Radio 4 Listings for 06/02/2010 - 12/02/2010

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SAT       SATURDAY 6 FEBRUARY 2010
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SAT       00:00 Midnight News b00qfb1t (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4. Followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qb5y1 (Listen)
SAT       The First Cities and States (4000 - 2000 BC), Early
SAT       Writing Tablet
SAT       
SAT       This week's programmes looks at the growing sophistication
SAT       of humans around the globe, between 5000 and 2000 BC.
SAT       Mesopotamia had created the royal city of Ur, the Indus
SAT       valley boasted the city of Harappa and the great early
SAT       civilisation of Egypt was beginning to spread along the
SAT       Nile. New trade links were being forged and new forms of
SAT       leadership and power were created. And, to cope with the
SAT       increasing sophistication of trade and commerce, humans
SAT       had invented writing.
SAT       
SAT       In this programme, Neil MacGregor describes a small clay
SAT       tablet that was made in Mesopotamia about 5,000 years ago
SAT       and is covered with sums and writing about local beer
SAT       rationing. The philosopher John Searle describes what the
SAT       invention of writing does for the human mind and Britain's
SAT       top civil servant, Gus O'Donnell, considers the tablet as
SAT       an example of possibly the earliest bureaucracy.
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SAT       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qfb3n (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qfb3q (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4
SAT       resumes at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qfb3s (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30 News Briefing b00qfb3v (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qfb3x (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.
SAT       
SAT       05:45 iPM b00qfb3z (Listen)
SAT       The weekly interactive current affairs magazine featuring
SAT       online conversation and debate.
SAT       
SAT       06:00 News and Papers b00qfb41 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04 Weather b00qfy6q (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
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SAT       06:07 Ramblings b00qfy6s (Listen)
SAT       Series 14, Episode 1
SAT       Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking.
SAT       For 25 years a group of Yorkshire friends have been
SAT       meeting every few months for a hike through the
SAT       countryside of northern England. Clare joins them on their
SAT       silver jubilee walk.
SAT       
SAT       The group first met as anxious parents watching their sons
SAT       play rugby at Bradford Grammar School; when their sons
SAT       left home they decided to keep in touch by organising
SAT       regular rambles. Since then the walkers have helped each
SAT       other through all that life can throw at you, using the
SAT       healing powers of friendship, stunning landscapes and a
SAT       good walk.
SAT       
SAT       Clare meets up with the group as it tackles one of its
SAT       favourite routes across the horse racing gallops of
SAT       Middleham in Wensleydale.
SAT       
SAT       06:30 Farming Today b00qfy6v (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       
SAT       The law which gave people in England and Wales more access
SAT       to the countryside - commonly known as the right to roam -
SAT       caused many arguments when it was introduced ten years
SAT       ago. Now the maps showing where people can, and can't go,
SAT       are to be reviewed. The idea is to give walkers, farmers
SAT       and other landowners, the chance to change any mistakes.
SAT       Charlotte Smith visits a Warwickshire farm to find out
SAT       what impact the right to roam is having on farmers'
SAT       livelihoods. Charlotte also talks to ramblers about
SAT       whether they think they have enough access to the
SAT       countryside.
SAT       
SAT       06:57 Weather b00qfy6x (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00 Today b00qfy6z (Listen)
SAT       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
SAT       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
SAT       Parliament.
SAT       
SAT       09:00 Saturday Live b00qfy71 (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them.
SAT       Fi Glover is joined by comedian Dave Gorman.
SAT       With poetry from Salena Godden.
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SAT       10:00 Excess Baggage b00qfy73 (Listen)
SAT       Peter Curran meets trekking-guide writer Kate Clow, who
SAT       has trail-blazed a number of long-distance walks in rural
SAT       Turkey. She connected a series of paths to make Turkey's
SAT       first long-distance walking route, the Lycian Way, and has
SAT       since forged the St Paul Trail in the region walked by the
SAT       saint, the Turkish Lake District. It reveals a side of
SAT       Turkey usually unseen by the travellers to Istanbul or the
SAT       coastal resorts. In addition art historian Francis Russell
SAT       tells Peter about exploring the huge range of fascinating
SAT       - often unexcavated - ruins from the Hittites to the
SAT       Ottomans, that are a testament to Turkey's historical
SAT       heritage.
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SAT       Peter also meets Peter Allison, a former safari guide, and
SAT       asks him where the magic lies in watching African animals
SAT       in the bush and if the growing tourist trade has
SAT       benefitted the clients, the local people or the wildlife.
SAT       
SAT       10:30 Stefan Gates' Cover Story b00qfzbw (Listen)
SAT       When he was four, food writer Stefan Gates appeared on the
SAT       cover of Led Zeppelin's classic album Houses of the Holy.
SAT       This deeply personal programme follows him as he
SAT       investigates for the first time the story behind this
SAT       iconic cover.
SAT       
SAT       It is a famously unsettling image. Taken at the Giants
SAT       Causeway in Northern Ireland, Stefan and his sister
SAT       Samantha appear naked climbing up the eerie landscape
SAT       against a bright orange apocalyptic sky.
SAT       
SAT       It's a photo that's dogged Stefan all his life. Ever since
SAT       he was a child, the picture has disturbed him, even scared
SAT       him. He's ambivalent about it; should he be proud of it or
SAT       is there something to be ashamed of? He's purposely never
SAT       found out the story behind it. He has never even listened
SAT       to the record.
SAT       
SAT       Now he sets out to revisit that chapter in his life and to
SAT       confront his own mixed emotions about it, discovering the
SAT       story behind the image, and its ideas and ethics. He
SAT       discovers his sister's memories of the difficulties in
SAT       getting it made, confronts his mother about why she let
SAT       him pose naked as a child and meets Aubrey Powell, the
SAT       cover art's photographer, from the famous graphic design
SAT       team Hipgnosis. Finally, he makes an emotional journey
SAT       back to the Giants Causeway to listen to the album for the
SAT       very first time.
SAT       
SAT       11:00 Week in Westminster b00qfzbz (Listen)
SAT       A look behind the scenes at Westminster with Steve
SAT       Richards.
SAT       
SAT       The Labour MP Ann Cryer reflects on the Legg Report, as
SAT       MPs have once again been under scrutiny over their expense
SAT       claims. But how good are MPs themselves at scrutinising
SAT       the government? In the week when the prime minister
SAT       appeared before the select committee chairs, should our
SAT       MPs get legal training?
SAT       
SAT       Plus John Hutton, Sir Menzies Campbell and Bernard Jenkin
SAT       discuss the future of the nation's defences. And should
SAT       the Pope have intervened in the UK's equality debate?
SAT       
SAT       11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00qfzc1 (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the
SAT       stories behind the headlines.
SAT       
SAT       12:00 Money Box b00qfzc3 (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30 The News Quiz b00qf7bn (Listen)
SAT       Series 70, Episode 5
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The
SAT       panellists are Francis Wheen, Jeremy Hardy, Micky Flanagan
SAT       and Jack Dee.
SAT       
SAT       12:57 Weather b00qfzc5 (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00 News b00qfzc7 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10 Any Questions? b00qf7bq (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Edgware
SAT       in Middlesex. The panellists are The Daily Telegraph's
SAT       chief political commentator Benedict Brogan, Francis
SAT       Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform,
SAT       
SAT       14:00 Any Answers? b00qfzc9 (Listen)
SAT       Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in
SAT       response to this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30 Saturday Play b00b0c4h (Listen)
SAT       The Small Back Room
SAT       Richard Stevens' dramatisation of Nigel Balchin's tense
SAT       Second World War thriller.
SAT       Sammy Rice is called in to try and solve the mystery of a
SAT       series of unexploded bombs that are being scattered after
SAT       German air raids. They lie dormant and then inexplicably
SAT       explode on human contact.
SAT       Holland/Brine ...... Paul Jesson
SAT       Sammy ...... Damian Lewis
SAT       Tilly ...... Dominc Rowan
SAT       Waring ...... Nick Rowe
SAT       Sue ...... Rebecca Saire
SAT       Mair ...... Christopher Benjamin
SAT       Stuart ...... Will Keen
SAT       Joe ...... Stuart Laing
SAT       Pinker/Strang ...... Sean Baker
SAT       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       15:30 Ken Clarke's Jazz Greats b00qc036 (Listen)
SAT       Series 8, Sonny Rollins
SAT       Ken Clarke MP profiles great jazz musicians of the 20th
SAT       Century.
SAT       
SAT       New York sax player Sonny Rollins is regarded as one of
SAT       most influential and unique saxophonists in contemporary
SAT       jazz. He began playing in the late 1940s, rehearsing and
SAT       performing with such luminaries as Thelonious Monk, Art
SAT       Blakey and Tadd Dameron. By the mid 1950s he was winning
SAT       popularity polls and enjoying widespread critical acclaim.
SAT       He has since gone on to develop a fluid and easily
SAT       accessible style, often lauded for bringing jazz to a
SAT       wider audience.
SAT       
SAT       Ken talks to Mercury Music Prize-nominated saxophonist
SAT       Denys Baptiste, a fellow Sonny Rollins fan.
SAT       
SAT       16:00 Woman's Hour b00qfzcc (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       With Jane Garvey. Writer Margaret Forster on grandmothers;
SAT       fashion icon Zandra Rhodes on how to stand out in a crowd;
SAT       award-winning singer Nanci Griffith on her music and
SAT       career; Natasha Walter on the return of sexism; working
SAT       parents and arguments for extending leave; older women
SAT       behind the wheel - are they a risk?
SAT       
SAT       17:00 PM b00qfzcf (Listen)
SAT       Saturday PM
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
SAT       Mair, plus the sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30 The Bottom Line b00qf5p9 (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis is joined by a panel of top business guests to
SAT       discuss how much technical understanding they need of
SAT       their products, and he asks them to reveal the secrets of
SAT       a good showroom.
SAT       
SAT       Evan is joined by Lisa King, chief operating officer of
SAT       Christie's, Dr Markus Miele, managing director of the
SAT       appliance manufacturer Miele, and Frank Meehan, chief
SAT       executive of handset manufacturer INQ Mobile.
SAT       
SAT       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00qfzch (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57 Weather b00qfzck (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qfzcm (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4.
SAT       
SAT       18:15 Loose Ends b00qfzcp (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of
SAT       conversation, music and comedy.
SAT       
SAT       Clive is joined by the American investigative journalist
SAT       and author of Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser,
SAT       Conservative MP Nadine Dorries and actor Clive Mantle.
SAT       Arthur Smith finds out how to lose a million from former
SAT       dotcom millionaire Benjamin Cohen.
SAT       With comedy from Jo Caulfield and music from Tom McRae and
SAT       
SAT       19:00 Profile b00qfzcr (Listen)
SAT       Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster
SAT       Clive Coleman profiles Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of
SAT       Westminster. In a week in which the Pope has attacked UK
SAT       equality laws, Clive looks at the leader of the Roman
SAT       Catholic Church in England and Wales. Who were his
SAT       influences and what is his vision for the Church?
SAT       Interviewees include Clifford Longley, whose daughter's
SAT       wedding he officiated, and Austin Ivereigh, former press
SAT       secretary to his predecessor, Cardinal Cormac Murphy
SAT       O'Connor.
SAT       
SAT       19:15 Saturday Review b00qfzct (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00 Archive on 4 b00qfzcw (Listen)
SAT       Open Sesame
SAT       Konnie Huq looks back at four decades of Sesame Street,
SAT       the experimental American children's television show which
SAT       mixed radical educational techniques with extraordinary
SAT       subject matter and subversive humour.
SAT       
SAT       21:00 Classic Serial b00q9l86 (Listen)
SAT       The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 2: The
SAT       Honourable Schoolboy, Part 2
SAT       Dramatisation of John le Carre's classic novel featuring
SAT       intelligence officer George Smiley.
SAT       Smiley's operation in Hong Kong becomes increasingly
SAT       dangerous when the government and American Intelligence
SAT       begin to take notice.
SAT       George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SAT       Jerry Westerby ...... Hugh Bonneville
SAT       Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
SAT       Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed
SAT       Sam Collins ...... Nicholas Boulton
SAT       Doc De Salis ...... Bruce Alexander
SAT       Craw ...... Philip Quast
SAT       Tiu ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu
SAT       Pelling ...... John Biggins
SAT       Mrs Pelling ...... Kate Layden
SAT       Liese Worth ...... Daisy Haggard
SAT       Hibbert ...... Ewan Hooper
SAT       Martello ...... John Guerrasio
SAT       Eckland ...... Rhys Jennings
SAT       Luke ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
SAT       Directed by Marc Beeby
SAT       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 14th February as
SAT       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SAT       
SAT       22:00 News and Weather b00qfzcy (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SAT       4, followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15 Moral Maze b00qck2s (Listen)
SAT       The author Sir Terry Pratchett is calling for euthanasia
SAT       tribunals to give sufferers from incurable diseases the
SAT       right to medical help to end their lives. His idea comes
SAT       as two polls are published which show widespread support
SAT       for assisted dying. A system that allowed people to get
SAT       medical help to die would avoid the harrowing dilemma of
SAT       either watching a loved one suffer, or face jail for
SAT       helping them out of their misery. But is there moral
SAT       cowardice at the heart of this debate? Is it more about
SAT       fear of our own death, rather than a genuine compassion
SAT       for others? Whose death is it anyway?
SAT       
SAT       Our witnesses are:
SAT       Dr Kevin Yuill - senior lecturer in history and American
SAT       Studies at the University of Sunderland. Currently working
SAT       on a book on assisted suicide.
SAT       
SAT       Debbie Purdy - has MS and campaigns for assisted dying.
SAT       
SAT       Rev Dr Lee Rayfield, Anglican Bishop of Swindon - Used to
SAT       teach medical and dential students and has a particular
SAT       interest in questions of medical ethics.
SAT       
SAT       Andrew Norman Wilson - author and columnist.
SAT       
SAT       23:00 Brain of Britain b00qbvg7 (Listen)
SAT       Russell Davies chairs the 2010 final of the perennial
SAT       general knowledge contest. Contestants Ian Bayley from
SAT       Oxford, David Clark from Port Talbot, Anne Hegerty from
SAT       Manchester and Rob Hannah from Torquay compete to be this
SAT       year's winner.
SAT       Contestants
SAT       Ian Bayley from Oxford
SAT       David Clark from Port Talbot
SAT       Rob Hannah from Torquay
SAT       Anne Hegerty from Manchester
SAT       
SAT       23:30 Poetry Please b00q9lzn (Listen)
SAT       Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests, including
SAT       Stevie Smith's galloping cat and Les Murray's poem
SAT       defining the quintessentially Australian quality of
SAT       'sprawl'. Plus a whirling drunken evening with Tony
SAT       Harrison and a recollection of high summer from Sylvia
SAT       Plath and Robert Graves.
SAT       With readers Tanya Moodie, John Telfer and David Henry.
SAT       
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SUN       SUNDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2010
SUN       
SUN       00:00 Midnight News b00qfzl6 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4. Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30 Afternoon Reading b008ydqb (Listen)
SUN       Cupid Strikes, Sparks
SUN       Stories exploring the reality behind St Valentine's Day.
SUN       When Gracie's compost-obsessed husband dies, she decides
SUN       it's time for some radical personal growth.
SUN       Written and read by Frances Tomelty.
SUN       Producer Eoin O'Callaghan.
SUN       
SUN       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qfzl8 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qfzlb (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qfzld (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30 News Briefing b00qfzlg (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43 Bells on Sunday b00qfzlj (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Paul's Cathedral.
SUN       
SUN       05:45 Profile b00qfzcr (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       06:00 News Headlines b00qfzll (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05 Something Understood b00qfzln (Listen)
SUN       The Pearl of Great Price
SUN       
SUN       Mark Tully considers the enduring symbolism of pearls and
SUN       the mystical properties with which they are endowed in
SUN       myth and religious tradition.
SUN       The readers are Janice Acquah, William Gaminara and Frank
SUN       Stirling.
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       06:35 The Living World b00qg0qf (Listen)
SUN       Cave Spiders
SUN       
SUN       Cave Spiders are one of the largest spiders found in the
SUN       United Kingdom, with adults measuring up to 5cm legspan
SUN       and 15mm body length. For arachnophobes they are probably
SUN       the stuff of nightmares, but to spider lovers they are
SUN       creatures of great beauty with shiny brown abdomens rather
SUN       like polished conkers.
SUN       
SUN       There are two species found in Britain, Meta bourneti and
SUN       the slightly more common Meta menardi. Both species like
SUN       dark places, but only Meta bourneti has been found in the
SUN       damp cellars of Witley Court.
SUN       
SUN       Cave spiders can be identified by their large
SUN       teardrop-shaped white egg cases, about the size of a
SUN       damson, which are suspended on a silk thread from the roof
SUN       of their dwelling. When the spiderlings hatch (and there
SUN       can be 100 spiderlings in a single case) they are
SUN       attracted to light, unlike the adults which are strongly
SUN       repelled by light. This helps the young find new areas to
SUN       colonise. They release silken thread from their spinnerets
SUN       and drift on these threads which are caught up and blown
SUN       by the wind, so they can travel long distances. Once they
SUN       land they produce a small orb web in which they catch
SUN       insects. In mid-summer the spiderlings seek out dark caves
SUN       or tunnels in which to spend the rest of their lives.
SUN       
SUN       Spiderlings have two moults before they reach the adults,
SUN       and cave spiders feed on small insects and woodlice which
SUN       they catch in their fine orb webs.
SUN       
SUN       06:57 Weather b00qg0qh (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00 News and Papers b00qg0qk (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10 Sunday b00qg0qm (Listen)
SUN       Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news
SUN       of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories,
SUN       both familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00qg0qp (Listen)
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SUN       07:58 Weather b00qg0qr (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00 News and Papers b00qg0qt (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10 Sunday Worship b00qg0qw (Listen)
SUN       Wisdom From Above
SUN       An exploration of the ultimate sources of knowledge and
SUN       wisdom in this service live from St John's College in the
SUN       University of Cambridge.
SUN       Led by Rev Duncan Dormer, Dean of St John's.
SUN       Preacher: Rev Dr Gregory Seach, who teaches at Clare
SUN       College and lectures in Literature and Theology in
SUN       Cambridge's Divinity faculty.
SUN       Director of Music: Andrew Nethsingha. Organ Scholar: John
SUN       Challenger.
SUN       
SUN       08:50 A Point of View b00qf7lj (Listen)
SUN       Lisa Jardine reflects on the need for climate scientists
SUN       to take scrupulous care when they inform and persuade.
SUN       
SUN       09:00 Broadcasting House b00qg0qy (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week
SUN       with Paddy O'Connell.
SUN       
SUN       10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00qg0r0 (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15 Desert Island Discs b00qg0r2 (Listen)
SUN       Gok Wan
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is the stylist Gok Wan.
SUN       Dispensing fashion advice and hugs in equal measure, he
SUN       aims, he says, to 'make women feel like women, not like
SUN       turkeys'.
SUN       
SUN       Yet although he made his name as a stylist, his special
SUN       talent isn't for fashion, but for gaining people's trust.
SUN       He understands only too well the emotional journey he is
SUN       asking women to make; the first person he had to transform
SUN       was himself, and that, he says, is very much work in
SUN       progress.
SUN       
SUN       12:00 Just a Minute b00qbw66 (Listen)
SUN       Series 56, Episode 5
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. Paul Merton
SUN       and Charles Collingwood explain how to remember people's
SUN       names, and Josie Lawrence and Chris Neill talk about puppy
SUN       love.
SUN       
SUN       12:32 Food Programme b00qg0r4 (Listen)
SUN       Seeds
SUN       Since the earliest times humans have selected particular
SUN       seeds to resow next season, noticing mutations that they
SUN       liked and in so doing have shaped the nature of food. This
SUN       shaping has never been greater than today, when technology
SUN       makes our ability to shape our future food enormous, but
SUN       who is to control what qualities we want in our peas or
SUN       tomatoes?
SUN       
SUN       Sheila Dillon traces the history of plant breeding with
SUN       Noel Kingsbury, author of Hybrid: the history and science
SUN       of plant breeding, from neolithic times to today's GM era.
SUN       Early examples of tasteless strawberries well suited to
SUN       the railroad, and fights between farmers and millers over
SUN       which wheat variety to grow, inform today's battles for
SUN       control.
SUN       
SUN       Geoff Tansey, co-editor of The Future Control of Food,
SUN       outlines the changing legal instruments which cover seeds,
SUN       and which have placed ownership of seeds and genetic
SUN       material increasingly in private hands, while many of our
SUN       older, non-commercial breeds, are now illegal to sell.
SUN       European legislation means only listed varieties can be
SUN       sold, with a set fee payable irrespective of volume of
SUN       sales, which hit heritage and non-commercial varieties
SUN       hardest, One place attempting to preserve them is the
SUN       Heritage Seed Library at Garden Organic in Ryton,
SUN       Coventry, who instead arrange seed swaps and a membership
SUN       system to distribute these seeds. Neil Munro manages the
SUN       collection.
SUN       
SUN       The desire to grow traditional seeds is now an
SUN       international movement. Geoff Tansey visited a village
SUN       seed bank in Jarkand region of India with Gene Campaign
SUN       Director, Suman Suhai. And new collaborative approaches,
SUN       like the participatory breeding in Rwanda, bringing
SUN       farmers back into the breeding debate, may be the answer
SUN       to developing seeds that suit farmers needs, and that will
SUN       be able to respond to changing climates.
SUN       
SUN       12:57 Weather b00qg0r6 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00 The World This Weekend b00qg0r8 (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world.
SUN       
SUN       13:30 In Pursuit of Treasure b00qg0rb (Listen)
SUN       Archaeologist and broadcaster Mike Pitts delves into the
SUN       sometimes murky world of the metal detector, from harmless
SUN       amateur history buffs to criminal nighthawkers, and
SUN       discovers how metal detecting is changing our national
SUN       heritage. He hears stories of in-fighting within the metal
SUN       detecting community, bust-ups between landowners and
SUN       detectorists and battles inside the archaeological
SUN       establishment. Mike hears from the man who found a
SUN       multi-million pound Saxon hoard and the farmer who has
SUN       been threatened and attacked for the treasures beneath his
SUN       farm.
SUN       
SUN       14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00qf7bg (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       Matthew Wilson, Bob Flowerdew and Anne Swithinbank join
SUN       gardeners in Linton, Cambridgeshire.
SUN       
SUN       Bob Flowerdew draws inspiration for creating winter dazzle
SUN       in the garden from Cambridge University Botanical Gardens.
SUN       Plus a profile of one of the nation's favourite flowers,
SUN       the camellia.
SUN       
SUN       14:45 Gameboy v The Mongolian Steppe b00clmhc (Listen)
SUN       Episode 5
SUN       Series following the exploits of a computer games-obsessed
SUN       14-year-old with learning difficulties who is taken to
SUN       Mongolia by his father to experience the more exciting
SUN       side of life.
SUN       
SUN       The family settle into life with a remote nomadic tribe in
SUN       western Mongolia, make friends with their hosts, spend
SUN       days out hunting in the wild snowy landscape of the plains
SUN       and finally bid a sad farewell. Dexter might not have
SUN       quite forgotten that his computer games exists, but he
SUN       knows that life has a lot more to offer.
SUN       
SUN       15:00 Classic Serial b00qg17p (Listen)
SUN       The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 2: The
SUN       Honourable Schoolboy, Part 3
SUN       
SUN       Dramatisation of John le Carre's classic novel featuring
SUN       intelligence officer George Smiley.
SUN       Smiley's plans to get hold of Russian spy Nelson Ko are
SUN       coming to a head. But Smiley has pinned his hopes on Jerry
SUN       Westerby - and Westerby has plans of his own.
SUN       George Smiley ...... Simon Russell Beale
SUN       Jerry Westerby ...... Hugh Bonneville
SUN       Liese Worth ...... Daisy Haggard
SUN       Peter Guillam ...... Richard Dillane
SUN       Martello ...... John Guerrasio
SUN       Enderby ...... James Laurenson
SUN       Oliver Lacon ...... Anthony Calf
SUN       Connie Sachs ...... Maggie Steed
SUN       Sam Collins ...... Nicholas Boulton
SUN       Drake Ko ...... David Yip
SUN       Charlie Marshall ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu
SUN       Mickey ...... Angelo Paragoso
SUN       Ricardo ...... Chris Pavlo
SUN       Murphy ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
SUN       Directed by Marc Beeby
SUN       This episode is available until 3.00pm on 14th February as
SUN       part of the Series Catch-up Trial.
SUN       
SUN       16:00 Bookclub b00qg1hs (Listen)
SUN       Clive James
SUN       James Naughtie and readers talk to Clive James about the
SUN       first volume of his autobiography, Unreliable Memoirs,
SUN       which has sold over a million copies.
SUN       Clive James is a poet, essayist, novelist, documentarist,
SUN       critic, talk show host, travel writer, cultural
SUN       commentator - and red-hot tango dancer. The audience talk
SUN       to Clive about Unreliable Memoirs, which covers his
SUN       boyhood years in Kogarah, a suburb of Sydney. Clive was
SUN       born in 1939; the other event that year (he says) was the
SUN       outbreak of war, from which his father never returned.
SUN       Clive tells Bookclub how that event has dominated his
SUN       whole life.
SUN       
SUN       16:30 Poetry Please b00qg23w (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough introduces listeners' requests. He guides us
SUN       through a poetic landscape cast in frost, with requested
SUN       poems by Ted Hughes, William Morris and Raymond Carver.
SUN       There's also a tender poem about fatherhood and language
SUN       from the 2008 Forward Prize-winning poet Mick Imlah.
SUN       With readers Tanya Moodie, John Telfer and David Henry.
SUN       
SUN       17:00 File on 4 b00qcj8p (Listen)
SUN       The government has pledged 150 million pounds to combat
SUN       the threat of improvised explosive devices, which are now
SUN       the biggest danger to British and other coalition troops
SUN       in Afghanistan. But is the UK doing enough to tackle the
SUN       increasing threat they pose? Allan Urry investigates.
SUN       
SUN       17:40 Profile b00qfzcr (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       17:54 Shipping Forecast b00qg43r (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57 Weather b00qg43t (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qg43w (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
SUN       4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15 Pick of the Week b00qg43y (Listen)
SUN       Ernie Rea introduces his selection of highlights from the
SUN       past week on BBC radio.
SUN       Jon Ronson On... Ambition - Radio 4
SUN       Stefan Gates' Cover Story - Radio 4
SUN       Henry Moore, My Father - Radio 4
SUN       The Right Ingredients - Radio 4
SUN       Nature - Radio 4
SUN       Robo Wars - Radio 4
SUN       Today - Radio 4
SUN       Sunday Feature: Songs of Trebizond - Radio 4
SUN       Elvis Trail - Radio 2
SUN       Listening to China - Radio 4
SUN       Joan Armatrading on Bob Harris - Radio 2
SUN       The Ditch - Radio 4
SUN       First Nation, First People - Radio 4
SUN       Mark Thomas: The Manifesto - Radio 4
SUN       Stephen Nolan Show - Five Live.
SUN       
SUN       19:00 The Archers b00qg44v (Listen)
SUN       It's good cop, bad cop at Brookfield.
SUN       
SUN       19:15 Americana b00qg44x (Listen)
SUN       Matt Frei is joined by conservative commentator Tucker
SUN       Carlson for a look at the week's top news. Up for debate
SUN       are America's renewed examination of the 'don't ask, don't
SUN       tell' policy, which excludes gays and lesbians from
SUN       military service, and if President Obama's chief of staff
SUN       is about to lose his job.
SUN       
SUN       Matt talks to actor John Lithgow about his current work
SUN       and the way Americans can reinvent themselves - sometimes
SUN       fictionally.
SUN       
SUN       19:45 Afternoon Reading b00b736m (Listen)
SUN       Jennings' Little Hut, The Kettle of Fish
SUN       Mark Williams reads one of Anthony Buckeridge's classic
SUN       school stories, abridged in five parts by Roy Apps.
SUN       Mr Wilkins blows his top when he finds Jennings and
SUN       Darbishire looking for a fish - up a tree.
SUN       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:00 Feedback b00qf6t6 (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30 Last Word b00qf7bj (Listen)
SUN       Marking the lives of Sir Percy Cradock, Lucienne Day,
SUN       Lieutenant-Colonel Lee Archer and Pernell Roberts.
SUN       
SUN       21:00 Money Box b00qfzc3 (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday.]
SUN       
SUN       21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00qg0qp (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today.]
SUN       
SUN       21:30 Analysis b00qbxwj (Listen)
SUN       A Price Worth Paying?
SUN       Should the taxpayer bail out so-called casino banking?
SUN       Edward Stourton explores the arguments for and against the
SUN       return of Glass-Steagall, a 1930s American law which split
SUN       the banks into high street and investment banks.
SUN       President Obama's recent declaration of willingness to
SUN       fight the banks has pushed the issue of whether taxpayers
SUN       should bail out so-called casino banking to centre stage
SUN       in America and across the world. There are growing calls
SUN       for a British version of an American post-Depression law
SUN       called the Glass-Steagall Act. In this new banking world
SUN       there would be retail banks which would look after the
SUN       needs of ordinary customers and there would be separate
SUN       investment banks which could play the stock markets
SUN       without putting depositors' savings at risk.
SUN       
SUN       Edward speaks to Professor Niall Ferguson of Harvard
SUN       University, a specialist in financial history and author
SUN       of The Ascent of Money, about how banking activities in
SUN       the UK used to be separate. He talks to the former
SUN       Chancellor Nigel Lawson about the events that led to the
SUN       creation of 'universal' banks in the UK, banks that take
SUN       ordinary people's money, lend and invest. He admits that
SUN       at the time he did not think twice about the consequences.
SUN       Lord Lawson is now one of the most prominent people
SUN       calling for a British-style Glass-Steagall. As is Liam
SUN       Halligan, the chief economist at the investment fund
SUN       Prosperity Capital Management, who outlines the case for a
SUN       new separation of banking activities. Another surprising
SUN       person calling for Glass-Steagall to be resurrected is
SUN       former Wall Street banker John S Reed. Back in the 1980s
SUN       and 90s he was one of the people calling for the original
SUN       law to be repealed. Now he's convinced that some kind of
SUN       separation is crucial to protect taxpayers from future
SUN       bank bail-outs.
SUN       
SUN       But critics like Brandon Davies, a former head of retail
SUN       risk at Barclays Retail, fear that splitting the banks
SUN       would severely damage the economy. Angela Knight, chief
SUN       executive of the British Bankers' Association warns that
SUN       Britain could not take this kind of action alone.
SUN       Professor John Kay, formerly of Oxford University, the
SUN       London Business School and the Institute for Fiscal
SUN       Studies - probably the most prominent academic economist
SUN       making the Glass-Steagall case - tells the programme why
SUN       he thinks there is not more political support for the idea
SUN       of splitting the banks.
SUN       
SUN       21:58 Weather b00qg4k0 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00 Westminster Hour b00qg4k2 (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Class Dismissed.
SUN       
SUN       23:00 The Film Programme b00qf7bl (Listen)
SUN       Morgan Freeman tells Francine Stock about the research he
SUN       did to play Nelson Mandela in Clint Eastwood's drama,
SUN       Invictus, about the Rugby World Cup in South Africa.
SUN       Director Cary Fukunaga reveals what happened when he rode
SUN       the trains from South to North America with hundreds of
SUN       illegal immigrants for his thriller Sin Nombre.
SUN       
SUN       La Grande Vadrouille was the most succesful film in French
SUN       cinemas until the release of Titanic, and is still
SUN       phenomenally popular whenever it's shown on television.
SUN       Ginette Vincendeau explains why this 1966 war comedy with
SUN       Terry-Thomas is so well loved across the Channel.
SUN       Jane Graham reports on the state of film distribution in
SUN       Britain and why the best-reviewed movies are often the
SUN       most difficult to see.
SUN       
SUN       23:30 Something Understood b00qfzln (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today.]
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2010
MON       
MON       00:00 Midnight News b00qg4yw (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4. Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15 Thinking Allowed b00qcjwn (Listen)
MON       How does a country's international reputation affect its
MON       economy and its political power? The diplomatic advisor
MON       Simon Anholt says it is extremely important, and takes
MON       great pains to measure national PR. Each year he publishes
MON       an index which ranks 50 countries in terms of their
MON       reputation. He tells Laurie Taylor who is at the top and
MON       who languishes at the bottom, and why.
MON       
MON       Ethno-theme parks, Native American casinos and Kalahari
MON       bushmen attempting to reap profits from pharmaceutical
MON       companies using their traditional medicinal plants: all
MON       modern examples of how ethnic identity has become a
MON       commodity in today's global market place. John and Jean
MON       Comaroff explore how communities sell their traditional
MON       culture in their new book, Ethnicity Inc. They tell Laurie
MON       about the effect it has on indigenous cultures, and how
MON       selling your identity can be both empowering and
MON       impoverishing.
MON       
MON       00:45 Bells on Sunday b00qfzlj (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qg4z8 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qg545 (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qg56t (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30 News Briefing b00qg593 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qg5ch (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.
MON       
MON       05:45 Farming Today b00qg5fs (Listen)
MON       Charlotte Smith hears how a new strategy to better
MON       understand the sea, could lead to more accurate weather
MON       forecast. And hear how the Farming Today sow and her
MON       litter of piglets are getting on, just weeks after their
MON       birth.
MON       
MON       05:57 Weather b00qgv93 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00 Today b00qg5m9 (Listen)
MON       With Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
MON       Weather; Thought for the Day.
MON       
MON       09:00 Start the Week b00qgvzt (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr discusses the need for radical reform of the
MON       markets with former World Bank economist Joseph Stiglitz,
MON       and finds out why the financial crisis has been a boon for
MON       artists with Enron playwright Lucy Prebble. Peter Brook
MON       explores the question of violence and tolerance in his
MON       latest play, 11 and 12, and the theologian Robert Beckford
MON       takes a new look at the Book of Revelation.
MON       
MON       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5my (Listen)
MON       The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC),
MON       Flood Tablet
MON       
MON       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
MON       retells the history of human development from the first
MON       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
MON       from the Museum.
MON       
MON       A small tablet was found in modern Iraq and brought back
MON       to the British Museum. When it was translated, back in
MON       1872, it turned out to be an account of a great flood that
MON       significantly pre-dated the famous Biblical tale of Noah.
MON       This discovery caused a storm around the world and led to
MON       a passionate debate about the truth of the Bible, about
MON       storytelling and the universality of legend. In a week
MON       that looks at the emergence new ways of expression like
MON       literature and mathematics, Neil introduces us first to
MON       the British Museum's provocative Flood Tablet.
MON       
MON       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qg63b (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       Including:
MON       With the general election no more than four months away,
MON       in our Winning Women's Votes series, Woman's Hour has been
MON       looking at issues that might sway the way you vote. We
MON       have invited the leaders of the three main parties to come
MON       on the programme and we begin with Liberal Democrat leader
MON       the Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP, who talks live to Jane in the
MON       studio. Last month, launching his party's election
MON       campaign, he said: 'The heart of our manifesto will be
MON       short, direct and to the point. We have stripped away
MON       everything that is not essential because the country
MON       cannot afford it'. Jane asks him what will and won't be in
MON       his party's manifesto.
MON       
MON       Last week, many of Mrs Thatcher's personal papers from her
MON       first year in office were released and put online. You
MON       might think that, as she's a former prime minister, we
MON       would be interested in what was going on in her mind as
MON       she picked her first cabinet and began to take the reigns
MON       of power. But no: the thing that grabbed most press
MON       attention was a slip of paper, found inside her personal
MON       diary for 1979, on which she had written out a diet
MON       consisting mainly of eggs. To take a closer look, Edwina
MON       Currie talks about the salmonella scare and Mrs T's egg
MON       diet, and Jane is joined by nutritionist Kat McDonald, and
MON       chef and food writer Sybil Kapoor, who cooks up some egg
MON       recipes.
MON       
MON       It has been reported that a British woman is among a group
MON       of opposition supporters who have been put on trial in
MON       Iran for alleged subversive activities. Local reports say
MON       the woman, who is 24 and a dual British and Iranian
MON       national, faces charges including espionage, participating
MON       in anti-government protests, consuming alcohol and having
MON       immoral relations with foreigners. She is not believed to
MON       be one of the five opposition supporters facing the death
MON       penalty, but she is likely to be whipped and imprisoned.
MON       The BBC's Tehran correspondent Jon Leyne joins Jane to
MON       tell us more.
MON       
MON       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qg63d (Listen)
MON       Writing the Century 12: 1966-1969 - Pleidiol Wyf I'm
MON       Gwlad/True To My Land, Episode 1
MON       
MON       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
MON       correspondence of real people.
MON       
MON       In the 1960s Welsh identity was under threat. Sharon
MON       Morgan was a young history student at Cardiff University;
MON       Sir Glanmor Williams was an eminent historian, and a
MON       member of the Broadcasting Council for Wales. Despite
MON       their differences, the student activist and the
MON       establishment figure shared the same passion for Wales and
MON       the Welsh language. We follow them through these turbulent
MON       years as the nation begins to reassert itself.
MON       
MON       Dramatised by Tina Pepler from documents at the National
MON       Library of Wales.
MON       Glanmor ...... William Thomas
MON       Fay ...... Helen Griffin
MON       Sharon ...... Elin Phillips
MON       Mami ...... Sharon Morgan
MON       Gwen ...... Anya Murphy
MON       Iwan ...... Dewi Rhys Williams
MON       John Rowley ...... Richard Mitchley
MON       George Cook ...... Richard Nichols
MON       Gareth ...... Liam James
MON       Rhys ...... Sam Jones
MON       Dewi ...... Scott Arthur
MON       Mike ...... Gareth Williams
MON       Janet ...... Catrin Stewart
MON       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
MON       
MON       11:00 The Voices Who Dug Up The Past b00qgwck (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       
MON       11:30 Ed Reardon's Week b00qgxxb (Listen)
MON       Series 6, A Bottle of Ulterio Motivo
MON       Comedy series by Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds.
MON       Ed Reardon, author, pipe smoker, consummate fare-dodger
MON       and master of the abusive email, attempts to survive in a
MON       world where the media seems to be run by idiots and lying
MON       charlatans.
MON       
MON       Ed finds himself in the money when he sells most of his
MON       possessions to a themed wine bar owned by the lovely
MON       Violet Carson.
MON       Ed Reardon ...... Christopher Douglas
MON       Olive ...... Stephanie Cole
MON       Ray ...... Simon Greenall
MON       Cliff ...... Geoff McGivern
MON       Jaz ...... Philip Jackson
MON       Pearl ...... Rita May
MON       Ping ...... Barunka O'Shaughnessy
MON       Stan ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
MON       With Dan Tetsell and Andrew Nickolds.
MON       
MON       12:00 You and Yours b00qg719 (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57 Weather b00qg73m (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00 World at One b00qg7d2 (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30 Quote... Unquote b00qgxxd (Listen)
MON       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange
MON       of quotations and anecdotes.
MON       
MON       With guests Ken Bruce, Valerie Grove, Dr Ben Goldacre and
MON       Kwame Kwei-Armah.
MON       The reader is Peter Jefferson.
MON       
MON       14:00 The Archers b00qg44v (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qgyyl (Listen)
MON       Raft to Bondi
MON       Bittersweet comedy by Ian Kershaw. It's July 4th 1990 and
MON       the country is football crazy because England are playing
MON       West Germany in the semi final of the World Cup. Everyone
MON       is glued to the TV, except for 15-year-old Jim who's got
MON       other things on his mind. He's ripe for a bit of an
MON       adventure.
MON       Jim ...... Stephen Hoyle
MON       Carol ...... Shannon Flynn
MON       Dad ...... Mark Jordon
MON       Kath ...... Naomi Radcliffe
MON       Producer Gary Brown.
MON       
MON       15:00 Archive on 4 b00qfzcw (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday.]
MON       
MON       15:45 A Guide to Woodland Birds b00bfk03 (Listen)
MON       Classic Woodland Birds
MON       Brett Westwood presents a series to help listeners
MON       identify different species.
MON       Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss in the
MON       Forest of Dean. With the help of wildlife sound recordist
MON       Chris Watson, they identify some classic woodland birds,
MON       including nuthatches and tree-creepers.
MON       
MON       16:00 Food Programme b00qg0r4 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday.]
MON       
MON       16:30 Beyond Belief b00qgyyn (Listen)
MON       History of the World Special
MON       In a special programme linked to the BBC's A History of
MON       the World series, Ernie Rea and guests discuss the meaning
MON       of the flood tablet relating part of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
MON       The 7th-century BC tablet from northern Iraq tells the
MON       story of the adventures of Gilgamesh, a legendary ruler of
MON       Uruk, and his search for immortality. The tablet contains
MON       details similar to the story of Noah and the flood in the
MON       Hebrew Bible.
MON       
MON       17:00 PM b00qgshs (Listen)
MON       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
MON       Mair. Plus Weather.
MON       
MON       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qgsn5 (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
MON       4.
MON       
MON       18:30 Just a Minute b00qgz7x (Listen)
MON       Series 56, Episode 6
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. Paul Merton
MON       and Graham Norton talk about how to pass the time if
MON       you're stuck in traffic, and Sue Perkins and Liza Tarbuck
MON       debate whether bikers should be clad in leathers or
MON       lettuce.
MON       
MON       19:00 The Archers b00qgsbc (Listen)
MON       Alan braves the elements.
MON       
MON       19:15 Front Row b00qgsnw (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including the
MON       verdict on the film Valentine's Day, with stars including
MON       Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway and Jamie Foxx.
MON       
MON       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5my (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
MON       
MON       20:00 Robo Wars b00qh04j (Listen)
MON       Episode 2
MON       The modern military makes increasing use of robots, but to
MON       what extent can machines replace soldiers? And where does
MON       this leave the laws of war? Stephen Sackur discovers the
MON       potential benefits - and perils - of a revolution in
MON       warfare.
MON       
MON       20:30 Analysis b00qh0zf (Listen)
MON       Foreigner Policy
MON       In the past decade, Britain has experienced mass
MON       immigration on an unprecedented scale. A former government
MON       aide recently suggested this was a deliberate policy,
MON       motivated in part by a desire to increase racial
MON       diversity. David Goodhart investigates the ideological
MON       forces behind one of the most significant social changes
MON       to have affected the UK.
MON       
MON       21:00 Costing the Earth b00qhl63 (Listen)
MON       Keep on Trucking
MON       While aviation is often seen as the climate change
MON       villain, the transport of freight by road and ship is
MON       often ignored. Shipping is a far bigger polluter and seems
MON       unlikely to benefit from the investment in technology
MON       which airlines have planned. Could there be a way to cut
MON       down emissions from freight transport? Tom Heap finds out
MON       just how much pollution is being shifted needlessly around
MON       the place by hitching a lift with a 25-year-old Londoner,
MON       who was named the UK's Young Entrepreneur of the Year
MON       2009. His business, Shiply.com, is a bit like eBay, but
MON       for shipping your stuff. The business has been going for
MON       just over a year and has already saved over 1.6 million kg
MON       of CO2 by making use of spare capacities.
MON       
MON       On a larger scale Eddie Stobart's is Britain's best known
MON       haulier. The company recently made moves into rail freight
MON       but questions remain on how many of our deliveries can be
MON       made by rail and if the freight industry as a whole is
MON       really facing up to the question of how to decarbonise
MON       transport.
MON       
MON       21:30 Start the Week b00qgvzt (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
MON       
MON       21:58 Weather b00qgtch (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00 The World Tonight b00qgtwj (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qj37n (Listen)
MON       Capturing America, David Mamet's Emotions, The Rehearsal
MON       Process, and The Play and the Scene
MON       
MON       As part of Radio 4's Capturing America series, Mark Lawson
MON       selects short pieces by five American authors.
MON       
MON       Playwright David Mamet has some typically terse advice for
MON       actors in his essays on Emotions, The Rehearsal Process,
MON       and The Play and the Scene.
MON       Read Colin Stinton.
MON       
MON       23:00 Off the Page b00nvzyv (Listen)
MON       Porky Pies
MON       According to a recent survey we live in a world full of
MON       lies - concluding that most people tell at least two
MON       important lies a day, a third of conversations involve
MON       some sort of deception and 60 per cent of the population
MON       have cheated on their partners at least once.
MON       
MON       To debate this and seek out the truth about lies are
MON       Professor Richard Wiseman, who has spent a lifetime trying
MON       to discover the clues that give away deception, writer Ian
MON       Leslie, who described the search for the perfect lie
MON       detector, and columnist Michele Hanson, whose mother was
MON       only ever able to tell the truth.
MON       
MON       23:30 Today in Parliament b00qgtyb (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with David Wilby.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 9 FEBRUARY 2010
TUE       
TUE       00:00 Midnight News b00qg4wt (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4. Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5my (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qg4yy (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qg52w (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qg547 (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30 News Briefing b00qg56w (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qg595 (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.
TUE       
TUE       05:45 Farming Today b00qg5ck (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00 Today b00qg5fv (Listen)
TUE       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
TUE       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
TUE       Parliament.
TUE       
TUE       09:00 Taking a Stand b00qhmfm (Listen)
TUE       Fergal Keane talks to Barbara Harris, whose organisation
TUE       pays drug- and alcohol-addicted women to take long-term
TUE       contraception.
TUE       
TUE       Barbara's experience of fostering babies born to those
TUE       addicted to drugs and alcohol led her to one conclusion:
TUE       that these women should be offered financial inducement to
TUE       be sterilised, or given long-term contraception to stop
TUE       them having children they are unable to care for. Founded
TUE       over a decade ago in the United States, her organisation,
TUE       Project Prevention, has so far made payments to over 3,000
TUE       women.
TUE       
TUE       09:30 Famous Footsteps b00qhmfp (Listen)
TUE       Episode 5
TUE       Author and journalist Fiona Neill explores the experience
TUE       of growing up in a creatively successful family.
TUE       Fiona examines the reality behind the apparently bohemian
TUE       lifestyle enjoyed by writers, musicians and artists. She
TUE       talks to the daughter of novelist Daphne Du Maurier about
TUE       the loneliness of being brought up by the reclusive
TUE       writer. William Miller talks about the bohemian lifestyle
TUE       enjoyed by his parents and its impact on his own life
TUE       choices. Songwriter Guy Chambers recalls the fun of being
TUE       brought up in a household dominated by music.
TUE       A Paladin Invision production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mc (Listen)
TUE       The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC),
TUE       Rhind Mathematical Papyrus
TUE       The Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor,
TUE       retells the history of human development from the first
TUE       stone axe to the credit card, using 100 selected objects
TUE       from the Museum.
TUE       
TUE       In a week that explores man's early experiments with
TUE       numbers, Neil describes the British Museum's most famous
TUE       mathematical papyrus. This shows how and why the ancient
TUE       Egyptians were dealing with numbers around 1550 BC. It
TUE       contains 84 different calculations to help with various
TUE       aspects of Egyptian life, from pyramid building to working
TUE       out how much grain it takes to fatten a goose. Neil
TUE       describes it as 'a crammer for a dazzling career in an
TUE       ancient civil service'.
TUE       
TUE       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qg61n (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       
TUE       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qjw6j (Listen)
TUE       Writing the Century 12: 1966-1969 - Pleidiol Wyf I'm
TUE       Gwlad/True To My Land, Episode 2
TUE       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
TUE       correspondence of real people.
TUE       Glanmor's Broadcasting Council for Wales meeting has been
TUE       interrupted by news of a disaster at Aberfan. Sharon
TUE       learns of the tragedy when hitchhiking back from a night
TUE       out.
TUE       Dramatised by Tina Pepler from documents at the National
TUE       Library of Wales.
TUE       Glanmor ...... William Thomas
TUE       Fay ...... Helen Griffin
TUE       Sharon ...... Elin Phillips
TUE       Mami ...... Sharon Morgan
TUE       Gwen ...... Anya Murphy
TUE       Iwan ...... Dewi Rhys Williams
TUE       John Rowley ...... Richard Mitchley
TUE       George Cook ...... Richard Nichols
TUE       Gareth ...... Liam James
TUE       Rhys ...... Sam Jones
TUE       Dewi ...... Scott Arthur
TUE       Mike ...... Gareth Williams
TUE       Janet ...... Catrin Stewart
TUE       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
TUE       
TUE       11:00 Nature b00qhmfr (Listen)
TUE       Series 4, A Local Patch, part 2
TUE       The second of two programmes exploring our relationship
TUE       with the landscape and the value of getting to know 'a
TUE       local patch'.
TUE       
TUE       Paul Evans explores both the personal benefits which can
TUE       be gained from connecting with the natural world and the
TUE       wider benefits for wildlife conservation. He examines the
TUE       roles of garden wildlife monitoring schemes, and the ways
TUE       in which these schemes not only generate data which
TUE       provides information about the UK's biodiversity but also
TUE       encourages individuals to get involved with the landscapes
TUE       around them.
TUE       
TUE       The programme explores how an interest in a 'local patch'
TUE       can lead to a sense of responsibility and care, and the
TUE       relationship between getting to know your local patch and
TUE       the long-term benefits for conservation of our wildlife
TUE       and our wild places.
TUE       
TUE       11:30 With Great Pleasure b00qhq5w (Listen)
TUE       Robert Webb
TUE       Comedian Robert Webb plunders his bookshelves to present a
TUE       selection of his favourite prose and poetry in a special
TUE       edition recorded at the University of Bedfordshire.
TUE       Including the first piece of writing to make him laugh out
TUE       loud and a poem that best captures his feelings in his
TUE       newly-acquired role as a father. The readers are Abigail
TUE       Burdess and Jonathan Dryden Taylor.
TUE       
TUE       12:00 You and Yours b00qg6zr (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57 Weather b00qg71c (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00 World at One b00qg73p (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30 Milton's Music b00qhql9 (Listen)
TUE       Clarinettist and Cambridge University English literature
TUE       graduate Emma Johnson analyses the influence of John
TUE       Milton senior on his famous poet son.
TUE       
TUE       In one of his early Latin poems John Milton junior wrote,
TUE       'Apollo, wishing to disperse himself between the two, gave
TUE       to me certain gifts, to my father others, and father and
TUE       son, we possess each one half of the god'. This programme
TUE       fills in the other half of that Godly image by exploring
TUE       the musical gifts of John Milton senior. The musicologist
TUE       and performer Richard Rastall has unearthed and recorded
TUE       many of the elder Milton's pieces including choral, viol
TUE       consort and song settings. He shows what he has discovered
TUE       and what it sounds like in specially reconstructed
TUE       recordings of works that even scholars are unfamiliar with.
TUE       As well as revealing John Milton the composer, the
TUE       programme examines the life of the man and his
TUE       relationship with his son. Although a gifted musician,
TUE       John Milton was not able to live on the earnings from his
TUE       compositions alone. A scrivener by trade, he managed to
TUE       free himself from the Scriveners' Company in 1599 and was
TUE       subsequently able to afford a private tutor for his son
TUE       and then provide for him when he took a place at St Paul's
TUE       School and Christ's College, Cambridge.
TUE       
TUE       Emma also talks to Milton scholars and the early music
TUE       group Fretwork, as they prepare and record John Milton's
TUE       instrument works.
TUE       
TUE       14:00 The Archers b00qgsbc (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday.]
TUE       
TUE       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qjwvy (Listen)
TUE       Buffalo Bill and Little Matty Dyer
TUE       By Peter Spafford. 1903 Cardigan Fields, Leeds. Buffalo
TUE       Bill, slayer of the Lacota, the most famous American in
TUE       the world, disembarks at Armley station with his Wild West
TUE       show. They will stay in Leeds just five days, but that is
TUE       long enough to change the life of 15-year-old Matty Dyer.
TUE       Matty ...... Christian Foster
TUE       Buffalo Bill/Small Bear ...... Kerry Shale
TUE       John ...... Gerard Fletcher
TUE       McConnell ...... Andrew Westfield
TUE       Jess ...... Julia Malham
TUE       Wind in Face ...... Demetri Goritsas
TUE       Sid ...... Ryan Greaves
TUE       Street Shouter ...... Howard Chadwick
TUE       Producer Gary Brown.
TUE       
TUE       15:00 Making History b00qhrc9 (Listen)
TUE       Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects
TUE       that help tell A History of The World.
TUE       
TUE       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qhrjy (Listen)
TUE       Casual Cruelty, The Lottery
TUE       Series of short stories by the American author Shirley
TUE       Jackson, who wrote in a style of 'creeping unease' from
TUE       the 1940s until her death in 1965.
TUE       An exciting day for the inhabitants of a small American
TUE       farming community. As always, no-one likes to upset the
TUE       tradition of the ancient black box.
TUE       Read by Stacy Keach.
TUE       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       15:45 A Guide to Woodland Birds b00bvbzy (Listen)
TUE       Common Warblers
TUE       Brett Westwood presents a series to help listeners
TUE       identify different species, recorded in the Forest of Dean.
TUE       Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss and
TUE       wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson to identify
TUE       songsters such as chiff chaff, willow warbler, black cap
TUE       and garden warbler.
TUE       
TUE       16:00 I Was A Teenage Dotcom Millionaire b00qhrpk (Listen)
TUE       At 16, Benjamin Cohen was at the heart of the dotcom boom
TUE       during the late 1990s. Now no longer a dotcom millionaire,
TUE       he confronts his past, and revisits the feverish days of
TUE       British dotcom mania.
TUE       
TUE       Ten years after lastminute.com's flotation, when the
TUE       British internet bubble burst, Benjamin wants to find out
TUE       what drove him to devote his adolescent years to poring
TUE       over business plans and agonising over Venture Capital
TUE       equity deals.
TUE       
TUE       Today he is a technology journalist for Channel 4. But
TUE       back in 1998 he founded soJewish.com at the age of 16, a
TUE       dedicated Jewish 'community portal'. Figures of five
TUE       million pounds were quoted for his personal stake in the
TUE       business. When the company merged with the London Jewish
TUE       News on the AIM market, Cohen was, for a day, the youngest
TUE       ever director of a publicly-quoted company. But he was in
TUE       for a swift fall from grace.
TUE       
TUE       He tracks down former employees and investors to find out
TUE       what went wrong. Along the way he also meets founder of
TUE       lastminute.com Brent Hoberman, fellow teenage dotcom
TUE       millionaire Ben Way, and journalists Rory Cellan Jones and
TUE       Jon Ronson, who covered his story at the time.
TUE       
TUE       16:30 A Good Read b00qhrx8 (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to naturalist and broadcaster Chris
TUE       Packham and writer and performer Stella Duffy about their
TUE       favourite books.
TUE       
TUE       17:00 PM b00qgsg7 (Listen)
TUE       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
TUE       Mair. Plus Weather.
TUE       
TUE       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qgshv (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
TUE       4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30 Act Your Age b00qhrxb (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 4
TUE       Simon Mayo hosts the comedy show that pits the comic
TUE       generations against each other to find out which is the
TUE       funniest.
TUE       Team captains Jon Richardson, Ed Byrne and Johnnie Casson
TUE       are joined by Mike Wozniak, Robin Ince and Ted Robbins.
TUE       
TUE       19:00 The Archers b00qgs92 (Listen)
TUE       Eddie shows his artistic side.
TUE       
TUE       19:15 Front Row b00qgsn7 (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. He reports on a
TUE       major exhibition of work by Arshile Gorky, who played a
TUE       key role in the rise of American Abstract Expressionist
TUE       art.
TUE       
TUE       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mc (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
TUE       
TUE       20:00 File on 4 b00qhrxd (Listen)
TUE       While Britain's top bankers celebrate their bonuses,
TUE       Michael Robinson investigates the commercial property
TUE       market and the nasty surprises that it may hold for the
TUE       banks and for the long-suffering British taxpayers who
TUE       bailed them out.
TUE       
TUE       20:40 In Touch b00qhrxg (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00 Case Notes b00qhrxj (Listen)
TUE       Lung cancer is notoriously difficult to treat and the UK
TUE       has among the worst survival rates in Europe. Dr Mark
TUE       Porter finds out about the latest treatments offering hope
TUE       at Hammersmith Hospital.
TUE       
TUE       21:30 Taking a Stand b00qhmfm (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today.]
TUE       
TUE       21:58 Weather b00qgt9r (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00 The World Tonight b00qgtck (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Robin
TUE       Lustig.
TUE       
TUE       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qj37g (Listen)
TUE       Capturing America, Our Man at Harvard
TUE       As part of Radio 4's Capturing America series, Mark Lawson
TUE       selects short pieces by five American authors.
TUE       By Norman Mailer. Our hero recalls the spring of his
TUE       sophomore year, which he whiled away at the offices of the
TUE       Harvard undergraduates' journal, The Advocate. Along the
TUE       way he learns a lesson or two about office politics and
TUE       deception. Not all is as it seems as The Advocate hosts a
TUE       party where the guests excitedly await the arrival of
TUE       Somerset Maugham.
TUE       Read by Garrick Hagon.
TUE       
TUE       23:00 Fabulous b00qhrxl (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 1
TUE       Sitcom by Lucy Clarke about a woman who wants to be
TUE       Fabulous but can't cope.
TUE       
TUE       Faye is now engaged to a man she is roughly 65 per cent
TUE       sure she should marry - 66 per cent on a good day. It's
TUE       Faye's engagement party, and her mum is given the simple
TUE       task of buying the right wedding dress, while Denise finds
TUE       herself copying a toddler. Will everything go right for
TUE       once?
TUE       
TUE       With Daisy Haggard, Olivia Colman, Anne Reid, Alison
TUE       Pettit, Joanna Munro, Sally Grace, Margaret Cabourn-Smith,
TUE       David Armand, Nigel Hastings, Rufys Wright.
TUE       Music by Osymyso.
TUE       
TUE       23:30 Today in Parliament b00qgty2 (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       with Sean Curran.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2010
WED       
WED       00:00 Midnight News b00qg4ww (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4. Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mc (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qg4z0 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qg52y (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qg549 (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30 News Briefing b00qg56y (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qg597 (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.
WED       
WED       05:45 Farming Today b00qg5cm (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00 Today b00qg5fx (Listen)
WED       With John Humphrys and James Naughtie. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
WED       Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00 Midweek b00qj1ql (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Francine Stock and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mf (Listen)
WED       The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC),
WED       Minoan Bull Leaper
WED       
WED       Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells the
WED       history of human development from the first stone axe to
WED       the credit card, using 100 selected objects from the
WED       Museum.
WED       
WED       The series arrives in Crete around 1700 BC to tell the
WED       story of man's fascination with bulls and the emergence of
WED       one of most cosmopolitan and prosperous civilisations in
WED       the history of the Eastern Mediterranean, the Minoans.
WED       The Minoans of Crete were more powerful than the mainland
WED       and enjoyed a complex and still largely unknown culture.
WED       They enjoyed a ritual connection with bulls as well as
WED       with a rich bronze making tradition. To consider the
WED       Minoans and the role of the bull in myth and legend, Neil
WED       introduces us to a small bronze sculpture of a man leaping
WED       over a bull, one of the highlights of the British Museum's
WED       Minoan collection. He explores the vast network of trade
WED       routes in the Mediterranean of the time, encounters an
WED       ancient shipwreck and tracks down a modern day bull leaper
WED       to try and figure out the attraction.
WED       
WED       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qg61q (Listen)
WED       With Jenni Murray.
WED       
WED       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qjw64 (Listen)
WED       Writing the Century 12: 1966-1969 - Pleidiol Wyf I'm
WED       Gwlad/True To My Land, Episode 3
WED       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
WED       correspondence of real people.
WED       Glanmor is invited by the Duke of Norfolk to serve on the
WED       Investiture Committee. Sharon and her friends in the Welsh
WED       Language Society continue their peaceful protests, while
WED       others begin to take a more dangerous route.
WED       Dramatised by Tina Pepler from documents at the National
WED       Library of Wales.
WED       Glanmor ...... William Thomas
WED       Fay ...... Helen Griffin
WED       Sharon ...... Elin Phillips
WED       Mami ...... Sharon Morgan
WED       Gwen ...... Anya Murphy
WED       Iwan ...... Dewi Rhys Williams
WED       John Rowley ...... Richard Mitchley
WED       George Cook ...... Richard Nichols
WED       Gareth ...... Liam James
WED       Rhys ...... Sam Jones
WED       Dewi ...... Scott Arthur
WED       Mike ...... Gareth Williams
WED       Janet ...... Catrin Stewart
WED       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
WED       
WED       11:00 Weekend Warriors No Longer b00qj1qn (Listen)
WED       Episode 2
WED       Martin Bell investigates how the part-time Territorial
WED       Army is surviving full-time warfare.
WED       
WED       The TA was at one time dismissed as 'weekend warriors',
WED       but now the military admit they couldn't fight the war in
WED       Afghanistan without them. But are we and our armed forces
WED       relying too much on them?
WED       
WED       11:30 Fags, Mags and Bags b00qj1qq (Listen)
WED       Series 3, Jack Black's Black Jacks
WED       Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald
WED       McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop.
WED       Sanjay finds a girlfriend and embraces the arts, much to
WED       Ramesh and Dave's amusement.
WED       Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi
WED       Dave ...... Donald McLeary
WED       Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
WED       Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
WED       Kayla ...... Eleanor Bird
WED       Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly
WED       Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell
WED       Keenan's Mum ...... Maureen Carr
WED       Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth
WED       Mr Hepworth ...... Tom Urie
WED       A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       12:00 You and Yours b00qg6zt (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57 Weather b00qg71f (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00 World at One b00qg73r (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30 The Media Show b00qj1qs (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00 The Archers b00qgs92 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qj1qv (Listen)
WED       Postcards From a Cataclysm
WED       Nine short plays about global annihilation. As an asteroid
WED       hurtles towards earth, the planet's population prepares
WED       for the end of the world. Then the strangest things start
WED       to happen. By David Varela, Rommi Smith, Lizzie Nunnery,
WED       Josie Long, Tim Crouch, Carl Grose and The Factory.
WED       Performed by Piers Wehner, Tim Key, Kenneth Cranham,
WED       Emerald O'Hanrahan, Rhys Jennings, Joseph Cohen-Cole,
WED       Tessa Nicholson, Josie Long, Kate Layden, Ewan Hooper,
WED       Bruce Alexander and Melissa Advani.
WED       Sound Design by Zhe Wu and Caleb Knightley
WED       Produced by James Robinson.
WED       Tim Crouch
WED       News from Nowhere
WED       Josie Long
WED       Josie's website
WED       Tim Key
WED       Tim's website
WED       
WED       15:00 Money Box Live b00qj1qx (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis and guests answer calls on divorce, termination
WED       of civil partnerships and separation.
WED       Guests:
WED       John Fotheringham, consultant in family law, Fyfe Ireland
WED       (Scotland)
WED       Claire Hamilton-Russell, family partner, Thomas Eggar
WED       Rachel Hadwen, benefits rights advisor for
WED       Gingerbread/Working Families and CPAG.
WED       
WED       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qhrk0 (Listen)
WED       Casual Cruelty, Trial by Combat
WED       Series of short stories by American author Shirley
WED       Jackson, who wrote in a style of 'creeping unease' from
WED       the 1940s until her death in 1965.
WED       Emily Johnson has known for some time who is stealing
WED       things from her New York furnished room, but only now has
WED       she decided to confront the suspect.
WED       Read by Joanne Whalley.
WED       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       15:45 A Guide to Woodland Birds b00bydgm (Listen)
WED       Oakwood Trio and a Special Soloist
WED       Brett Westwood presents a series to help listeners
WED       identify different species.
WED       
WED       Brett is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss and
WED       wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson to identify three
WED       more oakwood specialists from their appearance, songs and
WED       calls. Plus a special guest appearance from a nightingale.
WED       
WED       16:00 Thinking Allowed b00qj214 (Listen)
WED       How has consumerism affected what it means to be black?
WED       Does it matter if African-Americans now struggle for
WED       commodities rather than rights? Paul Gilroy joins Laurie
WED       Taylor to discuss the changing place of black culture.
WED       
WED       16:30 Case Notes b00qhrxj (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       17:00 PM b00qgsg9 (Listen)
WED       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
WED       Mair. Plus Weather.
WED       
WED       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qgshx (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
WED       4.
WED       
WED       18:30 The Write Stuff b00qj216 (Listen)
WED       Series 9, Anton Chekhov
WED       James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary
WED       correctness. Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are
WED       joined by Peter Kemp and Tibor Fischer. The author of the
WED       week and subject for pastiche is Anton Chekhov, and the
WED       reader is Beth Chalmers.
WED       
WED       19:00 The Archers b00qgs94 (Listen)
WED       Kirsty gets closer to nature.
WED       
WED       19:15 Front Row b00qgsn9 (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
WED       interview with architect IM Pei, whose designs include the
WED       glass pyramids at the Louvre in Paris.
WED       
WED       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mf (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
WED       
WED       20:00 Moral Maze b00qj218 (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions
WED       behind the week's news. Claire Fox, Clifford Longley,
WED       Kenan Malik and Ruth Dudley Edwards cross-examine
WED       witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45 Class Dismissed b00qj272 (Listen)
WED       Mary Ann Sieghart explores class as an increasingly
WED       important issue in British politics in the run-up to the
WED       General Election, and considers the historical change in
WED       the role of class in politics. She examines the
WED       psephological and political evidence on Labour's attempts
WED       to appeal to its core vote and followers of New Labour.
WED       Mary Ann also questions whether there is an unease among
WED       some Conservatives with David Cameron's wealth and
WED       background.
WED       
WED       21:00 Nature b00qhmfr (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday.]
WED       
WED       21:30 Midweek b00qj1qz (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Francine Stock and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       21:58 Weather b00qgt9t (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00 The World Tonight b00qgtcm (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qj37j (Listen)
WED       Capturing America, Starving Again
WED       As part of Radio 4's Capturing America series, Mark Lawson
WED       selects short pieces by five American authors.
WED       By Lorrie Moore. Dennis's wife has left him and his
WED       cynical, whisky-slugging friend Mave is trying to help him
WED       pick up the pieces.
WED       
WED       She tries to assure him that the fact that his wife is
WED       seeing a Milanese man is a good thing; that it will make
WED       his wife feel that she's scruffy and so she will
WED       eventually long for her unkempt husband again. Mave
WED       thoroughly disapproves of the self-help books that Dennis
WED       is weeping into. She has a much more practical approach to
WED       her own love life, dismissing Dennis's accusation that her
WED       lover is a womaniser with, 'So, I needed to be womanised.
WED       I was losing my sheen!'
WED       Read by Jennifer Lee Jellicorse.
WED       
WED       23:00 Mordrin McDonald: 21st-Century Wizard b00qj274 (Listen)
WED       Ogre Bin Laden
WED       Comedy by David Kay and Gavin Smith.
WED       Mordrin is a 2,000-year-old wizard living in the modern
WED       world, where regular bin collections and watching
WED       Countdown are just as important as slaying dragons.
WED       With Gordon Kennedy, Jack Docherty, Cora Bissett and David
WED       Kay.
WED       A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:15 The News At Bedtime b00pftgl (Listen)
WED       Episode 4
WED       Twin presenters John Tweedledum and Jim Tweedledee present
WED       in-depth news analysis covering the latest stories
WED       happening this 'once upon a time'.
WED       Jim reports live from the launch site of the Nurseyland
WED       space programme as preparations are finalised to put a cow
WED       over the moon.
WED       
WED       With Peter Donaldson, Lewis MacLeod, Alex MacQueen, Lucy
WED       Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan Tetsell.
WED       Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
WED       
WED       23:30 Today in Parliament b00qgty4 (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2010
THU       
THU       00:00 Midnight News b00qg4wy (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4. Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mf (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qg4z2 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qg530 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qg54c (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30 News Briefing b00qg570 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qg599 (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.
THU       
THU       05:45 Farming Today b00qg5cp (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00 Today b00qg5fz (Listen)
THU       With Evan Davis and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk;
THU       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00 In Our Time b00qj2nq (Listen)
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests explore unintended consequences in
THU       mathematics.
THU       
THU       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mh (Listen)
THU       The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC),
THU       Mold Gold Cape
THU       Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells the
THU       history of human development from the first stone axe to
THU       the credit card, using 100 selected objects from the
THU       Museum.
THU       
THU       Neil MacGregor continues to explore the world of around
THU       3,600 years ago through some of the most powerful objects
THU       that remain - discovered in modern day Iraq, Crete, Egypt
THU       and now Wales.
THU       
THU       In 1833 a group of workmen were looking for stones in a
THU       field near the village of Mold in North Wales when they
THU       unearthed a burial site with a skeleton covered by a
THU       crushed sheet of pure gold. Neil tells the story of what
THU       has become known at the British Museum as the Mold Gold
THU       Cape and tries to envisage the society that made it.
THU       
THU       Nothing like the contemporary courts of the pharaohs of
THU       Egypt and the palaces of the Minoans in Crete seem to have
THU       existed in Britain at that time, but he imagines a people
THU       with surprisingly sophisticated skills and social
THU       structures.
THU       
THU       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qg61v (Listen)
THU       With Jenni Murray.
THU       
THU       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qjw66 (Listen)
THU       Writing the Century 12: 1966-1969 - Pleidiol Wyf I'm
THU       Gwlad/True To My Land, Episode 4
THU       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
THU       correspondence of real people.
THU       Sharon and friends petition the BBC for more programmes in
THU       Welsh, while Glanmor puts the case for a Welsh commentator
THU       for the Investiture.
THU       Dramatised by Tina Pepler from documents at the National
THU       Library of Wales.
THU       Glanmor ...... William Thomas
THU       Fay ...... Helen Griffin
THU       Sharon ...... Elin Phillips
THU       Mami ...... Sharon Morgan
THU       Gwen ...... Anya Murphy
THU       Iwan ...... Dewi Rhys Williams
THU       John Rowley ...... Richard Mitchley
THU       George Cook ...... Richard Nichols
THU       Gareth ...... Liam James
THU       Rhys ...... Sam Jones
THU       Dewi ...... Scott Arthur
THU       Mike ...... Gareth Williams
THU       Janet ...... Catrin Stewart
THU       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
THU       
THU       11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00qj2ns (Listen)
THU       BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the
THU       world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU       
THU       11:30 Capturing America: Mark Lawson's History of Modern
THU       American b00qj2nv (Listen)
THU       Fighters and Writers
THU       Mark Lawson tells the story of how American writing became
THU       the literary superpower of the 20th century, telling the
THU       nation's stories of money, power, sex, religion and war.
THU       Mark traces the way a group of young Americans returning
THU       from WWII turned the US into a literary superpower.
THU       Contributors include Philip Roth, Toni Morrison and Edward
THU       Albee as well as Norman Mailer, John Updike and Kurt
THU       Vonnegut, the last three recorded in the final major
THU       interviews of their lives.
THU       
THU       Drawing on interviews with dozens of key writers and
THU       critics, Mark Lawson examines the role of authors in
THU       capturing the nature of the US and explores the successes
THU       and controversies of America's literary output. He shows
THU       how differences of race, region and gender informed and
THU       expanded the stories being told. And he nominates his
THU       candidate for the title of the most unfairly neglected
THU       great American novelist.
THU       
THU       12:00 You and Yours b00qg6zw (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Shari Vahl.
THU       
THU       12:30 Face the Facts b00qjwvw (Listen)
THU       Payment Holiday
THU       John Waite investigates the payment processing company
THU       which refused to pass on vast sums of money from customers
THU       who bought holidays online, undermining the balance sheets
THU       of struggling travel firms. Yet at the same time, the
THU       company's chief executive was promising to save one of
THU       those travel firms from failure with major investment of
THU       his own. Despite the fact his business is based in England
THU       and handles hundreds of millions of pounds, it is not
THU       currently regulated by the UK's financial services
THU       watchdog. The travel firms involved have had to resort to
THU       threats of legal action to try to get the disputed money
THU       back.
THU       
THU       12:57 Weather b00qg71h (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00 World at One b00qg73t (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30 Costing the Earth b00qhl63 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Monday.]
THU       
THU       14:00 The Archers b00qgs94 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday.]
THU       
THU       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qhr42 (Listen)
THU       Say What You Want to Hear - The Startup
THU       By Tim Wright. Do you have things you say to yourself?
THU       Things you wished you'd said, or wish other people had
THU       said? Dotcom entrepreneurs Erik and Mike set up Say What
THU       You Want to Hear, a website for people to voice these
THU       secret thoughts - and you can take part on the Radio 4
THU       website.
THU       Erik ...... Stephen Tompkinson
THU       Mike ...... Ewan Bailey
THU       Scarlett ...... Keely Beresford
THU       Stephen ...... John Biggins
THU       Roseanne ...... Alison Pettit
THU       Max ...... Nigel Hastings
THU       Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
THU       Find Out More About SWYWTH
THU       Say What You Want To Hear website
THU       Erik says it like it is
THU       
THU       15:00 Ramblings b00qfy6s (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday.]
THU       
THU       15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00qg0qp (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       15:30 Afternoon Reading b00qhrk2 (Listen)
THU       Casual Cruelty, The Villager
THU       Series of short stories by the American author Shirley
THU       Jackson, who wrote in a style of 'creeping unease' from
THU       the 1940s until her death in 1965.
THU       
THU       Miss Clarence's visit to an apartment in Greenwich
THU       Village, New York, gives her an unexpected insight into
THU       other people's lives as well as her own.
THU       Read by Glenne Headly.
THU       A Jarvis and Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       15:45 A Guide to Woodland Birds b00c0fb6 (Listen)
THU       Conifer Specialists
THU       Brett Westwood presents a series to help listeners
THU       identify different species.
THU       
THU       He is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss and
THU       wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson to identify conifer
THU       specialists including the siskin, goldcrest, coal tit and
THU       crossbill.
THU       
THU       16:00 Bookclub b00qg1hs (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday.]
THU       
THU       16:30 Material World b00qjx0c (Listen)
THU       After 60 years, the BBC's Research and Development
THU       department is moving out of its grand home in Surrey.
THU       Quentin Cooper visits Kingswood Warren, where FM radio,
THU       digital audio broadcasting and HD TV were developed, meets
THU       some of the pioneers of broadcast engineering and asks
THU       what new technologies are on the horizon today.
THU       
THU       17:00 PM b00qgsgc (Listen)
THU       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
THU       Mair. Plus Weather.
THU       
THU       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qgshz (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
THU       4.
THU       
THU       18:30 Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00qjx5j (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 2
THU       Comedian and activist Mark Thomas creates a People's
THU       Manifesto, taking suggestions from his studio audience and
THU       then getting them to vote for the best.
THU       
THU       19:00 The Archers b00qgs96 (Listen)
THU       The future looks brighter at Keeper's Cottage.
THU       
THU       19:15 Front Row b00qgsnc (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
THU       
THU       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mh (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
THU       
THU       20:00 The Report b00qjx5l (Listen)
THU       Business leaders say they face unfair competition
THU       following the collapse of the Copenhagen climate summit.
THU       Europe is pushing ahead with tighter controls on
THU       greenhouse gases, in stark contrast to the US, China and
THU       India. Simon Cox investigates why the summit failed and
THU       assesses the impact on industry in the UK.
THU       
THU       20:30 The Bottom Line b00qjx5n (Listen)
THU       Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs
THU       and company bosses talk about the issues that matter to
THU       their companies and their customers.
THU       
THU       21:00 Out Of This World b00qjx5q (Listen)
THU       Scientists are warning that our planet is fast running out
THU       of many essential materials. Dwindling reserves of
THU       platinum, copper and phosphorous could create crises in
THU       the electronics, medical and farming worlds. There are
THU       fears that competition between countries for remaining
THU       deposits will result in 'resource wars'.
THU       
THU       Materials scientist Mark Miodownik finds out how serious
THU       the situation has become and asks what scientists,
THU       politicians and economists can do to secure the earth's
THU       resources for future generations.
THU       
THU       21:30 In Our Time b00qj2nx (Listen)
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests explore unintended consequences in
THU       mathematics.
THU       
THU       21:58 Weather b00qgt9w (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00 The World Tonight b00qgtcp (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qj37l (Listen)
THU       Capturing America, The Astronomer
THU       As part of Radio 4's Capturing America series, Mark Lawson
THU       selects short pieces by five American authors.
THU       By John Updike. Walter's religious revival is at its
THU       height, and he has a near obsession for Kierkegaard. So he
THU       is not looking forward to the arrival of his dinner guest,
THU       the imposing and revered scientist and astronomer Bela.
THU       However, it's not theological debate but after-dinner chit
THU       chat that peels away Bela's bravura, and Walter realises
THU       that perhaps his guest is not so invincible after all.
THU       Read by Kerry Shale.
THU       
THU       23:00 House On Fire b00qjxdz (Listen)
THU       Hot Water
THU       Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman.
THU       The boiler's on the blink - baths are a no-go and showers
THU       are rationed. Matt decides that Vicky will have to do
THU       everything in her power to get the boiler fixed, even if
THU       it means offering herself to the boiler repair man.
THU       Vicky ...... Emma Pierson
THU       Matt ...... Jody Latham
THU       Col. Bill ...... Rupert Vansittart
THU       Julie ...... Janine Duvitski
THU       Peter ...... Philip Jackson
THU       With Fergus Craig and Colin Hoult
THU       Directed by Clive Brill and Dan Hine
THU       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:30 From the Ban to the Booker b00cxqq7 (Listen)
THU       Episode 1
THU       Best-selling author Val McDermid examines the development
THU       of the lesbian novel and its transition from the margins
THU       to the mainstream.
THU       
THU       In 1928 The Well of Loneliness was tried for obscenity and
THU       banned because of its lesbian content. Eighty years on and
THU       Sarah Waters and Ali Smith have, between them, been
THU       nominated five times for the Booker Prize.
THU       
THU       With contributions from some of Britain's finest writers,
THU       including Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Waters and Ali Smith,
THU       this first programme looks at the furore surrounding The
THU       Well and the repercussions of the ban on subsequent
THU       novelists. Virginia Woolf's Orlando was published in the
THU       same year but escaped the censor.
THU       
THU       The programme includes a rare BBC recording of Vita
THU       Sackville-West, the inspiration for Woolf's modernist
THU       masterpiece.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2010
FRI       
FRI       00:00 Midnight News b00qg4x0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4. Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mh (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       00:48 Shipping Forecast b00qg4z4 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qg532 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20 Shipping Forecast b00qg54f (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30 News Briefing b00qg572 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43 Prayer for the Day b00qg59c (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Mark Coffey.
FRI       
FRI       05:45 Farming Today b00qg5cr (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00 Today b00qg5g1 (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports
FRI       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
FRI       
FRI       09:00 Desert Island Discs b00qg0r2 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday.]
FRI       
FRI       09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mk (Listen)
FRI       The Beginning of Science and Literature (1500 - 700 BC),
FRI       Statue of Ramesses II
FRI       
FRI       Director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor retells the
FRI       history of human development from the first stone axe to
FRI       the credit card, using 100 selected objects from the
FRI       Museum.
FRI       
FRI       The story arrives in Egypt around 1250 BC. At the heart of
FRI       this programme is the British Museum's giant statue of the
FRI       king Ramesses II, an inspiration to Shelley and a
FRI       remarkable ruler who built monuments all over Egypt. He
FRI       inspired a line of future pharaohs and was worshipped as a
FRI       god a thousand years later. He lived to be over 90 and
FRI       fathered some 100 children.
FRI       
FRI       Neil considers the achievements of Ramesses II in fixing
FRI       the image of imperial Egypt for the rest of the world, and
FRI       sculptor Antony Gormley, the man responsible for a
FRI       contemporary giant statue, The Angel of the North,
FRI       considers the towering figure of Ramesses as an enduring
FRI       work of art.
FRI       
FRI       10:00 Woman's Hour b00qg61x (Listen)
FRI       With Jenni Murray.
FRI       
FRI       10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00qjw68 (Listen)
FRI       Writing the Century 12: 1966-1969 - Pleidiol Wyf I'm
FRI       Gwlad/True To My Land, Episode 5
FRI       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
FRI       correspondence of real people.
FRI       Sharon protests against the Investiture by taking part in
FRI       a vigil at Cilmeri. Then news comes through that two men
FRI       have blown themselves up on the way to plant a bomb on the
FRI       railway line. Glanmor feels the tension in the air at the
FRI       Investiture but all goes off without a hitch. Then Sharon
FRI       makes a life-changing decision.
FRI       Dramatised by Tina Pepler from documents at the National
FRI       Library of Wales.
FRI       Glanmor ...... William Thomas
FRI       Fay ...... Helen Griffin
FRI       Sharon ...... Elin Phillips
FRI       Mami ...... Sharon Morgan
FRI       Gwen ...... Anya Murphy
FRI       Iwan ...... Dewi Rhys Williams
FRI       John Rowley ...... Richard Mitchley
FRI       George Cook ...... Richard Nichols
FRI       Gareth ...... Liam James
FRI       Rhys ...... Sam Jones
FRI       Dewi ...... Scott Arthur
FRI       Mike ...... Gareth Williams
FRI       Janet ...... Catrin Stewart
FRI       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
FRI       
FRI       11:00 The Mystery of the Moving Statues b00qld0v (Listen)
FRI       In 1985, Ireland was gripped in a religious fervour as
FRI       worshippers flocked to the village of Balinspittle to see
FRI       mysterious moving religious statues. Twenty-five years
FRI       later, Gerry Anderson joins thousands of people gathered
FRI       at a west of Ireland religious shrine in expectation of
FRI       seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary. Is Ireland suffering a
FRI       'kind of collective nervous breakdown' or does it need
FRI       magical visions to make sense of difficult times?
FRI       
FRI       11:30 A Charles Paris Mystery: Cast in Order of
FRI       Disappearance b00qld0x (Listen)
FRI       Episode 3
FRI       Dramatised by Jeremy Front from the novel by Simon Brett.
FRI       Someone is determined to kill Jodie; can Charles stop them
FRI       before it's too late?
FRI       Charles Paris ...... Bill Nighy
FRI       Jodie ...... Martine McCutcheon
FRI       Frances ...... Suzanne Burden
FRI       Maurice ...... Jon Glover
FRI       Juliet ...... Tilly Gaunt
FRI       Nick ...... Rhys Jennings
FRI       Elspeth ...... Kate Layden
FRI       Terry ...... Philip Fox
FRI       Yvonne ...... Avril Clark
FRI       Directed by Sally Avens.
FRI       
FRI       12:00 You and Yours b00qg6zy (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57 Weather b00qg71k (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00 World at One b00qg73w (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30 Feedback b00qld0z (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00 The Archers b00qgs96 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday.]
FRI       
FRI       14:15 Afternoon Play b00qldg4 (Listen)
FRI       Bad Faith, Vengeance Is Mine
FRI       Series of plays by Peter Jukes about Jake Thorne, a
FRI       Methodist minister and police chaplain who is battling
FRI       with his own demons at the same time as trying to resolve
FRI       the problems of his parishioners.
FRI       Jake gets involved in a restorative justice programme
FRI       which tries to reconcile a bereaved mother and the woman
FRI       responsible for killing her daughter.
FRI       Jake Thorne ...... Lenny Henry
FRI       Michael ...... Danny Sapani
FRI       Isaac Thorne ...... Oscar James
FRI       Suzanne Bloomberg ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
FRI       Barry ....... Edward Clayton
FRI       Estelle ...... Lolita Chakrabarti
FRI       Stacey ...... Kerri Mclean
FRI       Tricia ...... Tessa Nicholson
FRI       Other parts by Kate Layden and Melissa Advani.
FRI       Producer Steven Canny
FRI       Executive Producer Simon Elmes.
FRI       
FRI       15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00qldxq (Listen)
FRI       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw and Pippa Greenwood
FRI       answer questions from the gardeners of Lacock and District
FRI       Garden and Allotment Association in Wiltshire.
FRI       Pippa Greenwood attends a meeting of snowdrop-lovers.
FRI       In part two of the Behind the Scenes at Chelsea series, we
FRI       meet the nurserymen involved in design execution.
FRI       
FRI       15:45 A Guide to Woodland Birds b00c4mf9 (Listen)
FRI       The Big Stuff!
FRI       Brett Westwood presents a series to help listeners
FRI       identify different species.
FRI       
FRI       He is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen Moss and
FRI       wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson to help identify
FRI       some of the woodland's larger species.
FRI       
FRI       16:00 Last Word b00qldxs (Listen)
FRI       Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing
FRI       and celebrating the life stories of people who have
FRI       recently died.
FRI       
FRI       16:30 The Film Programme b00qldxv (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to fashion designer Tom Ford about
FRI       his directorial debut, A Single Man.
FRI       
FRI       17:00 PM b00qgsgf (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn
FRI       Quinn. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00 Six O'Clock News b00qgsj1 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio
FRI       4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30 The News Quiz b00qldxx (Listen)
FRI       Series 70, Episode 6
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The
FRI       panellists are Mark Steel, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and
FRI       Milton Jones.
FRI       
FRI       19:00 The Archers b00qgs98 (Listen)
FRI       There's a sad shock in store for Jill.
FRI       
FRI       19:15 Front Row b00qgsnf (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
FRI       
FRI       19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qg5mk (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today.]
FRI       
FRI       20:00 Any Questions? b00qldxz (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Burnley.
FRI       The panel includes former editor of The Sun Kelvin
FRI       MacKenzie, professor emeritus at the Royal College of Arts
FRI       Christopher Frayling and professor of politics and women's
FRI       studies at the University of York Haleh Afshar.
FRI       
FRI       20:50 A Point of View b00qldy1 (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
FRI       
FRI       21:00 Woman's Hour Drama b00qldzb (Listen)
FRI       Writing the Century 12: 1966-1969 - Pleidiol Wyf I'm
FRI       Gwlad/True To My Land, Omnibus
FRI       Series exploring the 20th century through diaries and
FRI       correspondence of real people.
FRI       
FRI       In the 1960s Welsh identity was under threat. Sharon
FRI       Morgan was a young history student at Cardiff University;
FRI       Sir Glanmor Williams was an eminent historian and a member
FRI       of the Broadcasting Council for Wales. Despite their
FRI       differences, the student activist and the establishment
FRI       figure shared the same passion for Wales and the Welsh
FRI       language. We follow them through these turbulent years as
FRI       the nation begins to reassert itself.
FRI       
FRI       Dramatised by Tina Pepler from documents at the National
FRI       Library of Wales.
FRI       Glanmor ...... William Thomas
FRI       Fay ...... Helen Griffin
FRI       Sharon ...... Elin Phillips
FRI       Mami ...... Sharon Morgan
FRI       Gwen ...... Anya Murphy
FRI       Iwan ...... Dewi Rhys Williams
FRI       John Rowley ...... Richard Mitchley
FRI       George Cook ...... Richard Nichols
FRI       Gareth ...... Liam James
FRI       Rhys ...... Sam Jones
FRI       Dewi ...... Scott Arthur
FRI       Mike ...... Gareth Williams
FRI       Janet ...... Catrin Stewart
FRI       Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
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FRI       21:58 Weather b00qgt9y (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
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FRI       22:00 The World Tonight b00qgtcr (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
FRI       Shah.
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FRI       22:45 Book at Bedtime b00qgtwl (Listen)
FRI       Capturing America, The Diaries of Tennessee Williams
FRI       As part of Radio 4's Capturing America series, Mark Lawson
FRI       selects short pieces by five American authors.
FRI       The diaries of Tennessee Williams reveal a social
FRI       butterfly whose gregariousness is tempered by self doubt.
FRI       Assignations with lovers, named only by their initials,
FRI       pepper the extracts covering his burgeoning career as a
FRI       writer in the 1930s, the post-golden age of A Streetcar
FRI       Named Desire and the intimate and moving entries from the
FRI       latter stages of his life. Throughout, his wit and
FRI       lightness of touch belie a more troubled soul.
FRI       Read by Paul Birchard.
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FRI       23:00 A Good Read b00qhrx8 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday.]
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FRI       23:30 From the Ban to the Booker b00d0hvz (Listen)
FRI       Episode 2
FRI       Best-selling author Val McDermid examines the development
FRI       of the lesbian novel and its transition from the margins
FRI       to the mainstream.
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FRI       In 1950, a novel called Women's Barracks was published. It
FRI       sold in the millions and sparked an entire new genre:
FRI       lesbian pulp fiction. Val McDermid samples Tender Torment,
FRI       Warped Women and Satan Was a Lesbian. These books weren't
FRI       entirely positive in their portrayal of lesbian life;
FRI       Patricia Highsmith's Carol was a rare, classic exception.
FRI       Maureen Duffy recalls the publication of her critically
FRI       acclaimed Microcosm in 1966 and Val examines the influence
FRI       of feminist publishing houses on the growth of novels with
FRI       a lesbian theme. Jeanette Winterson talks about why she
FRI       hates the label 'lesbian novel' and Sarah Waters describes
FRI       the importance of television drama in bringing lesbian
FRI       fiction into the living rooms of the nation.
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