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SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 2010SAT
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00:00 Midnight News b00pm0j8 (Listen)SAT
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioSAT
4. Followed by Weather.SAT
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00:30 Book of the Week b00pmbw8 (Listen)SAT
The Last Matchmaker, Episode 5SAT
Dermot Crowley reads from the memoir by traditional IrishSAT
matchmaker Willie Daly. Telling tall tales of true love,SAT
this is a fascinating journey through modern rural IrelandSAT
and its recent past.SAT
A salutary tale warning against messing with the path ofSAT
true love.SAT
Abridged by David Jackson Young.SAT
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00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pm0kp (Listen)SAT
The latest shipping forecast.SAT
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01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pm0kr (Listen)SAT
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4SAT
resumes at 5.20am.SAT
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05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pm0kt (Listen)SAT
The latest shipping forecast.SAT
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05:30 News Briefing b00pm0kw (Listen)SAT
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.SAT
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05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pm1d0 (Listen)SAT
Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.SAT
SAT
05:45 A Box of Wittgensteins b00g215j (Listen)SAT
The Moody GeniusSAT
Margaret Stonborough, the great-niece of philosopherSAT
Ludwig Wittgenstein, talks to artist and historian MichaelSAT
Huey as she delves into six boxes of newly-inheritedSAT
family archives. As she digs deeper into the talented butSAT
tortured lives of the Wittgensteins she finds her crampedSAT
London house becoming ever more crowded with herSAT
larger-than-life forbears.SAT
At the end of the First World War, letters and artefactsSAT
show that the surviving Wittgensteins were attempting toSAT
pick up their lives but they are rarely far from tragedy.SAT
Within a few years, the family history of suicide loomedSAT
over them once again.SAT
The readers are Sarah Finch, Nicholas Rowe and Dan Starkey.SAT
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06:00 News and Papers b00pm1d2 (Listen)SAT
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.SAT
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06:04 Weather b00pmdct (Listen)SAT
The latest weather forecast.SAT
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06:07 Open Country b00pn25d (Listen)SAT
PurbeckSAT
In May 2008, a huge fire swept across Godlingston HeathSAT
National Nature Reserve in Purbeck, Dorset, devastatingSAT
acres of heathland rich in wildlife, rare reptiles andSAT
birds. It was estimated that the landscape could take upSAT
to 30 years to recover. Yet, in the right circumstances,SAT
fire is still used as a means of controlling the landscapeSAT
to ensure a healthy environment for plants and wildlife.SAT
Helen Mark discovers more about the various forces at workSAT
in our nature reserves and begins by tracking down theSAT
increasing population of sika, the small Japanese deerSAT
that have taken up home on the moors and heaths. LeftSAT
unmanaged, the deer can cause problems both for theSAT
heathland and for neighbouring farmers and so are nowSAT
being monitored and managed through a programme of culling.SAT
Helen visits the scene of the devastating fire atSAT
Godlingston Heath to meet the people who dealt with theSAT
aftermath and who are still working to restore theSAT
landscape. She then canoes out onto freshwater LittleseaSAT
Lake in search of the invasive crassula plant, which canSAT
grow to a meter thick, taking oxygen from the water andSAT
suppressing other wild plants.SAT
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06:30 Farming Today b00pn25g (Listen)SAT
Farming Today This WeekSAT
The UK has seen a week of freezing temperatures and heavySAT
snow and the severe weather looks set to continue. CathSAT
Mackie visits a farm on the Worcestershire-WarwickshireSAT
border to investigate how farmers are coping with theSAT
conditions and their impact on cattle, sheep and crops.SAT
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06:57 Weather b00pn25j (Listen)SAT
The latest weather forecast.SAT
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07:00 Today b00pn25l (Listen)SAT
With Sarah Montague and James Naughtie. Including SportsSAT
Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday inSAT
Parliament.SAT
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09:00 Saturday Live b00pn25n (Listen)SAT
Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issuesSAT
that matter to them. Katie Derham is joined by ChrisSAT
Addison. With poetry from Luke Wright.SAT
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10:00 Excess Baggage b00pn25q (Listen)SAT
John McCarthy celebrates travelling in a winter landscapeSAT
with two writers, one in Wales and one in Scotland, andSAT
talks to crime writer Barbara Nadel about the lure ofSAT
Istanbul.SAT
Related LinksSAT
* The Foreign & Commonwealth Office's (FCO)SAT
(www.fco.gov.uk)SAT
* Papa Stour is one of the Shetland Islands in ScotlandSAT
(en.wikipedia.org)SAT
* Gudrid of Iceland (en.wikipedia.org)SAT
* Istanbul (en.wikipedia.org)SAT
* Princes’ Islands (en.wikipedia.org)SAT
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10:30 What's So Great About ...? b00pn346 (Listen)SAT
Series 2, MathsSAT
Lenny Henry questions the iconic status of people orSAT
things held dear by many.SAT
Lenny, like so many in the UK, has always found mathsSAT
tough going, but was he simply badly taught or has he gotSAT
some sort of number blindness? Defending the art ofSAT
arithmetical analysis and the joys of number-crunching areSAT
Countdown maths maestro Carol Vorderman and formerSAT
government 'Maths Tsar' Celia Hoyles.SAT
At a national conference on how to make maths more fun andSAT
engaging for children, Lenny teams up with a group ofSAT
primary maths teachers to play number games and fold paperSAT
into right-angled triangles, squares, parallelograms andSAT
other usefully geometrical shapes - and enjoys it.SAT
On the scientific front, down in his testing room atSAT
London's University College neurology department,SAT
Professor Brian Butterworth puts Lenny's number ability onSAT
trial. Brian has done field-leading work on the way theSAT
brain handles arithmetical concepts, so how will LennySAT
cope with tests that he admits feel like his worstSAT
nightmare from schooldays?SAT
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11:00 Week in Westminster b00pn348 (Listen)SAT
A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Peter Oborne.SAT
MPs expenses raised its head again when the IndependentSAT
Parliamentary Standards Authority published itsSAT
consultation on MPs allowances and expenses. Will theSAT
regulation be tough enough? John Mann (Labour) thinks not,SAT
while Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) disagrees.SAT
The move to unseat Gordon Brown failed, but how does oneSAT
mount a successful coup? Two people with experience of theSAT
rough and tumble of party politics - Lord Donoghue, formerSAT
adviser to Prime Ministers Harold Wilson and JimSAT
Callaghan, and Derek Conway, a Conservative whip in theSAT
Major years - compare notes.SAT
The Liberal Democrats are now being wooed by both mainSAT
parties in the expectation of a hung parliament. LordSAT
Rennard and Chris Huhne assess their suitors.SAT
Do political poster campaigns work? Charles Lewington ofSAT
Hanover PR and formerly John Major's head ofSAT
communications, talks to Barry Delaney, a formerSAT
advertising consultant to the Labour Party.SAT
Related LinksSAT
* John Mann MP (www.johnmannmp.com)SAT
* Nick Harvey MP (www.nickharveymp.com)SAT
* Chris Huhne MP (www.chrishuhne.org.uk)SAT
* Charles Lewington (www.hanovercomms.com)SAT
* Derek Conway MP (www.derekconway.com)SAT
* Lord Renard (www.libdems.org.uk)SAT
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11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00pn34b (Listen)SAT
Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with theSAT
stories behind the headlines.SAT
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12:00 Money Box b00pn34d (Listen)SAT
Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personalSAT
finance.SAT
SAT
12:30 The News Quiz b00pm0dp (Listen)SAT
Series 70, Episode 1SAT
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. TheSAT
panellists are Jeremy Hardy, Sue Perkins, Danielle WardSAT
and Fred Macaulay.SAT
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12:57 Weather b00pn34g (Listen)SAT
The latest weather forecast.SAT
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13:00 News b00pn34j (Listen)SAT
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioSAT
4.SAT
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13:10 Any Questions? b00pm0dr (Listen)SAT
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from theSAT
Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden, London. The panellists areSAT
transport minister Sadiq Khan, Conservative MEP DanielSAT
Hannan, Liberal Democrat energy and climate changeSAT
spokesman Simon Hughes and writer and columnist for TheSAT
Guardian Polly Toynbee.SAT
SAT
14:00 Any Answers? b00pn34l (Listen)SAT
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails inSAT
response to this week's edition of Any Questions?SAT
SAT
14:30 Saturday Play b00dc4f0 (Listen)SAT
Just Between OurselvesSAT
Adaptation of Alan Ayckbourn's celebrated 1977 stage play,SAT
a bitter-sweet comedy about love, marriages and mothers.SAT
Dennis ...... Stephen CritchlowSAT
Vera ...... Samantha SpiroSAT
Marjorie ...... Auriol SmithSAT
Neil ...... Chris PavloSAT
Pam ...... Alison PettittSAT
Music composed by David Chilton.SAT
Directed by Gordon House.SAT
SAT
16:00 Woman's Hour b00pn34q (Listen)SAT
Weekend Woman's HourSAT
Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes withSAT
Jane Garvey.SAT
Ruthie Henshall on Chicago and living with fame; can yourSAT
relationship ever recover from infidelity?; the AmericanSAT
schools' experiment on longer days in school and why itSAT
might work here; poet Sinead Morrissey on what inspiresSAT
her; eavesdropping on dads who do the childcare; andSAT
wooing women voters - what would sway how you vote?SAT
SAT
17:00 PM b00pn34s (Listen)SAT
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with CarolynSAT
Quinn, plus the sports headlines.SAT
SAT
17:30 iPM b00pn34v (Listen)SAT
The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuringSAT
online conversation and debate.SAT
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17:54 Shipping Forecast b00pn34x (Listen)SAT
The latest shipping forecast.SAT
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17:57 Weather b00pn34z (Listen)SAT
The latest weather forecast.SAT
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18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pn351 (Listen)SAT
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioSAT
4.SAT
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18:15 Loose Ends b00pn353 (Listen)SAT
Peter Curran and guests with an eclectic mix ofSAT
conversation, music and comedy.SAT
Peter is joined by the comedian and bird watcher BillSAT
Bailey, screen writer of The Road Joe Penhall and artSAT
historian and presenter Gus Casley-Hayford.SAT
Arthur Smith talks to chef and food writer ValentineSAT
Warner.SAT
With comedy from Pappy's and music from Lawrence ArabiaSAT
and Lulu and the Lampshades.SAT
Bill BaileySAT
Comedian Bill Bailey reveals himself as an avid twitcherSAT
in his latest project, an intriguing twist to the quizSAT
show format – celebrity competitive bird watching. ‘BillSAT
Bailey’s Birdwatching Bonanza’ airs on Thursdays atSAT
21.00pm on Sky1.SAT
Bill Bailey’s Birdwatching BonanzaSAT
Gus Casely-HayfordSAT
Historian and art expert Gus Casely-Hayford unearths theSAT
little known history of Africa’s ancient civilisations inSAT
his BBC Four series. ‘Lost Kingdoms of Africa’. The fourSAT
programmes are broadcast on Tuesdays at 20.00 pm on BBCSAT
Four with episodes available on the BBC iPlayer.SAT
Lost Kingdoms of AfricaSAT
Joe PenhallSAT
With television, film and theatre credits including ‘MosesSAT
Jones’, ‘Enduring Love’ and ‘Blue/Orange’, playwright andSAT
screenwriter Joe Penhall joins Peter to talk aboutSAT
adapting Cormac McCarthy’s post apocalyptic novel ‘TheSAT
Road’. The film is on general release from Friday 8SAT
January.SAT
The RoadSAT
Valentine WarnerSAT
Arthur Smith talks to chef and food obsessive ValentineSAT
Warner about British ration era cooking, finding out theSAT
ingenious cooking techniques housewives used to liven upSAT
the tasteless. The one hour special ‘Ration Book Britain’SAT
goes out on Yesterday on Friday 15 January at 17.00pm.SAT
YesterdaySAT
PappysSAT
How many sketches can you fit into our Loose Ends comedySAT
slot? Find out as the comedy collective Pappys warm up forSAT
their 200 sketches in an hour world record attempt. TheySAT
are on UK on tour from January 21.SAT
PappysSAT
Lulu and the LampshadesSAT
And more music from indie folk newcomers Lulu and theSAT
Lampshades who play their latest single ‘Feet to the Sky’.SAT
They can be heard at London’s Luminaire on Sunday 17SAT
January.SAT
Lulu and the Lampshades - MyspaceSAT
Lawrence ArabiaSAT
And more music from New Zealander Lawrence Arabia,SAT
performing 'Apple Pie Bed' with his band. The album 'ChantSAT
Darling’ is out now. He is on UK tour in FebruarySAT
Lawrence ArabiaSAT
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19:00 Profile b00pn355 (Listen)SAT
Sir Roderic LyneSAT
Starting next week some of those most closely involved inSAT
the decision to go to war in Iraq will be appearing beforeSAT
the Chilcot Inquiry. Mary Ann Sieghart profiles SirSAT
Roderic Lyne, the Iraq Inquiry panellist who is asking theSAT
toughest questions. He is a former Ambassador to MoscowSAT
and private secretary to John Major. Alastair Campbell hasSAT
been a running buddy. So how tough will Sir Roderic beSAT
with his friends and former colleagues?SAT
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19:15 Saturday Review b00pn357 (Listen)SAT
Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's culturalSAT
highlights.SAT
SAT
20:00 Archive on 4 b00pxptv (Listen)SAT
Mods!SAT
Phil Daniels presents a look back at the Mod movement,SAT
exploring its beginnings in the Soho underground of theSAT
late 1950s through to the seafront clashes with theSAT
Rockers in the 1960s, and examining the Mods' influence onSAT
music, film, fashion and popular culture.SAT
A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4.SAT
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21:00 Classic Serial b00pj463 (Listen)SAT
The Custom of the Country, Episode 1SAT
Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913SAT
satire of marriage and money in early 20th-centurySAT
American society.SAT
When the beautiful Undine Spragg arrives in New York, sheSAT
sets her sights on Ralph Marvell, but will he live up toSAT
her expectations?SAT
Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca NightSAT
Mrs Spragg ...... Barbara BarnesSAT
Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei KingSAT
Abner Spragg/Popple ...... Jonathan KeebleSAT
Peter Van Degan ...... William HoustonSAT
Mr Dagonet ...... Paul McClearySAT
Laura Fairford ...... Provence MaydewSAT
Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom HollanderSAT
Ralph Marvell ...... Dan StevensSAT
Mabel Lipscombe ...... Tessa NicholsonSAT
Directed by Nadia Molinari.SAT
SAT
22:00 Weather b00pn35c (Listen)SAT
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioSAT
4, followed by weather.SAT
SAT
22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00pkttp (Listen)SAT
The Law and DrugsSAT
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legalSAT
issues of the day.SAT
There is a growing body of opinion in the legal world thatSAT
the 'war on drugs' has failed and that decriminalisationSAT
of drugs is the only way ahead. What are the shortcomingsSAT
of the existing Misuse of Drugs Act, and how might drugSAT
use be regulated in a decriminalised future?SAT
An Above The Title production for BBC Radio 4.SAT
SAT
23:00 Brain of Britain b00pk7zt (Listen)SAT
Russell Davies chairs the first semi-final of theSAT
perennial general knowledge contest, with heat winners MrsSAT
Ali Arnold from High Wycombe, Ms Marie Coyle from London,SAT
Rob Hannah from Torquay and Roger Johnson from ChelmsfordSAT
competing for a place in the final.SAT
ContestantsSAT
Ali Arnold from High WycombeSAT
Marie Coyle from LondonSAT
Rob Hannah from TorquaySAT
Roger Johnson from ChelmsfordSAT
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23:30 Miles Jupp's Muscular Lines b00pj4s4 (Listen)SAT
Can a book of poetry for boys which inspired young men atSAT
the beginning of the 20th century work its magic on a newSAT
generation? Comedian Miles Jupp revisits his old prepSAT
school with a book of Muscular Lines to see if theSAT
stirring verse about battles, exploration and moral valuesSAT
is relevant today. Some of today's heroes and explorersSAT
reveal the poems that keep them going when times get tough.SAT
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SUNDAY 10 JANUARY 2010SUN
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00:00 Midnight News b00pn3zg (Listen)SUN
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioSUN
4. Followed by Weather.SUN
SUN
00:30 Afternoon Reading b009fplm (Listen)SUN
Pier Shorts, SymbiosisSUN
Stories by new writers, inspired by Brighton's Palace Pier.SUN
By Tom Fox.SUN
Harold and Mary haved lived together in the same BrightonSUN
house for 50 years. Harold makes all the decisions andSUN
Mary cannot leave the house - until a wrongly postedSUN
women's magazine lands on the doorstep.SUN
Read by Sian Thomas.SUN
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.SUN
SUN
00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pn3zj (Listen)SUN
The latest shipping forecast.SUN
SUN
01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pn3zl (Listen)SUN
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.SUN
SUN
05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pn3zn (Listen)SUN
The latest shipping forecast.SUN
SUN
05:30 News Briefing b00pn3zq (Listen)SUN
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.SUN
SUN
05:43 Bells on Sunday b00pn3zs (Listen)SUN
The sound of bells from St Martin's Church, Desford inSUN
Leicester.SUN
SUN
05:45 Profile b00pn355 (Listen)SUN
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]SUN
SUN
06:00 News Headlines b00pn3zv (Listen)SUN
The latest national and international news.SUN
SUN
06:05 Something Understood b00pn3zx (Listen)SUN
Wild SwimmingSUN
Writer Sarah Cuddon reflects on what draws people into theSUN
open sea and the wild water of rivers. She talks to KateSUN
Rew, founder of the Outdoor Swimming Society, about theSUN
real experience and metaphorical significance of wildSUN
swimming, with reference to Byron, Mark Twain, IrisSUN
Murdoch and others writers 'hungry for water'. With musicSUN
by Dvorak, Portico Quartet and Kathryn Williams.SUN
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.SUN
MusicSUN
Music 1SUN
Swimming SongSUN
Kate and Anna McGarrigleSUN
CD: Kate and Anna McGarrigle)SUN
Warner Bros Records Trk 9SUN
Music 2SUN
ChimurengaSUN
Performed by Kieron Maguire and Richard BannisterSUN
Music 3SUN
Dvorak: O MoonSUN
Rusalka, Opera, B. 203 (Op. 114)SUN
Performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, cond. SeijiSUN
OzawaSUN
(CD: Dvorak: Gala at Smetana Hall)SUN
Sony Classical SK46687 Trk 5SUN
Music 4SUN
Knee Deep in the North SeaSUN
Performed by Portico QuartetSUN
(CD: Knee Deep in the North Sea)SUN
Babel Vortex Trk 3SUN
Music 5SUN
Britten: DawnSUN
Performed by the London Symphony OrchestraSUN
(CD: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra)SUN
London 4256592 Trk 2SUN
Music 6SUN
SwimmerSUN
Performed by Kathryn WilliamsSUN
(CD: Old Low Light)SUN
Caw Records 092747552-2 Trk 9SUN
Music 7SUN
Liebes-LiedSUN
Performed by Arianna SavallSUN
(CD: Peiwoch)SUN
Alia Vox Trk 3SUN
Music 8SUN
Britten: DawnSUN
Performed by the LSOSUN
(CD: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra)SUN
London 4256592 Trk 2SUN
ReadingsSUN
Reading 1SUN
The Swimmer by John CheeverSUN
Available in The Brigadier and the Golf WidowSUN
Published by BantamSUN
Reading 2SUN
Waterlog by Roger DeakinSUN
Published by VintageSUN
Reading 3SUN
Long Distance Swimmer by Dorothy MalloySUN
Available in Long Distance SwimmerSUN
Published by Salmon Poetry, 2009SUN
Reading 4SUN
The Haunts of the Black Masseur by Charles SprawsonSUN
Published by VintageSUN
Reading 5SUN
Wedding Swim by Retta BowenSUN
Reading 6SUN
How to Swim by Annette KellermanSUN
Reading 7SUN
The Sea The Sea by Iris MurdochSUN
Published by VintageSUN
InterviewSUN
Kate RewSUN
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06:35 On Your Farm b00pn3zz (Listen)SUN
Tom Heap visits Pheasant Oak Turkey Farm near Coventry toSUN
see what happens once Christmas dinner is over.SUN
A tasty turkey is the main ingredient of most ChristmasSUN
dinners, making December one of the busiest months forSUN
poultry farmers. But what happens when the presents areSUN
all unwrapped and the New Year has begun? Tom meets turkeySUN
farmer Rod Adlington at the Pheasant Oak Farm, in searchSUN
of survivors. He joins in with the mucking-out to find outSUN
what happens on the farm once the holiday season is overSUN
and why turkeys seem to lose the will to live in the NewSUN
Year.SUN
SUN
06:57 Weather b00pn401 (Listen)SUN
The latest weather forecast.SUN
SUN
07:00 News and Papers b00pn403 (Listen)SUN
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.SUN
SUN
07:10 Sunday b00pn405 (Listen)SUN
Jane Little discusses the religious and ethical news ofSUN
the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,SUN
both familiar and unfamiliar.SUN
SUN
07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00pn407 (Listen)SUN
Cambodia TrustSUN
Richard Wilson appeals on behalf of Cambodia Trust.SUN
Donations to Cambodia Trust should be sent to FREEPOST BBCSUN
Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your envelopeSUN
Cambodia Trust. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. IfSUN
you are a UK tax payer, please provide Cambodia Trust withSUN
your full name and address so they can claim the Gift AidSUN
on your donation. The online and phone donation facilitiesSUN
are not currently available to listeners without a UKSUN
postcode.SUN
Registered Charity Number 1032476.SUN
Related LinksSUN
* Cambodia Trust (www.cambodiatrust.com)SUN
Cambodia TrustSUN
The Cambodia Trust provides training, physicalSUN
rehabilitation and practical tools to help disabled peopleSUN
to escape poverty and live self-sufficiently.SUN
SUN
07:58 Weather b00pn409 (Listen)SUN
The latest weather forecast.SUN
SUN
08:00 News and Papers b00pn40c (Listen)SUN
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.SUN
SUN
08:10 Sunday Worship b00pn40f (Listen)SUN
A service from Christ Church in Cockermouth, one of theSUN
towns devastated by the 2009 Cumbria floods, to celebrateSUN
the strength of their community and the place of faith inSUN
the most difficult circumstances.SUN
Director of Music: Edward Taylor.SUN
SUN
08:50 A Point of View b00pm0dt (Listen)SUN
Lisa Jardine welcomes the advent of electronic books butSUN
retains her passion for the printed page.SUN
SUN
09:00 Broadcasting House b00pn40h (Listen)SUN
News and conversation about the big stories of the weekSUN
with Kevin Connolly.SUN
SUN
10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00pn40k (Listen)SUN
The week's events in Ambridge.SUN
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11:15 Desert Island Discs b00pn40m (Listen)SUN
Mary PortasSUN
Kirsty Young's castaway is Mary Portas.SUN
She's made an art-form out of turning heads, and herSUN
galleries have been the enormous plate-glass windows ofSUN
Harrods, Topshop and Harvey Nichols.SUN
These days she brings retail therapy to small traders,SUN
helping them to hold their own against the high street'sSUN
big names.SUN
SUN
12:00 Just a Minute b00pk8z6 (Listen)SUN
Series 56, Episode 1SUN
Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. PanellistsSUN
Paul Merton and Julian Clary reveal, among other things,SUN
what they think of New Year's Eve parties, and DavidSUN
Mitchell and Gyles Brandreth discuss the art of writing aSUN
book.SUN
SUN
12:32 Food Programme b00pn410 (Listen)SUN
Speciality TeaSUN
Speciality teas are the biggest growth area in the fairlySUN
static tea sector, as tea drinkers go in search of moreSUN
interesting flavours, and stories. Sheila Dillon asksSUN
what's driving this growth, and finds out what is on offerSUN
both in the mass market and the speciality tea companies,SUN
including The Rare Tea Company.SUN
The British are second only to the Irish in the amount ofSUN
tea they drink but Henrietta Lovell wasn't convinced theySUN
were getting a decent cuppa, so set up the company toSUN
bring 'the good stuff' to the nation's mugs, including aSUN
surprising new tea from Malawi. African tea isSUN
traditionally regarded as low quality commodity tea bestSUN
used in blended teabags, and lacks the cache of China teaSUN
or Indian Darjeeling. Henrietta has been working with aSUN
third-generation Malawian tea producer to bring a singleSUN
estate 'gourmet' tea to the market, fit to rub shouldersSUN
with traditional premium teas.SUN
Sheila is joined in the studio by Bill Gorman from the UKSUN
Tea Council, which represents all the major tea brands inSUN
the UK, and Edward Eisner, founder of internet-based JingSUN
Teas.SUN
Related LinksSUN
* UK Tea Council (www.tea.co.uk)SUN
* Rare Tea Company (www.rareteacompany.com)SUN
* Jing Teas (jingtea.com)SUN
SUN
12:57 Weather b00pn4c1 (Listen)SUN
The latest weather forecast.SUN
SUN
13:00 The World This Weekend b00pn4c3 (Listen)SUN
A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.SUN
SUN
13:30 Moments of Genius b00pr7c5 (Listen)SUN
Geoff Watts introduces an omnibus edition of the MomentsSUN
of Genius which have aired throughout the past week onSUN
Radio 4, from the moment a Dutch draper stared at a dropSUN
of pond water to an experiment that put Einstein to theSUN
test.SUN
Geoff and guests enjoy and discuss the choices of, amongSUN
others, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, writer EoinSUN
Colfer, Professor Lord Winston, Carol Vorderman andSUN
comedian Ben Miller. They consider if scientists really doSUN
have moments of genius or if it is just a useful fiction,SUN
and what it takes to be a genius.SUN
SUN
14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00pm0dh (Listen)SUN
Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.SUN
Bunny Guinness, Bob Flowerdew and Matthew Biggs answerSUN
questions from gardeners in Wallasey, Merseyside.SUN
Matthew tells the story of Liverpool cotton merchantSUN
Arthur Bulley and his love of plants.SUN
Bunny explores the skills needed for willow weaving bySUN
meeting a group of students on a course, and explains howSUN
to create some stunning designs.SUN
Including gardening weather forecast.SUN
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14:45 Gameboy v The Mongolian Steppe b00chwbz (Listen)SUN
Episode 1SUN
Series following the exploits of a computer games-obsessedSUN
14-year-old with learning difficulties who is taken toSUN
Mongolia by his father to experience the more excitingSUN
side of life.SUN
Dexter, his dad and his step-mum Sarah, who suffers fromSUN
ME, head off on an adventure of a lifetime, hunting withSUN
nomads in the far West of Mongolia. Will real life be moreSUN
exciting than computer games?SUN
SUN
15:00 Classic Serial b00pnp9c (Listen)SUN
The Custom of the Country, Episode 2SUN
Dramatisation by Jane Rogers of Edith Wharton's 1913SUN
satire of marriage and money in early-20th centurySUN
American society.SUN
Leaving her husband and child in New York, Undine travelsSUN
to Paris where she meets a charming French aristocrat.SUN
Mrs Heeny ...... Lorelei KingSUN
Elmer Moffatt ...... Tom HollanderSUN
Undine Spragg ...... Rebecca NightSUN
Mrs Spragg ...... Barbara BarnesSUN
Abner Spragg ...... Jonathan KeebleSUN
Ralph Marvell ...... Dan StevensSUN
Clare Van Degen ...... Lucy GaskellSUN
Peter Van Degan ...... William HoustonSUN
Mabel Lipscombe ...... Tessa NicholsonSUN
Laura Fairford/Princess Estradina ...... Provence MaydewSUN
Raymond De Chelles ...... Joseph KloskaSUN
Directed by Nadia Molinari.SUN
SUN
16:00 Open Book b00pnp9f (Listen)SUN
Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist and biographerSUN
Edmund White about two new books: his collection of shortSUN
fiction, Chaos, and City Boy, a memoir of his life in NewSUN
York in the 1960s and 70s. He talks about his attitude toSUN
mortality, and remembers coming of age as a gay writer atSUN
the time of the Stonewall riots.SUN
As last year's reference books are superseded by the 2010SUN
editions, Open Book talks to the author of Schott'sSUN
Almanac 2010, Ben Schott, the writer Kevin Jackson and theSUN
editor of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, CamillaSUN
Rockwood, who reveal why they enjoy curling up with aSUN
reference book.SUN
And in this week's Reading Clinic, Michael Carlson choosesSUN
some titles for an Open Book listener who's in search ofSUN
1920s gangster fiction.SUN
BOOKLISTSUN
Edmund White: ChaosSUN
Publisher: BloomsburySUN
Edmund White: City BoySUN
Publisher: BloomsburySUN
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 18th EditionSUN
Publisher: Chambers HarrapSUN
William Donaldson: Brewer's Rogues, Villains and EccentricsSUN
Publisher: Chambers HarrapSUN
Ben Schott: Schott's MiscellanySUN
Publisher: BloomsburySUN
Isaac Disraeli: Curiosities of LiteratureSUN
Out of printSUN
Larousse GastronomiqueSUN
Publisher: HamlynSUN
Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez: Perfumes: The A-Z GuideSUN
Publisher: ProfileSUN
MICHAEL CARLSON’S READING CLINIC GANGSTER RECOMMENDATIONSSUN
Dashiel Hammett: The Thin ManSUN
Publisher: PenguinSUN
Dashiel Hammett: Red HarvestSUN
Publisher: OrionSUN
Raoul Whitfield: Green IceSUN
Publisher: blackmask.comSUN
Raoul Whitfield: Death In A BowlSUN
Publisher: blackmask.comSUN
Paul Cain: Fast OneSUN
Publisher: No Exit PressSUN
Elmore Leonard: The Hot KidSUN
Publisher: PhoenixSUN
Stuart Kaminsky: Murder On The Yellow Brick RoadSUN
Publisher: iBooks incSUN
Ring Lardner: You Know Me AlSUN
Publisher: variousSUN
Harry Stein: HooplaSUN
Publisher: DellSUN
E. L. Doctorow: Billy BathgateSUN
Publisher: PenguinSUN
SUN
16:30 And Go To Innisfree b00pnp9h (Listen)SUN
Poet Kenneth Steven explores WB Yeats's The Lake Isle ofSUN
Innisfree.SUN
In his famous poem, Yeats declared that he will 'arise ...SUN
and go to Innisfree', and Kenneth does exactly that:SUN
journeying from the Strand in London, where Yeats had theSUN
idea, to the the Lake Isle of Innisfree in Lough Gill,SUN
near Sligo, investigating why the poem strikes a chordSUN
with so many people.SUN
Yeats spent many childhood summers on Lough Gill, a largeSUN
lake with several small islands. Then his family moved toSUN
London, to a depressingly grey area of Kensington. One daySUN
while he was walking along the Strand he saw in a shop aSUN
fountain with a ball balanced on top of the jet and,SUN
somehow, the water transported him imaginatively back toSUN
the lough and the Isle of Innisfree. So he wrote the shortSUN
poem which became perhaps his best known, somewhat to hisSUN
chagrin (he was once faced by 10,000 boy scouts, chantingSUN
it in unison).SUN
The poem is a work of contrasts, opposing the city withSUN
the country, crowds with solitude, and peace not with warSUN
(though the situation in Ireland at the time was tense)SUN
but with stress and anxiety. It also demonstrates theSUN
poet's early philosophical thinking. When he speaks ofSUN
planting nine rows of beans and living in 'the bee-loudSUN
glade', it is clear that he has been reading HenrySUN
Thoreau's Walden Pond, which, as well as being radical inSUN
its environmental concerns, is about freedom, about theSUN
individual in relation to society (it was published withSUN
his great essay On Civil Disobedience) and about thatSUN
society in relation to other powers.SUN
Kenneth Steven'a own life and work share similar concerns.SUN
He too is drawn to the remote and rural, and is deeplySUN
concerned with the cultural and political integrity of hisSUN
country, Scotland. Here Kenneth explores all this on hisSUN
journeying to the Lake Isle of Innisfree, starting, likeSUN
Yeats, on the Strand in the rain, and while speaking toSUN
Yeats experts, historians and other poets, journeys fromSUN
London to Sligo to Lough Gill and rows across to the IsleSUN
itself.SUN
SUN
17:00 Under Surveillance b00pkbmk (Listen)SUN
Journalist and writer Phil Harding investigates andSUN
evaluates Britain's rapidly increasing use of CCTV systemsSUN
for tackling crime and asks if they are really beingSUN
effective. Closed circuit television has become part ofSUN
our every day lives; on high streets, on the bus and inSUN
most of our shops we are frequently being watched by CCTVSUN
cameras. But how likely are they to prevent crime and howSUN
useful are they as a detection method? Also, who isSUN
watching us and are their systems and methods working?SUN
What is the evidence that backs up our obsession with CCTV?SUN
SUN
17:40 Profile b00pn355 (Listen)SUN
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]SUN
SUN
17:54 Shipping Forecast b00pnp9k (Listen)SUN
The latest shipping forecast.SUN
SUN
17:57 Weather b00pnp9m (Listen)SUN
The latest weather forecast.SUN
SUN
18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pnp9p (Listen)SUN
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioSUN
4.SUN
SUN
18:15 Pick of the Week b00pnp9r (Listen)SUN
Hardeep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the pastSUN
seven days of BBC RadioSUN
Elvis the Brand - Radio 2SUN
Beatrix Potter's Guide to Business - Radio 4SUN
In Search of the British Work Ethic - Radio 4SUN
The Vox Project - Radio 4SUN
When the King Met the President - Radio 2SUN
Six Suspects - Radio 4SUN
I.D - Radio 4SUN
Rona - Radio 3SUN
No Going back - The Stand - Radio ScotlandSUN
Jon Ronson on... - Radio 4SUN
My Mother Was a Blackshirt - Radio 4SUN
The Fight - Radio 4SUN
PM - Radio 4SUN
Africa Kicks - World Service.SUN
SUN
19:00 The Archers b00pnpbz (Listen)SUN
Jazzer keeps his eyes on the prize.SUN
SUN
19:15 Americana b00pnpc1 (Listen)SUN
It's sex, drugs and rock and roll on Americana.SUN
Matt Frei tackles the week's top news with the help ofSUN
cultural commentator and blogger Jimi Izrael. The twoSUN
discuss the future of the Democratic Party, fancySUN
gadgetry, marijuana and pornography.SUN
Matt talks to restaurant owner Steve Horwitz about his newSUN
dispensary, Ganja Gourmet. The restaurant's t-shirts read,SUN
'Our food is so great, you need a license to eat it!'SUN
Serving only marijuana-enhanced foods, onlySUN
prescription-carrying customers can enjoy the cuisine butSUN
the business model could be replicated in other cities andSUN
states.SUN
In Las Vegas a huge convention is taking place showcasingSUN
the newest gadgets and technological advancements, butSUN
it's not the Consumer Electronics Symposium - it's theSUN
Adult Entertainment Expo. The two Las Vegas conventionsSUN
overlap in timing and in content. Reporter David WillisSUN
shows Americana the place where porn meets tech.SUN
Americana wouldn't be complete with just sex and drugs -SUN
it needs rock and roll too. Friday 8th January would haveSUN
been Elvis Presley's 75th birthday. Americana pays tribute.SUN
Sex, drugs and rock and rollSUN
Matt Frei tackles the week's top news with the help ofSUN
cultural commentator and blogger Jimi Izrael. The twoSUN
discuss the state of American security, fancySUN
tech-gadgetry, marijuana and pornography.SUN
Guest: Jimi IzraelSUN
Jimi Izrael is a writer and journalist from Ohio. HisSUN
opinions have been published in newspapers across theSUN
United States including the Los Angeles Times,SUN
Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune and AtlantaSUN
Journal-Constitution. He's appeared on CSPAN, CNN, FoxSUN
News Network’s Hannity & Colmes and The O’ReillySUN
Factor.SUN
Currently, Izrael moderates The Barbershop for NationalSUN
Public Radio’s Tell Me More with Michel Martin. IzraelSUN
is a regular blogger for the Washington Post-backedSUN
TheRoot.com.SUN
His new book The Denzel Principle, will be released onSUN
St. Martin’s Press in February 2010. He is currentlySUN
shopping and developing a premium cable sitcom,SUN
PornStar, for adult film actor Mr. Marcus.SUN
Jimi IzraelSUN
Viva Las Vegas - Porn meets TechSUN
Technology geeks and porn stars are mingling.SUN
Matt Frei talks with reporter David Willis from the floorSUN
of the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.SUN
Each year the porn convention takes place at the same timeSUN
as the more widely discussed Consumer Electronics Show.SUN
Guest: Joel JohnsonSUN
Joel Johnson is a journalist and media artist. He is theSUN
former editor of Boing Boing Gadgets and currently writesSUN
for Gizmodo.SUN
Joel JohnsonSUN
Guest: Joanna AngelSUN
Joanna Angel is a self-styled alternative porn actress andSUN
'porntreprenuer'. She operates the (adult content)SUN
business burningangel.com.SUN
Joanna AngelSUN
And for lunch ... MarijuanaSUN
In Colorado a new restaurant serves all marijuana enhancedSUN
foods, but you need a prescription to buy and eat them.SUN
Matt Frei talks with restaurant owner Steve Horwitz aboutSUN
Ganja Gourmet.SUN
The Ganja GourmetSUN
When Nixon met ElvisSUN
Americana, like America, wouldn’t be complete with justSUN
sex and drugs — it needs rock and roll too. Friday wouldSUN
have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday and Americana paysSUN
tribute with this look back on the historic meetingSUN
between President Nixon and The King.SUN
When Nixon met Elvis (National Archives exhibition)SUN
SUN
19:45 Afternoon Reading b00b0t4q (Listen)SUN
An Italian Bestiary, The Devil of CarpasioSUN
Stories by Julia Blackburn about life and survival for theSUN
animals and people of Liguria in Northern Italy, where sheSUN
has made her home.SUN
SUN
20:00 More or Less b00plzyj (Listen)SUN
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbersSUN
everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.SUN
An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.SUN
SUN
20:30 Last Word b00pm0dk (Listen)SUN
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysingSUN
and celebrating the life stories of people who haveSUN
recently died. The programme reflects on people ofSUN
distinction and interest from many walks of life, someSUN
famous and some less well known.SUN
SUN
21:00 Money Box b00pn34d (Listen)SUN
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday.]SUN
SUN
21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00pn407 (Listen)SUN
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today.]SUN
SUN
21:30 In Business b00pl1h3 (Listen)SUN
New AgeSUN
Many of the world's biggest countries are on the thresholdSUN
of a new era where an increasing number of old people willSUN
have to be supported by a shrinking younger workforce.SUN
Peter Day finds out whether this is a threat to the way weSUN
live now or an opportunity for new kinds of business.SUN
Related LinksSUN
* GE Healthcare (www.gehealthcare.com)SUN
* Dole Food Company (www.dole.com)SUN
* California Health and Longevity Institute (chli.com)SUN
* In My Prime (inmyprime.co.uk)SUN
* Department of Mechanical Engineering, University ofSUN
Leeds (www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk)SUN
* Tissue Regenix (www.tissueregenix.com)SUN
* Robosoft (www.robosoft.com)SUN
* Paris Institute of Intelligent Systems and RoboticsSUN
(www.upmc.fr)SUN
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PROGRAMMESUN
George MagnusSUN
Senior Economic Advisor, UBS Investment BankSUN
John DineenSUN
CEO GE HealthcareSUN
David MurdockSUN
Chairman of Dole Food CompanySUN
Siobhan PalmerSUN
Director of Operations, California Health and LongevitySUN
InstituteSUN
Dianne Bown-WilsonSUN
One of the founders of In My PrimeSUN
John FisherSUN
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of LeedsSUN
Anthony OdellSUN
Chief Executive Officer of Tissue RegenixSUN
Vincent DuporqueSUN
CEO RobosoftSUN
SUN
21:58 Weather b00pnplq (Listen)SUN
The latest weather forecast.SUN
SUN
22:00 Westminster Hour b00pnpls (Listen)SUN
Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. IncludingSUN
More Than A Game.SUN
SUN
23:00 The Film Programme b00pm0dm (Listen)SUN
Francine Stock talks to Lord Of The Rings star Andy SerkisSUN
about playing singer Ian Dury in a new biopic, Sex & DrugsSUN
& Rock & Roll.SUN
Director John Hillcoat discusses the challenges ofSUN
adapting Cormac McCarthy's award-winning novel The RoadSUN
Writer and director James Dearden looks back at the careerSUN
of his father Basil Dearden, the film-maker responsibleSUN
for Victim, The League Of Gentlemen and The Blue Lamp.SUN
Sex & Drugs & Rock & RollSUN
The Ian Dury biopic is in cinemas from Friday 8 January,SUN
certificate 15.SUN
THE ROADSUN
The Road is released in cinemas on Friday 8 January,SUN
certificate 15SUN
SUN
23:30 Something Understood b00pn3zx (Listen)SUN
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today.]SUN
SUN
MON
MONDAY 11 JANUARY 2010MON
MON
00:00 Midnight News b00pnpn8 (Listen)MON
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioMON
4. Followed by Weather.MON
MON
00:15 Thinking Allowed b00pktr5 (Listen)MON
The First World War was the first conflict in whichMON
Britain used conscription, and it was the same law, theMON
1916 Military Service Act, which made it possible forMON
people to 'conscientiously object' and opt out of bearingMON
arms. It was not an easy status to achieve or an easyMON
option to take, however, because 'conchies', as they wereMON
known, were attacked, stigmatised, imprisoned andMON
considered effeminate. Laurie Taylor discusses a new studyMON
which explores the mixed feelings and confused anxietiesMON
the British public felt toward conscientious objectors inMON
a period when traditional masculinity was already underMON
great strain.MON
Also, Laurie talks to Emma Robertson about her study intoMON
music at work. It was banned in most factories in the 19thMON
century, until Cadbury and Rowntree started introducingMON
hymns in their workplaces to raise morale as well asMON
productivity.MON
Lois BibbingsMON
Lois Bibbings, Senior Lecturer in the School of Law at theMON
University of BristolMON
Telling Tales About Men: Conceptions of ConscientiousMON
Objectors to Military Service During the First World WarMON
Publisher: Manchester University PressMON
ISBN-10: 071906922XMON
ISBN-13: 978-0719069222MON
Find out more about Lois BibbingsMON
Joanna BourkeMON
Joanna Bourke, Professor of History at Birkbeck CollegeMON
LondonMON
An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-face Killing inMON
Twentieth-century WarfareMON
Publisher: Granta BooksMON
ISBN-10: 186207321XMON
ISBN-13: 978-1862073210MON
Find out more about Joanna BourkeMON
Emma RobertsonMON
Dr Emma Robertson, Senior Lecturer at Sheffield HallamMON
UniversityMON
Rhythms of Labour: The British Work Song RevisitedMON
Robertson, E., Pickering, M. and Korczynski, M. (2006)MON
Folk Music Journal, 9 (2) December 2006: 226-245.MON
Forthcoming book: Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work inMON
Britain is being published by Cambridge University PressMON
later this year (authors Marek Korczynski, MichaelMON
Pickering and Emma Robertson)MON
MON
00:45 Bells on Sunday b00pn3zs (Listen)MON
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday.]MON
MON
00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pnpv0 (Listen)MON
The latest shipping forecast.MON
MON
01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pnpy7 (Listen)MON
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.MON
MON
05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pnpxx (Listen)MON
The latest shipping forecast.MON
MON
05:30 News Briefing b00pnqlc (Listen)MON
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.MON
MON
05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pnr1b (Listen)MON
Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.MON
MON
05:45 Farming Today b00pnr3v (Listen)MON
Farmers battle through freezing fields but theMON
unpredictable weather is here to stay according to oneMON
leading scientist.MON
Sea-Eagles may make a return to the skies of East AngliaMON
but not in the next 12 months, as Natural England continueMON
their impact assessment.MON
And we check up on the progress of the Farming TodayMON
pregnant sow as her due date approaches.MON
MON
05:57 Weather b00pqfh6 (Listen)MON
The latest weather forecast for farmers.MON
MON
06:00 Today b00pnrkj (Listen)MON
With Justin Webb and James Naughtie. Including SportsMON
Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.MON
MON
09:00 Start the Week b00pqfjh (Listen)MON
Andrew Marr talks to the Turkish novelist Orhan PamukMON
about obsessive love and his decision to blur theMON
distinction between fiction and reality with the openingMON
of The Museum of Innocence in Istanbul; Barbara EhrenreichMON
exposes the downside of America's culture of positiveMON
thinking and irrational optimism; Simon Schama invesigatesMON
the Obama effect; Russian expert Susan Richards exploresMON
the importance of national myths.MON
MON
09:45 Book of the Week b00pnsv4 (Listen)MON
Must You Go?, Episode 1MON
Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life withMON
Harold Pinter.MON
A glimpse in a restaurant and an altercation before FraserMON
attends the opening night of a production of Pinter's TheMON
Birthday Party in 1975. At dinner afterwards they do notMON
talk until Fraser gets up to leave and say goodbye. 'MustMON
you go?' Pinter asks. Three short words that were toMON
change their lives.MON
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.MON
MON
10:00 Woman's Hour b00pqbsj (Listen)MON
With Jane Garvey.MON
Including:MON
Since the mid-18th century there's been the idea thatMON
beauty is in the eye of the beholder. However, manyMON
psychologists argue that there are certain physicalMON
features of the body and face that are found attractiveMON
across all individuals and cultures. So, why do someMON
people seem more physically attractive to us than others -MON
is it body shape, pheromones or personality? Jane GarveyMON
examines the evidence with stand-up comedian Rosie Wilby,MON
and the evolutionary and social psychologist Viren Swami.MON
Currently one in three families depend on grandparents forMON
childcare and it's likely that this figure will rise, withMON
grandparents playing an increasingly important role inMON
supporting young families. Jane and her guests debateMON
whether it's time that grandparents were given betterMON
rights and more official recognition of their role inMON
society.MON
Improvements in cancer treatment mean that many moreMON
people are now surviving cancer. There are over oneMON
million people in the UK who were first diagnosed moreMON
than five years ago. However, survivors of the diseaseMON
face their own problems, stemming from the long-termMON
effects of cancer and its treatment. Jane talks to oneMON
survivor and discusses the issues surrounding post-cancerMON
care and support.MON
MON
11:00 Playing for the Common Ground b00pxvdq (Listen)MON
Gerry Anderson grew up playing football and cricket andMON
remains a fan of both. But when he went to the ChristianMON
Brothers school he was made to play GAA - Irish footballMON
and hurling - as football and cricket were deemed to beMON
Protestant sports.MON
Like most things in Northern Ireland, sport has beenMON
divided down sectarian lines, but in the last 10 yearsMON
great efforts have been made to change this way ofMON
thinking. Gerry talks to fans, players and coaches to findMON
out if sport can be reclaimed to be enjoyed by the manyMON
instead of the few.MON
MON
11:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00pqh8s (Listen)MON
Series 6, The Charterhouse RedemptionMON
Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.MON
Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodgerMON
and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in aMON
world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lyingMON
charlatans.MON
Ed is now a happily-retired author. Not only that but he'sMON
well fed, warm and happily ensconced in Berkhampstead'sMON
premier accommodation of choice for the financiallyMON
distressed.MON
Ed Reardon ...... Christopher DouglasMON
Olive ...... Stephanie ColeMON
Felix ...... John FortuneMON
Ray ...... Simon GreenallMON
Cliff ...... Geoff McGivernMON
Jaz ...... Philip JacksonMON
Pearl ...... Rita MayMON
Ping ...... Barunka O'ShaughnessyMON
Stan ...... Geoffrey WhiteheadMON
With Manjeet Mann and Tom Price.MON
MON
12:00 You and Yours b00pqbvl (Listen)MON
Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.MON
MON
12:57 Weather b00pqbxj (Listen)MON
The latest weather forecast.MON
MON
13:00 World at One b00pqc00 (Listen)MON
National and international news with Martha Kearney.MON
MON
13:30 Brain of Britain b00pqh8v (Listen)MON
Russell Davies chairs the second semi-final of theMON
perennial general knowledge contest, with heat winners DrMON
Ian Bayley from Oxford, Bernard Fyles from St Helens,MON
Chris Quinn from Huyton and Martin Wyatt from AccringtonMON
competing for a place in the final.MON
ContestantsMON
Ian Bayley from OxfordMON
Bernard Fyles from St HelensMON
Chris Quinn from HuytonMON
Martin Wyatt from AccringtonMON
MON
14:00 The Archers b00pnpbz (Listen)MON
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday.]MON
MON
14:15 Afternoon Play b00pqh8x (Listen)MON
McLevy - Series 6, Queen of SpadesMON
Series of stories about David Ashton's Victorian detectiveMON
based on real-life Edinburgh policeman Inspector JamesMON
McLevy.MON
The deadly battle with Caleb Grant has heartbreakingMON
consequences for Jean Brash's household, and leads McLevyMON
to a final reckoning on the windswept coast ofMON
Northumberland.MON
McLevy ...... Brian CoxMON
Jean Brash ...... Siobhan RedmondMON
Mulholland ...... Michael Perceval-MaxwellMON
Roach ...... David AshtonMON
Hannah ...... Colette O'NeilMON
Caleb Grant ...... Graham CrowdenMON
Donald McIver ...... Andrew NeilMON
Aidan ...... James Anthony PearsonMON
Patch Coltrane ...... Simon DonaldsonMON
Emma Fairchild ...... Joanna TopeMON
Directed by Patrick Rayner.MON
MON
15:00 Archive on 4 b00j24rk (Listen)MON
Radio SalesMON
Brian Hayes looks back over 80 years of advertising onMON
radio in the UK. Amid the changing fashions he finds someMON
of the most finely-crafted, punchy, emotional andMON
entertaining radio, as well as some of the most amateurish.MON
MON
15:45 The Call b00lrsnm (Listen)MON
The SiegeMON
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or madeMON
life-changing phone calls.MON
In 1980, police negotiator Max Vernon spent five daysMON
taking brief telephone calls from the leader of theMON
terrorists who had taken 26 people hostage inside theMON
Iranian Embassy in London. The siege ended when the SASMON
stormed the building, as Max listened on the other end ofMON
the line.MON
MON
16:00 Food Programme b00pn410 (Listen)MON
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday.]MON
MON
16:30 Beyond Belief b00pqh8z (Listen)MON
Ernie Rea and his guests discuss forms of spiritualMON
healing and the belief systems which underpin them.MON
MON
17:00 PM b00pqc3z (Listen)MON
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with EddieMON
Mair.MON
MON
18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pqc5g (Listen)MON
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioMON
4.MON
MON
18:30 Just a Minute b00pqh91 (Listen)MON
Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. PanellistsMON
Josie Lawrence and Charles Collingwood reveal how theyMON
know when they are in love (though not necessarily withMON
each other), and Paul Merton and Chris Neill remember whatMON
it was like to be sweet sixteen.MON
MON
19:00 The Archers b00pqc0d (Listen)MON
Mike's diplomacy misses the mark.MON
MON
19:15 Front Row b00pqc6c (Listen)MON
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including anMON
interview with Antonia Fraser about the memoir of her lifeMON
with Harold Pinter, which is also Radio 4's Book of theMON
Week.MON
MON
19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pqd5k (Listen)MON
Six Suspects, Episode 6MON
Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by VikasMON
Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as SlumdogMON
Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominentMON
Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendyMON
Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrateMON
his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?MON
Suspect number one is phone thief Munna Mobile, who has aMON
bag of money that doesn't belong to him and is secretlyMON
dating Vicky's sister. He finds himself at the party withMON
a gun.MON
Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit KapurMON
Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar KarachiwalaMON
Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... RadhikaMON
MitalMON
Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand TiwariMON
Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz PatelMON
Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary RichardsonMON
Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit MalkaniMON
Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny DesaiMON
Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika ApteMON
Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita UberoiMON
Ritu ...... Ira DubeyMON
Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur VikalMON
Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha BurmanMON
Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini PathakMON
Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......MON
Jayant KripalaniMON
Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny DesaiMON
Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan KripalaniMON
Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir KhanMON
Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab ArdeshirMON
Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha MenonMON
Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin MushranMON
Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla SinghMON
Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi KhoteMON
Sohrab ...... Caran AroraMON
Production team:MON
Line producer in India: Nadir KhanMON
Assistant director: Toral ShahMON
Photography: Ameet MallapurMON
Script editor: Mike WalkerMON
Sound: Ayush AhujaMON
Additional editing: Steve BondMON
Music: Sacha PutnamMON
Sound design: Nick Russell-PavierMON
Produced and directed by John DrydenMON
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.MON
MON
20:00 In Search of the British Work Ethic b00pqh93 (Listen)MON
Episode 2MON
Journalist Melanie Phillips embarks on a personal journeyMON
to explore what work means to some of the most vulnerableMON
and socially-excluded people in Britain. Melanie is knownMON
for her uncompromising views on the 'workshy'MON
beneficiaries of the welfare state but will her theoriesMON
stand up in the face of the complex and difficult lives ofMON
the people she meets?MON
Melanie spends time with cleaners and catering staffMON
working on the minimum wage and asks what motivates themMON
to work. Would Melanie's own assiduous work ethic surviveMON
night shifts, low pay and cleaning lavatories?MON
MON
20:30 Crossing Continents b00pkxy2 (Listen)MON
Uganda: Battling the Witch-DoctorsMON
Tim Whewell investigates the causes of a horrific spate ofMON
child sacrifices in Uganda and follows a former witchMON
doctor who is now committed to stamping out the practice.MON
Child sacrificeMON
Uganda's ritual child killings rise as incomes increase.MON
Read more on the BBC news websiteMON
MON
21:00 The Vox Project b00pqh95 (Listen)MON
Commentators and AnimalsMON
Clare Balding, with the help of the CognitiveMON
Neuro-Science department of University College, London,MON
investigates all aspects of the human voice and the way weMON
use it.MON
Clare asks why animals can't speak and what it takes toMON
become a sports commentator.MON
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.MON
MON
21:30 Start the Week b00pqfjk (Listen)MON
Andrew Marr talks to the Turkish novelist Orhan PamukMON
about obsessive love and his decision to blur theMON
distinction between fiction and reality with the openingMON
of The Museum of Innocence in Istanbul; Barbara EhrenreichMON
exposes the downside of America's culture of positiveMON
thinking and irrational optimism; Simon Schama invesigatesMON
the Obama effect; Russian expert Susan Richards exploresMON
the importance of national myths.MON
MON
21:58 Weather b00pqdhd (Listen)MON
The latest weather forecast.MON
MON
22:00 The World Tonight b00pqdqv (Listen)MON
National and international news and analysis with RobinMON
Lustig.MON
MON
22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pqfby (Listen)MON
The Coral Thief, Episode 1MON
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set inMON
Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.MON
Daniel Connor, a brilliant and ambitious student, is inMON
Paris to take up a new position with some of the leadingMON
scientists of the day. The chaos of an occupied city, aMON
beautiful and enigmatic woman, and the swirl ofMON
revolutionary and heretical ideas about how life beganMON
create a heady atmosphere that is all too seductive.MON
On a hot August night, Daniel Connor is travelling towardsMON
Paris and a new vocation when he is captivated by aMON
mysterious woman.MON
Abridged by Viv BeebyMON
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.MON
MON
23:00 Word of Mouth b00pkbh9 (Listen)MON
Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world ofMON
words, language and the way we speak.MON
MON
23:30 Today in Parliament b00pqff2 (Listen)MON
News, views and features on today's stories in ParliamentMON
with Susan Hulme.MON
MON
TUE
TUESDAY 12 JANUARY 2010TUE
TUE
00:00 Midnight News b00pnpmy (Listen)TUE
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioTUE
4. Followed by Weather.TUE
TUE
00:30 Book of the Week b00pnsv4 (Listen)TUE
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday.]TUE
TUE
00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pnpsn (Listen)TUE
The latest shipping forecast.TUE
TUE
01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pnpxz (Listen)TUE
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.TUE
TUE
05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pnpv2 (Listen)TUE
The latest shipping forecast.TUE
TUE
05:30 News Briefing b00pnqkx (Listen)TUE
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.TUE
TUE
05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pnqx3 (Listen)TUE
Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.TUE
TUE
05:45 Farming Today b00pnr1d (Listen)TUE
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.TUE
TUE
06:00 Today b00pnrk8 (Listen)TUE
With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;TUE
Weather; Thought for the Day.TUE
TUE
09:00 Taking a Stand b00pqhf1 (Listen)TUE
Fergal Keane talks to people who have taken risks and madeTUE
sacrifices to stand up for what they believe in.TUE
TUE
09:30 Famous Footsteps b00pqhf3 (Listen)TUE
Episode 1TUE
Author and journalist Fiona Neill explores the experienceTUE
of growing up in a creatively successful family.TUE
Fiona considers the challenges of maintaining a creativeTUE
career while bringing up small children. How does aTUE
writer, working at home, manage to carve out the mentalTUE
and physical space to work? Is the 'pram in the hallway'TUE
really a barrier to creative thought?TUE
She talks to Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson, DaphneTUE
Du Maurier's daughter Tessa Montgomery and songwriter GuyTUE
Chambers about their experiences of balancing theseTUE
conflicting demands.TUE
A Paladin Invision production for BBC Radio 4.TUE
TUE
09:45 Book of the Week b00pnst5 (Listen)TUE
Must You Go?, Episode 2TUE
Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life withTUE
Harold Pinter.TUE
Fraser remembers the reactions in the 1970s to herTUE
decision to live with Harold Pinter. Disapproval from herTUE
father Lord Longford on the one hand, and the media glareTUE
from the paparazzi on the other are balanced by the joy ofTUE
togetherness in Europe and New York.TUE
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.TUE
TUE
10:00 Woman's Hour b00pqbpb (Listen)TUE
With Jane Garvey. Including drama: Six Suspects.TUE
TUE
11:00 Nature b00pqj0v (Listen)TUE
Series 4, Juan Fernandez IslandsTUE
Four hundred miles off the Chilean coast, the JuanTUE
Fernandez Islands are the home of many plants and animalsTUE
found nowhere else in the world. They are also the sourceTUE
of Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe story. Paul Evans visitsTUE
the archipelago in search of the endemic Juan FernandezTUE
firecrown hummingbird and discovers that introduced plantsTUE
and animals, such as cats, goats and even blackberries,TUE
are causing severe problems for the uniquely-adaptedTUE
willdife of the islands.TUE
TUE
11:30 Midnight Feasts and Lashings of Ginger BeerTUE
b00pqj0x (Listen)TUE
Food is everywhere in children's literature. From TheTUE
Famous Five, who were constantly eating enormous amountsTUE
of food, to midnight feasts at St Clares and Hogwarts,TUE
squashed fly biscuits, and even food which comes to life,TUE
children's books luxuriate in lavish descriptions ofTUE
meals, picnics and treats. Food is always delicious andTUE
written about with such enthusiasm that the reader is leftTUE
wishing they could dive into the story and feast on theTUE
treats within. But why is British children's fiction soTUE
preoccupied with all this fictional feasting?TUE
The former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen, amongTUE
others, discusses the meaning of all this gluttony.TUE
Producer Cecile Wright.TUE
TUE
12:00 You and Yours b00pqbsl (Listen)TUE
Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.TUE
TUE
12:57 Weather b00pqbvn (Listen)TUE
The latest weather forecast.TUE
TUE
13:00 World at One b00pqbxl (Listen)TUE
National and international news with Martha Kearney.TUE
TUE
13:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00pqj0z (Listen)TUE
Series 8, Humphrey LytteltonTUE
Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20thTUE
century.TUE
Many Radio 4 listeners knew 'Humph' as the hilariouslyTUE
deadpan chairman of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. But theTUE
much-loved broadcaster was also an exemplary andTUE
influential jazz musician. Louis Armstrong dubbed him 'theTUE
top trumpet man in England today', and not without reason.TUE
A master of his instrument as well as several others, heTUE
spearheaded the post-war traditional jazz revival inTUE
Britain, later forming his own band that set the standardTUE
for British jazz for several decades.TUE
Friend and fellow BBC jazz presenter Alyn Shipton joinsTUE
Ken in the studio to discuss Britain's most important jazzTUE
musician.TUE
TUE
14:00 The Archers b00pqc0d (Listen)TUE
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday.]TUE
TUE
14:15 Afternoon Play b00pqj11 (Listen)TUE
My Romantic HistoryTUE
Poignant and witty drama by DC Jackson about love andTUE
memory.TUE
Charlie ...... Sandy GriersonTUE
Amy ...... Cora BissettTUE
Sasha/Alison ...... Gabriel QuigleyTUE
Calvin/Jessie ...... Jordan YoungTUE
Mum/Receptionist ...... Juliet CadzowTUE
Directed by Kirsty Williams.TUE
TUE
15:00 Home Planet b00pqj13 (Listen)TUE
We have a heady mix of energy, biology and a little bit ofTUE
physics this week. First for the energy. You want to knowTUE
if the ultra-green claims made for wood pellet burnersTUE
really stand up to scrutiny. And then there's the issue ofTUE
demand. Unless we have accurate ways of predicting futureTUE
energy demand then any discussion on energy production isTUE
more or less pointless. At least that's what one listenerTUE
contends, and the panel chews over the idea.TUE
Next up is the biology. Why do birds eat seeds that passTUE
through their gut unchanged and what happens to us if weTUE
eat the same seeds? And what was the extraordinary wormTUE
that was seen emerging from a Nepalese praying mantis,TUE
which then flew away unharmed?TUE
For the physics one listener wants to know why a bottle ofTUE
water he picked up from an icy car froze solid in a matterTUE
of seconds. Is there a simple explanation or does he haveTUE
superhuman powers?TUE
Tackling this eclectic mix are ecologist Dr Lynn Dicks ofTUE
Cambridge University, planning expert Professor YvonneTUE
Rydin of University College, London and Professor PhilipTUE
Stott, an environmental scientist from the University ofTUE
London.TUE
TUE
15:30 Afternoon Reading b00pqj9d (Listen)TUE
The Curiosities of the Egyptian Hall, Between Isis andTUE
OsirisTUE
Series of three stories inspired by the Victorian venue inTUE
Piccadilly, famed as the home of magic, spectacle, freakTUE
shows and pseudo-scientific demonstrations.TUE
By John Peacock. Miriam Margolyes tells the tale of artistTUE
Benjamin Robert Haydon, whose exhibition at the EgyptianTUE
Hall was eclipsed by the hugely popular American midgetTUE
General Tom Thumb.TUE
With Tony Lidington as Alfred, the Custodian of the Hall.TUE
Directed by David BlountTUE
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.TUE
TUE
15:45 The Call b00lvg16 (Listen)TUE
The AdoptionTUE
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or madeTUE
life-changing phone calls.TUE
After months of form-filling bureaucracy andTUE
disappointment, educationalist Fiona Byerley made aTUE
late-night call to a Thai orphanage and was told that aTUE
baby girl was waiting to be collected.TUE
TUE
16:00 Word of Mouth b00pqjs7 (Listen)TUE
Michael Rosen investigates lying. Does the sound of ourTUE
voice change when we are trying to deceive, and do we useTUE
different words?TUE
TUE
16:30 Great Lives b00pqjs9 (Listen)TUE
Series 20, Lise MeitnerTUE
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in whichTUE
his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.TUE
Actress Jenny Agutter champions the life and work ofTUE
pioneering Austrian physicist Lise Meitner, one of theTUE
scientists responsible for the discovery of nuclearTUE
fission.TUE
TUE
17:00 PM b00pqc24 (Listen)TUE
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with EddieTUE
Mair. Plus Weather.TUE
TUE
18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pqc41 (Listen)TUE
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioTUE
4.TUE
TUE
18:30 Sneakiepeeks b00pqn27 (Listen)TUE
Two of Our Spies Are MissingTUE
Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team ofTUE
inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives.TUE
When Bill meets up with Ian Swaine, the organisation'sTUE
most effective, but least sane, assassin, it's up toTUE
Sharla and Mark to find them.TUE
Bill ...... Richard LumsdenTUE
Sharla ...... Nina ContiTUE
Mark ...... Daniel KaluuyaTUE
Ian Swaine ...... Paterson JosephTUE
Mrs Davies ...... Lucy MontgomeryTUE
Channing/American/Welsh Landlord ...... Ewan BaileyTUE
Tim the Tea Boy ...... Joe ThomasTUE
Secretary/Welsh Girl ...... Tessa Nicholson.TUE
TUE
19:00 The Archers b00pqc02 (Listen)TUE
Pat and Kathy talk tactics.TUE
TUE
19:15 Front Row b00pqc5j (Listen)TUE
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including a reviewTUE
of the film Up in the Air, starring George Clooney as anTUE
executive who collects thousands of air miles as heTUE
travels round firing people.TUE
TUE
19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pqd55 (Listen)TUE
Six Suspects, Episode 7TUE
Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by VikasTUE
Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as SlumdogTUE
Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominentTUE
Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendyTUE
Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrateTUE
his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?TUE
Suspect number two is Bollywood actress Shabnam Sexena,TUE
one-time girlfriend of Vicky, who is now being blackmailedTUE
by him.TUE
Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit KapurTUE
Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar KarachiwalaTUE
Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... RadhikaTUE
MitalTUE
Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand TiwariTUE
Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz PatelTUE
Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary RichardsonTUE
Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit MalkaniTUE
Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny DesaiTUE
Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika ApteTUE
Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita UberoiTUE
Ritu ...... Ira DubeyTUE
Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur VikalTUE
Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha BurmanTUE
Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini PathakTUE
Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......TUE
Jayant KripalaniTUE
Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny DesaiTUE
Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan KripalaniTUE
Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir KhanTUE
Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab ArdeshirTUE
Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha MenonTUE
Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin MushranTUE
Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla SinghTUE
Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi KhoteTUE
Sohrab ...... Caran AroraTUE
Production team:TUE
Line producer in India: Nadir KhanTUE
Assistant director: Toral ShahTUE
Photography: Ameet MallapurTUE
Script editor: Mike WalkerTUE
Sound: Ayush AhujaTUE
Additional editing: Steve BondTUE
Music: Sacha PutnamTUE
Sound design: Nick Russell-PavierTUE
Produced and directed by John DrydenTUE
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.TUE
TUE
20:00 Closing Guantanamo b00pqn29 (Listen)TUE
President Obama has admitted that the process of closingTUE
the controversial prison camp in Guantanamo Bay will takeTUE
longer than the 12 months he promised in his first majorTUE
announcement as president. Jon Manel reveals the insideTUE
story of what went wrong.TUE
TUE
20:40 In Touch b00pqn2c (Listen)TUE
Peter White with news and information for the blind andTUE
partially sighted.TUE
TUE
21:00 Case Notes b00pqn2f (Listen)TUE
Dr Mark Porter visits Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham,TUE
the UK's receiving centre for soldiers injured in theTUE
world's most dangerous war zone. Paramedics work non-stopTUE
to keep the critically wounded alive on the flight backTUE
from Afghanistan. Once they reach the Intensive Care UnitTUE
at Selly Oak, the lifesaving treatment begins.TUE
Wounded solders are a unique group of patients. They haveTUE
usually sustained a complex set of injuries from gunshotsTUE
and multiple fractures, amputations, loss of sight orTUE
hearing and brain injury.TUE
Being soldiers, they are young, fit and determined, all ofTUE
which helps them to recover physically from their injuriesTUE
and the many operations they often have to endure. Some ofTUE
the injuries soldiers sustain can be devastating, such asTUE
the loss of both legs from an explosion. Grouping militaryTUE
patients together on the trauma ward enables them toTUE
support each other. And NHS and military staff work sideTUE
by side on the ward to further support to patients'TUE
medical and emotional needs.TUE
Selly Oak Hospital primarily treats the physical impact ofTUE
war, but identifying and treating the mental scars isTUE
equally important. Soldiers are now being trained toTUE
identify warning signs in their peers while in AfghanistanTUE
so that they can be treated before their symptomsTUE
overwhelm them. Efforts are also being made to helpTUE
soldiers cope with the transition from the war zone toTUE
life at home.TUE
TUE
21:30 Taking a Stand b00pqhf1 (Listen)TUE
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]TUE
TUE
21:58 Weather b00pqdgf (Listen)TUE
The latest weather forecast.TUE
TUE
22:00 The World Tonight b00pqdhg (Listen)TUE
National and international news and analysis.TUE
TUE
22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwn16 (Listen)TUE
The Coral Thief, Episode 2TUE
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set inTUE
Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.TUE
Daniel reports the theft of irreplaceable fossils and aTUE
precious manuscript intended for one of France's leadingTUE
scientists to Henri Jagot, the notorious chief of Paris'TUE
security police.TUE
Abridged by Viv BeebyTUE
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.TUE
TUE
23:00 Jon Ronson On b00pkbmr (Listen)TUE
Series 5, When Small Talk Goes WrongTUE
Jon Ronson talks to Denis Fillon, who in 1999 was behindTUE
one of the first major internet hoaxes.TUE
Denis used to post threads and make small talk on aTUE
technical forum called Anandtech. Irritated by theTUE
misogyny he found on the site, he invented a femaleTUE
character to join in the chat. Soon he found himselfTUE
flirting with his own character and weaving a tale soTUE
believable that the character took on an air of reality,TUE
even for him. As the relationship deepened, Denis wasTUE
forced to take drastic action to get out of his own hoax.TUE
With additional contributions from comedian Josie Long andTUE
Charlie Brooker.TUE
TUE
23:30 Today in Parliament b00pqff4 (Listen)TUE
News, views and features on today's stories in ParliamentTUE
with David Wilby.TUE
TUE
WED
WEDNESDAY 13 JANUARY 2010WED
WED
00:00 Midnight News b00pnpn0 (Listen)WED
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioWED
4. Followed by Weather.WED
WED
00:30 Book of the Week b00pnst5 (Listen)WED
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday.]WED
WED
00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pnpsq (Listen)WED
The latest shipping forecast.WED
WED
01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pnpy1 (Listen)WED
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.WED
WED
05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pnpv4 (Listen)WED
The latest shipping forecast.WED
WED
05:30 News Briefing b00pnqkz (Listen)WED
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.WED
WED
05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pnqx5 (Listen)WED
Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.WED
WED
05:45 Farming Today b00pnr1g (Listen)WED
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.WED
WED
06:00 Today b00pnrkb (Listen)WED
With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including SportsWED
Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday inWED
Parliament.WED
WED
09:00 Midweek b00pr3fl (Listen)WED
Lively and diverse conversation with guests includingWED
Diana Moran, 'the Green Goddess'.WED
WED
09:45 Book of the Week b00pnst7 (Listen)WED
Must You Go?, Episode 3WED
Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life withWED
Harold Pinter.WED
2001 was a year of fear and loss. For Fraser the firstWED
loss is her father's death, and her great fear comes withWED
Pinter's cancer diagnosis. But there is happiness too, andWED
the strength of love tested by adversity.WED
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.WED
WED
10:00 Woman's Hour b00pqbpd (Listen)WED
With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Six Suspects.WED
WED
11:00 At Any Cost b00pr3vl (Listen)WED
It's now possible to preserve and nurture a baby born asWED
early as the 23rd or 24th week of a normal 40 weekWED
pregnancy. The challenges facing the child are significantWED
but the instinct of the majority of parents is to doWED
anything they possibly can to preserve the life of theirWED
child. As medical science has produced ever moreWED
sophisticated incubators and ventilation systems, both theWED
challenges and the hopes of parents have increased.WED
Joan McFaddon talks to parents who are going through orWED
have gone through the often agonising process of watchingWED
a premature baby being nurtured through the first weeks ofWED
life. They talk about their emotions, the highs, the lowsWED
and the looming danger of losing hope. They also revealWED
the challenges of trying to enjoy all the parental bondingWED
of a normal birth amidst breathing aparatus, feedingWED
systems and monitoring equipment.WED
At the core of their situation is the uneasy relationshipWED
between what medical science can do and what is best forWED
their child - a child they'd do anything to preserve inWED
spite of all the challenges that might lie ahead.WED
WED
11:30 Towards Zero b00pr3vn (Listen)WED
Episode 1WED
Adaptation by Joy Wilkinson of Agatha Christie's detectiveWED
novel.WED
Against her better judgement, Lady Tresselian permits theWED
dashing Nevile Strange and his wife to come to her houseWED
party at the same time as his ex-wife, and sure enough, asWED
soon as everyone arrives, the tensions are evident.WED
Nevile ...... Hugh BonnevilleWED
Lady Tresselian ...... Marcia WarreWED
MacWhirter ...... Tom MannionWED
Audrey ...... Claire RushbrookWED
Mary ...... Julia FordWED
Kay ...... Lizzy WattsWED
Latimer ...... Joseph KloskaWED
Royde ...... Stephen HoganWED
Treves ...... David HargreavesWED
Umpire/Butler ...... Philip FoxWED
Receptionist ...... Annabelle DowlerWED
Porter ...... Benjamin AskewWED
Directed by Mary Peate.WED
WED
12:00 You and Yours b00pqbsn (Listen)WED
Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.WED
WED
12:57 Weather b00pqbvq (Listen)WED
The latest weather forecast.WED
WED
13:00 World at One b00pqbxp (Listen)WED
National and international news with Martha Kearney.WED
WED
13:30 The Media Show b00pr4c0 (Listen)WED
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about theWED
fast-changing media world.WED
WED
14:00 The Archers b00pqc02 (Listen)WED
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday.]WED
WED
14:15 Afternoon Play b00pr4c2 (Listen)WED
The Jonestown LettersWED
The compelling true story of two sisters, Annie andWED
Carolyn Moore, who died at the Jonestown mass suicide inWED
Guyana in 1978. It is told through the extraordinaryWED
actual letters that passed between the girls and theirWED
family back home. The letters are abridged by SarahWED
Daniels, and introduced by the surviving sister, RebeccaWED
Moore. Every word you hear in the drama is the truth.WED
The Moores were a close and loving middle-class AmericanWED
family. The father, John, was a Methodist preacher and theWED
mother, Barbara, was warm and caring. They had threeWED
daughters. Two of the daughters were strongly attractedWED
early on by the utopian ideals of Jim Jones and hisWED
socially progressive, racially integrated church: theWED
Peoples' Temple.WED
Carolyn, a serious young socialist, later became JimWED
Jones' lover and had a son by him. When Jones took hisWED
church out to the inhospitable jungles of Guyana toWED
pioneer a new way of living, Carolyn was there as his mostWED
loyal lieutenant. She died in the final mass suicide.WED
Annie, her funny, likeable and outgoing younger sister,WED
was dedicated to nursing, unusually passionate aboutWED
social justice, yet ended up in charge of doling out theWED
Kool-Aid at the end of Jonestown, and then shot herself.WED
How could this have happened?WED
Through this tense and compelling dramatisedWED
correspondence we uncover the truth of Jonestown asWED
experienced by the families involved, as it unfolded. InWED
hearing Carolyn and Annie's own words, we are forced toWED
the realisation that Jonestown wasn't simply a 'cult', asWED
it has been painted. That cliche obscures the unavoidableWED
fact that those who joined weren't less intelligent orWED
principled than the rest of us. In fact they could haveWED
been us.WED
Annie Moore ...... Greta CloughWED
Carolyn Moore ...... Jennifer Lee JellicorseWED
John Moore ...... Nathan OsgoodWED
Barbara Moore ...... Laura Brook.WED
WED
15:00 Money Box Live b00pr4tk (Listen)WED
Vincent Duggleby and a panel of guests answer calls onWED
general insurance.WED
Guests:WED
Malcolm Tarling, Association of British InsurersWED
Graeme Trudgill, British Insurance Brokers' AssociationWED
John Miles, gocompare.com.WED
WED
15:30 Afternoon Reading b00pqj9g (Listen)WED
The Curiosities of the Egyptian Hall, The Great Mephisto!WED
Series of three stories inspired by the Victorian venue inWED
Piccadilly, famed as the home of magic, spectacle, freakWED
shows and pseudo-scientific demonstrations.WED
By Tony Lidington. A young illusionist from the PunjabWED
takes revenge on his cruel master. Read by Madhav Sharma.WED
With Tony Lidington as Alfred, the Custodian of the Hall.WED
Directed by David BlountWED
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.WED
WED
15:45 The Call b00ly7j9 (Listen)WED
The AbductionWED
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or madeWED
life-changing phone calls.WED
In March 1999, Martin Friend was on a gorilla trek inWED
Uganda when he was taken hostage and killed by Hutu rebelsWED
on the run from neighbouring Rwanda. His parents, Ron andWED
Pauline Friend, have built a school in the region inWED
memory of him.WED
WED
16:00 Thinking Allowed b00pr4wz (Listen)WED
Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into howWED
society works.WED
WED
16:30 Case Notes b00pqn2f (Listen)WED
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday.]WED
WED
17:00 PM b00pqc26 (Listen)WED
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with EddieWED
Mair. Plus Weather.WED
WED
18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pqc43 (Listen)WED
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioWED
4.WED
WED
18:30 Ayres on the Air b00mbz1c (Listen)WED
Series 3, On Yer BikeWED
Pam Ayres returns with a new series packed with poetry,WED
anecdotes and sketches.WED
Pam is joined by Geoffrey Whitehead and Felicity MontaguWED
for poems about French cycling holidays, the up-side toWED
riding a tandem, getting fit on gym bikes and how toWED
banish the middle-age blues by getting kitted out with aWED
motorbike and leathers.WED
WED
19:00 The Archers b00pqc04 (Listen)WED
Emotions run high for Helen.WED
WED
19:15 Front Row b00pqc5l (Listen)WED
Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, who discusses theWED
changing fortunes of actress Sandra Bullock, recentlyWED
nominated for two Golden Globe awards.WED
WED
19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pqd57 (Listen)WED
Six Suspects, Episode 8WED
Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by VikasWED
Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as SlumdogWED
Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominentWED
Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendyWED
Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrateWED
his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?WED
Suspect number three is American Larry Page, who VickyWED
left for dead in a deserted building site. After beingWED
kidnapped by Kashmiri separatists he finds himself atWED
Vicky's party with a gun.WED
Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit KapurWED
Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar KarachiwalaWED
Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... RadhikaWED
MitalWED
Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand TiwariWED
Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz PatelWED
Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary RichardsonWED
Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit MalkaniWED
Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny DesaiWED
Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika ApteWED
Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita UberoiWED
Ritu ...... Ira DubeyWED
Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur VikalWED
Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha BurmanWED
Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini PathakWED
Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......WED
Jayant KripalaniWED
Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny DesaiWED
Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan KripalaniWED
Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir KhanWED
Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab ArdeshirWED
Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha MenonWED
Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin MushranWED
Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla SinghWED
Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi KhoteWED
Sohrab ...... Caran AroraWED
Production team:WED
Line producer in India: Nadir KhanWED
Assistant director: Toral ShahWED
Photography: Ameet MallapurWED
Script editor: Mike WalkerWED
Sound: Ayush AhujaWED
Additional editing: Steve BondWED
Music: Sacha PutnamWED
Sound design: Nick Russell-PavierWED
Produced and directed by John DrydenWED
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.WED
WED
20:00 Decision Time b00pr52d (Listen)WED
How would a government, facing a huge deficit, cutWED
middle-class benefits? Nick Robinson and a panel ofWED
politicians, civil servants and journalists examine howWED
this controversial proposal would fare in Whitehall andWED
Westminster.WED
WED
20:45 More Than A Game b00pr52g (Listen)WED
Blood in the WaterWED
Professor Anthony King tells the story ofWED
politically-significant sporting events.WED
In October 1956, thousands of students and workers took toWED
the streets of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, to demandWED
greater political freedom and an end to Soviet dominationWED
of their country. At first they seemed to be succeeding:WED
Soviet forces pulled back and a reformer, Imre Nagy,WED
became prime minister. At the same time, the HungarianWED
Olympic team set off for the Melbourne Olympics. By theWED
time they arrived in Australia, however, everything backWED
home had changed. Soviet tanks had returned to BudapestWED
and brutally crushed the Hungarian revolution. HundredsWED
were arrested and thousands fled into exile. In Melbourne,WED
the Hungarian water polo team were determined to defendWED
their Olympic title. They cruised through the earlyWED
rounds, and in the semi final were drawn, as fate wouldWED
have it, against the Soviet Union. It became the mostWED
famous game in the history of the sport, known as theWED
'Blood in the Water' match.WED
WED
21:00 Nature b00pqj0v (Listen)WED
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday.]WED
WED
21:30 Midweek b00pr3fl (Listen)WED
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]WED
WED
21:58 Weather b00pqdgh (Listen)WED
The latest weather forecast.WED
WED
22:00 The World Tonight b00pqdhj (Listen)WED
National and international news and analysis with DavidWED
Eades.WED
WED
22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwmzj (Listen)WED
The Coral Thief, Episode 3WED
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set inWED
Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.WED
The beautiful thief, Lucienne Bernard, makes Daniel aWED
promise. Meanwhile, the chief of the security police HenriWED
Jagot shows renewed and unsettling interest in his affairs.WED
Abridged by Viv BeebyWED
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.WED
WED
23:00 Weird Tales b00pr52j (Listen)WED
Series 2, Split The AtomWED
Hoarder of horror Lovecraft returns to share three moreWED
chilling tales.WED
By Lynn Ferguson. Frank Ivory is full of anger: burning,WED
simmering, steaming anger. On his way home one night,WED
after making his colleagues lives a misery, he meets Gwen,WED
who is determined to tell him the story of the Morrigan,WED
the Celtic goddess in charge of who should live and whoWED
should die.WED
Frank ......Derek RiddellWED
Gwen ......Rachel OgilvyWED
Lovecraft ...... Stephen HoganWED
Louise ...... Emma StansfieldWED
Bill ...... Rhys JenningsWED
Barbara/Delivery Woman ...... Tessa NicholsonWED
George ...... Ewan HooperWED
William Perkins/Homeless Guy ...... Piers WehnerWED
Directed by Luke Fresle.WED
WED
23:30 Today in Parliament b00pqff6 (Listen)WED
News, views and features on today's stories in ParliamentWED
with Sean Curran.WED
WED
THU
THURSDAY 14 JANUARY 2010THU
THU
00:00 Midnight News b00pnpn2 (Listen)THU
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioTHU
4. Followed by Weather.THU
THU
00:30 Book of the Week b00pnst7 (Listen)THU
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday.]THU
THU
00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pnpss (Listen)THU
The latest shipping forecast.THU
THU
01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pnpy3 (Listen)THU
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.THU
THU
05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pnpv6 (Listen)THU
The latest shipping forecast.THU
THU
05:30 News Briefing b00pnql2 (Listen)THU
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pnqx7 (Listen)THU
Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.THU
THU
05:45 Farming Today b00pnr1j (Listen)THU
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.THU
THU
06:00 Today b00pnrkd (Listen)THU
With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including SportsTHU
Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday inTHU
Parliament.THU
THU
09:00 In Our Time b00pr54s (Listen)THU
The Frankfurt SchoolTHU
Melvyn Bragg and guests Raymond Geuss, Esther Leslie andTHU
Jonathan Ree discuss the ideas of the early FrankfurtTHU
School and their impact.THU
THU
09:45 Book of the Week b00pnst9 (Listen)THU
Must You Go?, Episode 4THU
Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life withTHU
Harold Pinter.THU
Pinter directs, performs and celebrates his 75th birthday,THU
in spite of the debilitating effects of his cancerTHU
medication. Then comes an unexpected phone call: 'I seemTHU
to have won the Nobel Prize.'THU
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
10:00 Woman's Hour b00pqbpg (Listen)THU
With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Six Suspects.THU
THU
11:00 Crossing Continents b00pr5b6 (Listen)THU
24 Hours in TulsaTHU
24 Attacks by midget gangsters; incompetent thieves whoTHU
resort to stealing air-conditioning units; a teenage girlTHU
with a crack habit who gets shot a few days afterTHU
promising to go clean. These are just some of theTHU
criminals and junkies encountered by one police officerTHU
cruising the streets of one Midwestern US city.THU
But this is Officer Jay Chiarito-Mazarrella, who created aTHU
cult following for his Street Story podcasts, vividTHU
vignettes of his work for the Tulsa Police Department.THU
Hugh Levinson hears the best of the Street Stories, givingTHU
a fresh, funny and sometimes downright scary insight intoTHU
policing from the horse's mouth.THU
Producer: Hugh Levinson.THU
THU
11:30 The Frost Collection b00pr5b8 (Listen)THU
Series 2, Episode 4THU
Sir David Frost and guests look back at some of the mostTHU
memorable interviews of his long career. With JoanTHU
Bakewell, Peter Kellner and Esther Rantzen.THU
THU
12:00 You and Yours b00pqbsq (Listen)THU
Consumer news and issues with Shari Vahl.THU
THU
12:30 Face the Facts b00pr5bb (Listen)THU
Fraud in FranceTHU
John Waite presents the investigative consumer series.THU
A British man who swindled ex-pats in the Dordogne out ofTHU
almost two million pounds was convicted of fraud by aTHU
French court in June 2009 and sentenced to two years inTHU
prison. So where is he now? He has been sellingTHU
double-glazing in England. Warren Templeton is one of moreTHU
than 80,000 people given jail sentences in France butTHU
allowed to roam free for as long as it takes to call themTHU
back to prison. Templeton's victims despair of justiceTHU
ever being done and are preparing to sue a leading FrenchTHU
bank which was used to commit the fraud.THU
THU
12:57 Weather b00pqbvs (Listen)THU
The latest weather forecast.THU
THU
13:00 World at One b00pqbxr (Listen)THU
National and international news with Martha Kearney.THU
THU
13:30 Questions, Questions b00pr5jh (Listen)THU
Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions fromTHU
everyday life.THU
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
14:00 The Archers b00pqc04 (Listen)THU
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday.]THU
THU
14:15 Afternoon Play b00pkbfh (Listen)THU
SolaceTHU
By Andrea Earl. Maggie Fortune is a respectable,THU
middle-class mother and grandmother with a dependency onTHU
prescribed tranquilisers that is taking over her life.THU
Maggie ...... Frances BarberTHU
Lucy ...... Deborah McAndrewTHU
India ...... Hester CoxTHU
Paul/Doctor/Neil ...... Robert PickavanceTHU
Dr Linus/Chemist ...... Greg WoodTHU
Helpline advisor ...... Kate LaydenTHU
Pianist: Jonathan ScottTHU
Directed by Pauline Harris.THU
THU
15:00 Open Country b00pn25d (Listen)THU
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday.]THU
THU
15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00pn407 (Listen)THU
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday.]THU
THU
15:30 Afternoon Reading b00pqj9j (Listen)THU
The Curiosities of the Egyptian Hall, Curious ShadowsTHU
Series of three stories inspired by the Victorian venue inTHU
Piccadilly, famed as the home of magic, spectacle, freakTHU
shows and pseudo-scientific demonstrations.THU
By Jerome Vincent. The early film makers guarded theirTHU
technical secrets closely. In this tale their rivalryTHU
leads to murder. Read by Gunnar Cauthery.THU
With Tony Lidington as Alfred, the Custodian of the Hall.THU
Directed by David BlountTHU
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
15:45 The Call b00m0z1p (Listen)THU
The TransplantTHU
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or madeTHU
life-changing phone calls.THU
Tony Roth suffered his first heart attack when he was inTHU
his early 30s. Within six months he had a triple bypassTHU
operation, but two more heart attacks and more bypassTHU
surgery followed. In failing heath, he was forced to giveTHU
up work, and waited for the call to tell him that a donorTHU
heart was available.THU
THU
16:00 Open Book b00pnp9f (Listen)THU
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday.]THU
THU
16:30 Material World b00pr5jm (Listen)THU
ALMA - Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array - isTHU
under construction on the Chajnantor plain of the ChileanTHU
Andes, 5,000 metres above sea level. It will be made up ofTHU
80 high-precision antennas and will transform ourTHU
understanding of the physics of the cold universe, regionsTHU
that are optically dark but shine brightly in theTHU
millimetre portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. GarethTHU
Mitchell finds out how work is going after the recentTHU
first successful measurements taken by ALMA.THU
THU
17:00 PM b00pqc28 (Listen)THU
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with EddieTHU
Mair. Plus Weather.THU
THU
18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pqc45 (Listen)THU
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioTHU
4.THU
THU
18:30 Deep Trouble b007lllf (Listen)THU
Series 2, Episode 2THU
Comedy series by Jim Field Smith and Ben Willbond setTHU
aboard HMS Goliath, a nuclear stealth submarine.THU
When Trainor meets up with an old friend, it's time for aTHU
snowball fight, a French telephonist, some spinach and aTHU
heavy machine gun.THU
Captain Paul Wade ...... Jim Field SmithTHU
Commander Alison Fairbanks ...... Katherine JakewaysTHU
Lieutenant Jack Trainor ...... Ben WillbondTHU
Barry ...... Alice LoweTHU
PO Curtis ...... Rufus JonesTHU
Narrator ...... Jonathan RylandTHU
Major Sam Baker ...... Laura SolonTHU
Directed by David TylerTHU
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
19:00 The Archers b00pqc06 (Listen)THU
Jazzer shows off his practical skills.THU
THU
19:15 Front Row b00pqc5n (Listen)THU
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang, including a reviewTHU
of the British premiere of Legally Blonde, the BroadwayTHU
musical based on the successful film.THU
THU
19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pqd59 (Listen)THU
Six Suspects, Episode 9THU
Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by VikasTHU
Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as SlumdogTHU
Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominentTHU
Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendyTHU
Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrateTHU
his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?THU
Suspect number four is Vicky's mother, the Home MinisterTHU
Mamta Rai, who undergoes a radical characterTHU
transformation after a car crash.THU
Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit KapurTHU
Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar KarachiwalaTHU
Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... RadhikaTHU
MitalTHU
Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand TiwariTHU
Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz PatelTHU
Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary RichardsonTHU
Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit MalkaniTHU
Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny DesaiTHU
Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika ApteTHU
Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita UberoiTHU
Ritu ...... Ira DubeyTHU
Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur VikalTHU
Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha BurmanTHU
Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini PathakTHU
Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......THU
Jayant KripalaniTHU
Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny DesaiTHU
Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan KripalaniTHU
Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir KhanTHU
Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab ArdeshirTHU
Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha MenonTHU
Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin MushranTHU
Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla SinghTHU
Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi KhoteTHU
Sohrab ...... Caran AroraTHU
Production team:THU
Line producer in India: Nadir KhanTHU
Assistant director: Toral ShahTHU
Photography: Ameet MallapurTHU
Script editor: Mike WalkerTHU
Sound: Ayush AhujaTHU
Additional editing: Steve BondTHU
Music: Sacha PutnamTHU
Sound design: Nick Russell-PavierTHU
Produced and directed by John DrydenTHU
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
20:00 The Report b00pr72b (Listen)THU
The arctic weather has brought Britain close to shutdown.THU
Morland Sanders investigates the cost of the snow stormsTHU
to the country's economy and asks if better planning mightTHU
have lessened their impact.THU
THU
20:30 In Business b00pr72d (Listen)THU
Doing It WrongTHU
Russell Ackoff was a great subversive - a business schoolTHU
professor who thought that business schools were a blockTHU
on management thinking and who delighted in pointing outTHU
the flaws in the way companies work. Before he died at theTHU
age of 90 in October 2009, this business rebel gave PeterTHU
Day some insights into his unconventional approach toTHU
getting things done.THU
THU
21:00 Jon Ronson and the Quest for the Aryan Cow b00hc946 (Listen)THU
Jon Ronson investigates the controversial story of theTHU
work of Lutz Heck, the director of Berlin Zoo whoTHU
attempted to resurrect several pure-blooded, extinctTHU
animal species as part of the Nazi programme to controlTHU
the genetic destiny of all creation.THU
He visits Munich Zoo, which proudly advertises itsTHU
'formerly extinct aurochs' - a type of large and powerfulTHU
cow - but does not refer to the fact that behind thisTHU
apparent triumph lies the story of Heck's collusion withTHU
Goering's aspiration to replace Europe's 'raciallyTHU
degenerate' wildlife and plant life with pure, 'noble' andTHU
extinct species.THU
THU
21:30 In Our Time b00pr54s (Listen)THU
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]THU
THU
21:58 Weather b00pqdgk (Listen)THU
The latest weather forecast.THU
THU
22:00 The World Tonight b00pqdhl (Listen)THU
National and international news and analysis with RobinTHU
Lustig.THU
THU
22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwmzl (Listen)THU
The Coral Thief, Episode 4THU
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set inTHU
Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.THU
Chance encounters and a card game lead Daniel to makeTHU
breathtaking new discoveries.THU
Abridged by Viv BeebyTHU
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.THU
THU
23:00 House On Fire b00pr7sg (Listen)THU
PartyTHU
Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman.THU
Vicky and Matt decide to have a housewarming party. ATHU
simple split of duties leaves Matt in charge of sendingTHU
the invitations and Vicky doing everything else. SurelyTHU
Matt can get one thing right?THU
Vicky ...... Emma PiersonTHU
Matt ...... Jody LathamTHU
Col. Bill ...... Rupert VansittartTHU
Julie ...... Janine DuvitskiTHU
Peter ...... Philip JacksonTHU
Donny ...... Sebastian CardinalTHU
Wendy ...... Sophie BlackTHU
With Fergus Craig and Colin Hoult.THU
Directed by Clive Brill and Dan HineTHU
A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.THU
THU
23:30 Today in Parliament b00pqff8 (Listen)THU
News, views and features on today's stories in ParliamentTHU
with Robert Orchard.THU
THU
FRI
FRIDAY 15 JANUARY 2010FRI
FRI
00:00 Midnight News b00pnpn4 (Listen)FRI
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioFRI
4. Followed by Weather.FRI
FRI
00:30 Book of the Week b00pnst9 (Listen)FRI
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday.]FRI
FRI
00:48 Shipping Forecast b00pnpsv (Listen)FRI
The latest shipping forecast.FRI
FRI
01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00pnpy5 (Listen)FRI
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.FRI
FRI
05:20 Shipping Forecast b00pnpv8 (Listen)FRI
The latest shipping forecast.FRI
FRI
05:30 News Briefing b00pnql4 (Listen)FRI
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.FRI
FRI
05:43 Prayer for the Day b00pnqx9 (Listen)FRI
Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Michael Ford.FRI
FRI
05:45 Farming Today b00pnr1l (Listen)FRI
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.FRI
FRI
06:00 Today b00pnrkg (Listen)FRI
With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including SportsFRI
Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday inFRI
Parliament.FRI
FRI
09:00 Desert Island Discs b00pn40m (Listen)FRI
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday.]FRI
FRI
09:45 Book of the Week b00pnstc (Listen)FRI
Must You Go?, Episode 5FRI
Antonia Fraser reads from her diary of her life withFRI
Harold Pinter.FRI
Pinter is still working, still grasping at the joy ofFRI
life, until a double blow falls. First the death of hisFRI
oldest friend, the playwright Simon Gray, and then his ownFRI
fateful diagnosis.FRI
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.FRI
FRI
10:00 Woman's Hour b00pqbpj (Listen)FRI
With Jenni Murray. Including drama: Six Suspects.FRI
FRI
11:00 NHS Punters Speak Out b00pr7zg (Listen)FRI
Episode 2FRI
With the help of dissatisfied NHS patients, Liz BarclayFRI
asks if the growing popularity of online feedback canFRI
really make a difference to standards of health care andFRI
treatment.FRI
The culture of customers offering brickbats and bouquetsFRI
to service providers has now extended beyond hotels andFRI
coffee chains to the NHS. Hospital rating websites inviteFRI
patients to grade their hospital stay out of five stars,FRI
and to leave comments about the care they received.FRI
In this programme Liz speaks to the critics of this newFRI
trend who suggest that the sites are merelyFRI
window-dressing and that NHS patients are not 'consumers'.FRI
Some health professionals claim that the sites can easilyFRI
just become places where personal scores are settledFRI
against NHS staff. The architects of online feedback areFRI
invited to respond.FRI
Interviewees include the Champion of the Digital InclusionFRI
Task Force, Martha Lane Fox.FRI
FRI
11:30 Count Arthur Strong's Radio Show! b00pr7zj (Listen)FRI
Series 5, Cookery BookFRI
Spoof reminiscences of a former variety star. Count ArthurFRI
Strong is an expert in everything from the world ofFRI
entertainment to the origins of the species, all falseFRI
starts and nervous fumbling, poorly concealed by aFRI
delicate sheen of bravado and self-assurance.FRI
Arthur's latest scheme to secure an advance for hisFRI
celebrity cookery book idea goes somewhat askew when heFRI
stands in for old pal Billy to demonstrate a kitchenFRI
appliance in the local shopping centre.FRI
With Steve Delaney, Mel Giedroyc, Dave Mounfield andFRI
Alastair Kerr.FRI
A Komedia Entertainment/Smooth Operations production forFRI
BBC Radio 4.FRI
FRI
12:00 You and Yours b00pqbss (Listen)FRI
Consumer news and issues with Peter White.FRI
FRI
12:57 Weather b00pqbvv (Listen)FRI
The latest weather forecast.FRI
FRI
13:00 World at One b00pqbxt (Listen)FRI
National and international news.FRI
FRI
13:30 More or Less b00pr8bc (Listen)FRI
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbersFRI
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 b00pqc06 (Listen)FRI
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday.]FRI
FRI
14:15 Afternoon Play b00pr8bf (Listen)FRI
Maine RoadFRI
By Sarah McDonald Hughes. As the last game at ManchesterFRI
City's Maine Road stadium approaches, a family in mourningFRI
for a grandmother face their own struggle to survive.FRI
Elaine ...... Siobhan FinneranFRI
Jade ...... Sarah McDonald HughesFRI
Leo ...... Keaton LangleyFRI
Clive ...... Lee BoardmanFRI
Darren ...... John CatterallFRI
Aaron ...... Thomas RolinsonFRI
Directed by Susan RobertsFRI
Produced by Charlotte Riches.FRI
FRI
15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00pr8bh (Listen)FRI
Eric Robson presents a tribute to the late John Cushnie,FRI
who died at New Year.FRI
There's a chance to hear the last programme John recorded,FRI
with gardeners in Hertfordshire, and Eric and the teamFRI
look back at some of the glorious moments of John'sFRI
15-year GQT career.FRI
FRI
15:45 The Call b00m67vx (Listen)FRI
The WinFRI
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or madeFRI
life-changing phone calls.FRI
Some people cry, some feel sick, some throw a 24-hourFRI
party, and some are millionaires already. Winning theFRI
lottery can be a traumatic event, but what is it like forFRI
the operators on the other end of the line?FRI
FRI
16:00 Last Word b00prd50 (Listen)FRI
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysingFRI
and celebrating the life stories of people who haveFRI
recently died. The programme reflects on people ofFRI
distinction and interest from many walks of life, someFRI
famous and some less well known.FRI
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16:30 The Film Programme b00prd52 (Listen)FRI
Francine Stock talks to Andrea Arnold about herFRI
award-winning Fish Tank as it is released on DVD and toFRI
Jacques Audiard, director of acclaimed prison drama AFRI
Prophet.FRI
FRI
17:00 PM b00pqc2b (Listen)FRI
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with EddieFRI
Mair. Plus Weather.FRI
FRI
18:00 Six O'Clock News b00pqc47 (Listen)FRI
The latest national and international news from BBC RadioFRI
4.FRI
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18:30 The News Quiz b00prd54 (Listen)FRI
Series 70, Episode 2FRI
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. TheFRI
panellists are Andy Hamilton, Jeremy Hardy, John GordilloFRI
and Fred Macaulay.FRI
FRI
19:00 The Archers b00pqc08 (Listen)FRI
Mike dances his way out of trouble.FRI
FRI
19:15 Front Row b00pqc5r (Listen)FRI
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.FRI
FRI
19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00pqd5c (Listen)FRI
Six Suspects, Episode 10FRI
Dramatisation by Ayeesha Menon of the novel by VikasFRI
Swarup, author of Q and A, which was filmed as SlumdogFRI
Millionaire. Vicky Rai, notorious son of a prominentFRI
Indian politician, shoots dead a waitress at a trendyFRI
Delhi restaurant. At a lavish society party to celebrateFRI
his acquittal, he is himself murdered. Who did it?FRI
Vicky's murder looks set to be another unsolved mystery inFRI
a country full of unsolved crimes. That is untilFRI
investigative journalist Arun Advani steps in to take aFRI
closer look, and reveals to the world the shocking truth.FRI
Arun Advani, an investigative journalist ...... Rajit KapurFRI
Vicky Rai, a rich Delhi playboy ...... Zafar KarachiwalaFRI
Mamta Rai, a politician and Vicky's mother ...... RadhikaFRI
MitalFRI
Munna Mobile, a mobile phone thief ...... Anand TiwariFRI
Shabnam Saxena, a Bollywood actress ...... Shernaz PatelFRI
Larry Page, an American tourist ...... Gary RichardsonFRI
Eketi, a tribesman ...... Rohit MalkaniFRI
Ashok Rajput, a welfare officer ...... Kenny DesaiFRI
Champi/Drunk girl in car ...... Radhika ApteFRI
Reshma/Barkha Das ...... Anahita UberoiFRI
Ritu ...... Ira DubeyFRI
Bilal/Inspector Brar ...... Ankur VikalFRI
Saira/Ruby Gill ...... Megha BurmanFRI
Pappu Pager ...... Jaimini PathakFRI
Chief Minister Pandey/Chief Melambe/Abu Khaled ......FRI
Jayant KripalaniFRI
Detective Gupta, private detective ...... Kenny DesaiFRI
Abu Technical/Tribesman ...... Pushan KripalaniFRI
Abu Omar/Biddy/Driver ...... Nadir KhanFRI
Jay Chaterjee/Judge Mishra ...... Sohrab ArdeshirFRI
Gulabo/Mrs Gill/Reporter ...... Ayeesha MenonFRI
Raman Johar/Bill Bakshi ...... Ashwin MushranFRI
Elizabeth Brookner ...... Karla SinghFRI
Inspector Yardav ...... Ravi KhoteFRI
Sohrab ...... Caran AroraFRI
Production team:FRI
Line producer in India: Nadir KhanFRI
Assistant director: Toral ShahFRI
Photography: Ameet MallapurFRI
Script editor: Mike WalkerFRI
Sound: Ayush AhujaFRI
Additional editing: Steve BondFRI
Music: Sacha PutnamFRI
Sound design: Nick Russell-PavierFRI
Produced and directed by John DrydenFRI
A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4.FRI
FRI
20:00 Any Questions? b00prd56 (Listen)FRI
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from CheddarFRI
in Somerset. The panel includes historian Peter HennesseyFRI
and Ben Bradshaw, secretary of state for culture, mediaFRI
and sport.FRI
FRI
20:50 A Point of View b00prd58 (Listen)FRI
A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.FRI
FRI
21:00 Friday Play b00prgb0 (Listen)FRI
Deep CutFRI
Adaptation by Philip Ralph of his own stage play about theFRI
four deaths at Deepcut army barracks and the subsequentFRI
judicial review in 2006.FRI
The play draws on public documents and verbatim records.FRI
The words and memories of the parents of one of theFRI
recruits, Private Cheryl Jones, and those associated withFRI
her, are interwoven with those of Nicholas Blake QC, whoFRI
led the review, and some of the people who independentlyFRI
investigated Cheryl's death.FRI
Des James ...... Pip DonaghyFRI
Doreen James ...... Janice CramerFRI
Nichols Blake QC ...... Simon MolloyFRI
Brian Cathcart ...... Derek HutchinsonFRI
Frank Swann ...... Robert WilloxFRI
Jonesy ...... Amy MorganFRI
Colonel Josling ...... Adam JamesFRI
Bruce George ...... Rhydian JonesFRI
Directed by Mick Gordon.FRI
A Ladbroke Radio production for BBC Radio 4.FRI
FRI
21:58 Weather b00pqdgm (Listen)FRI
The latest weather forecast.FRI
FRI
22:00 The World Tonight b00pqdhn (Listen)FRI
National and international news and analysis.FRI
FRI
22:45 Book at Bedtime b00pwmzn (Listen)FRI
The Coral Thief, Episode 5FRI
Dan Stevens reads from Rebecca Stott's love story, set inFRI
Paris in 1815 in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars.FRI
Lucienne tells Daniel about her past in Paris'FRI
revolutionary underworld. Meanwhile, his career prospectsFRI
brighten.FRI
Abridged by Viv BeebyFRI
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.FRI
FRI
23:00 Great Lives b00pqjs9 (Listen)FRI
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday.]FRI
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23:30 Today in Parliament b00pqffb (Listen)FRI
News, views and features on today's stories in ParliamentFRI
with Mark D'Arcy.FRI
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08 January, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 09/01/2010 - 15/01/2010
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