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SAT SATURDAY 24 APRIL 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00s0zxc (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00rzrsx (Listen) SAT Manhood for Amateurs, Episode 5 SAT SAT Jason Butler Harner continues to read from Pulitzer SAT prize-winning author Michael Chabon's moving, warm and witty SAT memoir about life as a husband, father and son. SAT SAT In exploring what it means to be a man today, Chabon SAT reflects on the personal and family history that haunts him SAT even as it's being written every day. At the centre of a SAT large and complex family, and with four young children, SAT Chabon evokes memories of his childhood, of his parents' SAT marriage and divorce and of moments of painful adolescent SAT comedy. SAT SAT In the final episode, Michael Chabon is forced to confront SAT his teenage daughter's emerging sexuality, and his own SAT feelings of protectiveness and helplessness towards her. SAT SAT "For a while everything about my daughter's entrance into SAT puberty, her emerging new self and the concomitant interest SAT of boys in her, discomfited me. And the part of it that made SAT me squirm the most was how depressingly trite my discomfort SAT was. Was that the kind of father I had turned out to be? SAT Standing on the front porch with my shotgun under one arm, SAT cartoonishly interrogating my daughter's cartoonish dates?" SAT SAT Michael Chabon is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of seven SAT novels including The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and The SAT Yiddish Policeman's Union. He has been described by the SAT Guardian as 'a spectacular writer' and by the New York Times SAT as 'one of his generation's most eloquent voices'. SAT SAT Jason Butler Harner has starred in films such as The SAT Changeling with Angelina Jolie, as well as numerous TV SAT series including Law and Order and John Adams. An SAT accomplished stage actor, he has just appeared on the London SAT stage in Serenading Louie at the Donmar Warehouse. SAT SAT Producer: Jane Greenwood. This is a Loftus production for SAT BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s0zxf (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s0zxh (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s0zxk (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00s0zxm (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00s0zxp (Listen) SAT Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Mary Stallard. SAT SAT 05:45 Ankle High History b00jh470 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 SAT SAT Scotland has a lost archaeological history - the ruins of SAT thousands of townships and buildings which have never been SAT recorded on any map, yet which tell the tale of life in a SAT period of dramatic change. Mark Stephen follows attempts to SAT uncover those stories before the buildings fade from the SAT landscape. SAT SAT Along the shores of Loch Tay are the remains of byrehouses, SAT the sort of buildings in which the majority of Scots once SAT lived. Mark hears the story of how these homes came to be SAT abandoned, as a rural way of life disappeared. SAT SAT Producer Monise Durrani. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00s0zxr (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00s1lp6 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00s1lp8 (Listen) SAT Show of Hands SAT SAT Helen Mark visits the landscapes that have inspired award SAT winning folk group Show of Hands who have won many awards SAT for their music depicting rural life in Dorset and the West SAT Country. Helen meets singer/songwriter Steve Knightley in SAT his home town of Topsham on the Exe Estuary in Devon. He SAT talks about his love of the area and explains why he chooses SAT to sing about the countryside and its people in a way that's SAT earned him the reputation for being 'the gravelly voiced SAT spokesman of the rural poor'. The group's song Country Life SAT encapsulates many of the harsher realities of contemporary SAT rural England. Helen meets some of the characters who SAT feature in those songs that have been described as 'music on SAT an inspired and intelligent level... about the desecration SAT of British country life.' SAT Among them is Dave Kerley, a former fisherman who has given SAT up commercial fishing and now runs a fish business on dry SAT land. Knightley's song The Dive tells the story of how Dave SAT and his father used to dive for scallops until one fateful SAT day when their dive nearly went tragically wrong. Giles SAT Frampton, a long time friend of Steve's, feels strongly SAT about rural poverty and deprivation. His own experiences of SAT seeing the decline of villages and market towns and the SAT closure of his family's butcher shop are the references for SAT the song 'The Cold Heart of England'. The life of the small SAT farmer is frequently referred to in Show of Hands' music and SAT Helen visits a Dorset hill farmer where Steve Knightley's SAT mother spent several years as an evacuee during the second SAT world war which he records in his song, 'The Vale'. SAT SAT Produced by Maggie Ayre. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00s1n3s (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00s1n3v (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00s1n3x (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; SAT Weather; Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00s1n3z (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by singing legend and actor Alvin SAT Stardust. The poet is Luke Wright. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00s1n41 (Listen) SAT John McCarthy talks to writer Alistair Moffat about how SAT history is at the heart of tourism in Tuscany. While the SAT weather and the food are obviously big enticements, it is SAT the culture, buildings and art of the Renaissance times, the SAT Roman era and, even before that, the Etruscan period that SAT have attracted visitors, from Dr Johnson to Dylan Thomas, to SAT rediscover the joys of this part of Italy. And Charles SAT Fitzroy who leads art tours of the region gives an insight SAT into how Florence must have appeared to a visitor there in SAT 1490. SAT SAT Leigh Richardson works as a health and social services SAT manager in Devon and is frightened of cows but that didn't SAT prevent her from falling in love with a farm in northern SAT Brazil. She bought it and has started to raise cattle there SAT and she tells John McCarthy how she manages to juggle her SAT two lives and what it's like to be plunged into the macho SAT world of Brazilian cowboys. SAT SAT Producer: Harry Parker. SAT SAT 10:30 Gurinder: The Indian Sequel b00s1n43 (Listen) SAT Radio 4 is on the road! We're off to Goa with British film SAT director Gurinder Chadha, who's a special guest at India's SAT biggest and most colourful film festival, in Goa. Her movies SAT - Bend It Like Beckham, Bride And Prejudice, Bhaji on the SAT Beach - are big hits in India. For millions of Indians, her SAT portrayal of life for British Asians is the most realistic SAT view they've had of their diasporic counterparts in the UK. SAT Not only have her films changed our notion of what 'British' SAT means by putting the Asian community firmly in the SAT mainstream consciousness, but the way that Indian audiences SAT respond to her films also tells us something about the SAT changing relationship between India and the UK, and the SAT Indian diaspora who live here. SAT SAT As a twice migrant herself, she brings elements of Indian, SAT Kenyan, and British themes to her work - a fusion of SAT cinematic methods and subject matter. In the glamorous SAT setting of the flamboyant Goan film festival, we'll discover SAT how huge Gurinder is there, and talk to Indian cinemagoers, SAT directors, actors, and movie buffs about the larger than SAT life director, her films, and how, whilst they're clad in SAT their designer labels in a country that's a new world power, SAT they see the British Asian community as endearingly old SAT fashioned. SAT SAT The producer is Lucy Greenwell, and this is a Just Radio SAT production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 The Heckler b00s1n45 (Listen) SAT Episode 3 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 b00s1n47 (Listen) SAT Life in Bangkok's endless state of political chaos.. SAT SAT Are what Algerians call their "Black Years" finally coming SAT to an end? SAT SAT Spain forgets the lessons of history, and its orchards start SAT to run dry... SAT SAT And how Noah's Ark inspired the astonishing inventions of a SAT Holy Man in Ghana.. SAT SAT For several weeks now, the centre of Bangkok has been a SAT political battleground -- the scene of extraordinary SAT tensions. Protestors, known as "Red Shirts", have set up SAT camps and barricades and they've been living in the streets. SAT They're demanding the government's resignation. They say SAT it's illegitimate, having been the product of a SAT parliamentary deal rather than an election. There's been SAT serious violence, and there's always the danger of more. SAT Rachel Harvey has been watching the crisis from the start. SAT SAT For too long, Algerians have been forced to live in the SAT shadow of violence. All through the 90s the armed forces SAT fought Islamist militants in a conflict that cost more than SAT a-hundred-and-fifty thousand lives. And then in 2007 Al SAT Qaeda began to strike. There was a long string of bombings SAT as the government, the security forces and foreigners were SAT targeted.But more recently there's been an easing of the SAT tensions, and Chloe Arnold sees signs of a SAT gradual..cautious..return to better times. SAT SAT West Africa is home to countless churches and spiritual SAT groups. Among them is one in Ghana that goes beyond the SAT traditional concerns for the souls of believers. The Kristo SAT Asafo Church puts huge faith in the power of technology. Its SAT leader, the Apostle Asafo sees the act of manufacturing as SAT being a way to raise up and inspire his people. And as Neil SAT McCarthy has been finding out, the church has got into the SAT making of cars, aircraft...and some quite extraordinary SAT lavatories.. SAT SAT Nothing in the world of sport has a history quite like the SAT Marathon. Legend has it that it was first run by a SAT messenger, bringing news of a glorious Greek victory. And SAT the road from Athens to the battlefield at Marathon in the SAT heat of summer will always be the classic route. But these SAT days the great race is run all over the world. And one of my SAT colleagues, Paddy Clark has just taken part in a marathon as SAT far from the sizzling roads of Greece as you could possibly SAT imagine.. SAT SAT Not so very long ago, Spain's Mediterranean coast was rather SAT sleepy and forgotten...a place mostly left to its fishermen SAT and shepherds. But recent decades of prosperity have SAT transformed the Costas. They've become one of Europe's SAT playgrounds, with the massive development of hotels and SAT resorts and golf courses and so on. But of course, all of SAT this consumes more and more water in what is an arid SAT land..and Alex Bell points out, the regions problems are SAT mounting up.. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00s1n49 (Listen) SAT The latest news from the world of personal finance. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b00s0y08 (Listen) SAT Series 71, Episode 2 SAT SAT Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular SAT topical panel show. Guests this week are Phill Jupitus, SAT Jeremy Hardy, Fred Macaulay, and Sue Perkins. SAT SAT Produced by Sam Bryant. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00s1n4c (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00s1n4f (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00s0y0b (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from the William SAT Ellis school in north London with questions from the SAT audience for the panel including: the Justice Secretary, SAT Jack Straw; Caroline Spelman, Shadow Secretary of State for SAT Communities and Local Government; the former Liberal SAT Democrat leader, Ming Campbell; and Justine Roberts, the SAT founder of the parenting website Mumsnet. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00s1n4h (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 b008pcrb (Listen) SAT The Tennis Court SAT SAT By Jonathan Smith SAT SAT Sam and Arthur Greenwood confide in each other about SAT everything. But in 1943 Sam is posted to India with the 14th SAT Army while his brother, a haemophiliac, remains at home in SAT Kent. In April 1944 the Japanese Army surround the British SAT forces in the small hilltop town of Kohima and, as the two SAT sides face each other across the tennis court at the back of SAT the Deputy District Commissioner's bungalow, Sam is haunted SAT by a secret he has not shared with Arthur. SAT SAT Sam ..... Dan Stevens SAT Arthur ..... Jot Davies SAT Mother ..... Celia Imrie SAT Lettie ..... Jasmine Hyde SAT Pearce ..... Thomas Arnold SAT Penny ..... Cressida Trew SAT Tom ..... Martin T. Sherman SAT SAT Producer/director: Bruce Young. SAT SAT 15:30 The Music Group b00s0cn5 (Listen) SAT Series 4, Episode 2 SAT SAT Novelist Marina Lewycka joins artist Grayson Perry and SAT self-proclaimed "bird nerd" Professor Nicky Clayton to SAT explain why they've brought along a bittersweet aria, an SAT autobiographical rant about father/son relationships and a SAT popular Argentine tune, in some frank and funny discussion. SAT SAT Find out what Mozart has in common with a pop song about a SAT polka dot bikini; what happens to cross-dressers when they SAT hit the age of fifty and what the sexual behaviour of birds SAT has to do with the history of tango. SAT SAT With Phil Hammond. SAT SAT The Music Choices are: SAT Dove sono i bei moment from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro SAT Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini by Brian SAT Hyland SAT Surviving Twin by Loudon Wainwright SAT III Pavadita by Alfredo De Angelis y su orquesta SAT SAT Producer: Tamsin Hughes. SAT A Testbed production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00s1n4k (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT Presented by Jane Garvey. SAT Once the staple of hairdressing salons, the 'shampoo and SAT set' was the popular style for the well groomed woman. Queen SAT of the Retro-Bouff, Nina Butkovich-Budden and top SAT hairdresser Nicky Clarke discuss the revival of interest in SAT vintage hairstyles and remember the setting lotion of choice. SAT SAT The actor Beverley Callard is one of Coronation Street's SAT best loved characters: landlady of The Rovers Return, Liz SAT MacDonald. Behind the scenes, her life has been just as SAT dramatic. She talks candidly about suffering a breakdown and SAT being treated for clinical depression. SAT SAT When Britain's naval task force headed for the Falklands to SAT retake the Islands from Argentine forces, the only female SAT military personnel destined for the combat zone were nurses. SAT We hear from women who served on the Hospital Ship Uganda. SAT SAT The family of a woman who took her own life in prison talked SAT about why they think she was failed by the system. Doctor SAT Seena Fazel, a clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic SAT Psychiatry at Oxford University, and Frances Crook, from the SAT Howard League for Penal Reform discuss what support is SAT available, and why women in prison are at greater risk of SAT suicide and self harm. SAT SAT Clara Rodriguez is a Venezuelan-born pianist, who came to SAT the UK at the age of 17 when she won a scholarship to study SAT at the Royal College of Music. She teaches there now, gives SAT solo recitals around the world, and performs in Woman's SAT Hour's studio. SAT SAT Once considered the preserve of northern men, ferrets have SAT become a favourite with women with most now owned by women SAT in the south. Bennie Lye, from the National Ferret Welfare SAT Society and Jude Shaw, who runs Dookies ferret rescue SAT centre, discuss why in the presence of Tony Hancock - a SAT twenty inch long ferret. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00s1n4m (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00s1n4p (Listen) SAT The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented SAT by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00s1n4r (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00s1n4t (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00s1n4w (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00s1n4y (Listen) SAT Peter Curran and guests with an eclectic mix of SAT conversation, music and comedy. SAT SAT Peter Curran talks to Paul Merton, who not only appears on SAT Have I Got News For You and regularly wins Just a Minute, SAT but will be clowning around with friends on his SAT Spring/Summer UK tour of Paul Merton's Impro Chums. SAT SAT Actor, writer and director Noel Clarke, the man behind the SAT gritty West London set Kidulthood and Adulthood stars in the SAT sword and sandals Roman epic 'Centurion'. His latest SAT directorial offering 4.3.2.1 opens in the summer. SAT SAT Journalist and documentary film-maker Sean Langan works in SAT dangerous and volatile situations; including environments SAT noted for war, conflict and civil unrest. In 2008 he was SAT kidnapped by the Taliban. This time he takes it easy as he SAT takes a ride on The Tazara Railway which links Tanzania and SAT Zambia in his latest programme 'African Railway'. SAT SAT Ralf Little talks to Tim Bradford about snogging, Panini SAT football stickers and avoiding The French Exchange during SAT his adolescence in small town Britain. SAT SAT Plus there's music from Australian brother-sister duo Angus SAT and Julia Stone and from San Francisco's Black Rebel SAT Motorcycle Club. SAT SAT 19:02 Profile b00s1n50 (Listen) SAT Lloyd Blankfein SAT SAT Edward Stourton profiles Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman SAT Sachs, the highly successful but controversial global SAT investment bank at the centre of fraud allegations. SAT SAT Lloyd Blankfein looks like a classic American success story, SAT rising from a tough upbringing to head the top Goldman Sachs SAT bank. But the economic crisis and allegations of fraud have SAT challenged the bank's mythical reputation. Edward Stourton SAT profiles the man at the centre of that storm. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00s1n52 (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and his guests Christopher Frayling, Miranda SAT Sawyer and Dominic Sandbrook review the week's cultural SAT highlights including The Slap by Australian novelist SAT Christos Tsialkos and Todd Solandz's film Life During SAT Wartime. They also consider Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize SAT winning play Ruined, set in the Democratic Republic of SAT Congo, the British Museum's exhibition Fra Angelico to SAT Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawing and the BBC1 drama SAT series Five Daughters, based on the events surrounding the SAT murders of five women in Ipswich in 2006 SAT SAT Producer: Torquil MacLeod. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00s1n54 (Listen) SAT The Split Up (and the Almost Inevitable Reunion) SAT SAT To mark the 40th anniversary of the Beatles disbanding, the SAT Reverend Richard Coles, whose own band The Communards split SAT up, examines how rock groups through the decades have SAT decided to call it a day. From the Beatles through to the SAT Verve who've disbanded several times, Richard trawls the BBC SAT archives to find examples of rock split-ups and to ask SAT whether there can ever be a dignified parting of the ways. SAT He examines the many reasons that bands split and reveals a SAT myriad of circumstances underlying these partings of the SAT ways, from artistic differences to personal animosity, the SAT wish of one singer to go solo or simply the end of a SAT particular zeitgeist which characterised their sound. He SAT also asks whether the energy and drive of the music and SAT early days of a band means that tensions and a sundering is SAT often inevitable. SAT SAT The programme features a wealth of archive material from SAT bands through the decades, of all kinds of musical styles SAT from the Rubettes to The Verve, and from 10cc to The Eagles. SAT There are also new interviews with the record executive Tony SAT Wadsworth and the artist manager Jazz Summers, which give SAT the view points of those working behind the scenes who have SAT to manage and deal with the fall-out when a band splits up. SAT Extra comment is provided by the rock specialists Stuart SAT Maconie and Laura Lee Davies. SAT SAT But the story doesn't just stop when the bands split. The SAT members may go off and pursue other careers, but often, the SAT creativity which fuelled them at the beginning still drives SAT them 10 years down the line. In addition, touring is now SAT where the big money is to be made. So, for many different SAT reasons, many of the bands we thought we'd never see again SAT are being coaxed from their separate career paths to reunite SAT and go on the road once more. The Police regrouped, Take SAT That have had a new lease of life and the Spice Girls took SAT their children touring the second time around. SAT SAT Of course, the reunion doesn't always go well. Perhaps the SAT band is without the lead singer who gave such a distinctive SAT sound. Sometimes the artistic differences which sundered the SAT artists in the first place rear their heads again 10 years SAT later. Maybe the fans have grown up and moved on. And that SAT means that a reunited band can do the split-up all over SAT again... SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00rzmng (Listen) SAT The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 3: Smiley's People, Part 2 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 2: Smiley has glimpsed the possibility of bringing down SAT his life-long Russian adversary Karla. He turns to former SAT colleagues in the Circus for vital information before taking SAT off alone into hostile territory. SAT SAT Ann Smiley ..... Anna Chancellor SAT Oliver Lacon ..... Alex Jennings SAT Ostrakova ..... Lindsay Duncan SAT Connie Sachs ..... Maggie Steed SAT Toby Esterhase ..... Sam Dale SAT Hilary ..... Alison Pettitt SAT Claus Kretzschmar ..... Bruce Alexander SAT Frau Kretzschmar ..... Joanna Monro SAT Girl ..... Keely Beresford SAT Walther ..... Nigel Hastings 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 b00s1n56 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Unreliable Evidence b00s0g1r (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson and guests discuss fears that Britain's libel SAT laws are being used to stifle free speech. SAT SAT There is particular concern about 'libel tourism' - that SAT wealthy overseas litigants with little connection to this SAT country, are using the British courts to sue people they SAT claim have defamed them. It's been suggested that in SAT relation to libel, Britain has become the legal equivalent SAT of an offshore tax haven. SAT SAT It's claimed that our libel laws are exerting a 'chilling SAT effect' on doctors, scientists and campaigners; preventing SAT them from speaking out against powerful organisations, for SAT fear of being sued. SAT SAT Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, has announced plans for SAT wide-reaching reforms of Britain's libel laws. His SAT proposals, building on a study by a working group of SAT lawyers, academics and newspaper editors, are aimed at SAT discouraging overseas claimants from launching cases in UK SAT courts and the introduction of a 'public interest' defence SAT to protect work done by investigative journalists, SAT scientists and NGOs to inform the public. 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 b00s0b33 (Listen) SAT Series 24, Episode 5 SAT SAT Another trio of competitors face Paul Gambaccini's questions SAT on a wide variety of music, in the fifth heat of the current SAT series. As usual they'll be asked to tackle a special SAT musical topic of which they've had no prior warning and no SAT chance to prepare. There are also plenty of musical clips SAT and clues for them to identify, in their bid to win a SAT semi-final place. SAT SAT 23:30 Lost Voices b00rzmtp (Listen) SAT Series 2, Molly Holden SAT SAT From her early youth to her death in 1981, Molly Holden was SAT an acute, unsentimental but lyrical poet of the natural SAT world. She was influenced by Hardy and Edward Thomas but her SAT poetry was distinctively her own; her inspiration was SAT topography, archaeology, the ties of the present world with SAT the past. Molly delighted in the outdoors and it was a huge SAT blow when Multiple Sclerosis first slowed her down, then put SAT her in a wheelchair. She continued to write about the world SAT she could see from her window but increasingly the cruel SAT reality of her situation became evident in her poetry. SAT Written and presented by Brian Patten. SAT SAT The readers are Annette Badland and Nigel Anthony. SAT SAT Produced in Bristol by Christine Hall. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 25 APRIL 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00s1nnn (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b009psp0 (Listen) SUN What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets, The Tiny and the Light SUN SUN Continuing our series of short stories inspired by the lives and work of SUN the seventeenth century poets John Donne, George Herbert and SUN Andrew Marvell. SUN SUN Cara Kelly reads THE TINY AND THE LIGHT by Ruth Thomas. SUN SUN A funny and profound story on the nature of transience and SUN permanence, tonight's story, by the acclaimed poet and SUN novelist Ruth Thomas, takes its inspiration from John SUN Donne's poem "The Blossom". A week before moving house, SUN Anna finds distraction from packing by arranging and SUN rearranging the furniture in her daughter's doll's house: SUN "procrastination in miniature". SUN SUN Produced by Kirsteen Cameron. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s1nnq (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1nns (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s1nnv (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1nnx (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00s1nnz (Listen) SUN The bells of Winchester Cathedral. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00s1n50 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:02 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00s1np1 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00s1np3 (Listen) SUN The Mother as Muse SUN SUN The writer Sarah Cuddon reflects on the idea of the Mother SUN figure as a muse. With references to writers Collette, SUN Virginia Woolf and Marguerite Duras, the painter Whistler SUN and the dancer Michael Clarke, she explores some of the ways SUN the mother provides food for creative inspiration. 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SUN SUN 11:15 The Reunion b00s1p7j (Listen) SUN Dunblane SUN SUN In the fourth programme of the BBC Radio 4 spring series of SUN The Reunion, Sue McGregor revisits the Dunblane Primary SUN School shootings in 1996. SUN SUN On the morning of March 13, Thomas Hamilton, armed with four SUN handguns and 700 rounds of ammunition, killed 16 school SUN children and their teacher and wounded many more in an SUN attack that lasted three minutes, before finally turning the SUN gun on himself. SUN SUN Dunblane's close-knit community was shattered in an instant SUN and immediately thrust into the media spotlight. Messages of SUN support flooded in from all over the world. SUN SUN The shootings sparked a massive call for tighter gun SUN controls. The Snowdrop Campaign, set up by Dunblane SUN residents, was successful in achieving a change in the law SUN in 1997, making it illegal to buy or possess handguns. SUN SUN Sue is joined around the table by school teacher Eileen SUN Harrild, who was Hamilton's first target in the school SUN gymnasium, but despite being shot three times survived the SUN attack; bereaved parents Mick North and Pam Ross, whose SUN respective five-year-old daughters Sophie and Joanna were SUN killed; social worker Marie Sinclair, who counselled some of SUN the grieving parents, and newspaper columnist Melanie Reid, SUN who wrote about Dunblane and its consequences and SUN accompanied gun control campaigners on their protests. SUN SUN The producers are Chris Green and David Prest. This is a SUN Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:00 The Unbelievable Truth b00s0b39 (Listen) SUN Series 5, Episode 4 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. Marcus Brigstocke, Henning Wehn, Lucy SUN Porter and Graeme Garden are the panellists obliged to talk SUN with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as: Soap, SUN Pudding, Rabbits and the Taxi Cab. 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 b00s1p7l (Listen) SUN The School of Artisan Food SUN SUN The new School of Artisan Food, based near Retford in SUN Nottinghamshire, offers craft skills like bread and cheese SUN making as well as an intensive Diploma course. It uniquely SUN combines those skills with teaching business know-how and SUN food education. It was when the owners couldn't find a craft SUN baker for their own bakehouse that the School was SUN established. Now with funding from the East Midlands SUN Development Agency, the School aims to meet a growing demand SUN for craft baking and cheesemaking skills as well as SUN fostering the aspirations of those wanting to set up their SUN own business. SUN SUN In the wake of the banking crisis, could such a Centre play SUN a role in the wider economy as small businesses are SUN increasingly seen as a way out of recession? For decades, SUN small food and drink businesses have received little SUN attention from any political party as food and agriculture SUN were sidelined as a serious part of the economy - unless you SUN happened to be running a giant supermarket. But the banking SUN crisis, oil prices, water shortages in the countries that SUN provide us with cheap fruit and veg - and now 'The Volcano' SUN - are all subtly shifting the ground beneath entrenched SUN attitudes. Food is once again becoming a significant business. SUN SUN Sheila Dillon visits the School and speaks to managing SUN director, Gareth Kennedy as well as to artisan cheesemakers SUN Joe Schneider and Martin Gott. Sam Jackson who runs a Deli SUN in Belper, Derbyshire, did a week-long cheesemaking course SUN and Ben McKinnon who did an advanced breadmaking course, SUN give their view on the experience and how it will help shape SUN their future business hopes. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00s1p7n (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00s1p7q (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00s0y02 (Listen) SUN Panellists Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matthew SUN Biggs visit gardeners in Blackmore Vale, Dorset. Peter Gibbs SUN chairs the programme. SUN SUN In our exclusive feature series 'Behind The Scenes At SUN Chelsea', we find out about the Eden Project's entry to this SUN year's competition. SUN SUN Matthew Biggs explores shade-loving plants from the caves at SUN Cheddar Gorge. 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 b00s1pds (Listen) SUN Feargus O'Connor and the Chartist Land Plan SUN SUN This series is an account of how, through history, people SUN have moved from the town to the country and taken with them SUN powerful ideas about what the countryside should be. Each SUN age 'invents' the countryside to chime with the SUN pre-occupations of the day. The last two centuries have seen SUN the countryside shaped for personal aggrandisement, for SUN moral improvement, for the reflection of a new industrial SUN wealth, as the creation of an 'ideal' landscape, as a place SUN of health and healing and as a refuge from (and comment on) SUN the pace, nature and stress of contemporary urban life. SUN These ideas find many echoes in our current attitudes to the SUN countryside, but the ambition through the series is to visit SUN and scrutinise specific movements and representations and SUN let the ripples of recognition make their own way into the SUN listeners' minds. SUN SUN Our tendency to idealise the countryside hasn't always SUN reflected the reality of rural life. But it provides a SUN fascinating glimpse of our dreams and fears as a society. SUN SUN Out of the insurrection and radicalism of the 1840s came the SUN idea of the countryside as a place of freedom and SUN independence from the squalor and sweat of industrial SUN servitude. In 1842 Feargus O'Connor, the charismatic leader SUN of the Chartists, drew up the Land Plan, which showed how SUN ordinary people across Britain, could plough their own SUN furrow.For O'Connor a plot of rural land had the capacity to SUN deliver financial independence and social dignity to the SUN poor - an idea that captivates us today. SUN SUN The producer is Kate Bland, and this a Just Radio production SUN for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00s1pdv (Listen) SUN The Complete Smiley - The Karla Trilogy, Book 3: Smiley's People, Part 3 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 3: Smiley is ready to spring the trap on his life-long SUN Russian adversary Karla. With Toby Esterhase watching his SUN back, he now moves the operation to Berne in Switzerland. SUN But can he be certain he's the hunter, not the hunted? SUN SUN Ann ..... Anna Chancellor SUN Ostrakova ..... Lindsay Duncan SUN Peter Guillam ..... Richard Dillane SUN Saul Enderby ..... James Laurenson SUN Inspector Mendel ..... Kenneth Cranham SUN Toby Esterhase ..... Sam Dale SUN Grigoriev ..... Finlay Welsh SUN Night Registrar/Sister ..... Joanna Monro SUN Karla ..... Philip Fox SUN Tatiana ..... Alison Pettitt 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 b00s1pdx (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup talks to the novelist Andrew O'Hagan, SUN whose latest book is a portrait of Marilyn Monroe as seen SUN through the eyes of her dog, Maf. He explains why a urbane SUN and well-read canine narrator seemed the most appropriate SUN person to restore the reputation of Hollywood's best known SUN sex siren. SUN SUN The writer Caryl Phillips explains his passion for the work SUN of the Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo, in discussion with SUN the Japanese literature expert Damian Flanagan. SUN SUN And Jim Crace's latest novel All That Follows takes a SUN saxophonist as its central character. He talks about the SUN influence of jazz on his writing, as do the crime writer SUN John Harvey and the poet and novelist Jackie Kay. SUN SUN Producer: Thomas Morris SUN SUN 16:30 Lost Voices b00s1pdz (Listen) SUN Series 2, Thomas Blackburn SUN SUN Novelist Julia Blackburn joins Brian Patten to talk about SUN the life and work of her father, Thomas, whose powerful and SUN remarkable poetry reflects the lifelong struggles he had SUN with his demons. Thomas's father handed on to his son a SUN hideous sense of shame which was in due course compounded by SUN alcoholism and an addiction to prescription drugs. Yet SUN Thomas Blackburn's rich and unflinching poetry is still well SUN worth reading, and at the end of his life he was able to SUN make peace with the past and die in contentment. SUN SUN The reader is Patrick Romer. SUN SUN The programme is written and presented by Brian Patten, and SUN produced by Christine Hall. SUN SUN 17:00 Biometrics: An Identity Crisis b00s0djj (Listen) SUN Gerry Northam investigates the reliability of the science SUN behind biometrics and explores how this technology is being SUN deployed in the UK to protect and preserve our identity and SUN security. SUN SUN Biometrics or bio-identification is the science and SUN technology employed to verify your identity using a SUN biological trait that is unique to you, such as your face, SUN your iris, a set of fingerprints, the way you sign your name SUN or even the sound of your voice. For politicians, the term SUN 'biometrics' has become something of a panacea - universal SUN short hand for safe, reliable and secure: 'don't worry about SUN the details - it's biometric, meaning, its complex science SUN and therefore impossible to crack. Unsurprisingly, SUN scientists who work on biometric systems don't agree. SUN SUN Biometrics also lie at the heart of a confused and SUN controversial debate around identity politics in the UK. SUN Increasingly, it seems, biometrics will be the means by SUN which you will need to identify yourself in world, to prove SUN who you are not just at airports when you go on holiday SUN (with biometric fingerprint passports from 2012), but, in SUN the not too distant future, commentators are painting SUN scenarios where biometrics will allow you to vote, get a SUN mortgage, shop, access benefits and even healthcare. But SUN what we're lacking, say critics, is any real public debate SUN about how these systems are being deployed and in whose SUN interest. SUN SUN The UK's policy on identity and the use of biometric SUN technologies seems strangely undercooked given that this has SUN been on the agenda since at least 2002, if not before. In SUN recent years the issue has been mired in (at times) furious SUN arguments about privacy, data theft and data sharing. The SUN central controversy is the creation of a national identity SUN register containing the fingerprint and detailed SUN biographical information of millions of British citizens. SUN This could ultimately be shared with agencies in the UK and SUN around the world, something lobbyists are unhappy with. But SUN some scientists believe that the technology being deployed SUN in the UK to underpin this database - fingerprint biometrics SUN - is the wrong choice. It's a system far less reliable than, SUN say, iris scanning, probably the least error prone of all SUN the systems but which was rejected on the grounds of cost SUN and whose benefits may have even been mis-represented to SUN Parliament. We'll talk to one academic who claims this is SUN the case as well as another whose research seems to show SUN that it is possible to reconstruct meaningful data about an SUN individual from the encrypted fingerprint 'code' (called the SUN minutae points) that would be embedded into a typical SUN biometric ID card - something that is supposed to be impossible. SUN SUN After a two year hiatus and on the eve of a general SUN election, the Labour Government have come out firmly in SUN favour of implementing a voluntary ID card scheme along with SUN a national ID register that they hope will grow SUN exponentially after 2012 once biometric passports come into SUN force. They see the creation of a biometric ID card as a SUN means of liberation and certainty for millions of people, SUN and perhaps it is. Meanwhile neither Tories nor Lib Dems SUN have yet to make a clear statement about how they might SUN proceed should the election go their way, but it's clear SUN that some elements of the whole scheme could be dismantled SUN whilst others stay in place. SUN SUN With governments around the world investing billions in SUN these systems and the UK moving towards more widespread use SUN in the next decade, Gerry Northam investigates the myths and SUN realities around biometrics, where both the science and the SUN policy seems to be experiencing an identity crisis. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00s1n50 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:02 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00s1pg6 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00s1pmn (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00s1pmq (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00s1pms (Listen) SUN Hardeep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the last seven SUN days of BBC Radio SUN SUN The Essay - Radio 3 SUN Here Be Dragons - Radio 4 SUN Today - Radio 4 SUN Meet David Sedaris - Radio 4 SUN Great Lives - Radio 4 SUN Twenty Minutes - Radio 3 SUN Kala Pani - A Forgotten History - Radio 4 SUN The Reunion - Radio 4 SUN The Six Loves of Billy Binns - Radio 4 SUN Madwomen in the Attic - Radio 4 SUN Fly me to the Reverend Moon - Radio 4 SUN Gurinder The Indian Sequel - Radio 4 SUN The Vote Now Show - Radio 4 SUN PM - Radio 3 SUN Archive on 4 - Radio 4 SUN Words and Music - Radio 3 SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00s1sgt (Listen) SUN Lilian shows she can keep a secret, and Brian has some SUN cautionary tales. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00s1sgw (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 Angry Americans - Liberal and Conservative SUN SUN From the Tea-Party membership of Georgia to the liberal SUN Democrats of North Carolina, Americans are shouting “out SUN with the old and in with the new!†Americana learns more SUN about why everyone is so upset and what continues to stoke SUN the fire. SUN SUN Presenter Matt Frei talks to Newt and SUN Callista Gingrich about their new film 'Nine Days That SUN Changed The World.' The two explain the resonance events in SUN Communist Poland have for today's Americans angry at too SUN much government control. SUN SUN Richard Clarke, American counter-terrorism expert, explains SUN the potential for violence to be sparked within the borders SUN of the United States. SUN SUN Professor Fredrick Opie is an expert on Soul Food, the SUN traditional comfort foods of the African American community. SUN Even the most fried nerves seem to be calmed by the classic SUN fried chicken, grits, sweet potato pie and macaroni and SUN cheese. Americana visits Henry’s Soul Food Café in SUN Washington D.C. to find out how Soul Food continues to SUN soothe Americans of all backgrounds. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b00br88l (Listen) SUN Hay-on-Wye Stories 2008, Travels with a Hydrosextant SUN SUN With his polaroid hydrosextant in hand, young Willie SUN Paterson, apprentice quantity surveyor, takes us on a tour SUN of his beloved Glasgow. Little does he imagine that most of SUN the streets and buildings he knows are about to be flattened SUN by the wrecker's ball. SUN SUN For this is the 1960s and over the next decade, the SUN structure and architecture of Glasgow will change beyond all SUN recognition. Whole swathes of tenements and back greens will SUN disappear to make way for the new age of the tower block. SUN And apprentice quantity surveyors are on the front line, SUN helping to tally up the demolitions and measure the concrete SUN on nearly 300 tower blocks all over Glasgow. SUN SUN Read by Bill Paterson SUN Producer: Emma Harding. SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b00s0wr8 (Listen) SUN Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes SUN and policy. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00s0y04 (Listen) SUN On Last Word this week: SUN Juan Antonio Samaranch - President of the International SUN Olympic Committee who was credited with transforming the SUN fortunes of the modern Olympics, but dogged by allegations SUN of corruption and the use of drugs in sport. SUN The actor, director and writer Tom Fleming who was also the SUN voice of major royal occasions on the BBC. His SUN professionalism guided us through events like the Queens's SUN Coronation, the wedding and funeral of Princess Diana and SUN the Edinburgh Tattoo. SUN Ronald Gregory who was the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire SUN police at the time of the much criticised investigation into SUN the Yorkshire Ripper murders. SUN And Bishop Abel Muzorewa who tried to negotiate a peaceful SUN transition to black majority rule in Rhodesia before being SUN trounced at the polls by Robert Mugabe. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00s1n49 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00s1npf (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00s0vd6 (Listen) SUN Ticking Over SUN SUN Can the Isle of Man create a revival in British watch SUN making? Precision time pieces are proving recession proof SUN but with so few watchmakers left in this country Peter Day SUN finds out if we can really wind the clock back for a British SUN tradition. SUN Producer: Clare Walker. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00s1t1x (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00s1t20 (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Election Papers Say b00s1t22 (Listen) SUN Episode 7 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 Alice Thomson. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00s0y06 (Listen) SUN Ground-breaking documentary maker Frederick Wiseman SUN discusses his career with Francine Stock. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00s1np3 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 26 APRIL 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00s1t5g (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00s0g1m (Listen) MON Inequality and nakedness MON MON Nakedness can thrill, it can disgust, it can humiliate, MON amuse and entertain. The sight of humans without clothes MON provokes powerful and contradictory impressions: it is both MON the shame of Adam and Eve as they are expelled from Eden and MON the purity of Jesus as he is baptised; both the humiliation MON of prisoners at Abu Ghraib and the exuberance of young MON people at a rock festival. MON MON The power of the taboo against nakedness in Western Culture MON has meant that it is a potent form of protest, but as films MON like the Full Monty and plays like Calendar Girls bring it MON into the mainstream, have our attitudes to nakedness MON changed? Laurie discusses A Brief History of Nakedness with MON its author Philip Carr-Gomm and the sociologist Angela MON McRobbie. MON MON Also, the geographer Danny Dorling argues that inequality in MON the rich world is perpetuated by five ingrained beliefs: MON elitism is efficient; exclusion is necessary; prejudice is MON natural; greed is good; despair is inevitable. He uses his MON social research to argue that those beliefs are nothing more MON than myths. MON MON Producer: Charlie Taylor. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00s1nnz (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s1tc2 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1tdc (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s1tnz (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00s1tpc (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00s2msy (Listen) MON with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00s2mvr (Listen) MON Presenter, Charlotte Smith. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00s2v8l (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00s2n0x (Listen) MON With Justin Webb and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00s2v8n (Listen) MON Andrew Marr Starts the Week with Fiona Shaw talking about MON her new production 'Elegy for Young Lovers' at the ENO, MON Simon Armitage on his new collection of poetry 'Seeing MON Stars' and Lord Bingham discussing the rule of law. MON Producer: Eleanor Garland. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00s2nsw (Listen) MON Defending the Guilty, Episode 1 MON MON Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, MON Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick MON thinking, sharp talking and his hard-won legal expertise, MON attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, MON even a lifetime behind bars. MON MON In this amusing and revealing series, he takes us behind the MON scenes of Britain's criminal justice system - in barristers' MON chambers, in the courtroom, in the cells and on the streets MON - introducing us to its outlandish personalities, arcane MON eccentricities and stories of triumph and defeat. Whether MON he's defending hapless teenagers at Harlow Youth Court or MON prosecuting gold bullion robbers at the Bailey, his tales MON reveal all the secrets of courtroom success and what it MON takes to survive in this chaotic world of fluked escapes and MON crushed hopes. MON MON The producer is David Roper, and this is a Heavy MON Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00s2n31 (Listen) MON Jane Garvey discusses the history of fine dining. MON MON Theresa Longworth is the subject of Chloe Schama's book, MON 'Wild Romance', published by Bloomsbury, ISBN: 978 1 4088 0702 6 MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s5hdg (Listen) MON An Unsuitable Attachment, Episode 1 MON MON Penelope Wilton stars in Barbara Pym's wonderful story of MON love - requited and otherwise - in unfashionable north MON London in 1960. A terrace of newly done-up houses attracts a MON different kind of resident to Queens Park, and the Reverend MON Mark Ainger and his wife Sophia are keen to attract them to MON the church. But the arrival of anthropologist Rupert MON Stonebird and librarian Ianthe Broom in the congregation MON does more than swell the collection plate. MON MON An Unsuitable Attachment was turned down by Barbara Pym's MON publishers, Faber, when she gave them the manuscript in MON 1963, with very little explanation. Her previous 6 books had MON met with some success, so she was very upset and according MON to her correspondence felt very badly treated. It wasn't MON until 1977, when the Times Literary Supplement published a MON symposium on the most over and under-rated writers of the MON century and two contributors named her in the second MON category - the only living writer to be so distinguished - MON and her next novel was published before the year was out. MON She was widely interviewed, appeared on Desert Island Discs, MON and was the subject of a tv film. She died in 1980. An MON Unsuitable Attachment was finally published in 1982. MON MON Dramatised by Jennie Howarth. MON MON Narrator ..... Penelope Wilton MON Penelope ..... Sophie Thompson MON Sophia ..... Lucy Akhurst MON Ianthe ..... Raquel Cassidy MON Mervyn ..... Stephen Critchlow MON Mark ..... Martin Ball MON Rupert ..... Ben Crowe MON John ..... Tom Andrews MON Sister Dew ..... Angela Curran MON Lady Selvedge ..... Joanna Wake MON Mrs Grandison ..... Frances Jeater MON Edwin ..... Robin Bowerman MON Basil ..... Joe Coen MON MON The director is Chris Wallis, and this is an Autolycus MON production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:00 China: Saviours of Snooker b00s2vfy (Listen) MON When two Chinese players met at the World Snooker MON Championships in Sheffield, 100 million people tuned in to MON watch. The growth of this often-derided armchair sport in MON the Far East is nothing short of remarkable, with players MON like Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo fast-becoming national MON celebrities on an unimaginable scale. But these elite MON players have turned their backs on the bright lights of MON Beijing, and have moved to the once-thriving industrial city MON of Sheffield to take advantage of the world-class facilities MON at snooker's national academy. MON MON Journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner talks to Ding MON Junhui about how well he's adapting to a life in Britain, MON and the impact of the game's popularity in his home country. MON MON He talks to promoter Barry Hearn, the newly installed MON Chairman of the WPBSA, who pioneered the early trips to MON China in the mid-80s with his Matchroom stars like Steve MON Davis, with reflections from Davis on China at that time, MON and the part it could play in the future of the game. MON MON There are also contibutions from 2009 China Open winner MON Peter Ebdon, and recordings from the glitzy opening ceremony MON at this year's tournament. MON MON Hearn also discusses his plans for the modern game, and the MON steps he deems necessary to inject some life back into the MON game that has previously been starved of excitement, MON sponsorship, and prize-money. MON MON Producer: Toby Field MON MON 11:30 Thinking of Leaving Your Husband? b00s2w20 (Listen) MON A Mathematical Improbability MON MON Thinking of Leaving Your Husband is a four-part comedy drama MON by Charlotte Cory which explores a middle-aged woman's MON attempts to find herself a new romantic interest by joining MON an internet dating site. The series gives us two virtuoso MON acting performances by Lia Williams, who as Sarah, our MON heroine, appears in every scene, and Henry Goodman who not MON only plays Sarah's ex-husband Malcolm, but every one of her MON would-be lovers. MON MON Sarah is distraught that she has been so deceived by her MON lying Dutchman. She is all for giving up the search to find MON a perfect partner. But Tania persuades her, for MON self-interested reasons, to go on a 'speed-dating' evening, MON where Sarah finally meets Tony, the mathematics professor MON and lover of ballroom dancing, whom she knows on the MON internet as 'Midnight Magic'. They are immediately attracted MON to each other - but leave without exchanging contact numbers MON and Sarah finds that Tania has wiped her details from the MON internet dating site. What are the mathematical chances of MON Sarah and Tony ever meeting again? MON MON Sarah ..... Lia Williams MON Tony, and all Sarah's internet dates ..... Henry Goodman MON Mother ..... Miriam Margolyes MON Tania ..... Frances Barber MON Francis Parker ..... Roger Hammond MON Phoebe-Jane ..... Hayley Roberts MON MON Sound Design by Lucinda Mason Brown & MON Original Music by David Chilton. MON Series initiated by Nick Russell Pavier MON MON Director: Gordon House MON MON A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00s2p5y (Listen) MON If you think you've been mis-sold a mortgage, a word of MON caution about companies offering to win you compensation. MON The Financial Ombudsman Service is warning that promises by MON some claims management companies of up to fifty thousand MON pounds back may be too good to be true. MON MON British Gas explains why it's still hounding one customer MON for a debt that a year ago its own Managing Director MON admitted belonged to someone else. MON MON And the DVD recorder with the indelible adverts MON MON Julian Worricker presents. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00s2p7r (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00s2pbj (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00s1sgt (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s2w24 (Listen) MON Lifecoach MON MON Nicola Walker and Stephen Tompkinson star in Nick Walker's MON real-time drama about a life coach who gets the job of a MON lifetime. But is she up to it? MON MON Derby ..... Nicola Walker MON Jack ..... Stephen Tompkinson MON Secretary General ..... Patrice Naiambana MON Other Parts ..... Paul Panting MON MON Written by Nick Walker. MON MON Directed and Produced by Karen Rose. MON A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00s1n54 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 The Single Life b009ttwl (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON A look at the tricky task of searching for a partner, as MON well as the difficulties presented by modern life. Does MON perfection exist or is it part of the folly of youth? MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00s1p7l (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Click On b00s2w27 (Listen) MON Series 6, Episode 5 MON MON Simon Cox explores the digital world. This week, a look MON behind the scenes of video game development, and how MON smartphones are becoming a tool in some surprising workplaces. MON MON 17:00 PM b00s2ps2 (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 b00s2px8 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth b00s2w3d (Listen) MON Series 5, Episode 5 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. Tony Hawks, Arthur Smith, Phill Jupitus and MON Catherine Tate are the panellists obliged to talk with MON deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as ostriches, MON toast, spectacles and the colour red. 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 Producer - Jon Naismith. MON A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00s2pjv (Listen) MON Brenda showcases her skills, and jealousy rears its ugly MON head for Jazzer. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00s2q99 (Listen) MON Arts news, interviews and reviews, with Kirsty Lang. MON MON 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s5hdg (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia: The Story of Tito b00s2w9w (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON On May 4th 2010 it will be 30 years since the charismatic MON leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia died, MON leaving a splintered Republic in his wake. For thirty-five MON years Josip Broz Tito seemingly held together a republic of MON seven frontiers, six republics, five nationalities, four MON languages, three religions and two alphabets. MON But during his reign ethnic tensions were always bubbling MON under the surface and ten years after his death they MON exploded into violence not witnessed in Europe since the MON Second World War. MON MON In this two part series Martin Bell returns to the region he MON spent much of the 1990s reporting from, tracing the events MON that kept the Yugoslav Republic together & subsequently tore MON it apart. And he asks whether 15 years after the Dayton MON Peace Agreement, the Balkans is precariously balancing on MON the edge once more. MON MON In episode one Martin takes a journey through history, his MON own & Tito's, across the mountains of Serbia, Bosnia and MON Croatia; To Kumrovec, the birthplace of Tito, Jajce the MON birthplace of the republic & Belgrade, where Tito is buried. MON During his travels he speaks with the Crown Prince of Serbia MON at Tito & Milosevic's former Presidential Palace, Stepjan MON Mesic & Raif Dizdarevic prominent Communist leaders who MON helped run Yugoslavia with Tito, and after he had died. MON MON Talking with those who knew, respected, feared & loved Tito, MON Martin looks at the legacy of the man who defied Stalin and MON turned himself into a World Statesman. Charting the decade MON from Tito's death - when Yugoslavia hung together by a MON thread - to the outbreak of war, he investigates whether MON Tito could have done more to keep his beloved republic MON together and asks why a man whose funeral was attended by MON high profile delegates from every corner of the globe was so MON quickly forgotten by the West. MON MON The producer is Gemma Newby. This is an All Out production MON for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 20:30 The Report b00s37c9 (Listen) MON As the Catholic Church struggles to deal with a wave of sex MON abuse scandals, Radio 4 investigates the Pope's track record MON in dealing with paedophile priests. When he was elected, MON Pope Benedict XVI promised to rid his Church of "filth", but MON he now stands accused of covering up abuse and failing to MON protect children from paedophile priests. In The Report this MON week, Simon Cox examines claims that the Pope mishandled two MON key cases - the first during his time as Archbishop of MON Munich and the second while leading the Vatican watchdog MON responsible for dealing with clerical abuse. MON MON 21:00 Material World b00s0hn7 (Listen) MON Quentin Cooper listens in to the judging process for the 'So MON You Want To Be A Scientist' talent search and announces MON which four finalists have been chosen to perform their MON experiments in Radio 4's amateur science search, from this MON shortlist: MON MON Sam O'Kell, Croupier: I believe the greatest crowd density MON at a music gig is not at the front but three rows back. I MON would test this by wearing a pressure sensing vest beneath MON normal clothes, and take readings at different locations in MON the crowd. MON MON Ruth Brooks, Retired special needs tutor: What is the homing MON distance of the Garden Snail that decimates my plants? How MON far away do I have to dump them before they find their way MON back to my garden? MON MON Shane Record, Art gallery owner: Because people are MON reluctant to enter my art gallery I put a realistically MON dressed mannequin in, her back to the gallery entrance, to MON bring people in. Does it work or am I just an eccentric MON artist? MON MON Nina Jones, A-level student: What makes up a typical MON Facebook profile picture? Adults choose pictures showing an MON event in their lives - their wedding, or a photo with their MON children - whereas teenagers show themselves with friends at MON a party. I will test these predictions and look into why MON this occurs. MON MON Nick Walthew, Retired farm manager: Who are happier, people MON travelling north or south on the M1? I would test this by MON waving at travellers going north and south and counting the MON number of people who wave back. MON MON Ben Fernando, GCSE student: An investigation to see whether MON girls prefer pink because they can see further into the far MON red part of the electromagnetic spectrum. MON MON John Rowlands, Aerial photographer: To investigate the MON frequency and brightness of noctilucent clouds, which have MON been linked to climate change. MON MON Annie Trolley, Hospital secretary: Whenever my teenage boys MON use aerosol deodorants in their bathroom I can smell it from MON my bedroom. I hate it! Is this something innate, or do we MON learn by experience? MON MON Owen Griffiths, Artist: I propose to have a piece of music MON based on the sounds of bees sung to the hive by a choir, and MON see if this increases the production of honey. MON MON Angus Johnson, Retired computer programmer: Is there a MON difference between men and women in their visual ability to MON find one item amid a clutter of objects? MON MON The four finalists will be chosen by our esteemed judging MON panel from the world of science: MON - Prof Lord Robert May, former Government Science Adviser MON - Prof Tanya Byron, Clinical Psychologist/broadcaster MON - Mark Henderson, Times Science Editor MON - Prof Trevor Cox, Acoustic Engineer/EPSRC Media Fellow MON MON Also in the programme: The latest from the Iceland Volcano. MON Just what does volcanic dust do to a jet engine? Is there a MON safe level? How to you see the fine dust from the ground, MON the air and from space? Quentin is joined by Dr Peter Webley MON from the University of Alaska, Dr Joseph Ulanowski from the MON University of Hertfordshire, and Dr Colin Brown from the MON Institute of Mechanical Engineers. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00s2v8n (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00s2rgh (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00s2rp2 (Listen) MON National and international news and analysis. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00s2slh (Listen) MON The Aspern Papers, Episode 1 MON MON Henry James took as his inspiration for his tale The Aspern MON Papers the story of a mistress of Byron's who outlived the MON poet into lonely old age. He transposed the setting to MON Venice and cast the city he loved as a character in a taut MON narrative of literary theft and deception. MON MON Episode 1 MON MON The lure of previously unseen papers relating to the MON long-dead poet Jeffrey Aspern brings one of his editors to MON Venice in the grip of an obsession. He must see them, he MON must have them; and he will lie and betray in order to do so. MON MON Read by Samuel West. MON MON Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. MON MON 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00s2v6c (Listen) MON Episode 7 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 Soho Stories b00lqz82 (Listen) MON A Thousand Flowers MON MON Television executive and broadcaster Paul Jackson charts the MON rise of independent producers, from the isolated minnows of MON the early 1980s to the global monoliths of today. MON MON Thirty years ago, virtually every home-grown programme on MON British television was made by either the BBC or ITV. Today, MON the biggest and most successful shows - from Big Brother and MON Spooks to The Apprentice and X-Factor - are made by MON independent producers. MON MON Paul Jackson explores how the birth of Channel 4 spawned a MON whole new sector and gave us both Television Scrabble and MON hard news. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 27 APRIL 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00s1t4z (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00s2nsw (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s1t6f (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1tc4 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s1tdf (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00s1tp1 (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00s2mqx (Listen) TUE with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00s2mt0 (Listen) TUE Presenter, Anna Hill. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00s2mvt (Listen) TUE With Justin Webb and James Naughtie. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 Between Ourselves b00s2ws2 (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 6 TUE TUE On Between Ourselves today Olivia O'Leary meets two opera TUE singers, Amanda Roocroft and Geoffrey Dolton. Amanda was a TUE prodigy who went straight from music school to national and TUE international success but the pressure took its toll and she TUE reached a crisis point where she had to reassess her entire TUE career. Geoffrey was also a success at music school whose TUE subsequent career was on an upward trajectory. But, TUE dramatically, he entirely lost his voice and his career TUE shattered. Together they discuss the hugely demanding world TUE of opera: the nerves, the backstage humour, the on-stage TUE antics and the difficulties of being constantly on the road. TUE TUE 09:30 A Musical Trip to South Africa - with Lenny Henry b00s2ws4 (Listen) TUE Episode 5 TUE TUE Paul Simon's mega-album Graceland showcased South Africa's TUE huge musical talent. Now many more stars are going global. TUE Lenny meets astonishing Buskaid violinists and pop diva, Lira. TUE TUE The producer is Susan Marling. This is a Just Radio TUE production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00s799t (Listen) TUE Defending the Guilty, Episode 2 TUE TUE Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, TUE Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick TUE thinking, sharp talking and his hard-won legal expertise, TUE attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, TUE even a lifetime behind bars. TUE TUE In this amusing and revealing series, he takes us behind the TUE scenes of Britain's criminal justice system - in barristers' TUE chambers, in the courtroom, in the cells and on the streets TUE - introducing us to its outlandish personalities, arcane TUE eccentricities and stories of triumph and defeat. Whether TUE he's defending hapless teenagers at Harlow Youth Court or TUE prosecuting gold bullion robbers at the Bailey, his tales TUE reveal all the secrets of courtroom success and what it TUE takes to survive in this chaotic world of fluked escapes and TUE crushed hopes. TUE TUE The producer is David Roper, and this is a Heavy TUE Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00s2n0z (Listen) TUE Presented by Jane Garvey. To what extent is how you vote TUE determined by your parents' politics? And author Helen TUE Dunmore talks about her new novel 'The Betrayal' set in TUE Leningrad in 1952. TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2n33 (Listen) TUE An Unsuitable Attachment, Episode 2 TUE TUE Penelope Wilton stars in Barbara Pym's wonderful story of TUE love, requited and otherwise, in unfashionable north London TUE in 1960. Penelope is excited because her sister Sophia has TUE invited the new members of the congregation to dinner at the TUE vicarage, and Rupert Stonebird is coming, but so is Ianthe TUE Broom. TUE TUE An Unsuitable Attachment was turned down by Barbara Pym's TUE publishers, Faber, when she gave them the manuscript in TUE 1963, with very little explanation. Her previous 6 books had TUE met with some success, so she was very upset and according TUE to her correspondence felt very badly treated. It wasn't TUE until 1977, when the Times Literary Supplement published a TUE symposium on the most over and under-rated writers of the TUE century and two contributors named her in the second TUE category - the only living writer to be so distinguished - TUE and her next novel was published before the year was out. TUE She was widely interviewed, appeared on Desert Island Discs, TUE and was the subject of a tv film. She died in 1980. An TUE Unsuitable Attachment was finally published in 1982. TUE TUE Dramatised by Jennie Howarth. TUE TUE Narrator ..... Penelope Wilton TUE Penelope ..... Sophie Thompson TUE Sophia ..... Lucy Akhurst TUE Ianthe ..... Raquel Cassidy TUE Mervyn ..... Stephen Critchlow TUE Mark ..... Martin Ball TUE Rupert ..... Ben Crowe TUE John ..... Tom Andrews TUE Sister Dew ..... Angela Curran TUE Lady Selvedge ..... Joanna Wake TUE Mrs Grandison ..... Frances Jeater TUE Edwin ..... Robin Bowerman TUE Basil ..... Joe Coen TUE TUE The director is Chris Wallis, and this is an Autolycus TUE production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:00 Saving Species b00s2xhc (Listen) TUE Episode 4 TUE TUE This is the edition of Saving Species where we celebrate the TUE dawn chorus of birds as they sing at first light. Across the TUE world woodlands, wetlands, farmlands, rivers, deserts, lake TUE sides and gardens - to name only a few habitats - resound TUE with nature's songsters - largely males defending TUE territories and letting the opposite sex know they are still TUE alive! The dawn chorus is still a real spectacle in the UK TUE and over the world, but is it as rich and diverse as it was? TUE Is the dawn chorus as loud as it has been in the past? In TUE our repeating feature "Memories Are Made of This" we have TUE gone to Thomas Hardy's cottage in Dorset, the house where we TUE understand he wrote "Far from the Madding Crowd". Was the TUE dawn chorus very different to his ears than to ours today? TUE We recorded the dawn chorus from Hardy's house during the TUE air-lock-down, thanks to the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud TUE over Europe. A dawn chorus without aeroplanes - one thing to TUE celebrate about zero air traffic. TUE TUE Common (European) Crane also feature in this programme. This TUE Crane species is the bird that has triggered a big TUE collaborative project to re-introduce them to the Somerset TUE Levels. Eggs are being driven from a wetland in Eastern TUE Germany to the Wildfowl & Wetland Trust reserve at TUE Slimbridge, where they will be incubated and reared for TUE release in August. We will be with the incubating crane eggs TUE in Slimbridge. TUE TUE And on another translocation project, we'll be live in TUE Sussex with a Common Cricket catcher - just one of many TUE skilled conservationists re-introducing this rare cricket to TUE a specially prepared nature reserve in the neighbouring TUE county. TUE TUE And finally we will have our news round-up with Kelvin Boot TUE gathering the wildlife events from around the world. TUE TUE Presented by Brett Westwood TUE Producer: Sheena Duncan TUE Editor: Julian Hector. TUE TUE 11:30 Charles Hawtrey: That Funny Fella with the Glasses b00s2xhf (Listen) TUE In their first ever interviews Charles Hawtrey's TUE inner-circle share with us compelling anecdotes and memories TUE of the Carry On star, presenting a unique insight into one TUE of Britain's most memorable comedy actors. TUE TUE Charles Hawtrey is one the most recognisable characters from TUE the Carry On film series, but it is his hidden talents and TUE tragic decline that this programme reveals. TUE TUE Hawtrey was a man destined for stardom: a silent film actor TUE by five, England's leading boy soprano by twelve, a TUE self-taught classical pianist, theatrical producer, film TUE director and prolific radio star. He eventually moved into TUE television and found a "worldwide identity" through his TUE twenty four Carry On roles. TUE TUE However during the latter part of his career he ended up an TUE alcoholic appearing in low-rate stage shows. TUE TUE His sad decline and life before the Carry Ons is revealed by TUE writer and broadcaster Wes Butters, who after several years TUE of research has collected recordings with the people closest TUE to Hawtrey and has access to unseen private papers which TUE uncover a remarkable story. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00s2p3r (Listen) TUE We discuss a wide range of disability issues with the TUE politicans who have special responsibility in this area. TUE They are: Jonathan Shaw who's the Minister For Disability TUE (Labour), Mark Harper (Conservative) and Lynne Featherstone TUE (Liberal Democrats). We want to hear the questions that TUE you'd like to ask them, so email us TUE at bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours or call us on 0800 044 044 TUE We will try to put your points to the politicians. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00s2p60 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00s2p7t (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00s2pjv (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s3d1t (Listen) TUE Carl Prekopp stars in this first world war drama about one TUE of the first major operations by the Red Cross. TUE TUE In 1916, soldiers who had been living terrible, deprived TUE lives in German POW camps were taken to Chateau d'Oex, a TUE holiday resort in Switzerland, to be nursed back to health TUE amongst the clean air and spring flowers, courtesy of the TUE Red Cross. Some of their wives even made the long train TUE journey from Britain to visit them. TUE TUE It sounds like a fairy tale ending to the horrors of war and TUE captivity, and for many it must have been just that. But TUE what if a man doesn't want to be found and what if he thinks TUE he doesn't deserve to be made better? TUE TUE Based on newspaper reports of events at the time, Frances TUE Byrnes' play follows two fictional soldiers: number 2301, an TUE angry young sergeant who is ashamed to have been captured TUE and won't reveal his identity, and Havildar Gurung, a young TUE Ghurka who is going blind and longs for the hills of home. TUE TUE Thrown together in this beautiful, gentle place, and with TUE the winter snows now beginning to fall, is kindness and TUE mercy enough to cure these damaged men? TUE TUE 2301.....Carl Prekopp TUE Nurse.....Siriol Jenkins TUE Special Correspondent.....Richard Mitchley TUE Gurung.....Muzz Khan TUE Officer.....Gareth Pierce TUE TUE BBC/Cymru Wales Production directed by Kate McAll. TUE TUE 15:00 Home Planet b00s2y20 (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 b00s6n73 (Listen) TUE Made in Bristol, Rip Off TUE TUE Three short stories by Bristol based writers. Chris Bianchi TUE reads the first of three, 'Rip Off' by Rachel Bentham. The TUE tale of an accidental career criminal, who comes across an TUE old ticket machine in a charity shop and has an idea. This TUE idea is to change his life forever. TUE TUE Produced by Beatrice Fenton. TUE TUE 15:45 The Single Life b009xmft (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE The expectations and stereotypes of being single and gay can TUE sometimes clash with the reality of being alone. Can a TUE person's sexuality affect their decision to stay single? TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b00s2ylf (Listen) TUE Michael Rosen on the language used by and about disabled TUE people, and the modern trend in humour of using disability TUE to produce laughs. With Victoria Wright, Francesca Martinez TUE and Colin Barnes. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b00s2ylh (Listen) TUE Series 21, Buckminster Fuller TUE TUE Responsible for so many classic comedies of the last 30 TUE years - Blackadder, QI, Not the Nine O'Clock News and TUE Spitting Image among them, John Lloyd selects the maverick TUE American architect, Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor of TUE the geodesic dome, as his choice of a great life. TUE TUE Matthew Parris hosts, joined by futurist and business TUE strategist, Hardin Tibbs, as they debate the charge that if TUE Buckminster Fuller - who had a molecule named after him, for TUE its resemblance to his geodesic domes - really was the TUE Twentieth Century's answer to Leonardo da Vinci, then why is TUE he so little known about today? A man, John Lloyd argues, TUE who preached environmentalism before the term was coined, so TUE in advance of his times, but yet whose time has come today. TUE Producer: Mark Smalley. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00s2pjx (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 b00s2ps4 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Baggage b00lp6dp (Listen) TUE Series 4, The Father, the Mother, the Dead Friend and Her Lover TUE TUE Comedy series by Hilary Lyon, set in Edinburgh. TUE TUE It's autumn, but life in the flat is still hotting up. An TUE unplanned dinner party sets the scene for some serious TUE seduction tactics, Hector's secret is finally revealed and TUE there is nothing cool about Caroline's temper. TUE TUE Caroline ...... Hilary Lyon TUE Fiona ...... Phyllis Logan TUE Ruth ...... Adie Allen TUE Roddy ...... Robin Cameron TUE Hector ...... David Rintoul TUE Gladys ...... June Watson TUE TUE Directed by Marilyn Imrie. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00s2pbl (Listen) TUE Peggy encounters some unexpected heartache, while Eddie TUE makes some under-the-counter cash. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00s2pxb (Listen) TUE With Mark Lawson, including a report on Robert Downey Jr's TUE return to the role of Iron Man. TUE TUE Producer Jerome Weatherald. TUE TUE 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s2n33 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Thank You For My Freedom b00s2yll (Listen) TUE Former Beirut Hostage John McCarthy has never thanked TUE Giandomenico Picco, the United Nations negotiator who TUE arranged his release. In this documentary John at last TUE travels to meet him and explores the development of the role TUE of the crisis negotiator. TUE TUE The journey John McCarthy makes is a deeply personal one. He TUE is intensely grateful for the role Picco took in arranging TUE his release - at no small risk to himself - and John's TUE journey to New York provides a compelling holding form for TUE his wider purpose. TUE TUE John is fascinated by the skills and dedication of men such TUE as Picco, and he explores how the techniques used in TUE negotiation have changed and developed. TUE TUE With the help of archive and interviews, John contemplates TUE the development of the role of the negotiator. Beginning TUE with the emergence of negotiation as a psychological study TUE in early 70s America, he considers negotiation tactics being TUE used in international crises and domestic incidents - can TUE the same tactics be employed in both arenas? TUE TUE The programme culminates in John's meeting with Picco. He TUE will endeavour, in the light of his investigations into the TUE role of the negotiator, to answer some of his closer TUE unanswered questions regarding the back room story that led TUE to his own personal freedom. TUE TUE Producer - Kevin Dawson TUE A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00s2yln (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00s3chp (Listen) TUE Iron Deficient Anaemia TUE TUE Iron deficient anaemia is common but so are the TUE uncomfortable side effects from the tablets used to treat TUE it. Dr Mark Porter hears the wide ranging causes of this TUE form of anaemia, and visits Birmingham hospitals where new TUE techniques are being used to manage the condition. He asks TUE when the lack of iron may indicate something more serious. TUE Producer: Erika Wright. TUE TUE 21:30 Between Ourselves b00s2ws2 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00s2q9c (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00s2rnc (Listen) TUE National and international news and analysis. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00s2sks (Listen) TUE The Aspern Papers, Episode 2 TUE TUE Read by Samuel West. TUE TUE Jeffrey Aspern's devoted literary editor has broached the TUE palazzo of Aspern's ancient and discarded lover, Miss TUE Juliana Bordereau. He has deceived the fluttering TUE middle-aged niece, Miss Tina, into believing he wants to TUE lodge with them in order to cultivate the garden. Now he has TUE to convince the old lady herself and with great emotion he TUE comes before the Juliana who inspired some of the dead TUE poet's most exquisite lyrics. TUE TUE Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. TUE TUE 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00s2v6f (Listen) TUE Episode 8 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 Soho Stories b00ltl6n (Listen) TUE Lifestyle or Business? TUE TUE Television executive and broadcaster Paul Jackson charts the TUE rise of independent producers, from the isolated minnows of TUE the early 1980s to the global monoliths of today. TUE TUE In 1993, Sir John Harvey Jones stood up at the Edinburgh TUE Television Festival and declared that the independent TUE production sector was less of a business and more of a TUE lifestyle; more like mice running in a large wheel and less TUE something that people should invest in. TUE TUE Paul Jackson looks at how the foundations were laid for a TUE viable business model. With the help of activist Michael TUE Darlow and head of Margaret Thatcher's Policy Unit in No 10, TUE Brian (now Lord) Griffiths, he explains how the indies were TUE able to pursuade the government that both the BBC and ITV TUE should be compelled to take a proportion of programmes from TUE independent producers. The 25 per cent quota campaign was TUE later described as the most successful poltical lobby in TUE modern British history. TUE TUE Peter Bazalgette, Paul Smith, Jimmy Mulville, Jon Thoday, TUE David Frank and Henry Normal describe the artistic and TUE business opportunities that presented themselves during the 1990s. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00s1t51 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00s799t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s1t6h (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1tc6 (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s1tdh (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00s1tp3 (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00s2mqz (Listen) WED with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00s2mt2 (Listen) WED Presenter, Anna Hill. WED WED 06:00 Today b00s2mvx (Listen) WED With Sarah Montague and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00s3chy (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with Libby Purves and WED guests. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00s799h (Listen) WED Defending the Guilty, Episode 3 WED WED Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, WED Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick WED thinking, sharp talking and his hard-won legal expertise, WED attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, WED even a lifetime behind bars. WED WED In this amusing and revealing series, he takes us behind the WED scenes of Britain's criminal justice system - in barristers' WED chambers, in the courtroom, in the cells and on the streets WED - introducing us to its outlandish personalities, arcane WED eccentricities and stories of triumph and defeat. Whether WED he's defending hapless teenagers at Harlow Youth Court or WED prosecuting gold bullion robbers at the Bailey, his tales WED reveal all the secrets of courtroom success and what it WED takes to survive in this chaotic world of fluked escapes and WED crushed hopes. WED WED The producer is David Roper, and this is a Heavy WED Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00s2n11 (Listen) WED Presented by Jenni Murray. Horrockses Fashions and the WED golden age of couture. WED WED 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s4x9y (Listen) WED An Unsuitable Attachment, Episode 3 WED WED Penelope Wilton stars in Barbara Pym's wonderful story of WED love, requited and otherwise, in unfashionable north London WED in 1960. A new member of staff, John Challow, comes to work WED at the library, and seems very interested in Ianthe Broom. WED WED An Unsuitable Attachment was turned down by Barbara Pym's WED publishers, Faber, when she gave them the manuscript in WED 1963, with very little explanation. Her previous 6 books had WED met with some success, so she was very upset and according WED to her correspondence felt very badly treated. It wasn't WED until 1977, when the Times Literary Supplement published a WED symposium on the most over and under-rated writers of the WED century and two contributors named her in the second WED category - the only living writer to be so distinguished - WED and her next novel was published before the year was out. WED She was widely interviewed, appeared on Desert Island Discs, WED and was the subject of a tv film. She died in 1980. An WED Unsuitable Attachment was finally published in 1982. WED WED Dramatised by Jennie Howarth. WED WED Narrator ..... Penelope Wilton WED Penelope ..... Sophie Thompson WED Sophia ..... Lucy Akhurst WED Ianthe ..... Raquel Cassidy WED Mervyn ..... Stephen Critchlow WED Mark ..... Martin Ball WED Rupert ..... Ben Crowe WED John ..... Tom Andrews WED Sister Dew ..... Angela Curran WED Lady Selvedge ..... Joanna Wake WED Mrs Grandison ..... Frances Jeater WED Edwin ..... Robin Bowerman WED Basil ..... Joe Coen WED WED The director is Chris Wallis, and this is an Autolycus WED production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:00 Love At First Site b00m67vz (Listen) WED Sarfraz Manzoor explores the world of matrimonial websites WED aimed at the Asian diaspora around the world and the WED alternative they present to the traditional arranged marriage. WED WED Arranged marriages may have traditionally been a part of WED Asian culture, but these days who is doing the arranging? WED Sarfraz examines the new market for Asian marriage websites, WED which allow the users to choose their potential partners WED based on such factors as their profession and height. WED WED 11:30 House On Fire b00qjxdz (Listen) WED Hot Water WED WED Comedy by Dan Hine and Chris Sussman. WED WED The boiler's on the blink - baths are a no-go and showers WED are rationed. Matt decides that Vicky will have to do WED everything in her power to get the boiler fixed, even if it WED means offering herself to the boiler repair man. WED WED Vicky ...... Emma Pierson WED Matt ...... Jody Latham WED Col. Bill ...... Rupert Vansittart WED Julie ...... Janine Duvitski WED Peter ...... Philip Jackson WED WED With Fergus Craig and Colin Hoult WED WED Directed by Clive Brill and Dan Hine WED WED A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00s2p3t (Listen) WED Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00s2p62 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00s2p7w (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00s2pbl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s2y1y (Listen) WED Brief Lives - Series 3, Episode 1 WED WED By Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly WED WED Frank Twist and his bunch of legal reps return for another WED series of adventures on the mean -ish streets of Manchester. WED WED Frank's best mate Mickey has finally met a young Russian WED woman who will put up with him, his music and his socks. But WED is she just using him? WED WED Frank..........................................David Schofield WED Debbie........................................Emma Atkins WED Sarah.........................................Tracey-Ann Oberman WED Doug..........................................Eric Potts WED Micky.........................................Deka Walmsley WED Simon........................................Andonis James Anthony WED Burnett.......................................Becky Hindley WED Magda........................................Miranda Keeling WED Registrar.....................................Beatrice Kelley WED WED Producer Gary Brown. WED Original music by Carl Harms. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00s3fzm (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 WED Subject: How to Complain WED Paul Lewis will be joined by: WED Dave Cresswell, Financial Ombudsman Service WED Andy Foster, Trading Standards Institute WED Mel Stein, Author of 'How to Complain' WED WED Standard geographic charges apply. Calls from mobiles may be WED higher. WED Producer: Diane Richardson. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00s2y2j (Listen) WED Made in Bristol, The Boys In Black WED WED Three short stories by Bristol based writers. In the second WED of three, Sheila Hannon reads her own writing, 'The Boys in WED Black'. On a drizzly A road, wearing pink lipstick and dark WED glasses and the closest to despair she's ever been, Sheila WED has an extraordinary encounter which appears to make time WED stand still. WED WED Produced by Beatrice Fenton. WED WED 15:45 The Single Life b009ttwq (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED WED Single parents have to think about more than themselves when WED choosing to stay alone or find someone new after separation. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00s3fzq (Listen) WED Laurie Taylor discusses capitalism with leading economists WED David Harvey and Ha Joon Chang. WED WED 16:30 The Media Show b00s3glt (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED 17:00 PM b00s2pjz (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 b00s2ps6 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 Mark Steel's in Town b00s3gq5 (Listen) WED Series 2, Penzance WED WED Comedian Mark Steel visits Cornwall and finally reaches the WED town of Penzance where the locals revel in their remoteness, WED pilchards and pasties. Struck by the beauty of this rugged WED coastal town he is surprised to find a civil war raging... WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00s2pbn (Listen) WED Helen takes some baby steps at Bridge Farm, and Tom fears an WED uncertain future. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00s2pxd (Listen) WED Arts news, interviews and reviews, with Mark Lawson. WED WED Producer Philippa Ritchie. WED WED 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s4x9y (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Unreliable Evidence b00s3gq7 (Listen) WED Jury Trial WED WED The British tradition of trial by jury appears to be under WED threat. WED WED Amendments to the Criminal Justice Act have allowed the WED first criminal trial to take place without a jury for over WED 400 years. A survey recently revealed huge variations in WED jurors' perceptions of what is illegal, and a senior judge WED is recommending the removal of juries from libel trials. WED WED Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC has decribed juries as "a recipe WED for incompetence and bias". WED WED But a major research study, conducted for the Ministry of WED Justice by Prof Cheryl Thomas, concluded that juries were WED fair, efficient and effective. WED WED Are juries here to stay, or might they eventually be WED replaced by something else? And what might that be? WED WED Clive Anderson brings together Prof Thomas, Sir Louis Blom WED Cooper, Chris Sallon QC and a Crown Court judge to discuss WED the options. 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 b00s3gq9 (Listen) WED Episode 8 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 Guardian WED columnist Gary Younge. WED WED 21:00 Costing the Earth b00s3gqc (Listen) WED Volcanoes: Friend or Foe WED WED 'Costing the Earth' looks at the environmental effects of WED the recent Icelandic eruption. Could volcanoes hold the key WED to climate change or simply dwarf man's attempt to control WED his impact on the environment? WED WED The ash cloud from Eyjafallajokull has grounded European and WED transatlantic flights but before environmentalists cheer at WED the carbon saved they need to examine the longer term WED effects on climate. WED WED The volcano erupted beside the 5th biggest glacier in WED Iceland and could have caused huge glacial melt. Scientists WED are warning 'increased rumblings from below' mean that WED Iceland's volcanoes may be about to enter a more active WED phase. If so it could be a timely reminder that whatever WED Copenhagen-style summits decide or don't, the environment is WED not solely in the hands of even the most powerful global WED leaders. WED WED Looking back in history the 1783 eruption in Iceland killed WED over half the local livestock, caused crop failure and WED starvation throughout Europe and even weakened the monsoon WED season in India. The Geological Society investigated the WED threat of a much larger 'super volcano' in 2005 and found WED that it could threaten the fabric of civilisation. WED WED But it's not all gloom. Scientists in Canada and the United WED States have been arguing that as natural sulphate particles WED lowered the temperature by 0.5 degrees in 1991 after the WED Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines volcanoes could hold WED the key to halting climate change. They want to investigate WED the possibilities of controlled stimulation, but could small WED eruptions like the Icelandic one hold at least some of the WED answers they might need? WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00s3chy (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00s2q9f (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00s2rnf (Listen) WED National and international news and analysis. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00s2skv (Listen) WED The Aspern Papers, Episode 3 WED WED Episode 3 of The Aspern Papers by Henry James, read by WED Samuel West. WED WED The collector of memorabilia belonging to the long-dead poet WED Jeffrey Aspern has secured rooms in the house of Aspern's WED ancient and withered ex-lover. He has met the old lady and WED has been startled by her unromatic keenness to relieve him WED of his money, but he feels any outlay would be worth making WED to secure the letters and papers he wants. Accordingly, he WED embarks on a campaign of charming Miss Bordereau's WED middle-aged niece in order to get her co-operation. WED Abridged and Produced by Christine Hall. WED WED 23:00 The Vote Now Show b00s2v69 (Listen) WED Episode 9 WED WED Punt and Dennis present a nightly satirical round up of WED election news and comment from comedians, journalists and WED commentators. Recorded in front of an audience at the Radio WED Theatre about 4 hours before transmission, this is a very WED topical comedy show. WED WED 23:30 Soho Stories b00lxsqf (Listen) WED Mergers and Acquisitions and Megabucks WED WED Television executive and broadcaster Paul Jackson charts the WED rise of independent producers, from the isolated minnows of WED the early 1980s to the global monoliths of today. WED WED Following government intervention in 2003, the independent WED production sector is now the envy of the world and British WED television has become responsible for some 53 per cent of WED all format hours on the planet. However, with the emergence WED of a worldwide digital market, its future is once more WED uncertain. WED WED Paul Jackson is joined by Simon Cowell, Peter Bazalgette, WED Lorraine Heggessey, Paul Smith, Jimmy Mulville, Steve WED Morrison, David Frank and Henry Normal to chart the changing WED fortunes of the industry since the new millenium and to WED discuss what is needed to maintain artistic and business WED supremacy in the future. WED WED THU THURSDAY 29 APRIL 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00s1t53 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00s799h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s1t6k (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1tc8 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s1tdk (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00s1tp5 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00s2mr1 (Listen) THU With the Rev'd Mary Stallard from Wales. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00s2mt4 (Listen) THU Presenter, Anna Hill. THU THU 06:00 Today b00s2mvz (Listen) THU With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys. Including Sports THU Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00s3h3w (Listen) THU The Great Wall of China THU THU Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Great Wall of China. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00s799k (Listen) THU Defending the Guilty, Episode 4 THU THU Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, THU Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick THU thinking, sharp talking and his hard-won legal expertise, THU attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, THU even a lifetime behind bars. THU THU In this amusing and revealing series, he takes us behind the THU scenes of Britain's criminal justice system - in barristers' THU chambers, in the courtroom, in the cells and on the streets THU - introducing us to its outlandish personalities, arcane THU eccentricities and stories of triumph and defeat. Whether THU he's defending hapless teenagers at Harlow Youth Court or THU prosecuting gold bullion robbers at the Bailey, his tales THU reveal all the secrets of courtroom success and what it THU takes to survive in this chaotic world of fluked escapes and THU crushed hopes. THU THU The producer is David Roper, and this is a Heavy THU Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00s2n13 (Listen) THU Jenni Murray talks to the writer Alice Walker about mental THU health in the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s4xb0 (Listen) THU An Unsuitable Attachment, Episode 4 THU THU Penelope Wilton stars in Barbara Pym's wonderful story of THU love, requited and otherwise, in unfashionable north London THU in 1960. Everyone goes off to their Christmas retreats, but THU Rupert is till no nearer making up his mind, Ianthe or THU Penelope? So he decides to have a dinner party. THU THU An Unsuitable Attachment was turned down by Barbara Pym's THU publishers, Faber, when she gave them the manuscript in THU 1963, with very little explanation. Her previous 6 books had THU met with some success, so she was very upset and according THU to her correspondence felt very badly treated. It wasn't THU until 1977, when the Times Literary Supplement published a THU symposium on the most over and under-rated writers of the THU century and two contributors named her in the second THU category - the only living writer to be so distinguished - THU and her next novel was published before the year was out. THU She was widely interviewed, appeared on Desert Island Discs, THU and was the subject of a tv film. She died in 1980. An THU Unsuitable Attachment was finally published in 1982. THU THU Dramatised by Jennie Howarth. THU THU Narrator ..... Penelope Wilton THU Penelope ..... Sophie Thompson THU Sophia ..... Lucy Akhurst THU Ianthe ..... Raquel Cassidy THU Mervyn ..... Stephen Critchlow THU Mark ..... Martin Ball THU Rupert ..... Ben Crowe THU John ..... Tom Andrews THU Sister Dew ..... Angela Curran THU Lady Selvedge ..... Joanna Wake THU Mrs Grandison ..... Frances Jeater THU Edwin ..... Robin Bowerman THU Basil ..... Joe Coen THU THU The director is Chris Wallis, and this is an Autolycus THU production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00s3h3y (Listen) THU The world famous Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto THU believes that the key to ending poverty for countless THU millions is to give them the right to own the land that they THU live on. If a person owns the land, his theory says, they THU can borrow money from banks to help build businesses and THU improve their quality of life. THU But de Soto's ideas have proved controversial. They have THU encouraged people to buy their land in the slums of Lima. THU While many of them claim to have been helped, some have THU borrowed money that they cannot afford to replay and are THU still locked into a cycle of poverty. THU Now de Soto's ideas are being tested in the rainforests of THU the Amazon. The native Peruvian Indians who live there THU believe that they already own the land and protest against THU what they see as a failure to recognise their ancient THU rights. Protests recently culminated in a massacre, which THU left 30 dead and hundreds unaccounted for. THU Linda Pressly journeys from Lima to the heart of the Amazon THU region with Hernando de Soto himself to discover how plans THU to develop land rights have become an issue about power and THU politics, not just about livelihoods. THU THU Presenter: Linda Pressly THU Producer: Paul Vickers. THU THU 11:30 The Art of Re-mastering b00s3h40 (Listen) THU Sara Mohr-Pietsch explores digital re-mastering: is it the THU art of restoring music to its original glory; or just THU another way of selling us music we already own? THU THU The whole of the Beatles back catalogue has recently been THU re-released in re-mastered form; a quick search of any THU record store or online shop will reveal that a large number THU of recordings have been re-mastered, from very old crackly THU recordings to very recent releases. But what do the words THU 'digitally re-mastered' on a cd actually mean? THU THU Sara Mohr-Pietsch visits London's iconic Abbey Road Studios THU (recently awarded Grade II listed status) to meet some of THU the engineers who re-master recordings there. She asks them THU and others from the music industry what re-mastering THU actually means. She learns that sometimes re-mastering can THU be as much about what to leave in as what to leave out. And THU is it an advantage to have the original artist involved in THU the process? THU THU Sara also considers the consumer's point of view; we've THU already bought these recordings on vinyl and cd (and THU possibly cassette as well) so why do we need to buy them THU again? Can the average listener hear any difference between THU the original version of (for instance) a pop song from the THU 1960s and the re-mastered version? THU THU Sara looks at the technology that is used to clean up very THU old recordings, where the music is often buried almost THU completely beneath noise and the sonic distortions caused by THU very primitive recording equipment. THU THU Whatever your view is of the value of re-mastering, what is THU clear is that the re-mastering engineers Sara meets treat THU the work they do with great care and reverence - they are THU often uncovering moments in history. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00s2p3w (Listen) THU Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00s2p64 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00s2p7y (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00s2pbn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s3h42 (Listen) THU Bette and Joan and Baby Jane THU THU Two screen goddesses, one iconic film, a recipe for THU disaster... A new radio play starring Catherine Tate and THU Tracy-Ann Oberman. THU THU On 23 July 1961, filming started on "Whatever Happened To THU Baby Jane?" at the Producers Studio, Hollywood. It was a THU film that industry insiders thought would never be made, as THU its two female stars had an ongoing feud as famous and as THU long lasting as both of their glittering screen careers. THU Bette Davis "the actress" and Joan Crawford "the movie star" THU both arrived on set determined to prove everyone wrong, THU including each other... THU THU Tracy-Ann's first radio play tells the story of the making THU of a legendary film, of the creation of two iconic stars and THU of the origins of a deep seated hatred that spanned five THU decades. THU THU Written by Tracy-Ann Oberman. THU THU Starring: Catherine Tate as Bette Davis, Tracy-Ann Oberman THU as Joan Crawford, Matt Addis as Billy Miller and Lorelei THU King as Hedda Hopper. THU THU Producer: Liz Anstee. This is a CPL Production for BBC Radio THU 4. THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00s1lp8 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00s1npf (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00s6n7v (Listen) THU Made in Bristol, Hidden Depths THU THU Three short stories by Bristol based writers. Joe Sims reads THU the last in the series, 'Hidden Depths' by Dann Casswell. In THU the early hours of the morning, two friends don dry suits in THU Bristol city centre, and embark on a subterranean adventure, THU by canoe, beneath the city's streets. THU THU Produced by Beatrice Fenton. THU THU 15:45 The Single Life b009ttws (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU THU An exploration of the freedom and joy of living as a single THU person and never wanting to be tied down by relationships. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00s1pdx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00s3h44 (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper dissects the latest science. THU THU 17:00 PM b00s2pk1 (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 b00s2ps8 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Arthur Smith's Balham Bash b00s3h46 (Listen) THU Series 2, Episode 3 THU THU Arthur Smith invites an audience into his home for music and THU comedy. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00s2pbq (Listen) THU Lilian and Paul dance till dawn, and Kenton goes on a THU recruitment drive. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00s2pxg (Listen) THU Kirsty Lang reports on a major exhibition of maps, including THU the world's largest book. THU THU Producer Nicki Paxman. THU THU 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s4xb0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The World Tonight b00s6rbc (Listen) THU The Prime Ministerial Debates, The Economy THU THU For the first time in a British general election, the THU leaders of the three largest UK parties are taking part in THU televised debates. Radio 4 will broadcast the whole of THU tonight's third and final debate, on the economy, hosted by THU the BBC live from 8.30pm. THU THU Robin Lustig will be in London with a panel of political THU watchers to look ahead to the issues being discussed, and THU afterwards from 10pm to consider how the leaders tackled them. THU THU Ritula Shah will be in Stoke with some unemployed voters, THU who will be giving their reaction to the debate. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00s2skx (Listen) THU The Aspern Papers, Episode 4 THU THU Samuel West reads from the novella by Henry James, set THU against the decaying grandeur of Venice. THU THU 23:00 The Music Teacher b00s3h48 (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU THU Shut away in a tiny windowless practice room in a regional THU arts centre, Nigel endures his usual succession of bizarre THU pupils whilst wrestling with the latest curveball thrown at THU him by panicked Arts Centre manager, Belinda. THU THU Nigel has to contend with an atonal Barbershop Quartet and a THU depressed orchestral timpanist, whilst Belinda is desperate THU to fill the slot vacated by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society. THU THU Nigel Penny ..... Richie Webb THU Belinda ..... Vicki Pepperdine THU All other roles - Dave Lamb, Jim North and Jess Robinson THU THU Directed by Nick Walker THU Written by Richie Webb THU THU The producer is Richie Webb, and this is a Top Dog THU production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:15 My Teenage Diary b00jd9x5 (Listen) THU Richard Herring THU THU Rufus Hound invites comedians to revisit their formative THU years by dusting off their teenage diaries and reading them THU out in public for the very first time. THU THU With Richard Herring. THU THU 23:30 Stash: The Dandy Aesthete of Swinging London b00h6xlm (Listen) THU Music journalist Mark Paytress tracks down the mysterious THU Stash, or Prince Stanislaus Klossowski de Rola - friend of THU The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 30 APRIL 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00s1t55 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00s799k (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00s1t6m (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00s1tcb (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00s1tdm (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00s1tp7 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00s2mr3 (Listen) FRI with the Revd Dr Leslie Griffiths. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00s2mt6 (Listen) FRI Presenter, Charlotte Smith. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00s2mw1 (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; FRI Weather; Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 The Reunion b00s1p7j (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00s799m (Listen) FRI Defending the Guilty, Episode 5 FRI FRI Every day, like every criminal barrister in this country, FRI Alex McBride stands up in court and, with nothing but quick FRI thinking, sharp talking and his hard-won legal expertise, FRI attempts to save people from criminal conviction, prison, FRI even a lifetime behind bars. FRI FRI In this amusing and revealing series, he takes us behind the FRI scenes of Britain's criminal justice system - in barristers' FRI chambers, in the courtroom, in the cells and on the streets FRI - introducing us to its outlandish personalities, arcane FRI eccentricities and stories of triumph and defeat. Whether FRI he's defending hapless teenagers at Harlow Youth Court or FRI prosecuting gold bullion robbers at the Bailey, his tales FRI reveal all the secrets of courtroom success and what it FRI takes to survive in this chaotic world of fluked escapes and FRI crushed hopes. FRI FRI The producer is David Roper, and this is a Heavy FRI Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00s2n15 (Listen) FRI Presented by Jenni Murray. Including the lost art of FRI sophistcation with Faye Hammill whose book Sophistication: A FRI Literary and Cultural History, is out on 1st May; We'll be FRI road testing the mirdle - the male version of a girdle and FRI said to improve the male silhouette - which is hitting the FRI shops this summer. Is it really what men have been waiting FRI for? And a resurgence in the popularity of buttermilk - the FRI by product of butter. We visit a dairy in Cumbria and will FRI be joined in the studio by a cookery tutor who can tell us FRI how to bake with it. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s4xb2 (Listen) FRI An Unsuitable Attachment, Episode 5 FRI FRI Penelope Wilton stars in Barbara Pym's wonderful story of FRI love, requited and otherwise, in unfashionable north London FRI in 1960. John Challow hasn't turned up for work. Ianthe is FRI worried that he is ill, although Mervyn has his doubts. So FRI Ianthe does good work, and goes visiting the sick. FRI FRI An Unsuitable Attachment was turned down by Barbara Pym's FRI publishers, Faber, when she gave them the manuscript in FRI 1963, with very little explanation. Her previous 6 books had FRI met with some success, so she was very upset and according FRI to her correspondence felt very badly treated. It wasn't FRI until 1977, when the Times Literary Supplement published a FRI symposium on the most over and under-rated writers of the FRI century and two contributors named her in the second FRI category - the only living writer to be so distinguished - FRI and her next novel was published before the year was out. FRI She was widely interviewed, appeared on Desert Island Discs, FRI and was the subject of a tv film. She died in 1980. An FRI Unsuitable Attachment was finally published in 1982. FRI FRI Dramatised by Jennie Howarth. FRI FRI Narrator ..... Penelope Wilton FRI Penelope ..... Sophie Thompson FRI Sophia ..... Lucy Akhurst FRI Ianthe ..... Raquel Cassidy FRI Mervyn ..... Stephen Critchlow FRI Mark ..... Martin Ball FRI Rupert ..... Ben Crowe FRI John ..... Tom Andrews FRI Sister Dew ..... Angela Curran FRI Lady Selvedge ..... Joanna Wake FRI Mrs Grandison ..... Frances Jeater FRI Edwin ..... Robin Bowerman FRI Basil ..... Joe Coen FRI FRI The director is Chris Wallis, and this is an Autolycus FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI Producer CHRIS WALLIS FRI Repeated on 30:04:2010 19:45:00 FRI FRI 11:00 Inventing Divorce b00s3h84 (Listen) FRI As recently as fifteen years ago Ireland was the only FRI country in the European Union in which divorce was still FRI illegal. But the ban was overturned by the slenderest of FRI majorities when the country voted in a referendum. In a FRI previous vote in 1986, the result had been a thundering FRI 'no'. In rural areas it was 8 to 1 against. Divorce had not FRI only been illegal in Ireland but sternly frowned upon. FRI Olivia O Leary tells the story of the fight to get the FRI constitution amended and asks whether divorce is now FRI accepted as part of modern life. FRI FRI 11:30 When The Dog Dies b00s3h86 (Listen) FRI The Same Hymn Sheet FRI FRI Ronnie Corbett reunites with the writers of his hit sitcom FRI Sorry, Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent. FRI FRI Sorry ran for seven series on BBC 1 and was number one in FRI the UK ratings. FRI FRI In this new Radio 4 sitcom, Ronnie plays Sandy Hopper, who FRI is growing old happily along with his dog Henry. His grown FRI up children - both married to people Sandy doesn't approve FRI of at all - would like him to move out of the family home so FRI they can get their hands on their money earlier. But Sandy's FRI not having this - he's not moving until the dog dies. And FRI not just that, how can he move if he's got a lodger? His FRI daughter is convinced that his too-attractive lodger Dolores FRI (Liza Tarbuck) is after Sandy and his money. FRI FRI Luckily, Sandy has three grandchildren and sometimes a FRI friendly word - a kindly hand on the shoulder - can really FRI help a Granddad in the twenty-first century. Man and dog FRI together face a complicated world. There's every chance FRI they'll make it more so. FRI FRI In this first episode, The Same Hymn Sheet, Sandy wants to FRI protect his grandson Tyson from the harsh training programme FRI and insane sporting ambitions of Tyson's father Blake, and FRI sets out to torpedo Blake's touchline plans. The story takes FRI Sandy all the way to the bank. Unfortunately, it's the FRI bottle bank. FRI FRI Producer: Liz Anstee, this is a CPL Production for BBC Radio FRI 4. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00s2p3y (Listen) FRI Consumer news with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00s2p66 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00s2p80 (Listen) FRI National and international news with Martha Kearney. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00s2pbq (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00s3hrm (Listen) FRI The Weighing Room FRI FRI By Justin Hopper. FRI FRI Noel is a jump jockey anxious to get his career back on FRI track after a spell on the sidelines. Just what does it take FRI to survive in the demanding and dangerous world of National FRI Hunt racing? FRI FRI Noel............Lloyd Hutchinson FRI Sean...........Michael Legge FRI Wrighty..........James Weaver FRI Wozzer..........Paul Rider FRI Degsy............David Seddon FRI Fiona Markham.......Alison Pettitt FRI Consultant.........Nigel Hastings FRI Steward..........Joanna Monro FRI Owner...........Bruce Alexander FRI Brian..........Michael Shelford FRI Mandy...........Keely Beresford FRI FRI Directed by Toby Swift. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00s3hrp (Listen) FRI Matt James gives the lowdown on invasive plants: How is the FRI government proposing to restrict the sale of these potent FRI plants? FRI FRI This week, the team is in Nottinghamshire, The panel members FRI are Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness and Bob Flowerdew. Eric FRI Robson is the chairman. FRI FRI The producer is Lucy Dichmont. This is a Somethin Else FRI production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 The Single Life b009ttwv (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI FRI A look at the loneliness of loss and the single life, as FRI well as facing the prospect of starting relationships again FRI after a lifetime with one person. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00s3hrr (Listen) FRI Matthew Bannister presents Radio 4's obituary programme, FRI analysing and reflecting on the lives of people who have FRI recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00s3hrt (Listen) FRI Robert Downey Jr reveals the reasons why he's reprising his FRI action hero role in Iron Man 2. Produced by Stephen Hughes. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00s2pk3 (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 b00s2psc (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00s3hrw (Listen) FRI Series 71, Episode 3 FRI FRI Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular FRI topical panel show. Guests this week include Andy Hamilton FRI and Francis Wheen. FRI FRI Produced by Sam Bryant. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00s2pbs (Listen) FRI It's the morning after the night before for Lilian, and FRI Peggy faces a difficult truth. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00s2pxj (Listen) FRI Mark Lawson joins Tracey Emin in Margate, her home town, as FRI she unveils a new work. FRI FRI Producer Jerome Weatherald. FRI FRI 19:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00s4xb2 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00s3hry (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Garston in FRI Hertfordshire with questions from the audience for the panel FRI including: Lord Steel, former Liberal leader and Scotland's FRI deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00s3hs0 (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue from Simon Schama. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00s5mnq (Listen) FRI The Birds FRI FRI Daphne Du Maurier's classic horror story about the natural FRI world turning on mankind, starring Neil Dudgeon. FRI FRI Nat battles to protect his family as birds begin to FRI ruthlessly attack humans. FRI FRI Nat.....Neil Dudgeon FRI Sue.....Nicola Walker FRI Maggie.....Jade Williams FRI Mr Trigg.....Gerard Horan FRI Jonathan.....Carl Grose FRI Newsreader.....John Dougall FRI Mary.....Rachel Bavidge FRI FRI Music & Sound Design: David Pickvance FRI Dramatist: Melissa Murray FRI Director: Sally Avens. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00s2q9k (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00s2rnk (Listen) FRI National and international news and analysis. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00s2skz (Listen) FRI The Aspern Papers, Episode 5 FRI FRI by Henry James, read by Samuel West. FRI FRI Aspern's literary editor, having laid out a good deal of FRI money and time in the quest for previously unpublished FRI papers connected with the poet, is growing restless at his FRI lack of results. He has now recruited the pathetic niece FRI Miss Tina to the cause of preserving Aspern's letters from FRI destruction by her aunt; at the same time, he becomes FRI convinced that Miss Bordereau herself has guessed what he's about. FRI FRI Abridged and produced by Christine Hall. FRI FRI 23:00 Great Lives b00s2ylh (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Rockumentary Rollercoaster b0088nhm (Listen) FRI With a limitless supply of hyperbolic characters, bizarre FRI situations, and in-concert set pieces, the rock world is a FRI gift to the documentary filmmaker. Film critic and music FRI broadcaster Andrew Collins looks at the place where his twin FRI passions meet: the rockumentary. FRI FRI Taking a personal tour through a vast back catalogue of FRI rockumentaries, he recalls some of the most iconic scenes FRI they've captured. Many of the most abiding images of rock's FRI golden age are drawn from rockumentaries: Jimi Hendrix FRI setting fire to his guitar in "Monterey Pop"; The Beatles' FRI first all-conquering tour of the USA in "What's Happening"; FRI and The Rolling Stones' ill-fated concert at Altamont (where FRI an audience member was murdered), in the Maysles Brothers' FRI Direct Cinema masterpiece "Gimme Shelter". FRI FRI The programme unearths forgotten films like "Charlie Is My FRI Darling", where an impossibly fresh-faced Rolling Stones FRI tour Ireland. Never released, it was the band's first FRI celluloid outing, made by an unsung hero of British FRI documentaries, the fascinating Peter Whitehead. A few years FRI later, The Stones were stars of another unreleased film: FRI Robert Frank's notorious and banned "C.S. Blues". Susan FRI Steinberg, who edited the film, gives a first hand account. FRI FRI Collins considers the fond farewells in Scorsese's depiction FRI of The Band's final concert in "The Last Waltz" and Bowie's FRI ultimate performance as "Ziggy Stardust". And of course, no FRI examination of the rockumentary would be complete without FRI considering "This is Spinal Tap". Recent films like Sundance FRI winner "Dig!" show the rockumentary is alive and well. But FRI what impact might digital technology have on the way they FRI are made and consumed in the future? FRI FRI The producer is Caroline Hughes. FRI A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. FRI
23 April, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 24/04/2010 - 30/04/2010
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