the talented but tortured lives of the Wittgensteins she
SAT       finds her cramped London house becoming ever more crowded
SAT       with her larger-than-life forbears.
SAT       The first object out of the box takes Margaret back to a
SAT       soiree in Vienna in 1895 at the palatial house of an
SAT       Austrian steel magnate, Karl Wittgenstein. He was the
SAT       father of eight children including Ludwig the philosopher,
SAT       Paul the left-handed pianist and Margaret's own
SAT       grandmother, who was painted by Gustav Klimt. As the
SAT       family gathered for the evening, records show that the
SAT       composer Johannes Brahms arrived at the Palais
SAT       Wittgenstein.
SAT       The readers are Sarah Finch, Nicholas Rowe and Dan Starkey.
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SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00pg5vw (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00physm (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       06:07 Open Country b00physp (Listen)
SAT       SouthWest Shipwrecks
SAT       Helen Mark explores Devon and Corwall to investigate why
SAT       so many shipwrecks still happen.
SAT       The grounding of the MSC Napoli in Lyme Bay in January
SAT       2007 made headlines around the world. The hull of the
SAT       62,000-tonne vessel cracked in waters off The Lizard, and
SAT       while being towed to safety the situation worsened and she
SAT       was grounded off Branscombe Beach. Several containers also
SAT       fell overboard and were washed ashore, leading to
SAT       scavengers coming from across the UK. The 50 million-pound
SAT       cleanup operation and breakup was only completed in July
SAT       2009. Helen Mark revisits the famous beach to find out how
SAT       the wreck and the drama affected their lives and landscape.
SAT       Modern wrecks still happen and the European Maritime
SAT       Agency records show an increase in the number of ships
SAT       sunk in European waters in recent years. Helen meets
SAT       master mariner and lecturer Paul Wright to find out why
SAT       these accidents still happen. She also learns about the
SAT       HMS Scylla, a decommissioned frigate which was
SAT       deliberately sunk off the south-west coast.
SAT       One reason for the danger is that our records of the sea
SAT       bed can be surprisingly out of date. Some charts still
SAT       have recordings made by the Victorians with a lead weight.
SAT       Other areas have not been charted at all. The Maritime and
SAT       Coastguard Agency are at the start of a 100-year project
SAT       to accurately scan the seabed using modern 3D technology.
SAT       But their findings are also discovering lost ships and
SAT       submarines and revealing more about the geology of our sea
SAT       floor.
SAT       Related Links
SAT       * Maritime and Coastguard Agency (www.mcga.gov.uk)
SAT       * Seabed Images (www.mcga.gov.uk)
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SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00physr (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       Charlotte Smith follows a year in the life of four groups
SAT       of people taking the plunge into farming. The UK needs an
SAT       estimated 60,000 new entrants to agriculture over the next
SAT       10 years to maintain our food supplies. This year
SAT       economics, animal disease and the weather have all been
SAT       major challenges to those coming into the business.
SAT       Charlotte discovers if they have survived the year and if
SAT       they have managed to make farming pay.
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SAT       06:57 Weather b00phzck (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00phzcm (Listen)
SAT       With Sarah Montague and Justin Webb. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00phzcp (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by Mark
SAT       Radcliffe. With poetry from Kate Fox.
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SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00phzcr (Listen)
SAT       Sandi Toksvig talks to American writer and broadcaster
SAT       Garrison Keillor about his travelling life, his influences
SAT       and inspiration, about Minnesota and of course about the
SAT       fictional community of Lake Wobegon.
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SAT       10:30 Jane Austen's Ipod b00phzvj (Listen)
SAT       Jane Austen collected songs all her life but many of them
SAT       have only just come to light, in manuscripts inherited by
SAT       one of her descendants. Jazz singer Gwyneth Herbert
SAT       performs Austen's favourite songs, with new piano and
SAT       clarinet accompaniment by David Owen Norris. At Austen's
SAT       house in Chawton, Hampshire, scholars and biographers
SAT       discuss how they cast a new light on one of our best-loved
SAT       writers.
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SAT       11:00 Beyond Westminster b00phzvl (Listen)
SAT       Looking at politics beyond and outside the Westminster
SAT       parliament.
SAT       The 2010 general election is likely to be marked by the
SAT       biggest turnover of MPs since the Second World War. There
SAT       will be lots of new faces, but what about those backbench
SAT       MPs who have already announced their intention to stand
SAT       down in the wake of what has been a miserable year for the
SAT       House of Commons? Jim Hancock considers what lies in store
SAT       for a former parliamentarian in the world beyond
SAT       Westminster and talks to some of those who are saying
SAT       goodbye about what has gone wrong in Parliament and what
SAT       needs changing.
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00phzvn (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00phzvq (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The Now Show b00pg5rl (Listen)
SAT       Series 29, Episode 6
SAT       Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis are joined by the usual gang
SAT       plus lots of special guests, including Jon Culshaw, Jon
SAT       Richardson and Paul Sinha. Together they look back at the
SAT       big issues from the last twelve months – not least custard
SAT       probes, thieving seagulls and poisonous frogs
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00phzvs (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00phzvv (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       13:10 Correspondents Look Ahead b00pg5tn (Listen)
SAT       Stephen Sackur is joined by some of the BBC's top
SAT       correspondents to give their predictions about what will
SAT       shape our world in the year ahead. Will the global economy
SAT       turn the corner and rejoin the path to growth? Will the US
SAT       and its allies defeat the Taleban in Afghanistan or will
SAT       they pull out? And will China start to assert its
SAT       new-found power across Asia?
SAT       
SAT       This year's panel
SAT       Stephen will be joined by Defence Correspondent Caroline
SAT       Wyatt, Diplomatic Correspondent James Robbins, World
SAT       Affairs Correspondent Lyse Doucet, Economics Editor
SAT       Stephanie Flanders and North America Editor Mark Mardell.
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Listeners Look Ahead b00pmcb6 (Listen)
SAT       2010
SAT       Stephen Sackur hosts a phone-in during which listeners
SAT       have the opportunity to air their views on the events
SAT       which will dominate the news in 2010.
SAT       Phone 03700 100 444 to have your say.
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00phzvx (Listen)
SAT       Private Lives
SAT       Comedy by Noel Coward. Divorced couple Amanda and Elyot
SAT       meet again on their second honeymoons.
SAT       Amanda ...... Helena Bonham Carter
SAT       Elyot ...... Bill Nighy
SAT       Sibyl ...... Andrea Riseborough
SAT       Victor ...... Paul Ritter
SAT       Louise ...... AnnaRose Cattanach
SAT       Pianist: Colin Guthrie
SAT       Directed by Sally Avens.
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SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00pj0ws (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       Jane Garvey celebrates some of the most inspirational
SAT       achievers who appeared on the programme last year.
SAT       Katie Piper is a former model and TV presenter who
SAT       suffered a horrific attack, arranged by her former
SAT       boyfriend. Acid was thrown into her face, causing
SAT       extensive third-degree burns and blindness in one eye. She
SAT       has had over 30 operations and her life has changed beyond
SAT       recognition. Katie and her mother Diane talk about what
SAT       happened.
SAT       Shirley Williams was born to politics. As well as being
SAT       influenced by her mother, the author and pacifist Vera
SAT       Brittain, her father George Catlin, a leading political
SAT       scientist, encouraged her to have high ambitions for
SAT       herself. She left the Labour party after 35 years of
SAT       membership to co-found the Social Democratic Party as one
SAT       of the Gang of Four. Jenni talks to her about her
SAT       extraordinary life and career in politics.
SAT       Jane visits Marguerite Patten, the doyenne of British
SAT       cookery for more than 60 years. During the Second World
SAT       War it was her job to insist that the nation made the most
SAT       of the limited ingredients available, even if this meant
SAT       creating bananas and cream from parsnip, sugar and banana
SAT       flavouring.
SAT       As last year marked the 150th anniversary of district
SAT       nursing, Irene Sankey, now in her late 90s, shares her
SAT       experiences of working as a district nurse in the 1940s.
SAT       And an unusual inspirational high achiever: a performance
SAT       from Miss Behave, a female sword swallower.
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SAT       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00pj0wv (Listen)
SAT       2nd January 1990
SAT       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
SAT       years ago.
SAT       Reorganisation begins in Romania as fledgling political
SAT       parties take shape.
SAT       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00pj0wx (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula
SAT       Shah, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 iPM b00pj0wz (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00pj0x1 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00pj0x7 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pj0xb (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
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SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00pj0xk (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson celebrates a year of top entertainment in
SAT       2009.
SAT       With Stephen Fry, June Whitfield, Des O'Connor, Alison
SAT       Steadman, Dara O Briain, June Brown, Gerry Anderson, Jon
SAT       Culshaw and Rachael Stirling.
SAT       Plus comic interludes from John Shuttleworth, Isy Suttie,
SAT       Stop Messing About's Robin Sebastian and Nigel Harrison,
SAT       and poet and comedian Tim Key.
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00pj0xr (Listen)
SAT       Fabio Capello
SAT       As World Cup year begins, England's football hopes centre
SAT       on manager Fabio Capello. But despite intense media
SAT       attention this art-loving Italian remains a distant,
SAT       mysterious figure. Chris Bowlby looks for the man behind
SAT       the stern facade.
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SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00pj0xy (Listen)
SAT       At the beginning of 2010 the influence of technology on
SAT       how we make art, how we experience art and how art is
SAT       delivered to us has never been greater. This special
SAT       edition of Saturday Review looks at how art has been
SAT       shaped by technology over the last ten years and how it
SAT       may be affected in the future.
SAT       Writers Paul Morley and John Lanchester and critic
SAT       Susannah Clapp explore the blurring of the boundaries
SAT       between visual art, music, theatre and technology, with
SAT       insights from artist Grayson Perry, theatre director Katie
SAT       Mitchell and journalist Cory Doctorow.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00pq8vp (Listen)
SAT       The New York '77 Blackout
SAT       An exploration of the blackout on 13 July 1977 that
SAT       plunged a sweltering and near-bankrupt New York City into
SAT       chaos as the lights went out at 9.27pm. Music stations
SAT       switched to rolling news and the sound of store alarms was
SAT       the prelude to a night of fear and unprecedented
SAT       lawlessness.
SAT       A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4.
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SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00pdzg9 (Listen)
SAT       Matilda, Episode 2
SAT       Dramatisation by Charlotte Jones of Roald Dahl's modern
SAT       children's classic about a cool, calm, pint-size
SAT       five-year-old genius.
SAT       Matilda is determined to save the school and her favourite
SAT       teacher Miss Honey from the vicious grip of its terrifying
SAT       headmistress, Miss Trunchbull.
SAT       Narrator ...... Lenny Henry
SAT       Matilda ...... Lauren Mote
SAT       Miss Trunchbull ......Nichola McAuliffe
SAT       Mrs Wormwood ...... Claire Rushbrook
SAT       Mr Wormwood ...... John Biggins
SAT       Miss Honey ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan
SAT       Michael ...... Ryan Watson
SAT       Lavender ...... Sinead Michael
SAT       Nigel ...... Bertie Gilbert
SAT       Directed by Claire Grove.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00pj0y6 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00pg5d3 (Listen)
SAT       Justice Denied in the Civil Courts?
SAT       Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal
SAT       issues of the day.
SAT       Civil Court cases, from personal injury to unlawful
SAT       detention, are increasingly being settled out of court.
SAT       The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, has warned that the
SAT       civil justice system is failing. But can the system afford
SAT       to give everyone their day in court?
SAT       An Above The Title production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Brain of Britain b00pfpdb (Listen)
SAT       Russell Davies chairs the twelfth and final heat of the
SAT       perennial general knowledge contest, with contestants from
SAT       the north of England.
SAT       Contestants
SAT       Richard Beatty from Edinburgh
SAT       Anne Hegerty from Manchester
SAT       David Smith from Nantwich
SAT       Martin Wyatt from Accrington
SAT       
SAT       23:30 The Kalevala: Finland's National Epic b00pf0kd (Listen)
SAT       Storyteller and musician Nick Hennessey travels to Finland
SAT       to explore the mythical world of the country's national
SAT       poem, The Kalevala.
SAT       First published in 1835, this 50-chapter epic inspired a
SAT       19th-century artistic awakening and remains a cornerstone
SAT       of contemporary Finnish culture. Speaking to musicians and
SAT       critics, Hennessey finds out how the poem helped shape the
SAT       nation.
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SUN       SUNDAY 3 JANUARY 2010
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00pj2dj (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:15 Einstein's Fiddle b008fcf4 (Listen)
SUN       Physicist Brian Foster explores the role of music in the
SUN       life of Albert Einstein.
SUN       Although best known for his towering scientific
SUN       achievements, Einstein was a fine amateur violinist and
SUN       occasionally played in public. Indeed, he once said that
SUN       he got the most joy in his life from playing the violin.
SUN       When he was due to receive his Nobel Prize in 1922, he was
SUN       in Japan, not only meeting other physicists but also
SUN       giving performancesof the Kreuzer Sonata, one of the most
SUN       challenging pieces in the repertoire.
SUN       Music also played a role in his work as a physicist. He
SUN       would often break off from a particularly difficult piece
SUN       of work to play his violin in the hope of seeking
SUN       inspiration. And he found parallels between the beauty and
SUN       harmony he saw in scientific laws and the music of
SUN       composers such as Mozart, which he felt reflected the
SUN       inner beauty of the universe itself.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b009fplh (Listen)
SUN       Pier Shorts, Four Battenburgs
SUN       Stories by new writers, inspired by Brighton's Palace Pier.
SUN       By Michael Odell.
SUN       All teachers want a bright class, but can a child be too
SUN       clever by half? Little Tommy Spence turns a school
SUN       model-making project into a life-or-death situation.
SUN       Read By Stephen Tompkinson.
SUN       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pj2dl (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pj2dn (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pj2dq (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00pj2ds (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00pj2dv (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Mary's Church in Abergavenny.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00pj0xr (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00pj2dx (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00pj2dz (Listen)
SUN       Earth's Crammed With Heaven
SUN       Mark Tully considers where heaven is to be found, in
SUN       conversation with his friend and veteran documentary maker
SUN       Jonathan Stedall.
SUN       The readers are William Gaminara, Emily Raymond and Frank
SUN       Stirling.
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 On Your Farm b00pj2f1 (Listen)
SUN       When Kerala farmer Jacob Mathew read Rachael Carson's
SUN       classic Silent Spring, he, like many counterparts in
SUN       Europe and the USA, decided to turn his back on
SUN       pesticides. It wasn't an instant success but now he has
SUN       also embraced a traditional style of farming - tall trees
SUN       for timber, bamboo to help conserve water and soil and a
SUN       mix of traditional spices, fruits and vegetables in place
SUN       of rubber trees - and his business is thriving. Steve
SUN       Peacock visits him at Haritha Farms' The Pimenta and finds
SUN       he has another thing in common with European farmers - the
SUN       need to diversify. So among the tall trees, spices and
SUN       wildlife is another crop - tourists.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00pj336 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00pj338 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00pj3yh (Listen)
SUN       Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news of
SUN       the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00pj3yk (Listen)
SUN       Kidscape
SUN       Anna Raeburn appeals on behalf of Kidscape.
SUN       Donations to Kidscape should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio
SUN       4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope Kidscape.
SUN       Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax
SUN       payer, please provide Kidscape 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 Number 326864.
SUN       Related Links
SUN       * Kidscape (www.kidscape.org.uk)
SUN       Kidscape is a UK charity which works to prevent bullying.
SUN       
SUN       07:58 Weather b00pj3ym (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00pj3yp (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00pj3yr (Listen)
SUN       Choral Matins for Epiphany from Christ Church Cathedral,
SUN       Dublin.
SUN       Preacher: Very Rev Dermot Dunne
SUN       Director of Music: Judy Martin
SUN       Organist: Tristan Russcher.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00pg5tq (Listen)
SUN       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00pj3yt (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00pj3yw (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00pj3yy (Listen)
SUN       John Copley
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is opera director John Copley.
SUN       Throughout his 60-year career, Copley has worked with all
SUN       the greats at the major opera houses of the world. He
SUN       introduced Luciano Pavarotti to a London audience, charmed
SUN       Georg Solti with his piano playing and was even called
SUN       upon to stand in for Maria Callas. He was just ten years
SUN       old when he first saw an opera and he loved it straight
SUN       away; 'I caught opera', he says, 'like the measles'.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00pfr4w (Listen)
SUN       New Year Special
SUN       David Mitchell hosts a special New Year's edition of the
SUN       game show in which panellists are encouraged to tell lies
SUN       and compete to see how many items of truth they are able
SUN       to smuggle past their opponents. The panel includes Rob
SUN       Brydon, John Lloyd and Stephen Fry.
SUN       A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       Part of the BBC Christmas 2009 season.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00pj3z0 (Listen)
SUN       School Dinner Revolution
SUN       Sheila Dillon is joined by guests including Jeanette Orrey
SUN       of the Food for Life Partnership. Known as the school cook
SUN       who inspired Jamie Oliver, government advisor Jeanette
SUN       discusses her latest initiative, the School Cooks Network.
SUN       A hot and healthy daily meal should be taken for granted
SUN       by all our children and young people. And that's why
SUN       school meals have been consistently high on the
SUN       government's agenda, (with a little help from celebrity
SUN       chefs and dinner ladies). The latest development is a
SUN       commitment to free school meals for another half a million
SUN       pupils from low-income families.
SUN       Faced with complex new nutritional standards, school cooks
SUN       all over Britain are pushing the boundaries in finding
SUN       ways of improving the quality of school dinners, using
SUN       fresh local produce and working within tiny budgets. And
SUN       ideas of healthy eating and cooking are filtering their
SUN       way into the curriculum; cooking clubs are multiplying,
SUN       and increasing numbers of schools have their own kitchen
SUN       gardens.
SUN       Producer: Sukey Firth.
SUN       Related Links
SUN       * Food for Life Partnership, funded by the Big Lottery
SUN       Fund (www.foodforlife.org.uk)
SUN       * The Soil Association (www.soilassociation.org)
SUN       * Garden Organic (www.gardenorganic.org.uk)
SUN       * Health Education Trust (www.healthedtrust.com)
SUN       * Focus on Food Campaign (www.focusonfood.org)
SUN       * School Food Trust (www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk)
SUN       * Let’s Get Cooking (www.letsgetcooking.org.uk)
SUN       * Handmade Catering – the Food Training Co
SUN       (www.handmadesupplydirect.com)
SUN       * Local Authority Caterers’ Association
SUN       (www.laca.co.uk)
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00pj3z2 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00pj3z4 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with James Robbins.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 Bach Fever! b00pfsln (Listen)
SUN       Exploring the uses and abuses of Bach's music, from the
SUN       jazz Bach craze of the 1960s to the electronic edifice of
SUN       Wendy Carlos' Switched on Bach recordings. It has provided
SUN       an incredible resource for pop invention, jazz
SUN       improvisation, acapella swing, electronic futurism, rock
SUN       guitar and plain kitsch.
SUN       A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00plvv6 (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Chris Beardshaw, Bob Flowerdew and Bunny Guinness are
SUN       guests of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society in
SUN       Edinburgh.
SUN       They explore the delights of Alpines and meet members of
SUN       the Scottish Rock Garden Club.
SUN       Including gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Joan Armatrading's Favourite Choirs b00bbxpd (Listen)
SUN       The Kingdom Choir
SUN       Joan Armatrading visits choral assemblies across the
SUN       country.
SUN       Joan reunites with a choir very close to her heart, who
SUN       performed with her in a tribute song to Nelson Mandela.
SUN       She hears what distinguishes Gospel singing and how the
SUN       message and the music come together in praise.
SUN       A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00pj463 (Listen)
SUN       The Custom of the Country, Episode 1
SUN       Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913
SUN       satire of marriage and money in early 20th-century
SUN       American society.
SUN       When the beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York, she
SUN       sets her sights on Ralph Marvell, but will he live up to
SUN       her expectations?
SUN       Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca Night
SUN       Mrs Spragg ...... Barbara Barnes
SUN       Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei King
SUN       Abner Spragg/Popple ...... Jonathan Keeble
SUN       Peter Van Degan ...... William Houston
SUN       Mr Dagonet ...... Paul McCleary
SUN       Laura Fairford ...... Provence Maydew
SUN       Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom Hollander
SUN       Ralph Marvell ...... Dan Stevens
SUN       Mabel Lipscombe ...... Tessa Nicholson
SUN       Directed by Nadia Molinari.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Bookclub b00pj4s2 (Listen)
SUN       Alexander McCall Smith
SUN       James Naughtie and readers talk to Alexander McCall Smith
SUN       about 44 Scotland Street, the first novel of his series
SUN       set in Edinburgh.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Miles Jupp's Muscular Lines b00pj4s4 (Listen)
SUN       Can a book of poetry for boys which inspired young men at
SUN       the beginning of the 20th century work its magic on a new
SUN       generation? Comedian Miles Jupp revisits his old prep
SUN       school with a book of Muscular Lines to see if the
SUN       stirring verse about battles, exploration and moral values
SUN       is relevant today. Some of today's heroes and explorers
SUN       reveal the poems that keep them going when times get tough.
SUN       
SUN       16:56 1989: Day by Day b00pjj15 (Listen)
SUN       3rd January 1990
SUN       Sir John Tusa looks back at the events making the news 20
SUN       years ago.
SUN       In Panama, General Noriega gives himself up to US forces.
SUN       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 From Tsunami to Drought b00pfv05 (Listen)
SUN       Andrea Catherwood chairs a series of presentations at the
SUN       Royal Geographical Society organised by conservation
SUN       charity Earth Watch, each offering novel solutions to
SUN       global drought, with a Dragons' Den-style panel and an
SUN       audience quizzing them about their ideas.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00pj0xr (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00pjj17 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00pjj19 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pjj1c (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00pjj1f (Listen)
SUN       Liz Barclay introduces her selection of highlights from
SUN       the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00pjj6b (Listen)
SUN       Kenton hits the town in the name of 'research'.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00pjj6d (Listen)
SUN       Host Kevin Connolly is joined by journalist Farai Chideya
SUN       to discuss the beginning of 2010. What will be the big
SUN       stories? What might the decade have in store for America?
SUN       Kevin talks with Tea-Party Conservatives about what the
SUN       ideal US government would look like if Tea Partiers
SUN       continue to succeed in making a powerful impression on the
SUN       masses dressing up in colonial attire and raising their
SUN       voices.
SUN       Comedian Margaret Cho talks about what will be funny in
SUN       2010, how to make jokes and complain even if things are
SUN       going your way.
SUN       The American football season is coming to a close, with
SUN       College Bowl football games still to come. Match-ups of
SUN       college teams bring droves of American fans to bars and
SUN       parties across the nation. Kevin visits a sports bar in
SUN       Washington DC to get a sense of the excitement and to talk
SUN       with Washington Post sports writer Gene Wang.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b00b0t4n (Listen)
SUN       An Italian Bestiary, The Chestnuts and the Wild Pigs
SUN       Stories by Julia Blackburn about life and survival for the
SUN       animals and people of Liguria in Northern Italy, where she
SUN       has made her home.
SUN       The wild pigs are the real lords of the forest.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 More or Less b00pg5r8 (Listen)
SUN       Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers
SUN       everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
SUN       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       Clip (1)
SUN       *
SUN       More or Less - Stephen Dubner: why I like numbers
SUN       Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics, explains why he
SUN       likes numbers, and number 16 in particular.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00pg5rg (Listen)
SUN       John Wilson presents the obituary series, analysing and
SUN       celebrating the life stories of people who have recently
SUN       died. The programme reflects on people of distinction and
SUN       interest from many walks of life, some famous and some
SUN       less well known.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00phzvq (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00pj3yk (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today.]
SUN       
SUN       21:30 In Business b00pg5pj (Listen)
SUN       Project Alcatraz
SUN       What makes a businessman turn gangsters into employees?
SUN       Peter Day talks to Alberto Vollmer of the Santa Teresa Rum
SUN       Company in Venezuela. He tells Peter how the theft of a
SUN       security guard's gun led him to set up a project which has
SUN       cut crime in his area by 40 per cent and has now become an
SUN       integral part of this 200-year-old family business.
SUN       Related Links
SUN       * Project Alcatraz (www.proyectoalcatraz.org)
SUN       * Alo Presidente (www.alopresidente.gob.ve)
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00pjk17 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00pjkkj (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       More Than A Game.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 1989: Day by Day Omnibus b00pjkyx (Listen)
SUN       Week ending 2nd January 1990
SUN       A look back at the events making the news 20 years ago,
SUN       with Sir John Tusa.
SUN       The world comes to Romania's aid, playwright Vaclav Havel
SUN       is elected President of Czechoslovakia, and Gorbachev and
SUN       Bush welcome a new decade.
SUN       A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00pj2dz (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today.]
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 4 JANUARY 2010
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00pjls0 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00pg5d1 (Listen)
MON       As part of Radio 4's University tour, Laurie Taylor
MON       travels to the University of Bedfordshire where he's
MON       joined by an audience of students and panel to discuss
MON       class and social mobility.
MON       In 2003 Tony Blair announced he wanted half of all 18 to
MON       30-year-olds to participate in higher education by 2010.
MON       While numbers are up, a report from the Higher Education
MON       Statistics Agency suggests their social background has
MON       barely changed, with the middle classes still making up
MON       the majority of University students. So does education
MON       provide a means to social mobility, is social mobility
MON       even a meaningful expression and has society ignored class
MON       barriers in favour of focusing on identity politics?
MON       Laurie is joined by Lynsey Hanley, Guardian journalist and
MON       author of Estates - an Intimate History; Richard Reeves,
MON       Director of the think tank Demos; Danny Dorling Professor
MON       of geography at Sheffield University and by Dick Hobbs,
MON       sociologist at the London School of Economics. They
MON       discuss these and other questions of class barriers,
MON       social divides and whether Britain will ever shed its
MON       class system and the divisions it creates.
MON       Related Links
MON       * Demos' the think tank for 'everyday
MON       democracy' (www.demos.co.uk)
MON       * Poverty, Wealth and Place in Britain, 1968-2005
MON       (www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk)
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00pj2dv (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pjlxd (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pjm0c (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pjlz0 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pjm0y (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pjm6s (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00pjp9b (Listen)
MON       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00pk7hy (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00pjpmz (Listen)
MON       With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 In Our Time b00pk7j0 (Listen)
MON       In Our Time: The Royal Society and British Science,
MON       Episode 1
MON       As part of the BBC's year of science programming, Melvyn
MON       Bragg looks at the history of the oldest scientific
MON       learned society of them all: the Royal Society.
MON       Melvyn travels to Wadham College, Oxford, where under the
MON       shadow of the English Civil War, the young Christopher
MON       Wren and friends experimented in the garden of their
MON       inspirational college warden, John Wilkins.
MON       Back in London, as Charles II is brought to the throne
MON       from exile, the new Society is formally founded one night
MON       in Gresham College. When London burns six years later, it
MON       is two of the key early Fellows of the Society who are
MON       charged with its rebuilding. And, as Melvyn finds out, in
MON       the secret observatory in The Monument to the fire, it is
MON       science which flavours their plans.
MON       Related Links
MON       * The Royal Society (royalsociety.org)
MON       * Wadham College (www.wadham.ox.ac.uk)
MON       * Gresham College (www.gresham.ac.uk)
MON       * The Monument to the Great Fire of London
MON       (www.themonument.info)
MON       
MON       09:45 Book of the Week b00pls5b (Listen)
MON       The Last Matchmaker, Episode 1
MON       Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish
MON       matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love,
MON       this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland
MON       and its recent past.
MON       Abridged by David Jackson Young.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pjpwz (Listen)
MON       Woman's Hour with Jane Garvey. Including:
MON       Ruthie Henshall is currently reprising her role as 'Roxie
MON       Hart' in Chicago the musical. She originated the role in
MON       1997 when the show first opened in London's West End. The
MON       award-winning singer, actress and dancer joins Jane to
MON       talk about reprising the role of Roxie, her long career in
MON       musicals from Cats to Miss Saigon, and what it means to be
MON       entered in the prestigious red book - Who's Who.
MON       Jane hears from the growing band of executive Mr Mums -
MON       fathers with high income jobs who have been hit by the
MON       recession and are taking on full-time care of their
MON       children. She finds out why they are forming their own
MON       Dads and Toddler clubs.
MON       In January 2006, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first
MON       democratically elected female head of state in Africa,
MON       took office in Liberia, Africa's oldest republic. Liberia
MON       had emerged from 14 years of civil war, during which women
MON       and girls experienced unprecedented levels of sexual
MON       violence - with 3 in 4 women, in some regions, having been
MON       raped. But evidence suggests that violence against women
MON       remains an extensive problem during this post-conflict
MON       era. Jane reflects on the achievements of
MON       Johnson-Sirleaf's presidency so far, and discusses the
MON       situation for women who are victims of rape and sexual
MON       violence.
MON       
MON       11:00 Mother Was A Blackshirt b00pk7zp (Listen)
MON       In 1914 Norah Elam was placed in a Holloway prison cell
MON       with Emmeline Pankhurst for her involvement with the
MON       Suffragette movement. In 1940 she returned to the same
MON       prison with Diana Mosley, but this time for her
MON       involvement with the fascist movement.
MON       James Maw explores this story and how Norah Elam's fascist
MON       philosophy grew directly out of her involvement with the
MON       suffragettes, and how subsequently the British fascist
MON       movement became largely driven by women. James tells how
MON       the first British fascist movement was founded by a woman,
MON       and that it was the leading lights of the Suffragettes
MON       who, along with Oswald Mosley, founded the British Union
MON       of Fascists.
MON       Blackshirts targeted young women from an early age; James
MON       begins with the story of his own mother, whom - at the
MON       time working in an ink factory - they attempted to recruit
MON       when she was 16 in 1937.
MON       Francis Beckett recounts how his mother was recruited when
MON       she was sent by the Pitman's secretarial agency to work at
MON       Mosley's headquarters and how he has been vehemently
MON       anti-fascist all his life and has worked tirelessly to
MON       clear the family name of the stigma he feels.
MON       Angela McPherson had no idea until recently the role her
MON       own grandmother played at the very centre of the fascist
MON       movement; she had subconsciously blocked out disturbing
MON       memories of the events and stories her grandmother told
MON       her as a child, which were to affect her family until the
MON       present day.
MON       James learns how powerful fascist women became and what
MON       the long-term effects their right-wing beliefs had on
MON       their children and grandchildren.
MON       
MON       11:30 Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off b00pk7zr (Listen)
MON       Series 4, Episode 4
MON       Comedy series by Marcus Brigstocke and Jeremy Salsby.
MON       Giles Wemmbley Hogg returns, having set up his own travel
MON       company.
MON       It's Viva Las Vegas as Giles accidentally gets three wives
MON       in a row and loses the jackpot.
MON       Giles ...... Marcus Brigstocke
MON       Tommy 'Tomahawk' Hayes ...... Kerry Shale
MON       Nadine ...... Matilda Ziegler
MON       Mr Timmis ...... Adrian Scarborough
MON       Charlotte Wemmbley Hogg ...... Catherine Shepherd
MON       Tony ...... Lou Hirsch
MON       Mikey ...... David Armand.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00pjqc3 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00pjsr9 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00pjvq9 (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Brain of Britain b00pk7zt (Listen)
MON       Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of the
MON       perennial general knowledge contest, with heat winners Mrs
MON       Ali Arnold from High Wycombe, Ms Marie Coyle from London,
MON       Rob Hannah from Torquay and Roger Johnson from Chelmsford
MON       competing for a place in the final.
MON       Contestants
MON       Ali Arnold from High Wycombe
MON       Marie Coyle from London
MON       Rob Hannah from Torquay
MON       Roger Johnson from Chelmsford
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00pjj6b (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00pk7zw (Listen)
MON       McLevy - Series 6, Jack O' Diamonds
MON       Series of stories about David Ashton's Victorian detective
MON       based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector James
MON       McLevy.
MON       Jean Brash plans revenge on a sadistic client, but the
MON       malign Mr Caleb Grant has a finger in every criminal pie
MON       in Edinburgh and is not a man to cross lightly.
MON       McLevy ...... Brian Cox
MON       Jean Brash ...... Siobhan Redmond
MON       Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-Maxwell
MON       Roach ...... David Ashton
MON       Hannah ...... Colette O'Neil
MON       Caleb Grant ...... Graham Crowden
MON       Donald McIver ...... Andrew Neil
MON       Jack Brennan ...... Robin Laing
MON       Nugent ...... Lewis Howden
MON       Mary Rintoul ...... Molly Innes
MON       Directed by Patrick Rayner.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00pr3d8 (Listen)
MON       Carry On Britain
MON       Carolyn Quinn looks at the Carry On films and asks what
MON       they tell us about British society between the late 1950s
MON       and the late 1970s.
MON       
MON       15:45 The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business b00lg9d9 (Listen)
MON       The Startup Duck
MON       Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of
MON       business and Beatrix Potter.
MON       Jemima Puddleduck learns important lessons about how not
MON       to get her new business off the ground. With commentary
MON       from startup kings Dharmesh Shah and Sanjiv Menezes and
MON       private equity director Janet Brooks.
MON       Dramatised scenes written by John Peacock. Directed by
MON       Celia de Wolff.
MON       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00pj3z0 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00pmcd6 (Listen)
MON       Aid
MON       Ernie Rea and guests discuss the place of faith in
MON       international aid and development. To what extent are
MON       western aid agencies in danger of imposing secular values
MON       on developing countries by failing to address spiritual
MON       matters alongside physical needs?
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00pk56w (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 b00pk5bt (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00pk8z6 (Listen)
MON       Series 56, Episode 1
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. Panellists
MON       Paul Merton and Julian Clary reveal, among other things,
MON       what they think of New Year's Eve parties, and David
MON       Mitchell and Gyles Brandreth discuss the art of writing a
MON       book.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00pjvqw (Listen)
MON       Fallon goes into hiding.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00pk6x0 (Listen)
MON       With Mark Lawson, including news of the category winners
MON       of the Costa Book Awards, and a review of Meryl Streep in
MON       the romantic comedy It's Complicated.
MON       
MON       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pk6x2 (Listen)
MON       Six Suspects, Episode 1
MON       Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas
MON       Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog
MON       Millinaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian
MON       politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi
MON       restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his
MON       acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?
MON       Suspect number one: the mobile phone thief with big dreams.
MON       Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit Kapur
MON       Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar Karachiwala
MON       Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... Radhika
MON       Mital
MON       Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand Tiwari
MON       Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz Patel
MON       Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary Richardson
MON       Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit Malkani
MON       Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny Desai
MON       Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika Apte
MON       Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita Uberoi
MON       Ritu ...... Ira Dubey
MON       Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur Vikal
MON       Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha Burman
MON       Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini Pathak
MON       Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......
MON       Jayant Kripalani
MON       Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny Desai
MON       Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan Kripalani
MON       Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir Khan
MON       Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
MON       Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha Menon
MON       Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin Mushran
MON       Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla Singh
MON       Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi Khote
MON       Sohrab ...... Caran Arora
MON       Production team:
MON       Line producer in India: Nadir Khan
MON       Assistant director: Toral Shah
MON       Photography: Ameet Mallapur
MON       Script editor: Mike Walker
MON       Sound: Ayush Ahuja
MON       Additional editing: Steve Bond
MON       Music: Sacha Putnam
MON       Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier
MON       Produced and directed by John Dryden
MON       A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       20:00 In Search of the British Work Ethic b00pk8z8 (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Journalist Melanie Phillips embarks on a personal journey
MON       to explore what work means to some of the most vulnerable
MON       and socially-excluded people in Britain. Melanie is known
MON       for her uncompromising views on the 'workshy'
MON       beneficiaries of the welfare state but will her theories
MON       stand up in the face of the complex and difficult lives of
MON       the people she meets?
MON       In this first programme Melanie travels to the north-east
MON       of England to meet unemployed young people who are
MON       struggling to find their way into the labour market and a
MON       married couple who are desperate to move themselves into
MON       work and away from dependency.
MON       
MON       20:30 Crossing Continents b00pg5fg (Listen)
MON       The documentary series that gives a human dimension to the
MON       big international stories making the headlines.
MON       
MON       21:00 The Vox Project b00pk98g (Listen)
MON       The Actor's Voice
MON       Clare Balding, with the help of the Cognitive
MON       Neuro-Science department of University College, London,
MON       investigates all aspects of the human voice and the way we
MON       use it.
MON       Cicely Berry, the voice coach of the Royal Shakespeare
MON       Company, divulges the secrets of the trained speaker.
MON       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       21:30 In Our Time b00pk7j0 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00pk725 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00pk74q (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74s (Listen)
MON       The True Deceiver, Episode 6
MON       Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson.
MON       Anna is discomfited by Katri's unusual honesty. But what
MON       game is she playing?
MON       Abridged by Jeremy Osborne.
MON       A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00 Word of Mouth b00pftm5 (Listen)
MON       A sweet relief for some and painfully uncomfortable for
MON       others, silence can be one of the most powerful tools in
MON       speech. From school classrooms to sports grounds, Michael
MON       Rosen investigates the times when staying silent can speak
MON       volumes.
MON       
MON       23:30 Art for Schools b00dzk96 (Listen)
MON       Children's writer and illustrator Jackie Morris tells the
MON       story of how, in the late 1940s, one woman persuaded
MON       artists such as Picasso, Matisse and Lowry to donate
MON       prints to be distributed around British schools.
MON       Determined to help widen access to art, Brenda Rawnsley
MON       established the School Prints scheme, at first
MON       commissioning British artists such as Lowry and Henry
MON       Moore, and then taking a portable printing press to France
MON       to persuade some of the most well-known artists in the
MON       world to take part. Jackie Morris tells the story of the
MON       scheme and the woman behind it, and considers how art
MON       education has been viewed in Britain since.
MON       A White Pebble Media production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 5 JANUARY 2010
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00pjlrk (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 Book of the Week b00pls5b (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pjlvn (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pjlz2 (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pjlxg (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00pjm0g (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pjm6h (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00pjp8y (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Cath Mackie.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00pjpmp (Listen)
TUE       With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports
TUE       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 In Our Time b00pk9s1 (Listen)
TUE       In Our Time: The Royal Society and British Science,
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       As part of the BBC's year of science programming, Melvyn
TUE       Bragg looks at the history of the oldest scientific
TUE       learned society of them all: the Royal Society.
TUE       Programme two begins in the coffee house Isaac Newton and
TUE       the fellows of the early 18th century frequented. At the
TUE       Royal Observatory, Greenwich, we learn how Newton's feud
TUE       with the Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed tested the lines
TUE       between government-funded research and public access. In
TUE       the age of exploration, senior fellows accompany naval
TUE       expeditions, such as Cook's expedition to Tahiti and
TUE       subsequent discovery of Australia. International relations
TUE       are fostered between scientists such as Benjamin Franklin,
TUE       whose house in London serves as live-in lab and de facto
TUE       American embassy.
TUE       By the end of the century the President, Sir Joseph Banks,
TUE       successfully embeds the Royal Society in the imperial
TUE       bureaucratic hub of the new Somerset House. But while
TUE       senior fellows concentrated on foreign fields, a more
TUE       radical, dissident science and manufacturing base wrought
TUE       the Industrial Revolution right under their noses.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 Book of the Week b00pmbws (Listen)
TUE       The Last Matchmaker, Episode 2
TUE       Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish
TUE       matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love,
TUE       this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland
TUE       and its recent past.
TUE       Willie is inducted into the family business by his
TUE       grandfather.
TUE       Abridged by David Jackson Young.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pjpwn (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Six Suspects.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Nature b00pk9s3 (Listen)
TUE       Series 4, Britain's Rarest Trees
TUE       If you thought that all the world's rarest trees were only
TUE       in virgin rainforest or on remote tropical islands, then
TUE       prepare to be surprised. Brett Westwood joins botanist Tim
TUE       Rich from the National Museum of Wales to look for the
TUE       whitebeam trees, which are found nowhere else in the
TUE       world. Ley's whitebeam near Merthyr Tydfil has only 17
TUE       specimens growing in the wild, and new species are still
TUE       being described from the Avon Gorge in Bristol. Thanks to
TUE       analysis of their DNA we know more than ever about these
TUE       trees and their conservation presents some fascinating
TUE       challenges.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 Who Was Opal? b00pk9y9 (Listen)
TUE       Opal Whiteley, born in 1897 in the USA, wrote an
TUE       extraordinary book and was at the heart of an unsolved
TUE       mystery. Writer Melanie McFadyean explores Whiteley's
TUE       childhood in an Oregon lumber village and her rise to fame
TUE       in America, her exotic adventures and many years in
TUE       British asylum, where she died in 1992. Her gravestone in
TUE       Highgate Cemetery bears the inscription 'I spake as a
TUE       child.'
TUE       Did she speak as a child or was her diary, said to have
TUE       been written by her aged six or seven, and published in
TUE       1920, a hoax? Entitled The Story of Opal: The Journey of
TUE       an Understanding Heart, it was an instant bestseller. But
TUE       then people began to wonder. A gifted amateur naturalist,
TUE       Opal visited the offices of the periodical Atlantic
TUE       Monthly, where publisher Ellery Sedgewick asked her if she
TUE       had ever kept a diary. Opal said an early diary existed,
TUE       but it had been ripped to pieces by a jealous sister. She
TUE       had, however, kept the pieces in a hat box. Sedgewick sent
TUE       for the boxful of fragments and set Opal to work, piecing
TUE       them together. The task took her nine months. Photographs
TUE       of the mended manuscript, 150,000 words long, reveal that
TUE       it was written in crayon, in capital letters, on any paper
TUE       she could get, even paper bags.
TUE       But the diary is too complex to be the work of a young
TUE       child. Threaded through it are concealed acrostics and
TUE       oddly-detailed references to French royalty, including
TUE       dates of birth, place names and historical anecdotes. In
TUE       her introduction Opal claimed she had been adopted by the
TUE       lumberjack family, the Whiteleys, after her mother had
TUE       drowned, that her real name was Francoise D'Orleans, and
TUE       that her real father was Duc Henri, Prince d'Orleans. The
TUE       Orleans family always denied she was genuinely related,
TUE       the Whiteleys were devastated that she rejected them and,
TUE       hounded by the press, changed their names and went to
TUE       ground. Opal Whitely left the USA in the early 1920s,
TUE       never to return. She trailed chaos in her wake, but she
TUE       had charisma and charmed rich and influential people.
TUE       During the Second World War, Opal lived in a London flat,
TUE       along with thousands of books. But her mental condition
TUE       deteriorated and she was placed in Napsbury Hospital, near
TUE       St Albans, in 1948, where she spent the next 44 years
TUE       until her death in 1992. We hear from people who met her
TUE       and knew her, hear extracts from the diary, and musical
TUE       clips from a recent musical about her life.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00pjqbv (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00pjslp (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00pjvbd (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 The Rock Island Line b00pkbff (Listen)
TUE       Folk singer and musician Huw Williams tells the story of
TUE       how Lonnie Donegan's recording of The Rock Island changed
TUE       the course of popular music forever. Huw talks to The
TUE       Quarrymen and Peter Donegan, tracing the origins of The
TUE       Rock Island Line from the prisons of the southern American
TUE       states via John Lennon's prized 78 to the railroad itself.
TUE       The programme includes a new recording of The Rock Island
TUE       Line featuring The Quarrymen and Pete Donegan.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00pjvqw (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00pr5jk (Listen)
TUE       ID
TUE       Dark thriller by Tajinder Singh Hayer about Asian identity
TUE       in modern Britain. A confused Asian man walks into a
TUE       Manchester police station and says he needs help because
TUE       he thinks he's going to kill. He can't remember a thing,
TUE       not even his name. An attention seeker? Maybe an amnesiac?
TUE       Or is it something more complicated?
TUE       Robert ...... Zubin Varla
TUE       Sonia ...... Shivani Ghai
TUE       Atkins ...... Andrew Westfield
TUE       Reena ...... Rina Mahoney
TUE       Steven ...... Luke Broughton
TUE       Mr Ali ...... Armand Beasley
TUE       Anne ...... Eileen O'Brien.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Home Planet b00pkbfk (Listen)
TUE       Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions
TUE       about the environment and the natural world.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading: The Time Being b00pmcqb (Listen)
TUE       Series 4, Jules
TUE       Series of original stories by unpublished writers.
TUE       Jules has been diagnosed as having cancer. But for a
TUE       number of reasons, not all of them noble, her best friend
TUE       Kate finds it hard to be as supportive as she should.
TUE       By Tamara Pollock, read by Nicola Walker.
TUE       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business b00lkjyg (Listen)
TUE       Kings of Credit
TUE       Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of
TUE       business and Beatrix Potter.
TUE       Margaret Thatcher famously held Ginger & Pickles to be the
TUE       only business book worth reading. Not only an instructive
TUE       manual in cornershop economics, this deceptively simple
TUE       tale of a shopkeeping cat and dog also turns out to be a
TUE       blueprint for how to wreck an entire economy. With
TUE       Supermarket chairman Edwin Booth and BBC economics editor
TUE       Stephanie Flanders.
TUE       Dramatised scenes written by John Peacock. Directed by
TUE       Celia de Wolff.
TUE       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 Word of Mouth b00pkbh9 (Listen)
TUE       Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of
TUE       words, language and the way we speak.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 Great Lives b00pkbmf (Listen)
TUE       Series 20, Nero
TUE       Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which
TUE       his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
TUE       Christopher Biggins champions the life of the Roman
TUE       Emperor Nero, a man whose modest talent for poetry was
TUE       overshadowed by his debauchery, extravagance and tyranny.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00pk56y (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 b00pk5bk (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pkbmh (Listen)
TUE       Echo
TUE       Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of
TUE       inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives.
TUE       Beagle Team find they are in competition with their
TUE       nemesis, Terrier Team, on the latest mission.
TUE       Bill ...... Richard Lumsden
TUE       Sharla ...... Nina Conti
TUE       Mark ...... Daniel Kaluuya
TUE       Edward Barraclough MP ...... Paterson Joseph
TUE       Ros ...... Lucy Montgomery
TUE       Brian/Customer/Wilco/Reporter ...... Ewan Bailey
TUE       Norris ...... Joe Thomas
TUE       Dylis/Secretary ...... Tessa Nicholson.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00pjvqc (Listen)
TUE       Optimism takes over for Jazzer.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00pk6lm (Listen)
TUE       With Mark Lawson, including a review of the film The Road,
TUE       based on Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel, and
TUE       starring Viggo Mortensen.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pnngd (Listen)
TUE       Six Suspects, Episode 2
TUE       Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas
TUE       Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog
TUE       Millinaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian
TUE       politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi
TUE       restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his
TUE       acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?
TUE       Suspect number two - the Bollywood actress with the guilty
TUE       secret.
TUE       Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit Kapur
TUE       Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar Karachiwala
TUE       Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... Radhika
TUE       Mital
TUE       Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand Tiwari
TUE       Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz Patel
TUE       Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary Richardson
TUE       Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit Malkani
TUE       Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny Desai
TUE       Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika Apte
TUE       Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita Uberoi
TUE       Ritu ...... Ira Dubey
TUE       Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur Vikal
TUE       Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha Burman
TUE       Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini Pathak
TUE       Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......
TUE       Jayant Kripalani
TUE       Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny Desai
TUE       Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan Kripalani
TUE       Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir Khan
TUE       Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
TUE       Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha Menon
TUE       Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin Mushran
TUE       Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla Singh
TUE       Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi Khote
TUE       Sohrab ...... Caran Arora
TUE       Production team:
TUE       Line producer in India: Nadir Khan
TUE       Assistant director: Toral Shah
TUE       Photography: Ameet Mallapur
TUE       Script editor: Mike Walker
TUE       Sound: Ayush Ahuja
TUE       Additional editing: Steve Bond
TUE       Music: Sacha Putnam
TUE       Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier
TUE       Produced and directed by John Dryden
TUE       A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       20:00 Under Surveillance b00pkbmk (Listen)
TUE       Journalist and writer Phil Harding investigates and
TUE       evaluates Britain's rapidly increasing use of CCTV systems
TUE       for tackling crime and asks if they are really being
TUE       effective. Closed circuit television has become part of
TUE       our every day lives; on high streets, on the bus and in
TUE       most of our shops we are frequently being watched by CCTV
TUE       cameras. But how likely are they to prevent crime and how
TUE       useful are they as a detection method? Also, who is
TUE       watching us and are their systems and methods working?
TUE       What is the evidence that backs up our obsession with CCTV?
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00pkbmm (Listen)
TUE       Peter White talks to actress and comedian Kitty McGeever
TUE       about her life and the impact her relatively recent sight
TUE       loss has had on her life.
TUE       Kitty was the first blind actor to be cast as a permanent
TUE       character in a UK soap, Emmerdale, which she is loving.
TUE       She has also just been made guardian of her late best
TUE       friend's 16-year-old daughter and is in in the midst of
TUE       moving house.
TUE       She demonstrates to Peter her CD book which has audible
TUE       labels telling her which CD is which. She also uses a
TUE       colour detector as she is very particular about her
TUE       clothes and the gadget enables her to match her colours.
TUE       Kitty also tells Peter that one of her favourite gadgets
TUE       in the kitchen is a pair of long-armed heat-resistant oven
TUE       gloves, to prevent her burning her hands.
TUE       She says that unlike Bill Roache in Corrie, she probably
TUE       wouldn't be in Emmerdale for 50 years as she would hate
TUE       being told when she could have her hair cut.
TUE       Kitty McGeever shows Peter her talking CD storage book
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00pkbmp (Listen)
TUE       Tuberculosis is thought of as a disease of the past, but
TUE       in our British cities it is still very much a fact of
TUE       life. Dr Mark Porter hears from Natalie, a 24-year-old
TUE       mother of two, who has had successful treatment for TB in
TUE       her kidneys. Doctors think she may have caught it when she
TUE       was working in a care home.
TUE       The treatment for TB involves at least six months of
TUE       taking a number of different antibiotics. The experts
TUE       explain how - although it's difficult for patients to keep
TUE       taking them once they start feeling better - it's crucial
TUE       to be cured, and to avoid resistant strains of the disease
TUE       from developing.
TUE       The BCG vaccine is not routinely given these days. Instead
TUE       certain 'at risk' communities are targeted. Teenagers on
TUE       gap years, who may not have been vaccinated, might want to
TUE       think about getting the vaccine which will offer them
TUE       protection against TB on their travels.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 In Our Time b00pk9s1 (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00pk70r (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00pk727 (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
TUE       Shah.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74v (Listen)
TUE       The True Deceiver, Episode 7
TUE       Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson.
TUE       After visiting Liljeberg the boat maker, Katri starts to
TUE       make plans for her brother Mats.
TUE       Abridged by Jeremy Osborne.
TUE       A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Jon Ronson On b00pnt6h (Listen)
TUE       Series 5, Fear of Flying
TUE       Jon Ronson looks at one of our deepest fears.
TUE       When Vicky Coren realised her fear of flying was stopping
TUE       her travelling, she sought help from a specialist
TUE       councillor. He cured her - only to die a year later in an
TUE       air crash. Mike Thexton tells Jon of his ordeal on board a
TUE       hijacked plane, waiting for 12 hours to be shot. Comedian
TUE       Danny Robins is terrified of death - so terrified that Jon
TUE       decides to send him to a near death experience festival in
TUE       Spain to try to cure his phobia. Finally, Jon finds a
TUE       scientist who is working on finding an answer to eternal
TUE       life.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pkbxh (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Susan Hulme.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY 2010
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00pjlrm (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 Book of the Week b00pmbws (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pjlvq (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pjlz4 (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pjlxj (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00pjm0j (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pjm6k (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00pjp90 (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00pjpmr (Listen)
WED       With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk;
WED       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00 In Our Time b00pkth7 (Listen)
WED       In Our Time: The Royal Society and British Science,
WED       Episode 3
WED       As part of the BBC's year of science programming, Melvyn
WED       Bragg looks at the history of the oldest scientific
WED       learned society of them all: the Royal Society.
WED       The 19th century blooms scientifically with numerous
WED       alternative, specialist learned societies and
WED       associations, all threatening the Royal Society's
WED       pre-eminence. Attempts to reform the membership criteria -
WED       marking scientific leadership's painful transition from
WED       patronage to expertise - are troubled, and organisations
WED       such as the British Association for the Advancement of
WED       Science (now the BSA) excite and enliven scientific
WED       discourse outside of London. Science becomes a realistic
WED       career and a path of improvement, and by the time HG Wells
WED       writes science fiction at the end of the 19th century,
WED       there are sufficient numbers of interested, informed
WED       readers to suggest that Edwardian society contained the
WED       beginnings of a scientific society.
WED       
WED       09:45 Book of the Week b00pmbw4 (Listen)
WED       The Last Matchmaker, Episode 3
WED       Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish
WED       matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love,
WED       this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland
WED       and its recent past.
WED       How the cultural and social changes of the 1960s began to
WED       impact on life in rural Ireland.
WED       Abridged by David Jackson Young.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pjpwq (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Six Suspects.
WED       
WED       11:00 Based on a True Story b00g63pz (Listen)
WED       The first production of Howard Brenton's play Never So
WED       Good brought to life on stage the experiences of Harold
WED       Macmillan. In this programme, which reflects on real life
WED       events set against their fictional portrayal, Peter Curran
WED       discusses the production with Brenton, Jeremy Irons, who
WED       played Macmillan, and Lord Alexander Stockton, the
WED       grandson of Macmillan and his close companion in later
WED       life.
WED       Producer Kevin Dawson
WED       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       11:30 Ballylenon b00pktqz (Listen)
WED       Series 7, Episode 6
WED       Comedy drama series by Christopher Fitz-Simon, set in the
WED       1950s in a Donegal town.
WED       Will the sisters be able to silence the question of
WED       exactly how long Councillor Maconchy has been dead?
WED       Muriel Maconchy ...... Margaret D'Arcy
WED       Vera Maconchy ...... Stella McCusker
WED       Phonsie Doherty ...... Gerard Murphy
WED       Vivienne Hawthorne ...... Annie McCartney
WED       Stumpy Bonner ...... Gerard McSorley
WED       Aubrey Frawley ...... Matthew Addis
WED       Terry Black ...... Mark Lambert
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 b00pjqbx (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00pjslr (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00pjvbg (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00pktr1 (Listen)
WED       Edward Stourton presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00pjvqc (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00c5zsj (Listen)
WED       Life of Penguins
WED       By Katie Hims.
WED       Merle is a penguin keeper at London Zoo. When her sister
WED       Beth fails to make a date at the cinema, she goes
WED       searching for her. She soon realises that Beth has been
WED       abducted by aliens - not for the first time.
WED       Merle ...... Abigail Davies
WED       Linus ...... Matthew Wilson
WED       Gina ...... Serena Bobowski
WED       Frank ...... Dominic Hawksley
WED       Beth ...... Madeleine Bowyer
WED       Ania ...... Ania Tomaszewska
WED       Chris ...... Chris Nelson
WED       Directed by Boz Temple-Morris
WED       A Boz Temple Morris production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00pktr3 (Listen)
WED       Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls on
WED       financial issues.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading: The Time Being b00pmcqd (Listen)
WED       Series 4, The Painter and the Dybbuk
WED       Series of original stories by unpublished writers.
WED       In Jewish folklore a Dybbuk is the wandering soul of a
WED       dead person that enters the body of a living person and
WED       controls his or her behaviour. A painter's talent has so
WED       far kept him alive in Auschwitz. But as he starts on a
WED       portrait of one of the guards, he wonders just who is in
WED       control.
WED       By Claire Griffiths, read by Nicholas Farrell.
WED       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       15:45 The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business b00pk55s (Listen)
WED       Keeping Track of Stuff
WED       Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of
WED       business and Beatrix Potter.
WED       The Tale of Samuel Whiskers is a sinister story of rats
WED       behind the skirting boards and kittens going missing.
WED       Beatrix Potter wrote it just as her own royalties from
WED       Peter Rabbit were mysteriously disappearing. Our reading
WED       of the tale offers advice on how to run a rolling audit
WED       from Eddie Stobart CEO Andrew Tinkler and Penguin UK
WED       managing director, Sally Floyer.
WED       Dramatised scenes written by John Peacock. Directed by
WED       Celia de Wolff.
WED       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00pktr5 (Listen)
WED       Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how
WED       society works.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00pkbmp (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00pk570 (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 b00pk5bm (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 Ayres on the Air b00m6f4m (Listen)
WED       Series 3, In the Doghouse
WED       Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry,
WED       anecdotes and sketches.
WED       Poems include Toaster, about Pam's son's dog and its
WED       phobia, I'm the Dog Who Didn't Win a Prize, written by Pam
WED       after she was asked to be a judge at a competition, and
WED       Tippy Tappy Feet, about the things you miss when your best
WED       friend goes to the great kennel in the sky.
WED       Pam is joined on stage by actors Geoffrey Whitehead and
WED       Felicity Montagu for sketches about what dogs talk to each
WED       other about and how a new puppy can cause more excitement
WED       in some families than a new baby.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00pjvqf (Listen)
WED       Brenda's finances take an upward turn.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00pk6lp (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson.
WED       
WED       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pnngg (Listen)
WED       Six Suspects, Episode 3
WED       Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas
WED       Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog
WED       Millinaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent Indian
WED       politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy Delhi
WED       restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate his
WED       acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?
WED       Suspect number three: an American who has come to India to
WED       marry his mail-order bride.
WED       Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit Kapur
WED       Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar Karachiwala
WED       Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... Radhika
WED       Mital
WED       Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand Tiwari
WED       Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz Patel
WED       Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary Richardson
WED       Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit Malkani
WED       Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny Desai
WED       Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika Apte
WED       Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita Uberoi
WED       Ritu ...... Ira Dubey
WED       Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur Vikal
WED       Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha Burman
WED       Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini Pathak
WED       Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......
WED       Jayant Kripalani
WED       Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny Desai
WED       Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan Kripalani
WED       Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir Khan
WED       Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
WED       Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha Menon
WED       Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin Mushran
WED       Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla Singh
WED       Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi Khote
WED       Sohrab ...... Caran Arora
WED       Production team:
WED       Line producer in India: Nadir Khan
WED       Assistant director: Toral Shah
WED       Photography: Ameet Mallapur
WED       Script editor: Mike Walker
WED       Sound: Ayush Ahuja
WED       Additional editing: Steve Bond
WED       Music: Sacha Putnam
WED       Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier
WED       Produced and directed by John Dryden
WED       A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       20:00 Unreliable Evidence b00pkttp (Listen)
WED       The Law and Drugs
WED       Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal
WED       issues of the day.
WED       There is a growing body of opinion in the legal world that
WED       the 'war on drugs' has failed and that decriminalisation
WED       of drugs is the only way ahead. What are the shortcomings
WED       of the existing Misuse of Drugs Act, and how might drug
WED       use be regulated in a decriminalised future?
WED       An Above The Title production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       20:45 More Than A Game b00pktv2 (Listen)
WED       The Fight
WED       In June 1938, 64 per cent of Americans who owned a radio
WED       tuned in to listen to a heavyweight boxing match in New
WED       York between Joe Louis, known as The Brown Bomber, and the
WED       German Max Schmeling. Two years before, Schmeling had
WED       sensationally defeated the seemingly invincible Louis, in
WED       a propaganda triumph for the Nazi regime The rematch was
WED       one of the most politically charged matches in history.
WED       Professor Anthony King of Essex University looks back at
WED       the fight and explains why it was so politically
WED       significant.
WED       
WED       21:00 Nature b00pk9s3 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       21:30 In Our Time b00pkth7 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00pk70t (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00pk729 (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74x (Listen)
WED       The True Deceiver, Episode 8
WED       Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson.
WED       While Mats shows the plans for his boat to Liljeberg, Anna
WED       becomes strangely assertive with Katri.
WED       Abridged by Jeremy Osborne.
WED       A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00 Weird Tales b00pkv2v (Listen)
WED       Series 2, Connected
WED       Hoarder of horror Lovecraft returns to share three more
WED       chilling tales.
WED       By Melissa Murray. When her brother-in-law is killed in a
WED       car crash, Steph is overcome with sadness. One day,
WED       feeling maudlin, she rings his mobile number, just wanting
WED       to hear his voice. The next day he rings her back.
WED       Steph ...... Fiona Glascott
WED       Ray ...... Joseph Kloska
WED       Jamie ...... Piers Wehner
WED       Lovecraft ...... Stephen Hogan
WED       Mother ...... Kate Layden
WED       Jan/Flight Attendant ...... Melissa Advani
WED       Passenger ...... Ewan Hooper
WED       Shop Assistant ...... Rhys Jennings
WED       Passerby ...... John Biggins
WED       Passerby 2/Estate Agent ...... Tessa Nicholson
WED       Directed by Mary Peate.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pkvgd (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with David Wilby.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 7 JANUARY 2010
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00pjlrp (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 Book of the Week b00pmbw4 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pjlvs (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pjlz6 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pjlxl (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00pjm0l (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pjm6m (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00pjp92 (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00pjpmt (Listen)
THU       With Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk;
THU       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00pkx5q (Listen)
THU       In Our Time: The Royal Society and British Science,
THU       Episode 4
THU       As part of the BBC's year of science programming, Melvyn
THU       Bragg looks at the history of the oldest scientific
THU       learned society of them all: the Royal Society.
THU       The horrors of the First World War were a shocking
THU       indictment of the power of science. Picking up the thread
THU       at this hiatus in scientific optimism, this programme,
THU       recorded in the current home of the Royal Society in
THU       Carlton House Terrace in London, looks at the more subtle,
THU       discreet role the Society played in the 20th century, such
THU       as secretly arranging for refugee scientists to flee
THU       Germany, co-ordinating international scientific missions
THU       during the Cold War and quietly distributing government
THU       grant money to fund the brightest young researchers in the
THU       land. As ever more important scientific issues face the
THU       world and Britain today, the programme asks how well
THU       placed the Royal Society is to take an important lead in
THU       the future.
THU       
THU       09:45 Book of the Week b00pmbw6 (Listen)
THU       The Last Matchmaker, Episode 4
THU       Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish
THU       matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love,
THU       this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland
THU       and its recent past.
THU       Coming from a line of traditional Irish matchmakers,
THU       Willie's father made his last match a month before he died
THU       - finding a wife for his son.
THU       Abridged by David Jackson Young.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pjpws (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Six Suspects.
THU       
THU       11:00 Crossing Continents b00pkxy2 (Listen)
THU       Uganda: Battling the Witch-Doctors
THU       Tim Whewell investigates the causes of a horrific spate of
THU       child sacrifices in Uganda and follows a former witch
THU       doctor who is now committed to stamping out the practice.
THU       
THU       11:30 The Frost Collection b00pkxy4 (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 3
THU       Sir David Frost and guests look back at some of the most
THU       memorable interviews of his long career. With Esther
THU       Rantzen, Peter Kellner and Joan Bakewell.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00pjqbz (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:30 Face the Facts b00pky9h (Listen)
THU       High Rise - Low Safety
THU       John Waite presents the investigative consumer series.
THU       The deaths of six people in a tower block fire in London
THU       in July 2009 have revealed poor to non-existent fire
THU       safety standards in some similar residential buildings. At
THU       many there was no fire risk assessment - one has even been
THU       condemned as too unsafe for people to live in. Some
THU       apartments have been expensively refurbished, seemingly
THU       with little consideration of fire safety in communal
THU       areas. We reveal that one tower block had been visited by
THU       the fire service on a regular basis because of broken
THU       lifts, but only after the London fire did it become clear
THU       that the building was unsafe.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00pjslt (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00pjvbj (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Questions, Questions b00pky9k (Listen)
THU       Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from
THU       everyday life.
THU       A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00pjvqf (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00pl1gx (Listen)
THU       The Killing of the TSR2
THU       By Robin Brooks. The true story of the struggle to build
THU       TSR2, the British-built world-beating fighter jet that
THU       never was. Years ahead of its time technologically, it was
THU       scrapped by the Labour government in 1965, after just one
THU       supersonic test flight.
THU       Wing Commander Roland Beamont/Harold Wilson ...... Ewan
THU       Bailey
THU       Sir George Edwards ...... Bruce Alexander
THU       Sir Malcolm/Harold Macmillan ...... Jon Glover
THU       Davis ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
THU       Narrator ...... Piers Wehner
THU       With Rhys Jennings, Nigel Hastings, John Biggins, Kate
THU       Layden and Emerald O'Hanrahan.
THU       Directed by Jonquil Panting.
THU       
THU       15:00 Open Country b00physp (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday.]
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00pj3yk (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading: The Time Being b00pmcqg (Listen)
THU       Series 4, Smell My Fleece
THU       Series of original stories by unpublished writers.
THU       With four fewer teeth and a mouth stuffed with cotton
THU       wool, Debra isn't having the easiest of days. And then she
THU       meets Dale. A curious tale of dentistry, stalking and
THU       poetry.
THU       By Anna Towers, read by Claire Foy.
THU       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       15:45 The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business b00pk54y (Listen)
THU       The Perils of Success
THU       Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of
THU       business and Beatrix Potter.
THU       Beatrix Potter wrote about American animals in Timmy
THU       Tiptoes specifically for the US market to combat piracy of
THU       her hugely successful books. Potter went public to defend
THU       the rights of business while remaining fiercely protective
THU       of her own privacy. Business guests Gerald Ratner and Cory
THU       Doctorow reflect on self-interest and the thin line
THU       between public and private when success has you in its
THU       spotlight.
THU       Dramatised scenes written by John Peacock. Directed by
THU       Celia de Wolff.
THU       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       16:00 Bookclub b00pj4s2 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00pl1gz (Listen)
THU       Got an experiment you want to conduct? A pet theory you
THU       want to test? Here's your chance. Quentin Cooper launches
THU       'So You Want to Be A Scientist?' and discusses this unique
THU       opportunity for ordinary people to do some extraordinary
THU       science.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00pk572 (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 b00pk5bp (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Deep Trouble b007j889 (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 1
THU       Comedy series by Jim Field Smith and Ben Willbond set
THU       aboard HMS Goliath, a nuclear stealth submarine.
THU       A new crew member, a noxious gas, a beetroot smoothie and
THU       bad haircut spell disaster for Trainor, Wade, Fairbanks
THU       and the crew.
THU       Captain Paul Wade ...... Jim Field Smith
THU       Commander Alison Fairbanks ...... Katherine Jakeways
THU       Lieutenant Jack Trainor ...... Ben Willbond
THU       Barry ...... Alice Lowe
THU       PO Curtis ...... Rufus Jones
THU       Narrator ...... Jonathan Ryland
THU       Diana Monk ...... Sue Vincent
THU       Directed by David Tyler
THU       A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00pjvqh (Listen)
THU       Kenton goes undercover with Jim.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00pk6lr (Listen)
THU       With Kirsty Lang, including a review of the film Sex &
THU       Drugs & Rock & Roll, based on the life of singer Ian Dury,
THU       and starring Andy Serkis.
THU       
THU       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pnngk (Listen)
THU       Six Suspects, Episode 4
THU       Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas
THU       Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog
THU       Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent
THU       Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy
THU       Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate
THU       his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?
THU       Suspect number four: Vicky Rai's mother, an ambitious and
THU       corrupt politician increasingly embarrassed by her son's
THU       activities.
THU       Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit Kapur
THU       Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar Karachiwala
THU       Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... Radhika
THU       Mital
THU       Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand Tiwari
THU       Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz Patel
THU       Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary Richardson
THU       Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit Malkani
THU       Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny Desai
THU       Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika Apte
THU       Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita Uberoi
THU       Ritu ...... Ira Dubey
THU       Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur Vikal
THU       Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha Burman
THU       Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini Pathak
THU       Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......
THU       Jayant Kripalani
THU       Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny Desai
THU       Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan Kripalani
THU       Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir Khan
THU       Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
THU       Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha Menon
THU       Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin Mushran
THU       Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla Singh
THU       Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi Khote
THU       Sohrab ...... Caran Arora
THU       Production team:
THU       Line producer in India: Nadir Khan
THU       Assistant director: Toral Shah
THU       Photography: Ameet Mallapur
THU       Script editor: Mike Walker
THU       Sound: Ayush Ahuja
THU       Additional editing: Steve Bond
THU       Music: Sacha Putnam
THU       Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier
THU       Produced and directed by John Dryden
THU       A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00pl1h1 (Listen)
THU       The Criminal Justice Act 2003 modified the ancient legal
THU       principle of double jeopardy in England and Wales so that
THU       a person acquitted of a serious crime could be re-tried.
THU       Now in Scotland there is a clamour to change the law too,
THU       and the government is committed to introducing legislation
THU       in 2010.
THU       But there are voices of dissent, as Simon Cox finds out.
THU       And if the law is changed, will it enable the reopening of
THU       the case that is driving the Scottish debate? Helen Scott
THU       and Christine Eadie were murdered in 1977 after they were
THU       seen leaving the World's End pub in Edinburgh. Angus
THU       Sinclair was tried for the killings in 2007, but the case
THU       collapsed due to insufficient evidence.
THU       In England and Wales, meanwhile, only a handful of double
THU       jeopardy cases have returned to court. Is the law working
THU       as it should?
THU       
THU       20:30 In Business b00pl1h3 (Listen)
THU       New Age
THU       Many of the world's biggest countries are on the threshold
THU       of a new era where an increasing number of old people will
THU       have to be supported by a shrinking younger workforce.
THU       Peter Day finds out whether this is a threat to the way we
THU       live now or an opportunity for new kinds of business.
THU       
THU       21:00 Adventures in Junk b00j022h (Listen)
THU       Alan Dein discovers the surprising history of the
THU       adventure playground. The very first adventure playground
THU       opened in Emdrup, Denmark in 1943. As resistance grew
THU       against the Nazi occupation, two men pioneered a unique
THU       space, the children's world turned upside down.
THU       They were forged in the ideas of modernist and radical
THU       architects and exported to a postwar Britain by the
THU       campaigning Lady Allen of Hurtwood. The rubble and rubbish
THU       of the nation's shattered cities were now reimagined as
THU       spaces for all sorts of adventures.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00pkx5q (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00pk70w (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00pk72c (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk74z (Listen)
THU       The True Deceiver, Episode 9
THU       Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson.
THU       Tempers flare at the rabbit house.
THU       Abridged by Jeremy Osborne.
THU       A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00 House On Fire b00pl1h7 (Listen)
THU       Moving In
THU       Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman.
THU       Vicky and Matt, previously strangers, have decided to buy
THU       a house together in these credit crunch times. It's day
THU       one, and only one person can have the spacious top
THU       bedroom. Who will get it, and what are they prepared to do
THU       to secure it?
THU       Vicky ...... Emma Pierson
THU       Matt ...... Jody Latham
THU       Col Bill ...... Rupert Vansittart
THU       Julie ...... Janine Duvitski
THU       Peter ...... Philip Jackson
THU       With Fergus Craig and Colin Hoult.
THU       Directed by Clive Brill and Dan Hine
THU       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pkvgg (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Sean Curran.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 8 JANUARY 2010
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00pjlrr (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 Book of the Week b00pmbw6 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pjlvv (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pjlz8 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pjlxn (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00pjm0n (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pjm6q (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Jenny Wigley.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00pjp94 (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00pjpmx (Listen)
FRI       With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
FRI       Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00pj3yy (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday.]
FRI       
FRI       09:45 Book of the Week b00pmbw8 (Listen)
FRI       The Last Matchmaker, Episode 5
FRI       Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional Irish
FRI       matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love,
FRI       this is a fascinating journey through modern rural Ireland
FRI       and its recent past.
FRI       A salutary tale warning against messing with the path of
FRI       true love.
FRI       Abridged by David Jackson Young.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00pjpwv (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Six Suspects.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 NHS Punters Speak Out b00plwqm (Listen)
FRI       Episode 1
FRI       With the help of dissatisfied NHS patients, Liz Barclay
FRI       asks if the growing popularity of online feedback can
FRI       really make a difference to standards of health care and
FRI       treatment.
FRI       The culture of customers offering brickbats and bouquets
FRI       to service providers has now extended beyond hotels and
FRI       coffee chains to the NHS. Hospital rating websites invite
FRI       patients to grade their hospital stay out of five stars,
FRI       and to leave comments about the care they received.
FRI       Liz invites NHS patients who have used one of these
FRI       patient rating websites to discuss their experiences and
FRI       puts their points to the hospitals where they were treated.
FRI       She asks if the idea of online feedback can be really be
FRI       applied to our health service and if it can genuinely
FRI       improve standards of care. Critics suggest the sites are
FRI       merely window-dressing and that NHS patients are not
FRI       'consumers'. Some health professionals claim that the
FRI       sites can easily just become places where personal scores
FRI       are settled against NHS staff.
FRI       
FRI       11:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00plzyg (Listen)
FRI       Series 5, Yes Count Arthur
FRI       Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count Arthur
FRI       Strong is an expert in everything from the world of
FRI       entertainment to the origins of the species, all false
FRI       starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by a
FRI       delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.
FRI       Frustrated by a dispute at the local opticians over
FRI       repairs to his glasses, Arthur decides to stand up for the
FRI       'little man' and seeks high office in the local council
FRI       elections. With his protege Malcolm as his assistant
FRI       campaigns manager, surely Number 10 has to be the next
FRI       stop for the Dream Team?
FRI       With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield and
FRI       Alastair Kerr.
FRI       A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production for
FRI       BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00pjqc1 (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00pjslw (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00pjvbl (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 More or Less b00plzyj (Listen)
FRI       Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers
FRI       everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
FRI       An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00pjvqh (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00plzyl (Listen)
FRI       Family Soup
FRI       Comedy by Elizabeth Lewis. Charlie's ability to write his
FRI       weekly family newspaper column is sorely tested when his
FRI       family decamp to Italy, leaving him with a hyperactive
FRI       father-in-law and a tame rat.
FRI       Charlie ...... Philip Jackson
FRI       Marmaduke ...... Howell Evans
FRI       Heulwen ...... Manon Edwards
FRI       Frank ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
FRI       Carys ...... Lynne Seymour
FRI       With original music by David Chilton.
FRI       Directed by Gordon House.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00pm0dh (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answer
FRI       questions from gardeners in Wallasey, Merseyside.
FRI       Matthew tells the story of Liverpool cotton merchant
FRI       Arthur Bulley and his love of plants.
FRI       Bunny explores the skills needed for willow weaving by
FRI       meeting a group of students on a course, and explains how
FRI       to create some stunning designs.
FRI       Including gardening weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 The Beatrix Potter Guide to Business b00pk550 (Listen)
FRI       Tiddly Widdly Widdly Mrs Tittlemouse
FRI       Richard Collins reveals the links between the worlds of
FRI       business and Beatrix Potter.
FRI       Mrs Tittlemouse and an intrusive toad offer a view of the
FRI       relationship between management consultants and their
FRI       clients. With business guests Greg Dyke, author and
FRI       consultant David Craig and private equity director Janet
FRI       Brooks.
FRI       Dramatised scenes written by John Peacock. Directed by
FRI       Celia de Wolff.
FRI       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00pm0dk (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 b00pm0dm (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to director John Hillcoat about his
FRI       adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Andy Serkis
FRI       reveals what it was like to play Ian Dury in the biopic
FRI       Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, and Fatal Attraction
FRI       writer James Dearden remembers the work of his father
FRI       Basil Dearden, the film-maker responsible for Victim, The
FRI       League Of Gentlemen and Pool Of London.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00pk574 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pk5br (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The News Quiz b00pm0dp (Listen)
FRI       Series 70, Episode 1
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The
FRI       panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Danielle Ward
FRI       and Fred Macaulay.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00pjvqk (Listen)
FRI       It's confession time for Annette.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00pk6lt (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pnngm (Listen)
FRI       Six Suspects, Episode 5
FRI       Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by Vikas
FRI       Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as Slumdog
FRI       Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominent
FRI       Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendy
FRI       Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrate
FRI       his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?
FRI       Suspect number five: a tribesman, Eketi. Brought to Delhi
FRI       by his one-legged welfare officer, Eketi is unwittingly
FRI       used to help carry out a long-overdue act of vengeance.
FRI       Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit Kapur
FRI       Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar Karachiwala
FRI       Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... Radhika
FRI       Mital
FRI       Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand Tiwari
FRI       Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz Patel
FRI       Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary Richardson
FRI       Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit Malkani
FRI       Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny Desai
FRI       Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika Apte
FRI       Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita Uberoi
FRI       Ritu ...... Ira Dubey
FRI       Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur Vikal
FRI       Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha Burman
FRI       Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini Pathak
FRI       Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......
FRI       Jayant Kripalani
FRI       Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny Desai
FRI       Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan Kripalani
FRI       Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir Khan
FRI       Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab Ardeshir
FRI       Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha Menon
FRI       Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin Mushran
FRI       Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla Singh
FRI       Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi Khote
FRI       Sohrab ...... Caran Arora
FRI       Production team:
FRI       Line producer in India: Nadir Khan
FRI       Assistant director: Toral Shah
FRI       Photography: Ameet Mallapur
FRI       Script editor: Mike Walker
FRI       Sound: Ayush Ahuja
FRI       Additional editing: Steve Bond
FRI       Music: Sacha Putnam
FRI       Sound design: Nick Russell-Pavier
FRI       Produced and directed by John Dryden
FRI       A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00pm0dr (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from the
FRI       Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, London. The panellists are
FRI       Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and
FRI       Rural Affairs, Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, Liberal
FRI       Democrat energy and climate change spokesman Simon Hughes,
FRI       and Daily Telegraph columnist Bryony Gordon.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00pm0dt (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Friday Play b00d10m9 (Listen)
FRI       The Listener
FRI       Julian Simpson's fast-paced psychological thriller about a
FRI       man trying to uncover his true identity, set against the
FRI       backdrop of a war on terror.
FRI       Mark Willis ...... Mark Bazeley
FRI       Mia ...... Indira Varma
FRI       Doctor Gruber ...... Nicola Walker
FRI       Samson ...... Mark Lewis Jones
FRI       Charlie ...... Jimmy Akingbola
FRI       Lenny ...... Paul Panting
FRI       A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       21:58 Weather b00pk70y (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00pk72f (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Robin
FRI       Lustig.
FRI       
FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pk751 (Listen)
FRI       The True Deceiver, Episode 10
FRI       Indira Varma reads from the novel by Tove Jansson.
FRI       Mats asks Anna and Katri to view the finished boat. But as
FRI       spring comes, who has been the true deceiver?
FRI       Abridged by Jeremy Osborne.
FRI       A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       23:00 Great Lives b00pkbmf (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday.]
FRI       
FRI       23:30 Today in Parliament b00pkvgj (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
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