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SAT SATURDAY 10 APRIL 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00rthpl (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00rqqpj (Listen) SAT Parisians, Episode 5 SAT SAT "The idea was to create a kind of mini Human Comedy of Paris SAT in which the history of the city would be illumined by the SAT real experiences of its inhabitants." SAT SAT So says the author Graham Robb about his new book SAT 'Parisians'. And a whole host of characters walk scuttle SAT jump run and flounce across his pages beginning with the SAT French Revolution and ending in more current times. These SAT inhabitants are natives and visitors and it is the likes of SAT Charles Axel Guillaumot Marie Antoinette Alexandrine Zola SAT Adolf Hitler and Charles de Gaulle who lighten and darken SAT the city's streets SAT in five episodes for BOOK OF THE WEEK. The series narrator SAT is Stephen Boxer. SAT SAT In this final episode we witness gunshots at Notre Dame SAT which heralds decades of danger for SAT a new French leader... Reader Stephen Boxer. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rthpn (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rthpq (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rthps (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00rthpv (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rthpx (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. SAT SAT 05:45 Ankle High History b00j5tfc (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT SAT Scotland has a lost archaeological history - the ruins of SAT thousands of townships and buildings which have never been SAT recorded on any map yet which tell the tale of life in a SAT period of dramatic change. Mark Stephen follows attempts to SAT uncover those stories before the buildings fade from the SAT landscape. SAT SAT On the Balmoral Estate Mark meets a ranger who was astounded SAT to learn that what he though was just a pile of stones was SAT in fact the remains of a once-thriving farming township. And SAT he follows a drovers road between two glens discovering the SAT remnants of a lost way of life. SAT SAT Producer Monise Durrani. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00rthpz (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00rv546 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00rv548 (Listen) SAT Northumberland Castles SAT SAT Matt Baker visits Alnwick Castle in Northumberland home to SAT the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland where he meets the SAT Duchess Jane and Frenchman Christian Perdrier. After SAT spending 12 years at Disneyland Paris Christian has joined SAT Jane at Alnwick to 'awaken a sleeping beauty' that he says SAT is Alnwick and the castle that towers over this market town SAT in Northumberland surrounded by an unspoilt landscape. Matt SAT is shown around the famous Alnwick Garden created by Jane SAT herself and set around a cascading fountain. This is the SAT only place in the world to have a section devoted entirely SAT to a poison garden where every plant grown is a potential SAT killer and is also home to the world's largest tree house. SAT Leaving Alnwick Matt meets folk singer-songwriter Jez Lowe SAT born and raised in the North East who draws inspiration from SAT the daily lives of the people and places of the area for his SAT music. Matt then travels on along the coastline to the SAT imposing Bamburgh Castle which stands on an outcrop of SAT volcanic rock. This medieval fortress has around 4000 years SAT of continuous occupation and since 1996 the Bamburgh SAT Research Project has been working on the castle unearthing SAT many exciting finds including the 7th century Bowl Hole SAT cemetery. SAT Finally Matt heads south where in stark contrast to the SAT grandeur of Alnwick and Bamburgh he arrives at the iconic SAT ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle. Dunstanburgh is the largest in SAT Northumberland and here Matt meets poet and historian SAT Katrina Porteous whose work is inspired and influenced by SAT the Northumberland coast and the cultural and natural SAT history of the area. Over the course of a year Katrina SAT visited Dunstanburgh Castle several times in all weathers SAT observing its seasonal changes. The result was the epic poem SAT 'Dunstanburgh' which draws on the history and local legends SAT of the castle. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00rv54b (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT Presenter: Charlotte Smith SAT Producer: Peter Tat. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00rv57c (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00rv57f (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; SAT Weather; Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00rv58n (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by writer Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall. SAT The poet is Luke Wright. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00rv58q (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig with the adventures frustrations and joys of SAT travel. SAT SAT 10:30 The Ambassador's Reception b00rv5dc (Listen) SAT "Being thrown out of the US embassy in Ankara with Arthur SAT Miller - a voluntary exile - was one of the proudest moments SAT of my life." SAT SAT In March 1985 Harold Pinter and American playwright Arthur SAT Miller took a trip to Turkey that culminated in their being SAT thrown out of the American Ambassador's dinner party held in SAT Arthur Miller's honour. They were not in Turkey for a play SAT or a literary event but to draw attention to the ruthless SAT limits being set on freedom of expression in Turkey at that SAT time and the many writers languishing in prison. SAT SAT "Mr. Pinter you don't seem to understand the realities of SAT the situation here. Don't forget the Russians are just over SAT the border. You have to bear in mind the political reality SAT the diplomatic reality the military reality." SAT SAT For BBC Radio 4 writer and journalist Maureen Freely SAT retraces their footsteps and takes us on a journey across SAT Istanbul into the homes and meeting places of the Turkish SAT literati who in the 1980s were oppressed imprisoned and SAT tortured for their opinions. Until then the world had turned SAT a blind eye to their plight. Did Pinter and Miller's trip SAT draw attention to a regime that was cruelly persecuting its SAT people or were hopes raised only to be quashed again with SAT the realisation that military strategy was more important to SAT the world than human rights? SAT SAT Evoking images of country full of promise yet stunted by SAT doubt and distrust Maureen hears from painters writers and SAT publishers - those who remember the trip vividly those who SAT were locked up for speaking their mind and the new SAT generation of authors. She finds out whether Turkey is a SAT better safer and freer place to be a writer today than it SAT was in the spring of 1985 or whether having an opinion that SAT deviates from the official line remains a dangerous path to SAT tread. SAT SAT The producer is Gemma Newby. It is an All Out production for SAT BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 The Heckler b00rv5df (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT SAT A quirky irreverent guide to the weekly events of the SAT election. As the campaign begins Gordon Brown proclaims that SAT he's from a middle class family while David Cameron insists SAT that it's all about the 'great ignored'. What does it all SAT mean? 'The Heckler' explores the nature of political reality SAT - by shouting awkward questions from the crowd at the SAT passing spectacle. Presented by Clive Anderson without any SAT loose ends or unreliable evidence. SAT SAT The Heckler is on BBC Radio 4 at 11.00 am on Saturday SAT mornings during the campaign. SAT SAT Producers: Peter Mulligan / Leala Padmanabhan. SAT SAT Editor: Martin Rosenbaum. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00rv5dh (Listen) SAT BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the SAT world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00rv5dk (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of SAT personal finance. SAT Producer: Penny Haslam. SAT SAT 12:30 The Now Show b00rth3n (Listen) SAT Series 30, Episode 6 SAT SAT The Now show 6/6 SAT SAT Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical look through SAT the week's news with help from Jon Holmes Laura Shavin Mitch SAT Benn and Mark Watson. SAT SAT Producer: Ed Morrish. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00rv6n6 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00rv6n8 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00rth3q (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Penrith in SAT Cumbria with questions from the audience for the panel SAT including: Andy Burnham MP Secretary of State for Health; SAT Eric Pickles MP Conservative Party Chairman; Jo Swinson MP SAT Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Daily SAT Mail political columnist Peter Oborne. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00rv6nb (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in SAT response to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00rv6nd (Listen) SAT The Believers SAT SAT The Believers. SAT Liverpool 1963. The Merseybeat boom is about to take off. SAT And with it The Believers a Christian pop band determined to SAT spread the Word. If only they were all singing from the SAT same hymn sheet. Comedy drama by acclaimed screenwriter SAT Frank Cottrell Boyce. SAT James..................................Ray Quinn SAT Debbie.................................Samantha Robinson SAT Billy.....................................Kieran Lynn SAT Warren..............................John Biggins SAT Reverend Michaels.............Rufus Wright SAT Elder Wardle......................Gary Bleasdale SAT Jenny................................Alison Pettitt SAT Other parts played by Joanna Monro David Seddon Laura SAT Molyneux Jill Cardo and Keely Beresford. SAT Original music by Carl Hunter and Mel Bowen SAT Directed by Toby Swift SAT SAT 15:30 Smash Hit of 1453 b00rt921 (Listen) SAT In the musical powerhouse of Europe in the 15th century one SAT tune caught the imagination of the court composers. This was SAT The Armed Man (or in its original French "L'Homme Arme"). A SAT rousing first line warns that "the armed man must be feared" SAT and goes on to tell everyone to arm themselves with a coat SAT of mail. The musician and broadcaster Rainer Hersch unpicks SAT the facts we know of the tune and its words making his way SAT through 40 odd church masses by as many composers who used SAT the melody as a base. SAT SAT Early music specialists Catherine Bott and Andrew Kirkman SAT think the original song may have been a warning against the SAT threat of the warring Turks following the fall of SAT Constantinople in 1453 but it could equally have been a SAT popular children's or even a pub song. Whatever its origin SAT it became literally the "Smash Hit" of that time but then SAT like much of pop music it just went out of fashion and SAT disappeared. SAT SAT Rainer leaves the 15th century behind to find out why the SAT song suddenly burst back into life in the 20th century. SAT Christopher Marshall heard it in his New Zealand school and SAT composed a lively piece for wind band. Karl Jenkins came SAT across it during the Kosovo crisis 10 years ago and composed SAT his popular Mass for Peace. This begins with the sounds of SAT an approaching army with the original tune bursting out at SAT the climax. The Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter SAT Maxwell Davies encountered it while studying in Italy and SAT composed a theatre piece where it becomes anything from a SAT hymn to a foxtrot. And this year the folk-group SAT Mawkin:Causley released their first album and turned it into SAT a fast-moving riff which gets audiences on their feet. SAT SAT Rainer traces the journey of the tune and the words as it SAT appears in these very different musical clothes. SAT SAT The producers are Richard Bannerman and Merilyn Harris and SAT it is a Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00rv6wn (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT Presented by Jenni Murray. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00rv6wq (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn SAT Quinn plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00rv6ws (Listen) SAT The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented SAT by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00rv6wv (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00rv6wx (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rv6wz (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00rv6x1 (Listen) SAT Peter Curran and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation SAT music and comedy. SAT SAT Peter is joined by the actresses Felicity Kendal and Sue SAT Johnston and the columnist Richard Littlejohn. SAT SAT Nikki Bedi talks to former boxer and actor Gary Stretch. SAT SAT With comedy from Eric the Submariner and music from The SAT London Community Gospel Choir. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00rv8ws (Listen) SAT Series of profiles of people who are currently making SAT headlines. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00rv8wv (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests discuss the week's cultural SAT highlights. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00rv8yk (Listen) SAT Ask the Fellows That Cut the Hay SAT SAT In this week's Archive On Four historian Alan Dein SAT celebrates the centenary of his mentor George Ewart Evans SAT collector of Suffolk farming tales. Evans began by chatting SAT to his neighbours over the fireside in the 1950's and SAT transcribing stories about poaching shepherding smuggling SAT and ditching. SAT SAT The talk was of a hardscrabble life of leaky roofs and meals SAT of pea soup and pollard dumplings and beef only at Christmas SAT with occasional festivities like the Whitsun fair. SAT SAT With the help of BBC producer David Thomson Evans recorded SAT many of these tales and they were broadcast on the Third SAT Programme. SAT SAT Evans came from a Welsh mining village and he sympathised SAT with the labourers' stories about the tyranny of the trinity SAT of the parson squire and farmer. He was a sympathetic SAT listener who asked allowed his community to speak for itself SAT and he captured the stories of people whose traditions had SAT been unbroken for generations who worked on the land before SAT mechanisation and who believed in magic and folk wisdom and SAT had intuitive understanding of working with animals. SAT SAT Evans' eleven books about the working lives and folk stories SAT of Blaxhall are a portrait of every facet of his village and SAT paved the way for books and programmes both fiction and not SAT fiction about British agricultural life. SAT SAT Alan Dein talks to people who remember him in the village of SAT Blaxhall and to his son Lord (Matthew) Evans and youngest SAT daughter Susan as well as historian Owen Collins. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00rql6h (Listen) SAT Clarissa: The History of a Young Lady, Freedom Regained SAT SAT 4/4 Freedom Regained SAT Clarissa has fled from the cruel rapacious Lovelace and SAT befriended by his erstwhile friend Belford and the kindly SAT Mrs Smith and completely broken in body and spirit she hopes SAT only for reconciliation with her family; while an SAT unrepentant Lovelace seeks once again to find her and conquer her soul. SAT SAT Robert Lovelace ..... Richard Armitage SAT Clarissa Harlowe ..... Zoe Waites SAT Sally ..... Sophie Thompson SAT Dorcas ..... Lisa Hammond SAT Belford ..... Adrian Scarborough SAT Anna ..... Cathy Sara SAT Mrs Sinclair ..... Miriam Margolyes SAT Du Blanc ..... Stephen Critchlow SAT Mrs Smith ..... Linda Broughton SAT Colonel Morden ..... Julian Rhind-Tutt SAT SAT Written by Samuel Richardson SAT Dramatised by Hattie Naylor SAT SAT Directed by Marilyn Imrie SAT A Catherine Bailey Production. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00rv8ym (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4 SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00rtcqy (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson brings together some of the country's top SAT judges and lawyers to discuss the legal issues of the day. SAT SAT The first programme explores the often controversial SAT interface between English law and religious belief. SAT SAT Disputes in which articles of faith clash with the law of SAT the land have arisen over the carrying of sacred knives SAT employment law adoption gay rights and cremation. SAT SAT One of the first acts of the new Supreme Court was to rule SAT that one of Britain's most successful faith schools had SAT racially discriminated against a 12-year-old boy who was SAT refused admission because the school did not recognise him SAT as Jewish. SAT SAT And the Government's attempts to strengthen the country's SAT equalities legislation provoked the Pope to call on bishops SAT to fight measures which could force churches to hire SAT homosexual and transgender employees. SAT SAT When individuals choose to have their disputes resolved in SAT religious courts such as Sharia or Beth Din what kind of SAT oversight should the secular courts of the United Kingdom SAT exercise? SAT SAT This programme explores the extent to which secular law SAT accommodates the "irrationality" of religious belief. Should SAT it be more accommodating as the Archbishop of Canterbury SAT Rowan Williams has suggested? SAT SAT The producer is Brian King. This is an Above the Title SAT production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 23:00 Counterpoint b00rrljw (Listen) SAT Series 24, Episode 3 SAT SAT The third heat in the 2010 series of Counterpoint comes from SAT Manchester with Paul Gambaccini asking the questions. The SAT contestants are from Scotland and the North of England. As SAT always the questions test the breadth of their musical SAT knowledge and feature a wealth of musical extracts and SAT illustrations. SAT SAT Douglas MacLeod a writer from Edinburgh SAT Alastair Gillies a former local government officer from St SAT Helens SAT Alan Shutt a former teacher from Chesterfield SAT SAT SAT 23:30 The Poetry Olympian: Michael Horovitz at 75 b00rqlc6 (Listen) SAT The British Beat poet and musician Michael Horovitz is 75 on SAT April 4th 2010 and in this lively celebration of a SAT lifetime's idiosyncratic poetry output his admirer music SAT lecturer and writer Simon Warner makes the case that no-one SAT has had a greater influence on the development of British SAT poetry over the last 50 years. Describing himself as a 'poet SAT singer-songwriter jazz and blues Anglo-saxophonist' Horovitz SAT has spent decades publishing and promoting the verse of the SAT English underground often at his own expense and in the face SAT of establishment indifference. In fact his efforts are SAT little less than the seeding ground of the spoken word SAT tradition in the UK and he has been and continues to be an SAT inventive and indefatigable champion of well-known and SAT up-and-coming poets and musicians. SAT SAT His notion that poetry should be seen and heard often with SAT music has been shared and developed in collaboration with SAT notable musicians from Stan Tracy to Damon Albarn as well as SAT a couple of generations of poetry performers from Adrian SAT Mitchell John Cooper Clarke and Jean 'Binta' Breeze to John SAT Hegley Patience Agbabi and Francesca Beard. SAT SAT His influence on publishing has been as significant as his SAT impact on performance. In 1959 he launched New Departures SAT which first published works by Beckett Burroughs Ginsberg SAT and others in the UK. The magazine grew into a famously SAT anarchic and energetic touring show Live New Departures SAT which brought poetry music visual art and performance to SAT venues all over Britain during the counterculture explosion SAT of the 1960s. He played a key part in the 1965 International SAT Poetry Incarnation at the Albert Hall and since 1980 he has SAT organised a a number of Poetry Olympics events that have SAT showcased and continue to do so inventive and inspiring SAT collaborations between poets and musicians. SAT SAT Music lecturer and writer Simon Warner charts the impact of SAT this energetic and eccentric provoker of the establishment SAT over five decades and talks to those who have worked with SAT him supported him and been supported by him over the years SAT including poets Pete Brown Roger McGough John Hegley Valerie SAT Bloom and Libby Houston musicians Laurie Morgan and Damon SAT Albarn and writer Barry Miles. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 11 APRIL 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00rv94b (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b009psnp (Listen) SUN What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets, Get Lost SUN SUN Continuing ourseries of short stories inspired by the lives SUN and work of the seventeenth century poets John Donne SUN George Herbert and Andrew Marvell. SUN SUN "GET LOST" by Michéle Roberts read by Joanna Tope. SUN SUN George Herbert's poem "Prayer" provides the inspiration for SUN tonight's story in which a woman - grieving the death of her SUN mother - walks for miles through the empty Sunday streets of SUN London before coming to rest in All Saints Place a peaceful SUN public garden surrounded by a square of eighteenth century SUN houses. SUN SUN Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rv9kr (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rv9kt (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rv9kw (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00rv9ky (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00rv9l0 (Listen) SUN The sound of church bells. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00rv8ws (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00rv9l2 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00rv9z6 (Listen) SUN Moving On SUN SUN In Something Understood this week Mark Tully explores the SUN physical and emotional upheaval of moving home. Widely SUN recognised as one of the most stressful of life's SUN experiences moving can be difficult and traumatic but it can SUN also be an opportunity to de-clutter reflect and start SUN afresh. SUN SUN The producer is Eley McAinsh and this is a Unique production SUN for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00rvb0s (Listen) SUN With no land or agricultural background how will Gareth SUN Barlow make it as a farmer? Charlotte Smith meets Gareth as SUN he strives to launch a career doing what he loves. With a SUN small flock of 20 Hebridean Sheep living on land borrowed SUN from his neighbour Gareth tells Charlotte that he longs to SUN have a farm he can call his own. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00rvb0v (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00rvb0x (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00rvx9l (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the SUN week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar SUN and unfamiliar. SUN SUN E-mail: sunday@bbc.co.uk SUN SUN Series producer: Amanda Hancox. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00rvx9n (Listen) SUN Opportunity International SUN SUN Donations to Opportunity International should be sent to SUN FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal please mark the back of your SUN envelope Opportunity International. Credit cards: Freephone SUN 0800 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer please provide SUN Opportunity International with your full name and address so SUN they 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: England & Wales (1107713)Scotland SUN (SC039692. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00rvx9q (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00rvx9s (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b0084xjt (Listen) SUN Dr Tina Beattie of Roehampton University travels to Kolkata SUN to explore the legacy of Mother Teresa reflecting on how she SUN lived out her faith amidst profound spiritual darkness in SUN this the centenary year of her birth. Producer Mark O'Brien SUN (revised repeat). E-mail sunday.worship@bbc.co.uk. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00rth9p (Listen) SUN A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Simon Schama. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00rvx9x (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week with SUN Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00rvxbp (Listen) SUN Pip grows up too fast for David and the game is up for SUN Lilian. SUN SUN Written By: Joanna Toye SUN Directed By: Julie Beckett SUN Editor: Vanessa Whitburn SUN SUN Jill Archer ... Patricia Greene SUN David Archer ... Timothy Bentinck SUN Ruth Archer ... Felicity Finch SUN Pip Archer ... Helen Monks SUN Tom Archer ... Tom Graham SUN Jennifer Aldridge ... Angela Piper SUN Alice Aldridge ... Hollie Chapman SUN Lilian Bellamy ... Sunny Ormonde SUN Jolene Perks ... Buffy Davis SUN Fallon Rogers ... Joanna Van-Kampen SUN Eddie Grundy ... Trevor Harrison SUN Ed Grundy ... Barry Farrimond SUN Neil Carter ... Brian Hewlett SUN Susan Carter ... Charlotte Martin SUN Chris Carter ... Will Sanderson-Thwaite SUN Mike Tucker ... Terry Molloy SUN Vicky Tucker ... Rachel Atkins SUN Brenda Tucker ... Amy Shindler SUN Jazzer McCreary ... Ryan Kelly SUN Alan Franks ... John Telfer SUN Jude ... Piers Wehner SUN Paul ... Michael Fenton Stevens. SUN SUN 11:15 The Reunion b00rvxzc (Listen) SUN Brideshead Revisited SUN SUN In this episode of The Reunion Sue MacGregor brings together SUN the cast the producer and the director of the iconic TV SUN drama Brideshead Revisited. SUN SUN Brideshead became one of the most popular TV shows ever made SUN when it first aired on ITV in the autumn of 1981. It made SUN household names of its stars Jeremy Irons and Anthony SUN Andrews and starred two of the greatest actors of the SUN twentieth century Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. SUN SUN Based on the best-selling novel by Evelyn Waugh and adapted SUN by John Mortimer initially and then also Derek Granger it SUN told a poignant story of forbidden love and religious faith SUN set prior to the Second World War. The size and scale of SUN the series was unprecedented. To make eleven fifty minute SUN episodes shot entirely on film and all on location was a SUN huge undertaking. And no expense was spared with glamorous SUN costumes vintage cars and exotic locations including Venice SUN Malta and the QE2. It was one of the most expensive ITV SUN serials ever made and set the benchmark for others to follow SUN notably Jewel in the Crown in 1985. SUN SUN Sue is joined around the table by: Jeremy Irons who played SUN the narrator of the story Charles Ryder; Anthony Andrews who SUN was Sebastian Flyte; Claire Bloom who played Sebastian's SUN mother Lady Marchmain; the series' director Charles SUN Sturridge; Derek Granger the producer; and Diana Quick SUN who was Lady Julia Flyte Sebastian's sister. SUN SUN A WHISTLEDOWN Production for BBC Radio 4. The producers are SUN Sarah Cuddon and David Prest. SUN SUN 12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00rv4f3 (Listen) SUN Series 5, Episode 2 SUN SUN David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians SUN are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another SUN to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past SUN their opponents. Tony Hawks Arthur Smith Phill Jupitus and SUN Catherine Tate are the panellists obliged to talk with SUN deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Hats Pigeons SUN Hairdressers and Admiral Lord Nelson. SUN SUN The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith the SUN team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. SUN SUN The producer is Jon Naismith and this is a Random SUN Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00rvy23 (Listen) SUN Artist Jake Tilson began writing a seafood cookbook as an SUN attempt to overcome his squeamishness about fish. It worked SUN - he's now passionate about cooking and eating fish. But SUN midway through the process he hit a black hole - it might be SUN healthy and taste great but with the vast majority of SUN fisheries in the world fully or over exploited should we be SUN eating fish at all? His previous exhibition A Net of Eels SUN has convinced him that he had eaten his last eel: would fish SUN prove to be the same? SUN SUN Answering that question took Jake on a journey through SUN hundreds of scientific papers and books by the world's SUN experts visiting fish markets and talking to fish buyers SUN around the world. His quest culminated at the Seaweb Seafood SUN Choices Summit earlier this year the world's biggest annual SUN seafood gathering where industry science fishermen NGOs SUN government and the odd chef were all brought together in SUN Paris to discuss sustainable seafood and good practice. SUN SUN Through the fish market of Rungis the streets of Paris and SUN the conference halls Jake asks the experts what they mean by SUN "sustainable fishing" and how cooks everywhere can find it SUN speaking to conference keynote speaker Professor Daniel SUN Pauly the community supported fishery from Maine and UK SUN restaurateur Caroline Bennett owner of sushi restaurant SUN Moshi Moshi. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00rvy25 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00rvy27 (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00rth3g (Listen) SUN Gardeners' Question Time introduces a new series: SUN 'Listeners' Gardens'. Here members of the panel visit four SUN very different gardeners at home offering them advice on SUN their gardening projects. We revisit our four participants SUN bringing you updates on their progress. SUN SUN The first part of 'Listeners' Gardens' comes from a garden SUN in Sherwood near Nottingham. The gardener is setting out SUN from scratch and has a limited space to work with. What SUN creative suggestions do the panel have to offer? SUN SUN This week's Question and Answer session is recorded with the SUN Radcliffe Gardening Club in Nottinghamshire. The panel are SUN Bunny Guinness Bob Flowerdew and Pippa Greenwood. Eric SUN Robson is in the chair. SUN SUN The producer is Lucy Dichmont. This is a Somethin Else SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country b00rvzb9 (Listen) SUN William Wordsworth and the Sublime Landscape SUN SUN This series is an account of how through history people have SUN moved from the town to the country and taken with them SUN powerful ideas about what the countryside should be. Each SUN age 'invents' the countryside to chime with the SUN pre-occupations of the day. The last two centuries have seen SUN the countryside shaped for personal aggrandisement for moral SUN improvement for the reflection of a new industrial wealth as SUN the creation of an 'ideal' landscape as a place of health SUN and healing and as a refuge from (and comment on) the pace SUN nature and stress of contemporary urban life. These ideas SUN find many echoes in our current attitudes to the countryside SUN but the ambition through the series is to visit and SUN scrutinise specific movements and representations and let SUN the ripples of recognition make their own way into the SUN listeners' minds. SUN SUN Our tendency to idealise the countryside hasn't always SUN reflected the reality of rural life. But it provides a SUN fascinating glimpse of our dreams and fears as a society. SUN SUN William Wordsworth wasn't the first nor the last to escape SUN from the infernal hell of the city and take refuge in the SUN countryside but he managed to express in his poetry an SUN unequivocal and compelling sense of nature's transcendent SUN powers that has influenced the way we think about the SUN countryside ever since. SUN SUN For Wordsworth the Lake District England's most dramatic SUN landscape evoked a sense of the Sublime. He responded to the SUN magnitude of this rugged ancient wild unruly expanse of SUN nature with a mixture of awe bordering on terror. SUN SUN The producer is Lucy Greenwell and this is a Just Radio SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00rvzbc (Listen) SUN The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 3: Smiley's People, Part 1 SUN SUN Simon Russell Beale stars as the intelligence officer George SUN Smiley in a three-part dramatisation by Robert Forrest of SUN John le Carre's classic novel first published in 1979 and SUN the third in the celebrated 'Karla Trilogy' following SUN 'Tinker Tailor Solder Spy' and 'The Honourable Schoolboy.' SUN SUN Part 1: At the end of 'The Honourable Schoolboy' in the SUN mid-1970s as a ruthless new broom swept through the secret SUN corridors of Whitehall spymaster George Smiley quietly left SUN the Circus and vanished into private life. But a year or two SUN later when a veteran Russian emigre general is found dead on SUN Hampstead Heath Smiley is called out of retirement to SUN exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past. SUN What follows is Smiley the human being at his most SUN vulnerable and Smiley the case officer at his most SUN brilliant; and it takes to a thrilling conclusion his SUN career-long serpentine battle with the enigmatic and SUN ruthless Russian spymaster Karla. SUN SUN Ann Smiley ..... Anna Chancellor SUN Oliver Lacon ..... Alex Jennings SUN Chief Superintendant ..... Stephen Critchlow SUN Lauder Strickland ..... David Bannerman SUN Mikhel ..... Nigel Anthony SUN Mostyn ..... David Seddon SUN Old woman ..... Joanna Monro SUN Postman ..... Michael Shelford SUN Girl ..... Keely Beresford SUN Stella ..... Alison Pettitt SUN William ..... Piers Wehner SUN SUN Producer Patrick Rayner SUN SUN This episode is available until 3:00pm on Sunday 2nd May as SUN part of the Series Catch-up Trial. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00rvzmz (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup visits Dublin for an in-depth conversation SUN with Roddy Doyle winner of the 1993 Booker Prize. His latest SUN novel The Dead Republic completes a historical trilogy SUN telling the story of Henry Smart a former IRA member forced SUN to leave Ireland and flee to America. Doyle talks about his SUN approach to twentieth-century Irish history and takes SUN Mariella to the locations of some of the tumultous events SUN depicted in the trilogy. SUN SUN Producer: Thomas Morris. SUN SUN 16:30 Lost Voices b00rzllj (Listen) SUN Series 2, ASJ Tessimond SUN SUN Poet Brian Patten returns with the stories of four more SUN undeservedly forgotten poets. ASJ - Arthur Seymour John - SUN Tessimond - known to his friends as Tessy - died less than SUN fifty years ago but the details of his life are now almost SUN entirely consigned to oblivion. But his poetry lives on SUN largely in anthologies or as requests on Poetry Please and SUN Brian Patten was determined to find out as much as he could SUN for Radio 4 about the man who wrote some beautiful poetry SUN about love. And cats. And oddly Luton. SUN For a man who never found the love he dreamed of he was SUN conspicuously tenacious in looking for it - but as a SUN Tessimond researcher explains in Lost Voices this afternoon SUN he had a fatal tendency to seek love from unsuitable women - SUN chorus girls and nightclub hostesses. Nevertheless Tessimond SUN is clearly a man who inspired affection and by the end of SUN this afternoon's programme Brian himself has developed a SUN soft spot for "Tessy." The poems are read by Nigel Anthony. SUN SUN Written and presented by Brian Patten. Produced by Christine SUN Hall. SUN SUN 17:00 Iraq's Forgotten Conflict b00rt9rm (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton tells the story of Iraq's religious SUN minorities which are facing extinction from targeted SUN killings and forced exile. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00rv8ws (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00rvzn3 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00rvzn6 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rvzn8 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00rvznb (Listen) SUN John Waite makes his selection from the last seven days of SUN BBC Radio SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00rvzqz (Listen) SUN Chris and Alice keep playing house and Jill has some words SUN of wisdom for Pip. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00rvzr1 (Listen) SUN David Willis presents an insider guide to the people and the SUN stories shaping America today featuring location reports SUN lively discussion and exclusive interviews. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b008kjrs (Listen) SUN Treasure Island, The Treasure Hunt SUN SUN John le Carre reads one of the greatest of all adventure SUN stories Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Abridged SUN in 5 parts by Katrin Williams. SUN SUN When a mysterious sailor dies in sinister circumstances at SUN the Admiral Benbow inn young Jim Hawkins stumbles across a SUN treasure map among the dead man's possessions. But Jim soon SUN becomes only too aware that he is not the only one who knows SUN of the map's existence and his bravery and cunning are SUN tested to the full when with his friends Squire Trelawney SUN and Dr Livesey he sets sail in the Hispaniola to track down SUN the treasure horde. SUN SUN With its swift-moving plot and memorably drawn characters - SUN Blind Pew and Black Dog the castaway Ben Gunn and the SUN charming but dangerous Long John Silver - Stevenson's tale SUN of pirates treachery and heroism was an immediate success SUN when it was first published in 1883 and has retained its SUN place as one of the greatest of all adventure stories. SUN SUN John le Carre is well-known as a superb reader of his own SUN work and has received high praise for his recent readings SUN for BBC Radio - The Tailor of Panama in 1997 Single & Single SUN in 1999 The Constant Gardener in 2001 and Absolute Friends SUN in 2004. In 2002 he read Robert Graves' Goodbye To All That SUN for BBC Radio 4. Treasure Island provides ample opportunity SUN for le Carre to show off his talents as a performer as he SUN animates a cast of characters from pompous members of the SUN landed gentry to vicious pirates. SUN SUN The producer is David Blount. This is a Pier production for SUN BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00rtg8f (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00rth3j (Listen) SUN John Wilson presents the obituary series analysing and SUN celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00rv5dk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00rvx9n (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00rtfhg (Listen) SUN Life Cycle SUN Britain is experiencing a two-wheeled revolution. Folding SUN bikes e-bikes tricycles recumbents fixies cargo bikes bamboo SUN bikes - the bicycle is being reinvented and demand is so SUN great that many manufacturers are struggling to keep up. SUN Amid burgeoning sales of bicycles and accessories are we SUN witnessing a genuine cultural shift towards two wheels? SUN Peter Day meets some of the businesses and innovators hoping SUN pedal power is here to stay. SUN Producer: Ben Crighton. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00rw05g (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00rw05j (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Election Papers Say b00rwmzd (Listen) SUN Episode 3 SUN SUN BBC Radio 4 brings back a much loved TV favourite - What the SUN Papers Say. It does exactly what is says on the tin. Between SUN now and the election the country's leading political SUN journalists will analyse how the newspapers are covering the SUN biggest stories of the campaign. Hear all about it on SUN Sunday/today at 22h45 on BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00rth3l (Listen) SUN Tilda Swinton discusses her film career with Francine Stock SUN including her latest I Am Love which was 11 years in the SUN making. SUN SUN Co-creator of The Office Stephen Merchant talks about his SUN latest collaboration with Ricky Gervais Cemetery Junction. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00rv9z6 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 12 APRIL 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00rw6ky (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00rtbg8 (Listen) MON The idea that modernity leads to a lessening religious MON belief is being abandoned by theorists in America and MON Europe. Figures like Richard Dawkins and AC Grayling argue MON that increasingly religion seeks to impinge on science and MON now the first systematic study of European cultural groups MON predicts that fundamentalists of all religions are MON out-breeding moderates and atheists and will eclipse them MON quite soon. In Israel the Ultra Orthodox will form the MON majority as soon as 2050. Since the birth rate of secular MON people in the West is way below replacement level (2.1) and MON the birth rate of religious fundamentalists of practically MON any stripe is far above (roughly between 5 and 7.7 children MON per mother) through the sheer force of demography academic MON Eric Kaufmann claims they will become a much bigger force in MON the Western World. Is that inevitable? Should people be MON worried? MON Laurie Taylor discusses the anxieties of atheists and the MON predictions of demography with three theorists of different MON perspectives.: The Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies MON at Oxford University Tariq Ramadan; Eric Kaufmann Reader in MON Politics at Birkbeck College and author of Shall the MON Religious Inherit the Earth? and Rebecca Goldstein MON philosopher and author of 36 Arguments for the Existence of MON God; A Work of Fiction. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00rv9l0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rw6n3 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rw75f (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rw6rn (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00rw6vn (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rw78g (Listen) MON with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00rw7dl (Listen) MON Presenter: Charlotte Smith MON Producer: Anna Varle. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00rxdr6 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00rw7hw (Listen) MON With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00rxdr8 (Listen) MON Andrew Marr talks to playwright David Hare about his forty MON years in the theatre to musician Laurie Anderson about her MON new multimedia work 'Delusion' to political commentator MON Danny Finkelstein about apathy and to journalist Alex Bellos MON about the importance of maths and our need to understand MON numbers. MON Producer: Eleanor Garland. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00rw7hy (Listen) MON The Last Resort, Episode 1 MON MON The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers read by Jack Klaff. MON Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions. The MON author tells the story of his parents fight to stay on their MON backpacker lodge in Zimbabwe despite the political upheaval MON of the last decade. When he hears the news of the death of MON the first white farmer Rogers is concerned for his parents MON safety but when he returns home to visit them nothing has MON prepared him for what he finds. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rw8n2 (Listen) MON Presented by Jane Garvey. Jane and her guests discuss the MON writing of Jane Austen as Winchester Cathedral mounts a MON special exhibition. MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rwppj (Listen) MON Sarah Siddons: Life in Five Sittings, Episode 1 MON MON Clare Higgins and Carl Prekopp star in this brutally honest MON passionate true story of the compelling disturbing and MON tempestuous love affair between the greatest actress of her MON time the legendary Sarah Siddons and the renowned artist Tom MON Lawrence. A young teenager when he first paints Siddons MON Lawrence falls hopelessly in love with her. Plagued by MON self-doubts she resists his advances. To 'escape' her MON clutches but also to be nearer to her Tom woos her MON daughters. When they die Sarah accuses him of killing them MON by the demonic force of his adoration. Knowing they should MON stay apart over the years they continue to meet and draw MON strength from each other. Every time she visits she also MON sits for Tom enabling him to trace her decline in his art. MON Theirs is a relationship rich in nuance and subtlety in MON which two people share intimacies aspirations confidences MON fears and doubts. MON MON Sarah ..... Clare Higgins MON Tom ..... Carl Prekopp MON MON Writen by David Pownall. MON MON The director is Martin Jenkins and this is a Pier production MON for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:00 Overexposed b00q3cm3 (Listen) MON Miles Warde presents the story of a group of MON photojournalists who set out to witness world events. They MON went to Yugoslavia Angola Chechnya Gaza and Iraq. Two of MON them were shot dead. A compelling portrait of youthful MON ambition and the power of photography to change the world. MON MON 11:30 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00rxf3w (Listen) MON Lobster Thermidor MON MON Thinking of Leaving Your Husband is a four-part comedy MON series by Charlotte Cory which explores a middle-aged MON woman's attempts to find herself a new romantic interest by MON joining an internet dating site. The series gives us two MON virtuoso acting performances by Lia Williams who as Sarah MON our heroine appears in every scene and Henry Goodman who not MON only plays Sarah's ex-husband Malcolm but every one of her MON would-be lovers MON MON In this second episode - Lobster Thermidor - Sarah's first MON experience of internet dating has gone horribly wrong but MON undeterred she continues to use the site and receives a MON proposal from a high court judge to go out and eat lobster MON thermidor with him. Meanwhile her ex-schoolfriend Tania is MON treating her less like a friend and more like some sort of MON hired servant; she is instructed to look after a consignment MON of pedigree cats that Tania proposes to sell at a huge MON profit. Some relief comes in the form of an unexpected visit MON from her two self-centred but irrepressible nieces Lucy and MON Ellie. MON MON Cast: MON Sarah ..... Lia Williams MON Malcolm - and all Sarah's internet dates ..... Henry Goodman MON Francis Parker ..... Roger Hammond MON Mother ..... Miriam Margolyes MON Tania ..... Frances Barber MON Lucy ..... Eleanor Butters MON Ellie ..... Hayley Roberts MON Susie ..... Elyse Blemmings MON MON Sound Design by Lucinda Mason Brown & Original Music by MON David Chilton. MON Series initiated by Nick Russell Pavier MON MON Director: Gordon House MON MON A Goldhawk Essential production. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00rwpw1 (Listen) MON Julian Worricker finds out why extra bright headlights are MON such a problem for one taxi driver that he started a MON petition against cars being fitted with them. MON MON At the moment food waste may well end up in landfill. With MON the introduction of new feed-in tariffs (meaning that you MON can now earn money for generating green power) councils MON across the country are keen to exploit the potential of food MON waste as a new source of energy. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00rwpwy (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00rwq99 (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00rvzqz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00rxh66 (Listen) MON Homestead MON By Francis Turnly MON MON Daniel Brennan and his family downsize to a small farm MON holding in the country. Struggling to fit in their hopes of MON a new start are dashed when a campaign of intimidation is MON directed at them. Who can they trust? MON MON Daniel ... Stuart Graham MON Kate...Zara Turner MON Cassie...Hannah R. Gordon MON Sean.....Des McAleer MON Eamon.....Ian Beattie MON Declan....Shaun Blaney MON Auctioneer / PSNI officer....Patrick Fitzsymons MON Conor....Kieran Lagan MON Dermot....Robert Taylor MON MON Producer/Director - Heather Larmour MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00rv8yk (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62b7 (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON After a successful night's hunting Beberu the old pride male MON and his family are gathered together unaware of two nomadic MON males nearby. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00rvy23 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Click On b00rxh71 (Listen) MON Series 6, Episode 3 MON MON Simon Cox finds out how graphics usually seen in games are MON helping juries understand complex forensic evidence. MON MON 17:00 PM b00rwqg2 (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 b00rwt6x (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00rxh88 (Listen) MON Series 5, Episode 3 MON MON David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians MON are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another MON to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past MON their opponents. Fred MacAulay Susan Calman Liza Tarbuck and MON Charlie Brooker are the panellists obliged to talk with MON deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Skiing MON Elephants Chocolate and Cleopatra. MON MON The show is devised by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith the MON team behind Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue. MON MON The producer is Jon Naismith and this is a Random MON Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00rwqbx (Listen) MON Jazzer's milk round turns sour and Tony tries playing Cupid. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00rwt7m (Listen) MON Arts news interviews and reviews presented by Mark Lawson MON including an interview with American comedy performer and MON actress Tina Fey who famously impersonated the Republican MON vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. MON MON Producer Nicki Paxman. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rwppj (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Anatomy Of... b00rxj4x (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON MON From the makers of the Sony award-winning Anatomy of a Car MON Crash the series that dissects those often-neglected MON everyday dramas that change ordinary lives forever. MON MON 2/3 The story of Angela who was sectioned under the Mental MON Health Act. In 2005 Angela was busy and successful working MON for an NHS Trust as well as running three parenting groups. MON As she pushed herself harder and harder though her behaviour MON started to become increasingly bizarre leading family and MON colleagues to worry about her mental health. Following a MON psychotic episode at home Angela was sectioned and admitted MON to hospital. MON MON The programme traces Angela's experiences speaking to her MON family and friends about the impact of late-onset bipolar MON disorder on their lives. Those who cared for her in hospital MON recall Angela's slow path to recovery. MON MON Producer: Laurence Grissell. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b00rtd48 (Listen) MON In the past few decades Central America has been in the grip MON of what has been described as the largest mass conversion in MON history - the explosive growth of Pentecostalism across MON Latin America. The take-up of this new faith in both MON Guatemala and El Salvador is now estimated at over 40%. MON MON Film maker Steve O'Hagan travelled through those countries MON to ask why the people there are reaching out to this new MON religion after 400 years of rule from the Vatican. MON MON Forty years ago a radical new Catholic offshoot known as MON Liberation Theology looked set to transform Central American MON society as the theological wing of the socialist-inspired MON revolutions that were erupting across the region. In a MON conservative backlash Pentecostalism became the faith of MON those who opposed these revolutions and wanted to keep the MON status quo. The two movements found themselves on opposite MON sides in the brutal civil wars of the 1980s and 90s. MON MON From the space-age opulence of the biggest church in all of MON Latin America on the outskirts of Guatemala City to the MON rapidly mushrooming micro-churches operating out of back MON rooms and alleyways of the working class suburbs of San MON Salvador Steve O'Hagan searches for the reasons why MON Pentecostalism - a faith associated with wealth MON televangelists and the North American Right - has proven so MON successful here. MON MON Increasingly from the margins of the society the Catholics MON of Liberation Theology continue to dedicate themselves to MON their work. In the mountainous former rebel strongholds of MON El Salvador Steve meets a Belgian priest who ministered to MON the guerrillas throughout the 12-year civil war and today is MON still tending his flock. MON MON But in a surprising coda we discover that perhaps the spirit MON of Liberation Theology will live on in its theological MON 'conqueror'. Some Pentecostal groups in El Salvador are MON beginning to cast off the right-wing tendencies of their MON past and pick up the torch of liberation first lit by the MON Catholics decades earlier. MON Presenter: Steve O'Hagan MON Producer: Lucy Ash. MON MON 21:00 Material World b00rtf9l (Listen) MON As colour returns to gardens across the country after the MON long cold winter Quentin Cooper hears how records from two MON and a half centuries of nature-watching reveal the gradual MON advance of spring and what this says about climate change. MON MON Also in the programme the UK team who have built a tsunami MON simulator to see how buildings can best resist the powerful MON seawaves created by earthquakes. MON MON Nanoelectronics are brought a step closer with a new kind of MON digital logic. MON MON And we hear from more potential participants in Radio 4's MON "So You Want to be a Scientist" talent search. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00rxdr8 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00rwtdb (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00rwtfq (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rwwsd (Listen) MON The Lessons, Episode 1 MON MON Rory Kinnear begins reading the Orange New Writers Award MON Winner Naomi Alderman's second novel 'The Lessons' a story MON of ambition friendship betrayal and desire. Today: James MON goes up to Oxford but finds her beauty only skin-deep. MON Reader Rory Kinnear MON Abridger Sally Marmion MON Producer Di Speirs MON MON 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00ry8mk (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON Punt and Dennis present a nightly satirical round up of MON election news and comment from comedians journalists and MON commentators. Recorded in front of an audience at the Radio MON Theatre about 4 hours before transmission this is a very MON topical comedy show. MON MON 23:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00h3wlv (Listen) MON Series 2, The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II MON MON And the Academy Award Goes To... The Godfather & Godfather MON II. Another chance to catch Paul Gambaccini's series on MON Oscar-winning films and what they can tell us of the culture MON and times that gave birth to them. MON MON To kick off the series he explores the potboiler novel that MON spawned not only one of the most violent 'family' movies MON ever but also led to an even more successful sequel. An MON offer that can't be refused.. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 13 APRIL 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00rw6hc (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00rw7hy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rw6l0 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rw6vq (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rw6n5 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00rw6rq (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rw75h (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00rw78j (Listen) TUE Presenter: Caz Graham TUE Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00rw7dn (Listen) TUE With Justin Webb and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Between Ourselves b00ryf18 (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 4 TUE TUE Gay ministers Martin Reynolds and Clare Herbert talk to TUE Olivia O'Leary about whether the church accepts their TUE sexuality and how open they can be about their personal TUE life. How do they reconcile the fact that if they win the TUE acceptance they crave it may split the church they love? TUE TUE Producer: Sara Conkey. TUE TUE 09:30 A Musical Trip to South Africa - with Lenny Henry b00ryf1b (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE TUE Lenny meets the Queen of Gospel the mega-recording artist TUE Rebecca Malope he is blown away by a choir in Soweto and the TUE choir boy who's now South Africa's sexiest singing star. TUE TUE The producer is Susan Marling and this is a Just Radio TUE production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzlth (Listen) TUE The Last Resort, Episode 2 TUE TUE The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers read by Jack Klaff. TUE Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions. The TUE author tells the story of his parents fight to stay on their TUE backpacker lodge in Zimbabwe despite the political upheaval TUE of the last decade. TUE TUE Returning home for a visit Douglas discovers that though the TUE tourists have long gone 'Drifters' has acquired a new set of TUE customers. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rw8mr (Listen) TUE Presented by Jane Garvey. A tour of a new exhibition devoted TUE to the Hollywood actress Grace Kelly who became Princess of TUE Monaco. TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlvb (Listen) TUE Sarah Siddons: Life in Five Sittings, Episode 2 TUE TUE Clare Higgins and Carl Prekopp star in this brutally honest TUE passionate true story of the compelling disturbing and TUE tempestuous love affair between the greatest actress of her TUE time the legendary Sarah Siddons and the renowned artist Tom TUE Lawrence. A young teenager when he first paints Siddons TUE Lawrence falls hopelessly in love with her. Plagued by TUE self-doubts she resists his advances. To 'escape' her TUE clutches but also to be nearer to her Tom woos her TUE daughters. When they die Sarah accuses him of killing them TUE by the demonic force of his adoration. Knowing they should TUE stay apart over the years they continue to meet and draw TUE strength from each other. Every time she visits she also TUE sits for Tom enabling him to trace her decline in his art. TUE Theirs is a relationship rich in nuance and subtlety in TUE which two people share intimacies aspirations confidences TUE fears and doubts. TUE TUE Sarah ..... Clare Higgins TUE Tom ..... Carl Prekopp TUE TUE Written by David Pownall. TUE TUE The director is Martin Jenkins and this is a Pier production TUE for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:00 Saving Species b00ryf1d (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE We head up this weeks programme with Red-Crowned Cranes the TUE national bird of Japan and rather wonderfully called "the TUE bird of happiness". Julian Hector interviews Mark Brazil in TUE Japan an East Asian bird specialist who lives in Hokkaido TUE the northern island of Japan where the cranes live. It was TUE late winter when we went to Hokkaido a time when the cranes TUE are as raucous as they are flamboyant with their displays TUE calls and dances. Japanese cranes have a big relevance to TUE Europeans too as we seek to conserve our own crane species TUE and even re-introduce them to wetlands where the species is TUE now extinct. We'll be following cranes in the far East and TUE nearer to home in the weeks ahead. TUE TUE We also broadcast our first "Memories Are Made of This" TUE feature asking older people in their 70's and 80's to tell TUE us about abundances of wildlife they remember from the past. TUE These will be testimonies from naturalists and TUE non-specialists who recall skies darkening with swifts and TUE gardens constantly visited by hedgehogs. We'll have at least TUE seven of these features before the end of July linked to the TUE seasons of the year. TUE TUE As with every week we'll have a wildlife news round-up this TUE week gathered by Kelvin Boot and we'll work with our TUE associates in The Open University to see who is sharing what TUE observations about biodiversity on their interactive website TUE iSpot. TUE TUE Presented by Brett Westwood TUE Producer: Kirsty Henderson TUE Editor: Julian Hector. TUE TUE 11:30 OedipusEnders b00ryf1g (Listen) TUE Who were the Chorus in Coronation Street? How has Oedipus TUE influenced EastEnders? And what is Medea doing in The Bill? TUE TUE On the face of it they couldn't be more different. Greek TUE tragedy we're told is right at the top of the dramatic TUE hierarchy; TV soaps are the definition of low-brow. Not so TUE says comedian telly addict and closet classicist Natalie TUE Haynes. TUE TUE As she discovers the two forms have rather more in common TUE than stereotype might have us believe. Soap and Greek TUE tragedy alike focus relentlessly on families under pressure. TUE Both see it as their job to confront their fellow citizens TUE with social taboos. And both are noted for competing keenly TUE to win the praise of mass audiences. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00rwpt5 (Listen) TUE You and Yours with Julian Woricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00rwpw3 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00rwq77 (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00rwqbx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00ryf1l (Listen) TUE Highgate Letters TUE by Jeff Young TUE TUE A quirky and darkly comic drama - inspired by a true story - TUE about life in the ghetto aka Highgate North London. TUE TUE Joe Lives in Highgate but is originally from Liverpool he's TUE married with a six year old daughter Megan. Megan is Joe's TUE best friend well his only friend really. When Joe's TUE daughter chalks on the pavement it creates near war with the TUE chairman of the resident's committee Mervin Dawson and Joe. TUE TUE JOE............................. Conrad Nelson TUE SUZANNE.....................Sophie Thompson TUE MEGAN.........................Lauren Mote TUE MERVYN.......................Malcolm Raeburn TUE MARSHA.......................Maggie Fox TUE POSTMAN.....................Greg Wood TUE COP..............................Dermot Daly TUE TUE PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY PAULINE HARRIS TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00ryfkt (Listen) TUE Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions TUE about the natural world and our impact on it. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ryfxj (Listen) TUE Young Turks, The Happiness of Blond People TUE TUE Award winning writer Elif Shafak's story The Happiness of TUE Blond People finds a father attempting to change his TUE family's fortunes by altering his image but events do not go TUE according to plan. The reader is Philip Arditti. TUE TUE The Happiness of Blond People is the first in the short TUE story series Young Turks which marks Istanbul's tenure as TUE European City of Culture. The three stories explore Turkey's TUE contemporary literary scene by showcasing the work of some TUE of the nation's newest and youngest generation of writers. TUE TUE The producer is Elizabeth Allard. TUE TUE 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jv (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE Beberu the old pride male is chased out of his territory by TUE two nomadic males which then kill the cubs and mate with the TUE lionesses. TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b00ryg40 (Listen) TUE Chris Ledgard goes to Soho to meet the people that work in TUE voiceoverland. He hears the American actor Kerry Shale TUE dubbing over Peter Kay's voice for a cartoon about to be TUE exported to the States. He talks to the people who produce TUE the messages that we hear when we 'phone our banks. He asks TUE a voiceover talent agent (whose own voice people who watch TUE The Weakest Link will recognise) about the changes that have TUE occurred in the industry over the years and he explores what TUE it is that makes a particular voice grab our attention. TUE Producer Sarah Langan. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b00ryg42 (Listen) TUE Series 21, Robin Hood TUE TUE Clive Stafford Smith is a lawyer working for human rights TUE both in Britain and abroad - he campaigns for the rights of TUE prisoners on death row in the US and in Guantanamo Bay. His TUE nomination for a life worth celebrating is at first TUE surprising - it's the entirely fictitious Robin Hood. But he TUE argues in conversation with medievalist Professor Stephen TUE Knight the myth has a lot to teach us about the way we treat TUE each other. The presenter is Matthew Parris. TUE TUE Produced by Christine Hall. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00rwqfr (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 b00rwt4d (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Baggage b00lgm1t (Listen) TUE Series 4, Ashes to Auld Reekie TUE TUE Comedy series by Hilary Lyon set in Edinburgh. TUE TUE It is a year since Caroline's best friend Fiona died but an TUE unexpected visitor a skinny dip in a Highland loch and an TUE illicit kiss mean that scattering her ashes doesn't quite go TUE according to plan. TUE TUE Caroline ...... Hilary Lyon TUE Fiona ...... Phyllis Logan TUE Ruth ...... Adie Allen TUE Roddy ...... Robin Cameron TUE Gladys ...... June Watson TUE Nicholas ...... Moray Hunter TUE TUE Directed by Marilyn Imrie. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00rwq9c (Listen) TUE Jazzer lays a trap for Harry and where there's a will TUE there's a way for Pip. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00rwt6z (Listen) TUE Arts news reviews and interviews presented by Mark Lawson TUE who meets the singer-songwriter Joan Armatrading who is TUE currently touring Britain. TUE TUE Producer Philippa Ritchie. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlvb (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Freed Radicals b00ryjfw (Listen) TUE After the London bombs in July 2005 hundreds of dangerous TUE extremists were convicted of terrorist related offences TUE across the UK. Five years on many are now being released TUE from prison. But are Government "de-radicalisation" and TUE rehabilitation programmes proving successful or does the TUE answer lie within the Muslim community itself? TUE TUE Reporter: Mobeen Azhar TUE Producer: Gail Champion. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00ryk66 (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00ryk68 (Listen) TUE Diabetes is the cause of 100 foot amputations every week in TUE the UK. One of the commonest consequences of diabetes is TUE restriction of blood flow to different organs and parts of TUE the body. With reduced blood flow in the feet sufferers are TUE at considerable risk of developing dangerously infected TUE ulcers. If the ulcers are not caught in time many patients TUE have to lose their feet in order to save their lives. TUE TUE In this edition of Case Notes Dr Mark Porter visits the TUE specialist diabetic foot clinic at King's College Hospital TUE in London. There he talks to doctors surgeons and foot TUE specialists about the risks of life-threatening TUE complications of diabetes in the feet and hears about the TUE various treatments and surgical operations which are helping TUE to reduce the number of amputations for their patients. Mark TUE also talks to patients about their experiences of the TUE insidious threat from foot ulcers and how they've been treated. TUE TUE The disease process which leads to ulcers developing in the TUE feet also takes place in the eyes of some diabetic patients. TUE Diabetic retinopathy presents a real risk of blindness if TUE it's not detected and treated. So Mark also visits the eye TUE clinic at King's College Hospital to see laser treatment in TUE action. TUE TUE 21:30 Between Ourselves b00ryf18 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00rwt9f (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00rwtdd (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rwx27 (Listen) TUE The Lessons, Episode 2 TUE TUE Rory Kinnear reads the Orange New Writer's Award Winner TUE Naomi Alderman's second novel 'The Lessons' a story of TUE ambition friendship betrayal and desire. Today: Second Term: TUE Struggling with loneliness and injury James is befriended TUE first by Jess then Mark - who issues an invitation too TUE extraordinary to refuse. TUE Reader Rory Kinnear TUE Abridger Sally Marmion TUE Producer Di Speirs TUE TUE 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00ryk6b (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE Punt and Dennis present a nightly satirical round up of TUE election news and comment from comedians journalists and TUE commentators. Recorded in front of an audience at the Radio TUE Theatre about 4 hours before transmission this is a very TUE topical comedy show. TUE TUE 23:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00h9dkm (Listen) TUE Series 2, Shakespeare in Love TUE TUE Continuing with his look at Oscar-winning films and what TUE they tell us about the society that gave birth to them Paul TUE Gambaccini turns to the last comedy to win the Best Picture TUE Oscar and one of the shortest appearances to win the Best TUE Supporting Actress Award: Dame Judi Dench in Shakespeare in TUE Love. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 14 APRIL 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00rw6hf (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzlth (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rw6l2 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rw6vs (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rw6n7 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00rw6rs (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rw75k (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00rw78l (Listen) WED Presenter: Caz Graham WED Producer: Fran Barnes. WED WED 06:00 Today b00rw7dq (Listen) WED With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00ryk6j (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzlt5 (Listen) WED The Last Resort, Episode 3 WED WED The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers read by Jack Klaff. WED Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions. The WED author tells the story of his parents fight to stay on their WED backpacker lodge in Zimbabwe despite the political upheaval WED of the last decade. WED WED Despite having tried to avoid the senior government minister WED in his area for years Douglas's father now needs to see him WED badly and is introduced to a soldier who he is told can help. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rw8mt (Listen) WED Presented by Jenni Murray. WED WED 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlzb (Listen) WED Sarah Siddons: Life in Five Sittings, Episode 3 WED WED Clare Higgins and Carl Prekopp star in this brutally honest WED passionate true story of the compelling disturbing and WED tempestuous love affair between the greatest actress of her WED time the legendary Sarah Siddons and the renowned artist Tom WED Lawrence. A young teenager when he first paints Siddons WED Lawrence falls hopelessly in love with her. Plagued by WED self-doubts she resists his advances. To 'escape' her WED clutches but also to be nearer to her Tom woos her WED daughters. When they die Sarah accuses him of killing them WED by the demonic force of his adoration. Knowing they should WED stay apart over the years they continue to meet and draw WED strength from each other. Every time she visits she also WED sits for Tom enabling him to trace her decline in his art. WED Theirs is a relationship rich in nuance and subtlety in WED which two people share intimacies aspirations confidences WED fears and doubts. WED WED Sarah ..... Clare Higgins WED Tom ..... Carl Prekopp WED WED Written by David Pownall. WED WED The director is Martin Jenkins and this is a Pier production WED for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:00 Good King George b00ryklb (Listen) WED Next month marks the centenary of the accession of King WED George V in May 1910. This programme presents a WED re-evaluation of his reign. WED WED George V is sometimes caricatured as a blimpish boor WED interested mainly in shooting and stamp collecting. But he WED helped to secure stability through some of the most WED turbulent events in our history -- the constitutional crisis WED over the Budget; Irish Home Rule; the Great War; the Russian WED revolution; the General Strike; the depression. He can be WED seen as the first monarch to understand the true WED constitutional function of the monarchy and its potential WED role in uniting a disparate people. He was the first monarch WED to broadcast to the nation and the empire and he was a WED conscientious figurehead in the First World War. During the WED first Labour government in history he was welcoming and even WED handed and later he played a key role in securing Ramsay WED MacDonald's place as Prime Minister of the National WED Government of 1931. At his jubilee in 1935 he was feted by WED all classes and seemed genuinely surprised by his own WED popularity and touched by the warmth of the celebrations. He WED embodied Bagehot's dictum about the benefits of a family on WED the throne. WED WED Yet George was not without his faults he was old fashioned WED set in his ways obsessed by protocol and by correct dress to WED an extent that seems ridiculous now. He did not have a good WED relationship with his son and heir the Prince of Wales later WED Edward VIII; he could be a martinet he could be bad WED tempered. WED WED The programme interviews George V's biographer Kenneth Rose; WED Sarah Bradford the biographer of George's younger son the WED future George VI as well as historians of the period an WED expert on the King's shooting prowess and an expert on his WED stamp collection . It also reveals the true story behind the WED King's most famous exclamation "Bugger Bognor!" WED WED Presenter Simon Heffer. Producer Chris Bond. WED WED 11:30 House On Fire b00q439k (Listen) WED Emergency WED WED Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman. WED WED Paying bills seems such a bore and mainly irrelevant - until WED the phone gets cuts off that is. Matt hasn't got any money WED but has to prove to Vicky that the land line has to be WED restored at all costs. WED WED Vicky ...... Emma Pierson WED Matt ...... Jody Latham WED Col. Bill ...... Rupert Vansittart WED Donny ...... Sebastian Cardinal WED WED With Fergus Craig and Colin Hoult WED WED Directed by Clive Brill and Dan Hine WED Produced by Clive Brill WED WED A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00rwpt7 (Listen) WED Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00rwpw5 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00rwq79 (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00rwq9c (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00ryklg (Listen) WED Albert Speer's Walk Around the World WED WED Patrick Malahide stars as Albert Speer or Prisoner Number WED Five as he was known throughout his twenty years in Spandau WED Prison. Michael Butt's play 'Albert Speer's Walk Around the WED World' takes us on the imaginary journeys Speer devised to WED engage his mind and keep him from despair. A sympathetic WED American guard orders him travel books from the library and WED he plots his routes methodically. But he can't escape from WED the demons of guilt about Nazi war crimes. Sometimes the WED scenes he witnesses on his trips are exhilarating; sometimes WED the people are seductive but sometimes he is glad to be WED disturbed by the prison guard yelling for him to get back WED into his tiny cell where he is forbidden to look out of the WED window. Of the other six inmates he is closest to Rudolf WED Hess (Jack Klaff) who he sees as vulnerable and wants to WED protect whereas Admiral Karl Donitz (Nicholas Woodeson) WED constantly baits him and tries to pull rank with him. Donitz WED can't forgive Speer for his admission of guilt at the WED Nuremberg Trials. WED WED Speer was Hitler's chief architect and his very efficient WED Minister for Armaments and War Production. In prison he is WED rigorously self-disciplined and sets himself a tough WED regimen. Prison rules are strict but even as they relax and WED prisoners start to talk to each other Speer keeps aloof. To WED disract himself nine years into his sentence he designs and WED creates a garden in the spacious yard of Spandau and is WED particularly fond of his rockery and flowers. As an WED architect he enjoys working out how the great buildings he WED visits were created and planning his routes so that he when WED he sets off he will see and hear and meet the people he has WED carefully researched. However thoughts come unbidden and WED there is one judgemental voice in his head that travels WED everywhere with him. WED WED Albert Speer: Patrick Malahide WED Narrator/McCleod: Daniel Weyman WED Kuryev: Basher Savage WED Donitz: Nicholas Woodeson WED Hess: Jack Klaff WED Maria/ Margaret Hess: Mia Soteriou WED Mr Young/ American tourist: Patrick Brennan WED WED Technical production: Peregrine Andrews WED Director/Producer: Judith Kampfner WED Exec Producer: Jill Waters WED WED This is a Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00ryklj (Listen) WED Vincent Duggleby and guests are on hand to answer your WED personal finance questions. You can call the programme when WED lines open on Wednesday at 1330 GMT. The number is 03700 WED 100 444. Standard geographic charges apply. Calls from WED mobiles may be higher. Producer: Lesley McAlpine. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ryfxl (Listen) WED Young Turks, The Smell of Fish WED WED In Hikmet Hükümenoglu's darkly comic story The Smell of Fish WED Cemile Abla finds an innovative but troubling way of dealing WED with unwanted marriage proposals. The reader is Sirine Saba. WED WED The Smell of Fish is the next in the short story series WED Young Turks which marks Istanbul's tenure as European City WED of Culture. The three stories explore Turkey's contemporary WED literary scene by showcasing the work of some of the WED nation's newest and youngest writers. WED WED The translators are Amy Spangler and Mustafa Ziyalan. WED The abridger is Richard Hamilton. WED The producer is Elizabeth Allard. WED WED 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jx (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED WED Kidogu the male cub is reunited with his mother. As the WED weeks pass he is introduced to the rest of the pride and WED joins them after a successful night's hunting. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00rykll (Listen) WED Is the British weekend under threat? Plus new research on WED home education. WED WED 16:30 The Media Show b00rykld (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 17:00 PM b00rwqft (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 b00rwt4g (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00rykln (Listen) WED Series 2, Wilmslow WED WED Second series of the show where comedian Mark Steel visits WED some of our lesser known towns to discover what makes them WED distinctive. WED WED In this second episode Mark Visits Wilmslow in Cheshire and WED gets to grips with Footballers Mansions 3D eyelashes and the WED rhyming Wizard of Alderley Edge. WED WED Written and performed by Mark Steel WED WED Producer Julia Mckenzie. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00rwq9f (Listen) WED The Bull gets a new recruit and Pip has an exercise in WED duplicity. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00rwt71 (Listen) WED Arts news interviews and reviews presented by John Wilson. WED WED Producer Jack Soper. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlzb (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Unreliable Evidence b00ryklq (Listen) WED Above the Law WED WED Programme 2. WED WED Clive Anderson brings together some of the country's top WED judges and lawyers to discuss the legal issues of the day. WED WED The second programme asks why certain groups of people in WED certain situations appear to be 'above the law' - granted WED immunity from prosecution or civil action. WED WED MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses under a WED legal convention dating back to the seventeenth century may WED be able to argue that their behaviour is covered by WED parliamentary privilege. This is the privilege which allows WED MPs and Peers to make slanderous remarks within the Houses WED of Parliament without fear of being sued in the civil courts WED - so why is it being argued that it could be a defence from WED prosecution for criminal offences? WED WED Diplomatic immunity protects embassy staff from prosecution WED for any offence from non-payment of parking fines to murder. WED Why is this the case and is the situation open to abuse? WED WED Crown or state immunity establishes that the sovereign or WED state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil WED suit or criminal prosecution. But can this immunity be WED extended to cover national security agents accused of WED torture on the grounds that they are 'agents of the state' WED or to protect heads of state accused of war crimes or WED corruption? WED WED This programme also discusses immunity from prosecution WED granted to super-grasses and other defendants who provide WED evidence to the prosecution. WED WED The producer is Brian King and this is an Above the Title WED production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 20:45 What the Election Papers Say b00ryknl (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED WED BBC Radio 4 brings back a much loved TV favourite - What the WED Papers Say. It does exactly what is says on the tin. Between WED now and the election the country's leading political WED journalists will analyse how the newspapers are covering the WED biggest stories of the campaign. Hear all about it on WED Wednesday/today at 20h45 on BBC Radio 4. WED WED 21:00 Costing the Earth b00ryknn (Listen) WED Our explorations of the deep oceans have so far given us WED only tantalising glimpses of weird and wonderful species. A WED team from the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton is WED currently sailing through the Caribbean and the Southern WED Ocean on a mission to provide us with much more than a few WED fuzzy photos of a giant worm or an upside down prawn. WED WED They want to tie-up the loose ends telling us just how the WED many islands of life in the deep actually interact. They WED hope their mission will greatly aid conservation efforts and WED make the exploitation of the ocean's resources fairer and WED more sustainable. WED WED 'Costing the Earth' joins the expedition as it sails from WED southern Chile and launches Isis a remote-controlled WED submarine armed for the first time with high definition cameras. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00ryk6l (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 21:58 Weather b00rwt9h (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00rwtdg (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rwx29 (Listen) WED The Lessons, Episode 3 WED WED Rory Kinnear reads the Orange New Writer's Award Winner WED Naomi Alderman's second novel 'The Lessons' a story of WED ambition friendship betrayal and desire. Today: Hilary Term WED Mark's mother arrives bringing a present but no peace of WED mind for her increasingly erratic son. WED Reader Rory Kinnear WED Abridger Sally Marmion WED Producer Di Speirs WED WED 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00ryknq (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED WED Punt and Dennis present a nightly satirical round up of WED election news and comment from comedians journalists and WED commentators. Recorded in front of an audience at the Radio WED Theatre about 4 hours before transmission this is a very WED topical comedy show. WED WED 23:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00hh0mr (Listen) WED Series 2, Crash WED WED And the Academy Award Goes to... Crash. For the third WED programme in the current series of Oscar-winning films and WED what they tell us of the time that gave rise to them Paul WED Gambaccini tackles the film that was loved and reviled in WED equal measure by the very same LA society whose darker side WED the film set out to explore. WED WED THU THURSDAY 15 APRIL 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00rw6hh (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzlt5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rw6l4 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rw6vv (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rw6n9 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00rw6rv (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rw75m (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection with Andrea Rea. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00rw78n (Listen) THU Presenter: Caz Graham THU Producer: Anna Varle. THU THU 06:00 Today b00rw7ds (Listen) THU With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports THU Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00rykqd (Listen) THU The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation THU THU Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and fall of the THU Zulu Nation. With Saul David Shula Marks and Saul Dubow. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzlt7 (Listen) THU The Last Resort, Episode 4 THU THU The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers read by Jack Klaff. THU Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions. The THU author tells the story of his parents fight to stay on their THU backpacker lodge in Zimbabwe despite the political upheaval THU of the last decade. THU THU A new manager has taken over at 'Drifters' and to the THU owners' amazement the clientele changes once more. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rw8mw (Listen) THU Presented by Jenni Murray. The actress Kim Cattrall on her THU latest film The Ghost and appearing in Noel Coward's Private THU Lives. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlyt (Listen) THU Sarah Siddons: Life in Five Sittings, Episode 4 THU THU Clare Higgins and Carl Prekopp star in this brutally honest THU passionate true story of the compelling disturbing and THU tempestuous love affair between the greatest actress of her THU time the legendary Sarah Siddons and the renowned artist Tom THU Lawrence. A young teenager when he first paints Siddons THU Lawrence falls hopelessly in love with her. Plagued by THU self-doubts she resists his advances. To 'escape' her THU clutches but also to be nearer to her Tom woos her THU daughters. When they die Sarah accuses him of killing them THU by the demonic force of his adoration. Knowing they should THU stay apart over the years they continue to meet and draw THU strength from each other. Every time she visits she also THU sits for Tom enabling him to trace her decline in his art. THU Theirs is a relationship rich in nuance and subtlety in THU which two people share intimacies aspirations confidences THU fears and doubts. THU THU Sarah ..... Clare Higgins THU Tom ..... Carl Prekopp THU THU Written by David Pownall. THU THU The director is Martin Jenkins and this is a Pier production THU for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00rykzx (Listen) THU Greece and Ireland THU THU Greece and Ireland were shining examples it seemed of what THU Europe could do for struggling economies. THU THU From the moment the Greeks entered the eurozone in 2001 THU the economy appeared to take off. Growth was initially THU fuelled by low interest rates and a burst of foreign THU investment. The triumphant return of the Olympics to Athens THU in 2004 crowned a dizzying period of success. Behind the THU façade a bloated public sector tax avoidance on a grand THU scale and dishonest bookkeeping that misled Europe about the THU true state of the Greek economy told a very different story. THU Greece has had to go cap in hand to the European powerhouses THU to beg for a bailout. THU THU In Ireland the road that was taken to economic ruin was a THU different one but the result the same. An economy that THU seemed to be the pride of Europe - the so-called "Celtic THU Tiger" - was in reality a house of cards. It came tumbling THU down under the weight of unsustainable public debt and a THU wildly overheated property market. THU THU Travelling to both countries Chris Bowlby meets the ordinary THU people who were caught up in the Euroland dream. They are THU the middle class who bought in to Europe who believed that THU the way forward was secure and certain. Now many are facing THU tough choices that affect their homes their families their THU jobs. Their governments are implementing tough austerity THU programmes and raising taxes. Jobless rates are soaring and THU disaffected youth feel angry ignored and alienated. THU THU Both Greece and Ireland were diaspora countries. The THU brightest and the best often left in search of better lives. THU For a brief time at the turn of this century that picture THU changed. Greece and Ireland were no longer exporting their THU people. But with many of the benefits of European unity now THU at least temporarily taken away many are thinking again THU about leaving. THU THU In the streets of Athens and Dublin in pubs and music halls THU in family homes and businesses Chris Bowlby listens to the THU stories of people who are facing an uncertain time. Tough THU new austerity measures with massive cuts in public spending THU and services cuts in their own salaries job losses inflation THU - it is altogether a far different future than the one they THU believed they were moving towards. And he asks whether they THU still believe in the European dream. THU THU Presenter: Chris Bowlby THU Producer: Bill Law. THU THU 11:30 Black and White Towns b00rykzz (Listen) THU Broadcaster and journalist John Harris (author of books such THU as 'The Last Party: Britpop Blair and the Demise of English THU Rock') tells the story of the influence of suburbs and THU provincial towns in English rock music. THU THU He believes it's easy to think of rock music as an THU essentially urban affair: made in the heart of the cities THU where the right cultural forces crash into each other and THU are dependent on the kind of fast-changing excitement that THU can only happen when millions of people live cheek by jowl. THU THU In fact Harris argues much of the best English music has THU been rooted in the rather more staid environs of the UK's THU suburbs and provincial towns soundtracking a world of privet THU hedges caravans parked on driveways and curtain-twitching THU intrigue. In that sense he believes a peculiarly English set THU of concerns have precious little to do with rock n' roll's THU foundations in the USA. Forget about Elvis Little Richard THU Chuck Berry and the rest - and instead think of a lot of our THU pop and rock in the same terms as say Philip Larkin and John THU Betjeman. THU THU In this feature John Harris travels to the places where the THU music was born talks to the people who created it and places THU them in a tradition that is too often ignored. In Swindon he THU meets Andy Partridge of the seminal band XTC who has always THU insisted on living in a place he knows drives him mad so his THU creative fires don't go out. In Colchester he delves into THU the experiences essayed by those Britpop pioneers Blur and THU hears from Damon Albarn. THU THU In Gants Hill in Essex he meets with Louise Wener former THU lead singer of Britpop band Sleeper. For Coventry he THU considers the music of The Specials and for Woking he THU considers that renowned suburban poet Paul Weller. THU THU And in the unexpected rock hotbed that is Bromley he tells THU the stories of a handful of local suburban refuseniks THU including David Bowie and Siouxsie Sioux. To show that the THU tradition is still continuing he speaks to the band Good THU Shoes and considers their track about living in 'Morden'. THU THU He also contrasts this music to the poetry of John Betjeman THU ("Metro-land" and "Slough") and Philip Larkin ("I Remember I THU Remember" which is set in Coventry; note the line "Nothing THU like something happens anywhere") and speaks to former poet THU laureate Andrew Motion about what these poets have to say THU about the suburban condition. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00rwpt9 (Listen) THU Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00rwpw7 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00rwq7c (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00rwq9f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00ryl01 (Listen) THU The Disappearance THU by Peter Whalley THU THU A compelling psychological thriller with fraudulent identity THU at its heart. THU Alice moves into a converted Victorian house and rents the THU top floor. The landlord lives below. Both tenant and THU landlord are not who they say they are and as each discovers THU the truth its clear one of them is going to die. THU THU MARTIN.......................Lee Ingleby THU ALICE.......................Joanne Froggatt THU DENISE..........................Becky Hindley THU THU PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY PAULINE HARRIS THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00rv548 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00rvx9n (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00ryfxn (Listen) THU Young Turks, Fig Seed THU THU In award winning writer Feryal Tilmac's story Fig Seed a THU family attempt to put painful events behind them but is THU reconciliation the answer? The reader is Rosie Hilal. THU THU Fig Seed is the last in our series Young Turks which marks THU Istanbul's tenure as European City of Culture. The three THU stories in this series explore Turkey's contemporary THU literary by showcasing the work of some of the nation's THU newest and youngest generation of writers. THU THU Translated by Ruth Whitehouse. THU Abridged and produced by Elizabeth Allard. THU THU 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62jz (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU THU Now more than a year old Kidogu is old enough to join the THU pride when they go hunting and he successfully targets a THU herd of wildebeest when he goes hunting at night. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00rvzmz (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00ryl03 (Listen) THU As engineers and researchers gather in Scotland for the THU Edinburgh International Science Festival Quentin Cooper THU reports on the latest discoveries and their implications. He THU hears (quite literally) how engineers can now design the THU acoustic of a building. He explores the progress that has THU been made towards creating artificial life and the ethical THU questions it raises. He finds out about the legal minefield THU resulting from the long-term storage of DNA fingerprints. THU And he tests the distilled pleasures of a wee dram. THU Producer: Martin Redfern. THU THU 17:00 PM b00rwqfw (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 b00rwt4j (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b00ryl05 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 1 THU THU Arthur Smith invites the audience into his Balham flat for THU comedy music and entertainment. In the first of the new THU series his guests are John Hegley Andrew Lawrence and THU Scouting for Girls with a special appearance from Mrs Barbara Nice. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00rwq9h (Listen) THU Eddie fears he's for the chop and reality refuses to bite THU for Vicky. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00rwt73 (Listen) THU Arts news interviews and reviews with Mark Lawson including THU the verdict on the British premiere of a new Broadway THU production of the musical Hair featuring the American cast. THU THU Producer Nicki Paxman. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlyt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Prime Ministerial Debates b00s37nx (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU THU For the first time in a British general election the leaders THU of the three largest UK parties are taking part in televised THU debates. Radio 4 broadcasts the whole of tonight's first THU debate on domestic affairs hosted by ITV live from 8.30pm. THU Robin Lustig will be in London with a panel of political THU watchers to look ahead to the issues being discussed and THU afterwards from 10.00pm to consider how the leaders tackled THU them. Ritula Shah will be in Worcester with floating voters THU who will be giving their reaction to the debate. We'll also THU ask if leadership debates can change history. THU THU 23:00 Book at Bedtime b00rwx2c (Listen) THU The Lessons, Episode 4 THU THU Rory Kinnear reads the Orange New Writer's Award Winner THU Naomi Alderman's second novel 'The Lessons' a story of THU ambition friendship betrayal and desire. Today: Summer Term: THU Gilded youth basks in golden post-exam evenings before a THU visit to the country threatens to end in tragedy. THU Reader Rory Kinnear THU Abridger Sally Marmion THU Producer Di Speirs THU THU 23:15 Scrooby Trevithick b00rz06w (Listen) THU Councillor THU THU Scrooby Trevithick is a six part scripted comedy series THU written by and starring Andy Parsons following on from the THU first series aired on Radio 4 18 months ago - The Lost THU WebLog of Scrooby Trevithick. THU THU This second series continues to follow the exploits of the THU hapless character of Scrooby (Andy Parsons) an enthusiastic THU but flawed wannabe who having returned from his wanderings THU is still trying to find himself by zealously posting his web THU diaries online. THU THU Each episode features him attempting to make a dent in the THU national consciousness and in this series he's helped by his THU good friend Sasha (played by Kerry Godliman). However his THU desire for success always takes him one step further than THU prudence dictates. THU THU Episode 5. Journalist. In this episode Scrooby tries to THU become a journalist having had a mishap with an inflatable. THU THU The cast features a variety of talented comedians including THU Dara O Briain Russell Howard Hugh Dennis Russell Kane Rufus THU Hound Alun Cochrane Dominic Frisby Paul Thorne Martin Coyote THU and Barunka O'Shaughnessy. THU THU As always listeners are encouraged to share their comments THU with Scrooby at www.scroobytrevithick.com as he needs all THU the advice he can get. THU THU The producer is Paul Russell and this is an Open Mike THU production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:45 The Cases That Changed Our World b00nqj82 (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU THU Clive Coleman tells the stories of cases that shaped our THU lives but which are little known outside the legal world. THU THU The curious saga of the Carbolic Smoke Ball a bizarre THU Victorian quack medicine. The case established important THU principles about truth in advertising and the relationship THU between companies and their customers. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 16 APRIL 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00rw6hk (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzlt7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rw6l6 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rw6vx (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rw6nc (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00rw6rx (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rw75p (Listen) FRI with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00rw78q (Listen) FRI Presenter: Charlotte Smith FRI Producer: Melvin Rickarby. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00rw7dv (Listen) FRI With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 The Reunion b00rvxzc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzlt9 (Listen) FRI The Last Resort, Episode 5 FRI FRI The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers read by Jack Klaff. FRI Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions. The FRI author tells the story of his parents fight to stay on their FRI backpacker lodge in Zimbabwe despite the political upheaval FRI of the last decade. FRI FRI The day that Douglas's parents have been dreading finally FRI arrives. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rw8my (Listen) FRI Presented by Sheila McClennon. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlyw (Listen) FRI Sarah Siddons: Life in Five Sittings, Episode 5 FRI FRI Clare Higgins and Carl Prekopp star in this brutally honest FRI passionate true story of the compelling disturbing and FRI tempestuous love affair between the greatest actress of her FRI time the legendary Sarah Siddons and the renowned artist Tom FRI Lawrence. A young teenager when he first paints Siddons FRI Lawrence falls hopelessly in love with her. Plagued by FRI self-doubts she resists his advances. To 'escape' her FRI clutches but also to be nearer to her Tom woos her FRI daughters. When they die Sarah accuses him of killing them FRI by the demonic force of his adoration. Knowing they should FRI stay apart over the years they continue to meet and draw FRI strength from each other. Every time she visits she also FRI sits for Tom enabling him to trace her decline in his art. FRI Theirs is a relationship rich in nuance and subtlety in FRI which two people share intimacies aspirations confidences FRI fears and doubts. FRI FRI Sarah ..... Clare Higgins FRI Tom ..... Carl Prekopp FRI FRI Written by David Pownall. FRI FRI The director is Martin Jenkins and this is a Pier production FRI for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:00 Target Practice b00rz0k4 (Listen) FRI RAF Holbeach is a bombing range on the Lincolnshire Wash FRI that is used by British American and European squadrons for FRI training purposes. Protected in part by the military FRI presence the range has a curious atmosphere. Here a team of FRI civilian employees man the targets and look after the FRI natural landscape. The targets themselves are a collection FRI of old ships armoured personal carriers and ad hoc FRI structures made from scrap material. In the eyes of one FRI local artist Michael Sanders they look like "accidental FRI sculptures" punching out from stark landscape of the Wash. FRI FRI Local contractor Norman Parnell takes great pride in FRI building and maintaining these structures despite the fact FRI that they are constantly damaged by artillery fire and the FRI tide and Holbeach employee Geoff Smith is as careful to FRI check for damage to the electronic scoring system as he is FRI in spotting oyster catcher eggs at the targets. FRI FRI Those that work at RAF Holbeach maintain a delicate balance FRI between protecting the environment and serving the needs of FRI the pilots that use the range ahead of deployment. Through FRI their eyes we encounter a unique place where the military FRI and natural world meet in surreal and surprising FRI circumstances encouraging us to reflect upon the activity of FRI the armed forces on home soil. FRI FRI The producer is Katie Burningham. This is a Falling Tree FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:30 Meet David Sedaris b00rz0k6 (Listen) FRI Episode 3 FRI FRI From Carnegie Hall to the BBC Radio Theatre - American FRI humourist David Sedaris reads from his extensive collection FRI of published stories and articles. In show 3 of 4: FRI "Picapocketoni" and "I'll Eat What He's Wearing". FRI FRI The producer is Steve Doherty. This is a Boomerang Plus FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00rwptc (Listen) FRI Consumer affairs with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00rwpw9 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00rwq7f (Listen) FRI National and international news with Martha Kearney. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00rwq9h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00cdwqd (Listen) FRI Funeral Games FRI FRI Joe Orton's black comedy on the subject of religious FRI hypocrisy helped create the climate of change that would end FRI the power of the official censor over British theatre FRI productions. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00rz0kb (Listen) FRI This week the panel tackle the questions posed by gardeners FRI in West Sussex. Eric Robson chairs the discussion between FRI horticultural experts Pippa Greenwood Bunny Guinness and FRI Matthew Wilson. FRI FRI We introduce the second of 'Listeners' Gardens'. Here our FRI expert panel visit a listener's garden and advise them on FRI their gardening projects and troubleshoot their problems. FRI Follow the progress of these gardeners as we revisit them FRI over the course of the year. FRI FRI The producer is Howard Shannon. This is a Somethin Else FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 Soundscape: The Lion Pride b00j62k1 (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI FRI Now more than two years old it is time for Kidogu to leave FRI his family and find a territory of his own. An encounter FRI with a group of elephants has tragic consequences. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00rz0kd (Listen) FRI Obituary series analysing and celebrating the life stories FRI of people who have recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00rz0kg (Listen) FRI Robert Harris talks to Francine Stock about working with FRI Roman Polanski on The Ghost. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00rwqfy (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 b00rwt4l (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00rz0kj (Listen) FRI Series 71, Episode 1 FRI FRI Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular FRI topical panel show. Guests this week include Jeremy Hardy FRI Francis Wheen and Sue Perkins. FRI FRI Produced by Sam Bryant. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00rwq9k (Listen) FRI Chris says goodbye to domestic bliss and Pip is forced to FRI think on her feet. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00rwt77 (Listen) FRI Arts news interviews and reviews presented by John Wilson. FRI FRI Producer Philippa Ritchie. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rzlyw (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00rz0kl (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Woldingham in FRI Surrey with questions from the audience for the panel FRI including: Michael Gove MP Shadow Education Secretary; FRI Hilary Benn Secretary of State for Environment Food & Rural FRI Affairs and Justine Roberts founder of Mumsnet. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00rz0kn (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Simon Schama. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00d4613 (Listen) FRI They Have Oak Trees in North Carolina FRI FRI "They Have Oak Trees in North Carolina by Sarah Wooley FRI 1986; Ray and Eileen's five year old son Patrick vanishes in FRI Florida. 22 years later; Clay a good-looking American FRI arrives in their small village claiming to be their missing FRI son. A suspenseful drama about a marriage in crisis a FRI split-second decision and the choices we make to try to FRI ensure our future happiness. Ray ...... Alexander Morton FRI Eileen ...... Ellie Haddington Clay ...... Simon Harrison FRI Other parts played by Kenny Blyth and Gayanne Potter FRI Producer/DirectorGaynor Macfarlane ". FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00rwt9m (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00rwtdl (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rwx2f (Listen) FRI The Lessons, Episode 5 FRI FRI Rory Kinnear reads the Orange New Writer's Award Winner FRI Naomi Alderman's second novel 'The Lessons' a story of FRI ambition friendship betrayal and desire. Today: Love is FRI Sacrifice. James tries to pay his way and ties himself to FRI Mark still further and Mark reveals a darker and more FRI dangerous side to his character. FRI Reader Rory Kinnear FRI Abridger Sally Marmion FRI Producer Di Speirs FRI FRI 23:00 Great Lives b00ryg42 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Vienna and the Shadow of The Third Man b00kp9jk (Listen) FRI Sixty years on from the release of The Third Man tour guide FRI Dr Brigitte Timmermann uncovers Graham Greene's Vienna and FRI takes us in the footsteps of his film. FRI FRI Walking through the city she tells the stories that have FRI fascinated generations of film buffs from Soviet master spy FRI Kim Philby's role in the film to tales of Sir Carol Reed and FRI Graham Greene's late night visits to Vienna's seediest bars. FRI FRI With the help of fellow devotees Brigitte explores Vienna's FRI hidden history and examines why The Third Man has remained FRI largely unpopular in the place which inspired it. FRI
09 April, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 10/04/2010 - 16/04/2010
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