Radio 4 Listings for 20/02/2010 - 26/02/2010

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SAT       SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY 2010
SAT       
SAT       00:00  Midnight News b00qr071 (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       Followed by Weather.
SAT       
SAT       00:30  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qm8zg (Listen)
SAT       Old World, New Powers (1100 - 300 BC), Gold Coin of Croesus
SAT       
SAT       Neil MacGregor has been looking at the collapse of old
SAT       regimes and the emergence of new powers from the Middle
SAT       East to China. In this programme, he describes how a
SAT       powerful new state finds a dramatic way to help run its
SAT       increasingly complex economy and trading networks - using
SAT       coins.
SAT       
SAT       Croesus was a king in what is now western Turkey and his
SAT       kingdom was called Lydia. It's remarkable that over 2,000
SAT       years later we still have an expression that celebrates his
SAT       wealth. Neil considers how money, in the form of coins,
SAT       first came about, and describes the hugely complex methods
SAT       of creating them. And whatever happened to Croesus?
SAT       
SAT       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qr073 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qr075 (Listen)
SAT       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes
SAT       at 5.20am.
SAT       
SAT       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qr077 (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       05:30  News Briefing b00qr079 (Listen)
SAT       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       05:43  Prayer for the Day b00qr07c (Listen)
SAT       Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
SAT       
SAT       05:45  iPM b00qr07f (Listen)
SAT       The news programme that starts with its listeners. A weekly
SAT       companion to the nightly PM, the expertise of the Radio 4
SAT       audience shapes the programme. Presented by Jennifer Tracey
SAT       and Eddie Mair.
SAT       
SAT       06:00  News and Papers b00qr07h (Listen)
SAT       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SAT       
SAT       06:04  Weather b00qr46n (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       06:07  Ramblings b00qr46q (Listen)
SAT       Series 14, Episode 3
SAT       
SAT       Clare Balding joins members of the North Wales Gay Outdoor
SAT       Club for a coastal walk on Anglesey.
SAT       
SAT       Many of the members joined the group because they wanted to
SAT       meet like-minded people in a relaxed and positive
SAT       environment. Pete Burling hopes the group is an antidote to
SAT       the gay clubbing scene and finds that it offers a
SAT       non-threatening and supportive atmosphere to those taking
SAT       the first steps in coming out.
SAT       
SAT       Keen birdwatcher Jane Prosser helps Clare look for some of
SAT       the rare chough that can be found  around the cliffs of
SAT       Anglesey. Identifiable as a member of the crow family with
SAT       its black plumage, it has a startling red bill and legs,
SAT       making it look more exotic than the usual gulls that you
SAT       expect on a coastal walk. Jane grew up near here and says
SAT       that her father was a botanist and was for ever dragging
SAT       her through hedges, and it seems to have rubbed off on her.
SAT       
SAT       06:30  Farming Today b00qr4hr (Listen)
SAT       Farming Today This Week
SAT       News and issues in rural Britain with Cath Mackie.
SAT       
SAT       06:57  Weather b00qr4ht (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       07:00  Today b00qr4hw (Listen)
SAT       With James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought
SAT       for the Day.
SAT       
SAT       09:00  Saturday Live b00qr4hy (Listen)
SAT       Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues
SAT       that matter to them. Fi Glover is joined by author Sara
SAT       Paretsky. With poetry from Kate Fox.
SAT       
SAT       10:00  Excess Baggage b00qr5kf (Listen)
SAT       John McCarthy talks to author Laila Lalami about social
SAT       changes over recent years in her native Morocco and asks
SAT       whether the reality of Casablanca, where there is a stark
SAT       contrast between rich and poor, lives up to its romantic
SAT       reputation or offers an altogether different experience for
SAT       the visitor.
SAT       
SAT       Writers Charles Emerson and Richard Sale have both travelled
SAT       widely in the half a dozen countries which border the
SAT       Arctic Ocean. Both tell of majestic beauty, a way of life
SAT       for the indigenous people that goes back many millennia and
SAT       a unique ecology. They discuss with John McCarthy how
SAT       climate change is affecting access to the mineral wealth of
SAT       the polar region and the possibility of conflict there.
SAT       
SAT       10:30  And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00qr5kh (Listen)
SAT       Series 3, The Deer Hunter
SAT       
SAT       Away from the red carpet, bright lights and tearful
SAT       speeches, what do the decisions made by the Academy each
SAT       year tell us about the state of America at the time?
SAT       
SAT       Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter, starring Robert DeNiro,
SAT       Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken, won the Oscar for Best
SAT       Picture in 1978, at the 51st Academy Awards ceremony.
SAT       
SAT       When it emerged as a potential Oscar winner, it was only
SAT       three years since the end of the Vietnam War. The film
SAT       became the subject of huge controversy, not least for its
SAT       portrayal of the Vietnamese as sadistic torturers, and for
SAT       the unforgettable scenes featuring a game of Russian
SAT       roulette.
SAT       
SAT       Paul Gambaccini explores how the original shocking
SAT       screenplay came about, the battles between the producers,
SAT       and director Michael Cimino's approach to acting that
SAT       almost brought the cast to the edge of a nervous breakdown.
SAT       He also ponders whether The Deer Hunter was actually even a
SAT       war film at all.
SAT       
SAT       11:00  Beyond Westminster b00qvqcs (Listen)
SAT       Politicians in Northern Ireland face unprecedented levels of
SAT       criticism from an increasingly sceptical public. Sinn Fein
SAT       and the DUP in particular know they need to prove that the
SAT       Assembly and Executive can work and reconnect with voters.
SAT       It's an uphill struggle. Dismay with politicians at
SAT       Westminster pales into insignificance compared to voters'
SAT       disgust with Stormont.
SAT       
SAT       So what are the issues that matter? Parades and policing? Or
SAT       are voters more concerned with education, health and
SAT       welfare?
SAT       
SAT       Denis Murray takes a journey across Northern Ireland to find
SAT       out what voters there really think about their
SAT       representatives and if a done deal really is a done deal
SAT       for the electorate.
SAT       
SAT       11:30  From Our Own Correspondent b00qr5km (Listen)
SAT       Kate Adie introduces foreign correspondents with the stories
SAT       behind the headlines.
SAT       
SAT       12:00  Money Box b00qr67r (Listen)
SAT       Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal
SAT       finance.
SAT       
SAT       12:30  The News Quiz b00qqz3p (Listen)
SAT       Series 70, Episode 7
SAT       
SAT       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panel
SAT       includes Fred MacAulay, Jeremy Hardy, Ava Vidal and Miles
SAT       Jupp.
SAT       
SAT       12:57  Weather b00qr67t (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       13:00  News b00qr67w (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       13:10  Any Questions? b00qqzzc (Listen)
SAT       Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate from Diss in Norfolk.
SAT       The panellists are former Conservative cabinet minister
SAT       Lord Tebbit, Labour MP Diane Abbott, journalist and
SAT       cultural critic Maya Jaggi and deputy editor of the London
SAT       Evening Standard Sarah Sands.
SAT       
SAT       14:00  Any Answers? b00qr6nj (Listen)
SAT       Eddie Mair takes listeners' calls and emails in response to
SAT       this week's edition of Any Questions?
SAT       
SAT       14:30  Saturday Play b00qs5x7 (Listen)
SAT       Murder in Samarkand
SAT       
SAT       David Hare's witty portrait of an unlikely hero, based on
SAT       the memoir by Craig Murray.
SAT       
SAT       Craig is proud to be sent as Ambassador to Uzbekistan, eager
SAT       to work hard and also eager for fun. The combination takes
SAT       him on a dangerous course both professionally and
SAT       personally, and the stakes couldn't be higher.
SAT       
SAT       Craig Murray ...... David Tennant
SAT       Bax/Safayev ...... Jonathan Coy
SAT       Dill/French Ambassador ...... Richard Cordery
SAT       Foreign Secretary/Uzbek Judge ...... Simon Chandler
SAT       Prosecutor/Fazilov ...... Ian Gelder
SAT       Roy/Avazov ...... John Hollingworth
SAT       US Ambassador/Karimov ...... Paul Jesson
SAT       Dr Ableman/Uzbek Uncle ...... Bruce Myers
SAT       Angela ...... Flora Montgomery
SAT       Dilobar ...... Nadira Murray
SAT       Emily ...... Clara Neather
SAT       Nadira ...... Jemima Rooper
SAT       Serena/Kristina ...... Lucy Robinson
SAT       Ivo Sanderson/Quest ...... Malcolm Sinclair
SAT       Procurator ...... Sirojiddin Tolibov
SAT       Fiona ...... Lia Williams
SAT       
SAT       Piano by Michael Webborn
SAT       Produced by Ann Scott
SAT       Directed by Clive Brill
SAT       A Greenpoint production for BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       16:00  Woman's Hour b00qr6nl (Listen)
SAT       Weekend Woman's Hour
SAT       
SAT       Highlights of this week's Woman's Hour programmes with Jane
SAT       Garvey.
SAT       
SAT       17:00  PM b00qs3qg (Listen)
SAT       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the
SAT       sports headlines.
SAT       
SAT       17:30  The Bottom Line b00qps85 (Listen)
SAT       Evan Davis asks his panel of top business guests whether
SAT       it's luck that got them to the top, talent or sheer hard
SAT       graft. They also talk about design: what matters most, form
SAT       or function?
SAT       
SAT       Evan is joined by Geoff Quinn, chief executive of shirt, tie
SAT       and suit-makers TM Lewin, the interior designer Kelly
SAT       Hoppen, who has created homes for celebrity clients
SAT       including the Beckhams and Elton John, and James Hussey,
SAT       chief executive of De la Rue, the company that makes bank
SAT       notes and passports.
SAT       
SAT       17:54  Shipping Forecast b00qs3qj (Listen)
SAT       The latest shipping forecast.
SAT       
SAT       17:57  Weather b00qs3ql (Listen)
SAT       The latest weather forecast.
SAT       
SAT       18:00  Six O'Clock News b00qs3qn (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
SAT       
SAT       18:15  Loose Ends b00qs3x9 (Listen)
SAT       Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of
SAT       conversation, music and comedy.
SAT       
SAT       19:00  Profile b00qs3xc (Listen)
SAT       George Papandreou
SAT       
SAT       Jonathan Maitland profiles the Greek prime minister George
SAT       Papandreou, the man whose job it is to steer his country
SAT       through its economic crisis. He comes from a long political
SAT       dynasty: both his father and grandfather also held the top
SAT       job in Greece. George Papandreou Jnr has led an eventful
SAT       life; as a teenager he had a gun pointed to his head during
SAT       an army coup. But is he tough enough to deal with his
SAT       country's vast public debts?
SAT       
SAT       Interviewees include Baroness Kinnock and Papandreou's
SAT       brother, Nikos.
SAT       
SAT       19:15  Saturday Review b00qs3xf (Listen)
SAT       Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural
SAT       highlights.
SAT       
SAT       20:00  Archive on 4 b00p7h3y (Listen)
SAT       Please Give Generously
SAT       
SAT       Fergal Keane examines the history of charity appeals and the
SAT       relationship between charity organisations and the media.
SAT       
SAT       Be it a malnourished child in Africa, a neglected dog or a
SAT       day centre desperately in need of new equipment, it seems
SAT       that there is no end to the number of people, animals or
SAT       organisations that could benefit from a charitable
SAT       donation. And if charities can harness the power of the
SAT       media with a hard-hitting advert, a celebrity endorsement
SAT       or an emergency appeal, then it is likely that their cause
SAT       will reap far greater financial rewards.
SAT       
SAT       Fergal charts the history of the relationship between
SAT       charity and the media, and considers the way the message is
SAT       conveyed, the impact of celebrity endorsement, the quality
SAT       of charity programmes and the responsibility and risks to
SAT       the media in encouraging us to make a donation.
SAT       
SAT       The history of charity and the media goes back to the
SAT       earliest days of broadcasting. The BBC's first charity
SAT       appeal was in 1923, when it broadcast an appeal on radio
SAT       for the Winter Distress League, a charity representing
SAT       homeless veterans of the First World War. The appeal raised
SAT       26 pounds. In 1927 the BBC set up the Appeal Advisory
SAT       Committee, whose role, to this day, is to decide on the
SAT       BBC's choice of charity partners and to oversee campaigns
SAT       including The Radio 4 Appeal, Comic Relief and Emergency
SAT       Appeals such as the Haiti Earthquake Appeal, which was
SAT       broadcast recently.
SAT       
SAT       Commercial broadcasters have also played their part in
SAT       raising money for charity. In 1988 ITV launched its own
SAT       all-night charity appeal, in the guise of the ITV Telethon.
SAT       The 27-hour TV extravaganza saw all of its regional
SAT       broadcasters come together to raise money for disability
SAT       charities across the UK and the programme was repeated
SAT       again in 1990 and 1992. In 2009, Sky Sports ran an
SAT       interactive red button campaign during the Champions League
SAT       final so that viewers could donate to a David
SAT       Beckham-endorsed campaign to raise awareness of malaria.
SAT       
SAT       21:00  Classic Serial b00qm62k (Listen)
SAT       Plantagenet, What is A Man?
SAT       
SAT       Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's
SAT       Chronicles, about the early years of the Plantagenet
SAT       dynasty.
SAT       
SAT       The first of the House of Anjou to be king of England, Henry
SAT       II's long reign was finally beset by conflict with his
SAT       sons.
SAT       
SAT       King Henry II ...... David Warner
SAT       Queen Eleanor ...... Jane Lapotaire
SAT       Prince Richard ...... Joseph Cohen-Cole
SAT       Prince Hal ...... Piers Wehner
SAT       Prince Geoffrey ...... Rhys Jennings
SAT       William Marshall ...... Stephen Hogan
SAT       Bertran de Bourne ...... Bruce Alexander
SAT       King Louis ...... Philip Fox
SAT       Courtier ...... John Biggins
SAT       
SAT       Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
SAT       
SAT       22:00  News and Weather b00qs42x (Listen)
SAT       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4,
SAT       followed by weather.
SAT       
SAT       22:15  Moral Maze b00qpqj8 (Listen)
SAT       Should some rape victims accept some responsibility for
SAT       being attacked? A newly-published survey says the majority
SAT       of people believe they should. It also reveals that women
SAT       are even less forgiving of the victim than men. Almost
SAT       three quarters of the women questioned said if a victim got
SAT       into bed with the assailant before an attack they should
SAT       take part of the blame. In a drink-fuelled, highly
SAT       sexualised society, where do you draw the line between
SAT       personal freedom and personal responsibility?
SAT       
SAT       23:00  Quote... Unquote b00qp1ch (Listen)
SAT       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of
SAT       quotations and anecdotes. With David Nobbs, Justin Webb,
SAT       Marcel Berlins and Naomi Gryn. The reader is Peter
SAT       Jefferson.
SAT       
SAT       23:30  Poetry Please b00qm62p (Listen)
SAT       Roger McGough introduces a selection of poems for
SAT       Valentine's Day, with love on the menu but no
SAT       straightforward hearts and flowers.
SAT       
SAT       Including poems on extraordinary manifestations of love by
SAT       Edson Burton, Anne Sexton and John Updike, and poet Jenny
SAT       Joseph reads from her new collection, Nothing Like Love.
SAT       
SAT       Poems featured in the programme
SAT       
SAT       Still Reading Fairy Stories
SAT       by Jenny Joseph
SAT       From: Nothing Like Love
SAT       Pub: Enitharmon
SAT       
SAT       Little Girl, My String Bean, My Lovely Woman
SAT       by Anne Sexton
SAT       From: Anne Sexton Complete Poems
SAT       Pub: Maxime Kumin
SAT       
SAT       The Death of John Berryman in Slow Motion
SAT       by Roger McGough
SAT       From: Roger McGough Collected Poems
SAT       Pub: Viking / Penguin
SAT       
SAT       Iris and Edith
SAT       by Edson Burton
SAT       From: Seasoned
SAT       Pub: City Chameleon
SAT       
SAT       Report of Health
SAT       by John Updike
SAT       From: John Updike – Collected Poems 1953-1993
SAT       Pub: Knopf Publishing Group
SAT       
SAT       Ballad of Rodborough Common
SAT       by Jenny Joseph
SAT       From: Nothing Like Love
SAT       Pub: Enitharmon
SAT       
SAT       The House was Quiet and the World was Calm
SAT       by Wallace Stevens
SAT       From: Wallace Stevens – Selected Poems
SAT       Pub: Faber
SAT       
SAT       The Unlooked-for Season
SAT       by Jenny Joseph
SAT       From: Nothing Like Love
SAT       Pub: Enitharmon
SAT       
SAT       
SUN       SUNDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2010
SUN       
SUN       00:00  Midnight News b00qs4l7 (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       Followed by Weather.
SUN       
SUN       00:30  Afternoon Reading b00d6t45 (Listen)
SUN       Alan Sillitoe Short Stories, Episode 1
SUN       
SUN       Philip Jackson reads a story by best-selling author Alan
SUN       Sillitoe.
SUN       
SUN       A young boy's obsession with fire engines develops into an
SUN       addiction to lighting small fires. However, a few
SUN       short-lived flames and a cloud of smoke in the street
SUN       doesn't seem enough. He goes to the local wood for his most
SUN       ambitious pyrotechnic project to date.
SUN       
SUN       A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qs4lb (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs4ld (Listen)
SUN       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
SUN       
SUN       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qs4lg (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       05:30  News Briefing b00qs4lj (Listen)
SUN       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       05:43  Bells on Sunday b00qs4ll (Listen)
SUN       The sound of bells from St Leonard's Church, Hythe, in Kent.
SUN       
SUN       05:45  Profile b00qs3xc (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]
SUN       
SUN       06:00  News Headlines b00qs4ln (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news.
SUN       
SUN       06:05  Something Understood b00qs4lq (Listen)
SUN       The Sculptors of Peace
SUN       
SUN       Mike Wooldridge talks to the Chief Rabbi, Jonathan Sacks,
SUN       about the particular - and unprecedented - challenges that
SUN       confront religion and society in the 21st century.
SUN       
SUN       The reader is David Holt.
SUN       
SUN       A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       06:35  The Living World b00qs4t3 (Listen)
SUN       Until recently only two members of the heron family bred in
SUN       the UK. Today in southern England four species now
SUN       regularly breed. Could a fifth species of heron start
SUN       breeding before too long? Lionel Kelleway travels to the
SUN       RSPB's Ham Wall nature reserve in Somerset in an attempt to
SUN       see all five species, including the bittern, a bird he has
SUN       never seen in the wild in the UK.
SUN       
SUN       06:57  Weather b00qs4t5 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       07:00  News and Papers b00qs4t7 (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       07:10  Sunday b00qs4t9 (Listen)
SUN       Edward Stourton discusses the religious and ethical news of
SUN       the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, both
SUN       familiar and unfamiliar.
SUN       
SUN       07:55  Radio 4 Appeal b00qs4tc (Listen)
SUN       Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
SUN       
SUN       John McCarthy appeals on behalf of Medical Foundation for
SUN       the Care of Victims of Torture.
SUN       
SUN       Donations to Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of
SUN       Torture should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal,
SUN       please mark the back of your envelope Medical Foundation.
SUN       Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax
SUN       payer, please provide Medical Foundation for the Care of
SUN       Victims of Torture with your full name and address so they
SUN       can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online and
SUN       phone donation facilities are not currently available to
SUN       listeners without a UK postcode.
SUN       
SUN       Registered Charity Number: 1000340.
SUN       
SUN       07:58  Weather b00qs4zg (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       08:00  News and Papers b00qs4zj (Listen)
SUN       The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.
SUN       
SUN       08:10  Sunday Worship b00qs4zl (Listen)
SUN       People on the Edge of His Pain
SUN       
SUN       The first in a series of services for Lent reflects on
SUN       Jesus' temptations in the wilderness.
SUN       
SUN       From the chapel of Scargill House in the Yorkshire Dales,
SUN       led by Bishop Chris Edmondson with Rev Phil Stone and music
SUN       directed by Jo McKee.
SUN       
SUN       08:50  A Point of View b00qqzzf (Listen)
SUN       Lisa Jardine reflects on the art and dangers of writing
SUN       secret missives, from love letters and confidential
SUN       documents to illicit text messages.
SUN       
SUN       09:00  Broadcasting House b00qs4zn (Listen)
SUN       News and conversation about the big stories of the week.
SUN       
SUN       10:00  The Archers Omnibus b00qs4zq (Listen)
SUN       The week's events in Ambridge.
SUN       
SUN       11:15  Desert Island Discs b00qs4zs (Listen)
SUN       Sir Clive Woodward
SUN       Kirsty Young's castaway is the former England rugby coach
SUN       Sir Clive Woodward.
SUN       
SUN       He took England to World Cup glory in 2003, becoming the
SUN       first ever northern hemisphere side to win the trophy. He
SUN       well understands the pressure and the glory of top-flight
SUN       sport, which is just as well, as he's now Director of Elite
SUN       Performance for Team GB's 2012 Olympic effort.
SUN       
SUN       He says, 'It is the coach's job to refuse to compromise. If
SUN       you do, you will come second'.
SUN       
SUN       12:00  Just a Minute b00qp1mh (Listen)
SUN       Series 56, Episode 7
SUN       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Paul
SUN       Merton, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth and Pam Ayres.
SUN       
SUN       12:32  Food Programme b00qs4zv (Listen)
SUN       Sheila Dillon looks at the growing demand for halal meat in
SUN       Britain and how the meat industry is responding to this
SUN       growing market.
SUN       
SUN       Reporter Sara Parker visits an abattoir in the West Midlands
SUN       where cattle and sheep are slaughtered according to halal
SUN       principles and meets managing director Naved Syed, who is
SUN       calling for better regulation of the halal market.
SUN       
SUN       Sheila hears from Dr Mara Miele, a sociologist at Cardiff
SUN       University and the co-ordinator of Dialrel, which is a
SUN       four-year project set up to research religious slaughter
SUN       across Europe. Large variations exist across the EU in
SUN       terms of how animals are slaughtered. Some Muslims believe
SUN       meat from an animal that has been stunned before slaughter
SUN       complies with halal principles; others strongly disagree.
SUN       Dialrel is attempting to share best practice and improve
SUN       animal welfare across the board.
SUN       
SUN       Dialrel is also researching the production of kosher meat.
SUN       Sheila speaks to Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Professor in
SUN       Judaism at the University of Wales, about the tension
SUN       between the religious principles that underpin kosher and
SUN       halal meat and moral questions over animal welfare.
SUN       
SUN       12:57  Weather b00qs4zx (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       13:00  The World This Weekend b00qs4zz (Listen)
SUN       A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley.
SUN       
SUN       13:30  Lenny Henry Plays Othello b00hlp7l (Listen)
SUN       Now, by heaven,
SUN       My blood begins my safer guides to rule;
SUN       And passion, having my best judgment collied,
SUN       Assays to lead the way...
SUN       
SUN       The blood and passion are Othello's, and in February last
SUN       year Othello was Lenny Henry. In a double first for him -
SUN       first straight stage role and first Shakespearian role -
SUN       Lenny played one of theatre's most tragic characters on the
SUN       stage of the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. The
SUN       production, by Barrie Rutter's Northern Broadsides company,
SUN       made big theatrical waves, led to a London transfer which
SUN       played to almost completely sell-out houses and to Lenny
SUN       being named Best Newcomer in the London Evening Standard
SUN       Theatre awards.
SUN       
SUN       This programme eavesdrops on Lenny's long road of
SUN       preparation towards those remarkable theatrical
SUN       achievements. We join the actor at coaching sessions and
SUN       boot fittings, between trips to Africa for Comic Relief and
SUN       appearances on TV's Live at the Apollo, and hear his
SUN       personal audio diary of his hopes and fears for the show.
SUN       As rehearsals get under way, the microphones are inside the
SUN       rehearsal room listening to the slow process of building
SUN       the performance and production, right up to the first
SUN       night.
SUN       
SUN       The idea of Lenny taking on the challenge of Othello wasn't
SUN       some impresario's stunt-casting pipedream. It stemmed
SUN       directly from the last radio encounter between Lenny and
SUN       Barrie Rutter, who appeared in a pair of documentaries the
SUN       comedian made for Radio 4 called Lenny and Will. In these
SUN       the star discussed his previously fraught love-hate
SUN       relationship with Shakespeare and, by way of expiation, was
SUN       treated to three hours of intense work with the director on
SUN       Shakespeare's tragedy. At the end of the session, Barrie
SUN       offered Lenny a stab at the part, which is where the next
SUN       stage of Lenny's own personal odyssey began.
SUN       
SUN       14:00  Gardeners' Question Time b00qpsrl (Listen)
SUN       Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
SUN       
SUN       Bunny Guinness, Chris Beardshaw and Bob Flowerdew answer
SUN       questions posed by the gardeners of Lakeland Horticultural
SUN       Society in Windemere.
SUN       
SUN       Eric Robson investigates how plants can survive flooding
SUN       following the recent heavy rain in Cumbria.
SUN       
SUN       Plus a profile one of the region's best-known garden
SUN       designers, Thomas Mawson.
SUN       
SUN       Includes gardening weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       14:45  Head To Head b00k3x7k (Listen)
SUN       Episode 3
SUN       
SUN       Edward Stourton presents a series celebrating great debates,
SUN       combining archive of rare discussions between key figures
SUN       with analysis by a panel of experts.
SUN       
SUN       Clive James' debate with Gore Vidal on how Christianity has
SUN       affected mankind's ability to think and live freely.
SUN       Professors AC Grayling and Alister McGrath unpick both
SUN       standpoints.
SUN       
SUN       15:00  Classic Serial b00qs5kh (Listen)
SUN       Plantagenet, Lionheart
SUN       
SUN       Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's
SUN       Chronicles, charting the early years of the Plantagenet
SUN       dynasty.
SUN       
SUN       Prince Richard has become heir apparent, but in the face of
SUN       Henry II's refusal to acknowledge his position, he turns to
SUN       the Crusades.
SUN       
SUN       Queen Eleanor ...... Jane Lapotaire
SUN       Richard ...... Ed Stoppard
SUN       King Henry II ...... David Warner
SUN       William Marshall ...... Stephen Hogan
SUN       King Philip ...... John Biggins
SUN       Saladin ...... Raad Rawi
SUN       El-adel ...... Khalid Laith
SUN       Baldwin ...... Ewan Hooper
SUN       Prince John ...... Neil Stuke
SUN       Hugh ...... Philip Fox
SUN       Robert of Champagne ...... Rhys Jennings
SUN       Conrad ...... Piers Wehner
SUN       
SUN       With Bruce Alexander and  Joseph Cohen-Cole
SUN       Directed by Jeremy Mortimer.
SUN       Learn More about Richard II
SUN       
SUN       16:00  Open Book b00qs5lx (Listen)
SUN       Mariella Frostrup is joined by a writer who has pursued an
SUN       unusual dual career. The poet and essayist Thomas Lynch is
SUN       also a funeral director, running a successful business in
SUN       rural Michigan which was set up by his father. He talks
SUN       about his first collection of stories, Apparition and Late
SUN       Fictions, and explains how his daily proximity to death has
SUN       affected his approach to life.
SUN       
SUN       There's also advice for an Open Book listener who has found
SUN       it difficult to concentrate on reading since a bereavement
SUN       15 years ago. The director of the Reader Organisation Jane
SUN       Davis makes some suggestions.
SUN       
SUN       The historian Lucy Moore celebrates the biting satire of
SUN       Anita Loos, the author of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, as the
SUN       film it inspired is rereleased.
SUN       
SUN       Michele Roberts picks out some of the best new French
SUN       fiction, including books by the enormously successful Anna
SUN       Gavalda and the 2008 Nobel Laureate JMG Le Clézio.
SUN       
SUN       16:30  Poetry Please b00qs5lz (Listen)
SUN       Roger McGough is joined by poet Tony Harrison for a new
SUN       reading of Newcastle is Peru, and introduces poems by
SUN       Frances Horowitz and the winner of the BBC Wildlife Poet of
SUN       the Year competition, Heather Reid.
SUN       
SUN       17:00  File on 4 b00qplyq (Listen)
SUN       After two big scandals in a year over dire standards in
SUN       hospitals which put patients at serious risk, Julian
SUN       O'Halloran asks how many people are still being killed by
SUN       avoidable medical blunders, and how far the NHS has
SUN       progressed since it began to address the problem ten years
SUN       ago.
SUN       
SUN       17:40  Profile b00qs3xc (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]
SUN       
SUN       17:54  Shipping Forecast b00qs5m1 (Listen)
SUN       The latest shipping forecast.
SUN       
SUN       17:57  Weather b00qs62m (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       18:00  Six O'Clock News b00qs62p (Listen)
SUN       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       18:15  Pick of the Week b00qs62r (Listen)
SUN       Hardeep Singh Kohli introduces his selection of highlights
SUN       from the past week on BBC radio.
SUN       
SUN       The Ocean - Radio 2
SUN       Bad Faith - Radio 4
SUN       Sarah Millican's Support Group - Radio 4
SUN       Watching The Watchdogs - Radio 4
SUN       Afternoon Play: Legsy Gets A Break - Radio 4
SUN       When I Grow Up - Radio 4
SUN       Classic Serial: Plantagenet - Radio 4
SUN       Saturday Play: Murder in Samarkand - Radio 4
SUN       Piano Stool Beethovens - Radio 4
SUN       Last Orders - Radio 4
SUN       Fort Dunlop - Radio 4
SUN       Front Row - Radio 4
SUN       The Archers - Radio 4
SUN       Smokey at 70 - Radio 2.
SUN       
SUN       19:00  The Archers b00qs73t (Listen)
SUN       Tony gives Helen a lesson in family values.
SUN       
SUN       19:15  Americana b00qs73w (Listen)
SUN       Americana goes underground, for Washington Confidential.
SUN       
SUN       Kevin Connolly talks to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry
SUN       Wills about his new book, Bomb Power, and the theory that
SUN       getting the bomb - and preventing others from getting it
SUN       afterwards - has turned America into a secretive behemoth.
SUN       
SUN       Kevin takes a tour of Washington's most significant
SUN       espionage locales with spook-watcher Eamon Javers, and
SUN       ponders the evolution of an industry which has been the
SUN       secret beating heart of this town since intelligence
SUN       services first came into existence in America.
SUN       
SUN       19:45  Afternoon Reading b00b736r (Listen)
SUN       Jennings' Little Hut, Shortage of Glass
SUN       
SUN       Mark Williams reads one of Anthony Buckeridge's classic
SUN       school stories, abridged in five parts by Roy Apps.
SUN       
SUN       Jennings and Darbishire must think fast when the General
SUN       wants to see an old school photograph.
SUN       A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
SUN       
SUN       20:00  Feedback b00qpsrg (Listen)
SUN       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
SUN       and policy.
SUN       
SUN       20:30  Last Word b00qqz3k (Listen)
SUN       John Wilson presents the obituary series, marking the lives
SUN       of Lionel Jeffries, Dick Francis, Geoffrey Burbidge and
SUN       Alfred Gregory.
SUN       
SUN       LIONEL JEFFRIES
SUN       British actor who has died aged 83
SUN       
SUN       Lionel Jeffries is best remembered for his role as the
SUN       eccentric inventor, Grandpa Potts, in the film Chitty
SUN       Chitty Bang Bang. He also adapted and directed Edith
SUN       Nesbitt’s novel the Railway Children in 1970. Jeffries
SUN       appeared in more than a hundred films as well as being a
SUN       regular on both stage and TV for over forty years.
SUN       
SUN       John speaks to actress Sally Thomsett from the Railway
SUN       Children, and to Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster
SUN       University, Jeffrey Richards.
SUN       
SUN       Lionel Jeffries was born 10 June 1926, died 19 February 2010
SUN       
SUN       DICK FRANCIS
SUN       Champion jockey turned best selling thriller writer who has
SUN       died aged 89
SUN       
SUN       Devon Loch’s sprawling fall, as he led the field just 40
SUN       yards from the finishing line at the 1956 Grand National,
SUN       spelled the end of an illustrious racing career for Dick
SUN       Francis. But it led to a new chapter in the life of a man
SUN       who’d previously flown wartime missions in Lancaster
SUN       bombers. Within six years, he’d reinvented himself as a
SUN       best selling crime writer. He wrote over 40 books which
SUN       sold more than 60 million copies in 35 languages. The man
SUN       who had ridden as the Queen Mother’s jockey, now became her
SUN       favourite writer, hand delivering first editions of the
SUN       books he produced on an annual basis. The thrillers were
SUN       always set amidst the racing world he knew so well.
SUN       
SUN       Last Word hears speaks to his son, Felix Francis, to racing
SUN       commentator Sir Peter O’Sullevan and to novelist Jilly
SUN       Cooper.
SUN       
SUN       Dick Francis was born October 31 1920 and died February 14
SUN       2010
SUN       
SUN       GEOFFREY BURBIDGE
SUN       Astrophysicist who had died aged 84
SUN       
SUN       In the world of astrophysics, Geoffrey Burbidge was regarded
SUN       as a towering figure. In 1957 he led a quartet of
SUN       scientists, including his American astronomer wife
SUN       Margaret, which produced a ground breaking paper known as
SUN       B2FH, after the initials of its authors. It proposed that
SUN       everything in the known universe is the by-product of
SUN       complex chemical reactions within stars. Carl Sagan later
SUN       paraphrased the theory of stellar nucleo-synthesis with the
SUN       phrase “we are all star stuff”. But while he was recognised
SUN       as one of the giants of modern astrophysics, Burbidge
SUN       parted ways with his colleagues by questioning the Big Bang
SUN       theory of the universe.
SUN       
SUN       John speaks to Sir Patrick Moore, and to astronomer and
SUN       former student of Geoffrey Burbidge, Dr Peter Strittmatter.
SUN       
SUN       Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge was born September 24, 1925 and
SUN       died January 26, 2010
SUN       
SUN       ALFRED GREGORY
SUN       Mountaineer and photographer who has died aged 96
SUN       
SUN       News that Mount Everest had been conquered arrived on the
SUN       2nd June 1953, the morning of the Queen’s coronation.
SUN       Photographic evidence of the expedition followed some time
SUN       later, including the famous image of Edmund Hillary and
SUN       Tenzing Norgay as they prepared to strike out for the
SUN       summit. That shot, along with many other dramatic scenes,
SUN       was captured by Alfred Gregory, the official photographer
SUN       of the 1953 expedition.
SUN       
SUN       John speaks to George Band, one of the last remaining
SUN       members of the Everest climbing team and to fellow
SUN       mountaineer Stephen Venables.
SUN       
SUN       Alfred John Gregory was born 12 February 1913  and died 9
SUN       February 2010
SUN       
SUN       21:00  Money Box b00qr67r (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]
SUN       
SUN       21:26  Radio 4 Appeal b00qs4tc (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today]
SUN       
SUN       21:30  Analysis b00qpklq (Listen)
SUN       Crying Treason
SUN       
SUN       There have been calls for the treason laws to be used
SUN       against an Islamic group protesting about British troops in
SUN       Afghanistan. Such laws are widely regarded as out of date,
SUN       so can any citizen now challenge the state with impunity?
SUN       Chris Bowlby asks if treason still matters in modern
SUN       Britain.
SUN       
SUN       21:58  Weather b00qs800 (Listen)
SUN       The latest weather forecast.
SUN       
SUN       22:00  Westminster Hour b00qs802 (Listen)
SUN       Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. Including
SUN       Hung, Drawn and Thwarted.
SUN       
SUN       23:00  The Film Programme b00qqz3m (Listen)
SUN       Lord Of The Rings director Peter Jackson discusses the
SUN       challenges of adapting Alice Sebold's bestselling novel The
SUN       Lovely Bones.
SUN       
SUN       Sir Christopher Frayling and Professor Ian Christie chart
SUN       the history of the aerial shot, from the beginning of
SUN       cinema to Up.
SUN       
SUN       Jane Graham reports on listeners' thoughts on the state of
SUN       film distribution in the United Kingdom.
SUN       
SUN       23:30  Something Understood b00qs4lq (Listen)
SUN       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today]
SUN       
SUN       
MON       MONDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2010
MON       
MON       00:00  Midnight News b00qs8lq (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       Followed by Weather.
MON       
MON       00:15  Thinking Allowed b00qpq1v (Listen)
MON       Disputes about piracy are often seen as a product of the
MON       internet age, but a new analysis claims a history going
MON       back to the advent of print culture in the 15th century.
MON       Adrian Johns talks about his new book, Piracy: The
MON       Intellectual Property Wars from Gutenburg to Gates. He
MON       tells Laurie Taylor how piracy spread the ideals of the
MON       Enlightenment and has been the engine of innovation as
MON       often as its enemy.
MON       
MON       Adrian Johns argues that it exemplifies the struggle to
MON       reconcile commerce and creativity, and that the pirates are
MON       no longer just producers who stand to make a financial
MON       gain, but implicate many citizens who download music or
MON       films illegally in the confines of their home. He suggests
MON       that these new forms of piracy force a radical reappraisal
MON       of the meaning of intellectual property.
MON       
MON       Also on the programme, Laurie Taylor explores the morality
MON       of obesity. He talks to Helena Webb about her study of the
MON       conversations between doctors and patients in an obesity
MON       clinic. She explains why obese patients take credit for
MON       weight loss but make excuses for weight gain.
MON       
MON       00:45  Bells on Sunday b00qs4ll (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday]
MON       
MON       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qs8n4 (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8zt (Listen)
MON       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
MON       
MON       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qs95t (Listen)
MON       The latest shipping forecast.
MON       
MON       05:30  News Briefing b00qs964 (Listen)
MON       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       05:43  Prayer for the Day b00qsb8j (Listen)
MON       Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
MON       
MON       05:45  Farming Today b00qsbr8 (Listen)
MON       Cath Mackie hears how trials to grow GM potatoes could be
MON       starting in a field in East Anglia within three months. And
MON       with people in the UK spending around 1.4 billion pounds on
MON       ethnic cuisine last year, can British farmers exploit their
MON       taste for the exotic?
MON       
MON       05:57  Weather b00qtrt2 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast for farmers.
MON       
MON       06:00  Today b00qsbyp (Listen)
MON       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
MON       Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the
MON       Day.
MON       
MON       09:00  Start the Week b00qts53 (Listen)
MON       Andrew Marr looks at how society is shaped by science and
MON       war. Caroline Alexander explores what we can learn about
MON       the nature of conflict from reading The Iliad, while the
MON       journalist Andy Beckett asks about the role of the Chilcot
MON       Inquiry. Professor Robert Winston discovers that not all
MON       scientific endeavour is a positive development, and Raymond
MON       Tallis explains that it all comes down to the fact that we
MON       can point.
MON       
MON       09:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvjm (Listen)
MON       The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Oxus Chariot Model
MON       
MON       Neil MacGregor's world history told through objects at the
MON       British Museum arrives in Persia 2,500 years ago.
MON       Throughout this week, Neil examines powerful leaders across
MON       the ancient world.
MON       
MON       In this programme he focuses on Cyrus, the first Persian
MON       emperor who created the largest empire the world had ever
MON       known. It stretched from Turkey to Pakistan and required a
MON       hugely sophisticated network of communications and control.
MON       At the heart of the programme is a gold chariot pulled by
MON       four gold horses. This hand-sized model helps explain the
MON       rule of Cyrus, the 'king of kings', and his ambitions for
MON       his vast territory. How does this glorious pre-Islamic past
MON       sit with the people of Iran today?
MON       
MON       With contributions from historian Tom Holland and Michael
MON       Axworthy, of the University of Exeter.
MON       
MON       10:00  Woman's Hour b00qsw2f (Listen)
MON       With Jane Garvey.
MON       
MON       Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and John McCain's
MON       vice presidential running mate, is coming up in the polls
MON       as the frontrunner for the 2012 Republican nomination for
MON       president. She returned to national politics earlier this
MON       month with a barnstorming speech at the first national Tea
MON       Party Convention in Nashville. In the meantime, her
MON       bestselling memoirs have become a huge hit and Fox News
MON       signed her up as an analyst. But is she really a credible
MON       candidate? Political commentator Janet Daley and Professor
MON       Philip Davies of the Eccles Centre for American Studies
MON       join Jane to discuss her appeal, her position and her
MON       potential.
MON       
MON       Irene Khan was the first woman and the first Asian to become
MON       secretary general of Amnesty International, and has since
MON       won a clutch of awards for her work as a human rights
MON       advocate. Irene explains why she thinks it's vital for the
MON       world's poorest women that we start to see poverty not as
MON       simply an economic problem but as a human rights crisis in
MON       itself.
MON       
MON       While the men of Wales, Scotland and England battle it out
MON       in the rugby Six Nations, their female counterparts are
MON       doing the same. Twenty years ago, the idea of a woman
MON       playing cricket or football would raise an eyebrow - let
MON       alone rugby. Even today it's still seen as the most macho
MON       of sports, but its popularity with women is growing. They
MON       have always enjoyed watching the game, and now more and
MON       more want to play. This summer England host the Women's
MON       World Cup, and joining Jane to discuss the sport are the
MON       England captain Catherine Spencer and Sara Orchard, a rugby
MON       commentator and referee.
MON       
MON       Jessie Tait created some of the most innovative ceramic
MON       designs of the 1950s and 60s. She became well known for
MON       capturing the spirit of the time with Festival, which
MON       celebrated the Festival of Britain, and Zambesi, which
MON       featured a black and white zebra pattern with a vibrant
MON       splash of red. Jessie died last week and Woman's Hour hears
MON       more about her legacy and designs from Mark Hill, a 20th
MON       century design and collectibles specialist, and Professor
MON       Cheryl Buckley of Northumbria University, who met Jessie
MON       Tait.
MON       
MON       10:45  Woman's Hour Drama b00qsw2h (Listen)
MON       Absent, Separation
MON       
MON       By Mark Davies Markham.
MON       
MON       Tony, a self-employed electrician from Liverpool, has no
MON       idea that his wife of eleven years has had enough of him
MON       and wants him out of her and their children's lives for
MON       good.
MON       
MON       Tony ...... Craige Els
MON       Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
MON       Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough
MON       Aggy ...... Annabelle Dowler
MON       Josh ...... Alfie Davies
MON       Sean ...... Carl Prekopp
MON       
MON       Directed by Claire Grove.
MON       
MON       11:00  Governing Away b00qtsbs (Listen)
MON       Clive Anderson examines one of the potentially strangest
MON       corners of international politics, the lesser-known
MON       governments or rulers in exile - a paradoxical area of
MON       international relations and surreal part of international
MON       law.
MON       
MON       The programme examines intriguing examples, drawn from
MON       around the world map, which vary from the serious to the
MON       apparently ridiculous. Certainly, the relationship between
MON       state, territory and sovereignty is not always what it
MON       seems.
MON       
MON       In Toronto, for example, a Belarusian government holds
MON       court, run by the charismatic Irvonka Survilla. Their
MON       version of Belarus only existed for nine months in 1918
MON       before it was assimilated by the Soviet Union. Now that
MON       Belarus is independent, is there any reason for their
MON       continued existence?
MON       
MON       The Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, meanwhile,
MON       is based in Rockville, Maryland USA. It is led by Sein Winn
MON       MP and consists of a number of MPs elected back in 1990 but
MON       barred from power by the military.
MON       
MON       The programme also features the exiled King Constantine II
MON       of Greece and Prince Ermias Hallie Selassie of Ethiopia.
MON       
MON       11:30  Sneakiepeeks b00p6307 (Listen)
MON       Honeytrap Hotel
MON       
MON       Comedy by Harry Venning and Neil Brand about a team of
MON       inept, backstabbing surveillance operatives.
MON       
MON       Beagle Team infringe every civil liberty in the book on
MON       behalf of national security.
MON       
MON       Bill ...... Richard Lumsden
MON       Sharla ...... Nina Conti
MON       Mark ...... Daniel Kaluuya
MON       Tony Savage ...... Kevin Eldon
MON       Geoff ...... John Biggins
MON       Ted ...... Shaban Arifi
MON       Nanny/Milij ...... Alex Tregear
MON       Mr Smith ...... Nigel Hastings
MON       Mrs Smith ...... Kate Layden
MON       Bishop ...... Ewan Hooper.
MON       
MON       12:00  You and Yours b00qswpv (Listen)
MON       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
MON       
MON       12:57  Weather b00qswr8 (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       13:00  World at One b00qswy3 (Listen)
MON       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
MON       
MON       13:30  Quote... Unquote b00qtsnp (Listen)
MON       Nigel Rees chairs the popular quiz involving the exchange of
MON       quotations and anecdotes.
MON       With Mary Beard, Marcel Theroux, Arthur Smith and Ariel
MON       Leve. The reader is Peter Jefferson.
MON       
MON       14:00  The Archers b00qs73t (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday]
MON       
MON       14:15  Afternoon Play b00d9zww (Listen)
MON       Torchwood, Lost Souls
MON       
MON       By Joseph Lidster.
MON       
MON       The Torchwood team go to Geneva, where former time-traveller
MON       Martha Jones is now working as a doctor at the world's
MON       biggest physics laboratory, CERN. Deep in an underground
MON       tunnel, a giant particle accelerator is about to be
MON       activated for the first time. But something strange is
MON       happening. Scientists are hearing voices and collapsing
MON       with a strange illness. Is something lurking in the tunnel?
MON       Do the dead ever really stay dead?
MON       
MON       Captain Jack Harkness ...... John Barrowman
MON       Gwen Cooper ...... Eve Myles
MON       Ianto Jones ...... Gareth David-Lloyd
MON       Martha Jones ...... Freema Agyeman
MON       Professor Johnson ...... Lucy Montgomery
MON       Dr Oliver Harrington ...... Stephen Crichlow
MON       Leon Foiret ...... Mark Meadows
MON       
MON       Music by Murray Gold and Ben Foster.
MON       Directed by Kate McAll.
MON       
MON       15:00  Archive on 4 b00p7h3y (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday]
MON       
MON       15:45  The Generation Gap b00qszyv (Listen)
MON       Teachers
MON       
MON       Series of programmes in which two people from different
MON       generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing
MON       nature of Britain.
MON       
MON       The theme of the first five programmes is Respect.
MON       
MON       Kevin Madden started teaching in a Catholic, inner-city
MON       Manchester boys' school in 1945. His grandson Patrick
MON       McMahon has just started teaching in a mainly moslem school
MON       in Rochdale. They discuss the changing nature of respect
MON       between pupils and teachers and how schools have reflected
MON       wider society.
MON       
MON       A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       16:00  Food Programme b00qs4zv (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday]
MON       
MON       16:30  Beyond Belief b00qtt89 (Listen)
MON       Ernie Rea and guests discuss the relationship between
MON       religion and the law.
MON       
MON       17:00  PM b00qt0r0 (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 b00qt1rk (Listen)
MON       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       18:30  Just a Minute b00qtt8c (Listen)
MON       Series 56, Episode 8
MON       Nicholas Parsons chairs the devious word game. With Graham
MON       Norton, Sue Perkins, Paul Merton and Tony Hawks.
MON       
MON       19:00  The Archers b00qsypl (Listen)
MON       Tensions run high for David and Elizabeth.
MON       
MON       19:15  Front Row b00qt1ry (Listen)
MON       Arts news and reviews. Mark Lawson meets writer Don DeLillo,
MON       whose new novel imagines a meeting between a former
MON       government war adviser and a young film-maker.
MON       
MON       19:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvjm (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
MON       
MON       20:00  Food Fights b00qtthh (Listen)
MON       Episode 1
MON       Bill Law investigates the causes and consequences of the
MON       great global land grab, as richer nations and
MON       multi-national corporations acquire vast tracts of land in
MON       developing countries.
MON       
MON       Big corporations and countries are eying up Africa for mega
MON       agricultural development. Critics call it the new land
MON       grab, but Africa can benefit from the expertise,
MON       infrastructure and equity that such developments bring - if
MON       the terms are right. Bill visits Kenya to weigh up the pros
MON       and cons of agricultural super projects in a country
MON       wrestling with food insecurity.
MON       
MON       20:30  Analysis b00qttpp (Listen)
MON       Failing Better
MON       
MON       Mistakes often provide the best lessons in life, so why are
MON       they so undervalued? Michael Blastland explores our
MON       attitude to failure and the impact it has on politics.
MON       
MON       We may accept, in our personal lives, that 'to err is
MON       human'. But, when it comes to politicians, we enjoy pouring
MON       scorn on those who make mistakes: we relish the cock-up,
MON       the blunder and the humiliating U-turn. But what effect
MON       does this bloodthirsty approach have on policy-making?
MON       
MON       Michael talks to former cabinet minister Estelle Morris
MON       about her experience of dealing with mistakes in
MON       government. We also hear from former civil servant Paul
MON       Johnson and from David Halpern - a former prime-ministerial
MON       advisor who helped create The Institute for Government.
MON       
MON       Michael goes in search of inspiration from two professions
MON       which, far from seeking to bury mistakes, see them as
MON       opportunities to learn. He speaks to surgeon and writer
MON       Atul Gawande and he visits RAF Cranwell, where mistakes
MON       made by airman are seen as 'clues'. He also talks to
MON       philosopher Susan Wolf about blame and 'moral luck' and he
MON       interviews the editor of The Spectator magazine, Fraser
MON       Nelson.
MON       
MON       21:00  Costing the Earth b00qtwbl (Listen)
MON       Greening Fido
MON       
MON       The average cat emits half a tonne of CO2 and a dog 1.75
MON       tonnes per year. Using calculations based on how much land
MON       is needed to produce the food they need, a New Zealand
MON       couple have found that a large dog has a bigger carbon
MON       footprint than a 4 x 4 Toyota Landcruiser. Few people even
MON       know what goes into their pets' food and then there's the
MON       wider impact of our pets: the feline killer instinct
MON       towards wildlife, the never-ending cycle of poo which needs
MON       bagging and binning and the toys and bedding, shipped from
MON       other parts of the world to keep them happy.
MON       
MON       Curbing global warming could also be vital to your pet's
MON       future. Scientists have warned that the small heartworm
MON       that kills dogs, cats and foxes is already on the rise in
MON       the UK with more cases appearing in the north of the
MON       country because of warmer, wetter summers. Furthermore,
MON       because of the increased numbers of pets coming into the
MON       country from abroad without quarantine, there is a greater
MON       threat of exotic diseases that can become established in
MON       warmer temperatures and may even pose a threat to humans.
MON       
MON       To find out what can be done, Alice Roberts takes her own
MON       pets to boot camp. One good dog goes on a vegan diet, while
MON       her other pampered pooch lives it up on meat-rich foods.
MON       The results are suprising.
MON       
MON       So should we be giving up the age-old bond between man and
MON       dog or do the studies which claim your bundles of fur are
MON       essential to your wellbeing mean their CO2 emissions are
MON       worthwhile? Could we even put them to good use? There are
MON       the methane digesters in San Francisco using their
MON       by-products to produce gas and electricity, the innovative
MON       student who has set up a hamster wheel generator for his
MON       mobile phone or the increasingly trendy option of having a
MON       pet that you can eat.  Get a hen and save on food miles for
MON       your breakfast.
MON       
MON       21:30  Start the Week b00qts53 (Listen)
MON       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
MON       
MON       21:58  Weather b00qt2cb (Listen)
MON       The latest weather forecast.
MON       
MON       22:00  The World Tonight b00qt2gv (Listen)
MON       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
MON       Shah.
MON       
MON       22:45  Book at Bedtime b00qtpfr (Listen)
MON       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 6
MON       
MON       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut
MON       novel, set in the Ukraine.
MON       
MON       When Daria's mafia suitor Vlad fails to call her after their
MON       night together, she turns her back on Ukrainian men and
MON       contacts Tristan in the United States, who wastes no time
MON       in jumping on a plane bound for Odessa and their first
MON       meeting.
MON       
MON       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
MON       
MON       23:00  Off the Page b00p6rr2 (Listen)
MON       Having it all is no longer enough; if you haven't factored
MON       some 'me time' into your diary you're missing out. Dominic
MON       Arkwright asks journalist Anna Raeburn, clinical
MON       psychologist Oliver James and writer Phoebe Gibson to
MON       explain how it works.
MON       
MON       23:30  Today in Parliament b00qtrr0 (Listen)
MON       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
MON       with Sean Curran.
MON       
MON       
TUE       TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2010
TUE       
TUE       00:00  Midnight News b00qs8j4 (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       Followed by Weather.
TUE       
TUE       00:30  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvjm (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday]
TUE       
TUE       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qs8ls (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8xy (Listen)
TUE       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE       
TUE       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qs8zw (Listen)
TUE       The latest shipping forecast.
TUE       
TUE       05:30  News Briefing b00qs95w (Listen)
TUE       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       05:43  Prayer for the Day b00qsb7k (Listen)
TUE       Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
TUE       
TUE       05:45  Farming Today b00qsbqp (Listen)
TUE       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
TUE       
TUE       06:00  Today b00qsbwr (Listen)
TUE       With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk;
TUE       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
TUE       
TUE       09:00  The Long View b00qvkn1 (Listen)
TUE       Jonathan Freedland presents the series that looks for the
TUE       past behind the present.
TUE       
TUE       As the nation's finances drown in red ink, Niall Ferguson,
TUE       Will Hutton and Stephanie Flanders join Jonathan to take
TUE       the long view of national debt. Amid the splendour of
TUE       Apsley House, home of the Duke of Wellington, they compare
TUE       the causes and consequences of rising debt and deficit
TUE       levels from the battlefield of Waterloo to today's
TUE       financial crisis.
TUE       
TUE       09:30  When I Grow Up b00qvl2l (Listen)
TUE       Episode 2
TUE       
TUE       Forty years ago, 14,000 11-year-olds across Britain were
TUE       asked to write about where they saw themselves in the
TUE       future: their jobs, family lives, belongings, living
TUE       environments and leisure pursuits. Those essays have now
TUE       been followed up by the Nuffield Foundation as a way of
TUE       finding out how far ambition at an early age shapes what
TUE       happens in later life.
TUE       
TUE       This is the first time that media access has been granted to
TUE       those who have taken part in their research. As well as
TUE       evidence of ambition, the essays offer detail about how
TUE       youngsters imagined life would be at 25, with one writing,
TUE       'My husband would have just won 200 pounds so we decided to
TUE       go to the moon for our holiday while we had not got any
TUE       children'.
TUE       
TUE       The series covers jobs, family lives, living environments,
TUE       leisure pursuits and belongings that the children imagined
TUE       owning when first studied. The findings suggest that
TUE       children who are ambitious go on to enjoy greater success
TUE       than those with lower aspirations. Once background and
TUE       ability were accounted for, children did better if they set
TUE       themselves lofty goals.
TUE       
TUE       It reveals that, even if a child is economically
TUE       disadvantaged or less able, having high ambitions at around
TUE       the time they leave primary school means that they are
TUE       significantly more likely to have a professional job,
TUE       though not necessarily the one that they predicted.
TUE       
TUE       09:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj1 (Listen)
TUE       The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC),
TUE       Parthenon Sculpture: Centaur and Lapith
TUE       
TUE       Neil MacGregor examines the emergence of powerful new forces
TUE       across the globe around the fifth century BC, from
TUE       Confucius in China to Cyrus in Persia.
TUE       
TUE       In this programme he looks at the emotionally-charged
TUE       sculptures that were made for the Parthenon in Athens.
TUE       Carved out of marble around 440BC, these beautiful figures
TUE       continue to generate huge controversy around the world for
TUE       the fact that they remain in London and have not been
TUE       returned to Greece. Neil acknowledges the political
TUE       controversy of the Elgin Marbles (named after the British
TUE       Lord who carried them off) but concentrates on their
TUE       artistic story and on exploring the ancient Greek world
TUE       that created them. He describes a culture besotted with the
TUE       myths and imagery of battle. Greek archaeologist Olga
TUE       Palagia and classicist Mary Beard help conjure up the
TUE       extraordinary city of antiquity.
TUE       
TUE       10:00  Woman's Hour b00qsvm0 (Listen)
TUE       With Jane Garvey.
TUE       
TUE       10:45  Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzb6 (Listen)
TUE       Absent, Mediation
TUE       
TUE       By Mark Davies Markham.
TUE       
TUE       Tony has left his wife assuming that he can see his children
TUE       whenever he wants to, but Clare has other ideas.
TUE       
TUE       Tony ...... Craige Els
TUE       Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
TUE       Diane ...... Alison Pettitt
TUE       Paul ...... David Seddon
TUE       Sean ...... Carl Prekopp
TUE       
TUE       Directed by Claire Grove.
TUE       
TUE       11:00  Affluent Workers Revisited, Revisited b00pfrmp (Listen)
TUE       Luton-born Sarfraz Manzoor explores his home town as a
TUE       subject of sociological fascination with Professor Fiona
TUE       Devine, who studied the town's workers during the late
TUE       1980s. In the 1960s sociologists Goldthorpe, Lockwood,
TUE       Bechhofer and Platt surveyed a sample of 'affluent workers'
TUE       in Luton at Vauxhall Cars, Skefco Engineering and La Porte
TUE       Chemicals. They studied the attitudes and behaviour of high
TUE       wage earners in three mass production companies.
TUE       
TUE       Luton was, at this time, a boom-town with the car industry
TUE       being the dominant manufacturer. By the time another
TUE       sociologist, Fiona Devine, revisited Luton in the 1980s,
TUE       the place and the people were struggling in the economic
TUE       decline of that decade and the car industry was half its
TUE       size.
TUE       
TUE       More than 20 years further on, Luton-born journalist, author
TUE       and broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor takes Professor Devine and
TUE       Radio 4 back to Luton, which is now a very different place.
TUE       It's no longer affluent and no longer as reliant on the
TUE       motor industry - although the uncertainty surrounding
TUE       General Motors still matters to the town.
TUE       
TUE       Luton now has quite a substantial ethnic minority population
TUE       and a much-changed employment landscape for those who live
TUE       there. As to the affluent workers of past studies, many
TUE       have long since retired and Sarfraz and Professor Devine
TUE       aim to see what has become of their children.
TUE       
TUE       11:30  The Ballets Russes in England b00qvl2n (Listen)
TUE       What did Britain do for Diaghilev?
TUE       
TUE       Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, famous for their riotous
TUE       Parisian premieres of ballets including The Rite of Spring,
TUE       The Firebird, Scheherazade and Petrushka, spent longer in
TUE       England than anywhere else.
TUE       
TUE       Jane Pritchard, Curator of Dance at the Victoria and Albert
TUE       Museum, tells this unlikely story, with the help of
TUE       Nijinsky's head-dress, Cecchetti's cat and Sokolova's
TUE       little black book.
TUE       
TUE       A Loftus Audio production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       12:00  You and Yours b00qswn7 (Listen)
TUE       Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE       
TUE       12:57  Weather b00qswpx (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       13:00  World at One b00qswrb (Listen)
TUE       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE       
TUE       13:30  Soul Music b00qvlff (Listen)
TUE       Series 9, Praise My Soul
TUE       
TUE       Series exploring famous pieces of music and their emotional
TUE       appeal.
TUE       
TUE       Based on Psalm 103, this hymn was written by Henry Francis
TUE       Lyte, who also penned Abide With Me, and is most
TUE       asssociated with the tune by John Goss - even though the
TUE       two men never met.
TUE       
TUE       Their hymn has become one of the most popular for weddings,
TUE       and was used at those of the Queen and Prince Philip and
TUE       Charles and Camilla. Increasingly it is also used at
TUE       funerals, and the widow of DC Stephen Oake, killed while on
TUE       duty during an anti-terrorist raid, explains why it's so
TUE       important to her and her family. It's also the perfect tune
TUE       for teaching young choristers to sight read music, although
TUE       these days they often misplace the comma in the line,
TUE       'Father like, he tends and spares us'.
TUE       
TUE       14:00  The Archers b00qsypl (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday]
TUE       
TUE       14:15  Afternoon Play b00cc9hh (Listen)
TUE       War Bride
TUE       
TUE       By Nell Leyshon.
TUE       
TUE       The Second World War is over and Eleanor and Clarence are on
TUE       a ship, emigrating to Canada. Young Eleanor is running away
TUE       from the farm she grew up on - and her parents don't know.
TUE       When Eleanor discovers that her childhood sweetheart Frank
TUE       is also on board, she starts to retreat from Clarence into
TUE       the world of her imagination. Eleanor is vulnerable a long
TUE       way from home. Who can she trust?
TUE       
TUE       Eleanor ...... Charlotte Emmerson
TUE       Clarence ...... Simon Lee Phillips
TUE       Frank ...... Joseph Kloska
TUE       
TUE       Directed by Susan Roberts.
TUE       
TUE       15:00  Making History b00qvlfh (Listen)
TUE       Vanessa Collingridge asks listeners to suggest objects that
TUE       help tell A History of The World.
TUE       
TUE       15:30  Afternoon Reading b00qvlrf (Listen)
TUE       Elvis In Prestwick, Elvis in Prestwick
TUE       
TUE       Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis
TUE       Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small
TUE       Scottish airport on his return from military service in
TUE       Germany.
TUE       
TUE       By Oliver Emanuel. A shy young girl who doesn't even like
TUE       rock 'n' roll is dragged to the airport by her best friend,
TUE       who is determined to catch a glimpse of the American
TUE       superstar.
TUE       
TUE       Read by Laura Fraser.
TUE       
TUE       15:45  The Generation Gap b00qszz5 (Listen)
TUE       Viscount
TUE       
TUE       Series of programmes in which two people from different
TUE       generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing
TUE       nature of Britain.
TUE       
TUE       The theme of the first five programmes is Respect.
TUE       
TUE       Viscount De L'Isle and his daughter The Hon Sophia Sidney,
TUE       whose family have owned Penshurst Place for the past 400
TUE       years, discuss the changing attitudes towards the
TUE       aristocracy during their lifetimes.
TUE       
TUE       A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       16:00  Law in Action b00qvm1f (Listen)
TUE       Clive Coleman looks at super-injunctions and what the recent
TUE       John Terry case says about the development and limitations
TUE       of privacy law.
TUE       
TUE       16:30  A Good Read b00qvm1h (Listen)
TUE       Sue MacGregor talks to actor Kenneth Cranham and writer Adam
TUE       Nicolson about their favourite books.
TUE       
TUE       Kenneth's choice is the biography of a notorious 1960s
TUE       playwright - a book he himself features in. Adam chooses
TUE       two short memoirs written by the widow of a poet killed in
TUE       the First World War, and Sue's selection is the
TUE       autobiography of an English actor once the darling of
TUE       Hollywood.
TUE       
TUE       17:00  PM b00qt0dw (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 b00qt1pt (Listen)
TUE       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       18:30  Act Your Age b00qvm9f (Listen)
TUE       Series 2, Episode 6
TUE       
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       
TUE       Team captains Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker are
TUE       joined by Hills Barker and Cannon and Ball.
TUE       
TUE       19:00  The Archers b00qsynn (Listen)
TUE       Ambridge says goodbye to Phil.
TUE       
TUE       19:15  Front Row b00qt1rm (Listen)
TUE       Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson, including an
TUE       interview with actor David Morrissey, who reflects on his
TUE       debut as a film director.
TUE       
TUE       19:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj1 (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
TUE       
TUE       20:00  File on 4 b00qvm9h (Listen)
TUE       CAFCASS, the family courts' advisory service, is again
TUE       facing claims that it is failing the vulnerable children it
TUE       is supposed to protect. Seven years after reporting that
TUE       the organisation was in crisis, Jenny Cuffe returns to ask
TUE       why the service is still facing a backlog of urgent cases
TUE       and unprecedented delays.
TUE       
TUE       20:40  In Touch b00qvm9k (Listen)
TUE       Peter White with news and information for the blind and
TUE       partially sighted.
TUE       
TUE       21:00  Case Notes b00qvm9m (Listen)
TUE       Parasites infect us in a variety of ways, from invading us
TUE       via our food or an insect bite, to boring directly through
TUE       our skin. They can live in our bodies unnoticed, like the
TUE       beef tapeworm, or can kill us within days, like one form of
TUE       malaria.
TUE       
TUE       Dr Mark Porter visits the Hospital of Tropical Diseases in
TUE       London, where Professor Peter Chiodini and his colleagues
TUE       diagnose and treat the patients who have picked up
TUE       parasites both in Britain and abroad.
TUE       
TUE       Parasites have complex life cycles requiring them to inhabit
TUE       one or more hosts to reproduce and ensure their species'
TUE       survival. The parasite Toxoplasma Gondii, which can damage
TUE       babies born to infected mothers, needs to cycle between
TUE       rats and cats to survive. Research shows that it has
TUE       developed an ingenious way of ensuring this happens. A rat
TUE       infected with the parasite will lose its fear of cats,
TUE       thereby increasing the parasite's chances of being eaten by
TUE       a cat. Research suggests that the parasite may also alter
TUE       human behaviour, with implications for the causes and
TUE       treatment of schizophrenia.
TUE       
TUE       Emerging infections are always a concern for doctors, and
TUE       parasites are no exception. Mark Porter discovers that
TUE       there is a cancer-causing parasite threatening to reach our
TUE       shores, and that man's best friend is the host that's
TUE       likely to bring it here.
TUE       
TUE       21:30  The Long View b00qvkn1 (Listen)
TUE       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
TUE       
TUE       21:58  Weather b00qt1zd (Listen)
TUE       The latest weather forecast.
TUE       
TUE       22:00  The World Tonight b00qt2cd (Listen)
TUE       National and international news and analysis with Robin
TUE       Lustig.
TUE       
TUE       22:45  Book at Bedtime b00qtp9l (Listen)
TUE       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 7
TUE       
TUE       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut
TUE       novel, set in the Ukraine.
TUE       
TUE       Daria rejects Vlad's offer of marriage, choosing instead to
TUE       fly to America and join Tristan in the life she has dreamt
TUE       of for so long. But when he too proposes marriage, she
TUE       hesitates.
TUE       
TUE       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE       
TUE       23:00  Fabulous b00qvmm9 (Listen)
TUE       Series 3, Episode 3
TUE       
TUE       Sitcom by Lucy Clarke about a woman who wants to be Fabulous
TUE       but can't cope.
TUE       
TUE       Faye is still engaged to a man she is roughly 65 per cent
TUE       sure she should marry - 66 per cent on a good day.
TUE       
TUE       The Queen is coming to visit Faye's office. Mum has made
TUE       some bruschetta.
TUE       
TUE       With Katy Brand, Olivia Colman, Sally Grace, Margaret
TUE       Cabourn-Smith, John Biggins, Rufus Wright and David Armand.
TUE       
TUE       Music by Osymyso.
TUE       
TUE       23:30  Today in Parliament b00qtrr2 (Listen)
TUE       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
TUE       and Susan Hulme.
TUE       
TUE       
WED       WEDNESDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2010
WED       
WED       00:00  Midnight News b00qs8j6 (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       Followed by Weather.
WED       
WED       00:30  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj1 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday]
WED       
WED       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qs8lv (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8y0 (Listen)
WED       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED       
WED       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qs8zy (Listen)
WED       The latest shipping forecast.
WED       
WED       05:30  News Briefing b00qs95y (Listen)
WED       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       05:43  Prayer for the Day b00qsb7m (Listen)
WED       Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
WED       
WED       05:45  Farming Today b00qsbqr (Listen)
WED       News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.
WED       
WED       06:00  Today b00qsbwt (Listen)
WED       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
WED       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
WED       Parliament.
WED       
WED       09:00  Midweek b00qvmps (Listen)
WED       Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and
WED       guests.
WED       
WED       09:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj3 (Listen)
WED       The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Basse Yutz Flagons
WED       
WED       Neil MacGregor's history of the world recounted through
WED       objects at the British Museum arrives in Northern Europe
WED       2,500 years ago.
WED       
WED       Neil explores the early world of the Celts through two
WED       bronze drinking flagons, considered to be the most
WED       important and earliest examples of Celtic art. Writer
WED       Jonathan Meades and Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's
WED       leading experts on this period, help describe the Celts,
WED       dissect the stereotypes and consider their celebrated love
WED       of drink.
WED       
WED       10:00  Woman's Hour b00qsvm2 (Listen)
WED       With Jane Garvey.
WED       
WED       10:45  Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzb8 (Listen)
WED       Absent, Assessment
WED       
WED       By Mark Davies Markham.
WED       
WED       Tony goes to a solicitor. He wants 50-50 access to his
WED       children, but his wife threatens to fight him all the way.
WED       
WED       Tony ...... Craige Els
WED       Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
WED       Helen ...... Joanna Monro
WED       Morley ...... Bruce Alexander
WED       Sean ...... Carl Prekopp
WED       Josh ...... Alfie Davies
WED       
WED       Directed by Claire Grove.
WED       
WED       11:00  Good Golly, Bad Golly b00qvnj3 (Listen)
WED       The golly, invented in the 19th century, is a potent symbol
WED       and has not lost its power to generate controversy in
WED       recent years. But there is more than one golly in the
WED       public imagination. For some, he is a marker of how far
WED       we've come in realising the power of language and
WED       stereotypes to cause offence; for others he is the icon of
WED       a fondly remembered childhood, carrying as much political
WED       freight as a teddy bear. In this programme, journalist and
WED       presenter Henry Bonsu finds out how the golly has come to
WED       mean such different things to different people.
WED       
WED       11:30  Fags, Mags and Bags b00qvnj5 (Listen)
WED       Series 3, The Wrath of Khan
WED       
WED       Sitcom written by and starring Sanjeev Kohli and Donald
WED       McLeary, set in a Glasgow corner shop.
WED       
WED       The fine eco-balance of the shop is thrown into chaos when
WED       Ramesh installs a slush machine.
WED       
WED       Ramesh ...... Sanjeev Kolhi
WED       Dave ...... Donald McLeary
WED       Sanjay ...... Omar Raza
WED       Alok ...... Susheel Kumar
WED       Father Henderson ...... Gerard Kelly
WED       Ted ...... Gavin Mitchell
WED       Keith Futures ...... Greg McHugh
WED       Khan Noonien ...... Mani Sumal
WED       Mrs Gibb ...... Marjory Hogarth
WED       
WED       A Comedy Unit production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       12:00  You and Yours b00qswn9 (Listen)
WED       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED       
WED       12:57  Weather b00qswq0 (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       13:00  World at One b00qswrd (Listen)
WED       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED       
WED       13:30  The Media Show b00qvnj7 (Listen)
WED       Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the
WED       fast-changing media world.
WED       
WED       14:00  The Archers b00qsynn (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday]
WED       
WED       14:15  Afternoon Play b00qvnj9 (Listen)
WED       Against the Grain
WED       
WED       By Charlotte Greig. Gemma, a promising young journalist, is
WED       sent to interview former restauranteur Milo Markhov, whose
WED       glossy new cookery book, Against the Grain, is the latest
WED       publishing sensation. Milo has retired to the Perigord,
WED       where he spends his time preparing experimental dishes in
WED       his search for the most pleasurable taste sensations.
WED       Gemma's disturbing experiences at the house of the
WED       reclusive chef lead her to contemplate a whole new way
WED       life.
WED       
WED       Gemma ...... Jasmine Hyde
WED       Milo ...... Robert Harper
WED       Herve ...... Felix Callens
WED       Ruth ...... Nickie Rainsford
WED       
WED       Producer Kate McAll.
WED       
WED       15:00  Money Box Live b00qvnjc (Listen)
WED       Paul Lewis and a panel of guests answer calls on maternity
WED       and paternity rights.
WED       
WED       15:30  Afternoon Reading b00qvlrh (Listen)
WED       Elvis In Prestwick, Do You Know Where I Am?
WED       
WED       Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis
WED       Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small
WED       Scottish airport on his return from military service in
WED       Germany.
WED       
WED       By Andrew O'Hagan. A man remembers the moment in 1960 when
WED       his home town in Ayrshire first felt connected to the rest
WED       of the world.
WED       
WED       Read by Finn Den Hertog.
WED       
WED       15:45  The Generation Gap b00qszyz (Listen)
WED       Policemen
WED       
WED       Series of programmes in which two people from different
WED       generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing
WED       nature of Britain.
WED       
WED       The theme of the first five programmes is Respect.
WED       
WED       Two policemen who have seen changes on the beat in levels of
WED       respect from society.
WED       
WED       A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       16:00  Thinking Allowed b00qvnjf (Listen)
WED       Why do men pay for sex? Laurie Taylor explores a new study
WED       of over 100 London men who regularly use prostitutes.
WED       
WED       16:30  Case Notes b00qvm9m (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday]
WED       
WED       17:00  PM b00qt0dy (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 b00qt1pw (Listen)
WED       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       18:30  The Write Stuff b00qvnjh (Listen)
WED       Series 9, John Donne
WED       
WED       James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary
WED       correctness. Team captains John Walsh and Lynne Truss are
WED       joined by Jane Thynne and Christopher Brookmyre. The author
WED       of the week and subject for pastiche is John Donne, and the
WED       reader is Beth Chalmers.
WED       
WED       19:00  The Archers b00qsynq (Listen)
WED       Kenton looks at the ghosts of his past.
WED       
WED       19:15  Front Row b00qt1rp (Listen)
WED       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson. Including an
WED       interview with the British painter and pop art pioneer
WED       Richard Hamilton.
WED       
WED       19:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj3 (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
WED       
WED       20:00  Moral Maze b00qvnjk (Listen)
WED       Michael Buerk chairs a debate on the moral questions behind
WED       the week's news. Melanie Phillips, Michael Portillo,
WED       Clifford Longley and Kenan Malik cross-examine witnesses.
WED       
WED       20:45  Lent Talks b00qvpf0 (Listen)
WED       Episode 1
WED       
WED       Series of talks by eminent thinkers exploring how faith and
WED       religion interact with a variety of aspects in society.
WED       
WED       Novelist Will Self reflects on the relationship between art
WED       and religion.
WED       
WED       21:00  Physics Rocks b00d9yz5 (Listen)
WED       CERN physicist and science broadcaster Brian Cox meets some
WED       of the celebrity enthusiasts of particle physics.
WED       
WED       He talks to Alan Alda and John Barrowman about their
WED       enthusiasm for the largest, most ambitious science
WED       experiment ever undertaken, CERN's Large Hadron Collider.
WED       He travels to CERN with former quantum physicist turned
WED       comedian Ben Miller, discusses the shape of the universe
WED       with ex-cosmologist Dara O Briain and ponders the validity
WED       of the big bang with Eddie Izzard.
WED       
WED       21:30  Midweek b00qvmps (Listen)
WED       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
WED       
WED       21:58  Weather b00qt1zj (Listen)
WED       The latest weather forecast.
WED       
WED       22:00  The World Tonight b00qt2cg (Listen)
WED       National and international news and analysis with Robin
WED       Lustig.
WED       
WED       22:45  Book at Bedtime b00qtp9n (Listen)
WED       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 8
WED       
WED       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles' debut
WED       novel, set in the Ukraine.
WED       
WED       Daria and Tristan have not been married long when she learns
WED       that he has lied to her: he is not a teacher, but a school
WED       janitor. Then she meets Anna, a Polish girl who, like
WED       Daria, also wanted to live the American dream.
WED       
WED       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED       
WED       23:00  Earls of the Court b00qvpk2 (Listen)
WED       Earls Reunited
WED       
WED       Comedy drama series by Will Adamsdale and Stewart Wright
WED       about two Australians down on their luck in London.
WED       
WED       Lloydie returns after years of travel to find best mate
WED       Johnno still living in their old flat. But their former
WED       gang has disbanded and times have changed. Worse still, the
WED       sins of the past are about to catch up with them.
WED       
WED       Lloydie ...... Stewart Wright
WED       Johnno ...... Will Adamsdale
WED       Bonzo ...... Rufus Wright
WED       Kirsty ...... Keely Beresford
WED       Shalk ...... Michael Shelford
WED       Brett ...... David Seddon
WED       
WED       Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.
WED       
WED       23:15  The News At Bedtime b00pftgq (Listen)
WED       Episode 6
WED       
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       
WED       Mary Mary has shocking news of an egg on a wall.
WED       
WED       With Jack Dee, Peter Capaldi, Lewis MacLeod, Alex MacQueen,
WED       Lucy Montgomery, Vicki Pepperdine, Dan Tetsell.
WED       
WED       Written by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
WED       
WED       23:30  Today in Parliament b00qtrr4 (Listen)
WED       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
WED       with Robert Orchard.
WED       
WED       
THU       THURSDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2010
THU       
THU       00:00  Midnight News b00qs8j8 (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       Followed by Weather.
THU       
THU       00:30  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj3 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday]
THU       
THU       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qs8lx (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8y2 (Listen)
THU       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU       
THU       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qs900 (Listen)
THU       The latest shipping forecast.
THU       
THU       05:30  News Briefing b00qs960 (Listen)
THU       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       05:43  Prayer for the Day b00qsb7p (Listen)
THU       Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
THU       
THU       05:45  Farming Today b00qsbqt (Listen)
THU       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
THU       
THU       06:00  Today b00qsbww (Listen)
THU       With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports
THU       Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in
THU       Parliament.
THU       
THU       09:00  In Our Time b00qvqpz (Listen)
THU       Calvinism
THU       
THU       Melvyn Bragg and guests Justin Champion, Susan Hardman-Moore
THU       and Diarmaid MacCulloch discuss the history and influence
THU       of Calvinism.
THU       
THU       09:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj5 (Listen)
THU       The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Olmec Stone Mask
THU       
THU       Neil MacGregor selects a miniature mask to tell the story of
THU       the Olmec, the mysterious people of ancient Mexico who
THU       lived before the time of the Aztecs or Maya.
THU       
THU       As the Parthenon was being created in Greece and the
THU       Persians were expanding the world's biggest empire, what
THU       was life like for the 'mother culture' of Central America?
THU       Neil explores the life of the Olmec and visits the remains
THU       of one of their greatest legacies. He considers their
THU       remarkable skills in mask making with the Olmec specialist
THU       Karl Taube and the Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes.
THU       
THU       10:00  Woman's Hour b00qsvm4 (Listen)
THU       With Jane Garvey.
THU       
THU       10:45  Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzbb (Listen)
THU       Absent, Reality
THU       
THU       By Mark Davies Markham.
THU       
THU       Tony is outraged when his parenting skills are assessed
THU       during his children's visits. But his son Josh has a
THU       solution: that his parents spend half the week each in
THU       their house.
THU       
THU       Tony ...... Craige Els
THU       Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
THU       Helen ...... Joanna Monro
THU       Morley ...... Bruce Alexander
THU       Sean ...... Carl Prekopp
THU       Ryan ...... Michael Shelford
THU       Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough
THU       
THU       Directed by Claire Grove.
THU       
THU       11:00  From Our Own Correspondent b00qvs36 (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 Lawso
THU       History of Modern American Literature b00qvs38 (Listen)
THU       Divided States
THU       
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       
THU       Each American president ends speeches by asking God to bless
THU       'these United States'. But in a nation born through war -
THU       and later almost split by civil conflict - there remain
THU       deep divisions of colour and opportunity. Mark Lawson
THU       explores the way in which this legacy of division and
THU       violence has been explored by the nation's authors.
THU       
THU       He talks to writers including Joyce Carol Oates, Toni
THU       Morrison, James Ellroy and Walter Mosley and literary
THU       critic Professor Harold Bloom, who nominates Cormac
THU       McCarthy's Blood Meridian as the greatest modern American
THU       novel because it deals with the violence at the heart of
THU       American life.
THU       
THU       12:00  You and Yours b00qswnc (Listen)
THU       Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
THU       
THU       12:57  Weather b00qswq2 (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       13:00  World at One b00qswrg (Listen)
THU       National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU       
THU       13:30  Costing the Earth b00qtwbl (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Monday]
THU       
THU       14:00  The Archers b00qsynq (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday]
THU       
THU       14:15  Afternoon Play b00qx43c (Listen)
THU       Edith's Story
THU       
THU       By Robin Glendinning. The true story of Edith Scholem,
THU       16-year-old daughter to the leader of Germany's communists,
THU       who in 1934 was forced to flee Berlin in a desperate
THU       attempt to find sanctuary for her family.
THU       
THU       Edith Scholem ...... Emerald O'Hanrahan
THU       Emmy Scholem ...... Haydn Gwynne
THU       Heinz Von Hackebeil ...... Michael Shelton
THU       Headmaster ...... Nigel Hastings
THU       Hackebeil's Niece ...... Tessa Nicholson
THU       Von Hackebeil ...... Mark Lambert
THU       Frau Von Hackebeil ...... Stella McCusker
THU       Gestapo Officer ...... Miche Doherty
THU       
THU       Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.
THU       
THU       15:00  Ramblings b00qr46q (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday]
THU       
THU       15:27  Radio 4 Appeal b00qs4tc (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday]
THU       
THU       15:30  Afternoon Reading b00qvlrk (Listen)
THU       Elvis In Prestwick, Don't Ask Me Why
THU       
THU       Series of three stories celebrating 50 years since Elvis
THU       Presley's only trip to Britain, a brief stopover at a small
THU       Scottish airport on his return from military service in
THU       Germany.
THU       
THU       By Ruth Thomas. The news that Sonia's best friend has been
THU       hit by a car is overshadowed by the arrival of an
THU       international celebrity at the local airport.
THU       
THU       Read by Sally Reid.
THU       
THU       15:45  The Generation Gap b00qszyx (Listen)
THU       Postal Workers
THU       
THU       Series of programmes in which two people from different
THU       generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing
THU       nature of Britain.
THU       
THU       The theme of the first five programmes is Respect.
THU       
THU       Alistair Redman is a sub-postmaster on the Scottish Isle of
THU       Islay and Elizabeth Stuart drives the post bus around the
THU       island.  They discuss the changing nature of the post
THU       business and how change has to respect the society it
THU       operates in.
THU       
THU       A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       16:00  Open Book b00qs5lx (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]
THU       
THU       16:30  Material World b00qx43f (Listen)
THU       We tend to think of the universe as consisting of matter and
THU       energy, arrayed in space and time. But to a quantum
THU       physicist like Vlatko Vedral of Oxford University, all the
THU       world is information. There's the information in our books
THU       and websites and in the DNA in our cells; but in a sense,
THU       the entire universe and its workings are the ebb and flow
THU       of information. Professor Vedral discusses quantum
THU       information with Quentin Cooper. Where did it all come
THU       from? Where is it leading? And how can we tap into it with
THU       super-fast quantum computers?
THU       
THU       17:00  PM b00qt0f0 (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 b00qt1py (Listen)
THU       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       18:30  Mark Thomas: The Manifesto b00qx43h (Listen)
THU       Series 2, Episode 4
THU       
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 b00qsyns (Listen)
THU       Bridge Farm finds a new recruit.
THU       
THU       19:15  Front Row b00qt1rr (Listen)
THU       Arts news and reviews. Kirsty Lang reports on the first
THU       stage adaptation of a novel by the best-selling crime
THU       writer Martina Cole.
THU       
THU       19:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj5 (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
THU       
THU       20:00  Law in Action b00qvm1f (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]
THU       
THU       20:30  The Bottom Line b00qx454 (Listen)
THU       Evan Davis presents the business magazine. Entrepreneurs and
THU       company bosses talk about the issues that matter to their
THU       companies and their customers.
THU       
THU       21:00  Blood For Blood b00qx456 (Listen)
THU       What lies behind the reluctance of black and Asian people in
THU       Britain to act as blood and organ donors? Stastistically,
THU       they are far less likely to come forward as donors than
THU       their white compatriots. The oft-repeated suggestion is
THU       that there is a greater fear and suspicion of the medical
THU       profession by these groups, but is that really the case?
THU       Might the answers be cultural, religious or stem from a
THU       lack of awareness?
THU       
THU       The problem is made even more stark by figures which show
THU       that black and Asian people comprise a quarter of the
THU       people on the waiting list for kidney transplants, for
THU       example, far in excess of their percentage of the
THU       population.
THU       
THU       Beverley De-Gale examines the imbalance between donors and
THU       recipients in the black and Asian populations.
THU       
THU       Her son, Daniel, was in need of a bone marrow transplant and
THU       held out hope for several years before finding a donor but
THU       sadly died from non-related complications in 2008. But the
THU       years of anxious waiting on a list exposed a truth: the
THU       pool of black donors was virtually dry.
THU       
THU       In the wake of her son's death, Beverley asks what is behind
THU       the conundrum of the British black and Asian population's
THU       disinclination to volunteer as blood and organ donors.
THU       
THU       Daniel De-Gale with his parents Beverley De-Gale and Orin
THU       Lewis at an ACLT fundraising event
THU       
THU       21:30  In Our Time b00qvqpz (Listen)
THU       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]
THU       
THU       21:58  Weather b00qt1zn (Listen)
THU       The latest weather forecast.
THU       
THU       22:00  The World Tonight b00qt2cj (Listen)
THU       National and international news and analysis with Robin
THU       Lustig.
THU       
THU       22:45  Book at Bedtime b00qtp9q (Listen)
THU       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 9
THU       
THU       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut
THU       novel, set in the Ukraine.
THU       
THU       Daria is becoming increasingly disenchanted with life in
THU       California, and her unhappiness is compounded by her
THU       failure to become pregnant.
THU       
THU       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU       
THU       23:00  Sarah Millican's Support Group b00qx458 (Listen)
THU       Episode 2
THU       
THU       Comedy by Sarah Millican, who plays Sarah, life counsellor
THU       and modern-day agony aunt.
THU       
THU       Sarah tackles the problems, 'My Mother is behaving like a
THU       teenager - she's 50 not 15!' and I'm a sensitive butcher
THU       who loves meat jokes and innards but is too nice to find a
THU       girl - where am I going wrong?'
THU       
THU       Sarah ...... Sarah Millican
THU       Marion ...... Ruth Bratt
THU       Terry ...... Simon Daye
THU       Shirley ...... Janice Connolly
THU       Julie ...... Emma Fryer
THU       David ...... Tim Key.
THU       
THU       23:30  Today in Parliament b00qtrr6 (Listen)
THU       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
THU       with Sean Curran.
THU       
THU       
FRI       FRIDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2010
FRI       
FRI       00:00  Midnight News b00qs8jc (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       Followed by Weather.
FRI       
FRI       00:30  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj5 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday]
FRI       
FRI       00:48  Shipping Forecast b00qs8m1 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       01:00  Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00qs8y4 (Listen)
FRI       BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI       
FRI       05:20  Shipping Forecast b00qs902 (Listen)
FRI       The latest shipping forecast.
FRI       
FRI       05:30  News Briefing b00qs962 (Listen)
FRI       The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       05:43  Prayer for the Day b00qsb7r (Listen)
FRI       Daily prayer and reflection with Dr Gemma Simmonds.
FRI       
FRI       05:45  Farming Today b00qsbqw (Listen)
FRI       News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
FRI       
FRI       06:00  Today b00qsbwy (Listen)
FRI       With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk;
FRI       Weather; Thought for the Day; Yesterday in Parliament.
FRI       
FRI       09:00  Desert Island Discs b00qs4zs (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday]
FRI       
FRI       09:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj7 (Listen)
FRI       The World in the Age of Confucius (500 - 300 BC), Chinese Bronze Bell
FRI       
FRI       Neil MacGregor continues to explore the emergence of
FRI       sophisticated new powers across the world 2,500 years ago,
FRI       from the Parthenon in Greece to the great empire of Cyrus
FRI       in Persia and the forgotten people of the Olmec in Mexico.
FRI       
FRI       In this programme he arrives in China at the time of
FRI       Confucius. He explores the Confucian view of the world with
FRI       reference to a large bronze bell, and with help from the
FRI       writer Isabel Hilton and the percussionist Evelyn Glennie.
FRI       Confucius believed in a society that worked in harmony. How
FRI       do his teachings go down in China today?
FRI       
FRI       10:00  Woman's Hour b00qsvm6 (Listen)
FRI       With Jane Garvey.
FRI       
FRI       10:45  Woman's Hour Drama b00qxzbd (Listen)
FRI       Absent, Departure
FRI       
FRI       By Mark Davies Markham.
FRI       
FRI       Tony has proved himself as a father but his access to his
FRI       children remains the same. His wife wants a new start 200
FRI       miles away.
FRI       
FRI       Tony ...... Craige Els
FRI       Clare ...... Gillian Kearney
FRI       Miss Farrow ...... Alison Pettitt
FRI       Josh ...... Alfie Davies
FRI       Ryan ...... Michael Shelford
FRI       Nick ...... Robert Hitchmough
FRI       
FRI       Directed by Claire Grove.
FRI       
FRI       11:00  Last Orders b00qx1m5 (Listen)
FRI       Episode 2
FRI       
FRI       A celebration of the pub landlord and landlady.
FRI       
FRI       With pubs disappearing at the rate of more than three a day,
FRI       signalling one of the most rapid cultural shifts of recent
FRI       times, half a dozen landlords and landladies reflect on
FRI       life as a licensee and explore what we're in danger of
FRI       losing besides the beer and the buildings.
FRI       
FRI       This rueful view from behind the bar includes reflections on
FRI       the qualities of a good landlord or landlady, their role as
FRI       community confessional and settler of tap room fights,
FRI       dispenser of best bitter and pearls of wisdom.
FRI       
FRI       The programme hears from from old hands like Barbara, an
FRI       ex-Bunny girl who runs The Grapes in London's Limehouse;
FRI       Tetley Dave who fought a battle to keep The Shoulder of
FRI       Mutton from closing in Castleford; Maureen from Langsett
FRI       who's famous for her pies; ex miner Dennis from Barnsley,
FRI       whose bête noir is health and safety; and former Cambridge
FRI       academic Tim, who's taken early retirement to open his
FRI       first pub in York, The Pheonix, just as others around are
FRI       shutting up shop.
FRI       
FRI       How have they kept their marriages together, living and
FRI       working on the premises? How much of a tempatation was it
FRI       to hit the top shelf after a hard day's graft behind the
FRI       bar? Why do they think the pub can help teach the next
FRI       generation how to hold their drink? And how do they bar an
FRI       objectionable customer without starting a Wild West-style
FRI       bar room brawl?
FRI       
FRI       11:30  People in Cars b00qx1m7 (Listen)
FRI       Get Away
FRI       
FRI       Series of linked comedies by Simon Brett.
FRI       
FRI       Gilly's 14-year-old son Ben complains that nothing exciting
FRI       ever happens to them - until a gangster on the run jumps
FRI       into their car.
FRI       
FRI       Gilly ...... Samantha Bond
FRI       Ben ...... Angus Imrie
FRI       Nigel ...... Stephen Critchlow
FRI       Policewoman ...... Tessa Nicholson
FRI       
FRI       Directed by Peter Kavanagh.
FRI       
FRI       12:00  You and Yours b00qswnf (Listen)
FRI       Consumer news and issues with Peter White.
FRI       
FRI       12:57  Weather b00qswq5 (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       13:00  World at One b00qswrj (Listen)
FRI       National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI       
FRI       13:30  Feedback b00qx1m9 (Listen)
FRI       Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes
FRI       and policy.
FRI       
FRI       14:00  The Archers b00qsyns (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday]
FRI       
FRI       14:15  Afternoon Play b00qx1mc (Listen)
FRI       Bad Faith, Nothing Sacred
FRI       
FRI       Series of plays by Peter Jukes about Jake Thorne, a
FRI       Methodist minister and police chaplain who is battling with
FRI       his own demons at the same time as trying to resolve the
FRI       problems of his parishioners.
FRI       
FRI       Jake counsels a policeman who has lost his memory of a fatal
FRI       blaze, while Jake's father, Isaac, slipping into dementia,
FRI       seems intent on wreaking revenge on the whole world, and
FRI       particularly his own son.
FRI       
FRI       Jake Thorne ...... Lenny Henry
FRI       Michael ...... Danny Sapani
FRI       Ruth Thorne ...... Jenny Jules
FRI       
FRI       Producer Mary Peate
FRI       Executive Producer Simon Elmes.
FRI       
FRI       15:00  Gardeners' Question Time b00qx5r5 (Listen)
FRI       Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum.
FRI       
FRI       Anne Swithinbank, Pippa Greenwood and Bob Flowerdew are
FRI       guests of Camborne-Redruth Fuchsia Society in Cornwall.
FRI       
FRI       Pippa Greenwood discusses the variety and needs of different
FRI       fuchsias.
FRI       
FRI       15:45  The Generation Gap b00qsz6f (Listen)
FRI       Funeral Directors
FRI       
FRI       Series of programmes in which two people from different
FRI       generations discuss a topic that reveals the changing
FRI       nature of Britain.
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FRI       The theme of the first five programmes is Respect.
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FRI       Michael Ryan, a funeral director in Newport, and his
FRI       daughter Louise -  who, at 21, is the youngest female
FRI       funeral director in the world - discuss whether changes in
FRI       funeral styles mean that our respect for the dead has
FRI       changed.
FRI       
FRI       A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       16:00  Last Word b00qx5r7 (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 b00qx5r9 (Listen)
FRI       Francine Stock talks to Amelie director Jean Pierre Jeunet
FRI       about Paris in the movies, and Lewis Gilbert, the
FRI       film-maker responsible for Alfie and You Only Live Twice,
FRI       looks back on his career as his autobiography is published.
FRI       
FRI       17:00  PM b00qt0f2 (Listen)
FRI       Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie
FRI       Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI       
FRI       18:00  Six O'Clock News b00qt1q0 (Listen)
FRI       The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       18:30  The News Quiz b00qx5rc (Listen)
FRI       Series 70, Episode 8
FRI       
FRI       Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists
FRI       are Fred MacAulay, Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton and Victoria
FRI       Mather.
FRI       
FRI       19:00  The Archers b00qsynv (Listen)
FRI       Grief comes hard for Jill.
FRI       
FRI       19:15  Front Row b00qt1rt (Listen)
FRI       Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
FRI       
FRI       19:45  A History of the World in 100 Objects b00qsvj7 (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today]
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FRI       20:00  Any Questions? b00qx5rf (Listen)
FRI       Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Diss in
FRI       Norfolk. The panel includes home secretary Alan Johnson,
FRI       deputy leader of Plaid Cymru Helen Mary Jones and Iain
FRI       Duncan Smith, former Conservative leader and chairman of
FRI       the Centre for Social Justice.
FRI       
FRI       20:50  A Point of View b00qx5rh (Listen)
FRI       A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Lisa Jardine.
FRI       
FRI       21:00  Friday Play b00qx5rk (Listen)
FRI       After the Accident
FRI       
FRI       By Julian Armitstead. A couple's young daughter is killed in
FRI       a head-on car crash. Four years later the parents summon
FRI       the courage to meet the young lad responsible.
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FRI       Leon ...... Jack O'Connell
FRI       Petra ...... Lia Williams
FRI       Jimmy ...... Russell Boulter
FRI       Mr E ...... Duncan Bonner
FRI       Leon's Mum ...... Amanda Horlock
FRI       
FRI       Directed by Mark Smalley.
FRI       
FRI       21:58  Weather b00qt1zs (Listen)
FRI       The latest weather forecast.
FRI       
FRI       22:00  The World Tonight b00qt2cl (Listen)
FRI       National and international news and analysis with Ritula
FRI       Shah.
FRI       
FRI       22:45  Book at Bedtime b00qtp9s (Listen)
FRI       Moonlight in Odessa, Episode 10
FRI       
FRI       Jane Collingwood reads from Janet Skeslien Charles's debut
FRI       novel, set in the Ukraine.
FRI       
FRI       Daria makes some important decisions about the future,
FRI       including a separation from Tristan, which he violently
FRI       opposes. But help is at hand from a most unlikely source.
FRI       
FRI       A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI       
FRI       23:00  A Good Read b00qvm1h (Listen)
FRI       [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday]
FRI       
FRI       23:30  Today in Parliament b00qtrr8 (Listen)
FRI       News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament
FRI       with Mark D'Arcy.
FRI