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SAT SATURDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2013 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b03jfg51 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 Book of the Week b03js28v (Listen) SAT Mitterrand, Episode 5 SAT SAT Mitterrand left the Elysee Palace for the last time in 1995, SAT after 14 years in power. In the words of his rival Jacque SAT Chirac, he bequeathed to France 'a modern, calm democracy'. SAT SAT He spent his last days not at the house he had shared with SAT his wife, but in a state apartment where both of his SAT families could spend time with him. SAT SAT This biography of the French President was written by Philip SAT Short, and is read by Henry Goodman. SAT SAT Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall. SAT A Jane Marshall production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jfg53 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jfg55 (Listen) SAT BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SAT at 5.20am. SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jfg57 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b03jfg59 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03jfvjz (Listen) SAT A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The SAT Revd Johnston McKay. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b03jfvk1 (Listen) SAT The programme that starts with its listeners. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b03jfg5c (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b03jfg5f (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b03jfc45 (Listen) SAT Lighthouses of Northern Ireland SAT SAT We explore our infatuation with lighthouses as the Irish SAT coastline spends two million pounds on renovating five of SAT them across the region -two in County Donegal and three in SAT Northern Ireland. Helen Mark visits two of them for Open SAT Country. In the pretty town of Whithead sits Blackhead SAT Lighthouse build in 1902 it proudly sits on the cliff top. SAT St John's Point in County Down is a striking yellow and SAT black building and was threatened with closure as it now SAT sits empty and vacant with no purpose like so many along the SAT the coastline. But Helen discovers a much deeper story -for SAT most there is a need to preserve these iconic buildings as SAT what they symbolise today is just as important. SAT SAT Producer : Perminder Khatkar. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b03jsrm2 (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week SAT SAT The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. SAT Presented by Sybil Ruscoe and produced by Anna Jones. SAT SAT Angus cattle donated to Heifers For South Dakota SAT SAT Bobbi Jo and Monty Williams with producer Anna Jones SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b03jfg5h (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b03jsrm4 (Listen) SAT Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in SAT Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. SAT SAT 09:00 Saturday Live b03jsrm6 (Listen) SAT Restaurateur Rick Stein SAT SAT Richard Coles and Anita Anand with chef and restaurateur SAT Rick Stein who tells of the ups and downs of his life, the SAT Inheritance Tracks of Canadian author Margaret Atwood and SAT traveller Tim Cope's tales of his journey on the trail of SAT Genghis Khan. Teacher Guy Tarrant talks about the items that SAT teachers have confiscated from pupils and Steve Rodgers, a SAT fourth generation fisherman from Devon, joins Richard and SAT Anita with his personal recollections of life on the sea and SAT the future of fishing and we hear the latest on Fynnjan SAT Leach-Verhoeven the boy with Aspergers who has made a SAT Christmas single. SAT SAT Producer Harry Parker. SAT SAT 10:30 The Enfield Thunderbolt b03jsrm8 (Listen) SAT Episode 1 SAT SAT Peter Curran has bought the 40 year old remains of a piece SAT of motoring history. The Enfield 8000 was a prototype SAT electric car built in the early 1970s at the height of the SAT energy crisis, when the British Government feared that the SAT country would grind to a halt at the hands of the oil SAT producing nations of the world. SAT SAT The car was the result of a secret deal brokered between a SAT Greek shipping billionaire and the Electricity Boards, and SAT was aimed at creating a revolution in the way we thought SAT about transportation. SAT SAT The Enfield 8000 was shorter than a Mini but had bold SAT styling and came in a range of classic 70's shades. It was SAT powered by four giant tractor batteries and applied the SAT latest electrical circuitry to control the car. It had no SAT gear stick, just a tiny toggle switch which flicked it SAT instantly from forward to reverse. Just over a hundred SAT vehicles were produced, and enthusiastic early owners talked SAT about its delicate handling, impressive pick up speed and SAT natty aero-dynamics. SAT SAT Peter Curran tells the story of this ground-breaking British SAT car and tries to breathe life into his 40 year old Enfield SAT for one final challenge. SAT SAT Producer: David Prest SAT A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b03jsrmb (Listen) SAT Peter Oborne of The Daily Telegraph looks behind the scenes SAT at Westminster. SAT The editor is Peter Mulligan. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b03jsrwk (Listen) SAT East or West? SAT SAT Correspondents with stories from the news. Today, Steve SAT Rosenberg on how Ukraine is caught in a tug-of-war between SAT Russia and the European Union; a huge refugee camp by the SAT Sahara Desert is hit by drought - Chris Terrill says it's SAT difficult for the inmates and the aid agencies trying to SAT help them. But it's a boon for Islamic militant groups SAT looking for recruits. Freak weather has killed thirty SAT thousand cattle in the American state, South Dakota - Sybil SAT Ruscoe's been there to see how the ranchers are coping. SAT James Menendez has been travelling in Burma, also known as SAT Myanmar. The place is fast modernising, but transformation SAT is yet to arrive on its railways. And Robin Lustig goes SAT hiking through Peru's Andean foothills looking for coca SAT growers and finding out why they are dubious about their SAT government's anti-drugs initiative. SAT SAT From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant. SAT SAT 12:00 Money Box b03jsrwm (Listen) SAT Rising insurance; Cash for Christmas; Phones cut off; The SAT Resolver SAT SAT Some listeners tell us they are being quoted home insurance SAT premiums that are double or treble last year's with their SAT insurer blaming new flood risks. But the official line is SAT nothing has changed. Has a new deal to ensure affordable SAT flood cover been sandbagged? SAT SAT Some of us cannot imagine going to a cash machine and SAT leaving the cash behind. But others say 'Oh yes, I've done SAT that'. Some of the latter group are getting a nice surprise. SAT Banks are trawling through their records back to 2005 and SAT reimbursing people. SAT SAT Time was we replaced things when they wore out or stopped SAT working. Not now. We upgrade when our technology is slightly SAT out of date. But what do you do with the old tech that is SAT still usable and can be valuable? We look at firm that SAT offers cash for your phone but often promises more than it SAT gives. SAT SAT An online alternative to tearing your hair out and shouting SAT has just gone live. You have a complaint. You go through the SAT proper channels and get silence or, perhaps worse, SAT blandishments. What next? Resolver.co.uk is said to be the SAT answer to making a complaint - from the first contact to the SAT resolution. We try it out. SAT SAT 12:30 The News Quiz b03jfmqm (Listen) SAT Series 82, Episode 4 SAT SAT A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi SAT Toksvig. With guest panellists Grace Dent, Fred MacAulay and SAT Justin Edwards, joining regular Jeremy Hardy. SAT SAT Producer: Sam Michell SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b03jfg5k (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b03jfg5m (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b03jfvg3 (Listen) SAT Baroness Kramer, Stella Creasy MP Lord Lamont, Sir Jonathon SAT Porritt SAT SAT Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion SAT from the Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall in Suffolk with SAT environmentalist and writer, Sir Jonathon Porritt, Shadow SAT Minister for Crime Prevention Stella Creasy MP, Transport SAT Minister Baroness Susan Kramer and the Conservative Peer and SAT Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Lamont. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b03jsrwp (Listen) SAT Presented by Julian Worricker. A chance for Radio 4 SAT listeners to have their say on the issues discussed on Any SAT Questions? SAT SAT 14:30 The James M Cain Series b03jsrwr (Listen) SAT The Postman Always Rings Twice SAT SAT Frank Chambers, a young drifter in 1930s California, stops SAT at a diner and is offered a job. The owner is Nick SAT Papadakis, and his much younger, beautiful wife, Cora. There SAT is immediate sexual chemistry between Frank and Cora, and SAT they begin a passionate affair. Cora is tired of working at SAT the diner, and of her husband, so they decide to murder Nick SAT and start a new life together. The plan is to hit Nick over SAT the head and make it look like he drowned in the bath. But SAT the plan goes wrong, and soon everything starts to unravel. SAT Adapted by Charlotte Greig SAT SAT A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. SAT SAT Credits SAT Frank Chambers: Ronan Summers SAT Cora Papadakis: Samantha Dakin SAT Nick Papadakis: Chris Pavlo SAT Sackett: Kerry Shale SAT Author: James M Cain SAT Adaptor: Charlotte Greig SAT Director: Kate McAll SAT SAT 15:30 Soul Music b03jb1w1 (Listen) SAT Series 17, Strange Fruit SAT SAT "Southern trees bear a strange fruit, blood on the leaves SAT and blood at the root..." Billie Holiday's famous song SAT expresses the horror and anguish of those communities SAT subjected to a campaign of lynching in the American South. SAT Soul Music hears the stories of people whose relatives were SAT lynched by white racists and of the various forms of grief, SAT anger and reconciliation that have followed. These include SAT the cousin of teenager Emmett Till, whose killing in 1955 SAT for whistling at a white woman, added powerful impetus to SAT the civil rights movement. SAT SAT Despite its association with the deep south, the song was SAT actually composed in 1930's New York by a Jewish SAT schoolteacher, Abel Meeropol. Meeropol adopted the children SAT of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after they were executed in SAT 1953 as Soviet spies. One of those children, Robert, talks SAT of his adopted father's humanity and his belief that the SAT Rosenberg's were killed in a 'state sanctioned lynching by SAT the American government'. For him, Strange Fruit is a SAT comforting reminder of his adopted father's passionate SAT belief in justice and compassion. SAT SAT Producer: Maggie Ayre. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b03jsryn (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour; Mary J Blige; Baroness Hale SAT SAT Grammy Award winner Mary J Blige on how she got started in SAT the music business. Baroness Brenda Hale deputy president of SAT the Supreme Court who's Number 4 on the Woman's Hour SAT Powerlist. Charlotte Walker - known as the Bipolar Blogger - SAT talks about why she decided to open up about her condition SAT on a blog. The impact of cuts in the legal aid system on SAT couples divorcing. Plus after a recent survey found that 76% SAT of women had never asked for a pay rise - we discuss how SAT best to ask for more money. A look at how women's sexual SAT behaviour has changed in the last ten years. Why are there SAT so few women cyclists on the road? And live music from 17 SAT year old new comer Birdy who performs her new single "No SAT Angel" SAT SAT Presented by Jane Garvey SAT Editor: Beverley Purcell. SAT SAT 17:00 PM b03jsryq (Listen) SAT Full coverage of the day's news. SAT SAT 17:30 iPM b03jfvk1 (Listen) SAT [Repeat of broadcast at 05:45 today] SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b03jfg5p (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b03jfg5r (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jfg5t (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b03jssmv (Listen) SAT Kathy Burke, Robert Webb, Sara Cox, Kim Wilde, Arthur Smith, SAT Tindersticks SAT SAT It's Nil by Mouth for Clive, who talks to award-winning SAT actress, comedian and director Kathy Burke, who's directing SAT riotous comedy 'Once a Catholic'. Set in a convent girls' SAT school in 1957, where the nuns at Our Lady of Fatima preach SAT chastity and diligence as the swinging sixties approach. SAT Final exams loom. The day of reckoning is nigh. But for the SAT girls in class 5A, their last year in uniform is set to be SAT one of discovery of the less holy kind. 'Once a Catholic' is SAT at London's Tricycle Theatre until 18th January 2014. SAT SAT Clive's Kept Hangin' On by singer and presenter Kim Wilde, SAT who shot to fame in 1981 with her smash hit 'Kids In SAT America' and is the most-charted British solo female act of SAT the 1980s. Kim's in a festive mood with a new album of part SAT original songs / part classic Yuletide tunes. She sings 'Hey SAT Mr Snowman' from 'Wilde Winter Songbook'. SAT SAT Arthur Smith's Born Sloppy with DJ Sara Cox, whose new Radio SAT 2 show 'Sounds of the '80s' looks at a decade that saw SAT synthesizers, ghetto blasters and the moonwalk explode on to SAT the music scene. It was the age of New wave and synth pop, SAT hip-hop, hard rock and glam metal, leaving a legacy of SAT shellsuits, mobile phones, the CD, the Yuppie and even ET. SAT 'Sounds of the '80s' is on 30th November at 22.00. SAT SAT Clive's tuned in to comedian and actor Robert Webb, who SAT returns to the Radio 4 airwaves alongside David Mitchell SAT with their distinctive and lopsided views on the world SAT through satirical sketches and surreal characters. The SAT second episode of 'That Mitchell and Webb Sound' is on 3rd SAT December at 18.30. SAT SAT With more music from Nottingham's gloriously lugubrious SAT pop-noir balladeers Tindersticks, who perform 'This Fire Of SAT Autumn' from their album 'The Something Rain'. SAT SAT Producer: Sukey Firth. SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b03jssmx (Listen) SAT Nicola Sturgeon SAT SAT With the SNP announcing its plans for an independent SAT Scotland this week, Lesley Curwen profiles Nicola Sturgeon - SAT a figure who may be key to the party's chances of success. SAT SAT She's deputy to Alex Salmond but is central to the party's SAT campaign, and she's playing a major but perhaps SAT under-reported role in negotiating with London too. SAT SAT How did she achieve such a rapid rise to political SAT prominence? And why is she so obsessed with the TV drama SAT Borgen? SAT SAT Presenter: Lesley Curwen SAT Producer: Chris Bowlby. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b03jssmz (Listen) SAT Saving Mr Banks; Eimear McBride; This American Life SAT SAT New film Saving Mr Banks tells the story of Disney's SAT courting of PL Travers - the woman who wrote Mary Poppins. SAT It wasn't an easy courtship as she didn't want any SAT animation, any songs or even anything that was the colour SAT red in it. Eventually she relented and this film shows her SAT reconciled to the Disney-fication of her work. But is this SAT version anything like reality? And could one expect Disney SAT Studios to make a film about their founder that showed him SAT in anything other than a flattering light? SAT SAT Irish writer Eimear McBride's first novel A Girl Is A SAT Half-formed Thing was rejected by all the major publishing SAT houses as too difficult. Now it's won the inaugural SAT Goldsmith's Prize- worth £10,000. The prize recognises SAT 'published fiction that opens up new possibilities for the SAT novel form', and the stream of consciousness story of a SAT young girl has been compared to a cross between James Joyce SAT and Edna O'Brien. SAT SAT This American Life is a radio programme from WBEZ in Chicago SAT and the most popular podcast in the USA. What's it about? SAT How does it consistently win popular and critical acclaim? SAT We listen to a couple of editions of the podcast to see SAT whether it might appeal to a UK audience. SAT SAT Comedian Larry David came to public attention as co-creator, SAT writer and producer of Seinfeld on US television. He went on SAT to create Curb Your Enthusiasm - and both of these shows SAT have been hailed as groundbreaking comedy and much loved by SAT TV audiences around the world. His newest project is a 90 SAT minute comedy film for HBO, reprising his curmudgeonly SAT obsessive character; does it still seem funny over an hour SAT and a half, or can you have too much of a good thing? SAT SAT White Light White Heat at The Wallace Collection in London SAT is not a tribute to Lou Reed, but a display of work by SAT contemporary artists such as Tracey Emin and Gavin Turk SAT where they have collaborated with Venetian glass workers. SAT Originally part of this year's Venice Bienalle, it's a small SAT collection, but is it a thing of beauty or an indulgent SAT experiment? SAT SAT Tom Sutcliffe is joined by writer Deborah Moggach, Professor SAT John Mullan and deputy editor of The New Statesman Helen SAT Lewis SAT SAT Producer: Oliver Jones. SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b03jssn1 (Listen) SAT Fifty years since Pierre Boulle wrote 'La Planete des SAT Singes' (or 'Monkey Planet' as the English translation was SAT known), Will Self considers where great apes end and human SAT apes begin. SAT SAT Boulle's novel, which became the basis for the movie 'Planet SAT of the Apes' is a playful inversion for a man whose faith in SAT humanity had been erased by the experiences he described in SAT 'Bridge Over the River Kwai', his other best-seller. SAT SAT Boulle genuinely wondered whether human beings were any SAT better than apes, placing him in a long line of satirists SAT from Swift onwards who drew parallels between the beast in SAT man and the man in beast. SAT SAT In the modern era, experiments like Project Nim explored the SAT idea that a chimpanzee infant raised like a human baby could SAT be taught to communicate, and be 'civilized' by its contact SAT with humans. The tragic end of Nim, shipped off to an animal SAT experimentation camp when he, inevitably, became too violent SAT to control in a domestic setting, did not entirely end the SAT human fantasy (see Michael Jackson and Bubbles) that chimps SAT are just like hairy children who will never answer back. SAT SAT Will Self, whose novel 'Great Apes' portrayed a world in SAT which apes run the show and make as bad a job of it as SAT humans, explores the connection between man and his closest SAT living relative, from Darwin to Nim and King Kong to the PG SAT Tips chimps. SAT SAT With Volker Sommer, Janet Browne, Kim Bard, Charlotte SAT Macdonald and Frans de Waal. SAT SAT Producer: Caitlin Smith. SAT SAT 21:00 Classic Serial b03j8srn (Listen) SAT The Russian Gambler, Episode 2 SAT SAT A brilliant, penniless, pianist gets a job as tutor to the SAT daughter of a wealthy Russian oligarch living in London and SAT is sucked into a world of obsession and chance. SAT SAT A modern-day take on Dostoevsky's The Gambler, by SAT writer/actor Dolya Gavanski, with Ed Stoppard, Matthew Marsh SAT and Graham Seed. SAT SAT The Russian Gambler is Dolya Gavansk's first drama for Radio SAT 4. As an actor she worked with Steve Coogan and Michael SAT Winterbottom on The Trip and with Angelina Jolie in the SAT Bosnian film In the Land of Milk and Honey. Her radio work SAT includes The Mumbai Chuzzlewits, The Bid and UTZ for Radio 4 SAT and Massistonia on Radio 3. SAT SAT Cast: SAT Alexei...........Ed Stoppard, SAT Mikhail..........Matthew Marsh, SAT Anastasia.....Eleanor Bron, SAT Polina...........Dolya Gavanski, SAT Vika..............Isabella Blake Thomas, SAT Astley...........Graham Seed, SAT Francois........Orlando Seale, SAT Katie.............Lucy May Barker, SAT Mullighan.......Jay Taylor, SAT Office Worker..Alana Ramsey, SAT Blake.............Timothy Walker SAT SAT Casting: Toby Whale, SAT Script Editor: Mike Walker, SAT Sound Design: Steve Bond. SAT SAT Original music composed by Sacha Puttnam. SAT All music performed by Sacha Puttnam. SAT SAT Directed and Produced by John Dryden SAT A Goldhawk production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b03jfg5w (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b03jdw6y (Listen) SAT Police SAT SAT "Plebgate", the Hillsborough disaster, evidence of blatant SAT fixing of crime statistics - by any standards our police SAT have come under searching scrutiny lately and haven't SAT exactly come out with flying colours. So this week's report SAT by a former commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, John - SAT now Lord Stevens - on the future of policing is certainly SAT timely. But this is more than just a debate about numbers, SAT structures and complaints procedures, this is a fundamental SAT question about what our police should be for. Lord Stevens SAT says it's time to accept that police "are not simply crime SAT fighters", but they should also have a "social mission" that SAT should be enshrined in law which would incorporate improving SAT safety and well-being within communities. We've come a long SAT way since the days of the Sweeney catchphrase "get your SAT trousers on - you're nicked", but do we want our police to SAT take on the mantle of social workers as well as crime SAT fighters? Is this mission creep by the police, or an SAT abdication of our own responsibility? By widening the scope SAT of what we expect our police to police are we in danger of SAT turning them from law enforcers, in to enforcers of social SAT norms? And that this will lead to a subjective understanding SAT of what society regards as right and wrong and blur the SAT moral line between what is and isn't a crime? SAT SAT Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by SAT Michael Buerk. With Claire Fox, Anne McElvoy, Giles Fraser SAT and Matthew Taylor. SAT SAT 23:00 Round Britain Quiz b03j9lv6 (Listen) SAT (11/12) SAT Can you re-arrange a tidal wave so it becomes a Richard SAT Burton epic, a Dutch migrant, or a handicap in York? SAT SAT Journalist and author Marcel Berlins and former Mastermind SAT Fred Housego take on the literary historian Michael SAT Alexander and the journalist Alan Taylor, in this week's SAT battle of wits between the South of England and Scotland. SAT Tom Sutcliffe is in the chair, asking the questions and SAT giving out helpful clues wherever the teams need them. But SAT the more helpful hints he has to give, the more points he SAT deducts from their scores. SAT SAT A win for either team could make a big difference to their SAT final positions in this year's Round Britain Quiz rankings, SAT as the end of the 2013 series approaches. SAT SAT As usual there are several questions suggested by listeners SAT hoping to outwit the panel, and the questions are available SAT in full on the programme's webpages so you can play along. SAT SAT Producer: Paul Bajoria. SAT SAT 23:30 The Echo Chamber b03j8srs (Listen) SAT Series 2, The poet, the poem, and the savannah SAT SAT Paul Farley in discussion with Glyn Maxwell, poet and author SAT of On Poetry. White, Black, Form, Pulse, Chime, Space and SAT Time are Glyn's chapter titles. How and why are poems SAT written? With readings by Glyn of his own work, new and old. SAT Producer: Tim Dee. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 01 DECEMBER 2013 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b03jp6zh (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Afternoon Reading b0128pyw (Listen) SUN Three for My Baby, Awesome Day SUN SUN These stories take their cue from the Johnny Mercer classic SUN 'One For My Baby' - made famous by Fred Astaire, Ella SUN Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and especially Frank Sinatra. SUN Each of these specially-commissioned pieces tell of a 'brief SUN episode' of the kind the song alludes to but doesn't SUN describe. In other words, these are stories about doomed SUN love: affairs that turned sour, were thwarted by SUN circumstance or were never, ever, going to work. SUN SUN Awesome Day by Shena Mackay SUN SUN "Rick looked up at the clock above the counter. A quarter to SUN three. It was always a quarter to three at the Wooden Nickel SUN ... It had been quarter to three when he and Meriel first SUN came to the Wooden Nickel and it was still quarter to three SUN when they left." Meriel loves the theatre. Rick loves SUN Meriel. Or is it New York he's in love with? SUN SUN Shena Mackay was born in Edinburgh. She is author of two SUN novellas, three collections of short stories and eight SUN novels. Her novel Dunedin and the collection of short SUN stories, The Laughing Academy, both won Scottish Arts SUN Council Book Awards and the bestselling The Orchard On Fire SUN was shortlisted for the 1996 Booker Prize and the McVitie's SUN Prize. Her most recent book, The Atmospheric Railway: New SUN and Collected Stories was published in paperback in 2010. SUN Shena lives in Southampton. SUN SUN Reader: Burn Gorman SUN SUN Producer: Jeremy Osborne SUN A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jp6zk (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jp6zm (Listen) SUN BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes SUN at 5.20am. SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jp6zp (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b03jp6zr (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b03jyf65 (Listen) SUN The bells of St Mary and St Chad, Brewood in Staffordshire. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b03jssmx (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b03jp6zt (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b03jyf67 (Listen) SUN Anticipation SUN SUN Mark Tully looks at both sides of anticipation and how we SUN can either relish or dread what is to come. He considers the SUN problems of anticipating too much, or too little, with the SUN help of Thomas Hardy, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Linda Pastan SUN and Winnie the Pooh. SUN SUN Can neuroscience explain why the anticipation of something SUN bad is often worse than the actual event or the prospect of SUN a treat sometimes better than the treat itself? And does the SUN anticipation of the future, either good or bad, mean that we SUN risk squandering the present? Or as Seneca said, "Expecting SUN is the greatest impediment to living. In anticipation of SUN tomorrow, it loses today." SUN SUN Producer is Adam Fowler. SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b03jyf69 (Listen) SUN Losing Dad SUN SUN Michael Besent was a successful and respected dairy and SUN cereal farmer from Dorchester, but a diagnosis of terminal SUN cancer threw his family's lives into turmoil. Medical SUN treatments took over from milking and the business suffered. SUN After Michael died, his wife Carol and their three daughters SUN were forced to make some difficult decisions, while also SUN coping with their grief. As tenant farmers, giving up the SUN business would also have meant losing their home and jobs. SUN Charlotte Smith visits the three generations of women who SUN run 'Besent and Sons' to find how they managed love, loss SUN and livelihoods. SUN Presented by Charlotte Smith SUN Produced in Bristol by Anne-Marie Bullock. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b03jp6zw (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b03jp6zy (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b03jyf6c (Listen) SUN The Pilling Report; Scottish Catholic Church and SUN Safeguarding; St. Katherine SUN SUN Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme. SUN The Scottish Catholic Church and safeguarding, the Pilling SUN Report, and Saint Katherine of Alexandria. SUN SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal b03jyf6f (Listen) SUN St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal 2013 SUN SUN The Revd Dr Sam Wells makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of SUN the Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal. SUN SUN Reg Charity:261359 SUN SUN To Give: SUN - Freephone 0800 082 82 84. SUN - Send a cheque to St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal, SUN Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JJ SUN - Or donate online via the Radio 4 website SUN SUN The BBC Radio 4 St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal is SUN now in its 87th year. The money raised from this annual SUN appeal supports work with homeless and vulnerable people SUN across the UK, through the work of The Connection at St SUN Martin's and the Vicar's Relief Fund. You can hear how last SUN years donations were spent by listening to Libby Purves in SUN Received with Thanks. SUN SUN Donate to the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal SUN Radio 4 has launched its annual Christmas Appeal. The money SUN raised will go to support homeless and vulnerable people SUN across the UK. SUN You can support the Appeal by SUN www.smitf.org/christmas SUN 0800 082 82 84 SUN (free from most UK landlines) SUN St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal SUN and post to the following address. Please give us your name SUN and address for GiftAid. SUN St Martin-in-the-Fields Trafalgar Square London WC2N 4JJ SUN SUN 07:57 Weather b03jp700 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b03jp702 (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b03jyf6h (Listen) SUN The Coming of Christ as Saviour SUN SUN The coming of Christ as Saviour: Advent hope amidst national SUN and global challenges. SUN The Advent season begins with a service live from Kelvinside SUN Hillhead Parish Church in Glasgow. SUN Reading: Romans 13:11-14 SUN Preacher: The Revd Doug Gay. SUN With Glasgow University Chapel Choir directed by James SUN Grossmith. SUN Organist: Kevin Bowyer. SUN Producer: Mo McCullough. SUN SUN 08:48 A Point of View b03jfvg5 (Listen) SUN Political Trojan Horses SUN SUN Will Self warns against politicians' superficially SUN attractive policies which turn out to be Trojan horses. "It SUN all comes down to gifts - presents that we save up for SUN through the countrywide Christmas club we call progressive SUN taxation, and which are then handed out by the jolly, SUN hoho-ing Government in the form of public services." SUN SUN Producer: Sheila Cook. SUN SUN 08:58 Tweet of the Day b03dx8yf (Listen) SUN Black-Tailed Godwit SUN SUN Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about SUN our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. SUN SUN Martin Hughes-Games presents the Black-Tailed Godwit. A SUN black-tailed godwit in its summer finery is a stunningly SUN attractive bird, russet brown with a long orange and black SUN bill. A few pairs of black-tailed godwits breed in the UK, SUN most of them in damp grazing meadows such as the Ouse Washes SUN in East Anglia. When breeding is over the male and female SUN split up and spend the winter months apart, often in widely SUN separated locations. SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b03jyf6k (Listen) SUN Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation SUN about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy SUN O'Connell. SUN SUN 09:45 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal b03jyp1m (Listen) SUN Received with Thanks SUN SUN Libby Purves on how the money from the 2012 appeal has SUN helped homeless and vulnerable people across the UK. To give SUN call 0800 082 8284 or donate online at the Radio 4 website. SUN SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b03jyf6m (Listen) SUN Helen feels confused, and Ed makes a terrible mistake. SUN SUN Credits SUN Jill Archer: Patricia Greene SUN Alistair Lloyd: Michael Lumsden SUN Shula Hebden Lloyd: Judy Bennett SUN Daniel Hebden Lloyd: Will Howard SUN David Archer: Timothy Bentinck SUN Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch SUN Josh Archer: Cian Cheesbrough SUN Helen Archer: Louiza Patikas SUN Tom Archer: Tom Graham SUN Kathy Perks: Hedli Niklaus SUN Joe Grundy: Edward Kelsey SUN Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison SUN William Grundy: Philip Molloy SUN Emma Grundy: Emerald O'Hanrahan SUN Edward Grundy: Barry Farrimond SUN Oliver Sterling: Michael Cochrane SUN Caroline Sterling: Sara Coward SUN Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd SUN Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler SUN Darrell Makepeace: Dan Hagley SUN Rob Titchener: Timothy Watson SUN Jess Titchener: Rina Mahoney SUN Writer: Simon Frith SUN Director: Rosemary Watts SUN Editor: Julie Beckett SUN Producer: Julie Beckett SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b03jyf6p (Listen) SUN Clare Balding SUN SUN Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the broadcaster Clare SUN Balding. SUN SUN The BBC TV coverage of London's 2012 Olympics was her SUN triumph and much like Team GB she'd been in training for her SUN big moment for quite a while. SUN SUN She's worked on five Olympic Games, four Paralympics, three SUN Winter Olympics and a great deal of horse racing. It's on SUN the turf that's she's most at home - her father was a SUN champion racehorse trainer and for a number of years she SUN herself was a leading amateur flat jockey. SUN SUN The first pony she ever rode, as a toddler, was a gift from SUN the Queen; she went to public school and Cambridge but her SUN life hasn't been an entirely easy ride. She has coped with SUN thyroid cancer, being forcibly "outed" by the tabloid press SUN and in her own words being "a disappointment from the SUN moment" she was born. SUN SUN She says, "This may sound nauseating but I'm a very happy SUN person. I love my work, I love my life and I'm told by those SUN who know and love me that it's a bit like living with SUN Tigger". SUN SUN Producer: Cathy Drysdale. SUN SUN 12:00 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b03j9m1h (Listen) SUN Series 60, Episode 3 SUN SUN The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a visit SUN to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Regulars Barry Cryer, SUN Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel SUN by special guest Victoria Wood, with Jack Dee in the chair. SUN Colin Sell provides piano accompaniment. SUN SUN Producer - Jon Naismith. SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b03jyf6r (Listen) SUN Alice Waters, a Delicious Revolution SUN SUN The Californian chef and campaigner Alice Waters shares her SUN story with Sheila Dillon; from early life in the 1960's SUN counter-culture to influencing the food thinking of SUN Presidents. SUN SUN Producers: Rich Ward & Dan Saladino. SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b03jp704 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b03jyf6t (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news, including an SUN in-depth look at events around the world. Email: SUN wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend. SUN SUN 13:30 Auditioning for Auntie b03dfl04 (Listen) SUN Pete Paphides delves into the BBC auditions process for SUN aspiring bands in the 1950s and 60s such as the Rolling SUN Stones, Elton John, The Who and Pink Floyd. SUN SUN Throughout this era, any artist hoping to achieve wider SUN national recognition would try and secure national radio SUN exposure. To do this, they would have to meet the exacting SUN standards of a small but powerful board of assessors within SUN the BBC. Producers and sound engineers of the time remember SUN the sessions and we hear musicians recalling their audition SUN process - including Peter Hammill of Van der Graaf SUN Generator, Judy Dyble of Fairport Convention and Alvin SUN Stardust. SUN SUN The audition panels' notes are carefully kept to this day in SUN the BBC archive. Nick Drake's notes, for example, read as SUN follows: "Suitable to broadcast, but would probably only be SUN in specialist late night programmes. Type of artist who SUN would appear on 'John Peel' record label - underground, SUN folky. YES." SUN SUN Among the artists the BBC wasn't initially convinced about SUN were the Rolling Stones, while the errant behaviour of other SUN groups recording BBC sessions - Pink Floyd, for example - SUN threatened their relationship with the Corporation. SUN SUN Producer: Laura Parfitt SUN A White Pebble Media production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b03jfmq4 (Listen) SUN Bradford-on-Avon SUN SUN Eric Robson hosts GQT from Bradford-on-Avon with Matt Biggs, SUN Matthew Wilson and Christine Walkden taking the local SUN audience's questions. This week the team explores the SUN variety of plants along our highways, and Matt Biggs goes in SUN search of Bath Asparagus. SUN SUN Produced by Howard Shannon. SUN A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 14:45 The Listening Project b03jyf6w (Listen) SUN Fi Glover introduces conversations between people who work SUN at The Connection and those who have found friendship and SUN purpose there, whether through art or cooking, proving again SUN that it's surprising what you hear when you listen. SUN SUN 15:00 The James M Cain Series b03jyp1c (Listen) SUN Double Indemnity SUN SUN Walter Huff has a good steady job in the insurance business SUN and leads a quiet life. Then he meets and falls in love with SUN Phyllis, an unhappily married woman, enquiring about SUN accident insurance for her husband. They come up with a plan SUN in which Phyllis's husband will die an unlikely death, by SUN falling from a moving train. The 'accidental' nature of his SUN demise will trigger the 'double indemnity' clause of the SUN policy, forcing the insurance company to pay the widow twice SUN the normal amount. SUN The couple carry out their plan but things soon turn sour. SUN The Insurance Investigator is suspicious, and so are SUN Phyllis's daughter, and her mysterious boyfriend Nino. SUN SUN Adapted from James M Cain's novel, by Stef Penney SUN SUN A BBC/Cymru Wales production, directed by Kate McAll. SUN SUN Credits SUN Walter Huff: Trevor White SUN Phyllis Nirdlinger: Christy Meyer SUN Keyes: Mitchell Mullen SUN Lola: Ashleigh Haddad SUN Nino: Martin T Sherman SUN Author: James M Cain SUN Adaptor: Stef Penney SUN Director: Kate McAll SUN SUN 16:00 Bookclub b03jyp1h (Listen) SUN Lee Child - Killing Floor SUN SUN With James Naughtie. SUN SUN Lee Child discusses the first in his hugely successful Jack SUN Reacher series, Killing Floor, and published in 1997. He's SUN now gone on to write 18 books featuring his grizzled action SUN hero, a former military policeman of no fixed abode. SUN SUN Lee reflects on the genesis of Jack Reacher, who appeared SUN when he decided to write fiction after being made redundant SUN by Granada TV in 1995. Lee says that he and Jack were on a SUN parallel journey in Killing Floor, as Jack has just left the SUN military and is out in an unfamiliar world at the same time SUN as Lee. As he looks back, he can see his own raw emotion in SUN Jack, who in Killing Floor is a character full of fury. But SUN by book seven, the frustration had abated and Jack's anger SUN had calmed down. SUN SUN The books have gone on to sell over 60 million copies SUN worldwide. SUN SUN As always on Bookclub, a group of invited readers join in SUN the discussion. SUN SUN January's Bookclub choice : The Secret History by Donna SUN Tartt SUN SUN Producer : Dymphna Flynn. SUN SUN 16:30 The Whitsun Weddings b03jyp1k (Listen) SUN Whitsun Weddings was the title poem of the collection - SUN published 50 years ago - that made Larkin famous. Poet Jean SUN Sprackland, who teaches Larkin and whose father, a SUN librarian, met him professionally, retraces the train SUN journey at the heart of the poem. SUN SUN She considers Larkin's views about marriage, about class and SUN about the 'state of Britain', against the background of the SUN poet's own seemingly quiet life in the provincial town of SUN Hull. SUN SUN For many, Whitsun Weddings is Philip Larkin's most SUN characteristic poem, expressing his detachment from the SUN crowd and from love and marriage of the ordinary sort. SUN SUN With James Booth, Andrew Motion, John Osborne and Larkin's SUN surviving mistress, the 'third woman' Betty Mackereth. SUN SUN Producer: Susan Marling SUN A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 17:00 The Next Global Killer b03jb36z (Listen) SUN Ten years after the SARS pandemic, science journalist Alok SUN Jha investigates whether we'll ever predict or at least be SUN well prepared for future deadly global epidemics, be they SUN bird flu or bat viruses SUN SUN When it comes, the pandemic will be caused by a virus which SUN originated in an animal and then crossed the species barrier SUN into humans. This is how the so-called Spanish Flu pandemic SUN of 1918 started. That global epidemic killed an estimated 50 SUN million people. The AIDS pandemic of the last 30 years SUN resulted from a virus in forest primates jumping into SUN hunters in Central Africa. Since then a bat virus spread SUN through other animals to humans to cause SARS, infecting SUN thousands and killing hundreds. And since the late 1990s, SUN scientists have been closely watching the deadly avian flu SUN virus H5N1 for indications that it might begin to spread SUN from person to person. SUN SUN Outbreaks of infectious zoonotic diseases have been SUN increasing since the 1950s. Epidemiologists blame a SUN combination of accelerating encroachment into wild habitats, SUN increasing human and farm animal numbers, ever more SUN urbanisation and the modern day ease of travel. Humans and SUN their domestic animals are making increasing contact with SUN wildlife (from which these viruses originate) and forming SUN ever denser and complex transmission routes which increase SUN the chances of an infection taking off. SUN SUN However the fact that more of these 'spill-over' outbreaks SUN are documented is also likely to be down to the fact that SUN the world is looking harder for them. Even greater and more SUN intensive surveillance is one of the keys to pandemic SUN prediction and preparedness. SUN SUN Alok Jha visits a new human-animal virus surveillance SUN project in Vietnam, operated by the University of Oxford, SUN the Wellcome Trust and Vietnamese authorities where they are SUN looking for previously unknown viruses causing illness in SUN the general population, as well as doing long term SUN surveillance on hundreds of farms, animal markets and SUN wildlife sites, both of animals and the people who come into SUN contact with them. Alok visits a live animal market in the SUN Mekong delta where rats are sold and butchered for customers SUN and a small farm where all the animals are being sampled for SUN state of the viral detection. The Oxford-led project hope SUN their project will act as a model for more intensive and SUN sophisticated novel disease surveillance systems in Vietnam SUN and other developing countries. SUN SUN But even with better surveillance and an improved grasp of SUN what viruses are out there, another major obstacle to SUN accurate pandemic prediction is our lack of knowledge of SUN which particular viruses we should be most worried: those SUN which need swift preventative action and those that don't. SUN Which versions of avian influenza H5N1 for example would SUN have the ability to spread from person to person as easily SUN as seasonal flu. There is a controversial line of research SUN which would get us to these answers though. SUN SUN Alok meets the leading and controversial Dutch virologist SUN Ron Fouchier of the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam. SUN Prof Fouchier's team has evolved a variant of H5N1 which can SUN spread through the air between mammals in his Level 3 SUN biosecure lab. The technique involved a combination of SUN preliminary genetic engineering with 3 mutations already SUN found out in the real world and then letting the virus SUN evolve by itself. Only a handful of genetic changes are SUN needed to turn H5N1 which reaches a dead end once it gets SUN into mammals to a virulent pathogen which becomes airborne SUN and infectious. SUN SUN Colleagues of Fouchier at the University of Cambridge used SUN his findings to calculate the odds of that transformation in SUN the laboratory happening in the real world. It is a real SUN possibility they say, given the billions of domestic birds SUN and people, and that H5N1 is still out there in many flocks SUN in Asia. SUN SUN The experiments have caused alarm among bioterrorism experts SUN and there has been a moratorium on publishing Fouchier's SUN data. However Fouchier and other virologists argue that the SUN information about which mutations in animal viruses cause SUN them to jump to and then spread easily between humans is SUN essential for global pandemic surveillance if we are going SUN to predict and prevent the next global killer. SUN SUN Alok Jha is one of the science correspondents at 'The SUN Guardian' and a regular reporter on BBC TVs 'Science Club'. SUN SUN 17:40 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal b03jyp1m (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 today] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b03jp706 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b03jp708 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jp70b (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b03jyp1p (Listen) SUN The best of BBC Radio this week chosen by Stella Duffy. SUN SUN This week we've taken off the rose-coloured glasses to look SUN at what's behind the stories, with the background to some SUN powerful music, comedy and writing - Hardeep Singh Kohli on SUN Dougie Maclean's Caledonia, Stuart Maconie's The People's SUN Songs considering our love of the countryside, and Felicity SUN Evans on The New Welfare in Wales, Erica Wagner on the SUN Legacy of Uncle Tom, and Soul Music looking at Strange SUN Fruit, the song Billie Holiday made her own, and President SUN Obama's private spiritual adviser, there's politics, people, SUN past, present - and possibility. SUN SUN Programmes chosen this week SUN SUN Caledonia - A Love Song to a Nation - Radio 4 SUN The People's Songs - Radio 2 SUN Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies - Radio 4 SUN Leaving the Faith - Radio 4 SUN Andrew Peach - Radio Berkshire SUN Through the Wardrobe - The Belle Dress - Radio 4 SUN PM - news read in regional accents, Monday, Tuesday, SUN Thursday - Radio 4 SUN Yip Yap Rap - Simeon Courtie - BBC Radio Wiltshire SUN That Mitchell and Webb Sound - Radio 4 SUN Women - A History of Britain in Numbers ep 9 - Radio 4 SUN 1963 That Was The Year That Was - Radio 4 SUN The Infinite Monkey Cage - Radio 4 SUN What Does the K Stand For? - Radio 4 SUN The Legacy of Uncle Tom - Radio 4 SUN Living with New Welfare - Radio 4 SUN Today - Wednesday - Radio 4 SUN Heart and Soul - World Service SUN SUN Produced by Kevin Mousley SUN SUN If there's something you'd like to suggest for next week's SUN programme, please e-mail potw@bbc.co.uk. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b03jyp1r (Listen) SUN Clarrie wants to heal the rift, and Jess is enthusiastic. SUN SUN 19:15 Meet David Sedaris b03jysr6 (Listen) SUN Series 4, The Happy Place; The Shadow of Your Smile SUN SUN One of the world's funniest storytellers is back on BBC SUN Radio 4 doing what he does best. SUN SUN There are two stories, this week: "The Happy Place", dealing SUN with the ups and downs of a colonoscopy; and "The Shadow of SUN Your Smile", about how the right lighting can make us all SUN look good. SUN SUN Producer: Steve Doherty SUN A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 19:45 Through the Wardrobe b03jysr8 (Listen) SUN Tilly's Tale SUN SUN In tribute to Belfast-born C.S. Lewis who died fifty years SUN ago on 22nd November 1963, three new short stories take us SUN though doors and portals into unexpected worlds and SUN situations. While novelist and playwright Lucy Caldwell SUN charts a defining moment in the life of someone struggling SUN with their sense of identity, a woman gets to know her SUN neighbours a little more intimately than she could ever have SUN expected in a story from novelist and screenwriter Glenn SUN Patterson. And finally in a new story from Frank Cottrell SUN Boyce we discover what might happen if C.S. Lewis himself SUN were to discover an opening to another world. What might SUN such a world contain? SUN SUN Tilly's Tale by Glenn Patterson SUN Read by Michelle Fairley SUN Produced in Belfast by Heather Larmour SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b03jfmqc (Listen) SUN There are irritants aplenty this week as listeners tell us SUN about the Radio 4 programmes that have driven them to SUN distraction. Many of them wrote to ask why Radio 4's Book of SUN the Week about the life of former French president SUN Mitterrand used French accents that rendered it more 'Allo SUN 'Allo! than serious biography. SUN SUN And many other listeners are infuriated by the repeated use SUN of just four piano notes heard in Radio 4's A History of SUN Britain in Numbers. The series' Executive Producer, David SUN Prest, tells us why they decided to use a 'motif' that some SUN say distracted them from the vital statistics. SUN SUN We'll also be talking to the Controller of BBC Radio 2, Bob SUN Shennan. While Radio 2's audience reached a record high of SUN 15 million this year, the changes to the Sunday evening SUN schedule and the loss of firm favourites like Big Band SUN Special and Russell Davies has left some listeners deeply SUN disappointed. The Controller explains why he made the SUN changes. SUN SUN And should an active politician appear on Desert Island SUN Discs? We air your views on Ed Miliband's appearance on SUN Sunday's edition. SUN SUN Producer: Will Yates SUN A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b03jfmq9 (Listen) SUN A priest, Walt Disney's daughter, a centenarian Labour SUN campaigner, a footballer, an actor SUN SUN Matthew Bannister on SUN SUN Father Alec Reid, the Catholic priest who played a pivotal SUN role in the Northern Ireland peace process. SUN SUN Walt Disney's daughter Diane Disney Miller who inspired some SUN of her father's best known creations. SUN SUN Hetty Bower, a lifelong Labour Party campaigner who died SUN aged 108. SUN SUN Bill Foulkes, the Manchester United defender who survived SUN the Munich air crash which killed many of his team mates SUN SUN And Lewis Collins - who starred alongside Martin Shaw in the SUN 70s TV series The Professionals. SUN SUN Producer: Neil George SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b03jsrwm (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal b03jyf6f (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today] SUN SUN 21:30 In Business b03jfg37 (Listen) SUN Mao and Silicon SUN SUN It's 6.15am and over loudspeakers across quiet streets of SUN Nanjiecun blares out a song more familiar during the days of SUN Chairman Mao, "The East is Red". As the sun rises, a huge SUN white statue of Chairman Mao, surrounded by four equally SUN huge portraits of Lenin, Marx, Stalin and Engels become SUN visible in the town's main square. This the last Maoist SUN collective in China, a little enclave of the past in the SUN socialist market economy that China has now developed. How SUN does their economy work and what is it like to live there? SUN Meanwhile, at 3W Coffee in Beijing's 'Silicon Valley' SUN district entrepreneurs are queuing up for their early SUN morning burst of caffeine. This is Beijing's first tech SUN business incubator where you're catapulted to the China of SUN the twenty first century, with young people pushing the SUN boundaries of the internet to create a very different China SUN to that of Mao sixty years ago. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b03jysrb (Listen) SUN Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with SUN MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues SUN politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power. SUN SUN 22:45 What the Papers Say b03jysrd (Listen) SUN A look at how the newspapers are covering the biggest SUN stories. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b03jfc47 (Listen) SUN Emma Thompson; Leviathan; Carrie SUN SUN Francine Stock talks to Emma Thompson about Saving Mr Banks, SUN in which she plays the author PL Travers. After prolonged SUN artistic wrangles and a painful grappling with childhood SUN memories, she eventually gives Walt Disney, played by Tom SUN Hanks, the rights to her creation, Mary Poppins. SUN Crowd-sourced films are explored with producer Jack SUN Arbuthnott, who worked on Life in A Day and has now produced SUN Christmas in a Day, a montage of video sent in by the public SUN and directed by Kevin Macdonald. Excerpts have been released SUN on TV as part of a leading supermarket's Christmas SUN advertising campaign with the full version unveiled online SUN on 29th November. SUN Plus documentary makers Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena SUN Paravel on Leviathan, an unconventional portrait of deep sea SUN fishing in the North Atlantic. SUN And a look at Stephen King horror tale and iconic film SUN Carrie, originally directed by Brian de Palma in 1976 and SUN now re-made by Kimberly Peirce and starring Chloe Grace SUN Moretz. Author Neil Mitchell compares the two and explains SUN why the original endures. SUN SUN Producer: Elaine Lester. SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b03jyf67 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 02 DECEMBER 2013 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b03jp724 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b03jdw6k (Listen) MON Boxing in Gleason's Gym; Sport and Capitalism MON MON Sport and capitalism: Laurie Taylor talks to Professor of MON History, Tony Collins, about his new book which argues that MON modern sport is as much a product of our economic system as MON the factory, the stock exchange and the unemployment line. MON Also, The US sociologist, Lucia Trimbur, invites us into the MON everyday world of Gleason's gym, the last remaining MON institution of New York's golden age of boxing. Once the MON domain of white and black working class men, it's now shared MON with women as well as the wealthy. MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b03jyf65 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jp728 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jp72b (Listen) MON BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jp72d (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b03jp72g (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03ldgst (Listen) MON A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The MON Revd Johnston McKay. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b03jz1hg (Listen) MON The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. MON Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Lucy Bickerton. MON MON 05:56 Weather b03jp72p (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03jz1hj (Listen) MON Whooper Swan MON MON Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about MON our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. MON MON Chris Packham presents the whooper swan. The elegance and MON beauty of wild swans has inspired writers and musicians MON across the centuries - the most familiar perhaps being MON Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake, which may well have been MON inspired by the Whooper swan. MON MON 06:00 Today b03jz1hl (Listen) MON Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk; MON Weather; Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 Start the Week b03jz1hn (Listen) MON Landscape and Community MON MON Bridget Kendall talks to Patrick Keiller about the MON relationship between film, cities and landscape, and MON uncovers the hidden stories of the places where we live. MON Victoria Henshaw is interested in what our cities smell MON like, and what we lose when we sterilise our environment. MON The poet Robin Robertson has written about the bleak, remote MON island of St Kilda and how the remnants of its close-knit MON community left together in 1930. The importance and MON difficulty of creating a sense of community is at the heart MON of Giles Fraser's new series which asks whether we've become MON merely nostalgic for a bygone age of close neighbourhoods, MON or whether it's possible to reconstruct them. MON MON Producer: Katy Hickman. MON MON 09:45 Book of the Week b03jz1hq (Listen) MON Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, Episode 1 MON MON Penelope Fitzgerald's novels were short, spare masterpieces, MON self-concealing, oblique and subtle. She won the Booker MON Prize for her novel Offshore in 1979, and her last work, The MON Blue Flower, was acclaimed as a work of genius. MON MON The early novels drew on her own experiences - a boat on the MON Thames in the 1960s, the BBC in war-time, a failing bookshop MON in Suffolk, an eccentric stage-school. The later ones opened MON out to encompass historical worlds which, magically, she MON seemed to possess entirely: Russia before the Revolution, MON post-war Italy, Germany in the time of the Romantic writer MON Novalis. MON MON Fitzgerald's life is as various and as cryptic as her MON fiction. It spans most of the twentieth century, and moves MON from a Bishop's Palace to a sinking barge, from a demanding MON intellectual family to hardship and poverty, from a life of MON teaching and obscurity to a blaze of renown. MON MON She was first published at sixty and became famous at MON eighty. This is a story of lateness, patience and MON persistence - a private form of heroism. MON MON Loved and admired, and increasingly recognised as one of the MON outstanding novelists of her time, she remains also MON mysterious and intriguing. She liked to mislead people with MON a good imitation of an absent-minded old lady, but under MON that scatty front was a steel-sharp brain and an imagination MON of wonderful reach. MON MON This biography by Hermione Lee pursues Fitzgerald's life, MON her writing, and her secret self, with fascinated interest. MON MON Read by Penelope Wilton MON Abridged by Libby Spurrier MON Producer: Joanna Green MON A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b03jz1hs (Listen) MON Jane Garvey presents the programme that offers a female MON perspective on the world. MON MON Power List Science Special MON MON We often hear about the shortage of women working in MON science, technology and engineering. But there are women at MON the very top of their field and ten per cent of the women on MON the Power List are working in science. MON MON Jane is joined by three of the leading women in science and MON Power Listers all – the astronomer, Professor Dame Jocelyn MON Bell Burnell; engineer, Professor Ann Dowling; and, MON pioneering developer of web science, Professor Dame Wendy MON Hall. They'll be talking about their lives and work – and MON what can be done to inspire and encourage more women to go MON into science and pursue a career. MON MON We also hear from graduate students at Newnham College, MON Cambridge about their first taste of research and from MON particle physicist Dr Claire Timlin about her early career MON experiences, including the time she spent at the Large MON Hadron Collider at CERN. MON MON 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03jz1hv (Listen) MON HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 1 MON MON by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. Bridgeford is blessed MON with the meanest hairdresser in Britain, and the stupidest. MON An impending wedding looks like a great opportunity for Bev. MON The fact that her rival, Anton, has already secured the MON business is not likely to put her off. MON MON Produced by Jessica Dromgoole and directed by Colin Guthrie. MON MON The enduring comedy of Bev, the bitter and vindictive Chief MON Stylist, played by Lorraine Ashbourne, and Shirley, her fond MON and foolish assistant, played by Rosie Cavaliero. MON MON Highlites, 'Split Ends', is the third 15 minute series with MON the fourth, 'Wash 'n' blow', due for broadcast next year. MON MON Credits MON Bev: Lorraine Ashbourne MON Shirley: Rosie Cavaliero MON Nigel: John Norton MON Enid: Nicola Sloane MON Producer: Jessica Dromgoole MON Director: Colin Guthrie MON Writer: Steve Chambers MON Writer: Phil Nodding MON MON 11:00 Friends with My Ex b03jz1hx (Listen) MON Some couples manage to separate and not hate each other. MON They choose to carry on seeing each other, going on holiday MON and spending Christmas together. How and why do they do it? MON What happens when new partners come along? A light-hearted MON feature about what family means in Britain today - three MON long-term couples describe their separation and MON reconciliation as friends. MON MON Nicola and Barry met when Nicola was 16, married when she MON was 21 and had two boys, but the tension between them grew MON until they couldn't bear to be in the same room. They MON separated after 12 years: "There were lots of tears, but MON from that day everything got better." Now they speak on the MON phone every day. This month, Nicola is re-marrying; Barry is MON going to the wedding and staying in the same hotel as the MON honeymoon couple. MON MON The husband of the second couple is a divorce lawyer. Adam MON and Brigitte lived together for 35 years until Brigitte fell MON in love with Gleb - 28 years her junior. Adam decided to let MON her go without a fight: "I'm a lawyer committed to making MON divorce less contentious." They now see each other several MON times a week for chats and evenings out: "I love him like a MON brother, a best friend, but I never want to sleep with him MON again, we've changed." MON MON Mark and John built a house, got a dog and celebrated their MON civil partnership - but then Mark fell in love with another MON man. But John was quite happy to carry on living together: MON "I was devastated. But as time goes by you make your peace MON with the situation. Six months later he moved in and we MON shared the same house for eighteen months. I enjoyed it MON actually." MON MON Producers: Kim Normanton and Elizabeth Burke. MON A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 11:30 Ed Reardon's Week b03jz1hz (Listen) MON Series 9, Blood of the Reardons MON MON Ed Reardon leads us through the ups and down of his week, MON complete with his trusty companion, Elgar, and his MON never-ending capacity for scrimping and scraping at whatever MON scraps his agent, Ping, can offer him to keep body, mind and MON cat together. MON MON Ed discovers that he has diabetes and his daughter, Eli, MON turns up to be his calorie counter- in-chief. To escape MON Eli's gluten free falafel salad, Ed enrols on a clinical MON trial, and that's when his son, Jake turns up in the hope of MON a fly-on-the-wall documentary, although as Ping Points out, MON it will only be marketable if Ed dies! MON MON Written by Andrew Nickolds and Christopher Douglas MON Produced by Dawn Ellis. MON MON Credits MON Ed Reardon: Christopher Douglas MON Dr Liz Newcombe: Claudie Blakley MON Olive: Stephanie Cole MON Eli: Lisa Coleman MON Ping: Barunka O'Shaughnessy MON Jake: Sam Pamphilon MON Pearl: Alison Steadman MON Stan: Geoffrey Whitehead MON Writer: Andrew Nickolds MON Writer: Christopher Douglas MON Producer: Dawn Ellis MON MON 12:00 You and Yours b03jz1j1 (Listen) MON Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. MON MON 12:57 Weather b03jp73f (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b03jp73h (Listen) MON National and international news. Listeners can share their MON views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. MON MON 13:45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World MON b03jz1j5 (Listen) MON From Wampums to Spanish Reals MON MON The US dollar - or the Greenback as it is often known - is MON still the world's most important currency today, just as it MON was for most of the 20th Century. Wherever you go in world, MON you can be fairly certain that one currency - the American MON dollar - will be accepted. Yet it was not always so - and MON indeed, the dollar had a tortuous birth and a chequered MON history. MON MON In the year that marks the centenary of the US Federal MON Reserve System, Graham Ingham presents a five-part MON exploration of how the dollar became established and how it MON ultimately became a symbol of American identity - a process MON that took several hundred years, and was no easy task. MON MON Although today it seems obvious that the international MON importance of the dollar is a reflection of American power, MON its establishment and development didn't mirror the growth MON of the US economy at first. Indeed, long before the dollar MON became America's currency, the 17th century colonists from MON Britain had been forced to address the basic question of MON what money was and who should control it. MON MON In this first programme we hear how, when the first MON colonists arrived in the 17th Century, money was in such MON short supply they bartered with native Americans using MON Wampums, or cowrie shells, in order to survive. Later they MON traded with each other using nails, peas or even dried MON tobacco - anything that was small and could be carried MON around. They also used an assortment of foreign coins, but MON there was always a shortage of money because the British MON parliament prevented the colonies from raising taxes or MON issuing currency. MON MON Producer: Ruth Evans MON A Ruth Evans production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b03jyp1r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Afternoon Drama b03jz22c (Listen) MON Lost and Found by Ian Kershaw MON MON A tender and humorous drama about how a father and daughter MON explore the memories of the past in order to connect in the MON present. MON MON Producer/Drirector Gary Brown MON MON Tom Courtenay needs no introduction. He first came to MON prominence in the sixties with iconic movies such as 'The MON Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner', 'Billy Liar' and MON 'Dr Zhivago'. In the 1980s he was acclaimed for his MON performance in 'The Dresser' with Albert Finney. Recently he MON has been in the West End portraying the poet Philip Larkin MON in a one man show 'Pretending To Be Me'. He was knighted in MON 2001. MON MON Ian Kershaw has a wealth of experience in TV, Radio and MON Theatre. He is a graduate of the BBC Writers' Academy and MON has written for EastEnders, Holby City, Casualty and MON Shameless. Filming has just finished on his BBC TV drama MON 'Castles in the Sky' about Robert Watson-Watt, the father of MON radar, which stars Eddie Izzard. 'Lost and Found' was MON inspired by his wife Julie's relationship with her father MON John Hesmondhalgh, who sadly died earlier this year. MON MON Sally Carmen (Zoe) and Tom Courtenay (Stan) MON MON Credits MON Stan: Tom Courtenay MON Zoe: Sally Carman MON Dorrie: Kate Coogan MON Ant: Eddie Capli MON Bus Driver: Eddie Capli MON Writer: Ian Kershaw MON Director: Gary Brown MON Producer: Gary Brown MON MON 15:00 Round Britain Quiz b03jz22f (Listen) MON (12/12) MON The 2013 season of the lateral thinking quiz reaches its MON final contest, with Wales hoping to complete a full house of MON victories this year. Only the Northern Ireland team can stop MON them sweeping all before them for the fourth time in five MON years. MON MON Tom Sutcliffe asks the questions, and provides the teams MON with helpful nudges where necessary - but the more clues he MON has to give, the fewer the points he awards them for their MON answers. MON MON The Wales team consists of Myfanwy Alexander and David MON Edwards, while Roisin McAuley and Brian Feeney play for MON Northern Ireland. MON MON For the final contest, by tradition, every question asked in MON the programme has been submitted by a Round Britain Quiz MON listener. MON MON Producer: Paul Bajoria. MON MON 15:30 Food Programme b03jyf6r (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:00 Hitler's Favourite Cowboy b03jz22h (Listen) MON At the end of the nineteenth century, Karl May was in the MON process of selling more books than any other German in MON history - his 80 plus works have now totalled approaching MON 200 million copies. The most popular feature the character MON Old Shatterhand - a greenhorn German (supposedly based on MON May himself) freshly arrived in the Wild West - and his MON friendship with the Apache chief Winnetou. Among those MON gripped by the stories was the future leader of the Third MON Reich, Adolf Hitler, who from the point he first discovered MON them as a thirteen year old boy continually turned to them MON in his darkest hours - even to the point of sending copies MON to his field-generals to embolden them and offer fresh MON tactical tips. Joe Queenan heads to Germany to find out why MON May - who became a pacifist - was so appealing to Hitler, MON and also why such a popular figure in German life and MON letters remains virtually unknown in English speaking MON countries. Along the way he discovers that May's own story MON was every bit as interesting and fantastical as the Western MON tales he wrote. MON MON 16:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage b03jz22k (Listen) MON Series 9, Science Rocks! MON MON Science Rocks! This week, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are MON travelling back in time, to discuss when and how geology MON became a science, what the dinosaurs ever did for us and why MON cryptids, creatures of popular mythology, hold such MON fascination for those on the fringes of science. Joining the MON panel are paleobiologist Dave Martill, geologist and BBC MON broadcaster Hermione Cockburn, the comedian Ross Noble and MON legendary actor, writer and performer, Eric Idle. Producer: MON Rami Tzabar. MON MON 17:00 PM b03jz22m (Listen) MON Coverage and analysis of the day's news. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jp749 (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b03jz22p (Listen) MON Series 60, Episode 4 MON MON The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the MON Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Regulars Barry Cryer, Graeme MON Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor are joined on the panel by MON special guest Victoria Wood with Jack Dee in the chair. MON Colin Sell attempts piano accompaniment. MON MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON MON 19:00 The Archers b03jz22r (Listen) MON Caroline offers tea and sympathy. Meanwhile Dan is utterly MON fed up. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b03jz22t (Listen) MON Arts news, interviews and reviews. Mark Lawson talks to MON award-winning author Hilary Mantel about the new RSC stage MON production of her work Wolf Hall. MON MON Producer: Jerome Weatherald MON MON 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03jz1hv (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 Whatever Happened to Community? b03jz22w (Listen) MON Through Thick and Thin MON MON Giles Fraser has left a glittering job as Canon Chancellor MON of St Paul's Cathedral and is now working as the priest of a MON run-down parish in Elephant and Castle. This has set him MON thinking about the nature of community, which he MON investigates in this very personal series. MON MON Community has become one of those warm and fuzzy notions MON about which it feels impossible to complain. But Giles MON thinks our presumptions about community should be MON challenged. MON MON His parish in inner London is rich in diversity, but many MON people survive in bedsits on short-term lets and have little MON in common with their neighbours. Their communities have MON become very thin and they struggle to find common ground. MON MON Nowhere is that common ground more apparent than in our MON nostalgic ideal of community - embodied in the picture MON postcard English village. Here is the ultimate 'thick' MON community - everybody knows everybody else's business, some MON people still leave their back doors unlocked, and locals are MON broadly similar in their worldview. MON MON To examine this rural idyll, Giles travels to MON Northamptonshire to talk to his parents. He has no desire to MON live in this sort of place, but he's really interested to MON try to get under the skin of a close, cohesive and MON un-diverse community and to get a sense of the real benefits MON and disadvantages of living there. He also goes to nearby MON Finedon to talk to the vicar - Rev Richard Coles. He asks MON what it's like to live in a place like this if you're not MON quite the same as the majority - perhaps because you're gay, MON an immigrant, or simply plain different. MON MON Producer: Jane Greenwood. MON A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 20:30 Crossing Continents b03jdy3w (Listen) MON Mexico: Exorcising Evil MON MON Vladimir Hernandez follows the Mexican priests who believe MON they can fight the evil of drug trafficking through the MON ancient Catholic practice of exorcism. MON MON It is estimated that 60,000 people have died in Mexico in MON the "drug wars" linked to the narco-traffickers, who are MON among the most vicious criminals in the world. To some MON Catholic priests and believers, this is clear evidence that MON the Devil has taken hold among much of the population. They MON also point to the popularity of cults like that of "Santa MON Muerte", the saint of death, who is a figure of popular MON veneration among some of the narco-gangs. The priests are MON responding by practicing exorcisms, both in private and MON public, as they seek to expunge this evil. Vladimir watches MON dramatic individual and mass exorcisms, hears from those who MON have been through the rite and talks to critics and MON supporters of the practice. MON MON Producers: Keith Morris and Mark Savage. MON MON 21:00 Shared Planet b03jb1vz (Listen) MON Wildlife Conflict MON MON As human population grows there is increasing conflict MON between people and nature. Competition for space and MON resources is intense in many areas and increasingly some MON species are regarded as pests when they raid crops, damage MON forestry or compete with us for game. Identified as one of MON the greatest challenges for conservation in the 21st MON Century, solutions are actively being sought. Whether it is MON living with big cats, birds of prey or reptiles, solutions MON will require conservationists to sit down with those who MON want to eradicate unwanted wildlife and be willing to accept MON compromise. Monty Don explores where the hotspots are, what MON is happening to broker solutions and what the future looks MON like in an increasingly crowded world. MON MON 21:30 Start the Week b03jz1hn (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b03jp74k (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b03jz22y (Listen) MON In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b03jz230 (Listen) MON The Charioteer, Episode 6 MON MON By May Renault MON MON After an injury at Dunkirk, Laurie Odell is sent to a MON veterans' hospital to convalesce. There he befriends Andrew, MON a conscientious objector serving as an orderly. But when MON Ralph, a mentor from his school days, reappears in his life, MON Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of MON innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience. MON MON Episode 6: MON Laurie risks court martial when a friend's marriage is MON threatened with ruin; Ralph tells him that he's no longer MON 'with' Bunny and, in return, Laurie must tell him about MON Andrew. MON MON Abridged by Eileen Horne MON MON Produced by Clive Brill MON A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 23:00 Mastertapes b03k3gmb (Listen) MON Series 3, Edwyn Collins (the A-Side) MON MON John Wilson talks to musicians about the album that made or MON changed them. Edwyn Collins discusses and plays from MON "Gorgeous George", his best known solo album which includes MON the hit song "A Girl Like You". Complete versions of the MON songs performed in the programme (and others) can be heard MON on the 'Mastertapes' pages on the Radio 4 website, where the MON programmes can also be downloaded and other musical goodies MON accessed. MON MON Edwyn Collins is an Ivor Novello Award winning songwriter MON who has enjoyed great success both as a solo artist and as MON the lead singer of Orange Juice. MON MON "Gorgeous George" was produced in the studio which Edwyn MON built himself and highlights Edwyn's witty melodic style. MON 'Girl Like You' spent 14 weeks in the charts and features in MON the films 'Empire Records' and 'Charlie's Angels: Full MON Throttle'. Edwyn has also produced records for the likes of MON The Cribs, Space, Little Barrie and The Proclaimers, MON produced and starred in his own sitcom as well as creating a MON book of illustrations. MON MON In May 2009, he won the Ivors Inspiration Award in MON recognition of his struggles following a double brain MON haemorrhage in 2005. He has continued to record and his MON latest album 'Understated' was recently released on his own MON label. MON MON In Mastertapes John Wilson talks to leading performers and MON songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. MON Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic MON Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with MON John initially quizzing the artist about the album in MON question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the MON questions. Both editions feature exclusive live MON performances. The B-Side of this programme can be heard on MON Tuesday 3rd December at 3.30 MON MON Producer: Helen Lennard. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b03jz234 (Listen) MON Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 03 DECEMBER 2013 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b03jp793 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Book of the Week b03jz1hq (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday] TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jp795 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jp797 (Listen) TUE BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jp799 (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b03jp79c (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03ldgv5 (Listen) TUE A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The TUE Revd Johnston McKay. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b03jz7s9 (Listen) TUE The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. TUE Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Jules Benham. TUE TUE 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03jz828 (Listen) TUE Barn Owl TUE TUE Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about TUE our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. TUE TUE Chris Packham presents the barn owl. As soft-plumaged birds TUE which weigh very little Barn Owls avoid hunting in strong TUE winds or heavy rain. Snow is a problem too because it allows TUE voles and mice to tunnel beneath its blanket, out of the TUE owls' reach. But in spite of seasonal perils, barn owls are TUE a welcome sight over grassy fields and verges in many parts TUE of the UK. TUE TUE 06:00 Today b03jz82b (Listen) TUE Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, TUE Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day. TUE TUE 09:00 The Politics of Architecture b03jznq3 (Listen) TUE Episode 3 TUE TUE Jonathan Glancey investigates the forces that shape our TUE everyday architecture. Today, he looks to the future - and TUE asks whether we should try to build a new city. TUE TUE Producer: Phil Tinline. TUE TUE 09:30 15 by 15 b037v9ch (Listen) TUE Series 2, Hip TUE TUE Hardeep Singh Kohli chooses a word and sets off on an TUE exploration into its origins, meeting people for whom it has TUE different associations. He hopes to learn 15 things along TUE the way. TUE TUE Today's word is 'Hip', which shoots off in various TUE directions from different roots. TUE TUE Susie Dent is on hand to trace the origins of the different TUE meanings, from the anatomical sense to the essence of TUE 'cool'. TUE TUE Hardeep tests Amber Butchart on who is 'hip' and who is not, TUE talks to orthopaedic surgeon Adrian O'Gorman about the TUE sharper points of hip replacements, and gets his TUE come-uppance from salsa teacher Douglas Gomes as he tries to TUE make Hardeep's hips move to the Latin-American beat. TUE TUE And there are shorter excursions into the origins of hip hip TUE hooray and hip hop. TUE TUE Producer: Richard Bannerman TUE A Ladbroke production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 09:45 Book of the Week b03jznq5 (Listen) TUE Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, Episode 2 TUE TUE Read by Penelope Wilton TUE Abridged by Libby Spurrier TUE Producer: Joanna Green TUE TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b03jznq7 (Listen) TUE Jane Garvey presents the programme that offers a female TUE perspective on the world. TUE TUE 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03jznq9 (Listen) TUE HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 2 TUE TUE by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. Bev's plans to muscle in TUE on the arrangements for Theresa and Nigel's wedding are TUE moving forward. But whether Lois, the wedding planner, is TUE delighted with this prospect is another matter. TUE TUE Produced by Jessica Dromgoole and directed by Colin Guthrie. TUE TUE 11:00 Shared Planet b03jznqc (Listen) TUE Ocean Pollutants TUE TUE Sea lions in California are developing cancer and the most TUE likely cause is pollution in the ocean. As world population TUE grows and demands on agriculture increase, can we control TUE the amount of damaging chemicals entering rivers and then TUE being taken into the sea? Many of these agricultural and TUE industrial chemicals are long lasting and highly toxic and, TUE although officially banned, substances like DDT and PCBs are TUE still in use in some areas. As pressure grows to control TUE diseases in order to feed a growing world, solutions have to TUE be found to stop these harmful chemicals damaging wildlife. TUE Monty Don explores the problems of keeping our coastal TUE waters free of toxins. Can we grow food and control disease TUE while still protecting wildlife? TUE TUE 11:30 Soul Music b03jznqg (Listen) TUE Series 17, Gymnopedie No 1 TUE TUE From the seat of a concert hall piano, Pascal Rogé, one of TUE the world's greatest interpreters of French piano music, TUE leads us through a personal and musical journey of Erik TUE Satie's Gymnopédies. You may not immediately know the title TUE but in hearing just the first few notes you are most likely TUE to know the music. TUE TUE Erik Satie's Gymnopédies are a collection of short, TUE atmospheric pieces of which Gymnopédie No.1 is perhaps the TUE most popular. Music historian and author Mark Prendergast TUE has studied Satie's work and reveals the complex character TUE of the man who revolutionised the 19th century classical TUE music of Europe. Melbourne based artist Colin Duncan TUE reflects on the music's 'physical form which takes you into TUE space and time' and for him inspired a body of work created TUE in brail. Murder Mystery writer Cathy Ace remembers how this TUE meditative music could shut out the noise of the city as she TUE sped around London in her old brown mini, whilst TUE Mathematician and author Ian Stewart explores the TUE mathematics of this special piece and how music can touch TUE our soul. TUE TUE 12:00 You and Yours b03jznqj (Listen) TUE Call You and Yours TUE TUE Consumer phone-in with Winifred Robinson. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b03jp79f (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b03jp79h (Listen) TUE National and international news. Listeners can share their TUE views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. TUE TUE 13:45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World TUE b03jznqm (Listen) TUE Not Worth a Continental TUE TUE In the second programme of this five-part series, Graham TUE Ingham continues the story of how the dollar became the TUE established currency of the United States - a process that TUE took the best part of 200 years and was no easy task. TUE TUE In 1785, nine years after the declaration of independence TUE and two years after the end of the Revolutionary War, the TUE leaders of the newly established republic declared that the TUE dollar would be the monetary unit of the United States. At TUE that time they were weren't thinking about global dominance TUE or even about making America a mighty economic power - they TUE were responding to the financial chaos that plagued their TUE new country in the aftermath of the War of Independence. TUE Establishing the dollar as the unit of currency was meant to TUE provide economic and financial stability. The following TUE year, in 1786, the first American mint was established in TUE Philadelphia. TUE TUE Producer: Ruth Evans TUE A Ruth Evans production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b03jz22r (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Drama b03jznqp (Listen) TUE Kindness TUE TUE Psychological drama written by Julian Poidevin. TUE TUE Happy family life is disrupted when Tom's son Simon comes to TUE stay. His arrival unearths the past, catalysing a chain of TUE events that exposes old and new deceptions. Simon wants to TUE fit in and be loved, Sophie wants to escape and be loved and TUE Tom's second wife Lorna is forced to question the stability TUE of her seemingly perfect home life. TUE TUE Director: Peter Darney TUE Producer: Lucinda Mason Brown TUE TUE A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE Credits TUE Tom: Nicholas Gleaves TUE Simon: Ashley Margolis TUE Lorna: Sophie Thompson TUE Sophie: Jessica Clark TUE Dave: Nicholas Keith TUE Writer: Julian Poidevin TUE Director: Peter Darney TUE Producer: Lucinda Mason Brown TUE TUE 15:00 The Kitchen Cabinet b03jznqr (Listen) TUE Series 5, Fishbourne TUE TUE Jay Rayner hosts this episode of Radio 4's culinary panel TUE programme from Fishbourne, West Sussex. TUE TUE The team takes questions from a local audience on all TUE aspects of cooking and eating. TUE TUE Food Consultant: Anna Colquhoun. TUE TUE Produced by Peggy Sutton. TUE A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:30 Mastertapes b03k3h2k (Listen) TUE Series 3, Edwyn Collins (the B-Side) TUE TUE John Wilson continues with his Radio 4 series in which he TUE talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album TUE that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live TUE audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each TUE edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing TUE the artist about the album in question, and then, in the TUE B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions TUE feature exclusive live performances. TUE TUE Programme 4 (B-side). Having discussed the making of TUE "Gorgeous George", the career changing solo album with the TUE world wide hit A Girl Like You (in the A-side of the TUE programme, broadcast on Monday 2nd December and available TUE online), Edwyn Collins - together wioth his wife and manager TUE Grace Maxwell - responds to questions from the audience and, TUE with a small band, performs acoustic live versions of some TUE to the tracks from the album which he started recording 20 TUE years ago. TUE TUE Producer: Helen Lennard. TUE TUE 16:00 Spin the Globe b03jznqw (Listen) TUE 0BC TUE TUE Historian Michael Scott ends his new series offering a TUE global perspective on familiar historic dates with a TUE seasonal focus - the Year 0 BC in Judea and the birth of TUE Jesus in the south east corner of the Roman Empire between TUE Egypt and Syria when Romans controlled the entire TUE Mediterranean basin. TUE TUE Jesus was born into a region which was one of the great TUE fault lines of the ancient world. Emperor Caesar Augustus TUE annexed Egypt and opened up a trade route to the east via TUE the Red Sea. Rome was wealthy, and had a great demand from TUE Asia. Roman traders learned from the Arabs to sail with the TUE monsoon winds from the Red Sea to the west coast of India. TUE This encouraged demand for goods from Asia. TUE TUE Augustus was the first emperor of Rome. He transformed Rome TUE from a republic, led by competing nobles, to an empire, TUE ruled by one man. When he died in 14 AD he was declared a TUE god by the Roman Senate. TUE So as Christianity was beginning, so too the concept of the TUE divine Roman emperor forming in Roman pagan religion. This TUE would lead to a big problem later down the line as TUE Christians could not accept the one thing Romans insisted TUE upon: ultimate worship of the emperor. TUE TUE In the Maya region, the first true city ,El Mirador (located TUE in Guatemala), was entering its greatest century of growth. TUE The largest structures, including massive pyramids with TUE multiple temples on top, ever built by the Maya were TUE constructed during the first century. By the year 0 we are TUE also looking at the rise of the great Mayan cities like TUE Tikal and Calakmul. Writing flourished; kingdoms TUE appropriated power and were later to expand exponentially. TUE TUE Glass blowing was invented around this period and it TUE revolutionised the production of glass vessels. It is TUE believed to have originated in Roman Syria and rapidly TUE spread to Italy and the western provinces. The use of moulds TUE helped speed up production and meet the demand for TUE utilitarian household storage or transport vessels, as well TUE as decorative pieces. TUE TUE And a king was also said to have been born in the far east. TUE Yuri was the son of Jumong, the founder of Goguryeo, the TUE northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He became King TUE upon his father King Jumong's death and is described as a TUE powerful and militarily successful king. He died in 18 AD TUE having ruled for 37 years. TUE TUE Producer: Mohini Patel. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b03k0s5d (Listen) TUE Fern Britton and Katherine Grainger TUE TUE TV presenter Fern Britton and Olympic gold medallist rower TUE Katherine Grainger talk to Harriett Gilbert about the books TUE they love. TUE TUE They include The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill, The TUE Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett and To Kill A Mockingbird by TUE Harper Lee. TUE TUE Producer Beth O'Dea. TUE TUE BOOKS FEATURED IN THIS BROADCAST TUE TUE To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee TUE Published by Arrow TUE TUE The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill TUE Published by Vintage TUE TUE The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett TUE Published by Profile Books and Faber & Faber TUE TUE 17:00 PM b03k0s5g (Listen) TUE Coverage and analysis of the day's news. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jp79k (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 That Mitchell and Webb Sound b03k0s5j (Listen) TUE Series 5, Episode 2 TUE TUE Comedy sketches from the quirky world of David Mitchell and TUE Robert Webb. TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b03k0s5l (Listen) TUE Helen has to hide. Meanwhile, Jill is in no hurry. TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b03k0s5n (Listen) TUE Arts news, interviews and reviews with Mark Lawson. TUE TUE Producer: Stephen Hughes TUE TUE 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03jznq9 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 Cry Freehold b03k0s5q (Listen) TUE There is a housing crisis in many parts of Britain. But is TUE land the real issue? Chris Bowlby goes to Oxford, where the TUE problem is acute, to investigate. TUE TUE He hears how a dynamic city can end up with virtually TUE nowhere to build, how land prices help make homes so costly TUE and how land shortage creates invisible victims. TUE TUE Producer: Lucy Proctor. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b03k0s5s (Listen) TUE Peter White with news and information for blind and TUE partially sighted people. TUE TUE 21:00 All in the Mind b03k0s5v (Listen) TUE For its 25th anniversary All in the Mind launches 3 new TUE awards to recognise outstanding help, support or advice in TUE the field of mental health. Claudia Hammond explains the TUE categories and how to nominate. Also in the programme, a new TUE look at one of the most famous and controversial psychology TUE experiments ever. In 1961 Stanley Milgram ran a series of TUE experiments where unwitting volunteers were ordered to give TUE increasing electric shocks to a man they'd never met under TUE the guise of research into memory. Many gave a series of TUE increasing shocks up to 450 Volts despite hearing screams TUE and calls for help from the unseen 'victim'. But it was a TUE set up. The shocks were fake and the victim was an actor. TUE The results of Milgram's obedience research caused a TUE worldwide sensation. Milgram reported that people had TUE repeatedly shocked a man they believed to be in pain or even TUE dying and he linked his findings to Nazi behaviour. But was TUE his version of the results really what happened? Claudia TUE Hammond talks to Gina Perry who has researched Milgram's TUE unpublished papers and spoken to those who took part in the TUE experiment. Her findings reveal a story far from Milgram's TUE own version of his obedience research. TUE TUE 21:30 The Politics of Architecture b03jznq3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b03jp79m (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b03k0s5x (Listen) TUE In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b03k0s6w (Listen) TUE The Charioteer, Episode 7 TUE TUE By Mary Renault TUE TUE Episode 7:Laurie and Andrew are drawn closer than ever by an TUE emergency on the ward, then argue and make up. Both men are TUE left in a state of confusion, just as Laurie is transferred TUE to town. TUE TUE Abridged by Eileen Horne TUE Produced by Clive Brill TUE A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4 TUE TUE 23:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage b03jz22k (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b03k0s6y (Listen) TUE Sean Curran reports from Westminster. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 04 DECEMBER 2013 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b03jp7bk (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Book of the Week b03jznq5 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday] WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jp7bm (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jp7bp (Listen) WED BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jp7br (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b03jp7bt (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03ldgvg (Listen) WED A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The WED Revd Johnston McKay. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b03k0wm5 (Listen) WED The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. WED Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Lucy Bickerton. WED WED 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03k21n6 (Listen) WED Blackbird WED WED Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about WED our British birds inspired by their calls and songs WED WED Chris Packham presents the blackbird. Resident blackbirds WED are on the alert just now because their territories are WED under siege. Large numbers of Continental blackbirds pour in WED to the UK each winter to escape even colder conditions WED elsewhere. WED WED 06:00 Today b03k0wm7 (Listen) WED Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, WED Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 Midweek b03k0wm9 (Listen) WED Lively and diverse conversation. WED WED 09:45 Book of the Week b03k0wmc (Listen) WED Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, Episode 3 WED WED Read by Penelope Wilton WED Abridged by Libby Spurrier WED Producer: Joanna Green WED WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b03k0xj4 (Listen) WED Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female WED perspective on the world. WED WED 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03k0xj6 (Listen) WED HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 3 WED WED by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. Highlites hairdressing WED salon looks to be expanding its business. But Bev's plans to WED muscle in on the arrangements for Theresa and Nigel's WED wedding hit a considerable obstacle. WED WED Produced by Jessica Dromgoole and directed by Colin Guthrie. WED WED 11:00 Monogamy and the Rules of Love b038c0fj (Listen) WED Does monogamy still have a place in a society where choice WED is everything? Jo Fidgen asks why people are still so wedded WED to the ideal, if not always the practice. Does true love WED really demand sexual fidelity and what happens when people WED choose to open up their relationships? WED WED 11:30 Hard to Tell b03k21n8 (Listen) WED Series 2, Episode 4 WED WED Second series of the relationship comedy written by Jonny WED Sweet. WED WED It tells its central love story through the couple's WED individual conversations with their family and friends. In WED the process, we are introduced to all manner of WED relationships from a father and his cherished tour van to WED two women rivalling for the position of Best Friend, from a WED brother and sister comparing notes on Brazilians to a vicar WED and his new parish, and from a lodger's historic fling with WED a local waitress to a mum's lack of control over her desire WED to monitor her son's life. WED WED Recorded on location, Hard To Tell's naturalistic, WED contemporary and conversational style brings new meaning to WED restaurants, funerals, French dressers and monkey puzzle WED trees. WED WED Jonny Sweet is also the writer of Radio 4's Party and WED co-writer/co-star of Chickens on Sky 1. WED WED Episode 4: WED The Bicycle Thief. It's Ellen's birthday and, despite money WED troubles, Tom wants to make an unforgettable impression, WED while all of Ellen's friends are determined to keep her away WED from him. WED WED Producer: Lucy Armitage WED A Tiger Aspect production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED Credits WED Luke: Tom Basden WED Gran: Jean Boht WED Eloise: Jessie Cave WED Gillian: Julia Davis WED Paul: Simon Greenall WED Ashley: Alex MacQueen WED Lesley: Vicki Pepperdine WED Ellen: Charlotte Ritchie WED Hermione: Sarah Solemani WED Tom: Jonny Sweet WED Maeve: Katy Wix WED Cupcake Shop Manager: Tim Key WED Paramedic: Daniel Lawrence Taylor WED Writer: Jonny Sweet WED Producer: Lucy Armitage WED WED 12:00 You and Yours b03k21nb (Listen) WED Consumer news with Winifred Robinson. WED WED 12:57 Weather b03jp7bw (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b03jp7by (Listen) WED National and international news. Listeners can share their WED views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. WED WED 13:45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World WED b03k21nd (Listen) WED The First and Second Banks WED WED In the third programme of this five-part series, Graham WED Ingham traces the history of how the dollar became the WED established currency of the United States - a process that WED took the best part of 200 years, and was no easy task. WED WED Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, was WED convinced that a degree of central control over monetary WED policy, including a central bank, was essential for the WED future economic and political stability of the union and a WED prototype central bank was established in Philadelphia in WED 1791. But opponents of this approach succeeded in ensuring WED the first bank's charter wasn't renewed. WED WED In 1816, Congress tried again with the second Bank of the WED United States. But in 1832, President Andrew Jackson vetoed WED attempts to renew the second bank's charter. The debate WED between those that wanted a strong federal government and WED those who supported states' rights continued throughout the WED 19th Century - and still echoes through Washington today WED WED Producer: Ruth Evans WED A Ruth Evans production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b03k0s5l (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Drama b010y0sr (Listen) WED Father Brown: The Secret Garden WED WED By G. K. Chesterton. WED WED Dramatised by Bert Coules. WED WED Paris, 1911. A dinner party given by Aristide Valentin, WED Chief of the Paris Police, is disturbed by the discovery of WED a stranger lying murdered within the grounds of his WED high-walled garden. Who is he? How did he get there? And WED which of the distinguished guests has committed the gruesome WED crime? WED WED Time for Father Brown to step forward. Intuitive and WED unassuming, his unremarkable exterior conceals a profound WED knowledge of human frailty. Who better than a priest to WED understand the nature and prevalence of evil? WED WED Directed by Kirsteen Cameron. WED WED Credits WED Father Brown: Richard Greenwood WED Brayne: Angus MacInnes WED Valentin: Liam Brennan WED Dr Simon: Jimmy Chisholm WED Lord Galloway: Paul Young WED Lady Galloway: Eliza Langland WED Dymond: Francesca Dymond WED O'Brien: Robin Laing WED Author: GK Chesterton WED Adaptor: Bert Coules WED Director: Kirsteen Cameron WED WED 15:00 Money Box Live b03k21nj (Listen) WED Borrowing and Debt WED WED Everyday expenses are putting pressure on many household WED finances let alone Christmas purchases and expectations. If WED you need a cheaper way to borrow, manage debt or improve WED your credit rating, Ruth Alexander and guests will be ready WED with free advice. Call 03700 100 444 from 1pm to 3.30pm on WED Wednesday or e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk now. WED WED The UK payments council estimate that spending on cards, WED cash and cheques will reach £82 billion in December. While WED splashing out on festive treats will stretch many budgets, a WED study by the Money Advice Service reports that 9m adults in WED the UK are already living with serious debt and that only WED 17% are receiving any help. WED WED If you're struggling to pay your monthly bills or you find WED that debt is adding to the problem, free help and advice is WED available, let our guests explain how. WED WED Which free and confidential debt advice agencies can WED negotiate with your lenders? WED WED Can you switch to a cheaper loan or find a better credit WED card deal? WED WED Is a cash back credit card a good idea and what will it cost WED if you don't pay off your balance in full? WED WED Or perhaps you want to know how your credit rating affects WED your borrowing costs? WED WED How do you check your credit score and can you boost your WED profile? WED WED Waiting to share their experience and guidance will be: WED WED Sylvia Waycott, Editor, Moneyfacts WED Dennis Hussey, Money Adviser, National Debtline WED James Jones, Head of Consumer Affairs, Credit Reference WED Agency, Experian WED WED Call 03700 100 444 between 1pm and 3.30pm on Wednesday or WED e-mail moneybox@bbc.co.uk now. Standard geographic charges WED apply. Calls from mobiles may be higher. WED WED Presenter: Ruth Alexander WED Producer: Diane Richardson. WED WED 15:30 All in the Mind b03k0s5v (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b03k21nl (Listen) WED Communist Utopia in a Spanish Village; Teeth Loss WED WED Communist 'utopia' in a Spanish village. Laurie Taylor talks WED to the writer, Dan Hancox, about his research into a tiny WED community in Andalucia which set out to create an WED egalitarian enclave after the demise of General Franco. Does WED the reality match the dream? They're joined by the social WED geographer, Helen Jarvis. Also, the health researcher, WED Nicolette Rousseau, discusses the experience and meaning of WED tooth less and replacement. WED WED Producer:Jayne Egerton. WED WED 16:30 The Media Show b03k21nn (Listen) WED Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the WED fast-changing media world. WED WED Producer: Katy Takatsuki. WED WED 17:00 PM b03k21nq (Listen) WED Coverage and analysis of the day's news. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jp7c0 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 What Does the K Stand For? b03k21ns (Listen) WED My Mum Is Shirley Bassey WED WED Stephen K Amos traces his ability to spin a yarn back to an WED incident with his mum and the school fete. WED WED Written by Jonathan Harvey with Stephen K Amos WED Produced by Colin Anderson. WED WED Credits WED Himself: Stephen K Amos WED Young Stephen: Shaquille Ali-Yebuah WED Stephanie Amos: Fatou Sohna WED Virginia Amos: Ellen Thomas WED Vincent Amos: Don Gilet WED Miss Collins: Gemma Whelan WED Jayson: Frankie Wilson WED PE Teacher: Harry Jardine WED Red Coat: Harry Jardine WED Producer: Colin Anderson WED Writer: Jonathan Harvey WED Writer: Stephen K Amos WED WED 19:00 The Archers b03k21nv (Listen) WED Joe gives some sound advice, and Caroline intervenes. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b03k21nx (Listen) WED Arts news, interviews and reviews. Mark Lawson and guests WED pass judgement on Jude Law's performance as Henry V. WED WED Producer: Ellie Bury WED WED 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03k0xj6 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b03k21p1 (Listen) WED Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by WED Michael Buerk. With Michael Portillo, Matthew Taylor, WED Melanie Phillips and Kenan Malik. WED WED 20:45 Four Thought b03k21p3 (Listen) WED Series 4, Courage and Effect WED WED Brian Lavery tells the remarkable story of Mrs Lillian WED Bilocca, and how a fishwife from Hull changed the country's WED most dangerous industry. He examines how the fame and WED misfortune she suffered as a result might have played out in WED our current social media age and asks how much life has WED really changed. WED WED Producer: Giles Edwards. WED WED 21:00 Frontiers b03k21p5 (Listen) WED A hundred years since the first synthetic fertilizers, Prof WED Andrea Sella looks at efforts to reduce our dependence on WED the legendary Haber process. WED WED 21:30 Midweek b03k0wm9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b03jp7c2 (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b03k21p7 (Listen) WED In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b03k21p9 (Listen) WED The Charioteer, Episode 8 WED WED By Mary Renault WED WED Laurie's transfer to the civilian hospital puts his WED relationship with Ralph in crisis, and he is given special WED leave to return home in order to attend his mother's WED wedding. WED WED Reader: Anton Lesser WED Abridged by Eileen Horne WED Produced by Clive Brill WED A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED 23:00 Political Animals b03k21pc (Listen) WED Series 2, Bo and Barack WED WED by Tony Bagley WED WED 1. Bo and Barack WED WED The first in a series of four talks giving an unreliable WED dog's eye view of the trials and tribulations of living in WED the White House. Today President Obama's dog, Bo, suffers an WED identity crisis. WED WED Directed by Marc Beeby. WED Chris Pavlo as Bo WED WED 23:15 Bird Island b01jrknt (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED WED On the one hand, Ben is on the trip of a lifetime to WED Sub-Antarctica. On the other, he's trapped in an icy hell WED with one other person, a dodgy internet connection and a WED dictaphone. Loneliness is something of a problem. His fellow WED travelling scientist Graham should alleviate this, but the WED tragi-comic fact is, they are nerdy blokes, so they can only WED stumble through yet another awkward exchange. Ben WED experiences all the highs and lows that this beautiful, but WED lonely place has to offer but fails miserably to communicate WED this to Graham. So, Ben shares his thoughts with us in the WED form of an audio 'log'. WED WED Apart from his research studying the Albatross on the WED Island, Ben attempts to continue normal life with an WED earnestness and enthusiasm which is ultimately very WED endearing. We're with him as chats awkwardly with Graham, WED telephones his mother and as he tries to form a long WED distance relationship with a woman through Chemistry.com. In WED fact, we follow Ben as everything occurs to him. We also WED hear the pings and whirrs of machinery, the Squawks and WED screeches of the birds and the vast expanse outside. Oh, and WED ice. Lots of ice. WED WED Bird Island is written by Katy Wix, one half of the sketch WED Duo 'Anna and Katy'. Katy is a writer performer who has made WED appearances in 'Miranda', 'Outnumbered' and stars regularly WED as Daisy in 'Not Going Out'. WED WED Bird Island is the story of Ben, a young scientist working WED in Antarctica, trying to socially adapt to the loneliness by WED keeping a cheery audio diary on his Dictaphone. An WED atmospheric 15 minute non-audience comedy. In episode 1, Ben WED loses his watch and logs on to a dating website. WED WED Written by ..... Katy Wix WED Produced by ..... Tilusha Ghelani. WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b03k21pf (Listen) WED Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. WED WED THU THURSDAY 05 DECEMBER 2013 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b03jp7d0 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Book of the Week b03k0wmc (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday] THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jp7d2 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jp7d4 (Listen) THU BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jp7d6 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b03jp7d8 (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03ldgvx (Listen) THU A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The THU Revd Johnston McKay. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b03k279l (Listen) THU The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. THU Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell. THU THU 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03k279n (Listen) THU Fieldfare THU THU Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about THU our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. THU THU Chris Packham presents the fieldfare. Fieldfares are THU thrushes, and very handsome ones. They have slate-grey THU heads, dark chestnut backs and black tails and their under THU parts are patterned with arrows. Although birds will stick THU around if there's plenty of food available, fieldfares are THU great wanderers and are quick to move out in freezing THU conditions. THU THU 06:00 Today b03k289c (Listen) THU Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, THU Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 In Our Time b03k289f (Listen) THU Hindu Ideas of Creation THU THU Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Hindu ideas about THU Creation. According to most Western religious traditions, a THU deity was the original creator of the Universe. Hinduism, on THU the other hand, has no single creation story. For over a THU thousand years, Hindu thinkers have taken a variety of THU approaches to the question of where we come from, with some THU making the case for divine intervention and others arguing THU that the Universe is nothing more than a grand illusion. The THU origin of our existence, and the nature of the Universe we THU live in, is one of the richest strands of Hindu thought. THU THU Producer: Thomas Morris. THU THU 09:45 Book of the Week b03k289h (Listen) THU Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, Episode 4 THU THU Read by Penelope Wilton THU Abridged by Libby Spurrier THU Producer: Joanna Green THU A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b03k289k (Listen) THU Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female THU perspective on the world. THU THU 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03k289m (Listen) THU HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 4 THU THU by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. With the wedding just THU two days away Harriet, the vicar, pops in for a trim. It THU looks as if she and Bev have very different ideas about the THU service. THU THU Produced by Jessica Dromgoole and directed by Colin Guthrie. THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b03k29xr (Listen) THU India: Resisting Rape THU THU One year on from the horrific attack in Delhi, Joanna Jolly THU hears from three women who've chosen to report a rape in a THU country that is at last waking up to the problem. The THU authorities have introduced tougher laws since the young THU student was raped on a bus last December but is the THU experience of women who choose to prosecute their attackers THU getting any better? Three women talk about their struggle: THU reporting rape to a not always sympathetic police, being THU examined in the government's often overcrowded hospitals and THU finally standing up in court. THU THU Joanna Jolly talks to the senior policewoman running the THU Delhi's Women and Children's Unit, a leading gynaecologist THU who has treated rape victims in the city and to those who've THU worked in the Indian legal system. THU THU Will the public outcry over the attack over a year ago make THU it easier for women to report rape and will their experience THU of India's overburdened courts be any better? THU THU Producer: Mark Savage. THU THU 11:30 Laura Barton's Tomboys b03k29xt (Listen) THU Drawing on her own experiences and those of some of her THU literary heroines (George in the Famous Five, Jo in Little THU Women and Mick in Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely THU Hunter), Laura Barton shares her fascination with a way of THU engaging with the world that's simultaneously challenging of THU social norms and curiously unthreatening. THU THU Along the way, she talks to a writer, a cultural commentator THU and a psychologist about adolescence, sexual identity and THU personal freedom of expression. THU THU Produced by Alan Hall THU A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 12:00 You and Yours b03mzd80 (Listen) THU Consumer news. THU THU 12:57 Weather b03jp7db (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b03jp7dd (Listen) THU National and international news. Listeners can share their THU views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. THU THU 13:45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World THU b03k29xw (Listen) THU Greenbacks and Goldbugs THU THU In the fourth programme of this five-part series, Graham THU Ingham traces the history of how the dollar became the THU established currency of the United States - a process that THU took the best part of 200 years and was no easy task. THU THU Before the Civil War there were thousands of different THU dollar bills in circulation because any bank could produce THU them. But this made life easier for counterfeiters and more THU difficult for traders who couldn't be sure of the worth of THU the currency they were using. The Civil War made this ad hoc THU system of currency issues unsustainable and, ultimately, led THU the federal government to start issuing its own, more widely THU accepted banknotes. THU THU More Americans died in the four years of the Civil War than THU in the first and second world wars combined. Although THU slavery came to be seen as the key issue of the conflict, THU the underlying cause was the issue of the rights of THU individual states versus the federal government, which is THU what led the Southern states to secede from the Union. The THU federal government needed to finance the war somehow and THU started to issue banknotes not backed by gold. The notes THU became known as Greenbacks because of the green ink, used on THU the reverse of the bills to prevent counterfeiting. THU THU Producer: Ruth Evans THU A Ruth Evans production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b03k21nv (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Drama b03k29xy (Listen) THU Pilgrim, Woolmere Walter THU THU By Sebastian Baczkiewicz THU THU Episode 3: Woolmere Walter THU THU Pilgrim is forced assist a mismatched couple in their very THU unusual courtship. THU THU Directed by Marc Beeby. THU THU Credits THU William Palmer: Paul Hilton THU Norah: Michelle Terry THU Michael: Ralf Little THU Handley: Joel MacCormack THU Sterne: Peter Dyer THU Fran: Priyanga Burford THU Daddy: Michael Bertenshaw THU Piano: Colin Guthrie THU Director: Marc Beeby THU Writer: Sebastian Baczkiewicz THU THU 15:00 Open Country b03k29y0 (Listen) THU Romney Marsh THU THU Tales of sheep smuggling 'lookers huts', a nuclear power THU station and medieval churches all unfold as Helen Mark THU explores Romney Marsh in Kent. THU THU Producer : Perminder Khatkar. THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal b03jyf6f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Bookclub b03jyp1h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:00 The Film Programme b03k29y2 (Listen) THU Kill Your Darlings; Nebraska; A Long Way From Home; BIFA THU Awards THU THU Francine Stock talks to Daniel Radcliffe and Dane Dehaan THU about Kill Your Darlings in which Radcliffe plays beat poet THU Allen Ginsberg. THU Plus Sideways director Alexander Payne on his new film THU Nebraska starring Bruce Dern. Shot in black and white, it THU charts a father and son's road journey across the mid West THU to claim a non-existent sweep stake prize. THU And James Fox on A Long Way From Home, a portrayal of a THU marriage under strain after a couple retires to the south of THU France. THU Plus a look at the best of British film making as we examine THU the nominations for the British Independent Film Awards. THU THU 16:30 Inside Science b03jfc49 (Listen) THU Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and THU challenge the controversies behind the science that's THU changing our world. THU THU Covering everything from the humble test tube to the depths THU of space, Inside Science is your guide not just to the THU research that makes the headlines, but to how science itself THU is evolving, transforming our culture, and affecting our THU lives. THU THU 17:00 PM b03kkd5v (Listen) THU Coverage and analysis of the day's news. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jp7dg (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 The Secret World b03k2bt9 (Listen) THU Series 4, Episode 2 THU THU The show that reveals the secrets of public personalities THU returns for a six part series. Tom Jones finds he's mistaken THU for a lookalike of Tom Jones, and John Craven is asked by THU the BBC to make Countryfile a bit more like the edgy THU American drama, Breaking Bad. William Hague finds that since THU no one pays any attention to Britain anymore, he's at a bit THU of a loose end. It can only be The Secret World. THU THU With Jon Culshaw, Julian Dutton, Lewis MacLeod, Jess THU Robinson, Debra Stephenson and Duncan Wisbey. THU THU Producer: Bill Dare THU THU 19:00 The Archers b03k2bth (Listen) THU Jamie steps in, and Shula vents her anger. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b03k2btm (Listen) THU Arts news, interviews and reviews with John Wilson. THU THU Producer: Dymphna Flynn THU THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03k289m (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Report b03k2btr (Listen) THU Terror laws: An unhappy compromise? THU THU Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed's audacious escape from terror THU restrictions by removing his electronic tag and absconding THU from a west London mosque in a burka has brought the THU Coalition's terror laws into the spotlight. Should we be THU worried that under the relaxed legislation six other THU suspected terrorists will have restrictions on them lifted THU in January? Phil Kemp investigates Terrorism Prevention and THU Investigation Measures - or TPIMs - and asks if the civil THU liberties of suspects have been put ahead of public safety. THU Samantha Lewthwaite: From the Shires to Al-Shabab THU Extremism in the UK THU Learning Lessons from 7/7 THU Is Luton a 'hotbed of extremism'? THU Islamic Extremism in British Universities THU THU 20:30 In Business b03k2k7y (Listen) THU Longevity War Game THU THU In Newcastle if you live in a well off area you are likely THU to have eleven more healthy years then if you reside in a THU more deprived part of the city just a few miles away. These THU figures are replicated in areas all over Britain. Peter Day THU attends a Newcastle University war game put together to try THU and find a way to bridge this gap by 50% in ten years with THU no extra money. Can they come up with new solutions or will THU the exercise just highlight how big a problem the country THU faces as the population ages? THU THU 21:00 Inside Science b03jfc49 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 today] THU THU 21:30 In Our Time b03k289f (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b03jp7dj (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b03k2bv2 (Listen) THU In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b03k2bv6 (Listen) THU The Charioteer, Episode 9 THU THU By Mary Renault THU THU Laurie is racked with guilt and worry about his two great THU loves - and fears that Andrew will find out he's 'with' THU Ralph now. He begs for time to think but it seems it is too THU late. THU THU Reader: Anton Lesser THU Abridged by Eileen Horne THU Produced by Clive Brill THU A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 23:00 Andrew Maxwell's Public Enemies b03gg7rd (Listen) THU Nationalism THU THU Andrew Maxwell is one of the UK's most informed and fearless THU stand ups. In this series of one-off stand up shows, he uses THU his trademark intelligence and political incisiveness to dig THU behind the clichés and assumptions about four possible THU threats to British society: food, the internet, drugs and THU Nationalism. THU THU This series will showcase a comedian at the top of his THU abilities tackling difficult and important 'slow news' THU topics with a depth and perceptiveness that remains outside THU the remit of mainstream 'topical' comedy. THU THU In this last edition, Andrew looks at Nationalists, from a THU variety of movements, who are easy to demonise. So very, THU very easy. But rather than do that - and it really is very THU easy - Andrew will explore the reasons for joining such THU organisations and the logical outcomes of their policies. THU THU Always adept at making shrewd, balanced and very funny THU political observations, Maxwell was one of the first comics THU at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival to react to the riots in THU England and the Arab Spring and evolve his act accordingly THU to rave reviews and a nomination. He performed his 2012 THU Edinburgh show That's the Spirit at the Assembly Rooms THU George Square to sell out audiences and followed this with a THU run at London's Soho Theatre. He also performed at the THU Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival last year including THU a performance at the televised American Dream Gala and at THU the Udderbelly Festival. THU THU Written and performed by ..... Andrew Maxwell THU Script edited by ..... Paul Byrne THU Produced by ..... Ed Morrish. THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b03k2cx7 (Listen) THU Rachel Byrne reports from Westminster. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 06 DECEMBER 2013 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b03jp7fg (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Book of the Week b03k289h (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday] FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b03jp7fj (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b03jp7fl (Listen) FRI BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b03jp7fn (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b03jp7fq (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b03ldgww (Listen) FRI A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with The FRI Revd Johnston McKay. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b03k2gq6 (Listen) FRI The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. FRI Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Lucy Bickerton. FRI FRI 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03k2gq8 (Listen) FRI Teal FRI FRI Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about FRI our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. FRI FRI Chris Packham presents the teal. Teal are our smallest duck FRI and the drakes are striking birds, heads burnished with FRI chestnut surrounding a green mask fringed with yellow. They FRI whistle softly in a piping chorus which sounds, from a FRI distance, like the chime of tiny bells. That sound of the FRI male's call is probably the origin of the bird's name, teal. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b03k2gqb (Listen) FRI Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, FRI Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day. FRI FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs b03jyf6p (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Book of the Week b03k2gqd (Listen) FRI Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life, Episode 5 FRI FRI Read by Penelope Wilton FRI Abridged by Libby Spurrier FRI Producer: Joanna Green FRI A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b03k2gqg (Listen) FRI Jenni Murray presents the programme that offers a female FRI perspective on the world. FRI FRI 10:45 15 Minute Drama b03k2gqj (Listen) FRI HighLites: Split Ends, Episode 5 FRI FRI by Steve Chambers and Phil Nodding. It's already been quite FRI a week for bride to be, Tess. Maybe a visit to HighLites is FRI the last thing she needs. FRI FRI Produced by Jessica Dromgoole and directed by Colin Guthrie. FRI FRI 11:00 Forever Young b03k2gql (Listen) FRI Rights and Responsibilities FRI FRI What does it mean, in 21st Century Britain, to be an adult? FRI In this series of 'documentary pop songs' we examine the FRI shifting borders of adulthood in personal, social and FRI financial relations. FRI FRI Much of a young person's sense of maturity evolves from his FRI or her changing relationship with the world around them. FRI Part of that comes from how they feel about the way they fit FRI into it - but a significant part is also determined by FRI social conventions, civil institutions and the structure of FRI the State. FRI FRI For each episode of Forever Young, we've commissioned a new FRI song on each of the three themes. The Rights and FRI Responsibilities song is written and performed by Ghostpoet. FRI FRI Produced by Alan Hall with Hana Walker-Brown FRI A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:30 On the Rocks b03k2gqn (Listen) FRI Omens FRI FRI by Christopher William Hill. It's 1937 on the remote Scilly FRI Island of St. Martin's, where the islanders are resisting FRI the attempts of the Penzance GPO man to modernise the post FRI office - around which their world revolves. FRI FRI Episode 2: Omens. Old Grace is convinced that strange things FRI have started to happen since the new telegraph machine was FRI installed. FRI FRI directed by Mary Peate. FRI FRI Sound by Jenni Burnett, Anne Bunting and Graham Harper FRI Production Co-ordinator, Jessica Brown. FRI FRI Credits FRI Frank Gunwallow: Joseph Kloska FRI Mary: Bec Applebee FRI Grace: Christine Absalom FRI Tommy: Stuart Fox FRI Ben: Alex Palmer FRI Len: Ed Gaughan FRI Tregarthan: Peter Marinker FRI Morwenna: Alex Tregear FRI Pender: Christopher William Hill FRI Director: Mary Peate FRI Producer: Mary Peate FRI Writer: Christopher William Hill FRI FRI 12:00 You and Yours b03kk9bk (Listen) FRI Consumer news with Peter White. FRI FRI 12:52 The Listening Project b03kk9bm (Listen) FRI Charlie and Chaz - When I'm Cleaning Windows FRI FRI Fi Glover introduces a conversation between window cleaners. FRI Charlie's now retired but, after falling 40 feet himself, he FRI worries about his daughter Chaz's safety on the job. He FRI still has nightmares that he has to clean a school, proving FRI once again that it's surprising what you hear when you FRI listen. FRI FRI Producer: Marya Burgess. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b03jp7fs (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b03jp7fv (Listen) FRI National and international news. Listeners can share their FRI views via email: wato@bbc.co.uk or on twitter: #wato. FRI FRI 13:45 Greenback: How the Dollar Came to Rule the World FRI b03k2gqq (Listen) FRI The Missing Ingredient FRI FRI By the late 19th Century the US economy had begun to FRI overtake Britain. So the continued pre-eminence of London as FRI a financial centre, and the pound as the leading global FRI currency, had begun to be something of an anomaly. FRI FRI In the last programme of the series, considering how the FRI dollar became the established currency of the US, Graham FRI Ingham looks at the circumstances that eventually led to the FRI establishment of the Federal Reserve. FRI FRI One important factor holding back the dollar was the FRI volatile nature of the American economy, which was plagued FRI by financial panics throughout the 19th Century - 12 of them FRI in the hundred years to 1913. Each time the financial system FRI went into a tailspin, businesses went bust, jobs were lost FRI and growth was harmed. The turning point came with the panic FRI of 1907 when the stock market collapsed and had to be FRI rescued by a consortium of private bankers. The system was FRI no longer sustainable without a central monetary authority FRI and Senator Nelson Aldrich was charged with finding a FRI solution to the problem. The result of the process that FRI involved officials dressed as duck hunters and secret FRI meetings was the proposal to establish the Federal Reserve FRI System, which came into being in December 1913. FRI FRI Producer: Ruth Evans FRI A Ruth Evans production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b03k2bth (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Drama b0112gvf (Listen) FRI Heart FRI FRI by Mike Bartlett. Alison Steadman plays Susan, a recently FRI retired primary school teacher. She sells things on eBay, FRI paints her own version of modern art and grows exotic plants FRI in a poly-tunnel. Her husband Steve is stressed at work and FRI is becoming depressed and increasingly vicious. She hardly FRI recognises him. Even hates him at times. Retirement wasn't FRI meant to be like this. FRI FRI Directed by Claire Grove FRI FRI Can love cope with personality change? In Mike Bartlett's FRI play, Steve thinks he is being sidelined by his new young FRI boss. His mounting stress unleashes a ferocity of emotions FRI between him and his wife. Susan tries to be light and funny FRI but it only makes things worse. Mark is actually in a FRI downward spiral into full blown clinical depression. Neither FRI he nor Susan recognise this until it is too late. Alison FRI Steadman and Nicholas Farrell star. FRI FRI Mike Bartlett is one of the most exciting writers in Britain FRI today. He has worked with Paines Plough, the Royal Court and FRI the National Theatre, where he was writer-in-residence. His FRI play LOVE,LOVE,LOVE won Best New Play in the 2011 Theatre FRI Awards UK and COCK won an Olivier Award in 2010 for FRI Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. NOT TALKING FRI for BBC Radio 3 scooped both the Imison Award for Best First FRI Radio Play and The Tinniswood Award for Best Play in 2007. FRI His television series THE TOWN was nominated for a BAFTA for FRI Breakthrough Talent. FRI FRI Credits FRI Susan: Alison Steadman FRI Steve: Nicholas Farrell FRI Jackie: Joanna Monro FRI Writer: Mike Bartlett FRI Producer: Claire Grove FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b03k2gqs (Listen) FRI Skegness FRI FRI Eric Robson is in the chair as GQT visits Skegness. FRI Answering questions from local gardeners are Chris FRI Beardshaw, Pippa Greenwood and Bunny Guinness. FRI FRI Produced by Howard Shannon FRI A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 Radio 4 Christmas Appeal b03jyp1m (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Sunday] FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b03kk6bp (Listen) FRI Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories FRI of people who have recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 Feedback b03kk9bp (Listen) FRI Radio 4's forum for comments, queries, criticisms and FRI congratulations. FRI FRI 16:56 The Listening Project b03kk9br (Listen) FRI Ali and Peg - Love, Life and Leeds United FRI FRI Fi Glover introduces a conversation between friends about FRI how football has seen them through divorce and re-marriage, FRI even if Elland Road isn't the best place to find a new FRI partner. FRI FRI Producer: Marya Burgess. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b03kk9bt (Listen) FRI Coverage and analysis of the day's news. Including Weather FRI at 5.57pm. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b03jp7fx (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 The News Quiz b03k2gqv (Listen) FRI Series 82, Episode 5 FRI FRI A satirical review of the week's news, chaired by Sandi FRI Toksvig. With guests Susan Calman, Justin Moorhouse and Greg FRI Proops joining regular panellist Jeremy Hardy. FRI FRI Producer: Sam Michell FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b03k2gqx (Listen) FRI Alistair leads a frantic search. Meanwhile, there's a FRI casting crisis for Lynda. FRI FRI Credits FRI Jill Archer: Patricia Greene FRI Alistair Lloyd: Michael Lumsden FRI Shula Hebden Lloyd: Judy Bennett FRI Daniel Hebden Lloyd: Will Howard FRI Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch FRI Helen Archer: Louiza Patikas FRI Tom Archer: Tom Graham FRI Kathy Perks: Hedli Niklaus FRI Jamie Perks: Dan Ciotkowski FRI Joe Grundy: Edward Kelsey FRI Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison FRI Clarrie Grundy: Heather Bell FRI William Grundy: Philip Molloy FRI Nic Grundy: Becky Wright FRI Edward Grundy: Barry Farrimond FRI Neil Carter: Brian Hewlett FRI Oliver Sterling: Michael Cochrane FRI Caroline Sterling: Sara Coward FRI Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd FRI Kirsty Miller: Annabelle Dowler FRI Jim Lloyd: John Rowe FRI Darrell Makepeace: Dan Hagley FRI Rob Titchener: Timothy Watson FRI Jess Titchener: Rina Mahoney FRI Rosa Makepeace: Anna Piper FRI Writer: Caroline Harrington FRI Director: Peter Wild FRI Producer: Julie Beckett FRI Editor: Julie Beckett FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b03k2gqz (Listen) FRI Arts news, interviews and reviews with Kirsty Lang. FRI FRI Producer: Jerome Weatherald FRI FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama b03k2gqj (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b03k2gr1 (Listen) FRI Andrew Lansley MP, Tristram Hunt MP, Jeanette Winterson, FRI Paul Johnson FRI FRI Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion FRI from the Royal Forest of Dean College, Coleford, FRI Gloucestershire with the Leader of the House of Commons, FRI Andrew Lansley; Shadow Education Secretary, Tristram Hunt; FRI Paul Johnson from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the FRI writer, Jeanette Winterson. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b03k2gr3 (Listen) FRI A weekly reflection on a topical issue. FRI FRI 21:00 Saturday Drama b01qgr4f (Listen) FRI The Liberty of Norton Folgate FRI FRI London's rich past as a melting pot of cultures is one of FRI the themes of Madness's 2009 album - The Liberty of Norton FRI Folgate, which has inspired Mark Davies Markham's play. Gazi FRI and Sitara have been serving full English breakfasts at the FRI Union Café on London's Norton Folgate for thirty years. But FRI now the council have served a demolition order, and it looks FRI as if their son Aki's girlfriend's father, Ralph Burke, is FRI behind the plan to develop the site. No one is going to let FRI the Union go without a fight, and soon Gazi and Sitara find FRI that they have the support of pop royalty in the form of FRI Suggs, Chas Smith and Mike Barson from Madness. FRI FRI Directed by Jeremy Mortimer FRI FRI Mark Davies Markham writes scripts for TV, theatre and FRI radio. 'Taboo' the West End musical he wrote for Boy George FRI was nominated for an Olivier Award . 'Eric' his recent play FRI for the Liverpool Everyman was also about the music FRI industry. FRI FRI Credits FRI Himself: Suggs FRI Himself: Chas Smith FRI Himself: Mike Barson FRI Gazi: Vincent Ebrahim FRI Sitara: Pooja Ghai FRI Aki: Avin Shah FRI Sunshine: Danny Sapani FRI Jess: Stephanie Racine FRI Ralph: Patrick Brennan FRI Hughie: Adam Nagaitis FRI Connor: Paul Stonehouse FRI Iona: Eleanor Crooks FRI Writer: Mark Davies Markham FRI Director: Jeremy Mortimer FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b03jp7fz (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b03k2h4h (Listen) FRI In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b03k2h4k (Listen) FRI The Charioteer, Episode 10 FRI FRI By Mary Renault FRI FRI Laurie pursues Andrew to London, furious with Ralph for FRI betraying him and unable to accept that things are over with FRI Andrew - only to discover a potentially fatal FRI misunderstanding. FRI FRI Reader: Anton Lesser FRI Abridged by Eileen Horne FRI Produced by Clive Brill FRI A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b03k0s5d (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b03k2h4m (Listen) FRI Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. FRI FRI 23:55 The Listening Project b03kk9bw (Listen) FRI Joan and Angela - Heidi, Hobbits and Horror FRI FRI Fi Glover introduces another conversation in the series that FRI proves it's surprising what you hear when you listen, FRI between friends who met through a Get Into Reading group and FRI whose tastes range from Tolkien to bloody murder. FRI FRI Producer: Marya Burgess. FRI
29 November, 2013
Radio 4 Listings for 30/11/2013 - 06/12/2013
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