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SAT SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 2010 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b00tq2j0 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tn9vp (Listen) SAT The Threshold of the Modern World (1375-1550 AD), SAT Durer's Rhinoceros SAT SAT Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things that SAT time has left behind. This week he is exploring vigorous SAT empires that flourished across the world 600 years ago - SAT visiting the Inca in South America, Ming Dynasty China, and SAT the Timurids in their capital at Samarkand and the Ottomans SAT in Constantinople. Today he examines the fledgling empire of SAT Portugal and describes what the European world was looking SAT like at this time. His chosen object is one of the most SAT enduring in art history, and one of the most duplicated - SAT Albrecht Durer's famous print of an Indian rhino, an animal SAT he never had never seen. The rhino was brought to Portugal SAT in 1514 and Neil uses this classic image to examine European SAT ambitions. Mark Pilgrim of Chester Zoo considers what it SAT must have been like to transport such a beast and the SAT historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto describes the potency of SAT the image for Europeans of the age. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tq2n2 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Shipping Forecast b00tq2n4 (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tq2n6 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b00tq2n8 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tq2nb (Listen) SAT with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. SAT SAT 05:45 A View Through a Lens b00h9vgy (Listen) SAT Series 1, Wolves SAT SAT Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison offers a personal view of SAT life as he finds himself in isolated and often dangerous SAT locations across the globe filming wildlife. In this SAT porgramme, John travels to Yellowstone National Park in SAT Wyoming to film wolves hunting elk; something that has SAT rarely been seen let alone filmed. It's a hugely challenging SAT task as temperatures plummet below freezing, but the results SAT are both exhilarating and shocking. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b00tq2nd (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b00tq2nl (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Ramblings b00trmbw (Listen) SAT Series 16, Episode 1 SAT SAT Clare Balding takes a walk on Hampstead Heath with a group SAT of inner city Londoners who are being encouraged to discover SAT the green places of their city, often for the first time. SAT The residents of the Harrow Road are mainly non white, so SAT there has been a special drive to help them discover the SAT joys of walking called 'It's My Country'. SAT SAT Clare with some of the Harrow Road walkers SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b00trmdp (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT £2 billion is spent each year on public sector food, but SAT some say that goes on cheap, imported and unhealthy food. SAT Caz Graham investigates what's being served in schools, SAT hospitals and prisons, and hears British farmers could cash SAT in if more of them sourced local produce. SAT SAT At Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham they spend £26 per SAT week on each patient's food and drink; they source local SAT where they can, but it's nutrition, not the Union Jack, SAT which is the deciding factor. Meanwhile, Nottingham City SAT Hospital managed to save £6 million a year by sourcing fresh SAT food locally. Schools spend £1 billion a year on their SAT dinners, and at a Norfolk high school, Anna Hill hears how SAT they are working with local farmers to improve what makes it SAT to the plates. SAT SAT European law bans government from a 'Buy British' policy, SAT but farming minister Jim Paice says that DEFRA will SAT encourage the public sector to buy local food. Sustain, SAT which campaigns on food issues, says that doesn't go far SAT enough, and more legislation is needed. SAT SAT Presented by Caz Graham, produced by Melvin Rickarby. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b00trn9n (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b00trn9q (Listen) SAT With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. Including Sports Desk; SAT Weather; Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b00trn9s (Listen) SAT Fi Glover is joined by Professor of Artificial Intelligence SAT and Robotics Noel Sharkey. The poet is Matt Harvey. SAT SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage b00trz9m (Listen) SAT Family History - Paraguay SAT SAT Sandi Toksvig meets two people who travelled to research SAT their family histories. Television executive Martin Davidson SAT knew his German grandfather must have fought in the Second SAT World War but was shocked when he discovered him to have SAT been a member of the SS. He went to Berlin, Prague and SAT Prussia to try and understand what had driven him to become SAT such an enthusiastic and unrepentant Nazi. Sports presenter SAT Rob Curling's father was also a soldier but served with the SAT Gurkhas during the emergency in Malaya in the fifties. He SAT was drawn to travel to modern day Malaysia to discover more SAT about that period of his parents' life and the country where SAT he himself was born. SAT SAT Sandi also talks to theologian and 'freelance missionary' SAT Margaret Hebblethwaite about why she started a hotel in SAT southern Paraguay and how she came to write the first and SAT only English guide book dedicated to this little known country. SAT SAT Producer: Harry Parker. SAT SAT 10:30 Punt PI b00trzfl (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 1 SAT SAT Steve Punt turns super sleuth, once again taking possession SAT of the keys to Radio 4's very own detective bureau, bringing SAT mystery and intrigue back to Saturday mornings. SAT SAT In the first programme, Punt looks into the phantom SAT settlement of Argleton. Search the web for this SAT quintessentially English placename and internet maps show SAT that it lies just outside the town of Ormskirk in SAT Lancashire. But when our super sleuth travels to locate it SAT on the ground, all he finds is an empty field. It turns out SAT that Argleton doesn't actually exist. SAT SAT Punt sets out to crack the mystery of how a non-existent SAT place can appear in online maps. From the Domesday Book to SAT Google Headquarters, Punt's quest takes him through a SAT thousand years of history and into the murky world of SAT plagiarism. He questions all the key players - and as he SAT zeroes in on the truth discovers that in the cartographic SAT realm nothing is quite as it seems. SAT SAT Producer: Laurence Grissell. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b00ts07f (Listen) SAT Jackie Ashley of The Guardian looks behind the scenes at SAT Westminster. SAT SAT The BBC has learned that ministers are considering delaying SAT decisions about the renewal of Britain's nuclear deterrent, SAT possibly until after the next general election. Former SAT Conservative Defence Secretary Sir Malcolm Rifkind and SAT Defence Committee Labour MP Gisela Stuart discuss the SAT potential ramfications of any deferred decision. SAT SAT Harriet Harman took part in her last PMQs as acting Labour SAT leader this week, and was praised for her stewardship of the SAT party since Gordon Brown resigned. We speak to Ms. Harman SAT about her time in the job and her expectations for British SAT politics in the weeks to come. SAT SAT Nick Clegg had to field hostile questions in the Commons SAT this week over constitutional changes going through SAT Parliament. Not only did Labour MPs give him a rough ride, SAT Mr. Clegg also faced grillings from Conservatives on the SAT Coalition benches. We ask Sir Menzies Campell about Lib Dem SAT anxieties as they gather in Liverpool for their conference. SAT SAT Whoever ends up leading Labour will have their work cut out SAT from the start. The party has been through a long process to SAT replace Gordon Brown and has large debts. We ask former SAT Conservative Party leader Michael Howard about the crucial SAT first few weeks after being chosen to lead a political party. SAT SAT Editor: Chris Wimpress. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b00ts097 (Listen) SAT As presidential elections loom in Egypt, could political SAT succession be a case of: like father, like son? SAT SAT Signs of breakthrough in the Balkans as Serbia softens its SAT stance on the breakaway province of Kosovo. SAT SAT Why America's new breed of soldiers is studying philosophy SAT SAT And a hole at the heart of Angola's capital as one of the SAT city's best known landmarks is forced to close. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b00ts0ct (Listen) SAT Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of SAT personal finance. SAT SAT Producer: Lesley McAlpine. SAT SAT 12:30 Chain Reaction b00tq1vw (Listen) SAT Series 6, Stephen Merchant interviews Jarvis Cocker SAT SAT The last in the current series of the tag team talk show SAT where last week's guest, multi award-winning co-creator of SAT The Office and Extras, and famously tall funny man Stephen SAT Merchant takes the microphone to interview Pulp frontman and SAT successful solo artist, dandy Englishman Jarvis Cocker. SAT SAT Stephen asks Jarvis about the perils of being a glasses SAT wearer, his protests against pop and what really happened SAT with that famous Michael Jackson incident. SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b00ts0bq (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b00ts0bs (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b00tq1vy (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Worle SAT Community School in Weston-super-Mare, with questions for SAT the panel including Ben Bradshaw, Shadow Secretary of State SAT for Culture and Rachel Johnson, Editor of The Lady; the SAT commentator John Kampfner and the Minister for Europe David SAT Lidington. SAT SAT Producer: Victoria Wakely. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b00ts0fz (Listen) SAT Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in SAT response to this week's edition of Any Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 Saturday Play b00ts0h9 (Listen) SAT The White Man's Burden SAT SAT A radio adaptation of Paul Theroux's stage play about the SAT young Rudyard Kipling's humiliating final months as an SAT American resident. The great English writer plans to settle SAT in Vermont with his American wife, but a clash with his SAT brother-in-law results in death threats, a court case and SAT public scandal. Will Kipling manage to keep his head when SAT all about are losing theirs? SAT SAT Rudyard Kipling ..... Nicholas Boulton SAT Carrie Kipling ..... Teresa Gallagher SAT Beatty Balestier ..... Nathan Osgood SAT Mary Hackett ..... Sasha Pick SAT Howard/ Hitt ..... David Rintoul SAT Conland/ Judge Newton ..... Peter Marinker SAT Fitts ..... John Guerrasio SAT SAT Written by Paul Theroux SAT Adapted and directed by Emma Harding. SAT SAT 15:30 Soul Music b00tpqm4 (Listen) SAT Series 10, Ma Vlast SAT SAT At the core of Czech cultural identity is this week's piece SAT - Ma Vlast by Bedrich Smetana. Written in the late SAT 19th century, it's a series of six symphonic poems. For a SAT western audience the most popular and best loved is Vltava, SAT a soundscape which conjures up vivid images of the river SAT which runs through Prague. SAT SAT Jan Kaplan is a Czech born film-maker who has lived in the SAT UK since 1968. He describes the 'educational concerts' he SAT had to attend as a young boy when - bored to tears - he SAT would endure long performances of Smetana's music. However, SAT as an adult living in exile, his experience of Czech culture SAT was tinged with a remote sense of patriotism and he grew to SAT appreciate his national composer. When - following the SAT 1989 Velvet revolution - he was eventually able to return SAT home, he witnessed one of the most famous and moving SAT performances of Ma Vlast at Smetana Hall in 1990. SAT SAT Also at that concert was musicologist, Professor Jan SAT Smaczny, who describes his memories of that evening, and SAT explains the history and mythology portrayed in Ma Vlast. SAT SAT Producer: Karen Gregor. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b00ts4vs (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT Presented by Jane Garvey. Natascha Kampusch on her childhood SAT imprisonment in an Austrian basement and her escape eight SAT years later. Why do the lives of fewer women than men seem SAT worth writing about? Editors of the obits pages give their SAT views. Campaigning against harassment on the streets - when SAT comments cross the line from banter to abuse. Artistic SAT Director Judith Jamison from America's Alvin Ailey Dance SAT Theatre talks about her new production at Sadler's Wells in SAT London. Pornography and the men who are taking a stand SAT against it. Food writer Diana Henry on buying good SAT ingredients and using them well to make seasonal soups and stocks. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b00ts58b (Listen) SAT Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula SAT Shah, plus the sports headlines. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b00ts58d (Listen) SAT The news programme that starts with its listeners. Presented SAT by Jennifer Tracey and Eddie Mair. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00ts58g (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b00ts58j (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00ts58q (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b00ts5dw (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of SAT conversation, music and comedy. SAT SAT Clive is joined by best-selling author of Man and Boy Tony SAT Parsons. His latest book 'Tony Parsons on Life, Death and SAT Breakfast' is a collection of his outspoken essays in which SAT he offers middle-aged advice on the dilemmas of modern life. SAT SAT Who can forget Sir Humphrey and Jim Hacker? If you missed SAT the classic TV series, you can now see Yes, Prime Minister SAT on stage. Jonathan Lynn and Anthony Jay, the original SAT writers of the award winning political comedy, have reunited SAT to produce the stage version which transfers to London's SAT West End this week. SAT SAT Richard Armitage talks tattoos in his starring role as MI5 SAT operative Lucas North. The spy thriller Spooks returns to SAT BBC One for its ninth series on Monday night. SAT SAT Nikki Bedi looks up to Mark Dolan, who met some of the SAT world's most extraordinary people. From the hairiest man, to SAT the woman who holds the record for the biggest enhanced SAT breasts! Mark is 6'5" SAT SAT There's comedy and teenage angst from 19 year old Scotsman SAT Daniel Sloss. SAT SAT Enchanting orchestral pop comes from Phildel who performs SAT Disappearance of the Girl live in the studio. SAT SAT And deep country folk from Louisiana's Dylan LeBlanc who SAT plays 'Low' from his new album 'Pauper's Field'. SAT SAT Producer: Cathie Mahoney. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b00ts5dy (Listen) SAT Danny Alexander SAT SAT Jonathan Maitland profiles Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary SAT to the Treasury in the coalition government and Liberal SAT Democrat who will wield the axe as the UK enters a new age SAT of austerity. Alexander emerged from a background in SAT communications and a short career as a politician --he was SAT first elected to a Highlands seat in 2005 --to become SAT Treasury Chief Secretary. It is a post that many SAT commentators say makes Danny Alexander the third most SAT powerful man in government, after the Prime Minister and the SAT Chancellor of the Exchequer and ahead of his own boss the SAT Deputy Prime Minister. So how did a man whose last job SAT outside of politics was to run communications for the SAT Cairngorms National Park get so far so fast? And how will he SAT fare once the cuts he is overseeing begin to take hold? SAT Jonathan Maitland talks to his family, his friends and SAT political commentators about the MP from Inverness, Nairn, SAT Badenoch & Strathspey. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b00ts5f0 (Listen) SAT Tom Sutcliffe and guests writer Miranda Sawyer, critic John SAT Mullan and academic and critic Maria Delgado review the SAT week's cultural highlights including Design for Living. SAT SAT Initially banned in the UK, Noel Coward's play Design for SAT Living is being revived at the Old Vic in London and stars SAT Andrew Scott as Leo, Lisa Dillon as Gilda and Tom Burke as SAT Otto. Set in 1930s bohemian Paris and the height of SAT Manhattan society - the play had its origins in a real SAT three-sided friendship between Coward, Alfred Lunt and Lynn SAT Fontanne. SAT SAT This week's book is Charles Yu's How To Live Safely in a SAT Science Fictional Universe, about a time machine repairman SAT who accidentally shoots his future self, thereby becoming SAT trapped in a perpetual time loop. In 2007 Charles Yu was SAT nominated by the National Book Foundation as one of its '5 SAT Under 35' writers to watch out for. SAT SAT Bandits, Wilderness and Magic, the first major Rosa SAT exhibition since 1973 is now open at the Dulwich Picture SAT Gallery. One of the boldest and most powerfully inventive SAT artists and personalities of the Italian 17th century, SAT Salvator Rosa was a rebel, a libertine and often in very SAT real danger from the Inquisition. SAT SAT Debra Grahnik's film, Winter's Bone, which won the Grand SAT Jury Prize at the Sundance Festival this year, stars SAT Jennifer Lawrence as Ree and Garret Dillahunt as Sherrif SAT Baskin. Set in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, it tells the SAT story of a young woman struggling to keep the family home SAT after her father - a crystal meth dealer - mysteriously SAT disappears. SAT SAT And Julian Fellowes, Oscar-winning scriptwriter of Gosford SAT Park, pens another period drama set in a country house - SAT Downton Abbey, the eponymous title of ITV1's new Sunday SAT night drama. SAT SAT Producer: Torquil MacLeod. SAT SAT 20:00 The Archive Hour b00ts5mm (Listen) SAT The Feynman Variations SAT SAT Brian Cox presents a tribute to Richard Feynman. Widely SAT regarded as the finest physicist of his generation and the SAT most influential since Einstein, Feynman did much to SAT popularise science, through lectures, books and television, SAT not least his revelation at a press conference in which he SAT demonstrated the exact cause of the Challenger Shuttle SAT explosion in 1986. SAT SAT Described as the 'Mozart of physics', Feynman's amazing life SAT and career seemingly had no end of highlights. A student at SAT MIT and then Princeton (where he obtained an unprecedented SAT perfect score on the entrance exam for maths and physics), SAT he was drafted onto the Manhattan Project as a junior SAT scientist. There his energy and talents made a significant SAT mark on two of the project's leaders, Robert Oppenheimer and SAT Hans Bethe. The latter would become Feynman's lifelong SAT mentor and friend. Bethe called his student "a magician", SAT setting him apart from other scientists as 'no ordinary SAT genius'. In 1965, Feynman shared a Nobel Prize for his SAT unique contribution to the field of Quantum Electrodynamics SAT making him the most celebrated, influential and best known SAT American Physicist of his generation. SAT SAT He was possessed with a remarkable ability not only to SAT understand the inner workings of the natural world but also SAT to communicate them to the rest of us, as revealed in his SAT best selling books and landmark television series. As SAT curious as he was clever, Feynman not only made great SAT contributions to physics, but also to other branches of SAT science and is widely acknowledged as the father of SAT nanotechnology. SAT SAT In this programme we hear from colleagues, friends and SAT former students as well as the great man himself about the SAT beauty of nature and the importance of science to our SAT understanding of the world. SAT SAT Producer: Rami Tzabar. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b00762yj (Listen) SAT My Family and Other Animals, Episode 2 SAT SAT by Gerald Durrell, dramatised by Janys Chambers SAT SAT My Family and Other Animals is Gerald Durrell's comic gem of SAT a book, the classic story of his upper-class English SAT eccentric family, whose antics persist on disrupting his SAT enthralling natural history escapades on the sunny, SAT pre-package holiday Greek island of 1930s Corfu. Recounted SAT with immense humour and charm, this is a wonderful account SAT of a rare, magical childhood. SAT Episode 2: Gerry's animal collection increases to such an SAT extent that the family's chaotic Christmas party gets SAT totally out of hand. SAT SAT Gerry.....Adam Usden SAT Adult.....GerryWill Tacey SAT Mother.....Celia Imrie SAT Larry.....Toby Jones SAT Margo.....Anna Kirke SAT Leslie.....Paul Hunter SAT Spiro.....Andreas Markos SAT Dr Androuchelli/Dr Stephanides.....Graeme Hawley SAT Lugaretzia.....Katia David SAT SAT Directed in Manchester by Polly Thomas. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b00ts5p1 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Iconoclasts b00tq7x2 (Listen) SAT Series 3, Episode 3 SAT SAT Journalist and author James Bartholomew argues that the SAT National Health Service should be abolished. "It is not one SAT of the best health-care systems in the world - it's actually SAT one of the worst." His views will be challenged by Dr Sam SAT Everington (a G.P. from the East End of London), Sir Gerry SAT Robinson (presenter of the TV series 'Can Gerry Robinson SAT Save The NHS?') and Nick Seddon (deputy-director of the SAT think-tank 'Reform'). SAT The live studio discussion is chaired by Edward Stourton. SAT Join in the debate by emailing iconoclasts@bbc.co.uk or text SAT during the programme on 84844. SAT Producer: Peter Everett. SAT SAT 23:00 Round Britain Quiz b00tppmb (Listen) SAT (7/12) The teams from the South of England and The Midlands SAT clash for the second time in the current series. Rosalind SAT Miles and Stephen Maddock of the Midlands will be hoping for SAT sweet revenge against Fred Housego and Marcel Berlins of the SAT South of England, who defeated them last time they met. Tom SAT Sutcliffe is in the chair. SAT SAT Producer: Paul Bajoria. SAT SAT 23:30 Poetry Please b00tnmlj (Listen) SAT Roger McGough returns with an autumn series of Poetry SAT Please. Today poems by D H Lawrence including his great SAT late masterpieces The Ship of Death and Bavarian Gentians, SAT and a pair of dazzling birds - Hummingbird and Turkey Cock - SAT read by David Bamber. Also two new poems from Midlands SAT veteran poet Roy Fisher. SAT SAT Bavarian Gentians SAT by D H Lawrence SAT From: D H Lawrence – The Complete Poems SAT Pub: Penguin SAT SAT Hummingbird SAT by D H Lawrence SAT From: D H Lawrence – The Complete Poems SAT Pub: Penguin SAT SAT Turkey Cock SAT by D H Lawrence SAT From: D H Lawrence – The Complete Poems SAT Pub: Penguin SAT SAT Bei Hennef SAT by D H Lawrence SAT From: D H Lawrence – The Complete Poems SAT Pub: Penguin SAT SAT The Ship of Death SAT by D H Lawrence SAT From: D H Lawrence – The Complete Poems SAT Pub: Penguin SAT SAT On Spare Land SAT by Roy Fisher SAT From: Standard Midland SAT Pub: Bloodaxe SAT SAT Inner Voice SAT by Roy Fisher SAT From: Standard Midland SAT Pub: Bloodaxe SAT SAT Everlasting Flowers for a Dead Mother SAT by D H Lawrence SAT From: The Love Poems of D H Lawrence SAT Pub: Kyle Cathie Limited SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 19 SEPTEMBER 2010 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b00tqmpd (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b00htmzy (Listen) SUN Readings From Bath, Knit One Purl One SUN SUN The first of three new stories by Bath writers from the SUN stage of last year's Literature Festival in the city is a SUN funny and tender account of a marriage, a series of summer SUN holidays and the importance of knitting. SUN Reader: Pippa Haywood SUN SUN Producers: Sue Fry/Sara Davies. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00ts6k2 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00ts6kd (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00ts6qc (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b00ts6qf (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b00ts6qh (Listen) SUN The bells of St Wilfred's Roman Catholic Church, York. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b00ts5dy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b00ts6tq (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b00ts7hy (Listen) SUN Blame it on the Universe SUN SUN Mark Tully wonders why so many people now talk about The SUN Universe where they would once have spoken about God. SUN SUN Why is The Universe a more helpful and meaningful concept SUN for some than 'God', when they are seeking guidance, SUN confirmation and blessing. SUN SUN Where has the expression come from, and what does it SUN actually mean? SUN SUN Producer: Eley McAinsh SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b00ts7nh (Listen) SUN Anna Varle discovers the ancient art of horse logging, using SUN heavy horses to clear woodland. Helping clear a site in SUN Shropshire, she finds out how horses can do what machines can't. SUN SUN Horses are particularly useful when delicate environments SUN need attention. Marton Pool in Shropshire is a protected SUN Site of Special Scientific Interest, and 6 horses working SUN together are needed to clear the area. Leading the team is SUN Doug Joiner, chair of British Horse Loggers, who helps Anna SUN take her first steps in learning a craft thought to be over SUN 10,000 years old. SUN SUN Horse Logging nearly died out in the 20th century, and by SUN the 1980s there were only 3 full-time loggers in the UK. SUN Now it's enjoying a renaissance, and the Forestry SUN Commission, Natural England, and estates across the country SUN are using teams of horses to tidy up their woodland. SUN SUN Presenter: Anna Varle. Produced by Melvin Rickarby. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b00ts7nk (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b00ts7nm (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b00ts82r (Listen) SUN Edward Stourton with a special edition of the programme live SUN from Cofton Park, Birmingham where Pope Benedict XVI with SUN beatify Cardinal Newman. There will be news and analysis of SUN the Pope's first state visit to Britain and experts will SUN explain why the beatification of Newman is of personal SUN importance to the Pope. SUN SUN Series producer: Amanda Hancox. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal b00ts82t (Listen) SUN John Parrott presents the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the SUN charity KidsOut. SUN SUN Donations to KidsOut should be sent to FREEPOST BBC Radio 4 SUN Appeal, please mark the back of your envelope KidsOut. SUN Credit cards: Freephone 0800 404 8144. You can also give SUN online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/appeal. If you are a UK tax SUN payer, please provide KidsOut with your full name and SUN address so they can claim the Gift Aid on your donation. The SUN online and phone donation facilities are not currently SUN available to listeners without a UK postcode. SUN SUN Registered Charity Number: 1075789. SUN SUN KidsOut SUN SUN John Parrot appeals on behalf of KidsOut, a small UK-wide SUN charity dedicated to bringing fun and happiness into the SUN lives of disadvantaged and disabled children. The Charity SUN provides these children with positive, life changing SUN experiences that contribute to their development, well-being SUN and outlook for a happier future. SUN SUN This particular appeal highlights the charity’s unique Toy SUN Box project - working with women’s aid refuges to give SUN children who have escaped from domestic violence their very SUN own Toy Box. Each box contains games, puzzles, books, art SUN materials and a soft toy to cuddle. SUN SUN 07:58 Weather b00ts86y (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b00ts876 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b00ts87z (Listen) SUN In preparation for the beatification of Cardinal Newman SUN taking place later at Cofton Park in Birmingham, thousands SUN are already gathered on the grassy slopes near Newman's SUN oratory church, to celebrate the life of one of the greatest SUN English theologians of the 19th Century and prepare for the SUN forthcoming Papal Mass. The service is led by Mike Stanley SUN and Jo Boyce who are joined by school choirs from Coventry SUN and Birmingham. Our worship is introduced by Bernadette SUN Kearney. Producer: Philip Billson. SUN SUN 08:50 A Point of View b00tq1w0 (Listen) SUN The Sistine tapestries SUN SUN Five centuries after they were created, some extraordinary SUN tapestries have been brought from the Sistine Chapel to SUN London. The Raphael tapestries, from the series, "The Acts SUN of the Aposles", are on loan to the Victoria and Albert SUN Museum, to mark the Pope's visit. Lisa Jardine reflects on SUN the significance of these works - each one slighter bigger SUN than a double decker bus. SUN SUN Producer: Adele Armstrong. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b00ts8lk (Listen) SUN News and conversation about the big stories of the week with SUN Paddy O'Connell. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b00ts8wc (Listen) SUN Written by: Tim Stimpson SUN Directed by: Kim Greengrass SUN Editor: Vanessa Whitburn SUN SUN Kenton Archer ..... Richard Attlee SUN David Archer ..... Timothy Bentinck SUN Ruth Archer ..... Felicity Finch SUN Pip Archer ..... Helen Monks SUN Daniel Hebden Lloyd ..... Louis Hamblett SUN Nigel Pargetter ..... Graham Seed SUN Elizabeth Pargetter ..... Alison Dowling SUN Pat Archer ..... Patricia Gallimore SUN Brian Aldridge ..... Charles Collingwood SUN Jennifer Aldridge ..... Angela Piper SUN Matt Crawford ..... Kim Durham SUN Jolene Perks ..... Buffy Davis SUN Fallon Rogers ..... Joanna Van Kampen SUN Kathy Perks ..... Hedli Niklaus SUN Jamie Perks ..... Dan Ciotkowski SUN Joe Grundy ..... Edward Kelsey SUN Clarrie Grundy ..... Rosalind Adams SUN William Grundy ..... Philip Molloy SUN Nic Hanson ..... Becky Wright SUN Lynda Snell ..... Carole Boyd SUN Bert Fry ..... Eric Allan SUN Jazzer McCreary ..... Ryan Kelly SUN Jim Lloyd ..... John Rowe SUN Harry Mason ..... Michael Shelford SUN Martyn Gibson ..... John Glover SUN Andrew Eagleton ..... John Flitcroft. SUN SUN 11:15 The Reunion b00tt3qv (Listen) SUN Play School SUN SUN In the final programme of the latest BBC Radio 4 series of SUN The Reunion, Sue MacGregor reunites people involved with SUN classic children's TV programme Play School, which ran from SUN 1964 to 1988. SUN SUN Devised by Joy Whitby, former producer of the Listen with SUN Mother slot on BBC Radio, the programme was a direct SUN response to concerns about the perceived poor standard of SUN British pre-school education. SUN SUN Play School was ground-breaking in more ways than one as it SUN accidentally became the first programme to be shown on BBC 2 SUN after a power cut halted the opening night's programming. SUN SUN Its enthusiastic presenters came from diverse backgrounds SUN and became household names with the iconic three shaped SUN windows, clock and toys to form an integral part of many SUN early childhoods. SUN SUN Sue is joined around the table by Joy Whitby, presenters SUN Floella Benjamin, Brian Cant, who also fronted spin-off SUN series Play Away, and Toni Arthur and musical SUN director/pianist Jonathan Cohen. SUN SUN The programme also features contributions from Johnny Ball SUN and Play School historian Paul R. Jackson. SUN SUN Producer: Chris Green SUN A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:00 Just a Minute b00tppv4 (Listen) SUN Series 57, Episode 7 SUN SUN Radio 4's long running and popular panel game hosted by SUN Nicholas Parsons. Starring Graham Norton, Gyles Brandreth, SUN Jenny Eclair and Paul Merton. The panellists attempt to SUN speak on a subject given to them without repetition, SUN hesitation or deviation. Subjects this week include 'My SUN Inner Monologue' and 'The Person to My Left'. Tune in to SUN hear what they make of that. Especially, Graham Norton, who SUN hasn't got anyone sitting to his left. SUN Producer: Tilusha Ghelani. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b00tt3rr (Listen) SUN Northern Ireland and "Focus on Food" SUN SUN Northern Ireland's new Focus on Food policy, published SUN earlier this summer, aims to put food at the heart of SUN economic growth, and encourage value added, and quality, SUN food production. SUN SUN While in the South the food revolution of the past 30 years SUN created a plethora of innovative, quality food businesses to SUN feed a burgeoning tourism sector, in the North the food and SUN farming industries have been more commodity focused, and SUN have lagged behind on the quality front. The Focus on Food SUN strategy aims to provide expertise and support to stimulate SUN the food and farming sectors, which, after the public SUN sector, are the single biggest employers in the region. SUN SUN Sheila Dillon visits two new value-added businesses, the SUN sorts of enterprise Focus on Food is designed to encourage: SUN Mash Direct, selling a range of mashes and vegetable dishes SUN fresh through the retailers and providing an economic future SUN for the family, and Glastry Farm whose dairy herd provide SUN the milk for their premium ice creams based around regional SUN produce like Armagh Bramleys, and strawberries. She also SUN talks to established artisan baker Robert Ditty. Is the SUN government strategy enough to kick start quality food SUN entrepreneurism in Northern Ireland? And in the era of SUN public-sector cuts will the financial back-up be available? SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b00tt3tn (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b00tt3tz (Listen) SUN A look at events around the world with Shaun Ley. SUN SUN 13:30 Children of the Olympic Bid b00tt3w2 (Listen) SUN Series 5, Episode 2 SUN SUN When Sebastian Coe presented London's bid for the 2012 Games SUN at the IOC meeting in Singapore on July 6th 2005 he was SUN flanked on the stage by the London teenagers. They were seen SUN as crucial in helping secure victory over Paris - SUN representing the sporting dreams of the nation and the rich SUN cultural, ethnic and religious mix of the capital. Since SUN then Peter White's been following them, their families and SUN those who train alongside them. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00tq1vp (Listen) SUN Anne Swithinbank, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood are in SUN the company of local gardeners, staff and students of Royal SUN Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. SUN SUN Eric Robson is the chairman. SUN SUN Producer : Howard Shannon SUN A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:45 A View Through a Lens b00tt3wz (Listen) SUN Series 2, Episode 2 SUN SUN Wildlife cameraman John Aitchison often finds himself in SUN isolated and even dangerous locations across the globe SUN filming wildlife, and in this series he reflects on the SUN uniqueness of human experience, the beauty of nature, the SUN fragility of life and the connections which unite society SUN and nature across the globe. SUN SUN 2/5. It's July and twelve hundred kilometres north of the SUN Arctic Circle, on the island of Spitzbergen, wildlife SUN cameraman, John Aitchison waits for eider ducklings to SUN hatch. It's a cold and hostile environment, but it's where SUN Louis Nelson chose to build his cabin and this is where John SUN is staying. Louis is an eider farmer; he harvests the down SUN which the female eiders pluck from their breasts to line SUN their nests. This gathered down is used to fill eider downs. SUN It's a form of sustainable harvesting which works for both SUN parties. Louis protects the eiders from predators and in SUN return only takes the surplus down which the ducks replace. SUN Since he began this work he's attracted more birds to the SUN colony. There are now some 3000 birds, compared to 1600 when SUN he started. The nesting ducks are a powerful draw for other SUN animals -like gulls and foxes which will steal the eggs, and SUN polar bears. They are a very real threat. Louis has had to SUN fortify the cabin against them and John's hide provides SUN little resistance against one inquisitive visitor SUN (fortunately when John isn't inside). Trying to film eider SUN ducks hatch and make it to the water's edge is anything but SUN easy as John quickly discovers, especially when there are SUN polar bears about! SUN SUN Presented by John Aitchison SUN Produced by Sarah Blunt. SUN SUN 15:00 Classic Serial b00tt3x1 (Listen) SUN The Ladies' Delight, Episode 1 SUN SUN By Emile Zola. SUN Dramatised by Carine Adler. SUN SUN Business, ambition and fashion all collide in Zola's SUN colourful love story. Set in the hustle and excitement of SUN the expansion of one of Paris' first department stores. SUN SUN Episode One SUN When innocent provincial girl Denise arrives in Paris, she SUN quickly catches the eye of the notorious seducer of women, SUN Octave Mouret. Despite her uncle's disapproval, Denise SUN accepts a job at Mouret's ever expanding department store SUN The Ladies' Delight. SUN SUN NARRATOR ... David Hargreaves SUN DENISE ... Georgia King SUN MOURET ... Lee Williams SUN BOURDONCLE ... Conrad Nelson SUN BAUDU ... Nicholas Blane SUN OLD BOURRAS/BARON/VINCARD ... Will Tacey SUN JEAN/BAUGE ... Stephen Hoyle SUN DELOCHE/COLOMBAN ... Michael Hugo SUN MME AURELIE/MME BAUDU ... Clare Beck SUN MME DESFORGES ... Melissa Jane Sinden SUN MME MARTY/PAULINE ... Maeve Larkin SUN CLARA ... Chantelle Dean SUN GENEVIEVE/MARGUERITTE/MME DE BOVES ... Polly Lister SUN SUN Written by Emile Zole SUN Adapted by Carine Adler SUN Directed by Stefan Escreet SUN Producer: Charlotte Riches. SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b00tt3x3 (Listen) SUN Mariella Frostrup is joined by the award-winning crime SUN novelist Val McDermid to discuss her latest book, Trick of SUN the Dark. McDermid is best known for her Tony Hill series of SUN thrillers, which were adapted for television as Wire In The SUN Blood. She talks to Mariella about her ongoing love affair SUN with writing crime and why she invented the category of SUN Tartan Noir to describe her books. SUN SUN Also on the programme, the writer behind The No.1 Ladies' SUN Detective Agency, Alexander McCall Smith, shares his SUN insights into the art of writing prolifically. Mariella SUN finds out how McCall Smith, like other prolific novelists, SUN is able to continue producing a book a year - something many SUN writers feel clashes with the artistry of fiction writing. SUN SUN Plus, as Pakistan continues to reel from the damage created SUN by flood waters, how are the country's writers responding? SUN Two of Pakistan's new generation of novelists, Kamila SUN Shamsie and Daniyal Mueenudeen, join Mariella to discuss, SUN and to shed light on the renaissance that Pakistani writing SUN is undergoing. SUN SUN Producer: Sally Spurring. SUN SUN 16:30 Poetry Please b00tt3zt (Listen) SUN Roger McGough presents an autumn edition focussing on Louis SUN MacNeice and including parts of his Autumn Journal. Paul SUN Mundell is the reader. Also two new poems by veteran SUN Midlands poet Roy Fisher. SUN SUN 17:00 Pay and Tax: The Radio 4 Debate b00tt3zw (Listen) SUN This debate on pay and tax rounds up a week of programmes on SUN Radio 4 on two of the biggest topics facing the UK at the SUN moment economically and politically. SUN SUN The BBC's Political Editor Nick Robinson is joined by mobile SUN phone entrepreneur John Caudwell, Guardian columnist Polly SUN Toynbee, philosohy professor Jonathan Wolff, and economist SUN Dr Andrew Lilico from the think tank Policy Exchange. They SUN will debate whether the current pay structure is the right SUN one, and if it isn't, what part could tax or other SUN government intervention play in changing it. And what might SUN the alternatives be like for our economy and our society? SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b00ts5dy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b00tt3zy (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b00tt400 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00tt402 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b00tt404 (Listen) SUN John Waite makes his selection from the past seven days of SUN BBC Radio SUN SUN John Waite turns super-sleuth for Pick of the Week on SUN Sunday. Tracking down the tortured beginnings of the musical SUN "Evita", and the no-less tortured home-life of that nice SUN couple of homicidal maniacs, the Macbeths. He turns his SUN detective skills to revealing why famous fictional SUN detectives are murdered by their creators. And what happened SUN to a whole town - it's there on the map, but seems to have SUN disappeared in reality. As to how you get a tune out of a SUN series of cats - well, that's a three pipe problem. See if SUN John can crack it by tuning in to Pick of the Week. The SUN game's afoot at 6.15. SUN SUN The Strongest Girl in the World - Radio 4 SUN Operation Pedro Pan - World Service SUN Talking To My Dad - Radio 4 SUN Dan Box - BBC Radio Shropshire SUN Great Lives - Radio 4 SUN PM - Radio 4 SUN The Essay - Radio 3 SUN The Musical - Radio 2 SUN The Stanley Baxter Playhouse - Radio 4 SUN Seeking The Endgame - World Service SUN Character Assassins - Radio 4 SUN Punt PI - Radio 4 SUN Pythonesque - Radio 4 SUN Newshour - World Service SUN SUN Producer: Cecile Wright. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b00tt421 (Listen) SUN Joe's big day has come, and Clarrie keeps Emma's secret. SUN SUN 19:15 Americana b00tt423 (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 Change in Politics SUN SUN After managing Barack Obama's successful campaign for SUN President, David Plouffe is back to work pushing for SUN "change," but this time the White House is hoping he can put SUN his 2008 magic to work for the Democratic Party's midterm SUN elections. SUN SUN Change in Tune SUN SUN In 1962 the Mormon Tabernacle Choir demonstrated a new style SUN of international diplomacy when they reached across the Iron SUN Curtain to perform the world's first international satellite SUN television broadcast in front of Mt. Rushmore. Two members SUN of the choir recall what it was like to send music across SUN enemy lines and reflect on the changes they thought might be SUN possible. SUN SUN Change in Philosophy SUN SUN Matt Frei talks to Noam Chomsky. Over 40 years he's explored SUN ideas of war, conspiracy, conservation and communication. SUN Americana asks him how his ideas have changed over time and SUN how Americans may continue to transform in the future. SUN SUN 19:45 Afternoon Reading b00j4d54 (Listen) SUN In Her Element, A Horizontal View SUN SUN A series in which three women writers describe their SUN personal connection with the Welsh landscape and how their SUN encounter with nature has shaped their lives. SUN Patricia Barrie recalls the view from her bedroom window SUN when she was confined to bed as a child with a serious SUN illness. Read by Sharon Morgan. SUN SUN Producer : Kate McAll SUN Director : Nigel Lewis. SUN SUN 20:00 The Pope's Visit 2010: SUN Highlights of the Beatification b00tt425 (Listen) SUN As the final major event of the Pope's historic visit to the SUN UK one of the most distinguised English Catholics of the SUN 19th century, Cardinal Newman, was declared "Blessed" at a SUN major open air ceremony in Birmingham's Cofton Park near to SUN Newman's home and oratory church. SUN SUN According to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and SUN Wales and the Bishops' Conference of Scotland, Newman's SUN search for truth, his commitment to education and his SUN moderation in debate all point to a man of faith in God, who SUN cared for people and refused to pursue arguments without SUN touching hearts. SUN SUN As this visit draws to its conclusion, Edward Stourton SUN presents the Highlights of this Beatification, commentating SUN on the ceremony and explaining the process of making a SUN saint. In particular, he discusses Newman's own journey SUN towards sainthood. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b00tq1vr (Listen) SUN John Wilson presents Radio 4's obituary programme, analysing SUN and reflecting on the lives of people who have recently SUN died. This week: Lord Bingham, who rose to become the most SUN senior and most respected judge in Britain. A former Master SUN of the Rolls and Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham was a SUN proud defender of individual liberty and human rights. Lord SUN David Owen is among those paying tribute. We also hear about SUN the heroism and bravery of wartime secret agent Eileen SUN Nearne; the free-wheeling life of traveller and SUN counter-cultural leader Sid Rawle; French new wave auteur SUN Claude Chabrol and how Vladimir Raitz invented the package SUN holiday 60 years ago. SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b00ts0ct (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b00ts82t (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b00tq11k (Listen) SUN After The Crunch SUN SUN Peter Day is on quest to the North East to find out how SUN businesses are doing in a part of the country where many SUN publically funded jobs have been created in the past decade SUN - jobs that are now under threat as the country waits to SUN hear how and where the big planned government spending cuts SUN will bite. SUN SUN 21:58 Weather b00tt42w (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b00tt42y (Listen) SUN Reports from behind the scenes at Westminster. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Papers Say b00tt441 (Listen) SUN Episode 19 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 Kevin Maguire of The SUN Daily Mirror takes the chair and the editor is Catherine SUN Donegan. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b00tq1vt (Listen) SUN Francine Stock talks to Stephen Woolley, producer of The SUN Crying Game and Mona Lisa on the set of his latest drama, SUN Made In Dagenham, which was inspired by an edition of the SUN Radio 4 programme The Reunion. SUN SUN Director Debra Granik takes us on a virtual tour of the SUN Ozark Mountains in the American heartland, the setting for SUN her new film, Winter's Bone. SUN SUN And there's news of an unofficial national sport that once SUN swept the nation - Spot Sam Kydd, a popular game featuring SUN one of Britain's best loved character actors. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b00ts7hy (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2010 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b00tqn35 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b00tpv86 (Listen) MON Eavesdropping - CCTV in schools MON MON From Hitchcock's 'Rear Window' to Facebook and Twitter, from MON Soviet Spies to Parisian cafes, eavesdropping is a universal MON phenomenon. John Locke, who has provided the first serious MON and systematic study of the behaviour, tells Laurie that it MON is a practice which extends into the animal kingdom and MON brings advantages to birds and chimpanzees. An attempt to MON understand the lives of others can help one live better MON oneself but despite the fact that it has shaped human MON history and culture, listening in to what others are saying MON continues to have a very bad name. MON Also on the programme Emmeline Taylor presents her research MON on CCTV in schools and the impact on privacy. MON Producer: Chris Wilson. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b00ts6qh (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tqn5d (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tqntx (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tqnxx (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b00tqp2g (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tqpl6 (Listen) MON with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b00tt465 (Listen) MON Hundreds of farmers stand to lose land for the proposed MON high-speed rail link between Birmingham and London. Caz MON Graham hears why they feel the compensation is not enough MON and some want it stopped altogether. MON MON Farming Today visits the forager who gathers sloes for MON gin-making and we revisit the turkey farm where the birds MON are piling on the pounds for Christmas. MON MON Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock. MON MON 05:57 Weather b00tt467 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 06:00 Today b00tt469 (Listen) MON With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b00tt49v (Listen) MON In the first programme of a new series of Start the Week the MON former MP Lord Hattersley charts the life and politics of MON David Lloyd George, the Prime Minister responsible for the MON creation of the welfare state, and a working class man who MON came to understand the pitfalls of a coalition government. MON Andrew Marr looks back to the 1980s with the writer Andy MON McSmith who argues this was the conflict decade, defined by MON strikes, war and riots. And the philosopher Mary Midgley MON also criticises the individualism of the time, maintaining MON that Darwin's 'survival of the fittest' was never a creed in MON which to live one's life. The Irish-American community in MON New York is the setting for Richard Bean's new play, in MON which he uncovers the plots and deals that lead to the MON American funding of the IRA. MON MON 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt49x (Listen) MON The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD), MON The mechanical galleon MON MON Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things. This MON week he is exploring the impact of Western European travel, MON trade and conquest between 1450 and 1600. He kicks off with MON an exquisite miniature version of the sort of high tech MON vessel that was to take Europeans right around the world. MON Today's object is a small clockwork version of the type of MON galleon that the Spanish sent against England in the Armada MON and that they sent across the high seas. This one was made MON for a grand dinner table - it could move, make music, tell MON the time and fire tiny cannons. Neil discusses the MON significance of this new breed of sailing ships and MON describes the political state that this galleon symbolises - MON the Holy Roman Empire. The marine archaeologist Christopher MON Dobbs compares the tiny galleon to the Mary Rose in MON Portsmouth and the historian Lisa Jardine considers the MON European fascination with mechanics and technology MON throughout the 16th Century. MON MON Producer: Anthony Denselow. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tt4lp (Listen) MON Presented by Jane Garvey. The UK Human Trafficking Centre is MON campaigning to raise awareness of British children who MON suffer sexual exploitation through grooming and internal MON trafficking. A young woman tells Jane how she was groomed MON from the age of twelve. Bella Pollen talks about her new MON novel "The Summer of the Bear" set in the Outer Hebrides. MON And cosmetics - the new generation of foundations comes MON under scrutiny. How do you apply them and do they work? MON MON 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00tt4lr (Listen) MON Hysteria, Episode 1 MON MON HYSTERIA by Steve Chambers MON MON Against the background of rising hysteria in the MON Middlesbrough community over the murders of prostitutes, MON Denise's dreams of a happy second marriage, even a family MON (at 40), are challenged as circumstantial evidence seems to MON point the finger at husband Phil. MON MON We've all done things in the past that we'd prefer to keep MON under wraps. MON MON How much do you tell your new partner if you're trying to MON make a good impression? MON MON Can one small lie unravel a marriage? MON MON Denise .... Christine Kavanagh MON Phil .... Michael Hodgson MON Kath .... Celia Hewitt MON Sheree .... Colleen Prendergast MON Jimmy .... Sean Baker MON John .... Jude Akuwudike MON Nurse .... Sally Orrock MON Policemen .... Michael Shelford & Tony Bell MON MON Director: David Hunter MON MON 11:00 Reversing the Brain Drain b00tw2lj (Listen) MON David Kirk is a man with a passion for Northern Ireland and MON its potential to have a bright, tech-led future. A mover and MON shaker in Silicon Valley, his roots lie far from the MON Californian soil - Kirk was born in a terraced house in east MON Belfast in the 1950s. His parents moved out before the MON Troubles hit and just recently he's begun to reconnect with MON the country of his birth. David Kirk has now decided to MON invest his time and money in entrepreneurs in Northern MON Ireland and he says there's no reason why the local MON expertise shouldn't produce the next Google. In Reversing MON the Brain Drain Declan Curry charts David Kirk's progress as MON he coaches the next generation of business leaders. MON MON 11:30 HR b00tt4lt (Listen) MON Series 2, Remodelling 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, fearing the sense of purposelessness that often hits MON retirees, decides to redecorate his house. But, his MON housemate Peter worries, has he some darker purpose in mind? MON MON Peter ..... Jonathan Pryce MON Sam ..... Nicholas Le Prevost MON Nigel ..... Tony Bell MON MON Director: Peter Kavanagh. MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b00ttlrc (Listen) MON Consumer Affairs with Julian Worricker. MON MON Air and ground heat pumps, increasingly popular devices that MON produce hot water using renewable energy have failed the MON UK's largest field test in four out of five cases. Why did MON so many UK suppliers not meet EU standards and what can be MON done about it? MON MON A web based estate agent has launched a home sale product MON which he claims undercuts High Street rivals by 90% - what's MON the catch? MON MON A Cumbrian academy, which replaced three schools last year MON in need of improvement and investment, has recorded worst MON results than the schools it replaced. MON MON Rob Penn does not do things by halves. In 1994 he cycled MON around the globe and now he's completed another bicycle MON based quest - a year long search for components and MON craftsmen to build the best bike in the world. MON MON And is the end of the road fast approaching for the MON independent petrol station? MON MON 12:57 Weather b00tqrmz (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b00trk4z (Listen) MON National and international news with Martha Kearney. MON MON 13:30 Round Britain Quiz b00tt4lw (Listen) MON (8/12) Tom Sutcliffe chairs a return match between Michael MON Schmidt and Adele Geras of the North of England, playing MON Alan Taylor and Michael Alexander of Scotland. Tom also has MON the answer to the cliffhanger question from last week. MON Producer: Paul Bajoria. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b00tt421 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tt4ly (Listen) MON The Last Tudor MON MON A reality show contestant decides that he has a greater MON claim to the throne than the current Royal Family. This MON improvised drama, told in a documentary format, charts his MON rise and fall, in a satire on celebrity, delusion and spin. MON MON The story is based on a true story of Anthony Hall, a former MON policeman who in 1931 started to give public speeches MON claiming that he was the descendant of an illegitimate son MON of Henry VIII and therefore the last Tudor. Documents MON released by the National Archives show that his threats to MON the Royal Family started to alarm the police and Home MON Office, and that George V lobbied to have him quietly MON declared insane and put away without trial. MON MON 15:00 The Archive Hour b00ts5mm (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Saturday] MON MON 15:45 Key Matters b00tt535 (Listen) MON Series 2, A Major MON MON In this second series of Key Matters, presenter Ivan Hewett MON explores the question of why certain musical keys have MON become associated with particular moods. For example, why is MON A major almost always employed by composers to write MON optimistic, even ecstatic music? And how has E minor become MON the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy? MON MON In this first programme, Ivan meets pianist and conductor MON Jonathan Cohen to discuss the open optimism of A major. The MON music ranges from Mozart to Abba with some Carol King and MON Dvorak along the way. MON MON 16:00 Food Programme b00tt3rr (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:30 Beyond Belief b00tt537 (Listen) MON The Charedi (ultra orthodox) Jewish communities 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, Ernie and his guests explore the beliefs, MON practices and lifestyles of the fastest growing group within MON Britain's Jewish community - Ultra Orthodox or Charedi Jews. MON MON Much of its rapid growth is down to a high birth rate - they MON average around seven children per family - but they are also MON attracting members from other Jewish communities. In Israel MON they play a key role in electoral politics. But what is MON their impact in this country? What do they believe? How do MON they practice? And how do they interact with those who sit MON outside their community? MON MON Joining Ernie to discuss Charedi Jewry is Rabbi Avraham MON Printer, Principal of the Yesodey Hatorah Senior School for MON Girls, Mrs Henya Myer, a member of the Hasidic Congregation MON in Manchester, and Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok, Professor of MON Judaism at the University of Wales, Lampeter who belongs to MON the Reform Movement of Judaism. MON MON The middle interview is with Hillel Athias Robias, now a MON Liberal Rabbi in London but once Rabbi to a Haredi Congregation. MON MON Producer: Karen Maurice. MON MON 17:00 PM b00trk51 (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 b00trkrw (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 Just a Minute b00tt56z (Listen) MON Radio 4's long running and popular panel game hosted by MON Nicholas Parsons. The panellists attempt to speak for a MON minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. This MON week they are Paul merton, Tony Hawks, Ross Noble and Sheila MON Hancock. Subjects include 'The Joke Book' and 'Learning to MON Play Golf'. It seems Paul Merton has taken up golf recently MON and Ross Noble is not very happy about it. Last in the MON current series. MON MON Producer: Tilusha Ghelani. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b00tt571 (Listen) MON Kate causes problems before she's even arrived, and Kenton MON decides to live life to the full. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b00trldj (Listen) MON Mark Lawson presents the arts programme. MON MON 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt49x (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Exit Strategy: Choosing a Time to Die b00tt573 (Listen) MON The debate over whether we should legalise assisted suicide MON is not going away. MON MON But whilst we flounder over the grey areas of the British MON legal system, a radical Australian doctor has found a loophole. MON MON Because physically helping someone to die is illegal, he is MON providing information to paying participants on how to die MON peacefully and painlessly kill themselves. MON MON Dr Nitschke runs Exit International; an organisation that MON distributes information on end-of-life methods. Banned from MON holding seminars in his own country, he is taking his MON workshops on the road. MON MON Reporter Jenny Cuffe visits an Exit International workshop. MON She talks to the people present about their reasons for MON attending and investigates whether Exit is acting in the MON interests of humanity, or irresponsibly by offering MON dangerous information without safeguards. MON MON Has Exit recognised a real concern amongst Britain's ageing MON population who worry about ending their days dependent on MON others? MON MON Jenny will find out whether those shouting the loudest MON really represent the feelings of the wider population. MON MON Talking with geriatricians, psychologists, campaigners and MON elderly people she explores society's last great taboo: MON death. She asks why so many people approaching old age are MON scared of dying. MON MON Are they being failed by our care system? Are advances in MON medicine extending quantity but not quality of life? Or is MON even discussing assisted suicide for the elderly symptomatic MON of an ageist society that undervalues the old? MON MON Should the 'I want' generation be able to make the choice of MON when we die and have the right to plan our own Exit MON Strategy? MON MON Producer: Gemma Newby MON An All Out Production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 20:30 Analysis b00tt575 (Listen) MON What's wrong with child labour? MON MON What is childhood for? MON MON It is commonly seen as a time for play and learning, but MON should employment play a more important part? MON MON Fran Abrams examines the subject of children at work in the MON UK, and asks why it is a phenomenon so little talked about. MON MON She traces the history of child labour in this country, and MON explores modern-day notions of the 'priceless child' who MON ought to be immersed in education and shielded from harsh MON economic reality. MON MON In protecting our children, she asks, are we causing them MON harm? And might the youth of Britain benefit from a revival MON of child labour? MON MON 21:00 Material World b00tq11f (Listen) MON So You Want to Be a Scientist - the final MON MON Four amateur scientists have turned their ideas into MON experiments this year. They were selected from 1,300 ideas MON sent in from around the UK, and this week they present their MON results in front of a live audience at the British Science MON Festival in Birmingham. MON MON Presenter: Quentin Cooper MON Producer: Michelle Martin. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b00tt49v (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b00trlmd (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b00trlmg (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 b00tt577 (Listen) MON Sister, Episode 1 MON MON When Beatrice hears that her younger sister, Tess, is MON missing, she leaves her job in New York and returns home to MON London on the first available flight. Having already lost MON her little brother, who died of Cystic Fibrosis as a child, MON Bee cannot bear the thought of losing her sister. When she MON tells the police that Tess had been getting nuisance calls, MON and that she was pregnant by a lecturer at her college who MON hadn't wanted her to have the baby, the police decide to do MON a reconstruction of Tess's last known movements. MON MON This is Rosamund Lupton's first novel, a tense psychological MON thriller that explores the powerful bond between sisters MON that endures beyond death. The abridger is Lauris Morgan MON Griffiths and the reader is Hattie Morahan. MON MON Producers: Sara Davies and Christine Hall. MON MON 23:00 Great Unanswered Questions b00tw1fc (Listen) MON Series 2, Episode 1 MON MON The comedy talk show which tries to answer the unanswerable. MON Dara O Briain joins Northern Irish comedian Colin Murphy and MON his two resident nerds Dr David Booth and Matthew Collins as MON they try to find out amongst other things: who are the more MON intelligent, rocket scientists or brain surgeons? Which MON wakes up first - you or your eyes? Maybe not much sense but MON lots of laughs. MON MON 23:30 Uncool Britannia b00sh3pm (Listen) MON The Pakamac Years MON MON Steve Punt presents a new three part history of the Britain MON that's ubiquitous yet unashamedly uncool. Steve argues the MON nation's recent past has been hijacked by the fashionistas MON and that it's time to celebrate the past as it really was - MON deeply unhip. Forget the Rolling Stones, Mary Quant and the MON Aston Martin, what Britons really love is a nice melody, a MON sensible coat and a reliable motor... MON MON Steve re-imagines the 50s and 60s as the Pakamac Years. He MON argues that it wasn't beatniks that epitomised the spirit of MON the era - but the foldaway mac. The Pakamac flew off the MON shelves in their tens of thousands as Britons rejoiced in MON the sheer novelty and practicality of a plastic raincoat MON which you could pop in your handbag. Steve also considers MON the importance of anoraks, cagoules, parkas and snorkels as MON emblems of uncool Britain. MON MON Producer: Laurence Grissell MON (repeat). MON MON TUE TUESDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2010 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b00tqmx0 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt49x (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tqn5h (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tqnt9 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tqnxl (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b00tqp22 (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tqpkr (Listen) TUE with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b00tt59h (Listen) TUE Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Melvin Rickarby. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b00tt47j (Listen) TUE With James Naughtie and Justin Webb. TUE TUE 09:00 The Brown Years b00tt59k (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE TUE Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time TUE as prime minister, based on revealing interviews with his TUE close colleagues. TUE TUE Interviewees include former ministers Peter Mandelson, Ed TUE Balls, Harriet Harman, Jack Straw, Douglas Alexander, Alan TUE Johnson, Hazel Blears, Peter Hain and Shriti Vadera; and TUE several former Downing St insiders including those TUE responsible for policy, political strategy and polling. TUE TUE Producer: Martin Rosenbaum. TUE TUE 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt59m (Listen) TUE The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD), TUE Benin plaque - the Oba with Europeans TUE TUE This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is exploring TUE the impact of the great European age of expansion and TUE discovery during the 15th and 16th Centuries. In the last TUE programme he described the technology that allowed Europeans TUE to sail around the world in great galleons, the "space ships TUE of their age". Today he looks at what happens when Europeans TUE started trading in West Africa and first came upon the TUE ancient culture of Benin in present day Nigeria. Neil TUE describes the world of this hugely successful warrior TUE kingdom and the culture that produced such exquisite TUE artwork. He also describes what happened when the British TUE raided Benin at the end of the 19th Century and the effect TUE that these bronze portraits first had when they arrived in TUE London. The artist Sokari Douglas Camp reflects on the TUE sculptures as art while the Nigerian poet and playwright TUE Wole Soyinka reacts to the violent history of Benin and the TUE loss of part of their great heritage. TUE TUE Producer: Anthony Denselow. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tt59p (Listen) TUE Presented by Jane Garvey. Indian cookery queen Madhur TUE Jaffrey talks about easy curries. TUE TUE 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00tt59r (Listen) TUE Hysteria, Episode 2 TUE TUE HYSTERIA by Steve Chambers TUE TUE Denise is frantic because husband Phil has been at the TUE police station all night. TUE TUE Denise .... Christine Kavanagh TUE Phil .... Michael Hodgson TUE Kath .... Celia Hewitt TUE Sheree .... Colleen Prendergast TUE Jimmy .... Sean Baker TUE John .... Jude Akuwudike TUE Nurse .... Sally Orrock TUE Policemen .... Michael Shelford & Tony Bell TUE TUE Director: David Hunter. TUE TUE 11:00 Saving Species b00tt5cs (Listen) TUE Episode 21 TUE TUE 21/40. Saba Douglas-Hamilton reports from Samburu national TUE park in Kenya where she and her family have studied the TUE elephants and lions for decades. Saba sees pressures from TUE all directions impacting on the wildlife. In her first TUE report we hear about the affects of severe flooding after a TUE period of sustained drought on the savannah and get an TUE insight into the elephants within the national park. TUE TUE And we hear from Mark Brazil in the Aleution Islands (a TUE string of islands streaming off the western tip of Alaska) TUE and his close encounters with Stellers Sea Lions. TUE TUE And in the UK, culm grassland making a return - the TUE preferred habitat of the Marsh Fritillary. TUE TUE Presented by Brett Westwood TUE Produced by Sheena Duncan TUE Series Editor Julian Hector. TUE TUE 11:30 Who Was Joyce Hatto? b00tt6f6 (Listen) TUE In June 2006, the death was announced of the pianist Joyce TUE Hatto. She was heralded as a great lost genius of classical TUE music- a reclusive woman who almost never performed in TUE public, but who in later life had created sublime recordings TUE in private. A few months later it emerged that those TUE recordings were fake- lifted from other performers and TUE tweaked in the studio - which leaves a question hanging. TUE TUE In this programme, the biographer Anne Sebba asks 'Who was TUE Joyce Hatto?' TUE TUE 'In the final few years of her life, she released a huge TUE range of CD recordings which swamped the market and were TUE praised to the hilt by a select band of reviewers,' says TUE Anne, 'I remember thinking, Where had this amazing talent TUE been all these years'? TUE TUE Then, after a pile of glowing obituaries, which told of her TUE four decade battle with cancer, these recordings of the TUE pianist Joyce Hatto were branded as fake - copies of TUE commercial recordings made by other artists, - not by Joyce at all. TUE TUE In this programme, her husband, William Barrington Coupe, TUE the sound engineer for her recordings, said that he alone TUE was to blame for the deception- acting purely out of love, TUE and replacing passages of his wife's playing with other TUE artists. TUE TUE But behind the final deception, there is an intriguing story TUE of an incredibly talented pianist marred by ill-health. TUE TUE The conductor George Hurst talks about working with Joyce in TUE the early 1960s. The novelist Rose Tremain recalls Joyce as TUE an inspirational piano teacher. The critic Lewis Foreman TUE remembers an extraordinary performance at Guildford. TUE TUE Producer: David Prest TUE A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b00tt5hq (Listen) TUE Call You and Yours with Julian Worricker. What will it take TUE to make you happy? A new study says that 50,000 pounds is TUE the amount of money you need to buy happiness. But is money TUE enough? How much is a happy workforce worth to the economy? TUE Depression is a major cause of absenteeism from work - in a TUE climate of cuts and strikes will this get worse? The US has TUE the pursuit of happiness enshrined in the constitution - is TUE this a sensible approach? Whose responsilbiity is it to make TUE us happy? is it ours alone or should the government do its TUE bit? With jobs under threat, public services being cut and TUE the unions calling for civil unrest how will the morale of TUE the UK hold up? Call You and Yours - a political, social, TUE economic and environmental look at the state of happiness. TUE Your thoughts in advance via the phone or email will be very TUE welcome. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b00tqrm8 (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b00trjxx (Listen) TUE National and international news with Martha Kearney. TUE TUE 13:30 Soul Music b00tt5hs (Listen) TUE Series 10, Faure Requiem TUE TUE "He wanted it to be something that's consoling and helpful. TUE It's the end of their lives where they can rest in peace". TUE World renowned choral conductor Sir David Willcocks, shares TUE his personal reflections on the Faure Requiem alongside TUE those for whom the music has comforted and inspired. Known TUE for its peaceful and hopeful nature the Faure Requiem has TUE been called 'The lullaby of death'. Whilst Gabriel Faure TUE himself never spoke directly about what inspired his TUE interpretation of the Requiem, author and biographer Jessica TUE Duchen has speculated that it may have been born out of his TUE experience as a soldier during the Franco-Prussian war. In TUE this edition of Soul music, personal stories of conflict and TUE deliverance are shared from across the decades. Reaching TUE from the beaches of Normandy to the plains of Afghanistan TUE and into the skies of Salisbury. Faure composed the first TUE version of the work, which he called "un petit Requiem" with TUE five movements, of which the Pie Jesu and In Paradisum have TUE become arguably the most popular. "Everything I managed to TUE entertain by way of religious illusion I put into my TUE Requiem, which moreover is dominated from beginning to end TUE by a very human feeling of faith in eternal rest.". TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b00tt571 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tt5hv (Listen) TUE Pilgrim, series 2, Hope Springs TUE TUE by Sebastian Baczkiewicz. Pilgrim is the most reluctant TUE father of the bride. He struggles to balance the prospect TUE of being the quarry in a savage hunt forever and a day with TUE seeing his daughter Doris condemned to an eternity married TUE to Puck. TUE TUE Cast TUE William Palmer ..... Paul Hilton TUE Dexter ..... Lloyd Thomas TUE Hilda ..... Anna Wing TUE Doris ..... Judy Parfitt TUE Puck ..... Jamie Foreman TUE Mr Hazelbury ..... Sean Baker TUE Mrs Marsden ..... Leah Brotherhead TUE Legend ..... Agnes Bateman TUE TUE Directed by Jessica Dromgoole. TUE TUE 15:00 Making History b00tt5hx (Listen) TUE Vanessa Collingridge presents Radio 4's popular history TUE programme in which listeners' questions and research help TUE offer new insights into the past. TUE TUE Today, 'hard graft'- how labour camps were used to deal with TUE unemployment in the 1930s; how walking became a Victorian TUE entertainment; and celebrating our oldest cinema. TUE TUE You can send us questions or an outline of your own TUE research. TUE TUE Producer: Nick Patrick TUE A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:30 The Revenge of the First King of Mars b00tt5hz (Listen) TUE Fear And Dread TUE TUE To mark the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik Sweet TUE Talk commissioned Nick Walker to write a short story that TUE recaptured the spirit of American 1950s B-movies or the pulp TUE science fiction of magazines like Astounding or Amazing TUE Stories. What followed, to enormous acclaim, was The First TUE King of Mars, the story of the first manned mission to the TUE red planet. TUE TUE Unfortunately, the extreme isolation of space has a negative TUE affect on the commander, who goes a tiny bit wacko. His TUE plans to become the all-powerful King of the red planet TUE leads to the first on many insurrections by his crew. TUE TUE In The Further Adventure of the First King of Mars, five TUE stories which came hard on the heels of the initial TUE adventure, our hero had reckoned without the monkeys. After TUE a landing that, to be honest, could have gone better, the TUE King (with a new and, to be fair, quite inspirational TUE national anthem) has a problem in that there appear to be no TUE subjects for him to rule over. TUE TUE The progressive disappearance of his crew only makes matters TUE worse. Only the final episode, does our fearful (or TUE fearless) cosmonaut discover that the monkeys have already TUE colonised Mars underground, creating a well-ordered and TUE tranquil society, a Nirvana in fact. So seductive, that the TUE crew have never been happier. TUE TUE In the new series, The Revenge of the First King of Mars, TUE our hero takes on the monkey kingdom, and their ruler, the TUE rather aggressive Roger. TUE TUE Read by Dave Lamb TUE Written by Nick Walker TUE Producer: Karen Rose TUE A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:45 Key Matters b00tt5j1 (Listen) TUE Series 2, C Sharp TUE TUE In this second series of Key Matters, presenter Ivan Hewett TUE explores the question of why certain musical keys have TUE become associated with particular moods. For example, why is TUE A major almost always employed by composers to write TUE optimistic, even ecstatic music? And how has E minor become TUE the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy? TUE TUE In this programme, Ivan is joined by pianist Kenneth TUE Hamilton to explore the treacherous and obscure world of C sharp. TUE TUE 16:00 Tracing Your Roots b00tt5k8 (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 2 TUE TUE Tracing the roots of rootless ancestors might seem an TUE impossible task, yet in this second programme of the series, TUE Sally Magnusson and Nick Barratt attempt to do just that. TUE TUE Mark Lorch is descended from a troupe of German Jewish TUE acrobats, at one time the highest-paid circus act in the TUE world. Mark wants to know more about their service in World TUE War One and about a UK tour undertaken shortly before its TUE outbreak. For a glimpse into the world of the circus and of TUE the Lorch family, Sally visits the theatre archive of TUE London's Victoria and Albert Museum. TUE TUE Theresa Mitchell has asked for expert advice on how to TUE explore her family's Romany heritage. Census records have TUE told her that her family gave up their itinerant lifestyle TUE at around the turn of the 20th century, but what prompted TUE their move to houses when they had been travellers for TUE generations? TUE TUE And Carol Hudson's mother came from a community who spent TUE their summers in huts and their winters in caves in the west TUE of Scotland. She never saw them again after leaving at the TUE age of 14 to become a farm labourer, and World War Two TUE brought her a marriage and a complete change of lifestyle. TUE What, though, happened to the brothers and sisters she left TUE behind? Nick has checked the archives and has the answers TUE for Carol. TUE TUE 16:30 Great Lives b00tt5kn (Listen) TUE Series 22, Michel de Montaigne TUE TUE Michel de Montaigne is one of the most influential writers TUE of the French Renaissance. He is known for popularising the TUE essay as a literary genre and became famous for his ability TUE to fuse intellectual speculation with casual anecdotes and TUE autobiography. Montaigne's work continues to influence TUE writers to this day. TUE TUE Championing his life is the surgeon, scientist, broadcaster TUE and politician Professor Robert Winston and providing expert TUE witness is the writer Sarah Bakewell, whose recent TUE biography, How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question TUE and Twenty Attempts at an Answer, was recently published to TUE great acclaim. TUE TUE Producer: Paul Dodgson. TUE TUE 17:00 PM b00trk53 (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 b00trkfm (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 Listen Against b00tt5mb (Listen) TUE Series 3, Episode 3 TUE TUE The programme that looks back at a week's worth of radio and TUE TV that never happened. Michael Burke becomes trapped in the TUE Moral Maze, and Any Answers gets a game show makeover. TUE TUE Presented by Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes. TUE Produced by Sam Bryant and Jon Holmes. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b00tt5md (Listen) TUE Nic finds out what's bothering Will, and Borchester Land try TUE boxing clever with Matt. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b00trlbp (Listen) TUE With Mark Lawson. Archictect John Pawson discusses his TUE minimalist style. TUE TUE 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt59m (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Nuclear Waste b00tt5mg (Listen) TUE Communities across the UK are being asked to volunteer to TUE host permanent deep storage of the country's most dangerous TUE radioactive waste. TUE Tonnes of higher level nuclear waste are currently stored at TUE Sellafield in Cumbria, but government policy - in line with TUE international scientific consensus - is to find permanent TUE storage, deep underground in a geological repository. TUE But so far, only communities around Sellafield have said TUE they might be interested, and if they have second thoughts, TUE or if the geology of the area is found to be unsuitable, TUE then it's back to square one. TUE As one of the pioneers of nuclear power, Britain has a TUE mountain of historic waste to deal with, but despite the TUE scale of the UK problem, other countries are already decades TUE ahead in identifying and developing storage sites hundreds TUE of metres down into the rock. TUE BBC Environment Correspondent, Richard Black, visits the TUE Onkalo site in Finland, where the world's first geological TUE repository, 420 metres underground, is due to open for TUE business in ten years time. He finds out why the Finns were TUE so enthusiastic about volunteering, even competing, to host TUE this nuclear waste store and considers how the same process, TUE to identify a site here in the UK, could unfold over the TUE next crucial 12 months. TUE TUE Producer: Fiona Hill. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b00tt5p3 (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for the blind and TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Case Notes b00tt5p5 (Listen) TUE Consent for Blood Transfusion TUE TUE We take it for granted that blood will be available if we TUE need an emergency transfusion. Mark Porter discovers how the TUE transfusion services ensure the safe and timely provision of TUE blood and its components. He finds out how the preparation TUE of blood is being made more efficiently. TUE TUE An alternative to receiving blood from a donor is for the TUE patient to use their own. This is called cell salvage. Blood TUE is collected during an operation, cleaned and then returned TUE to the patient. Mark Porter talks to doctors and patients TUE about the benefits of cell salvage. TUE TUE Producer: Erika Wright. TUE TUE 21:30 The Brown Years b00tt5pr (Listen) TUE Episode 1 TUE TUE Steve Richards tells the inside story of Gordon Brown's time TUE as prime minister, based on revealing interviews with his TUE close colleagues. TUE TUE Interviewees include former ministers Peter Mandelson, Ed TUE Balls, Harriet Harman, Jack Straw, Douglas Alexander, Alan TUE Johnson, Hazel Blears, Peter Hain and Shriti Vadera; and TUE several former Downing St insiders including those TUE responsible for policy, political strategy and polling. TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b00trljr (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b00trlmj (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 b00tt5pt (Listen) TUE Sister, Episode 2 TUE TUE Beatrice Hemming has returned from the US because her TUE younger sister Tess has gone missing from her home in TUE London. The two have always been very close and the TUE abruptness of her disappearance, without a word to her TUE beloved sister, makes Beatrice believe something terrible TUE must have happened to Tess. Could it have been linked to TUE Tess's pregnancy by her college lecturer? Beatrice quickly TUE becomes heavily involved, taking part in a police TUE reconstruction and meeting one of Tess's new friends. Then TUE she hears two momentous pieces of news about Tess. TUE TUE The abridger is Lauris Morgan Griffiths and the reader is TUE Hattie Morahan. TUE Producers: Sara Davies and Christine Hall. TUE TUE 23:00 Nick Mohammed in Bits b00tt5pw (Listen) TUE Mr Swallow TUE TUE Nick Mohammed (Reggie Perrin, I'm Sorry I've Got No Head) TUE stars as lifestyle guru Mr Swallow as he presents his memory TUE technique to a live studio audience. TUE TUE Bits showcases the best of Nick Mohammed's idiosyncratic TUE characters in a series of one off comic plays. TUE TUE Produced by Victoria Lloyd. TUE TUE 23:30 Uncool Britannia b00skpbn (Listen) TUE The James Last Years TUE TUE Steve Punt continues his three part history of the Britain TUE that's ubiquitous yet unashamedly uncool. Steve argues the TUE nation's recent past has been hijacked by the fashionistas TUE and that it's time to celebrate the past as it really was - TUE deeply unhip. Forget the Rolling Stones, Mary Quant and the TUE Aston Martin, what Britons really love is a nice melody, a TUE sensible coat and a reliable motor... TUE TUE Steve makes an assault on Punk, claiming it was James Last TUE and his orchestra rather than Sid Vicious and his safety TUE pins who embodied the 70s. Between the mid-60s and the TUE mid-80s, Last racked up 52 hit albums - coming second only TUE to Elvis. Whilst the Punks may have packed out a few obscure TUE venues, James Last was selling out the Royal Albert Hall. TUE Steve attempts to get to the bottom of how this German TUE band-leader won over legions of Brits with his TUE easy-listening tunes and why the maestro of the TUE middle-of-the-road has never received credit for his TUE chart-topping success. TUE TUE Producer: Laurence Grissell TUE (repeat). TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2010 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b00tqmx2 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt59m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tqn37 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tqntc (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tqnxn (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b00tqp25 (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tqpkt (Listen) WED with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b00tt5r7 (Listen) WED Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Fran Barnes. WED WED 06:00 Today b00tt47l (Listen) WED With John Humphrys and Justin Webb. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b00tt5r9 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation with weekly guests. WED WED 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt5tr (Listen) WED The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD), WED Double-headed serpent WED WED The history of humanity - as told through one hundred WED objects from the British Museum in London - is back in South WED America. This week Neil MacGregor, the museum's director, is WED with objects from around the world between 1450 and 1600. WED This is the time of huge European expansion thanks to the WED new developments in ship building. Today he is with an WED object made by the Aztecs of present day Mexico. He WED describes the Aztec world and the Spanish conquest of this WED culture, through a double-headed serpent made from tiny WED pieces of turquoise - one of the stars of the British WED Museum. The Aztec specialist Adriane Diaz Enciso discusses WED the role of the snake in Aztec belief while the conservator WED Rebecca Stacey describes the scientific detective work that WED the object has prompted. WED WED Producer: Anthony Denselow. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tt5b8 (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 Woman's Hour Drama b00tt5bq (Listen) WED Hysteria, Episode 3 WED WED HYSTERIA by Steve Chambers WED WED Denise has now been asked to go to the police station to WED answer questions. WED WED Denise .... Christine Kavanagh WED Phil .... Michael Hodgson WED Kath .... Celia Hewitt WED Sheree .... Colleen Prendergast WED Jimmy .... Sean Baker WED John .... Jude Akuwudike WED Nurse .... Sally Orrock WED Policemen .... Michael Shelford & Tony Bell WED WED Director: David Hunter. WED WED 11:00 The Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia: WED The Story of Tito b00s6rx4 (Listen) WED Episode 2 WED WED Martin Bell traces the story of Tito, the fall of Yugoslavia WED and the crisis in Bosnia. WED WED 15 years after the international community stepped in to end WED the war in Bosnia, Martin Bell heads to Sarajevo to find out WED whether the old arguments that made talks between WED communities break down in 1990 are rearing their heads two WED decades later. Nationalist arguments, playing on ethnic WED identities and old fears, have returned in a country that is WED more separated and segregated than ever. WED WED Examining the Dayton Peace Agreement Martin asks whether it WED was successful in rebuilding post-war Bosnia or whether it WED remains part of the reason Bosnia is still struggling. He WED explores whether foreign interference, in enforcing a share WED of power amongst multiple agencies has stalled any WED meaningful progress, and what can be done to stop Bosnia WED collapsing back into a state of civil war, as some fear. WED Should the international community step away and risk WED creating a black hole in Europe or do they continue to WED intervene to ensure violence is abated and peace remains, WED even if it is manufactured by outsiders? WED WED Returning to Sarajevo, the place where he was shot and WED injured, Martin explores what has changed and what has WED remained the same since the war in the early nineties, WED talking with Bosnian Serb, Muslim and Croats about their WED hopes and fears for Bosnia's future. WED WED Martin also meets with Bosnia's current High Representative, WED and its most famous former High Representative, Paddy WED Ashdown, to find out what role the International Community WED can play in securing a safer future for Bosnia and for all WED of the Balkans. WED WED The producer is Gemma Newby. This is an All Out production WED for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 11:30 Mum's on the Run b00tt5vn (Listen) WED Episode 5 WED WED Battling lippy kids, annoying neighbours and a jazz playing WED ex-husband Jen's failing to be the yummy mummy she longs to WED be. The desire to impress Mr Rigby and silence nagging WED children persuades Jen to attempt some charitable work. But WED a botched attempt to give blood and a disastrous baking WED error lead only to further humiliation. WED WED Jen ..... Ronni Ancona WED Mr. Rigby ..... John Gordon Sinclair WED Shelley ..... Alexis Zegerman WED Felicity ..... Amy Dabrowa WED Toby ..... Alexander Heath WED Chugger ..... Lloyd Thomas WED Nurse/David's Mum ..... Sally Orrock WED WED Writer Alexis Zegerman WED Producer Alison Vernon-Smith. WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b00tt5vq (Listen) WED Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b00tqrn1 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b00trjxz (Listen) WED National and international news with Martha Kearney. WED WED 13:30 The Media Show b00tt5w9 (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED The producer is Simon Tillotson. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b00tt5md (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tt5wc (Listen) WED For Ever England WED WED by Tom Green WED WED Now living abroad, Steve discovers his estranged son Matt WED has been killed serving in Afghanistan. He returns to WED England anxious to do the right thing. But how do you begin WED to grieve for a child you never really knew? WED WED Steve ..... Gerard Horan WED Amber ..... Claire Harry WED Holly ..... Tracie Bennett WED Karla ..... Alison Pettitt WED Jason ..... Carl Rice WED WED Directed by Toby Swift. WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b00tt5wm (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 WED Producer: Diane Richardson. WED WED 15:30 The Revenge of the First King of Mars b00tt60f (Listen) WED The Prodigal Dog WED WED Marooned on Phobos, the first King of Mars is in desperate WED straits. Tied up to crew member Chen, and running short of WED oxygen, he finds salvation from an unlikely source. WED WED Read by Dave Lamb WED Written by Nick Walker WED WED Producer: Karen Rose WED A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 15:45 Key Matters b00tt5jf (Listen) WED Series 2, E Minor WED WED In this second series of Key Matters, presenter Ivan Hewett WED explores the question of why certain musical keys have WED become associated with particular moods. For example, why is WED A major almost always employed by composers to write WED optimistic, even ecstatic music? And how has E minor become WED the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy? WED WED Cellist and composer Philip Sheppard defines the qualities WED of E minor on Wednesday with music ranging from Brahms, WED Elgar and Shotakovich to The Clash. WED WED Produced in Birmingham by Rosie Boulton. WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b00tt60h (Listen) WED The United States does not have the highest living standard WED in the world - The washing machine has changed the world WED more than the internet - People in poor countries are more WED entrepreneurial than people in rich countries: Three WED contentions from the economist Ha-Joon Chang as he joins WED Laurie Taylor and tries to dispel what he sees as the myths WED and prejudices of free-market capitalism. He claims that we WED labour under the misconception that financial markets become WED more efficient, when the opposite is true and his analysis WED suggests that by breaking free of its free-market ideology, WED capitalism can be vastly improved. WED Producer: Chris Wilson. WED WED 16:30 Case Notes b00tt5p5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 17:00 PM b00trk55 (Listen) WED Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, with Eddie WED Mair. Plus Weather. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00trkfp (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 The Maltby Collection b00c0ltd (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 3 WED WED The Maltby Collection has its first Sunday opening with WED chaotic results, Julian and Prunella make an announcement WED and Rod is asked out to dinner. 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 b00tt60k (Listen) WED Kenton finds a new friend, and Jamie's leading Marty astray. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b00trlbr (Listen) WED With Mark Lawson. Julia Roberts on her new film Eat Pray WED Love and British choreographers discuss Diaghilev as the WED Victoria and Albert open an exhibition on the Ballets Russes. WED WED 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt59m (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 20:00 Bringing Up Britain b00tt626 (Listen) WED Series 3, Episode 1 WED WED As the parenting wars escalate and politicians and childcare WED gurus lock horns over how best to raise our children, WED Mariella Frostrup and her guests explore the theory of WED twenty-first century parenting - and the rather messier practice. WED WED This third series of Radio 4's parenting programme begins WED with a discussion of attachment, the bond between parent and WED child and the dilemmas at the heart of the care system. As WED they debate the needs of our most vulnerable children, WED Mariella and her guests share their research, their personal WED experience and some very different views on how best to WED bring up our next generation. WED WED Joining Mariella are Professor Michael Lamb of the WED University of Cambridge, the writer Kate Figes, Chair of the WED Careleavers Association Will McMahon, the journalist Camilla WED Cavendish and John Simmonds of the British Association for WED Adoption and Fostering. We also hear from John Timpson of WED After Adoption, Professor Sir Michael Rutter, Nushra Mansuri WED of the British Association of Social Workers and a mother WED and daughter brought together through adoption. WED WED Producer: Julia Johnson. WED WED 20:45 Gift Horses and Gaffes b00tt64s (Listen) WED Ben Macintyre casts an eye over the presents given and WED received by our governments and asks whether it's really WED worth the bother. WED WED The awkward giving of gifts that the recipient doesn't know WED what they are for, the painstaking selection of bespoke WED gifts that are discovered to be culturally insensitive, the WED issue of what to do with all the ruddy things: Ben hears of WED the trials of making that right selection. WED WED Produced by Lucy Adam. WED WED 21:00 Costing the Earth b00tt64v (Listen) WED The Revenge of the Stairs WED WED Often take the stairs in a modern building? Thought not. WED WED If you've ever opted to avoid the lift in a plush pad, WED you've probably wandered miles of corridor only to be WED confronted with a fire escape sign giving a sneaking WED suspicion that the moment you push that door, alarms will WED scream, firefighters will swoop and you'll be scorned as WED some Luddite freak. WED WED In a public building it's simpler: stairs stink of stale WED beer and fresh urine. The lift wins every time. WED WED But now there's a fightback. New York City's bosses have WED declared stair-climbing as key to their citizens' survival. WED In fact, they've sent 'Active Design Guidelines' to WED architects and city planners, pushing them to build more WED exercise into their grand plans. The logic is obvious but WED radical. WED WED New York City's early skyscrapers did so much to relegate WED steps and elevate the elevator. The rationale of our built WED environment has always been convenience. Yet, the health and WED design chiefs of NYC want more walking and cycling alongside WED renewed mastery of the stairs - they want getting around to WED take more effort, to be harder. The city bosses come WED equipped with a persuasive historical parallel. In the 19th WED century, the big city killer was infectious disease like WED cholera and TB and we 'designed out' the danger through WED better buildings and clean water systems. The threats now WED are obesity, diabetes and heart trouble resulting, at least WED partly, from our slobby lifestyles. WED WED Can we take a lead from New York and re-design our own WED cities to improve the health of everyone who lives and works WED there? Tom Heap travels from the Bronx to the Mile End Road WED to find out. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b00tt5r9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b00trljt (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b00trlml (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 b00tt66z (Listen) WED Sister, Episode 3 WED WED Beatrice has discovered that her little sister Tess and her WED unborn baby were involved in a gene trial because of their WED family history of Cystic Fibrosis. With Tess still missing, WED she gets the news that Tess had already had the baby before WED her disappearance, but that the child died. Bee is WED distraught to think that Tess hadn't told her, and her WED suspicions increase that there is something sinister behind WED Tess's disappearance. An unsettling encounter with Tess' WED friend Simon, who claims to have been in love with her, only WED heightens her anxiety, and then she hears the dreadful news WED that Tess has been found dead in the snow outside a toilet WED block in a London park. Now, Beatrice must identify her WED sister's body and embark on her own hunt for Tess's murderer. WED WED The reader is Hattie Morahan and the book is abridged by WED Lauris Morgan Griffiths. WED Producers: Sara Davies and Christine Hall. WED WED 23:00 Continuity b00tt684 (Listen) WED Episode 6 WED WED With assurances that last week's brouhaha will not be WED repeated, an ultimately professional continuity announcer - WED when all is said and done - looks forward with genuine WED respect to some of the educational, informative and WED entertaining highlights of next week's radio. WED WED Living By Numbers returns with a vengeance to discuss a new WED number, there's an exclusive profile by Lionel Wilson of WED prolific indie prodigies The Straps who release their 27th WED album next week and the broadcaster Suzanne Parsons WED discusses where she should put her wedding dress. WED WED And there are some other programmes as well. Probably. WED WED Alistair McGowan stars in a new 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 Spencer and Frank Stirling WED A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:15 What To Do If You're Not Like WED Everybody Else b00tt68z (Listen) WED Episode 4 WED WED 'What To Do If You're Not Like Everybody Else' is a four WED part mini-series of short comedic monologues on BBC Radio WED 4 written and performed by the stand-up comedian Andrew WED Lawrence, taking a light-hearted look at various aspects of WED conventional living and the pressure we feel to conform to WED 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 fourth part addresses the expectation upon us all that WED we should settle down, get married and have children and the WED general burdens of family life. WED WED Andrew Lawrence is a double Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee WED and was a Chortle award nominee for Best UK Headline WED Comedian in 2010. He will be appearing in the forthcoming WED series of BBC 1's 'Michael Mcintyre's Comedy Roadshow.' This WED is his first series for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:30 Uncool Britannia b00sn4rd (Listen) WED The Austin Montego Years WED WED Steve Punt concludes his three part history of the Britain WED that's ubiquitous yet unashamedly uncool. Steve argues the WED nation's recent past has been hijacked by the fashionistas WED and that it's time to celebrate the past as it really was - WED deeply unhip. WED WED Today Steve takes to the road, remembering the Austin WED Maestro & Montego which were unveiled with great fanfare in WED the early 80s. Steve takes a drive in a Montego with WED motoring journalist Quentin Willson and attempts to get to WED grips with why history has been so unkind to these two WED sensible but unstylish motors. He hears from the voice WED behind the cars' celebrated speech synthesiser, Nicolette WED McKenzie, and hears from dealers, designers and marketing WED men involved in the car's launch. WED WED Producer: Laurence Grissell WED (repeat). WED WED THU THURSDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2010 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b00tqmx4 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt5tr (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tqn39 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tqntf (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tqnxq (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b00tqp27 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tqpkw (Listen) THU with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b00tt6b0 (Listen) THU Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Martin THU Poyntz-Roberts. THU THU 06:00 Today b00tt47n (Listen) THU With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b00tt6b2 (Listen) THU Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss imaginary numbers. Long THU dismissed as useless or even fictitious, these unusual THU numbers and their properties were first explored seriously THU in the eighteenth century - and today are a vital part of THU our understanding of phenomena from electricity to radio THU waves. With Marcus du Sautoy, Ian Stewart and Caroline Series. THU THU Producer: Thomas Morris. THU THU 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt6d9 (Listen) THU The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD), THU Kakiemon elephants THU THU The history of humanity as told through one hundred objects THU from the British Museum in London is this week exploring the THU world at the time of European discovery - between 1450 and THU 1600. Today Neil MacGregor is with a pair of white THU elephants, the size of small dogs. They come from Japan, are THU made of fine porcelain and take Neil on a journey that THU connects Japan to Korea and China and to a growing trade THU network in Western Europe. How did the great skill of THU porcelain production spread across the Far East? Why THU elephants? And how did these objects become so desirable to THU the European elite? He discovers the specific technique of THU this porcelain style (and traces it to a Japanese potter THU called Kakiemon) and follows other examples of this same THU pottery to an English country house. Miranda Rock describes THU the Kakiemon collection at Burghley House, the present day THU Kakiemon potter discusses his work and the Korean porcelain THU expert Gina Ha-Gorian explains how the detailed technology THU for porcelain production spread. THU THU Producer: Anthony Denselow. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tt5bb (Listen) THU Who will win for women? Will it be Labour's Ed, Dave, Diane, THU Andy or Ed? Presented by Jenni Murray. THU THU 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00tt5bs (Listen) THU Hysteria, Episode 4 THU THU HYSTERIA by Steve Chambers THU THU There's been another prostiture murdered and Denise doesn't THU know whether there is any trust left in their marriage. THU THU Denise .... Christine Kavanagh THU Phil .... Michael Hodgson THU Kath .... Celia Hewitt THU Sheree .... Colleen Prendergast THU Jimmy .... Sean Baker THU John .... Jude Akuwudike THU Nurse .... Sally Orrock THU Policemen .... Michael Shelford & Tony Bell THU THU Director: David Hunter. THU THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent b00tt6f4 (Listen) THU BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the THU world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie. THU THU 11:30 Not Fade Away b00tt5cv (Listen) THU How do you end a piece of music? For 500 years pieces always THU had a clear ending. But in the 20th Century music often THU ended with a fade out instead. Stuart Maconie looks at how THU and why this change came about. THU THU Pop songs often fade but classical music nearly always has a THU very clear ending, often a climax with all the performers THU playing a rousing cadence which almost guaranteed applause. THU THU An early exception is Haydn's Farewell Symphony of 1772 THU which ends with the players leaving the stage one by one, THU until there are only two players left. Haydn wrote it as a THU hint that the players needed a break. THU THU Holst's Planets Suite (written 1914 -16) ends with a chorus THU of women's voices sound fading into nothing - perhaps the THU first true example of a fade in music. THU THU At the same time, recording technology was developing and THU fades could be created by moving away from the recording THU horn. And record companies began imposing endings for THU commercial reasons or to fit it onto a side of a 78 record, THU sometimes with quite brutal results. THU THU With the advent of modern recording techniques it became THU easy to create a fade electrically and from the 1950s THU onwards this became commonplace. THU THU But it was in the 1960s when the fade came into its own, THU particularly with the iconic 2 minute fade of Hey Jude. THU THU So has the fade out simply become a lazy way to end a song? THU And what happens when that song is played live and a fade THU isn't possible? THU THU Stuart Maconie draws from his own experience as a dj and we THU also hear from Stephen Johnson presenter of BBC Radio 3's THU Discovering Music, Jacob Smith Lecturer in Film and THU Television Studies and remastering engineer Roger Beardsley. THU And Martyn Ware of Heaven 17 talks about ending songs live THU that faded out in the studio versions. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b00tt6f8 (Listen) THU Consumer affairs with Winifred Robinson. THU THU 12:57 Weather b00tqrmc (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b00trjy1 (Listen) THU National and international news with Martha Kearney. THU THU 13:30 Costing the Earth b00tt64v (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:00 The Archers b00tt60k (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tt6fs (Listen) THU The Second Mr Bailey THU THU John is a young gay man living in Edinburgh in 1967. THU Homosexuality is about to be legalised in England, but not THU in Scotland. When John takes up lodgings with the enigmatic THU Mrs Margaret Bailey, he begins to experience what life as a THU conventional straight man could be like. But Margaret is no THU ordinary house-wife; she's slowly turning John into a THU replica of her husband. And John's beginning to like it. THU THU Haunting drama by Andrew Doyle. THU THU Young John...... Sam Swann THU Older John ...... Richard Greenwood THU Brian................ Owen Whitelaw THU Margaret..... Gerda Stevenson THU Hilary........ Gabriel Quigley THU Policeman...... James Bryce THU THU Producer: Kirsty Williams THU Director: Lu Kemp. THU THU 15:00 Ramblings b00trmbw (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 06:07 on Saturday] THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b00ts82t (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 The Revenge of the First King of Mars b00tt6h6 (Listen) THU Saint Crispin's Day THU THU The self-styled First King Of Mars, abandoned by his last THU crew member, and friendless except for a mechanized dog, THU prepares a doomsday scenario for the monkeys on Mars. THU THU Read by Dave Lamb THU Written by Nick Walker THU Producer: Karen Rose THU A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 15:45 Key Matters b00tt5jh (Listen) THU Series 2, F Major THU THU In this second series of Key Matters, presenter Ivan Hewett THU explores the question of why certain musical keys have THU become associated with particular moods. For example, why is THU A major almost always employed by composers to write THU optimistic, even ecstatic music? And how has E minor become THU the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy? THU THU In this programme, french horn player Roger Montgomery THU explains why F major is traditionally associated with THU pastoral and hunting sounds. THU THU 16:00 Open Book b00tt3x3 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:30 Material World b00tt6h8 (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 Producer: Roland Pease. THU THU 17:00 PM b00trk57 (Listen) THU Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, with Eddie THU Mair. Plus Weather. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00trkfr (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 Clare in the Community b00j0h07 (Listen) THU Series 5, It's Good to Talk THU THU Clare in the Community continues with Sally Phillips as THU Social worker Clare Barker who has entered a caring THU profession so that she can sort out other peoples' problems THU rather than deal with her own. Clare is in her early THU thirties, white, middle class and heterosexual, all of which THU are occasional causes of discomfort to her. THU THU In this epsiode, an old university friend visits Clare and THU has a confession to make. Whilst at work Clare has to deal THU with Tibetan Singing Bowls and a team leader seeking brutal THU and honest feedback. 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 Michael ..... Chris Pavlo THU Carol ..... Donnla Hughes THU THU Written By Harry Venning And David Ramsden THU Produced By Katie Tyrrell. THU THU 19:00 The Archers b00tt6hb (Listen) THU Kenton's feeling very rough indeed, and Kate arrives home. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b00trlbt (Listen) THU Robert Wyatt THU THU With John Wilson. Robert Wyatt on stage fright and the THU effect of his accident on his music. THU THU 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt6d9 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Report b00tt6j5 (Listen) THU As millions of Britons receive letters telling them the news THU they've paid either too much or too little tax in recent THU year, Simon Cox investigates what's gone wrong at Her THU Majesty's Revenue and Customs. THU THU According to the Government, a new computer system has, for THU the first time, been able to reconcile the ordinary THU citizen's tax affairs and give an accurate estimate of what THU he or she owes the state. But is that the whole story? THU THU The Report examines reveals how delays in the complex IT THU project, and swingeing job cuts have led to mountains of THU unanswered correspondence, and almost £4 billion of THU miscalculations on tax owed to the Exchequer. THU THU Producer: Rob Cave. THU THU 20:30 The Bottom Line b00tt6kj (Listen) THU Evan Davis presents the business magazine. THU THU 21:00 Saving Species b00tt5cs (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 11:00 on Tuesday] THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b00tt6b2 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b00trljw (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b00trlmn (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 b00tt671 (Listen) THU Sister, Episode 4 THU THU Rosamund Lupton's first novel is a gripping psychological THU thriller about the bonds between two sisters. After Bee has THU identified the body of her sister, Tess, she returns to THU Tess' flat to find Emilio Codi, the lecturer who Tess said THU was the father of her stillborn child, trying to remove his THU paintings from the flat. When the post mortem results come THU through, the police are convinced that Tess must have taken THU her own life and that she had been suffering from post-natal THU psychosis. Bee refuses to accept the diagnosis, and remains THU adamant that someone must have killed her. Feeling isolated THU in her grief, and unable to persuade anyone to trust her THU instincts about Tess' death, Bee determines to find out the THU truth. THU THU 23:00 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b00mk7rn (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 4 THU THU Comedy sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb, THU with Olivia Colman, James Bachman and Sarah Hadland. THU THU Including a plea for donations to Britain's only sanctuary THU for balloon animals, the heartbreaking story of a little THU wooden boy who is ever so slightly annoying, and what to do THU at work if you suspect you have a decadent colleague. Plus a THU clip from the lazy writers' exciting new drama, Thatcher: THU The Years They Haven't Done Yet. THU THU 23:30 Last Orders b00qpslw (Listen) THU Episode 1 THU THU A celebration of the pub landlord and landlady. THU THU With pubs disappearing at the rate of more than three a day THU , signalling one of the most rapid cultural shifts of recent THU times, half a dozen landlords and landladies reflect on life THU as a licensee and explore what we're in danger of losing THU besides the beer and the buildings. THU This rueful view from behind the bar includes reflections on THU the qualities of a good landlord or landlady; their role as THU community confessional and settler of tap room fights, THU dispenser of best bitter and pearls of wisdom . THU THU We hear from old hands like Barbara, an ex-Bunny girl who THU runs the Grapes in London's Limehouse; Tetley Dave who THU fought a battle to keep the Shoulder of Mutton from closing THU in Castleford; Maureen from the Waggon and Horses at THU Langsett who's famous for her pies ; ex miner Dennis from THU Barnsley , whose bête noir is health and safety; stand-up THU comedian Toby- who recalls lining up six pints apiece for THU the miners coming off shift at his auntie's pub in a THU Yorkshire pit village ; and former Cambridge academic Tim, THU who's taken early retirement to open his first pub in York - THU the Pheonix- just as many others are shutting up shop. How THU have these landlords and landladies kept their marriages THU together , living and working on the premises? How much of a THU tempatation was it to hit the top shelf and go for the THU optics after a hard day's graft behind the bar? Why do they THU think the pub can teach the next generation how to hold THU their drink .And how do they handle an objectionable THU customer without starting a wild-west barroom brawl? THU THU Producer Lindsay Leonard. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2010 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b00tqmx6 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt6d9 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b00tqn3c (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b00tqnth (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b00tqnxs (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b00tqp29 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b00tqpky (Listen) FRI with Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b00tt6m8 (Listen) FRI Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Anna Varle. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b00tt47q (Listen) FRI With John Humphrys and Sarah Montague. FRI FRI 09:00 The Reunion b00tt3qv (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt6ms (Listen) FRI The First Global Economy (1450 - 1600 AD), Pieces of eight FRI FRI Neil MacGregor's world history as told through things that FRI time has left behind. This week he is exploring the world FRI between 1450 and 1600 - looking at what was happening in FRI South America, Africa and Japan at the time of the great FRI European age of discovery. He has looked at the new ocean FRI going galleons that were being built in Europe at this time FRI and today he describes the money that was being used to fuel FRI the great new trade routes of the period. He is with pieces FRI of eight, little silver coins that by 1600 could have been FRI used in many countries around the world. Neil describes FRI Spain's dominance in South America and their discovery of a FRI silver mountain in Potosi in present day Bolivia. He FRI describes the process by which pieces of eight turned into FRI the first truly global money. The Bolivian former head of a FRI UNESCO project in Potosi describes the conditions for FRI workers there today and the financial historian William FRI Bernstein looks at how these rough silver coins were to FRI shift the entire balance of world commerce. FRI FRI Producer: Anthony Denselow. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b00tt5bd (Listen) FRI Move over Rover - the rise of the house rabbit. FRI Presented by Jenni Murray. FRI FRI 10:45 Woman's Hour Drama b00tt5bv (Listen) FRI Hysteria, Episode 5 FRI FRI HYSTERIA by Steve Chambers FRI FRI Phil is in custody and Denise has to watch their flat being FRI forensically taken apart. FRI FRI Denise .... Christine Kavanagh FRI Phil .... Michael Hodgson FRI Kath .... Celia Hewitt FRI Sheree .... Colleen Prendergast FRI Jimmy .... Sean Baker FRI John .... Jude Akuwudike FRI Nurse .... Sally Orrock FRI Policemen .... Michael Shelford & Tony Bell FRI FRI Director: David Hunter. FRI FRI 11:00 Black History Month & The Usual Suspects b00tt6pv (Listen) FRI Recalling her own experience as the only black kid in her FRI Newport classroom in the eighties Josie d'Arby looks at the FRI introduction of Black History Month into British schools and FRI asks whether it has been a help or hindrance to the way FRI children understand the past and to how black people relate FRI to the way history is taught in our classrooms. Has the FRI focus of BHM changed much over 23 years? Why is there an FRI emphasis on American figures like Martin Luther King and FRI Muhammed Ali? And what about other groups who feel FRI marginalised by not having time dedicated to them? FRI Speaking with teachers, pupils, parents, politicians and FRI academics, Josie finds out what Black History Month means FRI and meets some unlikely critics and supporters. FRI FRI Producer Rachael Kiddey. FRI FRI 11:30 The Stanley Baxter Playhouse b00tt6px (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 2 FRI FRI Friedrich is a German pilot whose plane is shot down over a FRI remote rural area in the west of Scotland. FRI FRI He is a prisoner of war, and initially local feelings FRI against him are vitriolic; but he, like everyone in the FRI community in which he finds himself, is a cattle farmer, and FRI as his English improves, he forms strong bonds with his FRI captors, and forges an unlikely friendship which, many years FRI later, brings him back to Scotland. FRI FRI Fred ..... Stanley Baxter FRI Friedrich ..... Sam Peter Jackson FRI Beth ..... Vicki Liddelle FRI George ..... John Ramage FRI FRI Written by Rona Munro FRI Producer: Marilyn Imrie FRI A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b00tt6pz (Listen) FRI Consumer affairs with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b00tqrmg (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b00trjy3 (Listen) FRI National and international news with Shaun Ley. FRI FRI 13:30 More or Less b00tt6r6 (Listen) FRI Magazine show investigating the ways we use numbers, FRI statistics and measurements. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b00tt6hb (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Play b00tt6r8 (Listen) FRI We Happened to be Passing FRI FRI It is a quiet Saturday morning in the Hinchcliffe home. FRI Tony and Sal, tired after a week of work, have time on their FRI hands. But not for each other. Middle aged and middle class FRI - they haven't had kids and they still feel that emotional FRI vacuum. FRI FRI The doorbell rings. It is an American couple - Monty and FRI Janey - a rather loud duo they stayed with in Delaware years FRI ago. They said "If ever you happened to be passing...". FRI Well, the Americans are passing and they have no hotel FRI booked. To Tony's horror Sal invites them to stay. Well, FRI it's only polite isn't it? FRI FRI Once Monty and Janey are settled the doorbell goes again. It FRI is Jan and Hilda, the Flemish Belgian couple from Bruges. FRI They kindly helped when Janey had a migraine in Bruges. Even FRI fed them some waterzooi (flemish stew). In gratitude Sal and FRI Tony said - "If ever you happened to be passing." FRI FRI Then the doorbell goes again - it is Pierre and Colette, FRI French Belgians who helped them in Namur when Sal was sick FRI over a Saab because she had eaten some cloying Flemish stew. FRI In gratitude they said - "If ever you happened to be FRI passing." FRI FRI So - polite Tony and Sal have a house full. The Americans FRI are loud and pompous and the Belgians loathe each other. But FRI when Colette and Jan find themselves drawn to one another, FRI the ensuing, messy crisis precipitates a reassessment of all FRI the couples' pattern of a behaviour. FRI FRI A wonderfully perceptive comedy of manners and international FRI relations by David Nobbs - writer of 'The Fall and Rise of FRI Reginald Perrin' and 'A Bit of a Do' FRI FRI Tony.....James Nickerson FRI Monty.....Kerry Shale FRI Jan.....Malcolm Raeburn FRI Sal.....Olwen May FRI Hilda.....Maggie Fox FRI Janey.....Melissa Jane Sinden FRI Collette.....Szilvi Naray-Davey FRI Pierre/French Chef.....Hugo Chandor FRI FRI Directed by Gary Brown. FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b00tt6vv (Listen) FRI Peter Gibbs and panel are guests of Henleaze Garden Club in FRI Bristol. FRI FRI Pippa Greenwood revisits Jennie Eastman and mother Kay in FRI their Portishead garden. Part of the 'Listeners' Gardens' FRI series. FRI FRI The producer is Lucy Dichmont FRI A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 Key Matters b00tt5jk (Listen) FRI Series 2, D Major FRI FRI In this second series of Key Matters, presenter Ivan Hewett FRI explores the question of why certain musical keys have FRI become associated with particular moods. For example, why FRI is A major almost always employed by composers to write FRI optimistic, even ecstatic music? And how has E minor become FRI the key of choice for portraying menace and tragedy? FRI FRI Ivan ends this week of programmes by talking with violinist FRI Daniel Hope about the majesty and glory of D major. FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b00tt6vx (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 b00tt6vz (Listen) FRI Francine Stock talks to film star and acclaimed director Ben FRI Affleck about his new feature The Town. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b00trk59 (Listen) FRI Full coverage and analysis of the day's news, with Eddie FRI Mair. Plus Weather. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b00trkft (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b00tt6w1 (Listen) FRI Series 72, Episode 1 FRI FRI Sandi Toksvig presents another episode of the ever-popular FRI topical panel show. Guests this week include Jeremy Hardy, FRI Sue Perkins and Andy Hamilton. FRI FRI Produced by Victoria Lloyd. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b00tt6w3 (Listen) FRI Written by ... Tim Stimpson FRI Directed by ... Rosemary Watts FRI Editor ... Vanessa Whitburn FRI FRI Kenton Archer ... Richard Attlee FRI David Archer ... Timothy Bentinck FRI Ruth Archer ... Felicity Finch FRI Pip Archer ... Helen Monks FRI Nigel Pargetter ... Graham Seed FRI Elizabeth Pargetter ... Alison Dowling FRI Helen Archer ... Louiza Patikas FRI Brian Aldridge ... Charles Collingwood FRI Jennifer Aldridge ... Angela Piper FRI Kate Madikane ... Kellie Bright FRI Jolene Perks ... Buffy Davis FRI Fallon Rogers ... Joanna Van Kampen FRI Kathy Perks ... Hedli Niklaus FRI Jamie Perks ... Dan Ciotkowksi FRI Joe Grundy ... Edward Kelsey FRI Clarrie Grundy ... Rosalind Adams FRI William Grundy ... Philip Molloy FRI Nic Hanson ... Becky Wright FRI Roy Tucker ... Ian Pepperell FRI Hayley Tucker ... Lorraine Coady FRI Bert Fry ... Eric Allan FRI Kirsty Miller ... Annabelle Dowler FRI Jim Lloyd ... John Rowe FRI Harry Mason ... Michael Shelford FRI Holly ... Maya Barcot FRI Marty ... Jonny Magro FRI Martyn Gibson ... Jon Glover FRI Andrew Eagleton ... John Flitcroft. FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b00trlbw (Listen) FRI Colm Toibin FRI FRI Producer: Jack Soper. FRI FRI 19:45 A History of the World in 100 Objects b00tt6ms (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b00tt6wr (Listen) FRI Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical discussion from Loreto FRI College in Manchester. FRI FRI Producer: Victoria Wakely. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b00tt6y9 (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue. FRI FRI 21:00 Woman's Hour Drama b00tt6yc (Listen) FRI Hysteria, Omnibus FRI FRI HYSTERIA by Steve Chambers - Omnibus edition of the Woman's FRI Hour Serial. FRI FRI Against the background of rising hysteria in the FRI Middlesborough community over the murders of prostitutes, FRI Denise's dreams of a happy second marriage, even a family FRI (at 40), are challenged as circumstantial evidence seems to FRI point the finger at husband Phil. FRI FRI We've all done things in the past that we'd prefer to keep FRI under wraps. FRI FRI How much do you tell your new partner if you're trying to FRI make a good impression? FRI FRI Can one small lie unravel a marriage? FRI FRI Denise .... Christine Kavanagh FRI Phil .... Michael Hodgson FRI Kath .... Celia Hewitt FRI Sheree .... Colleen Prendergast FRI Jimmy .... Sean Baker FRI John .... Jude Akuwudike FRI Nurse .... Sally Orrock FRI Policemen .... Michael Shelford & Tony Bell FRI FRI Director: David Hunter FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b00trljy (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b00trlmq (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 b00tt673 (Listen) FRI Sister, Episode 5 FRI FRI Bee's struggle to persuade the police that her sister Tess FRI didn't commit suicide continues as she goes to meet the FRI psychiatrist who saw Tess shortly before her death. Bee FRI discovers that he changed his diagnosis of post-natal FRI depression to one of psychosis, but only after he learnt of FRI her death. But Bee's efforts to convince him that Tess FRI wouldn't have taken her own life meet with a professional FRI stonewall. Bee also learns, from Tess' phone bill, that Tess FRI had tried to call her in the States fifteen times in the FRI twenty-four hours before she died, and her guilt over Tess' FRI death increases with the knowledge that she had failed Tess FRI in her time of need. Spurred on by this, she visits Tess's FRI fellow student Simon in his flat, and there makes a sinister FRI discovery. FRI FRI The abridger is Lauris Morgan Griffiths, the reader is FRI Hattie Morahan. FRI Producers: Sara Davies and Christine Hall. FRI FRI 23:00 Great Lives b00tt5kn (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Last Orders b00qx1m5 (Listen) FRI Episode 2 FRI FRI A celebration of the pub landlord and landlady. FRI FRI With pubs disappearing at the rate of more than three a day, FRI signalling one of the most rapid cultural shifts of recent FRI times, half a dozen landlords and landladies reflect on life FRI as a licensee and explore what we're in danger of losing FRI besides the beer and the buildings. FRI This rueful view from behind the bar includes reflections on FRI the qualities of a good landlord or landlady; their role as FRI community confessional and settler of tap room fights, FRI dispenser of best bitter and pearls of wisdom. FRI FRI Producer Lindsay Leonard. FRI
17 September, 2010
Radio 4 Listings for 18/09/2010 - 24/09/2010
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