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SAT SATURDAY 17 APRIL 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00rz0nc (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzlt9 (Listen) SAT The Last Resort, Episode 5 SAT SAT The Last Resort by Douglas Rogers, read by Jack Klaff. SAT Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall Productions. The SAT author tells the story of his parents fight to stay on their SAT backpacker lodge in Zimbabwe despite the political upheaval SAT of the last decade. SAT SAT The day that Douglas's parents have been dreading finally SAT arrives. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rz0nf (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rz0nh (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rz0nk (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00rz0nm (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rz0np (Listen) SAT Presented by the Revd Bob Fyffe, General Secretary of SAT Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. SAT SAT 05:45 Ankle High History b00jc3t2 (Listen) SAT Mark Stephen uncovers Scotland's lost archaeological SAT history. SAT SAT In Strathconon, now an empty wilderness, amateur SAT archaeologists have uncovered the remains of dozens of SAT illicit stills. Mark hears stories from a time when SAT mountains and glens were full of whisky smugglers. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00rz0nr (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00rz5vr (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00rz5vt (Listen) SAT Matt Baker visits the Brecon Beacons in Wales and learns SAT some survival skills with an ex military trainer who teaches SAT him how to light a fire and set traps. On a freezing cold SAT day where he's battered by the elements, the bush tucker SAT meal prepared by Adrian Bream of fried squirrel and local SAT herbs is a welcome energy boost as he learns the basics of SAT bushcraft in one of Britain's harshest environments. SAT He meets some of the residents of the villages in the SAT National Park who are aiming to be carbon negative in five SAT years' time by involving the whole community in several SAT green schemes that make use of some of Wales' greatest SAT natural resources, its rivers, waterfalls and woodlands. The SAT Welsh Hill pony is also viewed by conservationists as a SAT vital natural asset to the landscape of Wales. The semi SAT feral ponies are put on the mountains to graze and keep SAT paths and tracks passable, but Matt hears why they are under SAT threat because their numbers are dwindling. SAT Matt also takes a taxi tour around the area to test the SAT cabbie on his local knowledge as part of a new scheme to SAT encourage visitors to leave their cars at home and use SAT trains and taxis to travel around the Park as a further way SAT of reducing carbon emissions in the area. SAT SAT Producer: Maggie Ayre. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00rz61k (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT Presenter: Charlotte Smith SAT Producer: Anna Varle. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00rz61m (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00rz61p (Listen) SAT With James Naughtie and Sarah Montague. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00rz61r (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by actor Kwame Kwei-Armah . The poet is SAT Kate Fox. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00rz61t (Listen) SAT John McCarthy talks to author Douglas Rogers, whose parents SAT ran a backpackers' lodge in Zimbabwe, and to Southern Africa SAT tour operator John Berry about how tourism in the troubled SAT country has been faring in the years of the Mugabe regime SAT and hyperinflation, what the country can offer the traveller SAT now and whether there is any likelihood of improvement. SAT SAT John also compares travelling in the eastern Europe of 20 SAT years ago with the present day when he asks journalist, SAT writer and angler Tom Fort about a journey he made to SAT Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Romania on the eve of SAT the fall of communism. Tom revisited many of those places SAT and indeed fishing spots recently and observes how life and SAT fishing have changed in the intervening years. SAT SAT 10:30 Rocking the Blitz Club b00rz61w (Listen) SAT Midge Ure takes us back The Blitz Club in London's Covent SAT Garden where the 'New Romantics' came of age. The club SAT first opened its doors in 1979 at the height of another SAT recession and Midge explores how the flamboyant Blitz scene SAT offered an escape from the hard economic reality that he and SAT his contemporaries were facing. SAT SAT Midge remembers how "walking into the Blitz was like SAT stepping out of time, you never knew what period it was set SAT in. It was a total mish-mash of styles, full of blurred SAT genders and make-up for girls and boys". The Blitz crowd SAT were christened the 'New Romantics' because of what Midge SAT calls their "nostalgia for the future". SAT SAT The Blitz was a seedbed for creative talent, full of SAT musicians, designers, photographers and stylists. John SAT Galliano first flaunted his ideas there, Spandau Ballet SAT played their early gigs and a young Boy George took the coats. SAT SAT A new sound emerged from the club - the synthesizer-based SAT electropop pioneered by Midge in his bands Visage and SAT Ultravox. The success of the Blitz bands brought wealth and SAT fame, but the "extreme hedonism" of the 'New Romantic' SAT movement led many into very dark places. SAT SAT Finally, Midge explores why the 1980s 'New Romantic' synth SAT sound has seen a revival in the current recession. SAT SAT Midge meets former Blitz Kids including: Gary Kemp (Spandau SAT Ballet), Gary Numan, Robert Elms, Rusty Egan, Steve Strange SAT (Visage), Stephen Jones (milliner) and Dylan Jones, to SAT revisit what was undoubtedly a golden era of British pop music. SAT SAT The producer is Melissa FitzGerald, and this is a Blakeway SAT production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 The Heckler b00rz66h (Listen) SAT Episode 2 SAT SAT Clive Anderson presents a quirky, irreverent guide to the SAT events of the election campaign. Editor: Martin Rosenbaum. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00rz66k (Listen) SAT Kate Adie introduces dispatches from foreign correspondents, SAT telling the stories behind the world's headlines and SAT introducing the characters encountered on their travels. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00rz66m (Listen) SAT The latest news from the world of personal finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00rz0kj (Listen) SAT Series 71, Episode 1 SAT SAT Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular SAT topical panel show. Guests this week include Jeremy Hardy, SAT Francis Wheen, and Sue Perkins. SAT SAT Produced by Sam Bryant. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00rz66p (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00rz66r (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00rz0kl (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Woldingham in SAT Surrey with questions from the audience for the panel SAT including: Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for Environment, SAT Food & Rural Affairs; Liam Fox, Shadow Secretary of State SAT for Defence; Helen Mary Jones AM, Director of Elections for SAT Plaid Cymru; and the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on SAT Children, Schools and Families, David Laws. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00rz6pc (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 b00rz6pf (Listen) SAT SCREAM SAT A crime caper based on the extraordinary story SAT behind the theft of Edvard Munch's expressionist masterpiece SAT from an Oslo museum in 2004. SAT SAT Oslo police are closing in on David Toska, the criminal SAT mastermind behind an audacious cash robbery when two SAT incompetent thieves burst into the Munch Museum in broad SAT daylight and ask for directions to Norway's most famous SAT painting. Amazingly, they emerge with two priceless SAT paintings, The Scream and The Madonna. SAT SAT Norway's no. 1 detective is pulled off the hunt for Toska SAT and sent after the paintings. So begins a high profile and SAT often bizarre game of cat and mouse as police attempt to SAT track down these national treasures and arrest those behind SAT the robbery. SAT SAT But things don't run smoothly for robbers or the police as SAT both begin to adopt increasingly unconventional tactics. SAT SAT The play was written and directed by Boz Temple-Morris, in SAT collaboration with investigative journalist Kris Hollington, SAT and recorded entirely on location in Olso with many of SAT Norway's leading actors. The exact circumstances of the SAT recovery of the paintings have been shrouded in mystery SAT since 2004 though new evidence has now emerged about the SAT dealings between the police and their most wanted man. SAT SAT Kjell: Christian Rubeck SAT Inspector Steinbeck: JÃrgen Langhelle SAT Thomson: Mats EldÃen SAT Siegried: Henrik Horge SAT Petter: Stig-Henrik Hoff SAT Karl: Aksel Hennie SAT Elina: Ingrid Bolsà Berdal SAT Paal Enger and David Toska: Eric Madsen SAT SAT Other parts were played by Siri Ingul, Catherine Gram, Lars SAT Engebretsen, Endre Haukland, Josefine Coward, Bettina SAT Fleischer and Axel Aubert. SAT SAT Sound and music by Alisdair McGregor and Howard Jacques SAT Written by Boz Temple-Morris and Kris Hollington SAT Directed by Boz Temple-Morris SAT Scream is a Holy Mountain production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 15:30 The Music Group b00ryf1j (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 1 SAT SAT Janet Street Porter joins saxophonist Soweto Kinch and SAT technology writer and academic Aleks Krotoski to explain why SAT they've brought a Cole Porter classic, a nine-minute bebop SAT jazz odyssey, and some Sixties boyband pop for discussion on SAT this week's show. SAT SAT With Phil Hammond. SAT SAT The Music Choices are: SAT "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" by Ray Charles and Betty Carter. SAT "Children of The Night" by Art Blakey and The Jazz SAT Messengers from the album Mosaic. SAT "Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees. SAT SAT Producer: Tamsin Hughes. This is a Testbed production for SAT BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00rz6ph (Listen) SAT Presented by Jane Garvey. SAT SAT Kim Cattrall talks about appearing in Sex and the City and SAT her lifelong passion for theatre. Her latest film role is as SAT Amelia Bly, the PA and mistress to a former British Prime SAT Minister in The Ghost, Roman Polanski's film version of SAT Robert Harris's novel. She is also appearing on the West End SAT stage, as Amanda, the fiery divorcee, in Noel Coward's SAT Private Lives. SAT Barack and Michelle Obama have got it, Carla Bruni too. SAT Sociologist Dr Catherine Hakim explains why she coined the SAT term "erotic capital," how it favours women and why she SAT thinks it's an attribute which is as important as SAT educational qualifications. SAT The style and fashions of Grace Kelly, screen goddess and SAT Princess of Monaco are celebrated in a new exhibition at the SAT Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Jane visits the SAT exhibition with curator Jenny Lister and Princess Grace's SAT biographer, Sarah Bradford. SAT Ann Cryer, first elected Labour MP for Keighley in 1997 SAT looks back as she leaves her parliamentary career. She was SAT the first MP to raise the issue of forced marriage. SAT Fatima Bhutto has written "Songs of Blood and Sword: A SAT Daughter's Memoir" which looks at the impact of her father SAT being killed. SAT Voice Coach Philippa Davis and political journalist Julia SAT Langdon discuss the importance of having a good voice in SAT politics. SAT And wild garlic. It's very different to the dried bulb SAT version that we buy in the shops. So how do you spot it and SAT once you've picked it, how do you cook it? Jane Baxter, head SAT chef at the Field Kitchen restaurant at Riverford Organic SAT Veg Farm in Devon, and Gilli Allingham owner of the Really SAT Garlicky Company in Scotland discuss garlic's merits. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00rz6pk (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, plus the SAT sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00rz6pm (Listen) SAT The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented SAT by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00rz6pp (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00rz6pr (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rz6pt (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00rz6pw (Listen) SAT Peter Curran is joined by one of America's most enduring and SAT legendary singer-songwriters, Don McLean. The man behind SAT American Pie talks about his UK tour and latest album SAT 'Addicted to Black'. He also performs one of his classic SAT hits 'Vincent' (Starry Starry Night) live in the studio. SAT SAT Maureen Lipman and Anne Reid reprise their roles as the SAT competitive, matriarchal pen pals Irene and Vera as 'Ladies SAT of Letters' returns for a second series to ITV3. SAT SAT Writer and documentary film maker Jon Ronson describes what SAT it's like to see your book transferred to the silver screen. SAT His international bestseller 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' SAT was turned into a film in 2009 starring George Clooney and SAT Ewan McGregor. SAT SAT 6Music's Gideon Coe bares his soul to Tim Samuels as they SAT discuss the reasons why men are turning to therapy to cope SAT with the tensions of modern day life. Tim's documentary 'Men SAT In Therapy' goes out on Radio 4 next Friday. SAT SAT And there's more music from the Mercury nominated musical SAT pioneers Sweet Billy Pilgrim, performing 'Kalypso' from SAT their album 'Twice Born Men'. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00rz6py (Listen) SAT Dominique Strauss-Kahn SAT SAT Chris Bowlby profiles France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the SAT charismatic head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) SAT and a man many say is destined to become the next President SAT of France. SAT SAT When Dominique Strauss-Kahn, DSK as he is known, took charge SAT of the IMF in 2007 many thought his political career was SAT finished. A man described variously as a 21st century SAT Metternich, a champagne socialist and a dilettante, DSK had SAT failed in a bid to become the Socialist party's candidate in SAT the 2006 French Presidential election. But his response to SAT the global financial crisis in which he has skillfully SAT positioned the IMF as a key player, has earned him European SAT and international accolades. And in recent months he has SAT played a crucial role in using IMF clout to help stabilize SAT the failing Greek economy. Along the way the man nicknamed SAT "chaud lapin" (hot rabbit) has survived a sex scandal and a SAT very public divorce. Now many commentators, who had written SAT him off politically, are seeing DSK as a strong candidiate SAT to emerge as President when France goes to the polls in 2012. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00rz6q0 (Listen) SAT Sarfraz Mansoor and guests review the week's cultural SAT highlights, including a new book by Helen Dunmore, a revival SAT of that once far-out musical, Hair, and The Ghost, the SAT latest film from controversial director Roman Polanski. SAT SAT Producer Torquil MacLeod. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00rz6q2 (Listen) SAT A Night to Remember SAT SAT Election nights have always been full of high drama but it SAT wasn't until 1950 that we began to see in all its brutal SAT glory, exactly what effect our verdict can really have on SAT our politicians. SAT SAT 60 years ago, the BBC tentatively embarked upon its very SAT first televised coverage of British General Election SAT results. It helped to shine a light on the personalities of SAT the powerful and made major stars of some quite unlikely SAT political anoraks, academics and journalists. SAT SAT Political commentator Anthony Howard reflects on the highs SAT and lows of election nights over the years as he replays SAT some magic moments and finds out from some of the major SAT players what it was like to be at the centre of history in SAT the making. SAT SAT Archive of legendary presenters like Richard Dimbleby, Robin SAT Day and Alistair Burnett is mixed with classic excerpts of SAT some of the great political characters of election nights SAT past. SAT SAT Anthony Howard himself has been appearing on TV election SAT night specials for more than four decades and he reflects on SAT his first appearance alongside a very young Nigel Lawson SAT (then a journalist himself) in 1964. SAT SAT A Night to Remember looks at how each election would bring SAT ever more dramatic theme tunes and more and more SAT sophisticated graphics. Peter Snow looks at how the SAT swingometer became a regular feature while Sue Lawley SAT reveals how she was once accused of stealing it! SAT SAT And then there's the cock ups and quirky moments, from SAT Richard Dimbleby being forced to prove he's not wearing SAT pyjamas to the break in proceedings in the mid 60s for the SAT all-male BBC team to admire the young ladies in the studio. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00rvzbc (Listen) SAT The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, SAT Book 3: Smiley's People, Part 1 SAT SAT Simon Russell Beale stars as the intelligence officer George SAT Smiley in a three-part dramatisation by Robert Forrest of SAT John le Carre's classic novel, first published in 1979 and SAT the third in the celebrated 'Karla Trilogy' following SAT 'Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Spy' and 'The Honourable Schoolboy.' SAT SAT Part 1: At the end of 'The Honourable Schoolboy', in the SAT mid-1970s, as a ruthless new broom swept through the secret SAT corridors of Whitehall, spymaster George Smiley quietly left SAT the Circus and vanished into private life. But a year or two SAT later, when a veteran Russian emigre general is found dead SAT on Hampstead Heath, Smiley is called out of retirement to SAT exorcise some Cold War ghosts from his clandestine past. SAT What follows is Smiley the human being at his most SAT vulnerable, and Smiley the case officer at his most SAT brilliant; and it takes to a thrilling conclusion his SAT career-long, serpentine battle with the enigmatic and SAT ruthless Russian spymaster Karla. SAT SAT Ann Smiley ..... Anna Chancellor SAT Oliver Lacon ..... Alex Jennings SAT Chief Superintendant ..... Stephen Critchlow SAT Lauder Strickland ..... David Bannerman SAT Mikhel ..... Nigel Anthony SAT Mostyn ..... David Seddon SAT Old woman ..... Joanna Monro SAT Postman ..... Michael Shelford SAT Girl ..... Keely Beresford SAT Stella ..... Alison Pettitt SAT William ..... Piers Wehner SAT SAT Producer Patrick Rayner SAT SAT This episode is available until 3.00pm on Sunday 2nd May as SAT part of the Series Catch-up Trial. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00rz6q4 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00ryklq (Listen) SAT Above the Law SAT SAT Programme 2. SAT SAT Lawyers are arguing that the 3 MPs and a Peer facing charges SAT over their expenses claims are protected from being SAT prosecuted in the ordinary criminal courts, because of SAT special parliamentary privilege. SAT SAT This week, Clive Anderson and a panel of distinguished SAT lawyers discuss the reasons why certain people, including SAT MPs, judges, diplomats, heads of state and even in some SAT circumstances criminals-turned-informants, seem to be "above SAT the law". SAT SAT Why should an MP speaking in the House of Commons be able to SAT slander another person without fear of being sued? Why are SAT diplomats literally allowed to get away with murder? SAT SAT How and why were these long-standing legal immunities SAT established, and can they still be justified today? SAT SAT The producer is Brian King, and this is an Above the Title SAT production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 23:00 Counterpoint b00rxh64 (Listen) SAT Series 24, Episode 4 SAT SAT The fourth heat in the 2010 series of the general knowledge SAT music quiz, with Paul Gambaccini. This week's competitors SAT come from East Anglia and the Home Counties and they'll face SAT the usual wide variety of questions on music of all kinds - SAT with plenty of extracts to identify. The programme comes SAT from the BBC Radio Theatre in London. SAT Producer Paul Bajoria. SAT SAT 23:30 Lost Voices b00j9hng (Listen) SAT Series 1, Harry Fainlight: Soul on Fire SAT SAT Poet Brian Patten explores the life and work of lesser-known SAT or forgotten poets. SAT SAT Harry Fainlight was a young man of rare promise when a trip SAT to America to meet the Beat poets in the early 1960s changed SAT his life forever. Brian discovers a life filled with SAT distress, anxiety, affection and the most beautifully SAT lyrical poetry. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 18 APRIL 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00rz78z (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b009rhjz (Listen) SUN What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets, Instant Fires SUN SUN Continuing our series 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 "INSTANT FIRES" by Joe Dunthorne, read by Jessica Harris. SUN SUN Young novelist Joe Dunthorne's short story brilliantly SUN evokes the preoccupations of seventeen year old Anna. SUN Blazing with the confidence of youth - and the burgeoning SUN instincts of the woman she will become - Anna is bemused by SUN the attention paid to her by her English teacher, Mr SUN Ashford. but not so distracted that she fails to notice the SUN Head Boy's attempts to woo her using updated lines from SUN Andrew Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress": "Girl, I'm SUN thinking a half-term on your thighs, double maths on your SUN neck, a lunch-hour to each of your teeth." SUN SUN Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rz791 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rz793 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rz795 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00rz797 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00rz7q5 (Listen) SUN The bells of the church of St Mary the Virgin, Ilminster in SUN Somerset. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00rz6py (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00rz7q7 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00rz7q9 (Listen) SUN Attitude Problem SUN SUN Mark Tully consider the impact of our mental attitude on SUN situations, events and objects. The power of positive SUN thinking has been drummed into us in recent years, but has SUN the backlash begun? SUN SUN The producer is Eley McAinsh, and this is a Unique SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00rz7qc (Listen) SUN In this week's On Your Farm, Caz Graham goes fishing off the SUN Devon coast to find out what impact a no trawling zone is SUN having on local fishermen. In 2008, The Government closed SUN off a 60 square mile area at Lyme Bay in a bid to protect SUN the reef and marine life. Now, it's being proposed that this SUN area be extended to 90 square miles. It's part of a European SUN Directive to preserve seabed features such as reefs, SUN underwater sea caves and sand banks across the UK. The SUN fishing industry claims it will take away 80 percent of the SUN areas they trawl at the moment and severely damage their SUN business. This programme is presented by Caz Graham and SUN produced by Anna Varle. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00rz7qf (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00rz7qh (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00rz7qk (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 Series producer: Amanda Hancox. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00rz7qm (Listen) SUN Ovarian Cancer Action SUN SUN Nigel Havers appeals on behalf of Ovarian Cancer Action. SUN SUN Donations to Ovarian Cancer Action should be sent to SUN FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 Appeal, please mark the back of your SUN envelope Ovarian Cancer Action. Credit cards: Freephone 0800 SUN 404 8144. If you are a UK tax payer, please provide Ovarian SUN Cancer Action with your full name and address so they can SUN claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online and phone SUN donation facilities are not currently available to listeners SUN without a UK postcode. SUN SUN Registered Charity Number: 1109743. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00rz7qp (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00rz7qr (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00rz86t (Listen) SUN Radio 4's Sunday morning service. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00rz0kn (Listen) SUN Simon Schama reflects on the quality of American food and SUN eating habits and welcomes what he sees as the growing SUN popularity of ethnic dishes and local farm produce. SUN Excellent fresh food and good cooking has always existed, he SUN says, in hidden pockets of the countryside but now he sees SUN it being bought and enjoyed by more city dwellers, too. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00rz86w (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week with SUN Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00rzkt3 (Listen) SUN Jazzer turns sour on Harry's milk round, and Pip has an SUN exercise in duplicity. SUN SUN Written By: Keri Davies 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 Tony Archer ... Colin Skipp SUN Pat Archer ... Patricia Gallimore SUN Brian Aldridge ... Charles Collingwood SUN Jennifer Aldridge ... Angela Piper SUN Alice Aldridge ... Hollie Chapman SUN Peggy Woolley ... June Spencer SUN Jolene Perks ... Buffy Davis SUN Fallon Rogers ... Joanna Van-Kampen SUN Joe Grundy ... Edward Kelsey SUN Eddie Grundy ... Trevor Harrison SUN Clarrie Grundy ... Rosalind Adams SUN Ed Grundy ... Barry Farrimond SUN Nic Hanson ... Becky Wright SUN Chris Carter ... Will Sanderson-Thwaite SUN Mike Tucker ... Terry Molloy SUN Vicky Tucker ... Rachel Atkins SUN Jazzer McCreary ... Ryan Kelly SUN Jim Lloyd ... John Rowe SUN Izzy ... Elizabeth Wofford SUN Jude ... Piers Wehner SUN Harry ... Michael Shelford SUN Ted ... Paul Webster SUN Mrs Baker ... Frances Jeater SUN Auctioneer ... Bruce Alexander. SUN SUN 11:15 The Reunion b00rzkt5 (Listen) SUN The Maze Prison SUN SUN Sue MacGregor is in Belfast to meet prisoners, staff and SUN negotiators who were involved in the Maze Prison hunger SUN strikes of the early 1980s. SUN SUN From its earliest days, the Maze Prison was like no other SUN penal institution. Its prisoners, mainly locked up for SUN involvement in 'The Troubles', saw themselves as prisoners SUN of war rather than criminal offenders, and were given a lot SUN of freedom to run their own lives. But a change in SUN government policy sought to address that. The paramilitaries SUN were to be treated like 'ordinary decent criminals', wearing SUN prison uniform and conforming to prison rules. The prisoners SUN and their supporters were outraged, launching a campaign SUN that resulted in ten men starving themselves to death. Many SUN more were to die in riots and revenge attacks outside the SUN prison. SUN SUN Two former Republican prisoners who survived the hunger SUN strikes, Raymond McCartney and Pat Sheehan, join Loyalist SUN prisoner Billy McQuiston and prison officer Des Waterworth SUN to recall the fight for political status. Also joining Sue SUN round the table is Father Oliver Crilly, who tried to SUN negotiate an end to the protest and whose two cousins died SUN in it, and journalist Chris Ryder. SUN SUN The hunger strikes are largely regarded as a major turning SUN point in Northern Ireland's political history. The first man SUN to die, Bobby Sands, attracted worldwide attention when he SUN was elected to Westminster from his prison hospital bed. But SUN the wounds of the battle are still raw today with questions SUN remaining over whether more deaths could have been avoided. SUN SUN A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. The producer is SUN Deborah Dudgeon. SUN SUN 12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00rxh88 (Listen) SUN Series 5, Episode 3 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. Fred MacAulay, Susan Calman, Liza Tarbuck SUN and Charlie Brooker are the panellists obliged to talk with SUN deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Skiing, SUN Elephants, Chocolate and Cleopatra. 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 b00rzmhb (Listen) SUN During the recession British drinkers traded up to more SUN expensive, higher quality coffee. Sheila Dillon asks why, SUN and what exactly is it that we're now pouring into our daily SUN cup? SUN SUN She meets Jeremy Torz, director of Union Coffee Roasters, SUN one of the first of a now growing number of small businesses SUN sourcing and roasting speciality coffee beans. SUN SUN She hears from coffee writer Daniel Young who explains why SUN London has become one of the most influential cities in the SUN world when it comes to a making an espresso. Sheila also SUN asks why, despite the success of the high street chains and SUN more awareness of roast and ground coffee, most of us still SUN turn to a cup of instant when we make a cup at home? SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00rzmhd (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00rzmkg (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00rz0kb (Listen) SUN This week, the panel tackle the questions posed by gardeners SUN in West Sussex. Eric Robson chairs the discussion between SUN horticultural experts Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness and SUN Matthew Wilson. SUN SUN We introduce the second of 'Listeners' Gardens'. Here, our SUN expert panel visit a listener's garden and advise them on SUN their gardening projects and troubleshoot their problems. SUN Follow the progress of these gardeners, as we revisit them SUN over the course of the year. SUN SUN The producer is Howard Shannon. This is a Somethin Else SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:45 Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's Escape to the Country b00rzmkj (Listen) SUN The Sporting Estate SUN SUN From 1800, the remote, bleak, cold country hall or mansion, SUN complete with its shivering, long-faced hounds was given a SUN makeover - often acquired with new money, it became a place SUN for ladies and gentlemen from the city to congregate and SUN socialise. The country estate was a fantastic place to spend SUN time together, to network, show off your political SUN connections, along with the fine crystal and bespoke china. SUN SUN It was the heyday of Victorian foxhunting, with increasing SUN numbers of visitors flocking from all over Britain and SUN overseas to hunt in the Shires that were a "sea of grass" at SUN that time. SUN SUN Queen Victoria and Prince Albert began regular visits to SUN Balmoral from 1848 and grouse shooting became a passion for SUN the newly wealthy. Their son Edward Albert, actually bought SUN Sandringham to develop drive shooting.a pleasure the chubby SUN king could enjoy sitting down. SUN SUN This programme explores how field sports changed the SUN appearance of the countryside and contributed to the idea of SUN the country house as a 'seat of social and political power'. SUN SUN The producer is Kate Bland, and this is a Just Radio SUN production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00rzmng (Listen) SUN The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, SUN Book 3: Smiley's People, Part 2 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 2: Smiley has glimpsed the possibility of bringing down SUN his life-long Russian adversary Karla. He turns to former SUN colleagues in the Circus for vital information before taking SUN off alone into hostile territory. SUN SUN Ann Smiley ..... Anna Chancellor SUN Oliver Lacon ..... Alex Jennings SUN Ostrakova ..... Lindsay Duncan SUN Connie Sachs ..... Maggie Steed SUN Toby Esterhase ..... Sam Dale SUN Hilary ..... Alison Pettitt SUN Claus Kretzschmar ..... Bruce Alexander SUN Frau Kretzschmar ..... Joanna Monro SUN Girl ..... Keely Beresford SUN Walther ..... Nigel Hastings 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 b00rzmtm (Listen) SUN Alex Clark talks to the children's author Gillian Cross, SUN creator of the Demon Headmaster. Her latest book Where I SUN Belong tells the story of a young Somali immigrant thrust SUN into the complexities of modern British life. SUN SUN Cyprus, and the various struggles for the island's SUN sovereignty between the 1950s and 1970s, is the subject of SUN three recent novels. Sadie Jones and Christy Lefteri join SUN Alex to discuss the difficulties of writing about a SUN territorial dispute which remains unresolved. SUN SUN And the writer Alberto Manguel reflects on a lifetime's SUN reading, as described in his book of essays A Reader on SUN Reading, and reveals how Don Quixote aided his recovery from SUN serious illness. SUN SUN Producer: Thomas Morris. SUN SUN 16:30 Lost Voices b00rzmtp (Listen) SUN Series 2, Molly Holden SUN SUN From her early youth to her death in 1981, Molly Holden was SUN an acute, unsentimental but lyrical poet of the natural SUN world. She was influenced by Hardy and Edward Thomas but her SUN poetry was distinctively her own; her inspiration was SUN topography, archaeology, the ties of the present world with SUN the past. Molly delighted in the outdoors and it was a huge SUN blow when Multiple Sclerosis first slowed her down, then put SUN her in a wheelchair. She continued to write about the world SUN she could see from her window but increasingly the cruel SUN reality of her situation became evident in her poetry. SUN Written and presented by Brian Patten. SUN SUN The readers are Annette Badland and Nigel Anthony. SUN Produced in Bristol by Christine Hall. SUN SUN 17:00 Freed Radicals b00ryjfw (Listen) SUN After the London bombs in July 2005 hundreds of dangerous SUN extremists were convicted of terrorist related offences SUN across the UK. Five years on, many are now being released SUN from prison. But are Government "de-radicalisation" and SUN rehabilitation programmes proving successful or does the SUN answer lie within the Muslim community itself? SUN SUN Reporter: Mobeen Azhar SUN Producer: Gail Champion. SUN SUN Prison is 'not taming' radicals SUN Former inmates jailed for terror offences tellt he BBC that SUN Government attempts to de-radicalise extremists are failing. SUN SUN Fighting to de-radicalise extremists SUN Mobeen Azhar examines whether efforts to de-radicalise young SUN convicted Islamic extremists after they are released from SUN jail are working. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00rz6py (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00rzmxb (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00rzmxd (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00rzmxg (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00rzmxj (Listen) SUN Ernie Rea makes his selection from the past seven days of SUN BBC Radio SUN SUN The Reunion - Radio 4 SUN Freed Radicals - Radio 4 SUN Great Lives - Radio 4 SUN Oedipusenders - Radio 4 SUN Sounds of the Sixties - Radio 2 SUN Black and White Towns - Radio 4 SUN Mark Steel's in Town - Radio 4 SUN The Last Resort - Radio 4 SUN In Tune - Radio 3 SUN Today - Radio 4 SUN Midweek - Radio 4 SUN Target Practice - Radio 4 SUN Greg James - Radio 1 SUN Start the Week - Radio 4 SUN Good King George - Radio 4 SUN Between Ourselves - Radio 4 SUN SUN Ernie Rea unearths the answers to some intriguing questions SUN in his Pick of the Week. Just who was Venanzio Rauzinni? SUN Well he was a contemporary of Mozart who could hit top C SUN like a woman but who performed like a man. And Robin Hood, SUN did he really wear tights? What did a lady require SUN sartorially if she was invited for a weekend with King SUN George the Fifth? Why would anyone want to write pop songs SUN about Swindon? And where can you find a shop that advertises SUN itself as a "Purveyor of Bespoke Sandwiches." SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00rzmxl (Listen) SUN Kenton and Jim get into party mode, and Josh makes some SUN plans for the future. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00rzmxn (Listen) SUN Matt Frei 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 b00bfpzm (Listen) SUN Hay-on-Wye Stories 2008, The Hilltop Singer SUN SUN There are few job prospects in Filippo's small Umbrian SUN village and he's determined not to be merely a greengrocer SUN or barber. When a job comes up working in the village's SUN pride and joy - the smallest theatre in the world - Filippo SUN leaps at the chance. So what if it's just selling postcards SUN to tourists in the foyer? Filippo dares to dream that he SUN shall one day sing on that gilded stage. Perhaps he'll be SUN discovered and be able to pursue his ambition of becoming a SUN famous opera singer? SUN SUN Read by Angela Huth SUN Producer: Emma Harding. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00rz0k8 (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00rz0kd (Listen) SUN On Last Word this week a leading Polish historian reflects SUN on the death in a plane crash of the country's President and SUN members of the political elite. Also, one of Scotland's SUN finest singers - Kenneth McKellar's White Heather Club SUN co-star Moira Anderson pays tribute. Anatoly Dobrynin - who SUN as Soviet ambassador in Washington played a key role in SUN preventing nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis; SUN Ed Roberts, known as the founder of the personal computing SUN industry. He sold his company and went off to practice as a SUN small town doctor while his employee Bill Gates made SUN billions at Microsoft SUN And George Nissen - the acrobat who invented the trampoline SUN and devoted his life to promoting its virtues. SUN SUN LECH KACZYNSKI and others who died in last weekend’s plane SUN crash SUN Polish President who has died aged 60. SUN SUN The Polish President Lech Kaczynski’s death in a plane crash SUN along with 94 members of the country’s political and SUN military elite has shocked the nation. But, as the mourning SUN continues, commentators are beginning to evaluate the SUN political legacy of a man who trained as a lawyer, advised SUN the Solidarity trade union, but fell out with its leader SUN Lech Walesa and moved to the right of Polish politics. After SUN the extensive news coverage on Radio 4 and elsewhere, Last SUN Word turned to Adam Zamoyski, who’s written a number of SUN books on Polish history and culture, for a personal SUN perspective on President Kaczynski and some of those who SUN died with him. SUN SUN Born 18 June 1949 and died on 10 April, 2010. SUN SUN KENNETH McKELLAR SUN Scottish tenor who has died aged 82. SUN SUN For many people, Kenneth McKellar represented a romantic SUN view of Scotland. Dressed in kilt and sporran, he appeared SUN on television screens performing the works of Robert Burns SUN in his lyrical tenor voice. He was a true crossover artist SUN in the days before such a term had been coined, bridging the SUN gap between classical and popular repertoire with easy SUN charm. On leaving university, Kenneth worked for the SUN Scottish Forestry Commission for two years, before taking up SUN a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London. There SUN he came to the attention of the record producer George SUN Martin. After a short spell in the Carl Rosa opera company, SUN Kenneth devoted himself full time to touring and recording, SUN making more than thirty albums and countless appearances on SUN TV and radio. SUN SUN Last word hears from the soprano Moira Anderson and from the SUN pianist and R3 presenter Iain Burnside. SUN SUN Born 23 June 1927 and died 9 April 2010. SUN SUN ED ROBERTS SUN American doctor and personal computer pioneer who has died SUN aged 68. SUN SUN The American engineer Ed Roberts is credited with founding SUN the modern personal computer industry. He was an electronics SUN graduate who had developed his career in the US Air Force, SUN working on decoding machines and electronic rocketry. His SUN first commercial venture was a calculator. Then, in 1974, at SUN a time when computers still took up whole rooms, Ed saw the SUN potential for a much more accessible device which could sit SUN on the desktop. SUN SUN Last Word hears from Erleene Hanson, who was a nurse at SUN Robert’s medical practice and to Steve Lohr, technology SUN journalist for the New York Times. SUN SUN Born September 13, 1941 and died April 1, 2010. SUN SUN ANATOLY DOBRYNIN SUN Former Soviet Ambassador to Washington who has died aged 90 SUN SUN For twenty four years Anatoly Dobrynin played a crucial role SUN in the Cold War diplomacy between the Soviet Union and the SUN USA. As Soviet ambassador in Washington from 1962 to 1986 he SUN was a conduit between the superpowers during times of high SUN drama and tension. Only seven months after his appointment SUN came perhaps his most difficult challenge, the Cuban missile SUN crisis. As nuclear war threatened, Ambassador Dobrynin held SUN a number of secret meetings which eventually led to the deal SUN which defused the crisis. SUN SUN Matthew speaks to the former US Secretary of State Dr Henry SUN Kissinger, to the former Russian Ambassador to the UK and SUN head of the Russian Diplomatic Academy Yuri Fokin and to the SUN former US Ambassador to Moscow James Collins. SUN SUN Born November 16, 1919 and died April 6, 2010. SUN SUN GEORGE NISSEN SUN American gymnast and father of the trampoline, who has died SUN aged 96. SUN SUN George Nissen was the American acrobat who invented the SUN trampoline and devoted his life to promoting its virtues. SUN His successful sports equipment business made him a rich man SUN and he held more than forty different patents. He also SUN sponsored trampolining championships around the world and SUN made it his life long goal to take the sport to the Olympics. SUN SUN Matthew speaks to George Nissen’s friend and colleague for SUN fifty years George Hery, who became the first professional SUN trampolining champion, and to Dan Millman, best selling SUN author and former trampoline champion. SUN SUN Born Feb 1, 1914 and died April 7 2010. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00rz66m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00rz7qm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00rz06t (Listen) SUN Rwanda Rising SUN SUN Rwanda has huge ambitions to grow itself out of poverty and SUN become a middle income country by the year 2010 by becoming SUN an information technology and business hub for central and SUN eastern Africa. Rwanda hopes to set an example that it is SUN possible to do proper business in Africa. Peter Day reports. SUN Producer: Richard Berenger. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00rzq0d (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00rzq0g (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Election Papers Say b00rzq0x (Listen) SUN Episode 5 SUN SUN BBC Radio 4 brings back a much loved TV favourite - What the SUN Election Papers Say. It does what it says on the tin. Each SUN programme will see a leading political journalist take a wry SUN look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the biggest SUN stories of the campaign. Hear all about it - with columnist SUN for The Times David Aaronovich. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00rz0kg (Listen) SUN Best-selling novelist Robert Harris talks to Francine Stock SUN about working with Roman Polanski on The Ghost and reveals SUN what happened when the director was arrested in the middle SUN of post-production and how he had to edit the film in prison. SUN SUN Neil Brand tells us the score about composer Malcolm Arnold. SUN SUN Director Jan Dunn discusses her new film The Calling which SUN is set in a convent and stars Rita Tushingham and Susannah SUN York as a pair of nuns. SUN SUN Producer: Stephen Hughes. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00rz7q9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 19 APRIL 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00rzq9h (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00rykll (Listen) MON Uninterrupted birdsong, the sound and smell of softly MON percolating coffee, old ladies cycling to communion through MON the morning mist, the Sunday papers in bed - all these MON textures and tastes of the British weekend could be under MON threat according to a new report called A Lament for the MON Lost Weekend. Jill Ebrey spoke to people whose work brought MON them out of the house at the end of the week and found that, MON despite days off midweek, losing Saturday and Sunday had a MON serious impact on the quality of their lives. Could the MON British weekend be under threat? Are we aware of what else MON we might lose when we remove the restrictions that Sunday in MON particular makes on our activities? Laurie Taylor discusses MON the changing place of the weekend in British society with MON Jill Ebrey of Warwick University and Richard Reeves from Demos. MON MON Also, the motivations of people who educate their children MON at home: There are anything from 20,000 to 50,000 families MON in the UK who educate their children at home. Who are they? MON Why do they choose to shoulder the burden of teaching their MON children themselves and how do they go about it? Ruth Morton MON discusses the study she recently presented at the British MON Sociological Association annual conference. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00rz7q5 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rzqd0 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rzqhw (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rzqft (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00rzqnx (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rzr4t (Listen) MON Daily prayer and reflection, with The Rt Revd and Rt Hon MON Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. MON MON Producer: Philip Billson. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00rzr8s (Listen) MON Charlotte Smith hears that a cull of badgers will take place MON in Wales this year after the Badger Trust lost a legal MON challenge. Also, is there a future for UK small dairy MON farmers? 18 million litres of milk is drunk within the UK MON every day and at the same time, 3 dairy farmers leave the MON industry each day. Charlotte asks whether the future for MON dairy is big. Also, the Farming Today bees get ready for the MON summer ahead as they go into honey production. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00s08g2 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00rzrsl (Listen) MON With Justin Webb and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00s090v (Listen) MON Andrew Marr Starts the Week with Gurinder Chadha, director MON of 'Bend It Like Beckham', who talks about her new film MON 'It's a Wonderful Afterlife'. Professor Stanley Wells talks MON about Shakespeare, sex and love; Pascal Bruckner examines MON the Tyranny of Guilt and Linda Polman looks at modern MON warfare and its links to international aid. MON Producer: Olivia Skinner. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzrsn (Listen) MON Manhood for Amateurs, Episode 1 MON MON Jason Butler Harner reads from Pulitzer prize-winning author MON Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty memoir about life as MON a husband, father and son. MON MON In exploring what it means to be a man today, Chabon MON reflects on the personal and family history that haunts him MON even as it's being written every day. At the centre of a MON large and complex family, and with four young children, MON Chabon evokes memories of his childhood, of his parents' MON marriage and divorce and of moments of painful adolescent MON comedy. MON MON In this first episode an encounter in a supermarket leads MON him to remember his own father and considers the changing MON nature of fatherhood today. Why is it that, even as a father MON completely involved in the day-to-day lives of his children, MON so much less expected of him than of his wife? MON MON Michael Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of seven MON novels including The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and The MON Yiddish Policeman's Union. He has been described by the MON Guardian as 'a spectacular writer' and by the New York Times MON as 'one of his generation's most eloquent voices'. MON MON Jason Butler Harner has starred in films such as The MON Changeling with Angelina Jolie, as well as numerous TV MON series including Law and Order and John Adams. An MON accomplished stage actor, he has just appeared on the London MON stage in Serenading Louie at the Donmar Warehouse. MON MON Producer: Jane Greenwood. This is a Loftus production for MON BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rztqp (Listen) MON Presented by Jane Garvey. MON MON Confidentiality is one of the bedrocks of the doctor / MON patient relationship. But are there times when a doctor MON should break that confidence? The number of people with a MON sexually transmitted disease has increased dramatically in MON the last ten years. Most people who catch a disease do the MON responsible thing and tell their partner or spouse. But what MON if they refuse to do so? Should the doctor step in? Jane MON talks to Dr Valerie Nathanson, head of science and ethics at MON the BMA and journalist Katie Grant. MON MON And the Polish conservationist Malgorzata Gorska talks to MON Jane about the lengthy campaign she led to save the Rospuda MON Valley, one of Europe's last true wildernesses, from a MON controversial bypass project. MON MON Jane hears from Major Chris MacGregor and his wife about the MON effects of army life on the family. After he returned from MON duty in Iraq in 2007, he began writing a poem which has now MON been published as a childrens' picture book called "My MON Daddy's Going Away". He wanted to reduce the anxiety his MON children felt when he left them to work away from home. MON MON In 1852, 19-year-old Theresa Longworth met an Irish MON aristocrat, William Charles Yelverton. After carrying on a MON clandestine relationship for years, they allegedly married MON secretly. When Yelverton married another woman, Theresa MON accused him of abandoning her and committing bigamy. The MON ensuing multiple trials captivated society and apparently MON inspired Wilkie Collins's novel Man and Wife. Jane talks to MON Chloe Schama, whose book, Wild Romance, tells the story of MON Theresa Longworth's life. MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rztqr (Listen) MON Writing the Century 13: Once Upon A Time, Episode 1 MON MON The series which explores the 20th century through the MON diaries and correspondence of real people, returns with MON "Once Upon A Time" by Amanda Whittington - a touching, MON coming of age drama set in 1979 based on the diary of a gay MON teenager living in a Nottinghamshire mining town. MON MON Steven.....Joe Dempsie MON Gloria.....Karl Davies MON Chrissy....Joe Doherty MON Dole Officer...Robert Lonsdale MON Taxi Driver..David Seddon MON Billy.....Freddie Fox MON With Joanna Monro, Vineeta Rishi and Tony Bell MON MON Original music composed by Nicolai Abrahamsen. MON Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins MON MON Writing The Century, the series which explores the 20th MON century through the diaries and correspondence of real MON people, returns with a touching, coming of age drama by MON Amanda Whittington about a gay teenager living in a MON Nottinghamshire mining town. MON MON Based on the 1979 diary of an 18-year-old miner's son, "Once MON Upon A Time" is the story of three teenage boys looking for MON love and acceptance, each hoping for their own happy, "walk MON into the sunset" ending. MON MON Steven lives with his father, who knows and accepts his son MON is gay. The rest of the world isn't quite so accommodating. MON It's January 1st. Steven feels "confused, excited and MON frightened" at what 1979 might bring. His best friends are MON Chrissy and Gloria, two unemployed boys of the same age, who MON are living down the road as girls and dreaming of a MON glamorous new life. MON MON All three live for the weekend, when they go to Nottingham's MON only gay club in search of adventure. The club is like Oz to MON their Kansas existence but it has its dark side. What Steven MON really wants is a loving relationship but, in his world, it MON seems like an impossible dream. MON MON 1979 was a vintage year for pop. In the first week of MON January alone, the Top 40 featured YMCA, Le Freak, I'm Every MON Woman, Hanging on the Telephone, Rat Trap and I Love the MON Nightlife. Such classic songs are the soundtrack to the MON young friends' turbulent lives. MON MON 11:00 Fly Me to The Reverend Moon b00s08g6 (Listen) MON When American Studies student John Waite was approached in MON Manchester in the early 1970s and offered the chance of a MON free trip to America, he jumped at the opportunity. Only MON once he, and a plane load of other sudents, actually arrived MON at a large estate in upstate New York, did he learn that the MON people footing the bill were the Unification Church, known MON to tabloid readers across the world as The Moonies. Over the MON course of the following days and weeks John and the students MON were kept on the estate as the Church tried to win them MON over, in order that its message might be taken back to MON Britain with these bright young things. In "Fly Me to the MON Moon", John goes back for the first time to tell the story MON of what happened to him and the rest of the students when MON they were taken in by one of the most controversial MON religious groups of the day. He meets up with people who MON went on the trip with him as well as former Church members MON who were active in the organisation at the time - and MON reflects on how the experience as a young man ready for MON adventure has shaped him in the decades since. MON MON 11:30 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00s0b31 (Listen) MON Episode 3 MON MON Comedy drama by Charlotte Cory about a divorcee's attempts MON to find romance via an internet dating site. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00rztt6 (Listen) MON While the Health & Safety Executive insists that offices and MON other work places have first aiders - and certify people as MON work place first aiders - there's no official certification MON for any other kind of first aid. This lack of regulation MON means anybody can set themselves up as a first aid trainer. MON We discuss calls to better regulate first aid courses. MON MON We look ahead to a conference of international energy MON ministers next week they'll be talking about setting up a MON group - like OPEC - for liquefied gas producers. If Russia, MON the main pushers of such a consortium, get their way, we MON could see a massive hike in our gas bills. MON MON How does registering to vote improve your credit rating? MON MON And the plans to improve the ferry crossing from Penzance to MON the Isles of Scilly that's caused an acrimonious row. In MON Cornwall some people say harbour developments will destroy a MON beach, others claim it's vital for the local economy. But on MON Scilly, many believe a new boat will stop their cost of MON living spiralling, and keep the Island community viable. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00rztvp (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00rztx1 (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00rzmxl (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s0b35 (Listen) MON How to Make Your First Billion, part 1 MON MON Jake (28), a serial entrepreneur who has yet to succeed with MON a start-up company and Subash (26), a technical whizz from MON India, decide to go into business together. Combining MON Subash's ideas and technical know how with Jake's MON entrepreneurial flair, the two decide to go into business MON together with a vision for an internet business, which they MON believe will change the world. Fuelled by the track record MON of other small home-grown business that have made their mark MON in Silicon Valley and become billion dollar businesses, they MON believe they can do the same. MON MON The drama follows the pair as they attempt to get the MON business off the ground, attracting investment and dealing MON with the trials and tribulations of trying to build a MON business. MON MON Recorded on location in Silicon Valley, the story will echo MON many of the real life stories of entrepreneurs who started MON out from nothing to create iconic brands. Real life MON entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley will also feature in the MON drama, offering advice to the two characters as they try to MON launch their business. MON MON Jake Armstrong - Thomas Lazur MON Subash Chakrabati - Zafar Karachiwala MON Meg Gleeson - Katie Rubin MON Nathan Ross - Cassidy Brown MON Brett Berger - Tim Kniffin MON Magnus McGinty - Gabriel Marin MON Jefferson Adams - Peter Matthews MON Ogie - Ogie Zulueta MON Uncle Ned - Kip Baldwin MON Shane McGowan - Julia Brothers MON Tony Lo - Brian Rivera MON Stacey James - Lindsey Gates MON Vera Cox - Julia Brothers MON Beth Colochi - Arwen Anderson MON MON Executive Producer - Jeremy Skeet MON Writer - Matthew Solon MON Director/Producer - John Dryden MON MON A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC World Service and MON BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00rz6q2 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 In The Footsteps of Giants b00rzv0v (Listen) MON Sue Blackmore on Albert Hofmann MON MON In the first in a series of passionate explorations we MON discover the connections between leading scientists today MON and yesterday, with one contemporary scientist looking back MON upon the life of another whose experience has fascinating MON parallels to their own. MON MON Susan Blackmore delves into the unique connecting point MON between herself and LSD pioneer Albert Hofmann- someone she MON has admired for decades. Susan shares her personal audio MON archive of her meeting with the Swiss scientist and MON discusses how the man has inspired her own research into MON consciousness, tackling the controversial area of LSD MON research on the way. MON MON Producer: Lucy Adam. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00rzmhb (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Click On b00s0b37 (Listen) MON Series 6, Episode 4 MON MON Simon Cox presents the topical magazine exploring the MON digital world. As we ask more and more from our mobile MON devices, Simon looks at new ways to power them. MON MON 17:00 PM b00rzvk3 (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 b00rzvkh (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00s0b39 (Listen) MON Series 5, Episode 4 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. Marcus Brigstocke, Henning Wehn, Lucy MON Porter and Graeme Garden are the panellists obliged to talk MON with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Soap, MON Pudding, Rabbits and the Taxi Cab. 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 b00rztxk (Listen) MON Tony tries his hand at matchmaking, and Kirsty gets back to MON nature. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00rzvsq (Listen) MON With Mark Lawson, including a review of the film The MON Joneses, starring Demi Moore as the mother of a perfect MON though fake family put together by a marketing company in MON order to sell luxury goods. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00rztqr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Anatomy Of... b00s0b3c (Listen) MON A House Fire MON MON From the makers of the Sony award-winning Anatomy of a Car MON Crash, the last in this new series dissecting MON often-neglected everyday dramas that change ordinary lives forever. MON MON 3/3: A House Fire. When Clive Tempest and his daughter Sarah MON set off from their Gloucestershire home on Halloween almost MON eighteen months ago to visit their sister who was in MON hospital, it seemed perfectly natural to leave Anna Tempest MON at home with a fire burning in the grate. How could they MON know that ancient timbers embedded in the chimney fabric MON would choose that night to ignite. They returned to find MON flames leaping from their 17th century home. Anna was safe MON and fire-fighters at work but the damage, already evident MON was only beginning. The family, fire crew and those who MON assessed the damage talk about that evening and the weeks MON and months that followed as they tried to move on from the MON catastrophe that had engulfed them. They recall the slow MON process leading to the rebuilding of the family home and MON coming to terms with the losses both real and intangible MON that the fire caused. MON MON Producer: Tom Alban. MON MON 20:30 The Report b00s0vd4 (Listen) MON The Report investigates the likely impact of public spending MON cuts on English universities. They've enjoyed a decade of MON historically-high funding but as budgets tighten, James MON Silver asks whether universities have done enough in the MON days of plenty to prepare for leaner times ahead. MON MON A number of institutions have significant debts and some MON commentators predict it's only a matter of time before one MON university goes bust. MON MON Producer: Rob Cave. MON MON 21:00 Material World b00ryl03 (Listen) MON Quentin Cooper reports from the Edinburgh International MON Science Festival on the latest discoveries and their MON implications. MON MON He hears (quite literally) how engineers can now design the MON acoustic of a building and re-create a 3-dimensional MON soundscape within it. MON MON He explores the progress that has been made towards creating MON artificial life and the ethical questions it raises. MON MON And he goes to an innovative Scottish research company to MON shake a bionic hand - and the flesh and blood hand of its MON inventor. MON MON Plus, as the judges approach their final decision next week, MON we hear more Shortlisted entries for 'So You Want To Be A MON Scientist'. MON MON Producer: Martin Redfern. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00s090v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00rzvxx (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00rzw2t (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rzw38 (Listen) MON The Lessons, Episode 6 MON MON Rory Kinnear reads the Orange New Writer's Award Winner, MON Naomi Alderman's, second novel, 'The Lessons', a story of MON ambition, friendship, betrayal and desire. Today: The last MON good night. As the heady Oxford existence comes to a golden MON close, Mark has one last surprise in store for James. MON Reader Rory Kinnear MON Abridger Sally Marmion MON Producer Di Speirs MON MON 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00s0bdn (Listen) MON Episode 4 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 ... b00qr5kh (Listen) MON Series 3, The Deer Hunter MON MON Away from the red carpet, bright lights and tearful MON speeches, what do the decisions made by the Academy each MON year tell us about the state of America at the time? MON MON Vietnam War film The Deer Hunter, starring Robert DeNiro, MON Meryl Streep and Christopher Walken, won the Oscar for Best MON Picture in 1978, at the 51st Academy Awards ceremony. MON MON When it emerged as a potential Oscar winner, it was only MON three years since the end of the Vietnam War. The film MON became the subject of huge controversy, not least for its MON portrayal of the Vietnamese as sadistic torturers, and for MON the unforgettable scenes featuring a game of Russian roulette. MON MON Paul Gambaccini explores how the original shocking MON screenplay came about, the battles between the producers, MON and director Michael Cimino's approach to acting that almost MON brought the cast to the edge of a nervous breakdown. He also MON ponders whether The Deer Hunter was actually even a war film MON at all. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 20 APRIL 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00rzq6v (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzrsn (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rzq9k (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rzqfw (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rzqd2 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00rzqhy (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rzr0w (Listen) TUE Daily prayer and reflection, with The Rt Revd and Rt Hon TUE Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. TUE TUE Producer: Philip Billson. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00rzr4w (Listen) TUE Presenter: Anna Hill TUE Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00rzr8v (Listen) TUE With Justin Webb and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Between Ourselves b00s0cmx (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 5 TUE TUE How to raise a happy, well-adjusted child is one of the TUE biggest sources of angst for modern parents. Child TUE psychologists Laverne Antrobus and Oliver James discuss this TUE challenge. TUE TUE British society has a reputation for being intolerant TUE towards children - they should be seen but ideally not TUE heard. And according to sections of the media, the reason TUE that Britain is Broken is because unruly and badly brought TUE up children are running wild, ignored by hopeless parents. TUE So what has gone so badly wrong with our approach towards TUE children? How can it be improved? Should we send our TUE children to day-care, or remain at home during their TUE formative years? What kind of upbringing drives children to TUE commit horrendous crimes, like the Bulger killers? On TUE Between Ourselves today we are joined by two child TUE psychologists who discuss all of this. Laverne Antrobus has TUE worked on TV programmes like 'The House of Tiny Tearaways', TUE ITV's 'This Morning' and BBC Four's 'Who Needs Dads?', she's TUE an author, and works as an educational psychologist at the TUE Tavistock clinic in London. Oliver James has written TUE best-selling books including 'They F*** you Up' and TUE 'Affluenza'. He's also appeared on 'This Morning' putting TUE into practice his theory of 'love-bombing' as a way of TUE coping with challenging children. TUE TUE 09:30 A Musical Trip to South Africa - with Lenny Henry b00s0cmz (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE TUE Lenny investigates the 'lost tribes' whose music is TUE endangered as the country modernises. He gets into township TUE Kiba and finds disaffected young Afrikaners reviving angry TUE punk. 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 b00rzrsq (Listen) TUE Manhood for Amateurs, Episode 2 TUE TUE Jason Butler Harner continues to read from Pulitzer TUE prize-winning author Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty TUE memoir about life as a husband, father and son. TUE TUE In exploring what it means to be a man today, Chabon TUE reflects on the personal and family history that haunts him TUE even as it's being written every day. At the centre of a TUE large and complex family, and with four young children, TUE Chabon evokes memories of his childhood, of his parents' TUE marriage and divorce and of moments of painful adolescent TUE comedy. TUE TUE Despite having very little in common, Michael Chabon formed TUE a very close relationship with the father of his first wife. TUE Today he reflects on the different world his father-in-law TUE opened up for him, the joy he felt in being part of a much TUE more stable family than his own, and the complex emotions TUE both men felt when his marriage broke down. TUE TUE Producer: Jane Greenwood. This is a Loftus production for TUE BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rzt98 (Listen) TUE Presented by Jane Garvey. Retro hair trends: is the shampoo TUE and set having a revival? TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nn6 (Listen) TUE Writing the Century 13: Once Upon A Time, Episode 2 TUE TUE "Once Upon A Time" TUE Amanda Whittington's drama set in 1979 about a gay teenager TUE from a Nottinghamshire mining town tells the story of Steven TUE and his two flamboyant best friends who live as girls. TUE Today: Chrissy and Gloria have found boyfriends. Left TUE alone, Steven turns to his diary: "I feel I must find myself TUE but I don't know what I want to find". TUE TUE Steven.....Joe Dempsie TUE Gloria.....Karl Davies TUE Chrissy....Joe Doherty TUE Steven's dad.Tony Bell TUE Billy.....Freddie Fox TUE With David Seddon and Nigel Hastings TUE TUE 11:00 Saving Species b00s0cn1 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE TUE We catch up with the larval poets in this programme. For TUE much of the year we're following Purple Emperor Butterflies TUE with National Trust Lepidopterist Matthew Oates. They are TUE still caterpillars - and all named by Matthew after famous TUE poets to help us keep a track of individuals - we're TUE following their fortunes which will hopefully lead to us TUE seeing them as adults. Purple Emperor butterflies are a TUE truly tree canopy dwelling butterfly with some pretty foul TUE (in human value terms, not wildlife terms) habits as TUE grown-ups - and more about that in later programmes. TUE TUE We continue our interest in Japanese Red-Crowned Cranes with TUE a further report from Hokkaido in Japan. And we see how the TUE UK seabird breeding colonies are filling up, especially TUE fulmars, kittiwakes and guillemots. There has been year on TUE year bad news for British seabirds - many species failing to TUE raise chicks successfully. Saving Species will be following TUE this story all spring and summer. TUE TUE And we introduce a new character - the Starved Wood Sedge TUE or, as one person described, "A Doogle [from the Magic TUE Roundabout] looking plant". We find it lurking in the TUE grounds of Charter House, the famous public school in TUE Southern England, and only existing at all because of an TUE inspired conservation programme by school staff and pupils. TUE TUE We have our usual wildlife news round-up from around the TUE globe gathered this week by Kelvin Boot and we'll check into TUE iSpot, the interactive biodiversity website of The Open TUE University. TUE TUE Presented by Brett Westwood TUE Producer: Sheena Duncan TUE Editor: Julian Hector. TUE TUE 11:30 Madwomen in the Attic b00s0cn3 (Listen) TUE Following on from the positive response to Vivienne Parry's TUE 'A Nasty Case of the Vapours' in which the ailments of TUE literature's great heroines were dissected and finally TUE diagnosed using modern medicine (and a good deal of TUE hindsight), 'Madwomen in the Attic' will consider bedside TUE analysis from afar for the mad, bad and sad heroines of TUE classic fiction through the eyes of modern medicine and TUE psychiatry. TUE TUE Aided by psychiatrists and literary critics Vivienne Parry TUE will steer a course through classic fiction's fascinating TUE depictions of madness and mental illness, including the TUE first Mrs Rochester in 'Jane Eyre', Lady Glyde in Wilkie TUE Collins' 'A Woman in White' and the (undoubtedly maddening) TUE Emma Bovary in 'Madame Bovary'. The literary and the medical TUE intersect and the programme draws on both strands of TUE expertise. 'Jane Eyre' Bertha Rochester's madness is TUE animalistic, violent and feral - the archetypal 'madwoman in TUE the attic' whereas 'The Woman In White' evokes the asylum as TUE a sinister place, 'bins' where women could be interred TUE against their will. Meanwhile Freud once said that wherever TUE his work took him, the great works of literature had got TUE there first: some psychoanalysts read 'Madame Bovary' as TUE close to a Freudian case history as a novel can get. TUE TUE What does the depiction of their illness say about the TUE author's, or wider societal views of madness at the time of TUE publication? And what does their situation say to us today? TUE These are texts situated between 19th century, TUE physician-driven notions of mental and - by implication - TUE moral health and the origins of mental health as a science, TUE the (thankfully) short-lived 'mental hygiene' movement and TUE the beginnings of modern psychoanalysis, a body of thought TUE which has itself influenced literary criticism. Contributors TUE include Adam Phillips, Sandra Gilbert, Professor John TUE Sutherland and Dinesh Bhugra, president of the Royal College TUE of Psychiatrists. TUE TUE The producer is Simon Hollis. This is a Brook Lapping TUE production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00rztrz (Listen) TUE You and Yours with Julian Worricker. email TUE youandyours@bbc.co.uk. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00rztt8 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00rztvr (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00rztxk (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s0cn7 (Listen) TUE How to Make Your First Billion, part 2 TUE TUE Jake (28), a serial entrepreneur who has yet to succeed with TUE a start-up company and Subash (26), a technical whizz from TUE India, decide to go into business together. Combining TUE Subash's ideas and technical know how with Jake's TUE entrepreneurial flair, the two decide to go into business TUE together with a vision for an internet business, which they TUE believe will change the world. Fuelled by the track record TUE of other small home-grown business that have made their mark TUE in Silicon Valley and become billion dollar businesses, they TUE believe they can do the same. TUE TUE The drama follows the pair as they attempt to get the TUE business off the ground, attracting investment and dealing TUE with the trials and tribulations of trying to build a TUE business. TUE TUE Recorded on location in Silicon Valley, the story will echo TUE many of the real life stories of entrepreneurs who started TUE out from nothing to create iconic brands. Real life TUE entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley will also feature in the TUE drama, offering advice to the two characters as they try to TUE launch their business. TUE TUE Jake Armstrong - Thomas Lazur TUE Subash Chakrabati - Zafar Karachiwala TUE Meg Gleeson - Katie Rubin TUE Nathan Ross - Cassidy Brown TUE Brett Berger - Tim Kniffin TUE Magnus McGinty - Gabriel Marin TUE Jefferson Adams - Peter Matthews TUE Ogie - Ogie Zulueta TUE Uncle Ned - Kip Baldwin TUE Shane McGowan - Julia Brothers TUE Tony Lo - Brian Rivera TUE Stacey James - Lindsey Gates TUE Vera Cox - Julia Brothers TUE Beth Colochi - Arwen Anderson TUE TUE Executive Producer - Jeremy Skeet TUE Writer - Matthew Solon TUE Director/Producer - John Dryden TUE TUE A Goldhawk Essential Production for BBC World Service and TUE BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00s0cn9 (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 b00s0cxs (Listen) TUE In-Flight Entertainment, Squirrel TUE TUE Three short stories taken from Helen Simpson's new TUE collection, In-Flight Entertainment. TUE TUE Poignant, perceptive and dazzling, in this, her long-awaited TUE new collection, Helen Simpson offers acute portraits of TUE lives in transition: of changes for the better, lives TUE stalled and in freefall; of love, loss, and sudden TUE revelations. Warm and funny, the stories are also threaded TUE with a sense of anxiety and fear: of growing old, of TUE commitment, and, most worryingly, of the growing threat to TUE the environment. In the title story, Alan, on a TUE transatlantic flight, is delighted by an unusual upgrade to TUE a first class seat, but is to find his journey disturbed by TUE portents of doom; in "Squirrel" a family discussion over the TUE fate of a trapped squirrel veers unexpectedly close to TUE revealing a shocking truth; and, in "Homework" a boy TUE contemplates a parallel life after asking his mother for TUE help with his creative writing homework. But how much is TUE fact and how much is fiction? TUE TUE Moving deftly between the domestic and the fantastical, from TUE tragedy to comedy, these are remarkable stories from a TUE master of the genre; each tale brilliantly realised, TUE beautifully captured and utterly engrossing. TUE TUE Reader: Sian Thomas. TUE TUE Abridged and Produced by Joanna Green. This is a Pier TUE production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:45 In The Footsteps of Giants b00rzvfm (Listen) TUE Paul Davies on Carl Sagan TUE TUE Within a series of passionate explorations, Paul Davies TUE looks back on the life of Carl Sagan. Sagan's public TUE lectures laid the groundwork for Davies' own fascination TUE with the universe. Both scientists have played key roles in TUE SETI (the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) and TUE both have championed the popularisation of science. TUE TUE Paul Davies returns to the Boyd Orr Lecture Hall at Glasgow TUE University where Sagan delivered his Gifford lecture 'The TUE Search for Who We Are', meeting up with Martin Hendry, TUE Senior Lecturer in Astronomy at Glasgow University who also TUE attended the lecture and was similarly inspired. Looking TUE back at Carl's work, he reflects on the similarities to his TUE own life and career. TUE TUE Producer: Lucy Adam. TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b00s0d1d (Listen) TUE Chris Ledgard looks at the Chinese and English languages, TUE and the meeting point between the two. Will the Chinese TUE language be affected by the growing influence of English? TUE Pinyin is the Chinese method of writing Chinese characters TUE in the latin alphabet. It produces a simplified version of TUE Chinese for children to learn, and is also used for texting, TUE slang and to make it possible to type on a keyboard. It can TUE be used to evade the censors. It also helps the rest of the TUE world to understand Chinese words. Beijing is a pinyin word, TUE for example. TUE Will the use of Chinese characters eventually die out as the TUE influence of English is felt there? Has globalisation TUE affected the way Chinese is spoken and written in China? And TUE we hear about the language war raging in Singapore, the only TUE country in Asia with English as its first language, between TUE standard English and Singlish, the local variant. TUE Contributors include William Zhou, "Pinyin Joe"- Joe Katz, TUE Victor Mair and Singaporean blogger extraordinaire "mr TUE brown", aka Lee Kin Mun. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b00s0d1g (Listen) TUE Series 21, Douglas Jardine TUE TUE The controversial England cricket captain, Douglas Jardine, TUE who was responsible for the infamous 1932 Bodyline tour of TUE Australia, is Peter White's choice of a Great Life. Matthew TUE Parris, who is sceptical about cricket to say the least, TUE presents, while Christopher Douglas (who co-writes and TUE presents Ed Reardon on Radio 4, the disaffected, failed TUE 50-something hack writer) fills in the biographical gaps. TUE TUE Producer: Mark Smalley. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00rzvgl (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 b00rzvk5 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Baggage b00lk12h (Listen) TUE Series 4, Carping Diem TUE TUE Comedy series by Hilary Lyon, set in Edinburgh. TUE TUE It's Festival time and Caroline is in love: great timing for TUE her best friend Ruth to habitually invade her privacy, her TUE toddler daughter April to be teething and her TUE larger-than-life dad Hector to turn up unannounced. TUE TUE Caroline ...... Hilary Lyon TUE Fiona ...... Phyllis Logan TUE Ruth ...... Adie Allen TUE Roddy ...... Robin Cameron TUE Hector ...... David Rintoul TUE Polly ...... Nicola Grier TUE TUE Directed by Marilyn Imrie. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00rztx3 (Listen) TUE Pip plays a dangerous game, and there's no holds barred for TUE David. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00rzvpr (Listen) TUE With Mark Lawson, including a report on an exhibition of TUE Italian Renaissance Drawings at the British Museum by TUE artists such as Fra Angelico and Leornado da Vinci. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nn6 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Biometrics: An Identity Crisis b00s0djj (Listen) TUE Biometrics: an identity crisis TUE TUE Gerry Northam investigates the reliability of the science TUE behind biometrics and explores how this technology is being TUE deployed in the UK to protect and preserve our identity and TUE security. TUE TUE Biometrics or bio-identification is the science and TUE technology employed to verify your identity using a TUE biological trait that is unique to you, such as your face, TUE your iris, a set of fingerprints, the way you sign your name TUE or even the sound of your voice. For politicians, the term TUE 'biometrics' has become something of a panacea - universal TUE short hand for safe, reliable and secure: 'don't worry TUE about the details - it's biometric, meaning, its complex TUE science and therefore impossible to crack. Unsurprisingly, TUE scientists who work on biometric systems don't agree. TUE TUE Biometrics also lie at the heart of a confused and TUE controversial debate around identity politics in the UK. TUE Increasingly, it seems, biometrics will be the means by TUE which you will need to identify yourself in world, to prove TUE who you are not just at airports when you go on holiday TUE (with biometric fingerprint passports from 2012), but, in TUE the not too distant future, commentators are painting TUE scenarios where biometrics will allow you to vote, get a TUE mortgage, shop, access benefits and even healthcare. But TUE what we're lacking, say critics, is any real public debate TUE about how these systems are being deployed and in whose TUE interest. TUE TUE The UK's policy on identity and the use of biometric TUE technologies seems strangely undercooked given that this has TUE been on the agenda since at least 2002, if not before. In TUE recent years the issue has been mired in (at times) furious TUE arguments about privacy, data theft and data sharing. The TUE central controversy is the creation of a national identity TUE register containing the fingerprint and detailed TUE biographical information of millions of British citizens. TUE This could ultimately be shared with agencies in the UK and TUE around the world, something lobbyists are unhappy with. But TUE some scientists believe that the technology being deployed TUE in the UK to underpin this database - fingerprint biometrics TUE - is the wrong choice. It's a system far less reliable than, TUE say, iris scanning, probably the least error prone of all TUE the systems but which was rejected on the grounds of cost TUE and whose benefits may have even been mis-represented to TUE Parliament. We'll talk to one academic who claims this is TUE the case as well as another whose research seems to show TUE that it is possible to reconstruct meaningful data about an TUE individual from the encrypted fingerprint 'code' (called the TUE minutae points) that would be embedded into a typical TUE biometric ID card - something that is supposed to be impossible. TUE TUE After a two year hiatus and on the eve of a general TUE election, the Labour Government have come out firmly in TUE favour of implementing a voluntary ID card scheme along with TUE a national ID register that they hope will grow TUE exponentially after 2012 once biometric passports come into TUE force. They see the creation of a biometric ID card as a TUE means of liberation and certainty for millions of people, TUE and perhaps it is. Meanwhile neither Tories nor Lib Dems TUE have yet to make a clear statement about how they might TUE proceed should the election go their way, but it's clear TUE that some elements of the whole scheme could be dismantled TUE whilst others stay in place. TUE TUE With governments around the world investing billions in TUE these systems and the UK moving towards more widespread use TUE in the next decade, Gerry Northam investigates the myths and TUE realities around biometrics, where both the science and the TUE policy seems to be experiencing an identity crisis. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00s0djl (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00s0djn (Listen) TUE Vitamin D TUE TUE After a cold winter with little sunlight lack of vitamin D TUE is common, but how do you know if your levels are too low? TUE Traditionally lack of Vitamin D is linked with poor bone TUE health, but new studies suggest that milder deficiency may TUE also be linked to asthma, some cancers and diabetes. Dr Mark TUE Porter investigates and hears from a night shift worker who TUE had such excruciating pain in her hands she thought that she TUE had arthritis - when her doctor checked for vitamin D TUE levels, 3 weeks of supplements cured the pain. TUE TUE 21:30 Between Ourselves b00s0cmx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00rzvx2 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00rzvxz (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rzw2w (Listen) TUE The Lessons, Episode 7 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: For James TUE and Jess, Franny and Simon real life begins, but for Mark TUE there is a new fantasy to play out. TUE Reader Rory Kinnear TUE Abridger Sally Marmion TUE Producer Di Speirs TUE TUE 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00s0dlq (Listen) TUE Episode 5 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 ... b00qy1k5 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Gigi TUE TUE In April 1959 the musical Gigi, starring Leslie Caron, TUE Maurice Chevalier and Louis Jourdan, won nine Oscars TUE including the Best Picture Award, breaking the previous TUE record of eight awards which went to Gone With The Wind in TUE 1940. Paul Gambaccini discovers how the combination of TUE Gallic charm and memorable songs, including The Night They TUE Invented Champagne, Gigi and I Remember It Well, sanitised TUE Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette's risque novella for the big screen. TUE TUE Considered to be the last of MGM's great musicals, Gigi TUE tells the story of a young girl being groomed as a TUE courtesan, and the movie's producers battled with the TUE censors to get it made. Director Vincente Minnelli's lavish TUE film, which was shot mostly in Paris, sugar-coated the TUE subject matter, and Caron's gamine performance melted TUE Hollywood cinemagoers. TUE TUE The programme also explores how Gigi represented the TUE passionate early days of the on-off American love affair TUE with France - a relationship that has come under strain in TUE recent years following the war in Iraq. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 21 APRIL 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00rzq6x (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzrsq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rzq9m (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rzqfy (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rzqd4 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00rzqj0 (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rzr0y (Listen) WED Daily prayer and reflection, with The Rt Revd and Rt Hon WED Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. WED WED Producer: Philip Billson. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00rzr4y (Listen) WED Presenter: Anna Hill WED Producer: Melvin Rickarby. WED WED 06:00 Today b00rzr8x (Listen) WED With Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00s0fmz (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzrss (Listen) WED Manhood for Amateurs, Episode 3 WED WED Jason Butler Harner continues to read from Pulitzer WED prize-winning author Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty WED memoir about life as a husband, father and son. WED WED Producer: Jane Greenwood. This is a Loftus production for WED BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rzt9b (Listen) WED Presented by Jane Garvey. Live music from pianist Clara WED Rodriguez. WED WED 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nn8 (Listen) WED Writing the Century 13: Once Upon A Time, Episode 3 WED WED "Once Upon A Time" WED Amanda Whittington's drama set in 1979 about a gay teenager WED from a Nottinghamshire mining town tells the story of Steven WED and his two flamboyant best friends who live as girls. WED Today: A chain of events is set in motion that leads to WED Steven and Gloria finding a flat-share in the city. WED WED Steven.....Joe Dempsie WED Gloria.....Karl Davies WED Chrissy....Joe Doherty WED Steven's dad...Tony Bell WED Irene......Julie Riley WED Factory worker.Vineeta Rishi WED WED 11:00 Kala Pani: A Forgotten History b00s0fn1 (Listen) WED WED Kala Pani - in Hindi it means 'the black water'. And yet it WED means much, much more than that - it means exile, WED alienation, isolation, oppression. Selma Chalabi visits the WED scene former penal colony on the Andaman Islands, of which WED her grandfather was the last governor. Nowadays, Greater WED Andaman is a beautiful tropical island, nearer to the coast WED of Burma and Thailand than to India. Back in the days of the WED British Empire, it meant a living hell for Indian political WED prisoners held in its infamous cellular jail. It's a story WED that has been forgotten in Britain; not so in India, as WED Selma discovers. WED WED A chance find of some reel-to-reel tapes dictated by her WED grandfather before his death leads journalist Selma Chalabi WED on a journey of discovery, to find out more about the exotic WED palm-fringed islands of which he was the last British WED governor. Nowadays, the Andamans are best known in the WED outside world for the terrible damage caused by the tsunami WED in 2005. Amongst Indians, however, they are a place of WED pilgrimage for a very different reason. For the Andamans WED signified kala pani - a place of exile beyond the black WED water, by which the most intractable political enemies of WED the British Empire would finally be broken, losing their WED caste and family ties. WED WED The Andamans to which her grandfather was appointed WED assistant governor in the 1930s were a curious backwater, WED and the scene of a rather curious experiment in criminal WED justice - thieves and murderers were allowed out into the WED community to work in the houses of British administrators. WED As 96 year old Mollie Boomgardt, who knew Selma's WED grandfather, cheerily recalls, 'you knew what you'd got with WED a murderer as a cook; with petty thieves you didn't know WED where you were!'. But the rehabilitation of prisoners was WED not the original purpose of the penal colony on the WED Andamans. In fact, as Selma discovers, it was established in WED order to dispose of Britain's political enemies on the WED Indian subcontinent, and, in the words of Andamans historian WED Francis Xavier Neelam, 'break the spirit of the freedom WED fighters. Crossing the black waters was a double penalty - WED it meant you lost whatever status you enjoyed on the WED mainland, as well as facing torture and isolation'. WED WED As Selma discovers, there were two sides to India's struggle WED for freedom: on the one hand, there was Ghandi's non-violent WED approach, but on the other there was an active, armed WED struggle. In Bengal, Chalabi meets the last living Indian WED Freedom Fighter, Sri Bimal Bhowmik, who was deported to the WED Andamans in the 1930s. 'From the moment we joined the WED Movement, we were mentally prepared to die. We knew what our WED fate would be'. Sri Bhowmik very nearly did die, during one WED of the hunger strikes that rocked Port Blair's notorious WED Cellular Jail during the 1930s'. Solitary confinement, WED bar-fetters (leg irons that restricted his movements) and WED frequent whipping, in addition to extremely hard labour WED pounding coconut fibres were just some of the torments he WED faced at the hands of the British authorities. WED WED So sensitive is the history of the Cellular Jail that it is WED now considered a National Memorial, and a place of WED pilgrimage for Indians. But until now, it is not a story WED that has merited very much attention in Britain. Mrs WED Boomgardt, the daughter of one of the gaolers at Port Blair, WED still vividly remembers the arrival of Freedom Fighters WED singing songs, and being taken by lorry to the jail "We WED thought they deserved to be locked up for what they were WED doing'. Nowadays, opinion has completely changed. Bengali WED historian Parimal Ghosh of the University of Calcutta has a WED completely different view: 'I consider Kala Pani to be an WED atrocity on the Freedom Fighter'. WED WED 11:30 House On Fire b00qf6ls (Listen) WED Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman. WED WED When Matt refuses to do his fair share of cleaning around WED the flat, Vicky decides to down mops. As the dirt gathers, WED so do the flies. Is this the ideal scenario for Vicky to WED introduce her new boyfriend? WED WED Vicky ...... Emma Pierson WED Matt ...... Jody Latham WED Julie ...... Janine Duvitski WED Peter ...... Philip Jackson 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 b00rzts1 (Listen) WED Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. The three main parties WED debate energy policy post election; what are their plans for WED renewables, energy security and regulation and what will it WED mean for our bills? Should we just give money to the poor in WED developing countries and do away with complicated aid WED packages; a new book says we should because evidence WED suggests they won't waste it and know what they want better WED than we do. Also, next month Marks and Spencer gets a new WED man at the top; what does he have to do to return the iconic WED high street store to its glory days? WED WED 12:57 Weather b00rzttb (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00rztvt (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00rztx3 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s0fn5 (Listen) WED The Six Loves of Billy Binns WED WED The Six Loves of Billy Binns WED by Richard Lumsden WED WED Tom Courtenay stars as 110 year old Billy. WED Billy wants to remember what love feels like before he dies. WED His past loves are ready to remind him. WED WED Billy Binns........Tom Courtenay WED Evie.................Alison Pettitt WED Alice................Tanya Franks WED Vera................Ella Smith WED Dotty...............Joanna Monro WED Mrs Coggins....Keeley Beresford WED Sylvie..............Gbemisola Ikumelo WED Boy.................Walter Lumsden WED WED Director...........Sally Avens WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00s0g1k (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer your personal WED finance questions. WED You can call the programme when lines open on Wednesday at WED 1330 BST. The number is 03700 100 444. WED Standard geographic charges apply. Calls from mobiles may be WED higher. WED Producer: Diane Richardson. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00s0cxw (Listen) WED In-Flight Entertainment, Episode 2 WED WED Short stories taken from Helen Simpson's new collection. WED WED 15:45 In The Footsteps of Giants b00rzvfp (Listen) WED Hugh Pennington on Joseph Lister WED WED As part of series of passionate encounters between WED scientists past and present, bacteriologist Hugh Pennington- WED an expert on E Coli outbreaks- looks back at his hero and WED fellow scientist Joseph Lister. WED WED Lister has affected Hugh's life, and not just as he has been WED awarded the Lister Medal of the Society of Chemical WED Industry. As a pioneer of sterilisation, Lister banished WED bugs from the operating theatre. As an expert on E Coli WED outbreaks, Hugh Pennington has spent decades trying to WED discover where the bugs got back into food that should have WED been safe. WED WED Hugh looks back upon the life of Joseph Lister and explores WED the connections between the great man and himself. WED WED The producer is Lucy Adam. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00s0g1m (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor explores the latest research into how society WED works. A brief history of nakedness - its role in politics, WED protest and popular culture. WED WED 16:30 The Media Show b00s0fn3 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 17:00 PM b00rzvgn (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 b00rzvk7 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00s0g1p (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED WED Comedian Mark Steel travels to the Scottish border town of WED Dumfries, where he discovers a bloodthirsty history and WED seagull-hating inhabitants who are obsessed with the poet WED Robert Burns. WED WED Written and Performed by Mark Steel. WED Producer Julia Mckenzie. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00rztx5 (Listen) WED David stands by his principles, and Tony hopes Cupid will WED hit the mark at Bridge Farm. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00rzvpt (Listen) WED With John Wilson, including a review of the film It's a WED Wonderful Afterlife. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, whose WED previous credits include Bend it Like Beckham, it's a comedy WED about an Indian mother obsessed with marriage. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nn8 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Unreliable Evidence b00s0g1r (Listen) WED In this week's edition of Unreliable Evidence, Clive WED Anderson and guests discuss fears that Britain's libel laws WED are being used to stifle free speech. WED WED There is particular concern about 'libel tourism' - that WED wealthy overseas litigants with little connection to this WED country are using the British courts to sue people they WED claim have defamed them. It's been suggested that in WED relation to libel, Britain has become the legal equivalent WED of an offshore tax haven. WED WED It's claimed that our libel laws are exerting a 'chilling WED effect' on doctors, scientists and campaigners; preventing WED them from speaking out against powerful organisations, for WED fear of being sued. WED WED Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, has set up a working group of WED lawyers, academics and newspaper editors to examine various WED aspects of our libel laws, with the particular brief to look WED at how to prevent libel tourism. Mr Straw has suggested that WED our libel laws are not in the right place. 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 b00s0g1t (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED WED BBC Radio 4 brings back a much loved TV favourite - What the WED Election Papers Say. It does what it says on the tin. Each WED programme will see a leading political journalist take a wry WED look at how the broadsheets and red tops treat the biggest WED stories of the campaign. Hear all about it - with Chief WED Political Commentator of the Guardian Andrew Rawnsley. WED WED 21:00 Costing the Earth b00s0g1w (Listen) WED The Great Flood of Paris WED WED Paris in 1910 was at the centre of the world's cultural and WED intellectual life. New metro tunnels and new sewers were WED making life cleaner and faster for two and a half million WED Parisians. There was such confidence in the efficiency and WED modernity of the city that early reports of floodwater WED tumbling down the River Seine were largely ignored. Nature, WED surely, had nothing with which to threaten the greatest city WED in the world? WED WED In 'Costing the Earth' Tom Heap chronicles the causes and WED effects of Europe's greatest ever urban flood. Assisted by WED the new tunnels, the waters of a wet winter rose beneath the WED city making hundreds of thousands homeless, bringing WED Parisian life to a complete halt for many weeks. To many WED residents it seemed as if the city was doomed. Surely the WED huge class divisions, seen so recently in the Paris Commune, WED exacerbated by food shortages would lead to riots and WED ultimately revolution. WED WED Tom tells the story of the extraordinary unity that somehow WED prevailed and the great engineering efforts to drain and WED re-build the city. He joins modern Parisians to hear how the WED lessons have been learned and acted upon. Could a 'once in a WED century' flood threaten the city again? Could London learn WED from the pain of Paris? What can we all learn from the WED stoicism and heroism demonstrated by Parisians rich and poor WED in the face of disaster? WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00s0fmz (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00rzvx4 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00rzvy2 (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rzw2y (Listen) WED The Lessons, Episode 8 WED WED Rory Kinnear reads reading the Orange New Writer's Award WED Winner, Naomi Alderman's, second novel, 'The Lessons', a WED story of ambition, friendship, betrayal and desire. Today: WED Forbidden Fruit. Marriage is not the answer to Mark's WED unhappiness. Is James? WED Reader Rory Kinnear WED Abridger Sally Marmion WED Producer Di Speirs WED WED 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00s0g8d (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED WED 6/12: Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a nightly satirical WED round up of election news and comment from comedians, WED journalists and commentators. WED WED 23:30 And The Academy Award Goes To ... b00r32b3 (Listen) WED Series 3, Unforgiven WED WED Paul Gambaccini tells the story behind Clint Eastwood's 1992 WED film Unforgiven. Starring Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and WED Eastwood himself as both actor and director, Gambaccini WED reflects on Eastwood's extraordinary Hollywood career, from WED the epitome of the lonesome cowboy to respected Hollywood WED director. WED WED When the screenplay of Unforgiven landed on his desk, Clint WED Eastwood optioned it, then sat on it for two decades, WED developing his directoral skills, gathering a team of WED experts around him at Malpaso Productions, and waiting until WED he himself was the right age to take the leading role. WED WED Film editor Joel Cox, cinematographer Jack N Green, actor WED Jaimz Woolvett and screenwriter David Webb Peoples tell of WED the experience of working with a legend as director and WED star, and biographer Richard Schickle and critics David WED Thomson and Kenneth Turan ruminate on how Clint Eastwood, WED the eternal cowboy, became a Best Picture director. WED WED THU THURSDAY 22 APRIL 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00rzq6z (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzrss (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rzq9p (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rzqg0 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rzqd6 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00rzqj2 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rzr10 (Listen) THU Daily prayer and reflection, with The Rt Revd and Rt Hon THU Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. THU THU Producer: Philip Billson. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00rzr50 (Listen) THU Presenter: Charlotte Smith THU Producer: Anna Varle. THU THU 06:00 Today b00rzr8z (Listen) THU With Sarah Montague and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00s0gwd (Listen) THU Roman Satire THU THU Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman Satire. With Mary THU Beard. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzrsv (Listen) THU Manhood for Amateurs, Episode 4 THU THU Jason Butler Harner continues to read from Pulitzer THU prize-winning author Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty THU memoir about life as a husband, father and son. THU THU Producer: Jane Greenwood. This is a Loftus production for THU BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rzt9d (Listen) THU Presented by Jane Garvey. Writer Trezza Azzopardi on her new THU book about memory and music. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nnb (Listen) THU Writing the Century 13: Once Upon A Time, Episode 4 THU THU "Once Upon A Time" THU Amanda Whittington's drama set in 1979 about a gay teenager THU from a Nottinghamshire mining town tells the story of Steven THU and his two flamboyant best friends who live as girls. THU Today: Steven and Gloria's flat-share starts to go badly THU wrong which could mean the three friends will have to go THU their separate ways. THU THU Steven.....Joe Dempsie THU Gloria.....Karl Davies THU Steven's mam..Julie Riley THU Bus stop man...Nigel Hastings THU Billy........Freddie Fox THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00s0h45 (Listen) THU "A stolen kiss or a little pinch leaves no trace but once THU her hymen is broken, a woman loses everything." (Nada) THU "In the future I won't be thinking with my heart or falling THU in love. I will only use my mind. He has to be a family man THU - a father. Nothing else." (Mona) THU "One must conform to the norms of the society we live in. THU Therefore my daughter - she must remain a virgin." (Sonia) THU Across the Arab world, whether the woman is Christian or THU Muslim, virginity before marriage is the most coveted gift THU on the wedding list. It signifies the honour of the bride's THU family and reflects the integrity of the groom and his THU family. THU Now women who have lost their virginity before their wedding THU night have discoered a face-saving solution to this THU controversial and sometimes life-threatening dilemma. Under THU cover of the burgeoning fashion for plastic surgery, women THU are undergoing hymen repair surgery to artificially restore THU the appearance of "virginity", and so bridging this cultural THU and sexual divide. THU Lebanese journalist Najlaa Abou Merhi from the BBC Arabic TV THU Service meets "Nada," "Mouna" and "Sonia" - Arab women THU spanning three generations who lost their virginity while THU teenagers but felt compelled to regain it through the THU medical procedure called hymenoplasty. While they wish to THU remain anonymous, they hope by sharing their stories that THU other women in their situation will feel they are not alone THU and that there is a way to cross what Nada describes as an THU unbreachable wall. THU But is this an act of liberation or repression for women? THU How will this cycle of cultural expectation versus the THU reality of sexual liberation be broken? THU Producer: Linda Sills. THU THU 11:30 Here Be Dragons b00s0h47 (Listen) THU Last year Janet Ellis examined why mermaids continue to hold THU such a fascination; now she turns her attention to a figure THU every bit as resonant with audiences down the generations - THU the dragon. From the earliest days of story-telling the THU dragon has appeared across international cultures, THU occasionally a benign presence, as in the Chinese tradition, THU though most often a ferocious beast that lays waste to its THU enemies without a moment's hesitation. More recently the THU dragon has become a favourite of children's programmes and THU books from "Ivor the Engine" and "Noggin the Nog" to the THU "How to Train your Dragon" series of books - now turned into THU a major Hollywood film. Its close resemblance to real life THU creatures and formerly dinosaurs lends the dragon a THU particularly interesting position among mythological beasts, THU and Janet hears from poet Simon Armitage who says that those THU reading medieval stories including those about dragons would THU most likely have believed in the real possibility of meeting THU up with the beasts out on the crusades - lending them a THU special degree of excitement. She also speaks to Cressida THU Cowell the author behind the "How to Train..." books, as THU well as the co-creator of TV's Merlin which contains one of THU the most impressive dragon characters to appear in recent THU years, played with such relish by John Hurt. THU THU "Here be Dragons" is a lively and informative ride on the THU back of one of the great stalwarts of the imaginative THU landscape. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00rzts3 (Listen) THU Doctors are becoming increasingly concerned about the THU increasing number of over the counter drugs which previously THU only they could prescribe but pharmacists welcome the move THU as part of greater patient choice. Winfired Robinson is in THU the chair. THU THU Britain's amusement parks are closing fast but there are now THU moves to rescue their historic white-knuckle rides. THU THU And we examine the consumer code for homebuilders which came THU into force at the begining of April - how effective has it THU been? THU THU 12:57 Weather b00rzttd (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00rztvw (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00rztx5 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s0hdn (Listen) THU A Man In Pieces THU by Michael Symmons Roberts THU THU Conor volunteers to test a new medical sonic scanner which THU records the sounds inside the body. From this recording an THU analysis of the patients health is drawn .The Goldberg THU Scanner could revolutionise medical science. No-one knows THU what effect this scanner has on human health.Conor finds THU himself a prisoner in a secure research facility, brought THU back day after day to spend another hour in this massive THU dark metal tunnel. He gradually realises that he's being THU mapped, being searched so deeply that he feels he's losing THU his identity and being taken over by a Doppleganger released THU when he enters the scanner . THU THU CONOR.......................Graeme Hawley THU JEN........... .................Gillian Kearney THU DOPPELGANGER.......... .Clive Russell THU MARGARET .................Sue Jenkins THU MATTHEW...................Malcolm Raeburn THU THU With specially composed music by John Harle THU Directed in Manchester by Susan Roberts. THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00rz5vt (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00rz7qm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00s0cxy (Listen) THU In-Flight Entertainment, Episode 3 THU THU Short stories taken from Helen Simpson's new collection. THU THU 15:45 In The Footsteps of Giants b00rzvfr (Listen) THU Barry Marshall on John Hunter THU THU Nobel Laureate Barry Marshall experimented on himself to THU prove a scientific hypothesis. Here he goes in search of THU John Hunter, a zealous seventeenth century surgeon who THU similarly made himself into a guinea pig. THU THU Marshall was certain that stomach ulcers were caused by THU bacterial infection, as opposed to stress or diet, but he THU needed to prove it against the weight of settled scientific THU opinion. Keeping his family in the dark, he drank a culture THU of bacteria to give himself stomach ulcers. It may have THU seemed madness but he managed to cure the ulcers he caused THU with antibiotics, proving they were a bacterial infection. THU THU This may be extreme, but Marshall is impressed by the THU exploits of John Hunter. In order to prove his hunch of how THU gonorrhoea is contagious, John Hunter took the infected pus THU from a patient's penis and injected it into his own. He got THU gonorrhoea - proving it was contagious - but also syphilis, THU which probably caused his death. Marshall will explore THU Hunter's life, and asks whether even he could be that THU dedicated to scientific discovery. THU THU Producer: Lucy Adam. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00rzmtm (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00s0hn7 (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper announces which four finalists have been THU chosen to perform their experiments in Radio 4's amateur THU science search, from this shortlist: THU THU Sam O'Kell, Croupier: I believe the greatest crowd density THU at a music gig is not at the front but three rows back. I THU would test this by wearing a pressure sensing vest beneath THU normal clothes, and take readings at different locations in THU the crowd. THU THU Ruth Brooks, Retired special needs tutor: What is the homing THU distance of the Garden Snail that decimates my plants? How THU far away do I have to dump them before they find their way THU back to my garden? THU THU Shane Record, Art gallery owner: Because people are THU reluctant to enter my art gallery I put a realistically THU dressed mannequin in, her back to the gallery entrance, to THU bring people in. Does it work or am I just an eccentric THU artist? THU THU Nina Jones, A-level student: What makes up a typical THU Facebook profile picture? Adults choose pictures showing an THU event in their lives - their wedding, or a photo with their THU children - whereas teenagers show themselves with friends at THU a party. I will test these predictions and look into why THU this occurs. THU THU Nick Walthew, Retired farm manager: Who are happier, people THU travelling north or south on the M1? I would test this by THU waving at travellers going north and south and counting the THU number of people who wave back. THU THU Ben Fernando, GCSE student: An investigation to see whether THU girls prefer pink because they can see further into the far THU red part of the electromagnetic spectrum. THU THU John Rowlands, Aerial photographer: To investigate the THU frequency and brightness of noctilucent clouds, which have THU been linked to climate change. THU THU Annie Trolley, Hospital secretary: Whenever my teenage boys THU use aerosol deodorants in their bathroom I can smell it from THU my bedroom. I hate it! Is this something innate, or do we THU learn by experience? THU THU Owen Griffiths, Artist: I propose to have a piece of music THU based on the sounds of bees sung to the hive by a choir, and THU see if this increases the production of honey. THU THU Angus Johnson, Retired computer programmer: Is there a THU difference between men and women in their visual ability to THU find one item amid a clutter of objects? THU THU The four finalists will be chosen by our esteemed judging THU panel from the world of science: THU - Prof Lord Robert May, former Government Science Adviser THU - Prof Tanya Byron, Clinical Psychologist/broadcaster THU - Mark Henderson, Times Science Editor THU - Prof Trevor Cox, Acoustic Engineer/EPSRC Media Fellow. THU THU 17:00 PM b00rzvgq (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 b00rzvk9 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b00s0hn9 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 2 THU THU Comedy and music from the Arthur Smith residence. With John THU Hegley, Andrew Lawrence and Scouting for Girls with a THU special appearance from Mrs Barbara Nice. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00rztx7 (Listen) THU Matt counts down the days to freedom, and Jim brings a THU little of Rome to Ambridge. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00rzvpw (Listen) THU Arts news, interviews and reviews with Kirsty Lang. THU THU 19:45 The World Tonight b00s37sw (Listen) THU The Prime Ministerial Debates, International Affairs THU THU The leaders of the three largest UK parties debate THU international affairs. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rzw30 (Listen) THU The Lessons, Episode 9 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: Daisy, THU Daisy.. Mark finds the love of his life at last - only to THU lose it and destroy everything. THU Reader Rory Kinnear THU Abridger Sally Marmion THU Producer Di Speirs THU THU 23:00 Scrooby Trevithick b00s0vd8 (Listen) THU Performer 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 THU his good friend Sasha (played by Kerry Godliman). However, THU his desire for success always takes him one step further THU than prudence dictates. THU THU Episode 6. Performer. In this episode, Scrooby tries to THU become a Performer having had a surprise internet hit with THU some dodgy karaoke. THU THU The cast features a variety of talented comedians including THU Dara O Briain, Russell Howard, Hugh Dennis, Russell Kane, THU Rufus Hound, Alun Cochrane, Dominic Frisby, Paul Thorne, THU Martin Coyote 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 23:30 Tarantino's Jukebox b00lj8yt (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU THU Composer and film music historian Robert Ziegler talks to THU American film-maker Quentin Tarantino about the music he has THU used to soundtrack his films. THU THU Music plays a key role in Tarantino's films, including THU Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, and he THU reveals to Robert his musical influences and the way in THU which he plunders his own backstory, remembering the tracks THU of his youth and making references to - and featuring music THU from - cult films and television. THU THU Recorded on location in Tarantino's favourite virtual Los THU Angeles diner, the programme also provides an insight into THU the way music can infuse a film, and the way a film can THU bring music back to life from the dusty vaults. THU THU The programme also features contributions from Mary Wilson THU of the Supremes, Dusty Springfield's manager Vicki Wickham, THU film producer Laurence Bender, music and film critic Paul THU Gambaccini, film editor Sally Menke and music supervisors THU Mary Ramos and Karyn Rachtman. THU THU A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 23 APRIL 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00rzq71 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzrsv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00rzq9r (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00rzqg2 (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00rzqd8 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00rzqj4 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00rzr12 (Listen) FRI Daily prayer and reflection, with The Rt Revd and Rt Hon FRI Richard Chartres, Bishop of London. FRI FRI Producer: Philip Billson. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00rzr52 (Listen) FRI Presenter: Charlotte Smith FRI Producer: Fran Barnes. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00rzr91 (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 The Reunion b00rzkt5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00rzrsx (Listen) FRI Manhood for Amateurs, Episode 5 FRI FRI Jason Butler Harner continues to read from Pulitzer FRI prize-winning author Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty FRI memoir about life as a husband, father and son. FRI FRI Producer: Jane Greenwood. This is a Loftus production for FRI BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00rzt9g (Listen) FRI Presented by Sheila McClennan. We discuss keeping ferrets - FRI no longer a Northern, male preserve. So why choose a ferret FRI over a cat, a dog or a guinea pig? FRI FRI Research suggest that 5000 women have left the television FRI industry in the last three years, compared to 750 men. So FRI why is telly such an unappealing career for a woman? Should FRI the people who run the industry do more to keep them? Or is FRI it time to accept that some professions are anti social and FRI child unfriendly. If you can't take it maybe you should find FRI another career? FRI FRI Professor Caroline Moser is an anthropologist who has FRI studied communities all over the world. Not content with FRI simply observing, she decided to live in a slum on the FRI outskirts of Ecuador's largest city - and took her husband FRI and two young sons with her. That was thirty years ago, and FRI now she's published her decades long study into the FRI community, which began as her subjects, and became her friends. FRI FRI Plus, the landlady of the Rover's Return - Beverley Callard FRI talks about her autobiography, and life behind the bar of FRI the nation's most famous pub. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nnf (Listen) FRI Writing the Century 13: Once Upon A Time, Episode 5 FRI FRI "Once Upon A Time" FRI Amanda Whittington's drama set in 1979 about a gay teenager FRI from a Nottinghamshire mining town tells the story of Steven FRI and his two flamboyant best friends who live as girls. FRI Today: Still missing Chrissy and Gloria, Steven is FRI persuaded to go on holiday with another friend to Blackpool. FRI FRI Steven.....Joe Dempsie FRI Gloria.....Karl Davies FRI Chrissy....Joe Doherty FRI Billy........Freddie Fox FRI Tom.......Robert Lonsdale FRI Bouncer......David Seddon FRI FRI Writing The Century, the series which explores the 20th FRI FRI 11:00 Men in Therapy b00s0vqp (Listen) FRI Tim Samuels is your average professional, metropolitan, FRI 30-something man, and like so many of his male friends and FRI colleagues, he has found the need to bare his soul to a FRI therapist. FRI FRI "Sometimes, it's hard to be...a man" - as country singer FRI Tammy Wynette never said. But metrosexual, madeover, new man FRI Tim senses that men are finally turning away from squash and FRI beer to relieve the tensions of modern life - and heading FRI for therapy. Why? What is driving a particular kind of man FRI onto the couches the shrinks? FRI FRI Tim explores the different kinds of therapy men turn to to FRI help them cope with the stresses and strains of their lives. FRI He talks to the practitioners and the users as well as FRI historians and academics about the challenges facing the FRI modern male and looks at the positive and negative effects FRI of therapy for men. He compares therapy in all its different FRI guises - from brief, function based Cognitive Behavioural FRI Therapy to long-term analysis and personal and motivational FRI development. He wants to find out why there is still a FRI stigma attached to men being in therapy and whether men are FRI admitting to going to a therapist - especially to each FRI other. Is this trend for therapy among men a sign that male FRI repression coming to an end? Tim delves into male psyche, FRI and his own to find out. FRI FRI 11:30 Meet David Sedaris b00s0vqr (Listen) FRI Episode 4 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 4 of 4: FRI "Kookabura", and "With a Pal Like This...." 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 b00rzts5 (Listen) FRI Consumer affairs with Julian Worricker. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00rzttg (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00rztvy (Listen) FRI National and international news with Martha Kearney. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00rztx7 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s0wrb (Listen) FRI David Pownall's cautionary tale about a money-crazed FRI entrepreneur who transports a pickled whale from the Cape of FRI Good Hope round Southern Africa and makes a fortune. FRI FRI HUDSON...............VINCENT EBRAHIM FRI SILAS...................JUDE AKUWUDIKE FRI ARLENE...............JOANNA MONRO FRI BUSH HERMIT......JOSEPH MARCELL FRI DOCTOR CASS....BRUCE ALEXANDER FRI DE SOTO.............NIGEL HASTINGS FRI CULT LEADER......RUFUS WRIGHT FRI WOMAN...............PAMELA NOMVETE FRI Other parts played by Alison Pettitt, John Biggins, David FRI Seddon, Michael Shelford and Keeley Beresford FRI FRI Music composed and performed by Russell Taylor and Steve FRI Cooke. FRI FRI Directed by Peter Kavanagh FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00s0y02 (Listen) FRI Panellists Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew FRI Biggs visit gardeners in Blackmore Vale, Dorset. Peter Gibbs FRI chairs the programme. FRI FRI In our exclusive feature series 'Behind The Scenes At FRI Chelsea', we find out about the Eden Project's entry to this FRI year's competition. FRI FRI Matthew Biggs explores shade-loving plants from the caves at FRI Cheddar Gorge. FRI FRI The producer is Howard Shannon. This is a Somethin Else FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 In The Footsteps of Giants b00rzvft (Listen) FRI Susan Greenfield on Rita Levi-Montalcini FRI FRI Eminent neurologist Susan Greenfield, a professor at Oxford, FRI life peer and recipient of the Royal Society's Michael FRI Faraday Prize looks into the life of someone who has FRI inspired her own career, Nobel Laureate Rita Levi-Montalcini. FRI FRI She draws upon the parallels in their lives- both Jewish FRI women in the field of neurology- and delves into Rita FRI Levi-Montalcini's extraordinary career, while questioning FRI whether she could ever have the stamina to overcome the FRI stumbling blocks that were placed in Professor FRI Levi-Montalcini's way. FRI FRI Produced by Lucy Adam. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00s0y04 (Listen) FRI Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories FRI of people who have recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00s0y06 (Listen) FRI Ground-breaking documentary maker Frederick Wiseman FRI discusses his career with Francine Stock. Produced by Stephen Hughes. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00rzvgs (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 b00rzvkc (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00s0y08 (Listen) FRI Series 71, Episode 2 FRI FRI Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular FRI topical panel show. Guests this week are Phill Jupitus, FRI Jeremy Hardy, Andy Hamilton, and Sue Perkins. FRI FRI Produced by Sam Bryant. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00rztx9 (Listen) FRI Ed has a beef with Vicky at Grange Farm, and Lilian gets an FRI unexpected invitation. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00rzvpy (Listen) FRI With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the playwright FRI Jonathan Harvey, whose new play Canary charts a gay FRI relationship from 1960s to the present day. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2nnf (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00s0y0b (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Highgate in FRI London with questions from the audience for the panel FRI including: Jack Straw, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of FRI State for Justice; Caroline Spelman, Shadow Secretary of FRI State for Communities and Local Government; Sir Menzies FRI Campbell, former Liberal Democrat leader and Will Lewis, FRI Editor-in-chief of the Telegraph Media Group. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00s0y0d (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Simon Schama. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00s0ygj (Listen) FRI We Outnumber You FRI by Ed Hime FRI FRI A hand-held horror, reconstructed from amateur recordings FRI discovered after the event, in which we relive the FRI humiliation of a major oil company at the gala opening of FRI their new zoo in 2013. FRI FRI Cast FRI David - Kenneth Cranham FRI Roman - Luke Treadaway FRI Clair - Joanna Monro FRI Shelley - Georgia Groome FRI Ashifa - Vineeta Rishi FRI Billy - Ben Crowe FRI Courtney - Caroline Paterson FRI Craig - David Seddon FRI Michael - Sam Dale FRI Tamzin - Keely Beresford FRI Clive - Nigel Hastings FRI Presenter - Alison Pettitt FRI Steven - Michael Shelford FRI FRI Directed by Jessica Dromgoole FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00rzvx8 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00rzvy8 (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00rzw32 (Listen) FRI The Lessons, Episode 10 FRI FRI Rory Kinnear reads the final epsiode of the Orange New FRI Writer's Award Winner, Naomi Alderman's, second novel, 'The FRI Lessons', a story of ambition, friendship, betrayal and FRI desire. Today: The marks of love. Jess tells James some FRI home truths. FRI Reader Rory Kinnear FRI Abridger Sally Marmion FRI Producer Di Speirs FRI FRI 23:00 Great Lives b00s0d1g (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Tarantino's Jukebox b00lnczw (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI FRI Composer and film music historian Robert Ziegler talks to FRI American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino about the music he has FRI used to soundtrack his films. FRI FRI Music plays a key role in Tarantino's films, including FRI Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown, and he FRI reveals to Robert his musical influences and the way in FRI which he plunders his own backstory, remembering the tracks FRI of his youth and making references to - and featuring music FRI from - cult films and television. FRI FRI Recorded on location in Tarantino's favourite virtual Los FRI Angeles diner, the programme also provides an insight into FRI the way music can infuse a film, and the way a film can FRI bring music back to life from the dusty vaults. It not only FRI forages in the annals of great popular music, but focuses on FRI the new styles of music Quentin has found for his latest FRI movie, Inglourious Basterds. FRI FRI The programme also features contributions from Mary Wilson FRI of the Supremes, the Dusty Springfield's manager Vicki FRI Wickham, film producer Laurence Bender, music and film FRI critic Paul Gambaccini, film editor Sally Menke and music FRI supervisors Mary Ramos and Karyn Rachtman. FRI FRI A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI
16 April, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 17/04/2010 - 23/04/2010
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