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SAT SATURDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00tjsvt (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b00thw3s (Listen) SAT Decline and Fall: Diaries 2005-2010, Episode 5 SAT SAT The second volume of Chris Mullin's diaries reflect SAT irreverently and humourously on New Labour's last term in SAT office. Today, the 2010 election approaches, and Mullin SAT anticipates the inevitable outcome, as well as his own last SAT days as an MP. SAT SAT Chris Mullin is the former MP for Sunderland South, a SAT journalist and author. His books include the first volume SAT of his acclaimed diaries, "A View From the Foothills." He SAT also wrote the thriller, "A Very British Coup", with the SAT television version winning BAFTA and Emmy awards. He was a SAT minister in three departments, Environment, Transport and SAT Regions, International Development and The Foreign Office. SAT SAT The reader is Sam Dale. SAT The abridger is Penny Leicester. SAT The producer is Elizabeth Allard. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tjsvw (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tjsvy (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tjsw0 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tjsw2 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tjsw4 (Listen) SAT with The Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley. SAT SAT 05:45 Brother Mine b00cm7hg (Listen) SAT Famous sibling Julian Lloyd Webber takes a closer look at SAT what it is to be a sibling and why that relationship can be SAT a lifelong source of love, hate, conflict and peace. SAT SAT Julian concludes the series with an exploration of the SAT culture, mysticism, facts and figures of twins in everyday SAT life and historical culture. What makes their connection SAT unique? SAT SAT Featuring academics and twins Meleri & Dathyl Evans. SAT SAT Producer: Terry Lewis SAT A Tinderbox production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00tjsw6 (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00tjvhg (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b00tjvhj (Listen) SAT Conservation Grazing in Cornwall SAT SAT Helen Mark is in Cornwall to find out why the reintroduction SAT of cattle to graze the Penwith Moors of Cornwall and improve SAT the area's bio-diversity has upset some of the local SAT community. She meets up with archaeologist Craig Weatherhill SAT at the Tregeseal Stone Circle to hear about the damage he SAT says is being caused to these ancient monuments by the horns SAT of the non-native Longhorn breed of cattle being grazed on SAT the moors. Craig also tells Helen about the difficulties SAT faced by horses and their riders from the newly erected SAT gates and fences which they have to pass through. SAT At Carn Galva, one of Cornwall's most unique and SAT pre-historic landscapes, Helen meets up with Peter Bowden SAT from Natural England and Jon Brookes of the National Trust SAT who explain the reasons for the conservation grazing scheme SAT and how important it is to this ancient landscape. This SAT heathland is of national and international importance and SAT the grazing scheme is intended to open up footpaths the SAT natural way, avoiding the need for heavy machinery and SAT herbicides, and fences and cattle grids have been put there SAT to keep cattle in and not people out. However, when Helen SAT joins Ian Cooke and Steve Yandall of the Save Penwith Moors SAT campaign, she hears about their concerns for the environment SAT and how emotional they felt to have barbed wire fences SAT appearing out on the moors. But when she arrives at SAT Trengwainton Farm near Penzance, farmer Stephen Bone takes SAT Helen to a part of his land that his father fenced and SAT grazed 40 years ago and which soon became waist high in SAT bracken when the cattle were taken in. Stephen is actually SAT now busy re-fencing his land ready to graze animals there as SAT part of the Conservation Grazing Scheme. He tells Helen that SAT he has offered an olive branch to those opposed to the SAT scheme by suggesting that he take his livestock in during SAT the busy summer months and school holidays. SAT Finally, Helen meets up with Stephen Warman who has been SAT brought in to try and resolve the situation and to narrow SAT the gap between the two opposing sides. Where do they all go SAT from here in order to manage the moors in the best way for SAT all those who care about this landscape?. SAT SAT Producer: Helen Chetwynd. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00tjvhl (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT 160 Tonnes of illegal meat and dairy products were seized at SAT UK ports and airports last year. Restrictions are in place SAT to prevent the spread of diseases but some still gets SAT through. Caz Graham visits Birmingham International Airport SAT to see what they've traced and seized in passenger baggage SAT and freight. She also hears concern that more illegal SAT foodstuffs are being smuggled into the UK through organised SAT crime because the penalties aren't harsh enough. Produced by SAT Anne-Marie Bullock. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00tjvhn (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00tjvhq (Listen) SAT With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. Including Sports SAT Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00tjvhs (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by TV personality Fiona Phillips, and SAT poet Murray Lachlan Young. There's an interview with SAT Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan, a Sound SAT Sculpture about geese, JP meets rock star record producer SAT Dale Griffin who's now developed Alzheimer's, and singer SAT songwriter Tracey Thorn shares her Inheritance Tracks. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00tjvhv (Listen) SAT Sandi Toksvig explores deep under the skin of the 'sunshine SAT state' in the company of the former British Vice Consul in SAT Orlando Hugh Hunter, with a Florida postcard from Americana SAT presenter Matt Frei. And she travels further a field to SAT Iran, Cambodia, North Korea and Beirut with comedian and SAT writer Dom Joly as he seeks unusual and off the beaten track SAT travel experiences. SAT SAT Producer: Chris Wilson. SAT SAT 10:30 Stock Car Sewell b00tjvxc (Listen) SAT For many years, art critic Brian Sewell has been a devoted SAT fan of Stock Car Racing. In this programme, he explores his SAT passion for these battered beasts of the race track, as he SAT visits the Wimbledon Stadium for a night at the races. SAT SAT Stock car racing was brought to Britain in 1954 by 'Digger' SAT Pugh who'd first seen it in America. The idea was to take SAT everyday road cars and race them on the track. Unlike other SAT forms of racing, contact between cars was allowed, making it SAT a hugely popular spectator sport. During Stock Car racing's SAT golden era in the Fifties and Sixties, races attracted huge SAT crowds to stadia up and down the country. These days, Stock SAT Car racing still has a devoted following. SAT SAT In this programme, Brian Sewell gets to the bottom of his SAT passion, a passion which celebrates speed, exhaust fumes, SAT driving skill and pure throbbing horse power. He meets Pete SAT Tucker, one of the last surviving drivers to drive in the SAT first British Stock Car races, and talks to the people SAT involved in Stock Car racing today. SAT SAT Brian speaks to Pete Tucker who drove in the first ever SAT British Stock Car races; Janice Bell, daughter of Digger SAT Pugh, the man who brought stock car racing to Britain; SAT George Heath a driver of Banger cars; Paul Hugget, writer SAT for Stock Car magazine Wheelspin. SAT SAT Producer: Caroline Hughes SAT A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 Beyond Westminster b00tjvxf (Listen) SAT Inside the Star Chamber SAT SAT The Coalition's much-vaunted Comprehensive Spending Review SAT is entering its critical stage, with some government SAT departments contemplating budget cuts on a scale never seen SAT before in peace time. In this special edition of Beyond SAT Westminster, Andrew Rawnsley probes the role of the SAT secretive body where the critical decisions are being taken: SAT the Star Chamber. He asks what it is, how it works, who sits SAT on it - and which ministers will succeed and which fail in SAT the ferocious battle for money. SAT SAT Andrew Rawnsley talks to key insiders and leading figures SAT across the political spectrum who have been involved in the SAT most difficult and most celebrated Star Chamber spending SAT battles. He finds out which strategies work for ministers SAT trying to get money for favoured projects. And he discovers SAT what tactics the Treasury uses to make sure departments SAT stick to agreed plans. SAT SAT He reveals the story of why Star Chamber has become so SAT powerful and why its decisions matter so much - not just in SAT the cockpit of politics but to all of us and not just now SAT but for years to come. SAT SAT Among those appearing in the programme are the former SAT Chancellors of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling and Nigel SAT Lawson; Michael Heseltine, Deputy Prime Minister in the SAT 1990s and leading spending minister under Margaret Thatcher SAT and John Major; the former Conservative Cabinet ministers, SAT Gillian Shephard, Norman Fowler and Virginia Bottomley; and SAT two top ex-Treasury officials intimately involved with the SAT secret workings of Star Chamber, Rachel Lomax and Andrew SAT Turnbull. SAT SAT Producer: Simon Coates SAT Presenter: Andrew Rawnsley SAT Editor: Sue Ellis. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00tjvxh (Listen) SAT A dilemma for the reporter covering the struggle for life in SAT Pakistan's floods. SAT SAT A veteran of the holocaust sees hope for peace in the Middle SAT East. SAT SAT Behind America's myths, the hard realities of life in Iraq. SAT SAT And we remember the night in Kinshasa, when Mohammed Ali SAT rumbled in the jungle.... SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00tjvxk (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis with the latest news from the world of personal SAT finance. SAT SAT 12:30 Chain Reaction b00tjsjf (Listen) SAT Series 6, Ruby Wax interviews Harry Shearer SAT SAT The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last SAT week's guest, the UK's favourite sharp tongued American, SAT Ruby Wax takes the microphone to interview voice of The SAT Simpsons, face of Derek Smalls and political satirist Harry SAT Shearer. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00tjvxm (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00tjvxp (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00tjsjh (Listen) SAT Martha Kearney chairs the topical discussion from St Chad's SAT Church in Burton Upon Trent with questions for the panel SAT including Alan Duncan MP, the International Development SAT Minister, Ed Miliband MP, Labour leadership candidate, SAT Quentin Letts, columnist and broadcaster and Mary Riddell, SAT columnist for The Daily Telegraph. SAT SAT Producer: Victoria Wakely. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00tjvxr (Listen) SAT Martha Kearney takes listeners' calls and emails in response SAT to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00tjw5p (Listen) SAT Translations SAT SAT A new production of Brian Friel's masterpiece about language SAT and power. SAT SAT It's the summer of 1833. In a hedge-school in Donegal, the SAT schoolmaster's prodigal son is about to return from Dublin. SAT With him are two army officers. Their aim is to create a map SAT of the area, and, in the process, replace the Irish SAT place-names with English equivalents. It's an act with SAT unexpected and violent consequences. SAT SAT Thirty years ago playwright Brian Friel and actor Stephen SAT Rea founded the Field Day Theatre Company in Northern SAT Ireland. A company that aimed to provide a 'fifth province' SAT in which Ireland's political and social troubles could be SAT explored and re-imagined. Translations was its first SAT production and became an instant classic. To mark its SAT anniversary, BBC Radio 4 has commissioned a new production, SAT specially adapted for radio by Michael Duke. SAT SAT Yolland.....Samuel Barnett SAT Lancey......Mark Bazeley SAT Doalty......John Paul Connolly SAT Jimmy Jack......Dermot Crowley SAT Sarah........Roisin Gallagher SAT Manus......David Ireland SAT Bridget.....Aoife McMahon SAT Hugh........Gerard McSorley SAT Owen......Eugene O'Hare SAT Maire......Eileen Walsh SAT SAT Director: Kirsty Williams. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00tk7rv (Listen) SAT Presented by Jane Garvey. Dame Ellen MacArthur talks about SAT sustainability, Gareth Malone explains his ideas about SAT teaching boys and winning choir DaleDiva on why they love to SAT sing. Also who are the best female film baddies? Are the SAT family courts still too secretive? Should the HFEA be SAT scrapped and the politics of black hair. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00tk7rx (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00tk7rz (Listen) SAT The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented SAT by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00tk7s1 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00tk7s3 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00tk7s5 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00tk7s7 (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of SAT conversation, music and comedy. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00tk7s9 (Listen) SAT Pope Benedict XVI SAT SAT Who is Pope Benedict XVI? Ahead of his visit to the UK in SAT September, former BBC religious affairs correspondent Jane SAT Little delves into his background to paint a portrait of a SAT man many people know little about. The Catholic Church is SAT facing one of its biggest challenges in recent history as SAT one sexual abuse scandal after another emerges in countries SAT from Ireland to Germany to the US. Critics are accusing the SAT Church of cover-ups and are angry that the Pope has failed SAT to issue an apology. Some observers are suggesting the Pope SAT will be met with some hostility when he comes to the UK in SAT September. Can the leader of 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide SAT deal with the controversy, if protests happen, and does he SAT have the temperament and personality to heal the cracks that SAT are threatening the very fabric of his Church? Jane Little SAT talks to former colleagues and students of this very devout SAT Pope to find out. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00tk7sc (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural SAT highlights SAT SAT Producer: Laura Thomas. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b00tk7sf (Listen) SAT An appraisal of Barbara Castle in the centenary of her SAT birth. SAT SAT Barbara Castle - the Red Queen, clever, sexy and SAT single-minded she was the most important female politician SAT the Labour party has produced. SAT SAT 2010 is the centenary of her birth and in this archive hour SAT , her official biographer Anne Perkins, examines her life SAT and legacy. The further we move from the 20th century, the SAT more remarkable her achievements seem. In one of the ironies SAT of politics, she paved the way for Margaret Thatcher .She SAT embodied the spirit of the starry-eyed landslide Labour SAT government of 1945 and was a unique participant in the SAT history of the left. SAT SAT We hear of her early life growing up in a Yorkshire family SAT -more bourgeois than she'd admit - devoted to the SAT Independent Labour Party and William Morris; tales of SAT climbing out of college windows at Oxford with her friend, SAT the pioneering broadcaster Olive Shapley; her devotion to SAT the open air which led to the founding of the Pennine Way - SAT she tramped the inaugural walk in a tweed skirt and brogues, SAT alongside Hugh Dalton. SAT SAT Then there were her dogged campaigns for equal pay and child SAT benefit. And that's before we get to the breathalyser and SAT the Unions. Her passionate skills of oratory leap out of the SAT archive, crackling with energy and fire.She was a feminist SAT but was always puzzled by what she saw as the "stridency" SAT the movement took on in the seventies and initially resisted SAT the idea of all-women shortlists. SAT SAT She wasn't averse to using her great personal charm to SAT negotiate her way out of some of the most monumental SAT political battles of the era - dressed impeccably and no SAT stranger to the hairdresser's. Did she stand out precisely SAT because she was that rare creature : a colourful woman SAT amongst all the grey suits ? Or was it her potent mix of SAT lightning wit, passion, diligence, red bouffant and fierce SAT intellect that helped carve out a place in history for her . SAT And could she have achieved all she did if she'd had SAT children? SAT SAT We hear intimate archive interviews with Barbara Castle SAT recorded before her death, and new interviews including SAT Baroness Shirley Williams , Baroness Betty Boothroyd ,Janet SAT Anderson , and the veteran political commentator Geoffrey SAT Goodman. SAT SAT Producer Lindsay Leonard. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00thpvx (Listen) SAT No Highway, 29/08/2010 SAT SAT by Nevil Shute SAT SAT 1948. The future of Britain's transatlantic aviation SAT industry looks grim following the crash of a new Rutland SAT Reindeer airliner. Lives and careers are on the line as a SAT government scientist tries to convince the authorities that SAT he knows why. Dramatised by Mike Walker. SAT SAT Dennis Scott ..... William Beck SAT Shirley ..... Alison Pettitt SAT Honey ..... Paul Ritter SAT Marjorie Corder ..... Naomi Frederick SAT Monica Teesdale ..... Fenella Woolgar SAT Elspeth ..... Lauren Moat SAT The Director ..... Tony Bell SAT Prendergast/Russell ..... William Hope SAT Ferguson ..... Jude Akuwudike SAT Sir David Moon ..... Sean Baker SAT Morgan ..... Sam Dale SAT Hennessey ..... David Seddon SAT Miss Learoyd ..... Christine Kavanagh SAT SAT Directed by Toby Swift. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00tk7sh (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Iconoclasts b00tjq8f (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 2 SAT SAT Journalist Stephen Pollard argues that we should stop SAT spending public money on the arts. "Why should we give SAT taxpayers' money to opera but not to football clubs or pop SAT concerts? Subsidy encourages elitist art which prides itself SAT on its failure to appeal to the masses; it gobbles up funds SAT from the National Lottery which could otherwise be used to SAT benefit the people who actually buy the lottery tickets." SAT SAT Stephen Pollard's views will be challenged by Moira Sinclair SAT of the Arts Council, James Heartfield (Director of the SAT think-tank 'Audacity') and Neil Nisbet (professional dancer SAT turned arts journalist and film maker). The live studio SAT discussion is chaired by Edward Stourton. SAT SAT Producer: Peter Everett. SAT SAT 23:00 Round Britain Quiz b00tj5w1 (Listen) SAT (5/12) Tom Sutcliffe asks the trademark cryptic questions in SAT the latest heat of the long-running quiz. The Welsh team of SAT David Edwards and Myfanwy Alexander compete with the Scots, SAT Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander. SAT Producer: Paul Bajoria. SAT SAT 23:30 Norn But Not Forgotten: Sounds of Shetland b00thpw1 (Listen) SAT The dialect of the Shetland Islands is one of the most SAT distinctive spoken within the British isles: heavily SAT accented, and studded with words left over from the now SAT extinct Norn language which was spoken on the islands until SAT the late 18th century. Even now, reaching for expressions to SAT describe the natural world, places, the seasons of the year, SAT food, tools, colours, moods or states of agitation or SAT excitement, Shetlanders will often use Norn words. SAT SAT Kathleen Jamie visits Shetland to meet up with the poets who SAT revel in the language, both those born on the island and SAT those who have moved there. SAT SAT Shetland, and its distinctive accents and words, has proved SAT surprisingly receptive to poets from mainland Scotland and SAT England who have chosen to make it home. What is it about SAT the Shetland dialect that so excites and fascinates poets? SAT Kathleen asks the T.S. Eliot award-winning poet Jen SAT Hadfield, who was born in Cheshire, and Raman Mundair, who SAT was born in Ludhiana in India and came to live in Glasgow at SAT the age of five, about choosing to write about Shetland's SAT distinctive landscape, people and way of life in its own SAT tongue. SAT SAT Kathleen also meets acclaimed Shetland language poet SAT Christine De Luca who was raised on the island and who has SAT made the opposite journey, leaving the rugged landscape of SAT the island to live and work on the mainland. SAT SAT Rich with the sounds - and not just the language - of the SAT islands, Kathleen Jamie explores how this dense linguistic SAT community has managed to excite and engage some of Britain's SAT leading poets. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00tkn24 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b00hb4ly (Listen) SUN Three Stories by Haruki Murakami, The Year of Spaghetti SUN SUN Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949. Following the SUN publication of his first novel in Japanese in 1979, he sold SUN the jazz bar he ran with his wife and became a full-time SUN writer. It was with the publication of Norwegian Wood - SUN which has to date sold more than 4 million copies in Japan SUN alone - that the author was truly catapulted into the SUN limelight. SUN SUN Known for his surrealistic world of mysterious (and often SUN disappearing) women, cats, earlobes, wells, Western culture, SUN music and quirky first-person narratives, he is now Japan's SUN best-known novelist abroad. SUN SUN Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is one of his acclaimed SUN collections of short stories. In 'Crabs', 'The Year of SUN Spaghetti' and 'The Mirror', Murakami confronts fundamental SUN emotions: loss, identity, friendship, love; and questions SUN our ability to connect with humanity, and the pain of those SUN connections or the lack of them. SUN SUN Read by Jack Davenport SUN SUN Producer: David Roper SUN A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tkn26 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Shipping Forecast b00tkn28 (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tkn2b (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00tkp19 (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00tkp1c (Listen) SUN The bells of Crediton Parish Church, Devon. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00tk7s9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00tkp1f (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00tkp1h (Listen) SUN Mark Tully talks to the Master of Wellington College, SUN Anthony Seldon, about the loss of trust in public (and SUN private) life. SUN SUN Are we really less trusting than previous generations? What SUN effect does this have on us as individuals and as a society? SUN SUN And how a sense of trust can be restored? SUN SUN Producer: Eley McAinsh SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 The Living World b00tkp1k (Listen) SUN Peat Bog Gremlins SUN SUN Lionel Kelleway heads up to Scotlands RSPB Forsinard Reserve SUN to explore the extraordinary and fascinating world of SUN carnivorous plants. Norrie Russell, RSPB Forsinard's Head SUN Warden, joins him to reveal the bizarre strategies which SUN carnivorous plants deploy to secure a meal. The Sundews - SUN of which there are hundreds of thousands scattered amongst SUN the bracken and gorse, use glistening sticky globules of SUN moisture to attrack insects; The Butterworts exude a buttery SUN slime on their slidey leaves from which there is no escape SUN and the aquatic bladderworts suck their prey into a vacuum SUN trap triggered by the slightest touch. Once in contact SUN with a Peat Bog Gremlin, there is no escape. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00tkp1m (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00tkp1p (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00tkp1r (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton with the religious and ethical news of the SUN week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories, familiar SUN and unfamiliar. SUN SUN Series producer: Amanda Hancox. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00tkp1t (Listen) SUN Sister Frances Dominica presents the Radio 4 Appeal on SUN behalf of the charity React. SUN SUN Donations to React should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 SUN Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope React. Credit SUN cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. You can also give online at SUN www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/appeal. If you are a UK tax payer, SUN please provide React with your full name and address so they SUN can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The online and SUN phone donation facilities are not currently available to SUN listeners without a UK postcode. SUN SUN Registered Charity Number: 802440. SUN SUN REACT SUN SUN React (Rapid, Effective Assistance for Children with SUN potentially Terminal illness) is a small national charity SUN for low-income families struggling with the costs of caring SUN for a terminally ill child at home. React responds quickly SUN to hundreds of urgent requests: from specialist equipment SUN which will not be funded by the parents' Local Authority to SUN 'basic essentials' such as washing machines and clothing. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00tkp1w (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00tkp1y (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00tkpbv (Listen) SUN Wrestling with God SUN SUN Andrew Graystone presents an act of worship recorded at this SUN year's Greenbelt Festival. SUN SUN Attended by over 20,000 people, Greenbelt is a festival SUN celebrating faith, social justice and the arts which has SUN been held annually since 1974. For the past decade its home SUN for the August Bank Holiday weekend has been Cheltenham SUN Racecourse, where people of faith and of no faith have SUN rubbed shoulders with the likes of the Archbishop of SUN Canterbury, Cliff Richard, Billy Bragg, The Proclaimers and SUN U2, discussing and wrestling with life's big questions. SUN SUN Amongst other things, this act of worship will feature a SUN reflection from Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological SUN Ethics at Duke University, North Carolina, and the voices of SUN poets Jude Simpson and Roger McGough, presenter of BBC Radio SUN 4's 'Poetry Please'. SUN SUN Producer: Simon Vivian. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00tjsm6 (Listen) SUN Memory and recall SUN SUN Lisa Jardine reflects on memory ....and her newly acquired SUN facility to recite Horace odes! She muses how - as she gets SUN older - her long-term memory seems to become sharper. She SUN recalls an episode from her past - forgotten for years - in SUN extraordinary clarity but wonders how accurate those SUN recollections actually are. SUN Producer: Adele Armstrong. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00tkpbx (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week with SUN Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00tkpbz (Listen) SUN Written by: Keri Davies SUN Directed by: Rosemary Watts SUN Editor: Vanessa Whitburn SUN SUN Jill Archer ..... Patricia Greene SUN David Archer ..... Timothy Bentinck SUN Ruth Archer ..... Felicity Finch SUN Nigel Pargetter ..... Graham Seed SUN Elizabeth Pargetter ..... Alison Dowling SUN Helen Archer ..... Louiza Patikas SUN Tom Archer ..... Tom Graham SUN Brian Aldridge ..... Charles Collingwood SUN Jennifer Aldridge ..... Angela Piper SUN Lilian Bellamy ..... Sunny Ormonde SUN Jolene Perks ..... Buffy Davis SUN Fallon Rogers ..... Joanna Van Kampen SUN Kathy Perks ..... Hedli Niklaus SUN Eddie Grundy ..... Trevor Harrison SUN William Grundy ..... Philip Molloy SUN Nic Hanson ..... Becky Wright SUN Robert Snell ..... Graham Blockey SUN Lynda Snell ..... Carole Boyd SUN Bert Fry ..... Eric Allan SUN Kirsty Miller ..... Annabelle Dowler SUN Jazzer McCreary ..... Ryan Kelly SUN Patrick Hennessy ..... Joseph Kloska SUN Harry Mason ..... Michael Shelford SUN Reporter ..... Roddy Peters SUN Tim Harmison ..... James Howard SUN Barmaid "Citz" ..... Sophie Cosson. SUN SUN 11:15 The Reunion b00tkpc1 (Listen) SUN Miss World 1970 SUN SUN In 1970, the Miss World held at the Royal Albert Hall in SUN London was disrupted by feminists protesting that the SUN competition was a cattle market. Bob Hope, presenting the SUN event, stood on a stage pelted with tomatoes and flour SUN bombs. Bouncers were sprayed with blue ink. The women SUN disrupting the competition shouted: 'we're not beautiful, SUN we're not ugly, we're angry.' SUN SUN Bob Hope's less than enlightened verdict on the events was SUN that anyone who might disrupt Miss World 'must be on some SUN kind of dope'. But the Women's Liberation Movement proved SUN otherwise. SUN SUN The Women's Liberation Movement's protests at the Miss World SUN contest were not solely aimed at rejecting the event itself SUN though, but more at the implications of the wider SUN exploitation of women in society. Economically and socially, SUN women were subject to continual discrimination and the SUN epitome of such prejudice was highlighted by this public SUN celebration of female beauty. SUN SUN The programme looks at the event through the eyes of the SUN participants who were involved both on and off stage. It SUN examines their motives for participating in the protest and SUN how those organising the event and taking part as SUN contestants felt about the contest. Sue is joined by the SUN former Miss World of 1970; Jennifer Hosten, one of the key SUN organisers; Peter Jolley and protestors Sally Alexander and SUN Jo Robinson. SUN SUN Producer: Christina Captieux SUN A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00tj74s (Listen) SUN Series 57, Episode 5 SUN SUN Popular panel game in which guests attempt to speak for a SUN minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. Recorded SUN at the Edinburgh Fringe festival with guests Paul merton, SUN Jenny Eclair, Fred Macaulay and Stephen K. Amos. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00tkpc3 (Listen) SUN Chef Mark Hix travels to Transylvania to help revive a SUN disappearing food culture. From cheese making shepherds to SUN pickle producers, he meets the people improving food in SUN Romania. SUN 12:57 Weather b00tkpc5 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00tkpc7 (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world, with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Edwin Morgan: A Book of Lives b00tntd9 (Listen) SUN Poet Edwin Morgan, who died in August, had a writing career SUN spanning over 60 years, His work reflected a passion for SUN life and a love for his native city of Glasgow. David SUN Stenhouse looks back at the achievements of Scotland's SUN national poet. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00tjsj7 (Listen) SUN Bob Flowerdew, Bunny Guinness and Matthew Wilson join SUN gardeners in Suffolk for a horticultural discussion. Peter SUN Gibbs is the chairman. SUN SUN In addition, the panel visit Helmingham Hall to investigate SUN the dos and don'ts of border design. SUN SUN Producers: Lucy Dichmont & Howard Shannon SUN A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:45 A Guide to Coastal Birds b00tkpf9 (Listen) SUN Offshore Islands SUN SUN 5/5. Brett Westwood is joined by keen bird watcher Stephen SUN Moss on the Devonshire coast. With the help of wildlife SUN sound recordist Chris Watson they offer a practical and SUN entertaining guide to birds that you're most likely to see SUN and hear on Britain's off-shore islands; birds like Common SUN Eider Duck, Puffin, Manx Shearwater and Arctic Tern. SUN SUN This is the last of five programmes to help identify many of SUN the birds found around our British coastline in places like SUN sandy beaches, rocky shores, estuaries, sea cliffs and SUN off-shore islands. Not only is there advice on how to SUN recognise the birds from their appearance, but also how to SUN identify them from their calls and songs. SUN SUN This series complements three previous series; A Guide to SUN Garden Birds, A Guide Woodland Birds and A Guide to Water SUN Birds and is aimed at both the complete novice as well as SUN those who are eager to learn more about our coastal visitors SUN and residents. SUN SUN Produced by Sarah Blunt. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00762ts (Listen) SUN My Family and Other Animals, Episode 1 SUN SUN My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, dramatised by SUN Janys Chambers SUN SUN My Family and Other Animals is Gerald Durrell's comic gem of SUN a book, the classic story of his upper-class English SUN eccentric family, whose antics persist on disrupting his SUN enthralling natural history escapades on the sunny, SUN pre-package holiday Greek island of 1930s Corfu. Recounted SUN with immense humour and charm, this is a wonderful account SUN of a rare, magical childhood. SUN Episode 1: Meet the family...plus a few animals. SUN SUN Gerry.....Adam Usden SUN Adult.....GerryWill Tacey SUN Mother.....Celia Imrie SUN Larry.....Toby Jones SUN Margo.....Anna Kirke SUN Leslie.....Paul Hunter SUN Spiro.....Andreas Markos SUN Dr Androuchelli/Dr Stephanides.....Graeme Hawley SUN Lugaretzia.....Katia David SUN SUN Directed in Manchester by Polly Thomas. SUN SUN 16:00 Bookclub b00tkpff (Listen) SUN Yann Martel SUN SUN James Naughtie and readers talk to the Canadian writer Yann SUN Martel about his novel Life of Pi, which won the 2002 Man SUN Booker prize and went on to be a global phenomenon. SUN SUN James Naughtie chairs the programme. SUN SUN October's Bookclub choice : 'Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha' by Roddy SUN Doyle SUN SUN Producer : Dymphna Flynn. SUN SUN 16:30 Crazy For Love: Layla and the Mad Poet b00tkqjg (Listen) SUN The inspiration for Eric Clapton's seminal pop song, 'Layla SUN and Majnun' is said to be the most beautiful poem in the SUN Arab world and beyond. SUN Pre-empting Romeo and Juliet by centuries, Layla and Majnun SUN is the classic Middle East love story. Sitting at the heart SUN of pre-Islamic Arab culture, its message is universal and it SUN has since crossed borders and transcended language barriers SUN even spreading as far as India and Turkey. SUN Based on a tale of thwarted love and poetry sent on the SUN wind, Anthony Sattin tells the tale of its creator - Majnun SUN - whose name is the word for 'mad' or 'crazy' in Arabic and SUN tries to find out if he, or the object of his love, were SUN real or imagined, fact or fiction. SUN SUN Producer: Sara Jane Hall. SUN SUN 17:00 Divided Britain b00tjb1k (Listen) SUN In 2006, Radio 4 was given access to a ground breaking SUN education scheme in East Lancashire which aimed to improve SUN GCSE results and break down divisions in an area where white SUN and Asian families live separate, parallel lives. SUN Following the disturbances in Burnley in the summer of 2001, SUN schools were identified as having a crucial role in SUN promoting community cohesion. Lancashire County Council was SUN given the go ahead to close 11 schools and reopen them as 8 SUN new community colleges each with the aim of being a hub for SUN the neighbourhood, where Asian and white families would come SUN together and get to know each other. The last of those £25 SUN million buildings are due to open in September. SUN Marsden Heights Community College in Nelson moved into its SUN new facilities after Easter. Head teacher Mike Tull is SUN excited by the opportunities that the building brings and SUN hopes it will help engage parents in the area. But what are SUN the challenges he faces in breaking down cultural barriers SUN in the former mill towns of Brierfield and Nelson? SUN Since the scheme began his school has gone from being 60% SUN Asian students to nearly 80% and he says many white parents SUN choose other schools for their children because of prejudice SUN not standards of education. Locals already describe Marsden SUN Heights as "the Asian school". And now a charity is looking SUN to open an Islamic girls school nearby which many say SUN threatens to further segregate young people. SUN Can these new "superschools" make a difference or are racial SUN divisions becoming more entrenched? SUN Producer: Sally Chesworth SUN Presenter: Gerry Northam. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00tk7s9 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00tkqjj (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00tkqjl (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00tkqjn (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00tkqjq (Listen) SUN Hardeep Singh Kohli makes his selection from the past seven SUN days of BBC Radio SUN SUN A veritable chocolate box of delights this week, picked by SUN Hardeep Singh Kohli. A tribute to Humphrey Lyttleton, Art SUN Critic Brian Sewell on Stock Car Racing, some comedy SUN silliness of the highest order, a Symphony for Yorkshire and SUN an explanation of the creation of the universe using SUN beachball and raisin-based cakes as analogies. And that's SUN just the top layer... SUN SUN Humph Celebration Concert - Radio 4 SUN Stock Car Sewell - Radio 4 SUN Nick Mohammed in Bits - Radio 4 SUN Foster - Radio 4 SUN From The Pennines to the Sea - Radio Leeds SUN Serbian Trumpets - Radio 4 SUN Divided Britain - Radio 4 SUN Head to Head - Radio 4 SUN Beyond Belief - Radio 4 SUN What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else - Radio 4 SUN The Reunion - Radio 4 SUN Archive on 4: Barbara - Radio 4 SUN The Great Swim - Radio 4 SUN Happy Campers - Radio 2 SUN SUN Producer: Cecile Wright. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00tkqkm (Listen) SUN Clarrie has her suspicions, and is it last orders at The SUN Bull? SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00tkqs1 (Listen) SUN An insider guide to the people and the stories shaping SUN America today, featuring location reports, lively discussion SUN and exclusive interviews. SUN SUN 19:45 The Blitz b00tkqs3 (Listen) SUN Plymouth SUN SUN In the first of a series of programmes telling stories of SUN the Blitz from across the UK, Angela Rippon is in her home SUN town of Plymouth to find out how the city's children lived SUN through the terror of the air raids which Plymouth endured SUN from the summer of 1940. SUN SUN Angela meets people who survived the most ferocious bombing SUN attacks in the Spring of 1941, and she explores a SUN fascinating archive of school logs - which give an SUN extraordinary picture of daily school life during wartime. SUN SUN The scene is set by Terry Charman, the Senior Historian at SUN The Imperial War Museum. He explains that at the start of SUN the Second World War, Plymouth was not considered to be a SUN likely target for aerial attacks, and so many children SUN remained there throughout the conflict. SUN SUN In today's programme, Angela meets some of those children - SUN most now in their eighties - and hears about how they coped SUN with the terror of the bombing, the nights in the shelters SUN and even the loss of members of their own families. SUN SUN As part of the programme we travel to the Plymouth and West SUN Devon Record Office where Angela is given a unique insight SUN into how schools tried to carry on as normal during the air SUN raids. The city has an extraordinary collection of logs - SUN kept by schools and detailing all the events of daily life SUN during the years when Plymouth was under attack. In these SUN books we discover accounts of the children being sent to the SUN shelters because of an air attack, of the strain on teachers SUN and pupils alike caused by the bombing and records of poor SUN attendance caused by the Blitz. But normal life goes on, SUN with records of exams and school inspections, and the logs SUN provide a moving account of how Plymouth's schools did their SUN best to provide some kind of normality for their children. SUN SUN Producer: Louise Adamson SUN A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:00 More or Less b00tjsj3 (Listen) SUN Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers SUN behind the news. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00tjsj9 (Listen) SUN On Last Word this week: SUN SUN Lord Glenconner - who, as Colin Tennant, created the island SUN resort of Mustique where rock stars and royalty had their SUN holiday homes. SUN Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis, the shadowy head of SUN the secret police in Greece who is blamed for provoking the SUN Turkish invasion of Cyprus SUN The prison reform campaigner Lady Anne Tree, who set up a SUN charity to allow inmates to make money from needlework. SUN Michel Montignac who created a weight loss diet which SUN allowed you to eat foie gras and chocolate and drink champagne. SUN SUN Sir Cyril Smith SUN Liberal MP who has died aged 82 SUN Sir Cyril Smith represented the town of Rochdale in the SUN Commons for twenty years. Despite at one time being the SUN Liberal Chief Whip, he was a political maverick who backed SUN the death penalty, spoke in favour of corporal punishment SUN and was also at odds with the Liberal policy on nuclear SUN disarmament. SUN SUN He had a larger than life personality and was believed to be SUN the heaviest British MP ever, having had a peak reported SUN weight of 29 stone 12 pounds. SUN SUN His long involvement in local politics made it possible for SUN him to win the seat for the Liberals in a by election in SUN 1972. SUN SUN Matthew talks to Liz Lynn, who replaced Cyril as MP for SUN Rochdale. SUN SUN Sir Cyril Smith was born 28 June 1928 and died 3 September SUN 2010 SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00tjvxk (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00tkp1t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00tjrp8 (Listen) SUN Hidden Depths SUN SUN London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a SUN submersible vessel that flies through the deepest ocean like SUN a plane. Peter Day reports from his workshop in California, SUN where he wonders why space exploration makes decades of SUN headlines while it is so hard to get backers for deepsea SUN travel into a world no one has ever seen. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00tkqwf (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00tkqwh (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Papers Say b00tkqwk (Listen) SUN Episode 17 SUN SUN BBC Radio 4 brings back a much loved TV favourite - What the SUN Papers Say. It does what it says on the tin. In each SUN programme a leading political journalist has a wry look at SUN how the broadsheets and red tops treat the biggest stories SUN in Westminster and beyond. This week Hugo Rifkind of The SUN Times takes the chair and the editor is Catherine Donegan. SUN SUN Featured Presenter: Hugo Rifkind SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00tjsjc (Listen) SUN Francine Stock discusses the work of legendary Iranian SUN director Abbas Kiarostami with William Shimell, the opera SUN singer who makes his feature film debut in Certified Copy SUN SUN In an exclusive interview, Martin Scorsese's long-time SUN collaborator, Thelma Schoonmaker reveals some of her editing SUN secrets on Shutter Island and gives us an insight into their SUN next movie, a children's film called Hugo Cabaret, which is SUN being shot in 3-D. SUN SUN Claire Denis and Pierre Rissient discuss the influence of SUN Jean Luc Godard's Breathless, 50 years after the SUN ground-breaking work was released onto an unsuspecting public. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00tkp1h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 06 SEPTEMBER 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00tkrf1 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00tjfzj (Listen) MON French culture - Network Nudge MON MON Has French culture become provincial and inward looking? MON France aspires to be a global cultural power. But a new book MON - 'The Death of French Culture' - argues that its government MON creates a walled garden producing cinema and literature for MON its own market but not for the world. Gone are the days of MON geniuses like Emile Zola and Francois Truffaut who spoke to MON millions. Laurie Taylor is joined by the book's author MON Donald Morrison and by Noelle Lenoir, a former French MON minister for European affairs. They consider whether MON protectionism has caused a decline in French creativity and MON if state subsidies produce mediocre art. Also, the economist MON Paul Ormerod highlights the power of networks to change MON behaviour. Could an understanding of how our connections MON influence our choices help tackle everything from obesity to MON unemployment? MON MON Producer: Jayne Egerton. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00tkp1c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tkrhr (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tkxqc (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tkrlg (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00tkxtb (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tky2c (Listen) MON with The Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00tky8n (Listen) MON A massive mussel farm in Lyme Bay has been given the MON go-ahead and not everyone in the area is happy. Fishermen MON fear that their activities will be restricted by the mussel MON farm. This week Farming Today is focussing on the dairy MON industry and today we ask whether its a good time to be in dairy. MON Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Martin MON Poyntz-Roberts. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00tmjdy (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00tkymk (Listen) MON With Justin Webb and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Uncertain Climate b00tmcz3 (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON MON In a special Radio 4 series 'Uncertain Climate', the BBC's MON Environmental Analyst Roger Harrabin MON questions whether his own reporting - and that of others - MON has adequately told the story about global warming. MON MON Roger Harrabin has reported on the climate for almost thirty MON years, but last November while working on the "Climategate" MON emails story, he was prompted to look again at the basics of MON climate science. MON MON At this crucial moment in global climate policy making, he MON talks to seminal characters in the climate change debate MON including Tony Blair, Lord Lawson, Sir Crispin Tickell and MON the influential blogger Steve McIntyre. MON MON This second programme discusses the nature of uncertainty in MON science. It asks whether scientists have properly explained MON climate uncertainties or whether they have been seduced by MON reporters into simple headline statements. MON MON The programme examines how scientific uncertainly plays out MON in the media and politics. MON MON Producer: Daniel Tetlow. MON MON 09:30 The Curse of the Number Two b00t4q0z (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON MON Nick Clegg's meteoric rise to become Deputy Prime Minister MON has brought into sharp focus the role of the number two. MON It's not always an enviable position. So why, in British MON politics, does the deputy so rarely reach the summit? And MON why, when he does, does it usually end in disaster? Think of MON Michael Foot or Anthony Eden. These programmes talk to a MON number of the politicians who became deputy leader of their MON party or even Deputy Prime Minister but who just didn't MON reach the summit -- people like Roy Hattersley, Michael MON Heseltine, Shirley Williams, Margaret Beckett and Geoffrey MON Howe. Some never really wanted the job in the first place, MON others found it an exciting experience from which they MON learned a lot. One likens it to a bucket of warm spit, only MON worse. So is there a jinx on the role of the deputy? The MON political commentator, Julia Langdon, finds out in The Curse MON of the Number Two. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b00tkymr (Listen) MON Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 1 MON MON "Roald Dahl thought biographies were boring. He told me so MON while munching on a lobster claw." MON MON The new biographer of Dahl is Donald Sturrock, who once made MON a film about the writer, so knew the man and his family very MON well. His book charts Dahl's rich and varied life as fighter MON pilot, intelligence operative, and the adult writer who then MON wrote for children in such an impactful way that he remains MON hugely popular with today's young readers. He was truly on MON their wavelength. He spoke to them through books such as MON Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, The BFG and Danny, MON Champion of The World. MON MON Sturrock investigates Dahl's eternal popularity as a writer. MON And of course the man behind the books... MON MON 1.In the first of five episodes, abridged by Alison Joseph, MON the biographer sits at the Dahl dinner table and recounts a MON memorable visit to the writer's hut, where certain treasures MON are unearthed. MON MON The reader is Julian Rhind-Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian MON McDiarmid MON MON Producer Duncan Minshull. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tkz4b (Listen) MON Actress Drew Barrymore talks to presenter Jane Garvey about MON her new film. Musical star Kerry Ellis on her Proms in the MON Park debut, new project with Brian May and role in the stage MON show Oliver. We look at the cohort of Republican challengers MON in this year's US midterm elections. And Mary Berry and Paul MON Hollywood, judges from the TV show the Great British Bake MON Off talk about the craft of baking, pastry and bread making. MON MON 10:45 The Blitz b00tkz4d (Listen) MON Liverpool MON MON In the second of a series of programmes telling stories of MON the Blitz from around the UK, Peter Sissons is in his home MON town of Liverpool to find out about the Blitz on Merseyside. MON MON Peter starts by exploring the 'secret diary' kept by one of MON Liverpool's newspaper journalists during the city's Blitz. MON Arthur Johnson was the Blitz Correspondent for Liverpool's MON Daily Post and Echo newspapers. Throughout the bombing he MON reported for the papers. But once he got home, he would also MON type up his own detailed accounts of the bombing and the MON deaths and damage caused. At a time when all newspaper MON reports had to be censored, this was his own personal record MON which told exactly what was happening during the Blitz. MON MON Arthur Johnson died towards the end of the War, but Peter MON meets his son - also Arthur Johnson - who takes him through MON some of the diary entries and tells him more about his MON father and how he gathered this remarkable account. MON MON Liverpool's importance as a port made it an obvious target MON for the Luftwaffe, but it was also home to the command MON centre for the Battle of the Atlantic. Local historian Ken MON Pye takes Peter to see the underground complex where that MON crucial campaign was co-ordinated MON MON During the programme, Peter also talks to some of the men MON and women who lived through Merseyside's May Blitz in 1941. MON One of these is Sophie Griffiths - whose home was destroyed MON by the bombers on her 21st birthday. She gives Peter a vivid MON account of what it was like to face up to the German bombers MON and how her family survived a direct hit on their street. MON MON Producer: Louise Adamson MON A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:00 God's Ambassador b00tmkg7 (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON MON When Francis Campbell went to see his careers advisor to MON find out about becoming a diplomat, he was told that the MON Foreign Office didnt recruit in Northern Ireland. That was MON the 1980s, things are different now. He was the first MON Catholic to be appointed to the role of Ambassador to the MON Holy See since the Reformation and he's been our man in the MON Vatican since 2005. Not bad for a man born into farming MON stock in a tiny Northern Irish village on the border with MON Ireland. MON The Holy See might be one of the smallest British Embassies, MON but Francis is quick to point out the international scope of MON his team. In this two part series, Ruth Mcdonald follows the MON work of the tiny team in Rome, as they prepare for the MON Pope's visit to the UK - the first STATE visit by the head MON of the Catholic Church to this country. Francis talks about MON the day he had to apologise to the Vatican after the leaked MON memo from the Foreign Office was front page news around the MON world ("there are a few things in your life as a diplomat MON that you would prefer not to do, and one if them is to have MON to offer an unreserved apology for stupid actions of your MON colleagues" says Francis). MON Francis is a charming, friendly and honest man, whose own MON memories of the Pope's visit to Ireland in 1979 means he MON knows just what a papal visit can mean to the Catholic MON minority in the UK. He himself started training for the MON priesthood - although his interest in politics won out, and MON he dropped out of seminary. But a strong faith is behind his MON enthusiasm and drive for this papal visit - enthusiasm that MON doesnt flag even though the media focus on the visit has so MON far been on cost and clerical abuse. MON In programme 2, Ruth travels between London and Rome, MON following Francis and the team in Whitehall and the Vatican. MON MON 11:30 HR b00tmkg9 (Listen) MON Series 2, Wandering MON MON Comedy drama series by Nigel Williams that charts the MON misfortunes of a middle-aged HR officer and his MON trouble-making colleague. MON MON Sam and Peter wile away retirement blues with a holiday in MON Spain. Suddenly Sam, a lifelong virgin, seems to be MON presented with a life-changing opportunity. MON MON Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost MON Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce MON Miguel ..... Sam Dale MON Gwenda ..... Christine Kavanagh MON MON Director: Peter Kavanagh. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00tl052 (Listen) MON On You and Yours today we hear from the heavily pregnant MON mum-to-be who had her phone cut off without warning. She MON describes her anxiety, and Virgin Media explains why it MON takes this action from time to time. MON MON We also get the latest statistics on the drug and medicine MON shortage in this country MON MON Plus we learn about a French delicacy called the ortolan: MON exclusive but controversial. MON MON 12:57 Weather b00tl07d (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00tl07q (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Round Britain Quiz b00tmkgc (Listen) MON (6/12) Tom Sutcliffe referees the latest cryptic contest in MON the 2010 series. Their previous appearances left both the MON Midlands (Stephen Maddock and Rosalind Miles) and Northern MON Ireland (Polly Devlin and Brian Feeney) needing a win. Which MON of them will triumph today? MON Producer: Paul Bajoria. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00tkqkm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tgd80 (Listen) MON The Cracks MON By Rob Evans. MON MON A dark and lyrical drama set in the heart of London. MON MON Michael's a teenager who feels like his life's about to MON begin. He's travelling from Leeds to London for a date with MON a guy he's met online. MON MON David's a forty year-old man who feels like he might be over MON the hill. When his partner announces he's leaving, David's MON life finally caves in. MON MON Michael and David's worlds are about to collide as each MON wanders Soho on a quest that will change them forever. MON MON Michael......James Anthony Pearson MON David..........Liam Brennan MON Greg......Paul Thomas Hickey MON MON Director: Kirsty Williams. MON MON 15:00 Archive on 4 b00tk7sf (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 James and the Giant Tree House b00tl2nz (Listen) MON Episode 1 MON MON Like many small boys James Aldred loved climbing trees. MON Today, he stills loves climbing trees, but as a MON professional, helping scientists and wildlife filming crews MON into the canopy to study and film the wildlife here. As well MON as climbing trees, he loves building tree houses. When he MON isn't climbing trees, he's dreaming about them and MON scribbling designs for tree houses on scraps of paper or the MON back of cereal boxes. So, when he received a phone call MON inviting him to build a tree house which would be large MON enough to accommodate at least 4 people for over a month MON whilst they filmed Red-capped Mangabey monkeys in the MON forests of Gabon in Central West Africa, he didn't hesitate MON in accepting the challenge. This is the story of what MON happened; a terrific Boy's Own Adventure high above the MON ground in the forest canopy! MON MON The first challenge was to find a suitable tree. After MON several days searching in an area called Petit Luango, James MON finally finds a suitable tree. With microphones attached to MON his helmets, he uses ropes to climb up into the canopy to MON get a better look at the tree. Before he reaches the top MON though, he is attacked by a swarm of aggressive honey bees. MON High above the forest floor, he has to stay calm and MON transfer onto his abseil ropes, whilst receiving some 60 or MON more bee stings. Fortunately he makes it safely back down to MON the ground. But once back in camp, his entire face and head MON swell up like a football. Shaken but not deterred, James is MON determined to continue his search for a suitable tree and MON build the giant treehouse! MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00tkpc3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00tmkr3 (Listen) MON The roots of English Catholicism MON MON In Beyond Belief, Ernie Rea and his guests explore the place MON of faith in our complex world. MON MON Ernie is joined by three guests who discuss how their own MON religious tradition affects their values and outlook on the MON world, often revealing hidden and contradictory truths. MON MON In this programme, ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's state visit MON to England and Scotland, Ernie and his guests ask what is MON distinctive about English Catholicism. How did the ban on MON Catholics taking public office, only lifted in 1829 with the MON Catholic Relief Act, alter the treatment and perception of MON Catholics in England? What were the key moments and factors MON which restored Catholicism to a place in society and how MON have those created a distinctive form of Catholicism, unique MON to England and different to traditional Catholic countries. MON How does this play out today in public life, in relationship MON to the Pope and in acceptance of Vatican authority? MON MON Producer: Karen Maurice. MON MON 17:00 PM b00tl3dr (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 b00tl3kx (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b00tmkr5 (Listen) MON Series 57, Episode 6 MON MON Radio 4's popular panel game is back this week with Paul MON Merton, Sue perkins, Liza Tarbuck and John Sergeant. MON They attempt to speak for a minute without repetition, MON hesitation or deviation under the watchful eye of Nicholas MON Parsons. Subjects include How to Audition, What Shall We Do MON With the Drunken Sailor! and Two to Tango - What will John MON Sergeant make of that one..? MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00tl092 (Listen) MON Matt sets the cat amongst the pigeons and Lynda is thrown MON into a panic. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00tl3y1 (Listen) MON With Kirsty Lang, who re-assesses the career of pioneering MON Victorian photographer Eadweard Muybridge, in the light of a MON major new exhibition of his work. MON MON Producer Gavin Heard. MON MON 19:45 The Blitz b00tkz4d (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Portraying the Poor b00qyw6y (Listen) MON In Print MON MON The first of two programmes about the image of poverty and MON of the working class that has been created by writers (Part MON 1) and by films and television (Part 2). MON Whether it's Friedrich Engels's report on the Salford slums MON in the 1840s through to George Orwell's account of his MON expeditions to Wigan and the hop-fields of Kent, our picture MON of the poor has been painted by members of the middle class. MON Paul Mason asks whether this outsider's view gives us a full MON and fair account - or whether it says more about the MON attitudes of the literary class than about the poor themselves. MON Interviewees include Orwell's biographer D.J.Taylor; Polly MON Toynbee (author of "Hard Work: Life In Low-Pay Britain") and MON Michael Collins (author of "The Likes Of Us - A Biography Of MON The White Working Class"). Producer Peter Everett. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b00tjrgx (Listen) MON The Church in China MON MON Christopher Landau explores the explosive growth of MON christianity in China, with millions flocking to the MON official Protestant and Catholic churches. The country has MON the world's largest bible printing press while some MON factories are run on Christian principles. Why has the MON Communist state, which is formally atheist, endorsed this MON transition? There is official interest in the idea of a MON "Protestant work ethic" aiding the country's economy while MON some branches of government hope that the church's social MON services will help care for an ageing population. MON Producer: Caroline Finnigan. MON MON 21:00 Material World b00tjrp4 (Listen) MON Quentin Cooper presents this week's digest of science in and MON behind the headlines. In this edition; The Cluster mission MON is ten years old this week. Quentin discusses how its MON findings help us understand the protective properties of the MON magnetosphere against solar winds. The problem of cracking MON concrete and its potential bacterial solution is discussed MON as Quentin looks at bio-concrete which uses a strain of MON mineral-eating bacteria to do the job. As the humble fruit MON fly stars in its own conference Quentin takes a closer look MON at how important Drosophilia are in genetic experiments and MON interviews with all four So You Want To Be A Scientist MON finalists at the crucial results phase of their experiments. MON MON The producer is Ania Lichtarowicz. MON MON 21:30 Uncertain Climate b00tmcz3 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00tl4b4 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00tl4cv (Listen) MON Radio 4's daily evening news and current affairs programme MON bringing you global news and analysis. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00tl4h6 (Listen) MON Alex y Robert, Episode 1 MON MON Written by Wena Poon. In contemporary Spain bullfighting is MON in decline, squeezed by recession and overshadowed by the MON threat of being banned. It's a bad time for anyone to want MON to be a matador, let alone a girl, and an American girl at MON that. MON MON Unfortunately, Alejandra 'Alex' Herrera has wanted to do MON little else since she was a child. She seeks the help of MON Roberto de la Torre, a young and famous matador. Among the MON things they have in common: their grandfathers were friends MON and matadors who both perished in the bullring in 1959. MON MON Alex flies from Austin to Valencia. The University of Texas MON believes she's attending a Spanish study programme but Alex MON has other plans, and sets off for San MartÃn: hometown of MON her matador grandfather. MON MON Abridged by Jeremy Osborne MON Read by Lorelei King MON Producer: Karen Rose MON A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Word of Mouth b00tj94q (Listen) MON Every two weeks another language becomes extinct and, MON according to UNESCO, more than 2400 languages spoken today MON are endangered and will probably vanish by the end of the MON century. In this edition of Word of Mouth Chris Ledgard MON meets some of those who are dedicating their lives to MON maintaining global linguistic diversity. These include Dr MON Mark Turin, the founder of the Oral Literature Project in MON Cambridge who works with Thangmi speakers in a remote region MON of Nepal; Dr Stephen Leonard who is preparing to spend a MON year in Northern Greenland with a community whose language MON is threatened as an indirect consequence of global warming; MON and Dr Julia Sallabank who is working to preserve MON Guernesiais, a language unique to the island of Guernsey. MON According to the 2001 census, it was spoken by just 2% of MON the population. Producer Paul Dodgson. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b00tl4mn (Listen) MON News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament MON with Sean Curran. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 07 SEPTEMBER 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00tkrd8 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b00tkymr (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tkrfy (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tkxls (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tkrht (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00tkxqf (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tkxtd (Listen) TUE with The Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00tky2f (Listen) TUE Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Martin Poyntz TUE Roberts. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00tky8q (Listen) TUE With Justin Webb and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; TUE Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 What's the Point of ... b00tmkyf (Listen) TUE Series 3, The Kennel Club TUE TUE It has a fine dining room and a celebrated collection of TUE canine art. It has a charitable trust and organises the TUE greatest dog show on earth. That doesn't stop Quentin Letts TUE asking, "What's the point of the Kennel club?" TUE TUE The kennel club was founded in 1873 by twelve Victorian TUE gentlemen who liked dogs and dinners in equal measure, and TUE wanted to bring some discipline into the world of dog TUE breeding and showing. It's struggling to do that today. TUE Some breeders and showers are in open revolt against Kennel TUE Club health regulations. Others from the welfare lobby say TUE the Kennel club hasn't been doing enough to tackle the TUE suffering caused to dogs by generations of inbreeding. TUE TUE Quentin enjoys the sunshine, spectacle and order of a dog TUE show in Worcestershire, goes for a walk with a breathless TUE dog suffering a range of genetic disorders, and enters TUE the hallowed halls of the Kennel club Clarges street as he TUE considers whether this British institution still has the TUE teeth needed to improve the lot of dogs in this country. TUE TUE 09:30 How The Mighty Have Fallen b00tmlgy (Listen) TUE Pills, Potions and Quackery TUE TUE "How can a magic box of pills, syrup or vegetable juice, TUE Eradicate at once those ills, Which years of luxury TUE produce?" - Surgeon William Wadd in 1816, warning a gullible TUE public of the dangers of obesity remedies. TUE TUE The search for a wonder-drug to cure obesity has persisted TUE for centuries. Over the ages, possible contenders have TUE included such unlikely remedies as deadly poisons - mercury, TUE arsenic and strychnine "as well as goats' ovaries, tobacco TUE and perhaps even tape worms: 'Eat! Eat! Eat! And always stay TUE thin!". TUE TUE In his final programme on the history of obesity, Dr Hilary TUE Jones focuses on Pills, Potions and Quackery. TUE TUE In conversation with Professor David Haslam of the National TUE Obesity Forum, he peruses a collection of weird and TUE wonderful historic remedies, including the 'King of TUE Corpulency Cures'. And he hears about the dire consequences TUE of some of the more dangerous remedies. TUE TUE What can we learn from the past- will there ever be a TUE miracle obesity cure? TUE TUE Other contributors include pharmacist Dr Terry Maguire and TUE leading obesity expert Professor Stephan Rossner, of the TUE Karolinska Institute in Sweden. TUE TUE Readings by Toby Longworth and Michael Fenton-Stevens TUE Producer: Susan Kenyon TUE A Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b00tkymm (Listen) TUE Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 2 TUE TUE 2. According to Dahl, it was a dramatic war-time plane TUE crash that steered him towards being a writer. TUE TUE The reader is Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian TUE McDairmid TUE Producer Duncan Minshull. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tkyy8 (Listen) TUE Presented by Jane Garvey. Celebrating, informing and TUE entertaining women with news, views and interviews of TUE topical interest. TUE TUE 10:45 The Blitz b00tl03z (Listen) TUE The 7th of September 1940 saw the start of the London Blitz. TUE In an attempt to crush British morale and force a surrender TUE from Churchill, Hitler ordered his bombers to embark upon a TUE ferocious and sustained bombing campaign. On "Black TUE Saturday" - as the first day of the Blitz would come to be TUE known - 348 German bombers attacked London, forming a 20 TUE mile wide block of aircraft filling 800 square miles of sky. TUE TUE London was bombed for 76 consecutive nights. By the time the TUE bombing ended in May 1941 more than 20,000 people had been TUE killed, and nearly one and a half million had lost their TUE homes. TUE TUE Broadcaster and author Rosie Millard explores the technology TUE of the Blitz, from the iconic searchlights which swept the TUE sky hunting for German bombers, to the woefully inaccurate TUE "Ack-Ack" anti-aircraft guns. TUE TUE Rosie speaks to Londoners who were charged with operating TUE the many technological devices that became part of the TUE fabric of daily life in London during the Blitz. She hears TUE the fascinating story of those who oversaw the enormous TUE hydrogen filled barrage balloons that floated eerily above TUE the city, with the purpose of warding off low flying enemy TUE pilots. TUE TUE Rosie also visits the Royal Air Force Museum at Hendon in TUE North London. She is shown around their extensive TUE collection, which includes many startling examples of the TUE machines that defended our capital during the dark days of TUE the Blitz, 70 years ago. TUE TUE Producer: Max O'Brien TUE A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 11:00 Saving Species b00tmlh0 (Listen) TUE Episode 19 TUE TUE 19/40 Over August, the European Cranes we have been TUE monitoring in Saving Species have been moved to their new TUE home in the Somerset Levels. Earlier in the year they were TUE brought over from Germany - still as eggs! - they were then TUE hatched at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) Centre in TUE Slimbridge and hand reared. Extraordinary efforts have been TUE made not to expose these birds to people and WWT have even TUE taught them to be wary of terrestrial predators by using a TUE wildfowl decoy dog, which looks like a fox. We are going to TUE be live on the Somerset Levels to witness the release of the TUE European Crane, the first time they have been on the Levels TUE for 400 years. And they join many other long-legged birds TUE resident in the reedbeds, including the Heron and the Bittern. TUE TUE Presented by Brett Westwood TUE Produced by Kirsty Henderson TUE Series Editor Julian Hector. TUE TUE 11:30 In Search of the Singing Postman b00tmlh2 (Listen) TUE The writer DJ Taylor grew up in Norfolk. When he was missing TUE his roots, he'd put on a record by Allan Smethurst, The TUE Singing Postman, to remind him of home. TUE TUE Smethurst is best known for one song - Have You Got A Loight TUE Boy. By the mid 1960's he featured on the pop chart, just TUE behind The Moody Blues. With his goofy smile and postman's TUE uniform, he was the one hit wonder to end all one hit TUE wonders. But DJ Taylor believes he was something far more TUE than that. TUE TUE Taylor argues that the songs turn out, not to be novelty TUE numbers, but plaintive celebrations of a kind of lost, rural TUE life that had begun to disappear, even as it was committed TUE to vinyl. His songs are firmly rooted in the traditional TUE ballads of Norfolk. His work is the last gasp of a genuinely TUE popular art form, before it went down amid the onslaught of TUE post-war mass culture. TUE TUE There were even plans to send Smethurst to Nashville, the TUE idea being that 'Country and Eastern' would appeal to the US TUE audience. Smethurst admired the early American greats like TUE Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family - their playing TUE influenced his own lilting guitar style. TUE TUE This programme tells the story of Smethurst's brief TUE dalliance with fame and his steady fall into obscurity as he TUE struggled with alcohol addiction. DJ Taylor pays tribute to TUE the man who loved Norfolk, and through his songs preserved TUE the memories and language of an entire way of life. TUE TUE The programme is produced in Manchester by Nicola Swords. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00tl054 (Listen) TUE Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00tl067 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00tl07g (Listen) TUE National and international news with Shaun Ley. TUE TUE 13:30 Soul Music b00tmlh4 (Listen) TUE Series 10, Send in the Clowns TUE TUE Stephen Sondheim's song, Send In the Clowns, from the TUE musical 'A Little Night Music' was written late in TUE rehearsals for the actress Glynnis Johns, playing the part TUE of Desiree. A song of regret and anger, the part has TUE famously been played by Judi Dench, and the song became an TUE independent hit, sung by Judy Collins, Shirley Bassey and TUE Barbra Striesand. Hannah Waddingham played the youngest ever TUE Desiree in Trevor Nunn's production, and used her memories TUE of an unhappy relationship to inspire her performance. TUE TUE Dame Judi Dench TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00tl092 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tmlh6 (Listen) TUE Pilgrim, series 2, The Lost Hotel TUE TUE by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. In this latest adventure, Pilgrim TUE has to return a changeling child - Ray Norris - to his TUE rightful father, the King of the Greyfolk. Ray, meanwhile, TUE is beginning to feel the benefits of his faerie lineage, TUE with remarkable success on the stock market. TUE TUE Cast TUE William Palmer ..... Paul Hilton TUE Ray ..... Stuart McLoughlin TUE Croft ..... Sam Alexander TUE Doris ..... Judy Parfitt TUE Penny ..... Eliza Caitlin Parkes TUE Mr Winstanley ..... Iain Batchelor TUE Jack ..... Sam Dale TUE Mary ..... Christine Kavanagh TUE Mr Hazelbury ..... Sean Baker TUE Legend ..... Agnes Bateman TUE TUE Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. TUE TUE 15:00 Making History b00tmlh8 (Listen) TUE Vanessa Collingridge and the team follow up more questions TUE and research sent in by listeners that help us to understand TUE some of the bigger stories from our past. TUE TUE Today, Vanessa travels to Musselburgh to find out more about TUE the first modern battle on British soil and the first modern TUE map that depicted it. On 10th September 1547 the English and TUE Scottish armies faced each other just a few miles to the TUE east of Edinburgh in one of the key moments of what's become TUE known as the War of the 'Rough Wooing'. TUE TUE The English were using new, European-influenced, fighting TUE techniques that included artillery; the Scots, however, TUE relied on the medieval duality of man and horse. They were TUE dealt a heavy defeat. However, despite this being: the last TUE battle between Scots and English and the first 'modern' TUE battle, there is little locally that commemorates it and few TUE know much about it. TUE TUE Vanessa talks with historian Dr Fiona Watson and then TUE travels to the British Library in London to look at a map of TUE the Battle of Pinkie that librarian Peter Barber believes is TUE our first 'modern' map. TUE TUE Also in the programme, listeners in a small town on the TUE Essex/Suffolk border have got together for a community TUE performance of song and speech which recalls bitter rural TUE unrest in East Anglia in 1816 when the cry went up: 'bread TUE or blood'. We hear how an economic downturn, new technology TUE and the return of thousands of farm-workers from the TUE Napoleonic wars pushed this sleepy part of the world into TUE open revolt. TUE TUE Producer: Nick Patrick TUE A Pier Production for Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00tmmb6 (Listen) TUE I Got The Dog, Andria's story TUE TUE Susie Maguire's trilogy of comic stories about the fallout TUE from a break up. Who gets left with what? Music, water, TUE transportation, arithmetic...possessions, separations...and TUE Love. Rebecca Front reads Andria's story. TUE TUE Andria fell hook, line and sinker for the enigmatic and TUE brooding Russian pianist, Boris. They met at a street TUE market and the attraction was instant. He posted a little TUE Russian doll through her letterbox with his phone number TUE attached. How could she resist? TUE TUE She decides to buy a bed. A 'lit bateau'; a boat bed, which TUE she hoped was going to be a metaphor for the fantastic TUE voyage the two of them were about to embark on together. TUE TUE Sure enough, nine months later, the sound of Boris's piano TUE playing is punctuated by the patter of feet across the TUE parquet floor. Well, they are paws to be precise, belonging TUE to an Italian greyhound that Andria found on the street. TUE They name her Mimi. TUE TUE Boris's passion for his art, once the very thing that TUE attracted Andria, is becoming a source of friction. That TUE intensity that was once directed to her is now being poured TUE into his music. He's playing piano at 4 a.m. in the TUE morning, Andria is angry and Mimi is confused. TUE TUE After one particularly blazing row, Andria wakes to the TUE realisation that her bed that was once so symbolic of the TUE dreams she held for their future, now resembled the raft of TUE the Medusa. Things can't go on - but what about poor Mimi? TUE Beds, pianos, dogs and shipwrecks as Rebecca Front reads TUE Andria's story. TUE TUE Producer: Sarah Langan. TUE TUE 15:45 James and the Giant Tree House b00tl2ys (Listen) TUE Episode 2 TUE TUE The first challenge was to find a suitable tree. After TUE several days searching in an area called Petit Luango, James TUE finally finds a suitable tree. With microphones attached to TUE his helmets, he climbs up into the canopy to get a better TUE look at the tree. As he approaches the top, he is suddenly TUE attacked by a swarm of aggressive honey bees. High above the TUE forest floor, he has to stay calm and transfer onto his TUE abseil ropes, whilst receiving some 60 or more bee stings. TUE Back in camp, his entire face and head swells up like a TUE football. He's probably lucky to be alive. Shaken but not TUE deterred, James is determined to continue his search for a TUE suitable tree and build the giant tree house! TUE TUE But things don't get much easier when James and Nick are TUE chased by one large and very fast bull elephant! TUE TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth b00tmt93 (Listen) TUE Voices for Posterity TUE TUE Chris Ledgard talks to people who are preserving their TUE voices for posterity. He meets Tony Crimlisk who's been TUE recording his family and friends on an old Grundig tape TUE player since 1956, oral historian Shelley Trower and TUE Laurence Brewer who's in the process of banking his voice TUE before he loses it forever. TUE Produced by Beatrice Fenton. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b00tmt95 (Listen) TUE Series 22, Golda Meir TUE TUE Golda Meir was the Iron Lady of Israeli politics, a TUE straight-talking, intransigent leader who once said, "There TUE is a type of woman who does not let her husband narrow her TUE horizons". She is the choice of former Conservative TUE government minister Edwina Currie. TUE Golda Meir was born in Kiev and educated in the United TUE States, but moved to Palestine her twenties, just after the TUE First World War. One of the signatories on Israel's TUE Declaration of Independence in 1948, Meir was elected to the TUE Knesset and stayed there until she retired in her late TUE sixties. But when prime minister Levi Eshkol died TUE unexpectedly she was called back to take his place. She was TUE the compromise candidate but stayed there for five years and TUE was in power during the Yom Kippur War. TUE Edwina Currie admires her conviction and humanity, and that TUE fact that she reminds her of her granny. TUE Ahron Bregman from the Department of War Studies at Kings TUE College London, served in the Israeli army and was present TUE at Golda Meir's funeral. Unlike Edwina, Ahron thinks Golda TUE Meir made some unforgiveable mistakes. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00tl3cv (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 b00tl3gw (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Listen Against b00tmt97 (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 1 TUE TUE Listen Against: the programme that looks back at a week's TUE worth of radio and TV that never happened, and works its way TUE through it all, like a critical tapeworm going through a TUE giant media dog. TUE TUE Jeremy Paxman finally breaks and goes rogue, Today gets TUE remade as a US sitcom, and listeners thoughts on the Food TUE Programme giving recipes for cooking a Flump and spit TUE roasting a Clanger. With special guests Jenni Murray, TUE Richard Bacon and John Humphrys. TUE TUE Presented by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes. TUE TUE Featuring: James Bachman, Stephen Critchlow, Sarah Hadland TUE and David Schnieder. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00tl08t (Listen) TUE Eddie says a little too much and Lynda sets Bert a TUE challenge. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00tl3kz (Listen) TUE With John Wilson, including news of the shortlist for the TUE Man Booker Prize for Fiction, announced today. TUE TUE Producer Ella-Mai Robey. TUE TUE 19:45 The Blitz b00tl03z (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Labour Saving Devices b00tmt99 (Listen) TUE In this programme Shaun Ley examines what Labour needs to do TUE to revitalise itself in opposition in the light of TUE historical precedents. He hears from some of the party's TUE leading figures in its recent history about how New Labour TUE lost its way and how they think the party can avoid TUE repeating the mistakes from the past. TUE TUE Some think their party's in pretty good shape, others that TUE it narrowly avoided catastrophe. Former Labour leader Neil TUE Kinnock, John Prescott, David Blunkett, Roy Hattersley, TUE Bryan Gould and the former Labour party secretary Margaret TUE McDonagh are just some of the leading Labour politicians and TUE party insiders to give their view on the state of the Labour TUE party and which direction Labour needs to follow now to TUE avoid being being cast into the political wilderness of TUE opposition for the next decade. TUE TUE Producer: Kate Dixon. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00tmt9c (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00tmt9f (Listen) TUE At the University of Bath Sports Village, Dr Mark Porter TUE gets his gait analysed and is given exercises on how to TUE avoid running injuries. He talks to sports doctors, TUE physiotherapists and biomechanicists about problems such as TUE back pain and arthritis, for both elite and recreational TUE athletes. TUE TUE Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker. TUE TUE 21:30 What's the Point of ... b00tmkyf (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00tl3y3 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00tl4b8 (Listen) TUE Radio 4's daily evening news and current affairs programme TUE bringing you global news and analysis. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00tnskh (Listen) TUE Alex y Robert, Episode 2 TUE TUE Written by Wena Poon. Alex has contacted Roberto. After his TUE latest bullfight in Valencia they drive somewhere they can TUE talk away from his entourage and the paparazzi. TUE TUE Abridged by Jeremy Osborne TUE Read by Lorelei King TUE Producer: Karen Rose TUE A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits b00tmt9h (Listen) TUE It's the start of term time, and second year student Lila is TUE going to teach the Freshers everything she knows. Featuring TUE Nick Mohammed as Lila with Colin Hoult as the reporter and TUE Anna Crilly (Lead Balloon) as Lila's best friend. TUE TUE Bits is a series of character pieces showcasing the best of TUE Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic characters in a series of one TUE off comic plays. TUE TUE Produced by Victoria Lloyd. TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b00tl4mq (Listen) TUE News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 08 SEPTEMBER 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00tkrdb (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b00tkymm (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tkrg0 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tkxlv (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tkrhw (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00tkxqh (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tkxtg (Listen) WED with The Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00tky2h (Listen) WED Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Anne Marie Bullock. WED WED 06:00 Today b00tky8s (Listen) WED With Justin Webb and Sarah Montague. Including Sports Desk; WED Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 The Blitz b00tmtb0 (Listen) WED As part of the Radio 4 Blitz season of programmes, Michael WED Portillo chairs a discussion with leading historians about WED the strategy and ongoing legacy of Nazi Germany's decision WED to bomb and destroy Britain's cities. The 7th of September WED 1940 marks the begining of nine months of aerial bombardment WED of Britain; an unprecedented seige experience which has been WED seared into the national psyche. London bore the brunt but WED Liverpool, Coventry, Plymouth and Belfast were amongst other WED cities badly damaged. In this discussion the homefront WED historian Juliet Gardiner, leading expert on Nazi Germany WED Sir Ian Kershaw and Terry Charman from the Imperial War WED Museum take a close look at the months leading up to the WED Blitz to understand Hitler's designs on Britain and how His WED Majesty's Government began preparing for the massive attack WED which quickly became an inevitability. We'll hear how WED volunteer forces were mobilized under extreme circumstances WED and how the fire service became the frontline fighters of WED the Blitz. WED They'll discuss the true scale of the operation and the WED damage inflicted and also how it was judged and acted upon WED both in Hitler's High Command as well as in Churchill's War WED Cabinet. They'll also examine 'Blitz Spirit' to find out WED what it really consists of, how it has been reflected in WED popular culture and how well it is understood today. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b00tkymp (Listen) WED Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 3 WED WED 3. Living in New York gave the author a premonition WED of a family disaster, which was vividly realized all too WED soon. WED WED Read by Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is Ian WED McDiarmid WED Producer Duncan Minshull. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tkyyb (Listen) WED Presented by Jenni Murray. Celebrating, informing and WED entertaining women with news, views and interviews of WED topical interest. WED WED 10:45 The Blitz b00tl041 (Listen) WED As part of the Radio 4 Blitz season of programmes, Michael WED Portillo chairs a discussion with leading historians about WED the strategy and ongoing legacy of Nazi Germany's decision WED to bomb and destroy Britain's cities. The 7th of September WED 1940 marks the begining of nine months of aerial bombardment WED of Britain; an unprecedented seige experience which has been WED seared into the national psyche. London bore the brunt but WED Liverpool, Coventry, Plymouth and Belfast were amongst other WED cities badly damaged. In this discussion the homefront WED historian Juliet Gardiner, leading expert on Nazi Germany WED Sir Ian Kershaw and Terry Charman from the Imperial War WED Museum take a close look at the months leading up to the WED Blitz to understand Hitler's designs on Britain and how His WED Majesty's Government began preparing for the massive attack WED which quickly became an inevitability. We'll hear how WED volunteer forces were mobilized under extreme circumstances WED and how the fire service became the frontline fighters of WED the Blitz. WED They'll discuss the true scale of the operation and the WED damage inflicted and also how it was judged and acted upon WED both in Hitler's High Command as well as in Churchill's War WED Cabinet. They'll also examine 'Blitz Spirit' to find out WED what it really consists of, how it has been reflected in WED popular culture and how well it is understood today. WED WED 11:00 Bandits of the Blitz b00tmtj8 (Listen) WED With Britain at war and London under siege from the WED Luftwaffe, everyone's pulling together. Or are they? Whilst WED bombs rained down and long-suffering Brits helped each WED other, some people were simply helping themselves - WED stealing, looting, and making money on the black market. WED WED World War II created vast opportunities for crime. WED Warehouses were robbed, army stores rifled and forgers kept WED busy providing false identity documents, ration books and WED clothing coupons. Looters, stealing anything of value, WED cleaned out blitzed houses. WED WED The blackout and bombing provided perfect cover for safe WED cracking and Post Office raids. Professional criminals WED thrived. People like Billy Hill, who despite prison terms WED used his wartime muscle to become, in his words, "Boss of WED Britain's Underworld". WED WED Complex emergency rules left normally-law-abiding citizens WED facing the courts. Shopkeepers who fell foul of the tangle WED of red tape faced heavy fines. WED WED Even as the war ended, rationing continued, and the black WED market flourished. Presenter Duncan Campbell unearths WED once-secret papers that put Billy Hill at the centre of WED London's organized crime in the 1950s. WED WED Using archive accounts and talking to people who were there, WED Campbell tells the tale of crime on the home front. With WED interviews from Billy Hill's son, Justin Hill, former jewel WED thief Peter Scott, veteran ex police officers, and WED historians and academics. WED WED Presenter Duncan Campbell is a former crime correspondent WED for the Guardian. WED WED Producer: Liz Carney WED A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:30 Mum's on the Run b00tmtjb (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED WED Mum's on the Run is a modern-day twist on the single-family WED situation. It follows the hectic life ("What life?") of WED single mum, Jen. Mother of two, Master of none - Jen seems WED to spend most of her time as an unpaid chauffeur to a 15 WED year-old teenage existentialist son, Toby, and a tonally WED challenged recorder-practising 11 year-old daughter, WED Felicity, whilst also coping with the jazz musician WED ex-husband, the fiercely competitive and annoying downstairs WED neighbour and a huge crush on her son's history teacher. WED WED Episode 3 - When Jen starts trying to date again, things are WED bound to go awry. She manages to get involved in a WED complicated online mix up which involves the neighbours and WED the kids' teacher. WED WED Jen ..... Ronni Ancona WED Mr. Rigby ..... John Gordon Sinclair WED Shelley ..... Alexis Zegerman WED Vivienne ..... Christine Kavanagh WED Felicity ..... Amy Dabrowa WED Toby ..... Alexander Heath WED Radio DJ/Waiter ..... Lloyd Thomas WED Adam ..... Caleb Hughes WED WED Written by ..... Alexis Zegerman WED Directed by ..... Dawn Ellis. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00tl056 (Listen) WED Consumer affairs with Julian Worricker. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00tl06b (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00tl07j (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00tmtjd (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED The producer is Joe Kent. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00tl08t (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tmtjg (Listen) WED New graduate Max takes a temp job while on her way to bigger WED things. She considers her colleague Emma to be a victim of WED dull office life, but Emma's secret postcards tell a very WED different story. WED Written by Julie Mayhew. WED WED Emma ..... Liz White WED Max...... Claire Harry WED Ian..... Iain Batchelor WED Directed by Jeremy Mortimer WED WED Stopgap was recorded on location in the Radio Drama Offices WED in Bush House. Liz White, who plays Emma, is best known for WED playing WPC Annie Cartwright in Life on Mars. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00tmtjj (Listen) WED Paul Lewis and guests are on hand to answer your personal WED finance questions. WED You can call the programme when lines open on Wednesday at WED 1330 BST. The number is 03700 100 444. WED Standard geographic charges apply. Calls from mobiles may be WED higher. WED Producer: Diane Richardson. WED WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00tmmyn (Listen) WED I Got The Dog, Boris's story WED WED Boris is an artist - a pianist. When he's working on a WED piece, time becomes meaningless; he will play all through WED the night and not notice. That enigmatic passion, once the WED very thing that attracted Andria to him, eventually caused WED their break up.Boris left, taking his piano and their dog WED Mimi with him. WED WED Things begin to look up for him when he starts seeing WED another artist Chiara. Surely she will understand the WED creative drive? Chiara is a performance artist. When she WED asks Boris to compose a piece of music for her next WED 'project', it seems that perhaps they are kindred spirits. WED WED He's also pleased that Chiara is getting along very well WED with Mimi, until one he's shocked to discover that Mimi has WED been co-opted into Chiara's performance! Tensions mount WED further as Boris's obsessive drive to work takes over, and WED poor Mimi is caught in the cross-fire again. Who'll get the WED dog this time? WED WED John McGlynn reads Boris's story WED Producer: Sarah Langan. WED WED 15:45 James and the Giant Tree House b00tl38v (Listen) WED Episode 3 WED WED Having overcome lots of problems in the first weeks of work, WED including angry honey bees and a stampeding elephant - they WED are faced with a new one; A dead tree is leaning against WED their tree house tree, and the only way to remove is, it to WED take down a live tree as well. As they are working in an WED area of conservation they have to seek consul and advice WED before they can proceed. More problems follow: their WED chainsaw and drill both prove temperamental, and then when WED their boat runs out of fuel and they try to get some more, WED they discover the fuel station has also run dry! WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00tmtjl (Listen) WED When is a crime a 'hate crime', and what does that term WED actually mean? How has living on what other people throw WED away become a subject for criminologists? Laurie explores WED some of the latest ideas on crime as he visits the British WED Society of Criminology Conference held this year at WED Leicester University. He hears from the film maker Rex WED Bloomstein, from Sylvia Lancaster whose daughter Sophie was WED murdered because of the way she looked and from Jeff WED Ferrell, the Professor of Criminology from the United States WED who has been living out of dumpsters, skips, rubbish bins in WED an attempt to understand an increasingly criminalised and WED marginalised way of life. WED Producer: Charlie Taylor. WED WED 16:30 Case Notes b00tmt9f (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 17:00 PM b00tl3cx (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn WED Quinn. Plus Weather. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00tl3gy (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 The Maltby Collection b00bvn9g (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 1 WED WED The Maltby Collection is the sitcom in which an over-amorous WED staff struggle to keep a little known London museum ticking WED over. WED WED As ever new recruit Rod Millet is trying to drag the WED collection into the 21st century. In this first episode of WED the new series he's decided to track down any living heir to WED the museum's founders in the hope of getting round some of WED the more restrictive conditions of their original bequest. WED WED Rod Millet ... Julian Rhind-Tutt WED Walter Brindle ... Geoffrey Palmer WED Prunella Edgecumbe ... Rachel Atkins WED Julian Crumb-Loosely ... Ben Willbond WED Susie Maltby ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith WED Wilf Arbuthnot ... Geoff McGivern WED Eva Tattle ... Julia Deakin WED Des Wainwright ... Michael Smiley WED Stelios Constantinopoulis ... Chris Pavlo WED WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED WED 19:00 The Archers b00tl08w (Listen) WED Harry has big plans and Jazzer gets the wrong end of the WED stick. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00tl3l1 (Listen) WED With Mark Lawson, who reviews a new staging of Ira Levin's WED thriller Deathtrap, with a cast including Simon Russell WED Beale, Jonathan Groff from Glee, and Claire Skinner. WED WED Producer Robyn Read. WED WED 19:45 The Blitz b00tl041 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Has the Taliban Won in Afghanistan? b00tmtqc (Listen) WED Eddie Mair chairs a debate at Chatham House in London on the WED progress of the conflict in Afghanistan. Some expert WED observers say 'It's over; the Taliban have won the war'. WED Others believe neither side can win. WED WED Yet all agree that the coalition's work in the country is WED not going well and that the end must be in sight. WED WED Panellists include Peter W. Galbraith, outspoken critic of WED the 2009 presidential elections in Afghanistan and WED Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb who was working, until WED recently, as a senior advisor to US General McChrystal. WED Producer: Sue Davies. WED WED 20:45 1960-2010 b00tmtqg (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED WED In the second part of our series where commentators born in WED 1960 reflect on the social consequences of the 1960s, WED Cristina Odone discusses sex and the sixties. The arrival of WED the pill at the start of the decade WED offered women the chance to truly rebalance relationships in WED a feminine direction. Could emotions, nurture, commitment WED and love have taken centre stage instead of empty WED sexualisation? And if that opportunity was indeed thrown WED away fifty years ago, might it be about to present itself again? WED WED Producer: Giles Edwards. WED WED 21:00 Costing the Earth b00tmtwh (Listen) WED Blackpool: The New Dallas? WED WED The Deepwater Horizon disaster proved the dangers of WED searching for our oil and gas in ever more challenging WED environments. Oil companies that had been keen to explore in WED deeper, colder and more isolated waters have been forced to WED take a step back and reconsider their options. WED WED Their response has been to launch an extraordinary land WED grab, buying up the rights to explore vast tracts of the US WED and Europe in search of unconventional oil and gas. From WED Lancashire to Gdansk and New York to the Rockies enormous WED reserves of shale gas lurk temptingly close to the centres WED of population. Recent advances in extraction techniques have WED launched an industry in the US and persuaded the major oil WED companies to begin prospecting expeditions throughout Europe. WED WED The advantages are obvious, removing our dependence on the WED Middle East, cutting back on the costs of transport and WED transmission. The disadvantages are less obvious but could WED be fatally insurmountable. In the US shale gas producers are WED blamed for poisoning water courses and even causing WED earthquakes. WED WED Exploratory drilling is already happening within sight of WED the Blackpool Tower so the need to consider the pitfalls and WED potentially enormous prizes of land-based oil and gas in the WED UK is urgent. WED WED 21:30 The Blitz b00tl041 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00tl3y5 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00tl4bc (Listen) WED Radio 4's daily evening news and current affairs programme WED bringing you global news and analysis. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00tnsjx (Listen) WED Alex y Robert, Episode 3 WED WED Written by Wena Poon. Alex has returned to Texas to continue WED her studies while Roberto is bullfighting in the South WED America. To shrink the miles between them Alex has WED introduced him to text messaging. But all is not well with WED Roberto's career. WED WED Abridged by Jeremy Osborne WED Read by Lorelei King WED Producer: Karen Rose WED A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Continuity b00tmtwk (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED WED A seasoned and meticulous continuity announcer presents the WED very best of next week's radio with aplomb. WED WED There's something for everyone here: Radio 4 goes to Preston WED for the national pie competition, Sarah Topolski gives us a WED sneak preview of next week's obituaries - exciting for most WED of us - and there's unbridled hilarity from the United WED Nations as our Foreign Office sitcom goes Stateside. No WED Philosophical Logic this week though. You can't have everything. WED WED Alistair McGowan stars in this subversive sitcom about a WED continuity announcer, written by Hugh Rycroft. Also starring WED Lewis Macleod, Sally Grace, Charlotte Page and David Holt. WED WED Produced by David Spicer and Frank Stirling WED A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:15 What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else b00tmtwm (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED WED What lengths do we need to go to "look good"? Do we really WED need to communicate with our fellow men? How important is it WED to work? Or to have a relationship? WED WED What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else is a four part WED mini-series of short comedic monologues on BBC Radio 4 WED written and performed by stand-up comedian Andrew Lawrence. WED In these he takes a light-hearted look at various aspects WED of conventional living and the pressure we feel to conform WED to social norms and ideals. WED WED Each episode is fifteen minutes long and was recorded in WED front of an audience, the first two episodes at South London WED comedy club 'Up The Creek', the final two recorded at the WED Edinburgh Comedy Festival. WED WED This second episode examines the difficulties of human WED interaction and communication. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b00tl4ms (Listen) WED News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. WED WED THU THURSDAY 09 SEPTEMBER 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00tkrdd (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b00tkymp (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tkrg2 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tkxlx (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tkrhy (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00tkxqk (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tkxtj (Listen) THU with The Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00tky2k (Listen) THU Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Melvin THU Rickarby. THU THU 06:00 Today b00tky8v (Listen) THU With Justin Webb and John Humphrys. Including Sports Desk; THU Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 The Pope's British Divisions b00tmtxn (Listen) THU As British Catholics prepare to welcome Pope Benedict XVI, THU Mark Dowd investigates the UK's biggest religious minority THU and asks - is it becoming more conservative? THU THU Twenty-eight years have passed since the last Papal visit THU and the Catholic landscape in Britain has changed THU dramatically. The Church's standing has been badly damaged THU by clerical sex abuse; parishes are facing an unprecedented THU shortage of priests and - in a country where The God THU Delusion was a best-seller - to be a practising Roman THU Catholic is to be counter-cultural. Meanwhile, immigration THU is swelling the Catholic population and transforming THU congregations as migrants from Poland, Africa and Asia bring THU with them a tougher, more traditional theology. And a new THU generation of young Catholics is emerging which wants a THU greater emphasis on orthodoxy and tradition. THU THU In The Pope's British Divisions, journalist Mark Dowd THU investigates the changes in Britain's Catholic community THU since 1982 and the consequences of these changes for wider THU society. He asks if the Church's once-strong liberal wing is THU becoming a minority as British Catholics heed Benedict's THU call for a smaller, purer church. And he examines the THU influence of the Catholic Church on public life in the UK. THU THU As Mark tests the fault lines of British Catholic identity, THU he visits a Vatican-approved mass for gay and lesbian THU Catholics and meets fellow-Catholics who want this special THU mass to be shut down. He investigates the new breed of THU 'Radical Traditionalists' who campaign for traditional Latin THU church rites and are scathing of modern 'pick and mix' THU Catholicism; and he talks to their liberal opponents who THU fear a conservative takeover of their Church. THU THU Mark Dowd is a former Dominican Friar, a documentary maker, THU a TV presenter and a practising Catholic. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b00tkyx5 (Listen) THU Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 4 THU THU 4. Aged fifty six, it's suddenly all change for Dahl, and THU then there is his manifesto for entertaining children. THU THU Reader Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl is THU Ian McDiarmid. THU THU Producer Duncan Minshull. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tkyyd (Listen) THU Presented by Jenni Murray. Celebrating, informing and THU entertaining women with news, views and interviews of THU topical interest. THU THU 10:45 The Blitz b00tl043 (Listen) THU Birmingham THU THU Part of a series of programmes telling stories of the Blitz THU from around the UK. Jasper Carrott finds out what happened THU in Birmingham during the worst of the bombing. THU THU Birmingham was a crucial centre for the manufacture of THU armaments during the Second World War - everything from THU anti-aircraft shells to Spitfire planes was made there. THU THU Workers - many of them young women - were brought from THU across Britain to keep the factories of England's THU manufacturing powerhouse going. Birmingham was justifiably THU known as the 'city of a thousand trades'. By 1944, four THU hundred thousand people people were involved in war work THU there - a greater percentage of the population than anywhere THU else in the country. THU THU Jasper meets some of those who undertook this gruelling THU work. They recall how they worked round the clock to keep THU the nation's armed forces supplied and they remember the THU dangerous nights of the Blitz when they city's factories THU were often the bombers' targets and workers would sometimes THU carry on through the air raid sirens in order not to lose THU production. THU THU Jasper also hears about one of the darkest episodes of the THU Birmingham Blitz - the bombing of the Birmingham Small Arms THU Company's factory at Small Heath on the night of the 19th of THU November, 1940. Many of the workers were trapped inside the THU burning building, and tremendous heroism was shown by the THU rescuers, with two George Medals being won that night. THU Nonetheless, more than fifty workers were killed in a vivid THU demonstration of the bravery shown and risks taken by those THU who worked on the home front through the Blitz. THU THU Producer: Louise Adamson THU A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b00tmtxq (Listen) THU This year's Commonwealth Games will be held in October in THU the Indian capital Delhi, the largest sporting event ever to THU be held there. No expense is being spared to build the THU appropriate facilities and infrastructure. But many are THU questioning whether spending billions of dollars hosting a THU two-week sporting event is the best use of resources in a THU city where poverty is entrenched. THU As the budget for the games spirals, the organisers are THU being accused of hiding the true cost, and of diverting THU funds intended for the very poorest. They're also accused of THU condoning the displacement of thousands of poor families and THU a blatant disregard of the rights of the workers building THU the stadiums. THU Rupa Jha asks who are the winners and who the losers in THU Delhi's attempt to turn itself into a "world-class" city. THU Producer: Tim Mansel. THU THU 11:30 Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos b00tmtxs (Listen) THU Chainsaws, fork lift trucks and semtex - twenty years ago THU the French ripped into the traditional circus format with a THU demented vitality that outraged authorities across the UK. THU Archaos were the creation of Pierrot Bidon, "part gypsy, THU part street urchin, very hairy" according to Mark Borkowski. THU He was their British publicist, and saw it as his job to get THU them out of the cultural pages and onto the front pages THU instead. THU "The Human Circus Hides Sick Secrets" - a typical tabloid THU headline that followed Archaos wherever they went. As a THU result local councils banned them again and again, a cunning THU ploy to sell huge numbers of tickets wherever they went. THU In Juggling Chainsaws with Archaos, presenter Miles Warde THU tracks down the British participants who made Archaos more THU successful here than anywhere else - including their THU producer Adrian Evans, and performers like Mischa Eligoloff THU who moved from backstage to fire-eater, hiccuped during a THU performance, and felt all his paraffin enter his lungs. Or THU as Pierrot Bidon used to say, "A life without danger is not THU a life; a show without danger is not a show.". THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00tl058 (Listen) THU Consumer affairs with Julian Worricker. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00tl06d (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00tl07l (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Costing the Earth b00tmtwh (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00tl08w (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tmtz4 (Listen) THU What the Bishops Knew THU THU 'What the Bishops Knew' by Hugh Costello fictionally THU explores an accusation of child abuse by a Catholic Priest THU in Ireland and how over several decades this was allegedly THU covered up within the hierarchy of the Church in an attempt THU to protect its reputation. THU THU Mary Dowdall - Brid Brennan THU Bob McCabe - Mark Lambert THU Barry Glynn - Patrick Fitzsymons THU Barry, aged 10 - Peter Gilmore THU Fr Brand - Kevin Flood THU Monsignor Milligan - Pat Laffan THU Professor McGovern - Niall Cusack THU Bishop Culleton - Gerard Murphy THU Cardinal Finnerty - Des Nealon THU Director Eoin O'Callaghan THU THU Directed by Eoin O'Callaghan. THU THU 15:00 Open Country b00tjvhj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00tkp1t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading b00tmmyj (Listen) THU I Got The Dog, Chiara's story THU THU Susie Maguire's trilogy of comic stories about the fallout THU from a break up. Who gets left with what? Music, water, THU dogs, Arithmetic,possessions, ...and Love. Vicki Pepperdine THU reads Chiara's story. THU THU Chiara is a performance artist. She does a little bit of THU dance, singing, theatre and mime. THU THU Boris was her first Russian. Dimitri was her second, THU although he was more Hampstead than St Petersburg. THU THU All she has left from these relationships is a selection of THU battle scars. Surely she can salvage something from this? THU Never one to under-analyse the events in her life, she THU convinces herself that she can create something from this THU mess: "Yes," she decides, "I can workshop this." Pretty THU quickly she's mapped out an entire performance project THU complete with Rimsky Korsakov, some 'Eugene Onegin-y' type THU music, with Boris represented by a Nosferatu figure, whilst THU Andria and Dimitri are played by a pair of coats and hats. THU With references to film noir, Dali and Eisenstein all THU chucked into the melting pot for luck. THU THU Vicki Pepperdine reads Chiara's story THU Producer: Sarah Langan. THU THU 15:45 James and the Giant Tree House b00tl38x (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU THU James, his friend Nick Dunbar and their team face numeorus THU problems and delays during the construction, but they keep THU going. Now, with time running out, James, Nick and the team THU work furiously to get the tree house completed on time. This THU means early starts and long days. Everyone is getting tired, THU and as James and Nick swing in mid-air on their ropes THU hauling up and manipulating heavy timbers between them, THU below in the lagoon a crocodile launches out of the water THU after prey. This is not the time for making mistakes! THU THU 16:00 Bookclub b00tkpff (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00tmv3m (Listen) THU Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and THU behind the headlines. He talks to the scientists who are THU publishing their research in peer reviewed journals, and he THU discusses how that research is scrutinised and used by the THU scientific community, the media and the public. The THU programme also reflects how science affects our daily lives; THU from predicting natural disasters to the latest advances in THU cutting edge science like nanotechnology and stem cell THU research. THU THU The producer is Ania Lichtarowicz. THU THU 17:00 PM b00tl3d1 (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn THU Quinn. Plus Weather. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00tl3h0 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Clare in the Community b00hq0nc (Listen) THU Series 5, Too Cool for School THU THU Control freak and social worker, Clare Barker, likes nothing THU better than interfering in other people's lives on both a THU professional and personal basis - so making friends isn't THU easy. However, in this episode she manages it. THU THU Clare ..... Sally Phillips THU Brian ..... Alex Lowe THU Helen ..... Liza Tarbuck THU Ray ..... Richard Lumsden THU Megan/Nali ..... Nina Conti THU Irene ..... Ellen Thomas THU Simon ..... Andrew Wincott THU Chloe ..... Alex Tregear THU Mrs Boxer ..... Anna Bengo THU THU Written by Harry Venning and David Ramsden THU Produced by Katie Tyrrell. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00tl08y (Listen) THU It's the night of the golf club dinner and there's a new THU crisis for Kathy to handle. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00tl3l3 (Listen) THU Arts news, interviews and reviews, with Mark Lawson. THU THU Producer Samantha Psyk. THU THU 19:45 The Blitz b00tl043 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Report b00tmv7g (Listen) THU Thousands of disappointed youngsters who failed to gain a THU university place last month are now swelling the ranks of THU the NEET's: under 24's not in employment, education or THU training. As Ministers draw up plans for major public THU spending cuts to be announced next month, and with long term THU youth unemployment figures already on the rise, how will THU these young people fair? Connexions, the specialised THU information and advice service has already been severely THU reduced in some parts of the country. The Government has THU promised more apprenticeships, but will employers take up THU the offer? Can Further Education colleges cope with the THU increased demand for places. Is a generation of young people THU being shut out of the jobs market? Morland Sanders reports. THU THU Producer: Andy Denwood. THU THU 20:30 In Business b00tmv7j (Listen) THU Chips Off The Old Block THU THU Once upon a time, British computing led the world. In a THU mobile world, some people think it might be happening again. THU From Bletchley Park to Bristol, Peter Day reports on the THU past, present and future of computers UK. THU THU 21:00 Saving Species b00tmlh0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] THU THU 21:30 The Pope's British Divisions b00tmtxn (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b00tl3y7 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00tl4bg (Listen) THU Radio 4's daily evening news and current affairs programme THU bringing you global news and analysis. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00tnsjz (Listen) THU Alex y Robert, Episode 4 THU THU Written by Wena Poon. It is the annual bullfight for Las THU Fallas in Valencia. Roberto has just spotted Alex amongst THU the press photographers. But he must put that out of his THU mind. He's alone in the ring with a thousand pounds of angry THU bull and to impress needs to be better than perfection. THU THU Abridged by Jeremy Osborne THU Read by Lorelei King THU Producer: Karen Rose THU A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b00mbm3j (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 2 THU THU David Mitchell and Robert Webb star in another selection of THU comedy sketches from the hedge around the left of the field THU in That Mitchell and Webb Sound THU THU This week we learn the true secrets of weather-prediction THU and learn the correct way to pay homage to the mighty THU weather brain. Christopher Hitchens hosts his very own THU children's programme. We travel back in time to witness the THU creation of the first ever At sign and meet the sinister THU shadowy figure of Jeremiah Internet. And there's a clip from THU a reality TV show that uses the latest cutting edge surgery THU to find the Lord of the Forest in "Make Me a Celebrity THU Centaur." THU THU Robert Webb and David Mitchell are joined by Olivia Colman, THU Sarah Hadland, and James Bachman. THU THU The Producer is Gareth Edwards. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b00tl4mv (Listen) THU News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00tkrdg (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b00tkyx5 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tkrg4 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tkxlz (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tkrj0 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00tkxqm (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tkxtl (Listen) FRI with The Rev'd Dr Stephen Wigley. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00tky2m (Listen) FRI Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Martin FRI Poyntz-Roberts. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00tky8x (Listen) FRI With Sarah Montague and John Humphrys. Including Sports FRI Desk; Weather; Yesterday in Parliament; Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 The Reunion b00tkpc1 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b00tkyx7 (Listen) FRI Storyteller: The Life of Roald Dahl, Episode 5 FRI FRI 5. Even close to death Dahl was in mischievous mood, FRI and his appeal to children will never fade. FRI FRI Reader Julian Rhind Tutt and the voice of Dahl FRI is Ian McDairmid. FRI FRI Producer Duncan Minshull. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tkyyg (Listen) FRI A Woman's Hour special with Jenni Murray. FRI FRI Deborah Cavendish is 90 years old and has witnessed the 20th FRI century up close. She has met anybody who's anybody - FRI Churchill, Hitler, JFK. She is also the last survivor of a FRI remarkable set of women - the Mitford sisters: Nancy, who FRI became a writer, Jessica who became a Communist, Unity who FRI became a Fascist - and Diana who married one. In a special FRI edition of Woman's Hour Jenni talks to 'Debo' - the Dowager FRI Duchess of Devonshire about her life, and the times she FRI lived through. In her autobiography 'Wait for Me' she also FRI talks about her own personal challenges; her husband, the FRI Duke, had a long battle with alcohol and three of her FRI children died within hours of their birth. She's also FRI credited with helping to save one of Britain's great country FRI houses, Chatsworth, which is enjoyed by thousands of FRI visitors each year. FRI FRI 10:45 The Blitz b00tl045 (Listen) FRI In the last of our series telling stories of the Blitz from FRI around the UK, we travel to Luebeck in Northern Germany for FRI a rather different perspective. We hear about the experience FRI of being bombed from the 'other side,' as we tell the story FRI of the night when one German city came under attack. FRI FRI The programme is presented by John F Jungclaussen, who is FRI the UK Correspondent of Die Zeit newspaper. John's family FRI come from this part of Germany and his father was born in a FRI village near Luebeck, just a few days before the air raid. FRI FRI Luebeck was bombed on the night before Palm Sunday in March FRI 1942. The raid marked a change of tactics by the British and FRI led to the destruction by fire of many of the medieval FRI buildings at the heart of the city. Several hundred people FRI were killed, and many more lost their homes. FRI FRI On his journey into the past, John meets some of those FRI people who were in Luebeck at the time of the bombing. Kurt FRI Adler - a 14 year old schoolboy in 1942 - remembers the FRI terror of the raid and climbing to the top of his family FRI home where he watched the flames of the burning city. He FRI recalls the moment when the bells in one of the nearby FRI churches suddenly stopped ringing - the fire had burnt FRI through the bell ropes sending them crashing to the ground. FRI FRI Today those molten, twisted bells are preserved where they FRI fell in St Mary's Church as a memorial to the bombing and FRI those who died in it. John meets the pastor of the church FRI who tells him about the work which has gone on in the FRI intervening years to build up reconciliation between the two FRI former enemies. The chapel where the bells are kept also FRI contains a cross from Coventry - given as a sign of peace FRI between the two cities. FRI FRI Producer: Louise Adamson FRI A Juniper production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:00 Journey of a Lifetime b00tmt84 (Listen) FRI Episode 7 FRI FRI Each year, the Royal Geographical Society in association FRI with BBC Radio 4 offers a prize for the best adventurous FRI dream-travel idea. This year's winner is Nick Hunt and his FRI award-winning project is to investigate the little-heard-of FRI lives of the migrant workers - mainly from the Indian FRI subcontinent - constructing the steel and glass towers of Dubai. FRI FRI Says Nick: "Beneath the gleaming skyscrapers of downtown FRI Dubai, twenty Indian men huddle on a rooftop under a torn FRI plastic sheet. Homeless, jobless and far from their FRI families, some have been trapped here for years, victims FRI both of the economic downturn and the systematic FRI exploitation of migrant labour. I follow in the footsteps of FRI one, ex-construction worker Ramu, who has managed to make FRI the journey home to a remote part of rural Andhra Pradesh. FRI Ramu's story is the story of how the Dubai dream turned FRI sour, and of the hardships faced by migrants when boom turns FRI to bust..." FRI FRI Producer: Simon Elmes. FRI FRI 11:30 Old Harry's Game b0084kdg (Listen) FRI Series 6, Episode 6 FRI FRI Andy Hamilton's comedy series set in hell. 6/6: Satan FRI finally solves Edith's murder and Edith discovers something FRI astonishing about humans descended from angels. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00tl05b (Listen) FRI Consumer affairs with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00tl06h (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00tl07n (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 More or Less b00tmt86 (Listen) FRI Tim Harford presents the magazine which explains the numbers FRI behind the news. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00tl08y (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tmtb4 (Listen) FRI What the Nun Discovered FRI FRI By Harriet O'Carroll FRI FRI Sr. MaryJo returns home to Ireland after 25 years as a FRI missionary in Uganda, to a disillusioned public and a Church FRI which has lost so much of its moral authority. But with an FRI honesty and simplicity learned in another continent she sets FRI in train a quiet but radical revolution. FRI FRI MaryJo - Marcella Riordan FRI Fr Paul - Pat Laffan FRI Sr Frances - Lise-Ann McLaughlin, FRI Sr Agnes - Julia Dearden FRI Sr Bernadette - Stella McCusker FRI Cathy - Ali White FRI The Mayor - Des Nealon FRI FRI Director Eoin O'Callaghan. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00tmtb6 (Listen) FRI Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Matt Biggs are FRI trouble-shooting with gardeners in Northamptonshire. The FRI programme is chaired by Eric Robson. FRI FRI Anne Swithinbank revisits the rooftop allotment-holders in FRI Brighton taking part in our Listeners' Gardens series. Time FRI to get thinking about winter crops. FRI FRI Produced by Lucy Dichmont FRI A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 James and the Giant Tree House b00tl38z (Listen) FRI Episode 5 FRI FRI After a catalogue of disasters, delays, excitements and FRI unique experiences, the last day arrives. After a mammoth FRI effort by everyone involved, work on the tree house is FRI finally finished. Their first visitor is one of the FRI scientists (Richard Ibessa) who is studying the Red-capped FRI Mangabey monkeys in this area. He tells James and Nick that FRI the monkeys have changed their daily routines and begin each FRI morning with a visit to the tree house! James and Nick are FRI sure that as soon as they move out, the monkeys will move FRI in. After all, the tree house could make the perfect luxury FRI nest; complete with a roof! There's just one last ceremony FRI before James and Nick leave the rainforest, involving a FRI whistle, a pair of dancing feet and some reflective thoughts. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00tmtfh (Listen) FRI Radio 4's obituary programme, analysing and reflecting on FRI the lives of people who have recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 The Film Programme b00tmtfm (Listen) FRI Stephen Frears talks to Francine Stock about his new film FRI Tamara Drewe. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00tl3d3 (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Carolyn FRI Quinn. Plus Weather. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00tl3h2 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 Chain Reaction b00tmtfp (Listen) FRI Series 6, Harry Shearer interviews Stephen Merchant FRI FRI The new series of the tag team talk show continues as last FRI week's guest, voice of The Simpsons, face of Derek Smalls FRI and political satirist Harry Shearer takes the microphone to FRI interview multi award-winning co-creator of The Office and FRI Extras, and famously tall funny man Stephen Merchant. FRI FRI Harry asks Stephen what its like to be part of a creative FRI double act with Ricky Gervais, broadcasting radio from the FRI bushes and sharing a hot tub with playboy bunnies. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00tl090 (Listen) FRI Written by: Joanna Toye FRI Directed by: Jenny Stephens FRI Editor: Vanessa Whitburn FRI FRI Jill Archer ..... Patricia Greene FRI Kenton Archer ..... Richard Attlee FRI Alistair Lloyd ..... Michael Lumsden FRI David Archer ..... Timothy Bentinck FRI Ruth Archer ..... Felicity Finch FRI Nigel Pargetter ..... Graham Seed FRI Elizabeth Pargetter ..... Alison Dowling FRI Brian Aldridge ..... Charles Collingwood FRI Jennifer Aldridge ..... Angela Piper FRI Adam Macy ..... Andrew Wincott FRI Ian Craig ..... Stephen Kennedy FRI Matt Crawford ..... Kim Durham FRI Lilian Bellamy ..... Sunny Ormonde FRI Jolene Perks ..... Buffy Davis FRI Fallon Rogers ..... Joanna Van Kampen FRI Kathy Perks ..... Hedli Niklaus FRI Joe Grundy ..... Edward Kelsey FRI Eddie Grundy ..... Trevor Harrison FRI Clarrie Grundy ..... Rosalind Adams FRI Emma Grundy ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan FRI Edward Grundy ..... Barry Farrimond FRI Lynda Snell ..... Carole Boyd FRI Bert Fry ..... Eric Allan FRI Jazzer McCreary ..... Ryan Kelly FRI Harry Mason ..... Michael Shelford. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00tl3l5 (Listen) FRI Kirsty Lang with arts news, interviews and reviews. FRI FRI Producer Gavin Heard. FRI FRI 19:45 The Blitz b00tl045 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00tmtfr (Listen) FRI Shaun Ley chairs the topical discussion from Sheffield High FRI School. FRI FRI Producer: Victoria Wakely. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00tmtft (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue. FRI FRI 21:00 Friday Play b00tmtnf (Listen) FRI Peter and Veronica Pleasance are residents of Skylarks FRI Residential Home for the Elderly. They haven't spoken to FRI their high-flying son - Managing Director of Trixel FRI Technologies - for over twenty years. When one of his FRI employees, Oludayo Akano is kidnapped in Nigeria, son Jerome FRI Akano decides it is time for some action. FRI FRI Along with his friends Damien (trying to make a name for FRI himself as an activist) and Chalky (along for the ride), FRI they attack the residential home in order to hold Peter and FRI Veronica Pleasance ransom in the name of Akano. FRI FRI Siege - which came from an idea by writer Francesca Joseph, FRI was developed through a series of improvisation workshops FRI with the cast, who provided the dialogue for the piece. FRI FRI This fast-moving tragi-comic piece hurtles towards a FRI surprising climax. FRI FRI Siege by Francesca Joseph, improvised by the cast. FRI FRI Peter ..... Karl Johnson FRI Veronica ..... Marlene Sidaway FRI Jack ..... David Hargreaves FRI Leo ..... Peter Martin FRI Tracy ..... Christine Brennan FRI Jerome ..... Nathan Stewart-Jarrett FRI Damien ..... Danny Dalton FRI Chalky ..... Stefan Gumbs FRI PC Singh ..... Muzz Khan FRI FRI Director Susan Roberts. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00tl3y9 (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00tl4bl (Listen) FRI Radio 4's daily evening news and current affairs programme FRI bringing you global news and analysis. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b00tnsk1 (Listen) FRI Alex y Robert, Episode 5 FRI FRI Written by Wena Poon. Three months after being gored at Las FRI Fallas, Roberto has retired from the bullring and has moved FRI to San Francisco to study art. But Alex won't let him put FRI bullfighting behind him. FRI FRI Abridged by Jeremy Osborne FRI Read by Lorelei King FRI Producer: Karen Rose FRI A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 Great Lives b00tmt95 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b00tl4mx (Listen) FRI News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament. FRI
03 September, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 04/09/2010 - 10/09/2010
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