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SAT SATURDAY 16 JULY 2016 SAT SAT 00:00 Midnight News b07jqrfw (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT Followed by Weather. SAT SAT 00:30 A Point of View b07lpfdj (Listen) SAT After the Vote, Brexit and our cultural identity SAT SAT The historian Mary Beard presents the last in the series in SAT which some of Britain's leading thinkers give their own very SAT personal view of "Brexit". SAT SAT Mary Beard asks whether the referendum result will change SAT our cultural identity. SAT SAT And as she sits at a David Gilmour concert in the ancient SAT amphitheatre at Pompeii, Mary reflects on the "New Europe SAT that we British seem to be about to lose". SAT SAT Producer: Adele Armstrong. SAT SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07jqrg0 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07jqrg2 (Listen) SAT SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07jqrg4 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 05:30 News Briefing b07jqrg6 (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day b07k0n8k (Listen) SAT A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna SAT Drew. SAT SAT 05:45 iPM b07k0n8m (Listen) SAT An iPM listener talks about his experiences as a volunteer SAT for the Samaritans over the past twenty years. He describes SAT how he got into the Samaritans by accident, after SAT discovering the power of emotion following a traumatic SAT incident at sea. His time with the charity has taught him SAT that active listening can often give people all the support SAT they need. SAT SAT 06:00 News and Papers b07jqrg8 (Listen) SAT The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SAT SAT 06:04 Weather b07jqrgb (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 06:07 Open Country b07k01by (Listen) SAT The Dolphins of Cardigan Bay SAT SAT Patrick Aryee travels to West Wales to meet the SAT dolphin-watchers of New Quay, and to encounter some members SAT of the largest group of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of SAT the UK. SAT SAT New Quay is home to the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre, SAT which was set up in 1996 by Steve Hartley, a former SAT fisherman, because he wanted people to know about the SAT amazing array of marine wildlife he saw from his fishing SAT boat. Fishing trips turned into dolphin-watching trips, and SAT now Steve takes researchers out regularly to monitor the SAT marine wildlife. The Centre has become a hub of scientific SAT research and is now part of the Wildlife Trust of South and SAT West Wales. It's manned by volunteers and just a couple of SAT paid scientific officers. Dolphins are a key part of the SAT economy of the area, bringing tourists and visitors who hope SAT to catch a glimpse of these charismatic animals from the SAT harbour wall. SAT SAT Patrick, a guest presenter on Open Country, has had a SAT fascination for marine mammals since his childhood, when his SAT parents took him to a safari park. But he's hoping to see SAT dolphins in the wild for the first time. Another first is a SAT chance for Patrick to try coasteering with Jethro Moore, who SAT describes the activity as 'everything your mum told you SAT never to do beside the sea'. SAT SAT Producer...Mary Ward-Lowery. SAT SAT 06:30 Farming Today b07jqrgd (Listen) SAT Farming Today This Week: Agricultural Shows SAT SAT From cattle to pigs, from tractors to showjumping, the SAT agricultural show season is well under way across Britain. SAT One of the biggest is the Great Yorkshire Show in the town SAT of Harrogate which is celebrating its 158th year. Charlotte SAT Smith travels to Yorkshire to see for herself why these SAT shows are relevant in the modern age. Are Shows like this SAT still a place where farmers can come together and do SAT business or have they become an event for an increasingly SAT urbanised public to meet farm animals once a year? To find SAT out more, Charlotte talks to Charles Mills the Shows SAT director, while along the way she meets Young Farmers to SAT talk about the future, visits a robotic milking parlour, SAT discusses why farmers show cattle these days with Frank SAT Milnes of the Shorthorn Society, and catches up with Mike SAT Smith and his Gloucester Old Spot pigs. SAT SAT Producer Andrew Dawes. SAT SAT 06:57 Weather b07jqrgg (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 07:00 Today b07kl5fr (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 b07jqrgj (Listen) SAT Wayne Hemingway SAT SAT This week the Saturday Live road trip continues to Morecambe SAT in Lancashire, where the Catch The Wind Kite Festival is SAT taking place this weekend, with beautiful views across SAT Morecambe Bay and plenty of fresh sea air. The programme SAT comes live from The Platform, where Aasmah Mir and the SAT Reverend Richard Coles celebrate the great day out, SAT nostalgia, kites and space. SAT SAT Morecambe-born designer Wayne Hemingway recalls his SAT childhood in the resort, and tells us why Morecambe's SAT seafront provides the perfect backdrop to his Vintage by the SAT Sea Festival, attracting crowds of up to 40,000. SAT SAT With a spectacular display of kites across the bay, Dave SAT Holt describes his life-long passion for making and flying SAT soft kites, purely inflated by the wind. SAT SAT Cedric Robinson MBE has been on the notoriously dangerous SAT sands all his life. As Queen's Guide for more than 50 years, SAT he walks up to 500 people across at a time, walking the SAT equivalent of twice round the world in the process! SAT SAT The writer and comedian, Helen Keen's first stand up show It SAT Is Rocket Science has won awards and been picked up by Radio SAT 4 for three critically acclaimed series. She describes why SAT her subject matter tends towards the unusual and esoteric, SAT when her fascination for rockets began and why she's so SAT enthusiastic about space. SAT SAT The world's fastest one man band, Peter Moser, provides the SAT music. He demonstrates his kit with bells and whistles on, SAT and explains its appeal and relevance today. SAT SAT JP meets the actress Margaret James, for a Brief Encounter. SAT Hunter Davies shares his Inheritance Tracks - Georgy Girl by SAT The Seekers and And I Love Her, by the Beatles; and there SAT are live Thank Yous from the audience. SAT SAT Helen Keen will be appearing at the bluedot Festival at SAT Jodrell Bank, from 22-24 July. SAT The Co-op's Got Bananas, by Hunter Davies, is out now. SAT SAT Producer: Louise Corley SAT Editor: Karen Dalziel. SAT SAT Catch the Wind Kite Festival in Morecambe SAT SAT Photo courtesy of visitlancashire.com SAT SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Aasmah Mir SAT Presenter: Richard Coles SAT Presenter: JP Devlin SAT Interviewed Guest: Wayne Hemingway SAT Interviewed Guest: Dave Holt SAT Interviewed Guest: Cedric Robinson SAT Interviewed Guest: Helen Keen SAT Interviewed Guest: Peter Moser SAT Interviewed Guest: Margaret James SAT Interviewed Guest: Hunter Davies SAT Producer: Louise Corley SAT Editor: Karen Dalziel SAT SAT 10:30 A Brief History of TIM b07kl685 (Listen) SAT Lynne Truss celebrates the 80th anniversary of the Speaking SAT Clock, which was launched amid great anticipation on 24th SAT July, 1936. TIM, "the wonder instrument of the Post Office", SAT used state of the art technology, with the voice reproduced SAT from rotating glass discs. In the first year the service was SAT only available in London, but still received around 12 SAT million calls. Since then, the clock's four successive SAT "Golden Voices" have told the time through a world war, huge SAT cultural and technological changes, and radical developments SAT in our understanding of time itself. SAT SAT Two celebrated cosmologists comment on aspects of time and SAT timekeeping: Professor Stephen Hawking, and Professor Martin SAT Rees, the Astronomer Royal - it was an earlier holder of SAT this title, Harold Spencer Jones, who made the first call to SAT TIM, at the inaugural ceremony in 1936. SAT SAT Lynne visits the grand original speaking clock, now housed SAT at the British Horological Institute; and she meets the SAT current Golden Voice, Sara Mendes da Costa, who describes SAT what it is like to be part of this very British institution. SAT Through music and archive, the programme travels back in SAT time to the competitions to appoint Sara and her SAT predecessors - Jane Cain, Pat Simmons, and Brian Cobby - and SAT to discover how much times have changed. SAT SAT Sound design by Dave Dodd SAT Produced by Susan Kenyon SAT A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 11:00 Week in Westminster b07kl687 (Listen) SAT Tom Newton Dunn political editor of the Sun looks behind the SAT scenes at Westminster. SAT A week of upheaval and drama-one prime minister bows out SAT another comes in making big changes in government and SAT Whitehall departments. And what is the lesser unknown Teresa SAT May really like? Plus the Labour party in turmoil over its SAT leadership challenge. SAT The editor is Marie Jessel. SAT SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent b07jqrgl (Listen) SAT Reports from writers and journalists around the world. SAT Presented by Kate Adie. SAT SAT 12:00 News Summary b07jqrgn (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 12:04 Money Box b07kl689 (Listen) SAT The water margin. Why water in two drinking troughs is SAT priced so differently SAT SAT A tale of two water troughs. Money Box listener, farmer Ian SAT Potter, is puzzled over very differing bills for his cow's SAT drinking water from two utility companies. He pays 44% more SAT for his supply with one provider than the other. The SAT programme asks whether the higher water bills paid in some SAT geographical areas will decrease when competition is SAT introduced from April 2017 for business customers. It also SAT looks at the implications for domestic customers and what SAT they might save from increased competition in the sector. SAT Deryck Hall from the Consumer Council for Water joins the SAT programme. SAT SAT Despite much media speculation, the Bank of England's SAT Monetary Policy Committee decided not to change interest SAT rates or press the button on Quantitative Easing money SAT printing. But it's expected that the committee may make SAT changes at its next meeting in early August. So what does SAT this say about the state of the UK economy? And the SAT implications for savers, who've seen poor returns on their SAT money since the credit crunch? Tony Yates, Professor of SAT Economics, University of Birmingham and Anna Bowes, Savings SAT Champion, discuss the issues. SAT SAT Serena Williams won a record £2million for her eighth SAT singles tennis title at Wimbledon last weekend. Plus another SAT £175,000 as her share of the ladies doubles with her sister SAT Venus. But much of that money could go to HMRC. How are SAT international sports stars taxed when they visit the UK? SAT Sports tax expert Julian Hedley, at Saffery Champness talks SAT to the programme. SAT SAT Generation Rent. It's estimated that renters in England and SAT Wales pay more than £300m a year in fees to letting agents. SAT And a total of £64billion is spent on the rental market as a SAT whole. A campaign has been launched by The Financial SAT Inclusion Centre which calls for the private rental sector SAT to be regulated, to have new laws to better protect tenants. SAT Mick McAteer, Director of the Financial Inclusion Centre and SAT Richard Lambert, CEO of the National Landlords Association SAT debate the issues. SAT Savings Champion SAT Money Advice Service SAT HMRC SAT SAT Financial Inclusion Centre SAT National Landlords Association SAT Government pages on Private Renting SAT OfWAT SAT CCwater SAT SAT SAT SAT SAT SAT 12:30 Dead Ringers b07k0k56 (Listen) SAT Series 16, Episode 5 SAT SAT It's a momentous week for Theresa May as she makes her first SAT appearance on Dead Ringers as Prime Minister. SAT SAT Ministers sacked, the Labour party in meltdown, Brexit fears SAT remain unabated this is a fabulous time for Laura SAT Kuenssberg, Andrew Neil, Robert Peston, Jon Snow, Andrew SAT Marr, Kirsty Wark , Hugh Edwards, all feeding off the trough SAT of political failure. SAT SAT Starring: Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens and Lewis Macleod. SAT SAT Written by: Nev Fountain & Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, SAT Ed Amsden & Tom Coles, James Bugg, Laura Major, Sarah SAT Campbell, Max Davies, Jack Bernhardt, Liam Beirne, Alex SAT Harvey and Sara Gibbs. SAT SAT Produced and created by Bill Dare. SAT BBC Studios Production. SAT SAT Credits SAT Performer: Jon Culshaw SAT Performer: Jan Ravens SAT Performer: Lewis Macleod SAT Writer: Nev Fountain SAT Writer: Tom Jamieson SAT Writer: Laurence Howarth SAT Writer: Ed Amsden SAT Writer: Tom Coles SAT Writer: James Bugg SAT Writer: Laura Major SAT Writer: Sarah Campbell SAT Writer: Max Davies SAT Writer: Jack Bernhardt SAT Writer: Liam Beirne SAT Writer: Alex Harvey SAT Writer: Sara Gibbs SAT Producer: Bill Dare SAT SAT 12:57 Weather b07jqrgq (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 13:00 News b07jqrgs (Listen) SAT The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 13:10 Any Questions? b07k0m7y (Listen) SAT Charles Clarke, Paul Goodman, Lord Maude, Barbara Ntumy SAT SAT Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate and discussion SAT from Brentwood School in Essex, with a panel including the SAT former Home Secretary Charles Clarke, the Executive Editor SAT of the political website ConservativeHome Paul Goodman, SAT former Trade Minister and Minister to the Cabinet Office SAT Lord Maude of Horsham, and the Momentum activist Barbara SAT Ntumy. SAT SAT 14:00 Any Answers? b07jqrgv (Listen) SAT You have your say on the Question's raised in last night's SAT programme. SAT Any Answers after the Saturday broadcast of Any Questions? SAT Lines open at 1230 SAT Call 03700 100 444. Email is any.answers@bbc.co.uk. Or SAT tweet, the hastag is BBCAQ. Follow us @bbcanyquestions. SAT SAT 14:30 Defoe b07kl7m5 (Listen) SAT Moll Flanders, Episode 2 SAT SAT By Daniel Defoe, adapted by Nick Perry. SAT SAT After meeting Elizabeth Atkins in Newgate gaol, Daniel Defoe SAT has begun to turn her stranger-than-fiction life story into SAT the narrative of Moll Flanders. He's convinced it will make SAT a best seller and so placate his many creditors. But he has SAT only managed to pen half a manuscript when Elizabeth is SAT arrested and sent back to Newgate, charged with numerous SAT capital offences. Defoe tracks her down so that she can SAT conclude her story, but can she be saved from a certain fate SAT at the Old Bailey? Will Defoe find a happy ending for his SAT Moll Flanders? SAT SAT Dramatist Nick Perry plays fast and loose with this 18th SAT century classic, melding fiction and reality in a manner SAT inspired by Daniel Defoe. SAT SAT Director: Sasha Yevtushenko. SAT SAT Credits SAT Moll Flanders: Jessica Hynes SAT Daniel Defoe: Ben Miles SAT Mother Midnight: Alison Steadman SAT Jemmy: Blake Ritson SAT Gaoler: Sean Baker SAT Rob: Nick Underwood SAT Mother: Elizabeth Bennett SAT Merchant: Jason Barnett SAT Landlady: Claire Perkins SAT Child: Alex Jarett SAT Mr Mist: Brian Protheroe SAT Lucy: Kirsty Oswald SAT Mercer: James Lailey SAT Court Clerk: Tom Forrister SAT Apprentice: Sam Rix SAT Author: Daniel Defoe SAT Adaptor: Nick Perry SAT Director: Sasha Yevtushenko SAT SAT 15:30 The House of the Windy City - Dance Music's Forgotten SAT Heroes b07jys1t (Listen) SAT Presenter and DJ Dave Pearce travel to Chicago to hear how a SAT country traditionally resistant to dance music finally got SAT it. The US invented it and then ignored it. Today with SAT electronic dance music estimated to be a $20 billion SAT industry, what do those who started Chicago House in the SAT early 1980s think of this new scene? SAT SAT House music grew out of black gay clubs in Chicago in the SAT early 1980s. We hear from Robert Williams who started the SAT legendary Warehouse club where the scene got its name. He SAT brought in Frankie Knuckles to DJ and Dave Pearce hears how SAT he would create his own edits to keep the crowd dancing all SAT night. SAT SAT In Chicago we track down Rocky Jones, founder of DJ SAT International, who put out some of the very first records. SAT What was his reaction when he found out the few thousand SAT records he put out were driving a cult scene in the UK? With SAT contributions from The Pet Shop Boys, DJ Marshall Jefferson SAT and DJ Pierre we hear how the sound of Chicago topped the SAT charts in the UK. SAT SAT But in America a lot of house music wasn't played on the SAT radio because it was viewed as gay music. As Hip Hop became SAT the dominant musical form, Chicago House was pushed out to SAT the suburbs. DJ Black Madonna takes us on a tour of one of SAT the few remaining house music clubs. While here in the UK a SAT new generation of house music artists like Disclosure have SAT found an audience and a following. They tour the world SAT playing their own interpretation of Chicago House. SAT SAT A Tonic Media production for BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour b07jqrgx (Listen) SAT Weekend Woman's Hour SAT SAT We hear the story of Kate Davies nominated by listener SAT Maylin Scott the first in our chain of listener interviews. SAT Kate Davies had an unexpected stroke in her 30s. She started SAT her career as an academic and switched to become an knitwear SAT designer after the stroke. She tells us about her recovery SAT and her love of knitting. SAT SAT What is it like to want a sex life with your partner but SAT find that you have a low libido? We hear from one listener SAT and Jane Ashby a sexual health consultant and Katherine SAT White a Clinical Pyschologist with some advice. SAT SAT We hear about the first black nurse in the NHS Kofoworola SAT Abeni Pratt. Janet Davies from the Royal College of Nurses SAT explains her legacy. SAT SAT The death of your parents is never easy but what is it like SAT to become adult orphans when you are only young. Listener SAT Lucy Humphries and her sister Sarah discuss losing both SAT their parents after a car crash. Julia Samuel a SAT Psychotherapist offers her insight. SAT SAT In the late 1990s, Claudia Rizzo's dad found he 1929 diary SAT of May Stewart a teenage girl from Letchworth, at a small SAT railway station in Southern Italy. Claudia tells us about SAT the diary and why she wants to find May Stewart's family. SAT SAT Osteoarthritis of the hands usually runs in families. SAT Listener Linda Muller got in touch to say her and her SAT friends all in their 50s have the condition and find life SAT very difficult. Professor Tonia Vincent a Professor of SAT Musculoskeletal Biology at Oxford University explains why it SAT occurs, how it can be treated and whether it can be SAT prevented. SAT SAT School holidays are a time of greater stress for some SAT families who struggle with finding childcare, cannot afford SAT to feed their children well or keep them occupied. The issue SAT was discussed by Listener Val Barron who works as a SAT development worker for Communities Together Durham and Sara SAT Bryson is a policy advisor at Children North East who has SAT researched the subject. SAT SAT Why when we talk about successful women and their careers do SAT we often refer to male dominated professions like banking or SAT the law? Listener Chris Gent tells us why he believes his SAT wife, a teacher, and his sister, a nurse are equally as SAT successful and need to be recognised. SAT SAT Presented by Jane Garvey SAT Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed SAT Editor: Jane Thurlow. SAT SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Jane Garvey SAT Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed SAT Editor: Jane Thurlow SAT Interviewed Guest: Kate Davies SAT Interviewed Guest: Jane Ashby SAT Interviewed Guest: Janet Davies SAT Interviewed Guest: Lucy Humphries SAT Interviewed Guest: Sarah Humphries SAT Interviewed Guest: Claudia Rizzo SAT Interviewed Guest: Linda Muller SAT Interviewed Guest: Tonia Vincent SAT Interviewed Guest: Val Barron SAT Interviewed Guest: Sara Bryson SAT Interviewed Guest: Chris Gent SAT SAT 17:00 PM b07jqrgz (Listen) SAT Full coverage of the day's news. SAT SAT 17:30 The Bottom Line b07k08xg (Listen) SAT Brave or Naive? SAT SAT Is escaping the rat race always a good idea? Many people SAT dream of giving up the day job to start their own business - SAT and we often hear about the success stories. But does SAT everyone have what it takes? Evan Davis and guests compare SAT the dream and the reality. SAT SAT GUESTS: SAT SAT Luke Johnson, Entrepreneur and Founder of Risk Capital SAT Partners SAT SAT Paula Fry, former Director, Fashion Seeker UK SAT SAT Sarah Meredith, Sole Trader, Rock Cakes SAT SAT Deirdre Critchley, former Director, Jammy Cow SAT SAT Producer: Elizabeth Cassin. SAT SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast b07jqrh1 (Listen) SAT The latest shipping forecast. SAT SAT 17:57 Weather b07jqrh3 (Listen) SAT The latest weather forecast. SAT SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07jqrh5 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SAT SAT 18:15 Loose Ends b07kl9gf (Listen) SAT Clive Anderson, Christopher Ecclestone, Chris Difford, Colin SAT Mochrie, Asad Mecci, Phoebe Eclair-Powell, Steve Mason, The SAT Breath SAT SAT Clive Anderson and Christopher Ecclestone are joined by SAT Chris Difford, Colin Mochrie, Asad Mecci and Phoebe Éclair SAT Powell for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and SAT comedy. With music from Steve Mason and The Breath. SAT SAT Producer: Sukey Firth. SAT SAT Simon Mayo SAT 'Blame' is published by Penguin Random House and available SAT now. SAT SAT Phoebe Eclair-Powell SAT ‘Fury' is at London's Soho Theatre until Saturday 30th July. SAT SAT SAT Chris Difford SAT SAT Chris is giving a lyrics-writing masterclass, ‘How to Find SAT Your Happy’ at Womad Festival, Wiltshire at the end of July. SAT Squeeze's album 'Cradle To The Grave' is available now on SAT Virgin EMI. They’re playing at Camp Bestival on 27th, SAT Carfest North on 29th, Carfest South on 28th August and On SAT Blackheath on 10th September. SAT SAT SAT Colin Mochrie and Asad Mecci SAT 'Improv Under Hypnosis' is at Spiegeltent, Russell Square, SAT London until Saturday 23rd July. SAT SAT Steve Mason SAT SAT 'Meet The Humans' is available now on Domino Records. SAT SAT Steve is playing Blue Dot and Deershed Festivals on 24th and SAT 25th June, Electric Fields Festival on the last weekend of SAT August and End of The Road Festival on 3rd September. Check SAT Steve's website for further tour dates. SAT SAT SAT SAT The Breath SAT SAT 'Carry Your Kin' is available now on Real World Records. SAT SAT The Breath are playing at Womad Festival, Wiltshire on SAT Sunday 31st July. SAT SAT Credits SAT Presenter: Clive Anderson SAT Interviewed Guest: Christopher Eccleston SAT Interviewed Guest: Chris Difford SAT Interviewed Guest: Colin Mochrie SAT Interviewed Guest: Asad Mecci SAT Interviewed Guest: Phoebe Eclair-Powell SAT Interviewed Guest: Steve Mason SAT Performer: The Breath SAT Producer: Sukey Firth SAT SAT 19:00 Profile b07kl9gh (Listen) SAT Theresa May SAT SAT Series of profiles of people who are currently making SAT headlines. SAT SAT 19:15 Saturday Review b07jqrh7 (Listen) SAT Ghostbusters, Unreachable, Kei Miller, Liverpool Biennial, SAT Secret Agent SAT SAT A review of the week's cultural highlights. SAT SAT Ghostbusters SAT Ghostbusters SAT is in cinemas now, certificate 12A. SAT SAT Unreachable SAT Unreachable SAT is at the Royal Court in London until 6 August 2016 SAT SAT Photo credit: Matt Humphrey SAT SAT SAT Kei Miller SAT SAT Augustown by Kei Miller is available in hardback and ebook SAT now. SAT SAT Liverpool Biennial SAT SAT The SAT Liverpool Biennial 2016 SAT a series of exhibitions, performances, films and events SAT across the city's public spaces, continues until 16 October SAT 2016 SAT SAT Image: Oliver Laric, Sleeping Boy, 2016. Installation view SAT at Cains Brewery. Liverpool Biennial. Photo: Joel Chester SAT Fildes SAT SAT SAT SAT SAT The Secret Agent SAT The Secret Agent SAT begins on BBC One on Sunday 17 July at 9pm. SAT SAT SAT SAT SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 b07kl9gk (Listen) SAT The League of Extraordinary Housewives SAT SAT In 1945 thousands of angry housewives formed a group to SAT fight austerity and a Welfare State that they believed was SAT "not in the interests of a free and happy home life". This SAT militant battle is the starting point for an analysis of the SAT housewife; her politics, economics and shifting power down SAT the decades. How did the focus on feminism and the working SAT mother, change the way society viewed her? And, has the SAT housewife now embarked on a fight back? "Having it all" in SAT practice seems to mean being exhausted, on the wrong side of SAT the gender pay gap, and spending most of your income paying SAT someone else to look after your children. Jo Fidgen delves SAT into the archive, from the post-war period right through to SAT today's knicker-twisting discussions over how to talk to, SAT and about, women in the home. SAT Producer: Rosamund Jones SAT SAT Image: Copyright of the Royal Albert Hall Archive. SAT SAT 21:00 Drama b07jwt5x (Listen) SAT Roald Dahl: Going Solo, Episode 2 SAT SAT To celebrate the centenary year of his birth, a full SAT dramatization of Roald Dahl's gripping autobiographical SAT overseas adventure. SAT SAT As World War II rages, Pilot Officer Dahl takes to the air SAT in a series of daring deeds. An inspirational account of SAT survival when things seem hopeless, in which the SAT extraordinary is made human. SAT SAT "The second part is about the time I spent flying for the SAT RAF in the Second World War. There was no need to discard SAT anything from this period because every moment was, to me at SAT least, completely enthralling." SAT SAT Having joined the RAF Dahl discovers a love of flying. But a SAT crash in the Western desert almost ends his war before he's SAT started. Eventually he rejoins his heavily depleted squadron SAT during the hopeless last days in Greece. Dogged air fights, SAT secret missions and many narrow misses with death ensue SAT before he eventually returns home to his loving mother. SAT SAT Patrick Malahide provides the voice of Dahl in a colourful SAT adaptation by Lucy Catherine. SAT SAT Dramatised by Lucy Catherine SAT SAT Directed by Helen Perry SAT A BBC Cymru/Wales Production. SAT SAT Credits SAT Roald Dahl: Patrick Malahide SAT Young Dahl: John Heffernan SAT David: Stuart McLoughlin SAT Mother: Joanna Van Kampen SAT Sister: Kirsty Oswald SAT Squadron Leader: James Lailey SAT Fitter: Nick Underwood SAT Medical Examiner: Tom Forrister SAT Commodore: Sean Baker SAT Carter: Jason Barnett SAT Pat Pattle: Brian Protheroe SAT Operator: Clare Perkins SAT Adaptor: Lucy Catherine SAT Author: Roald Dahl SAT Director: Helen Perry SAT SAT 22:00 News and Weather b07jqrh9 (Listen) SAT The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, SAT followed by weather. SAT SAT 22:15 Moral Maze b07jyw9f (Listen) SAT Policing Offence SAT SAT When is a personal opinion so offensive that it becomes SAT morally unacceptable? This weekend former Tory leadership SAT candidate Andrea Leadsom discovered her comments on SAT motherhood had transgressed an unwritten social convention. SAT The outraged legions of leader writers, columnists and SAT Twitterati descended and by Monday she was gone. As the SAT politics of offence, identity and rights become ever more SAT toxic, they become equally hard to navigate and the price of SAT transgression is ever higher. The whole Brexit debate and SAT its aftermath have been characterised by claim and counter SAT claim of racism, ageism and classism. We've had laws against SAT "hate speech" for many years now, but are we too keen to SAT create whole new categories of "-isms" to which we can take SAT offence? If morality rests on the ability to distinguish SAT between groups and make judgements about their lifestyles, SAT how do you distinguish between a legitimate verdict and an SAT unjustifiable prejudice? Why is it acceptable to say 'It's SAT good that the President is black' but not to say 'It's good SAT that the next President will be white'? Why is the insult SAT "stale, male and pale" OK, but it wouldn't be if you changed SAT gender and race? Is this about defending the powerless SAT against the powerful, or limiting people's rights to say SAT what they think? Where do we draw the line between policing SAT the basic principles of equal rights and mutual respect with SAT a capacity to judge people by what lies in their heart? SAT Chaired by Michael Buerk with Anne McElvoy, Claire Fox, SAT Giles Fraser and Matthew Taylor. Witnesses are Maya SAT Goodfellow, Josh Howie, Peter Tatchell and Dr Joanna SAT Williams. SAT SAT 23:00 Counterpoint b07jyrdb (Listen) SAT Series 30, Heat 4, 2016 SAT SAT (4/13) SAT In the fourth heat of the 2016 series Paul Gambaccini SAT welcomes competitors from Hampshire and London to face SAT questions on every genre of music, with plenty of surprises SAT and intriguing musical extracts. The programme comes from SAT the BBC's historic Maida Vale studios. SAT SAT Which American group wrote and originally performed the song SAT which gave Lulu her first (and still best-known) hit? With SAT which orchestra was Eugene Ormandy associated for more than SAT forty years? Which composer is the subject of Julian SAT Barnes's recent novel The Noise of Time? SAT SAT In addition to general musical questions such as these, the SAT competitors have to choose a special musical topic on which SAT to answer their own individual questions, with no prior SAT warning of the categories and no chance to prepare. SAT SAT Producer: Paul Bajoria. SAT SAT Today's competitors SAT SAT MIKE COOPER, an education and training consultant from SAT Totton in Hampshire; SAT SAT LINDA RIDD, a retired carer from London; SAT SAT RUFUS STILGOE, a barrister, also from London. SAT SAT 23:30 The Echo Chamber b07jwt61 (Listen) SAT Series 7, Craig Raine SAT SAT Paul Farley meets Craig Raine at his home to hear new and SAT old poems from a famous Martian. 'A Martian Sends A Postcard SAT Home' (1979) was Craig Raine's second collection and its SAT poems defined and encapsulated a way of looking afresh at SAT the familiar world. Since then Raine has taught English SAT literature, written novels, edited Fabers' poetry list and SAT started and run magazines of criticism and new writing. He SAT has written poetry throughout. 'How Snow Falls' appeared in SAT 2010 and this year he has published a book on the writing SAT and reading of poetry called 'My Grandmother's Glass Eye'. SAT He talks about arguing about poetry and reads a suite of new SAT poems as well as some old ones. Producer: Tim Dee. SAT SAT SUN SUNDAY 17 JULY 2016 SUN SUN 00:00 Midnight News b07klcvx (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN Followed by Weather. SUN SUN 00:30 Introductions b045y0t4 (Listen) SUN We Are All Made of Stars SUN SUN A fresh exploration of what an introduction means for SUN British South Asian culture in contemporary society where SUN the internet, cultural diversity, and freedoms previously SUN unavailable to members of that society bounce off SUN established traditions of arranged matches or family SUN marriages. SUN SUN Written by three authors from The Whole Kahani, a British SUN South Asian writers group, the stories in 'Introductions' SUN explore what it means to be mixed race, the tensions between SUN modern independence and family traditions, and the impact of SUN really going it alone in the face of family expectations. SUN SUN In this third programme, We Are Made of Stars by Rohan Kar, SUN single, thirtysomething Rupinder finally succumbs to her SUN mother's belief that astrological charts can find her the SUN perfect match. But, as Rupinder discovers, life on Earth is SUN a lot more complicated than that in the heavens. SUN SUN Reader: Vayu Naidu SUN SUN Produced by David Roper SUN A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN Credits SUN Reader: Vayu Naidu SUN Producer: David Roper SUN Writer: Rohan Kar SUN SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07klcw5 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07klcw9 (Listen) SUN SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07klcwc (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 05:30 News Briefing b07klcwf (Listen) SUN The latest news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday b07klg59 (Listen) SUN Church of St Peter, Drayton in Oxfordshire SUN SUN The bells of the Church of St Peter, Drayton in Oxfordshire. SUN SUN 05:45 Profile b07kl9gh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 06:00 News Headlines b07klcwh (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news. SUN SUN 06:05 Something Understood b07klg5c (Listen) SUN Not Good Enough SUN SUN The phrase "Not Good Enough" can devastate, or it can SUN motivate. Mark Tully interprets the doom-laden words that SUN have crushed some ambitions, and led to the fulfillment of SUN others. SUN SUN Paradoxically, in conversation with Carol Dweck, Professor SUN of Psychology at Stanford University, Mark also hears about SUN the damage that can be done by too much praise, even if we SUN are good enough. She identifies the fixed mindset that can SUN occur when our self-esteem is based on the fragile notion SUN that we are cleverer than most, preventing us from taking SUN risks that might prove otherwise and challenge our sense of SUN worth. SUN SUN For her, and for Mark Tully, the best advice seems to be SUN that we should compete against ourselves to reach our full SUN potential, instead of comparing ourselves to others, or SUN listening to those who tell us we are "Not Good Enough." SUN SUN A Unique production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 06:35 On Your Farm b07klg5f (Listen) SUN Salads of New York SUN SUN On a rooftop overlooking the world's most famous skyline a SUN group of young farmers is growing a huge variety of tiny SUN salad vegetables for the city's hungry diners. Tom Heap SUN takes the elevator to Brooklyn Grange to chew on tiny SUN carrots, fruity lime basil and peppery nasturtium. SUN SUN Producer: Martin Poyntz-Roberts. SUN SUN 06:57 Weather b07klcwk (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 07:00 News and Papers b07klcwm (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 07:10 Sunday b07klcwp (Listen) SUN Religious and ethical news. SUN SUN 07:54 Radio 4 Appeal b07klg5h (Listen) SUN Action for Kids SUN SUN Actor Lisa Hammond who uses a wheelchair makes The Radio 4 SUN Appeal on behalf of Action for Kids SUN Registered Charity No 1068841 SUN To Give: SUN - Freephone 0800 404 8144 SUN - Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, mark the back of the envelope SUN 'Action for Kids' SUN - Cheques should be made payable to 'Action for Kids'. SUN SUN Action For Kids SUN SUN Action For Kids’ vision is a world where disabled children SUN and young people lead lives more like others their age. We SUN help and empower individuals by providing life changing SUN mobility equipment, plus employment and training SUN opportunities. SUN SUN The Barriers SUN SUN Science and engineering student, Dan, whose story you hear SUN in our Radio 4 Appeal, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy which SUN will slowly cause his muscles to fatally weaken. He needs a SUN new wheelchair as his old one breaks down a lot. SUN SUN Forging Paths SUN SUN With a focus on a disabled young person’s potential to SUN benefit from support, not the apparent barriers they face, SUN Action for Kids provides what individuals need to get where SUN they want to be. SUN SUN Independence & Choices SUN SUN When five-year-old Izzy, who has cerebral palsy, received SUN the mobility trike she wanted, her dad Graham told us how SUN much it meant to Izzy and the whole family: SUN SUN *‘The trike is massively improving Izzy’s confidence, SUN independence and strength, plus she’s able to ride alongside SUN her younger sister now. Thank you!’* SUN SUN 07:57 Weather b07klcwr (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 08:00 News and Papers b07klcwt (Listen) SUN The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers. SUN SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship b07klg5k (Listen) SUN Buxton Festival SUN SUN Live from St Martin-in-the-Fields with the Revd Dr Sam SUN Wells, responding to the profound sense of shock felt across SUN the world to the apparent terrorist attack in Nice. With the SUN choir and musicians of St Martin-in-the-Fields. Producer: SUN Andrew Earis. SUN SUN 08:48 A Point of View b07k0m80 (Listen) SUN Facts Not Opinions SUN SUN AL Kennedy ponders the importance of facts... in a world SUN dominated by opinion. SUN SUN "The Chilcot report highlights how a war can conjure the SUN demons it promised to suppress", she writes "because facts SUN were dodged or massaged and fantasy outcomes were taken as SUN certainties". SUN SUN While facts may be grim, "avoiding them puts us all at SUN increased risk". SUN SUN Producer: Adele Armstrong. SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: AL Kennedy SUN Producer: Adele Armstrong SUN SUN 08:58 Tweet of the Day b03zrcgb (Listen) SUN Capercaillie 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 Kate Humble presents the capercaillie. The bizarre SUN knife-grinding, cork-popping display of the male SUN capercaillie is one of the strangest sounds produced by any SUN bird. The name 'Capercaillie' is derived from the Gaelic for SUN 'horse of the woods', owing to the cantering sound, which is SUN the start of their extraordinary mating display. These are SUN the largest grouse in the world and in the UK they live only SUN in ancient Caledonian pine forests. SUN SUN Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) SUN Webpage image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com). SUN SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House b07klcww (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 10:00 The Archers Omnibus b07klcwy (Listen) SUN Toby finds himself in a tight spot, and Ursula strikes a SUN deal. SUN SUN Credits SUN Writer: Joanna Toye SUN Director: Kim Greengrass SUN Editor: Sean O'Connor SUN Pip Archer: Daisy Badger SUN Josh Archer: Angus Imrie SUN Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee SUN Tony Archer: David Troughton SUN Pat Archer: Patricia Gallimore SUN Tom Archer: William Troughton SUN Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood SUN Jennifer Aldridge: Angela Piper SUN PC Harrison Burns: James Cartwright SUN Susan Carter: Charlotte Martin SUN Rex Fairbrother: Nick Barber SUN Toby Fairbrother: Rhys Bevan SUN Bert Fry: Eric Allan SUN Joe Grundy: Edward Kelsey SUN Eddie Grundy: Trevor Harrison SUN Emma Grundy: Emerald O'Hanrahan SUN Alistair Lloyd: Michael Lumsden SUN Adam Macy: Andrew Wincott SUN Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen SUN Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd SUN Rob Titchener: Timothy Watson SUN Ursula Titchener: Carolyn Jones SUN Bruce Titchener: Michael Byrne SUN Carol Tregorran: Eleanor Bron SUN Anna Tregorran: Isobel Middleton SUN SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs b07klh89 (Listen) SUN Levi Roots SUN SUN Kirsty Young's castaway is the entrepreneur, Levi Roots. SUN SUN His business success began following an appearance on BBC SUN Two's Dragon's Den in 2007. With guitar in hand, he sang SUN about his 'Reggae reggae sauce' which he had been selling SUN for years at London's Notting Hill Carnival. Both Peter SUN Jones and Richard Farleigh invested in the business and SUN within six weeks, his sauce was bottled and on supermarket SUN shelves. Recipe books, TV shows and a restaurant, or SUN 'rastaurant' followed. SUN SUN He is the youngest of five children born in Jamaica. When he SUN was four, his parents went to build a new life in the UK. SUN Each year one of his siblings came to join the family in SUN Britain. When Levi was 10, he left his much loved SUN grandmother behind, never to see her again. Unable to read SUN or write when he started school, he caught up quickly. He SUN became a Rastafarian as a teenager. Following school, he SUN became an apprentice engineer but left that to pursue a SUN career in music. SUN SUN In his late twenties, he went to prison for five years. His SUN time inside would prove to be a turning point for him. Music SUN continued to play an important part in his life and he was SUN nominated for a Best Reggae Act MOBO award in 1998. SUN SUN A father of eight, he lives in Brixton, London. SUN SUN Producer: Cathy Drysdale. SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Kirsty Young SUN Interviewed Guest: Levi Roots SUN Producer: Cathy Drysdale SUN SUN 12:00 News Summary b07klcx0 (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 12:04 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b07jyrdj (Listen) SUN Series 65, Episode 3 SUN SUN The nation's favourite wireless entertainment pays a visit SUN to Glasgow's Pavilion Theatre. Old-timers Barry Cryer and SUN Tony Hawks are joined on the panel by locals Susan Calman SUN and Fred Macaulay with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell SUN provides piano accompaniment. SUN SUN Producer - Jon Naismith. SUN SUN It is a BBC Studios production. SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Jack Dee SUN Panellist: Barry Cryer SUN Panellist: Tony Hawks SUN Panellist: Susan Calman SUN Panellist: Fred MacAulay SUN Producer: Jon Naismith SUN SUN 12:32 Food Programme b07klh8c (Listen) SUN Albania and the Cheese Road SUN SUN Dan Saladino travels on a new road in Albania that leads to SUN an undiscovered cheese world. SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Dan Saladino SUN SUN 12:57 Weather b07klcx2 (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend b07klcx4 (Listen) SUN Global news and analysis. SUN SUN 13:30 From Our Home Correspondent b07h60lx (Listen) SUN In the latest programme of this new monthly series, Mishal SUN Husain introduces dispatches from writers and journalists SUN around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of SUN contemporary life in the country. Among the contributions SUN this month: Sarah Oliver on life as the wife of an infantry SUN officer still being posted to Afghanistan; Ian McMillan asks SUN why we talk to things that can't answer back; Sarah Smith SUN considers why Scottish politics has become so much SUN friendlier to gay people; Peter Taylor on why Britain has so SUN far not suffered an attack like the recent ones in Paris and SUN Brussels; and Stephen Smith goes pageant-watching in Bishop SUN Auckland. SUN SUN Producer Simon Coates. SUN SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time b07k0k4w (Listen) SUN Summer Garden Party, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1 SUN SUN Eric Robson presents the show from the GQT Summer Garden SUN Party at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Joining him on SUN the panel are Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood and Bunny SUN Guinness. SUN SUN Produced by Darby Dorras SUN Assistant producer Hannah Newton SUN SUN A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN Fact Sheet SUN Q – I have a bathroom with no natural light – what can I put SUN in it? SUN SUN SUN Bunny – I have blue/red LED lights in a dark greenhouse SUN which helps - get an electrician to put them in and then the SUN world is your oyster! I’ve had a Date palm in my bathroom SUN before. Spathiphyllums and ferns eg a Staghorn fern would be SUN amazing. SUN SUN SUN SUN Pippa – You are going to struggle without any light… Foliage SUN Begonias would work if you were able to rotate them with SUN better lit spots. SUN SUN SUN SUN Bob – Friendship Plant (*Billbergia nutens*). Swiss cheese SUN plant (*Monstera deliciosa*). The Mother in Law’s Tongue. SUN But again, with all these, you must rotate. SUN SUN SUN Q – We’ve got an Ash tree with a tree preservation order on SUN it. Is hand weeding the only way to get rid of all the SUN Couch grass and Dandelions growing underneath it? SUN SUN SUN Pippa – You’ve got to be careful but there are weed killers SUN that could be applied safely as long as no green tree part SUN or new bark is likely to get contaminated. You could use SUN Glyphosate if you wanted to. SUN SUN SUN SUN Bunny – If you use a coarse mulch, about 50mm+ (2inch+), SUN weeds will have a tougher time germinating. SUN SUN SUN SUN Bob – If you’ve got a sharp hoe you can go out once a week SUN and take the heads off. After three months you’ll see SUN there’s hardly anything there. The ‘Poached Egg’ plant is a SUN good ferny plant for growing around the base to keep weeds SUN away. SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN Q – I have a vegetable plot in a field. I think I might SUN have over-manured my plot – what can I do? SUN SUN SUN Bob – Not a problem if it’s well-rotted. Give it a couple SUN of months to rot down and it should sort itself out. Next SUN year your crops will be great! The more you add, the more SUN acidic the soil will become though, so lime every fourth SUN year. SUN SUN SUN SUN Pippa – Before you sow anything do a simple home soil test. SUN Get a pot filled with the composted stuff and a pot with SUN ‘normal’ soil. Sow some lettuce seeds and gently water – SUN then you’ll be able to see quickly if the lettuces will grow SUN well in your composted soil. SUN SUN SUN Q – My lawn is a fantasy of Speedwell and Pignut in SUN late-May/early-June. What would you recommend to continue SUN the show later on? It also needs to be bird-friendly! SUN SUN SUN Pippa – How about Clover? Just don’t walk barefoot as it SUN brings in lots of bees. Lawn daisies too. SUN SUN SUN SUN Bunny – Plant in plugs like Self-Heal. SUN SUN SUN SUN Bob – Scatter a few Sunflower seeds. Blessed Thistle or SUN Milk Thistle (*Cnicus benedictus*). Crimson Clover too. SUN SUN SUN Q – Apple tree. Label said Cox’s ‘Orange Pippin’, Group 3, SUN will grow to 4m (13ft) in ten years. Will it thrive in the SUN Edinburgh climate here, especially considering it only cost SUN £5? SUN SUN SUN Bob – If you got it when it was fresh you should be ok. A SUN Cox on its own won’t fruit, you need a pollinator. Cox’s SUN ‘Orange Pippin’ isn’t easy to grow and is susceptible to SUN pests and diseases. Give it to someone else and get SUN something like a ‘Discovery’ instead! Or a late apple like SUN a ‘Granny Smith’. Or an ‘Irish Peach’ (another early). SUN SUN SUN SUN Eric – ‘Keswick Codlin’. SUN SUN SUN Potting Shed Q – I have a problem with two ‘Galloway Pippin’ SUN apple trees. First one is enormous – can I stop it and make SUN it bush out? The other one is planted in the wrong place SUN and is ten feet (3m) tall – can I shift it? SUN SUN SUN Jim – It is possible to shift a ‘Galloway Pippin’. Do it in SUN the dormant season. When we moved Beechgrove we lifted SUN about twelve or fourteen ‘Cordons’. Moving it will give it SUN a shock and help limit its size. For the first tree, you SUN can root prune it. Go 60-90cm (2ft-3ft) out from the trunk SUN and cut every root that is more than pencil-thickness – that SUN will give it a good shock. SUN SUN SUN SUN SUN Q – How do I overwinter a ‘Chocolate Cosmos’? SUN SUN SUN Pippa – I would grow it in a good container to avoid digging SUN it up and replanting it. Then pop it in your greenhouse, SUN insulate the pot, ensure good drainage, then fleece the SUN top. SUN SUN SUN SUN Bunny – I cut the base off the big containers and plant them SUN out at end of May so they root through into the soil. Then SUN at the end of the summer I just pull the pots out and take SUN them in. It’s an easy half-way house. SUN SUN SUN SUN * * SUN Q – New Zealand flatworm is endemic in my area. What can I SUN do to maintain my soil’s health and fertility? SUN SUN SUN Bob – Best thing to do is trap them. Get loads of old SUN plates/saucers and stack them hidden in damp, shady SUN corners. Then, every now and again, unstack them and you’ll SUN find the worms tucked away between the plates. Stacks of SUN glazed tiles would work too. Liming around plants you SUN really want to protect will help. SUN SUN SUN Q – What would the panel suggest I do on a new (to me) SUN allotment? SUN SUN SUN Bob – Because of the time of year I would start by getting SUN the shed and greenhouse ready. Then start on digging the SUN beds over. Don’t plant anything for a while. SUN SUN 14:45 The Listening Project b07knzdd (Listen) SUN Fi Glover with conversations that highlight the support of SUN friends through tough times, the difficulties of adapting to SUN change, and how a happy outcome can right past wrongs. All SUN in the Omnibus of the series that proves it's surprising SUN what you hear when you listen. SUN SUN The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a SUN snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the SUN UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to SUN them about a subject they've never discussed intimately SUN before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK SUN by teams of producers from local and national radio stations SUN who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're SUN not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - SUN lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key SUN moment of connection between the participants. Most of the SUN unedited conversations are being archived by the British SUN Library and used to build up a collection of voices SUN capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade SUN of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening SUN Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject SUN SUN Producer: Marya Burgess. SUN SUN 15:00 Defoe b07knzdg (Listen) SUN A Journal of the Plague Year SUN SUN As part of BBC Radio 4's Defoe season, Ben Miles stars as SUN the chameleon writer, businessman, debtor and hack, Daniel SUN Defoe. In 1722, hoping to keep his creditors at bay, Defoe SUN begins his fictional 'journal' of the Great Plague of 1665. SUN But he soon comes to be haunted by the people he is SUN conjuring. SUN SUN Dramatised by Michael Butt SUN SUN Directed by Emma Harding. SUN SUN Credits SUN Daniel Defoe: Ben Miles SUN Nathaniel: Adrian Scarborough SUN Mr Hayward: David Hounslow SUN The Mayor of London: James Lailey SUN Actor: Sean Baker SUN Actor: Elizabeth Bennett SUN Actor: Clare Perkins SUN Actor: Brian Protheroe SUN Actor: Kirsty Oswald SUN Actor: Nick Underwood SUN Actor: Tom Forrister SUN Actor: Adie Allen SUN Actor: Edward Prout SUN Director: Emma Harding SUN Author: Daniel Defoe SUN Adaptor: Michael Butt SUN SUN 16:00 Open Book b07knzdj (Listen) SUN Awesome Authors: Children's Literature with Frank Cottrell SUN Boyce and Bali Rai SUN SUN As part the children's reading celebration across the BBC, SUN Awesome Authors, Mariella Frostrup explores contemporary SUN children's fiction with writers Frank Cottrell Boyce, Bali SUN Rai and Children's Editor of the Bookseller, Charlotte Eyre. SUN SUN We also hear from John Wray on why writers should be SUN cautious about re-visiting their childhood favourites for SUN inspiration, and after working in publishing for over thirty SUN years, Sarah Odedina gives her expert advice to aspiring SUN novelists. SUN SUN And finally we have some special literary recommendations SUN from young readers. SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Mariella Frostrup SUN Interviewed Guest: Frank Cottrell Boyce SUN Interviewed Guest: Bali Rai SUN Interviewed Guest: Charlotte Eyre SUN Interviewed Guest: John Wray SUN Interviewed Guest: Sarah Odedina SUN SUN 16:30 The Echo Chamber b07kp1d2 (Listen) SUN Series 7, Tracy K Smith and Patricia Lockwood SUN SUN Paul Farley hears new work from two young American poets: SUN Tracy K. Smith and Patricia Lockwood. Outside of a few SUN famous names recent British poetry has made little impact on SUN American life and letters. The same might be said in SUN reverse: though we speak the same language our poetries are SUN oddly discrete. The Echo Chamber has opened its doors in the SUN USA to seek some commonality by listening to some younger SUN female American voices. Tracy K. Smith's book 'Life on Mars' SUN won a Pulitzer Prize for her poems about space and race and SUN David Bowie. Patricia Lockwood's writing-life on Twitter is SUN watched from around the world and her 'sexts' and her 'Rape SUN Joke' poem brought her a celebrity very rare in poetry. Both SUN poets read from their ground-breaking books and share some SUN new poems too. Producer: Tim Dee. SUN SUN 17:00 File on 4 b07jysvj (Listen) SUN Trade and Torture SUN SUN Is the UK putting trade above concerns about human rights in SUN the United Arab Emirates? SUN SUN Britons who claim they were tortured in the Gulf state's SUN prison cells say the UK government failed to fight for them. SUN SUN The foreign office has received 43 cases of alleged abuse of SUN UK citizens in the UAE since 2010. SUN SUN In exclusive interviews, File on 4 hears from those who've SUN got out of detention in Dubai who say they were arrested SUN without charge and subjected to violent treatment and SUN torture. SUN SUN The UK government says it regularly raises Britons' cases - SUN and allegations of mistreatment - with the UAE authorities. SUN But those who've been stuck there tell File on 4 they didn't SUN get the support they needed and expected when they were SUN suffering, despite the authorities here knowing the risks SUN they faced. SUN SUN The government's also promoting deals with its largest SUN trading partner in the Middle East. SUN SUN Jane Deith counts up the billions of UAE investment in the SUN UK, from container ports to housing developments. SUN SUN And the programme hears the arguments for joint ventures SUN with Emirati companies - for example by NHS hospitals - as a SUN lucrative way to generate income as budgets are squeezed, SUN ultimately providing better services for patients here. SUN SUN The United Arab Emirates is seen as a stable ally in an SUN unstable Middle East, not least in the fight against Islamic SUN State - does that make the UK less willing to raise issues SUN like human rights abuses and judicial process? SUN SUN Reporter: Jane Deith SUN Producer: Sally Chesworth. SUN SUN 17:40 Profile b07kl9gh (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday] SUN SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast b07klcx8 (Listen) SUN The latest shipping forecast. SUN SUN 17:57 Weather b07klcxd (Listen) SUN The latest weather forecast. SUN SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07klcxj (Listen) SUN The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week b07klcxn (Listen) SUN Jolyon Jenkins SUN SUN Pick Of The Week, SUN Chosen and Presented by Jolyon Jenkins SUN Highlights this week include a man who lives in a yurt so he SUN can fish full time, and uses a tube of toothpaste every SUN three years. Peter Curran and Patrick Marber's ideas for a SUN male bra. And Frank Cottrell Boyce's musings on why Roald SUN Dahl wasn't entirely truthful in his autobiography. SUN SUN Production Pauline Harris and Rachel Gill. SUN SUN 19:00 The Archers b07knkhp (Listen) SUN Harrison faces a new challenge, and Tom is made an offer. SUN SUN 19:15 Dave Podmore's Big Bake Off Bash b07kp5gj (Listen) SUN England's sleaziest cricketer Dave Podmore says there's more SUN to cricket than stuffing yourself with cakes and sandwiches SUN half-way through the game, but he can't remember what. Pod's SUN at rock bottom, crying into his cold beans, until he thinks SUN there could be "some light at the end of the doldrum" when SUN he hits on a plan to create the best cricket tea that ever SUN graced a Cath Kidston tablecloth or clogged an English SUN artery, and to do it on the biggest stage of all: The Great SUN British Bake Off. SUN SUN Logging every glorious calorie along the way is Andy Hamer SUN of Radio One County's ever popular "Triglyceride Watch". SUN It's oven gloves off as Pod battles through the rounds, but SUN will his unorthodox kebab cake rise to the occasion? Let's SUN see how the public votes. SUN SUN 19:45 The Crime Writer at the Festival b07kp5gl (Listen) SUN The Getaway SUN SUN It's often said that there is something different about SUN crime writers - they flock together, they enjoy each other's SUN company and freely interact with their fans. Next week, SUN thousands of fiction fans will head to Yorkshire for the SUN Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in SUN Harrogate, and this new story series celebrates the very SUN particular atmosphere of such festivals. SUN SUN In this story, Sarah Hilary (who won last year's Crime Novel SUN of the Year Award at Harrogate for her debut SOMEONE ELSE'S SUN SKIN), takes us to an imaginary festival and a character SUN desperate to break free of the mainstream. SUN SUN Credits SUN Reader: Melody Grove SUN Writer: Sarah Hilary SUN Producer: Kirsteen Cameron SUN SUN 20:00 Feedback b07k0k52 (Listen) SUN Is it right to refer to a politician using just their first SUN name? It's a question posed by some Feedback listeners after SUN reporters referred to the new Foreign Secretary as simply SUN "Boris". They are asking why he appears to be an exception SUN to the rule and, more pertinently, if this note of SUN familiarity softens the tone of interviews. SUN SUN And are this year's Proms getting a shake-up? Having SUN celebrated its 120th anniversary last year, the Proms have SUN been given a new Director - David Pickard. As the 2016 SUN season gets underway this weekend, what is his vision for SUN the Proms? The Director speaks to Roger Bolton from the SUN Royal Albert Hall, discussing the use of unexpected SUN locations, whether this year will be less London-centric and SUN how much is on offer for younger listeners. SUN SUN Last week Feedback considered how the continued turmoil of SUN Brexit was affecting comedy output - this week it's a look SUN at the business unit. As the markets and the pound have been SUN rocked by the out vote, listener Ian Callaghan goes SUN behind-the-scenes of the BBC's Business and Economics unit SUN to discover how they're responding. SUN SUN Did you keep a diary during your teenage years? If so, would SUN you be willing to share your adolescent highs and lows with SUN a listening audience? That's exactly what Radio 4 comedy My SUN Teenage Diary asks of its celebrity guests. But some SUN listeners question the authenticity of the diaries, asking SUN how likely it was that they were both preserved and contain SUN fitting punchlines for a radio comedy. The producer, Harriet SUN Jaine, and one of the guest on the latest series, Samira SUN Ahmed, discuss how the programme is put together. SUN SUN Produced by Kate Dixon SUN A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. SUN SUN 20:30 Last Word b07k0k50 (Listen) SUN Sydney Schanberg, Beatrice de Cardi, Lord Evans of Temple SUN Guiting, Alvin Toffler, Jimmy Gilbert SUN SUN Matthew Bannister on SUN SUN The American journalist Sydney Schanberg who won the SUN Pulitzer prize for his reporting on Cambodia. His story was SUN turned into the film "The Killing Fields". SUN SUN The archaeologist Beatrice de Cardi, once described as "a SUN cross between Miss Marple and Indiana Jones". SUN SUN The publisher Lord Evans of Temple Guiting, who, as Matthew SUN Evans, led Faber and Faber to great success. His friend SUN Melvyn Bragg pays tribute. SUN SUN The futurist Alvin Toffler best known for his 1970 book SUN "Future Shock". SUN SUN And the comedy producer Jimmy Gilbert who brought us "The SUN Frost Report", "Last of the Summer Wine" and "Fawlty SUN Towers". SUN SUN Producer: Dianne McGregor. SUN SUN Sydney Schanberg (pictured) SUN SUN Matthew spoke to his friend and former colleague at the New SUN York Times, Charles Kaiser. SUN SUN Born 17 January 1934; died 9 July 2016 aged 82. SUN SUN Beatrice de Cardi OBE SUN SUN Last Word spoke to her friend Dr Derek Kennet, who is an SUN expert in Arabian archaeology and to fellow archaeologist, SUN Harriet Crawford. SUN SUN Born 5 June 1914, died 5 July 2016 aged 102. SUN SUN Alvin Toffler SUN SUN Matthew spoke to fellow Futurist and fan, Ray Hammond. SUN SUN Born 4 October 1928; died 27 June 2016 aged 87. SUN SUN Lord Evans of Temple Guiting SUN SUN Last Word spoke to his friend, the broadcaster Melvyn Bragg SUN and to writer and editor, Robert McCrum. SUN SUN Born 7 August 1941; died 6 July 2016 aged 74. SUN SUN Jimmy Gilbert SUN SUN Matthew spoke to his son, Colin Gilbert. SUN SUN Born 15 May 1923; died 7 July 2016 aged 93. SUN SUN SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Matthew Bannister SUN Producer: Dianne McGregor SUN Interviewed Guest: Charles Kaiser SUN Interviewed Guest: Derek Kennet SUN Interviewed Guest: Ray Hill SUN Interviewed Guest: Robert McCrum SUN Interviewed Guest: Melvyn Bragg SUN Interviewed Guest: Colin Gilbert SUN SUN 21:00 Money Box b07kl689 (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 12:04 on Saturday] SUN SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal b07klg5h (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 07:54 today] SUN SUN 21:30 Analysis b07jyrdq (Listen) SUN Should the state pay everyone a Universal Basic Income? SUN Sonia Sodha finds out why the idea is winning support from SUN an unlikely alliance of leftists and libertarians. SUN Producer: Helen Grady. SUN SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour b07klcy1 (Listen) SUN Weekly political discussion and analysis with MPs, experts SUN and commentators. SUN SUN 23:00 The Film Programme b07k063f (Listen) SUN Ghostbusters Revisited SUN SUN With Francine Stock. SUN SUN The Comedians Cinema Club present their unique take on SUN Ghostbusters. SUN SUN Joshua Oppenheimer, the director of the award-winning and SUN controversial documentary about Indonesian death squads , SUN The Act Of Killing, reveals why he refuses to demonise mass SUN murderers, and why he went undercover as an alien abductee SUN for an expose of American militia. SUN SUN Tim Robey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh go head to head in the SUN referendum that really matters - Watership Down or The Lion SUN King: which is the better animated classic ? SUN SUN Comedians Cinema Club Podcasts SUN SUN You can listen to their latest editions SUN here SUN SUN Credits SUN Presenter: Francine Stock SUN Interviewed Guest: Joshua Oppenheimer SUN Interviewed Guest: Tim Robey SUN Interviewed Guest: Larushka Ivan-Zadeh SUN SUN 23:30 Something Understood b07klg5c (Listen) SUN [Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today] SUN SUN MON MONDAY 18 JULY 2016 MON MON 00:00 Midnight News b07klczz (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON Followed by Weather. MON MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed b07jyw97 (Listen) MON The English Defence League; 'Real' immigrants MON MON The English Defence League: A study of the individuals who MON comprise this far right movement. Hilary Pilkington, MON Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, MON provides fresh and timely insights into a politics built on MON English identity and opposition to 'Islamism'. They're MON joined by Nasar Meer, Professor of Comparative Citizenship MON and Social Policy at Strathclyde University, MON MON Who's a 'real' immigrant and who's 'not really' an MON immigrant? Martina Byrne, Lecturer in the School of Social MON Policy, Social Policy and Social Justice at University MON College, Dublin, discusses her study into middle class MON attitudes to immigration. Why do white Irish professionals MON consider that white Eastern Europeans are immigrants but MON white French and Australians are not? MON Producer: Jayne Egerton. MON MON RELATED LINKS MON Martina Byrne at University College Dublin MON Professor Hilary Pilkington at the University of Manchester MON Professor Nasar Meer at the University of Strathclyde, MON Glasgow MON READING LIST MON Pilkington, H. (2016). *Loud and Proud: Passion and Politics MON in the English Defence League*. (New Ethnographies). MON Manchester University Press MON Byrne, M. (2016) *Shades of White: Irish Professionals' MON response to Immigrants*. In Dada, A and S. Kushal (eds). MON *Whiteness Interrogated*. (Oxford: Oxford University/ MON Inter-disciplinary.Net.) MON Nasar Meer,Tariq Modood, Ricard Zapata-Barrero. A plural MON century: situating interculturalism and multiculturalism. MON (Edinburgh University Press, 2016) ISBN 9781474407083 MON MON MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday b07klg59 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday] MON MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07kld01 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07kld03 (Listen) MON MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07kld05 (Listen) MON The latest shipping forecast. MON MON 05:30 News Briefing b07kld07 (Listen) MON The latest news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day b07l67mm (Listen) MON A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna MON Drew. MON MON 05:45 Farming Today b07kld09 (Listen) MON Scottish and Welsh reactions to the new Defra secretary of MON state, Farm robots, Water management on frms MON MON The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. MON Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emily Hughes. MON MON 05:56 Weather b07kld0c (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast for farmers. MON MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03x45s5 (Listen) MON Black Redstart 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 Bill Oddie presents the black redstart. It was the German MON Luftwaffe which enabled black redstarts to gain a real MON foothold here. The air-raids of the Blitz created bombsites MON which mimicked their rocky homes and the weeds that grew MON there attracted insects. In 1942 there over twenty singing MON males in London alone and now they're being encouraged by MON the creation of 'green roof' habitats, rich in flowers and MON insects. MON MON Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) MON Webpage image courtesy of Roger Tidman (rspb-images.com) MON MON 06:00 Today b07kld0f (Listen) MON News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and MON Thought for the Day. MON MON 09:00 The Long View b07knmp7 (Listen) MON Celebrity Football Managers MON MON As pre-season training gets underway and transfer business MON goes on a-pace Jonathan Freedland takes the Long View of MON celebrity Football management. The new season will see the MON clash of several of the world's greatest managers lead by MON Jose Mourinho of Manchester United and Pep Guardiola of MON Manchester City. MON MON It was a similar story in Manchester back in the mid 1960s. MON Matt Busby had been at United since the war building MON championship winning teams and a formidable reputation. City MON were languishing in the second division. But with the MON arrival of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison, City found a MON combination to challenge their Manchester rivals. And it MON really was a case of the Managers being the all important MON figures. When England won the world cup in 1966 it was Joe MON Mercer who'd just lead City to the old 2nd Division MON championship who was part of the BBC Television World Cup MON panel, endearing himself to the nation by referring to Pele MON as Peely. MON MON Jonathan is joined by a former City player Paul Hince, Dr MON Colin Shindler, a screenwriter, academic and fanatic City MON fan, Sarah Collins who covers the city's sport for BBC local MON radio and Paul Gilroy of the League Managers Association. MON They discuss the then and now and the curious way in which - MON in these two eras - it was the Managers who were in the MON limelight. Much has changed, not least in terms of global MON reach, money and the international flavour of the MON Premiership, but at heart it's the same - the men on the MON pitch will be playing, and did play, in the shadow of the MON Celebrity Managers. MON MON Producer: Tom Alban. MON MON 09:30 In Therapy b070nvxf (Listen) MON Jo MON MON Psychotherapist Susie Orbach explores the private MON relationship between therapist and patient. Each day we are MON given privileged access to Susie's consulting room, where MON she meets a variety of clients. MON MON All of the clients are played by actors, but these are not MON scripted scenes. Each client profile has been carefully MON constructed by therapist Susie, director Ian Rickson (former MON artistic director at the Royal Court, and director of the MON highly acclaimed 'Jerusalem') and radio producer Kevin MON Dawson. The client profiles have been given to the actors MON who have learnt about their characters lives, backgrounds, MON and individual reason for seeking therapy. The scenes have MON then been improvised and recorded on hidden microphones at MON Susie's surgery. MON MON Today, Susie has her first meeting with Jo, a new patient MON and an out of work actress. MON MON Elsewhere in the series, we meet Helen, a high achieving MON corporate lawyer who is struggling to identify what is wrong MON - but knows that something is. John is older - in his 60s, MON and a retired railway trade unionist. His wide and children MON are gone, but his therapy is helping him to turn his life MON around. Then there's Louise and Richard - a couple expecting MON their first baby in a few days. MON MON We hear the therapist at work, eavesdropping on the most MON intimate of exchanges. To help us with our understanding of MON the process, Susie Orbach commentates on what is happening MON in the room, shining a light on the journey both she and her MON patient have embarked upon. MON MON Presenter: Susie Orbach MON Producer: Kevin Dawson MON Director: Ian Rickson MON MON A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON 09:45 Primo Levi's The Periodic Table b07kngky (Listen) MON An Introduction MON MON Janet Suzman introduces a major new dramatization of Primo MON Levi's stories about our human relationship with the MON chemical elements that make up our universe - a book the MON Royal Institution of Great Britain named 'the best science MON book ever'. She begins with a short feature about Levi's MON life and writing, featuring archive interviews with Levi MON himself. MON MON 10:00 Woman's Hour b07kld0h (Listen) MON Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. MON MON 10:45 15 Minute Drama b07kngl0 (Listen) MON Lunch, The Big Thing MON MON by Marcy Kahan MON MON A platonic romantic comedy about two old flatmates. MON Bella has just got back from Barcelona where she followed MON her new love, Guy, but is she ready to move in with him in MON London? MON Bill helps her role play the dilemma. MON MON Bill ..... Stephen Mangan MON Bella ..... Claire Skinner MON MON Directed by Sally Avens. MON MON Credits MON Bill: Stephen Mangan MON Bella: Claire Skinner MON Director: Sally Avens MON Writer: Marcy Kahan MON MON 11:00 The Untold b07kngl2 (Listen) MON The School Inspection MON MON A headteacher's fate hangs in the balance as she awaits a MON visit from a school inspector. MON MON When Sue Vermes became headteacher of struggling Rose Hill MON Primary School less than two years ago, she hoped to reverse MON its fortunes. Instead, an Ofsted inspector labelled the MON Oxford school 'inadequate' and placed it into so-called MON 'Special Measures'. Now Sue's future is in question as she MON awaits the verdict of a follow-up visit by Ofsted. Have Sue MON and her team done enough to arrest the school's decline? MON MON Producer: Laurence Grissell. MON MON 11:30 Way Out East b07knh41 (Listen) MON Get Well Soon Bobby McGee MON MON New comedy by Guy Meredith about a group of expats sharing a MON flat in Hong Kong. Into the lives of unsuccessful architect MON James (Tony Gardner) and failed-everything Malcolm (John MON Gordon Sinclair) comes Zoe (Katherine Kingsley) on a one-way MON ticket from England to start a new life. MON MON After an unpromising start, she moves in with James and MON Malcolm, convinced that she can get these two undomesticated MON alpha males to change their ways and become more organised MON at home and work. She also becomes part of the scene at the MON Shakes, the local expat pub run by Wanda (Samantha Bond) and MON visited by James's boss Mr Ampersand (Nicky Henson) who MON gives her a job as his PA. MON MON The flatmates share many adventures including a very MON disorganised pub quiz, a series of domestic mishaps, MON attempts to fix the result of the Hong Kong Derby and a MON local marathon, and the annual Hong Kong New Year MON celebrations. MON MON Katherine Kingsley was Olivier nominated for her role in MON Piaf and Singin' in the Rain, John Gordon Sinclair has MON performed in several musicals and is remembered for the MON title role in Gregory's Girl, Tony Gardner is currently one MON of the stars of the award-winning Last Tango in Halifax, and MON Samantha Bond has starred in many award-winning television MON and theatre productions including Downton Abbey. Guy MON Meredith has written several very successful dramas and MON comedies for radio, including the long-running series Daunt MON and Dervish. MON MON Series Music David Chilton MON Writer: Guy Meredith MON Producer: Cherry Cookson MON MON A Goldhawk Essential production for BBC Radio 4. MON MON Credits MON Zoe: Katherine Kingsley MON Malcolm: John Gordon Sinclair MON James: Tony Gardner MON Wanda: Samantha Bond MON Ampersand: Nicky Henson MON Sam: Lobo Chan MON Writer: Guy Meredith MON Producer: Cherry Cookson MON MON 12:00 News Summary b07kld0k (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 12:04 The Why Factor b07knkhk (Listen) MON Series 3, Time Perception MON MON Mike Williams asks why some weeks just fly by but sometimes MON minutes can seem like hours? Why do we perceive time MON differently in different circumstances? Mike talks to MON Pakistani writer and broadcaster Raza Rumi, Claudia Hammond, MON author of "Time Warped" and John McCarthy, a British MON journalist taken hostage in Lebanon in 1986. MON MON Presenter:Mike Williams MON Producer:Bob Howard MON Editor; Andrew Smith MON MON First broadcast on the BBC World Service. MON MON 12:15 You and Yours b07kld0m (Listen) MON Extra Energy & Irish Housing Crisis MON MON Extra Energy is the most complained about energy company in MON Britain. It's being investigated by Ofgem following a record MON number of complaints in the first quarter of this year. The MON latest figures from the Energy Ombudsman show it had MON complaints from customers at a rate of 192 per 100,000 MON customers between January and March this year. That's up 42% MON on the previous quarter. In contrast, SSE was the least MON complained about supplier, attracting only three complaints MON per 100,000 customers. Ben Jones is Extra Energy's MON Operations Manager is back to explain. MON MON The Republic of Ireland's economic success in the late 90s MON and early noughties was largely built on the construction MON sector, until the economy went bust. Ireland is slowly MON recovering, with 8% growth last year. But a housing crisis MON is putting the brakes on a recovery, with homelessness on MON the rise and many housing estates still half-built. We sent MON our reporter Louise Williams to Adamstown, Ireland's first MON planned town, where only a fraction of houses and services MON have been completed. MON MON Natural oils are now widely available under various forms of MON labelling and packaging. The success and popularity of these MON oils has encouraged thousands of new suppliers of essential MON oils and aromatherapy products to start up in the retail MON business to take advantage of the current consumer demand. MON Following the early success of specialist aromatherapy MON companies, supermarkets, cosmetic companies, high street MON retailers and home start-ups everywhere have all jumped on MON the bandwagon offering their own ranges of aromatherapy MON products. But they are not regulated and its hard for the MON consumer to know what is good - or even safe about the oils MON they buy. MON MON 12:57 Weather b07kld0p (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 13:00 World at One b07kld0r (Listen) MON Analysis of news and current affairs. MON MON 13:45 Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze b07knkhm (Listen) MON Khrushchev's Thaw MON MON In a series exploring decisive moments in the early years of MON the Cold War, Bridget Kendall brings to life the personal MON recollections of those who were there when the death of MON Stalin in 1953 dramatically changed life in Soviet Russia MON and ushered in a brief political thaw in the decades long MON dictatorship of Soviet Communism. MON MON Featuring Vladimir Ashkenazy, Tatiana Baeva, Sergei MON Khrushchev, Vladlen Loginov and Alexei Shipovalnikov. MON MON Producer: Martin Williams. MON MON 14:00 The Archers b07knkhp (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday] MON MON 14:15 Drama b07knkhr (Listen) MON Brief Lives, Episode 2 MON MON Brief Lives by Tom Fry and Sharon Kelly MON Episode 2 MON A man is arrested for suspected arson at a primary school. MON The school is mainly Muslim, is there a racially motivated MON element? Frank and Sarah unravel the underlying cat's cradle MON of complex community and relationship tensions. MON MON Director/Producer Gary Brown MON MON Series nine of the popular afternoon drama series starring MON David Schofield. Frank Twist's and Sarah Gold's legal MON advisers operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week to set MON free burglars, muggers, murderers and even some innocent MON people who find themselves on the wrong side of a cell door. MON Sarah and Frank have a child but their relationship is MON purely business as they clean up the mean streets of MON Manchester. The combination of complex crime stories and MON witty humour make this a popular returning series. MON MON Credits MON Frank: David Schofield MON Sarah: Sally Dexter MON DS Poole: Emily Pithon MON Sameerah: Zoe Iqbal MON Hassan: Dean Smith MON Ian: James Cartwright MON Director: Gary Brown MON Producer: Gary Brown MON Writer: Tom Fry MON Writer: Sharon Kelly MON MON 15:00 Counterpoint b07knlh7 (Listen) MON Series 30, Heat 5, 2016 MON MON (5/13) MON What was the name of the record label set up by Prince in MON 1985? Which British composer created the Poldark TV theme MON music? One of the earliest successes of the late Sir Peter MON Maxwell Davies was a musical portrayal of which British MON King? MON MON Paul Gambaccini welcomes another three amateur music lovers MON to the fifth heat of the 2016 Counterpoint contest, at MON London's Maida Vale studios. He'll be testing the breadth of MON their musical knowledge across the usual wide range of MON styles and eras. They'll also have to choose a topic on MON which to answer individual specialist questions, with no MON prior warning of the subject categories. At stake is a place MON in the semi-finals and a chance to go forward to the 30th MON anniversary Final at the BBC Proms. MON MON Producer: Paul Bajoria. MON MON 15:30 Food Programme b07klh8c (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday] MON MON 16:00 With Great Pleasure b07knlh9 (Listen) MON Daljit Nagra MON MON Radio 4's first Poet in Residence, Daljit Nagra, introduces MON his favourite music, poetry and prose. MON Kicking things off with childhood memories of The Jam's MON That's Entertainment and a classic track from the Bollywood MON musical Sholay, Daljit continues with works by Shelley, MON Shakespeare, Salman Rushdie and Liz Berry. Writer Sunjeev MON Sahota reads from his own novel The Year of the Runaways and MON Daljit explains why an eccentric Anglo-Indian dictionary MON holds so much fascination for him. MON Recorded before an audience at the Radio Theatre, with MON readings performed by actress Siobhan Redmond and novelist MON Sunjeev Sahota. MON MON Producer: Alice Lloyd. MON MON Credits MON Presenter: Daljit Nagra MON MON 16:30 The Infinite Monkey Cage b07knqxy (Listen) MON Series 14, Science of Sleep MON MON Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Professor MON Russell Foster, Professor Richard Wiseman and comedian Katy MON Brand as they attempt to get to grips with the science MON behind Robin's insomnia. They'll be asking why we sleep, is MON 8 hours really enough, and why has every creature on the MON planet evolved with some period of inactivity? They'll also MON be investigating the purpose of dreams and whether analysing MON them has any useful purpose? Was Freud right with his MON symbolic interpretation of dreams, or if we dream about MON aggressive courgettes, does this reveal our inner most MON anxieties about.... aggressive courgettes? MON Producer: Alexandra Feachem. MON MON 17:00 PM b07kld0t (Listen) MON Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. MON MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07kld0w (Listen) MON The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. MON MON 18:30 I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue b07knqy0 (Listen) MON Series 65, Episode 4 MON MON The antidote to panel games pays a return visit to the MON Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. Old-timers Barry Cryer and Tony MON Hawks are joined on the panel by locals Susan Calman and MON Fred Macaulay with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell MON attempts piano accompaniment. MON MON Producer - Jon Naismith. MON MON It is a BBC Studios production. MON MON Credits MON Presenter: Jack Dee MON Panellist: Barry Cryer MON Panellist: Tony Hawks MON Panellist: Susan Calman MON Panellist: Fred MacAulay MON Producer: Jon Naismith MON MON 19:00 The Archers b07knqy3 (Listen) MON Pat has a question for Rob, and Clarrie worries about Joe. MON MON 19:15 Front Row b07kld0y (Listen) MON Arts news, interviews and reviews. MON MON 19:45 15 Minute Drama b07kngl0 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] MON MON 20:00 The Corbyn Story b07knmp9 (Listen) MON Episode 2 MON MON In this series, Steve Richards examines the dramatic story MON of Jeremy Corbyn over the past year, and what it tells us MON about the bitter battle for the soul of the Labour party. MON MON Producer: Peter Mulligan. MON MON 20:30 Analysis b07knmpc (Listen) MON A Subversive History of School Reform MON MON Change, change, change - conventional wisdom is that the MON classroom is the site of an endless set of reforms, a MON constant stream of White Papers and directives that promise MON 'revolution' and sudden changes in direction. Yet is the MON real story of school reform really one of continuity? MON Professor Alison Wolf of King's College London explores the MON post-war history of school reform in England. Speaking to MON former secretaries of state, historians, and teachers, she MON explores the forces and events that have shaped schools. She MON argues that real changes have been surprisingly few and that MON despite a great deal of fiery rhetoric, they have generally MON continued across party lines. And she asks if that means MON that governments have perhaps been listening to what parents MON genuinely want? MON Producer: Gemma Newby. MON MON 21:00 Natural Histories b07jys1r (Listen) MON Carp MON MON Brett Westwood goes fishing. Why is the carp king? Dexter MON Petley author of 'Love, Madness, Fishing' knows some MON answers. He went to live in a yurt in Normandy in order to MON spend his life carp fishing. From there and a nearby water MON he brings us his tales of the river bank. Carp fishing is MON now a very high-tech pastime. Electronic bite detectors and MON gourmet bait balls are part of the business but an older MON intimacy with the carp is still crucial to land a fish; the MON angler must know how to read the water and track its hidden MON denizens. Meanwhile the Natural History Museum's Oliver MON Crimmen, Japanese art expert Timon Screech, Steve Varcoe MON from Aron's Jewish Delicatessen and anthropologist Desmond MON Morris discuss why various cultures continue to value the MON fish with a face that only a mother could love. Readings by MON Anton Lesser. Producer: Tim Dee. MON MON Oliver Crimmen MON MON Oliver is the lead curator for the Natural History Museum’s MON fish collection. He is responsible for the maintenance and MON enhancement of the collection and is a spokesperson for PR MON and media activity surrounding it. MON MON Oliver started at the Museum in 1993 as a Higher Scientific MON Officer, before becoming Curator in 1996. MON MON He is a member of the British Record Fish Committee, which MON is responsible for ratifying British marine identifications MON and the Food Standards Agency’s Fish Expert Group. MON MON Desmond Morris MON Desmond Morris is a world renowned zoologist, author and MON surrealist painter. Over his career Desmond has been curator MON of mammals at London Zoo, a Research Fellow at the MON University of Oxford and written over 50 books about both MON humans and animals, famously including The Naked Ape and the MON Human Zoo. MON MON Dexter Petley MON MON Dexter Petley is a novelist and angler and lives in a MON caravan in Normandy, where he divides his time between MON catching carp and writing. His most recent book is a memoir MON called Love, Madness, Fishing about his time growing up in MON 60’s and 70’s Kent and Sussex. MON MON Tim Screech MON MON Timon Screech is Professor of the History of Art at SOAS, MON University of London. He has also taught at numerous MON universities including Chicago, Heidelberg, Meiji and MON Waseda. He is an expert on the art and culture of the Edo MON Period, including its international dimension, and has MON published some dozen books on the subject. MON MON His best-known work is probably Sex and the Floating World, MON a study of erotica, and he has recently competed a MON field-defining overview of the Edo arts, Obtaining Images. MON His work has been translated into French, Japanese, Korean, MON Polish and Romanian. He is currently completing a book of MON the use of art in the early sailings of the East India MON Company. MON MON Steven Varcoe MON MON Stephen Varcoe grew up in London where eventually he found MON himself working in the advertising industry. He moved to MON Budapest in 1996 where he lived and worked until 2013. Upon MON returning to the UK with his wife Marta Aron he became the MON joint proprietor of Aron's Jewish Delicatessen in Bristol. MON They have one little girl and two large dogs. MON MON 21:30 The Long View b07knmp7 (Listen) MON [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] MON MON 21:58 Weather b07kld10 (Listen) MON The latest weather forecast. MON MON 22:00 The World Tonight b07kld12 (Listen) MON In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. MON MON 22:45 Book at Bedtime b07knqy5 (Listen) MON Dirt Road, Episode 1 MON MON Booker prize-winner James Kelman's new novel is a potent MON exploration of love, grief and the power of music. MON MON Reeling from a family bereavement, young musician Murdo and MON his father prepare to leave Scotland for a road trip to the MON Southern States of America. MON MON Reader Finn den Hertog MON Abridged by David Jackson Young MON Produced Eilidh McCreadie. MON MON Credits MON Reader: Finn den Hertog MON Author: James Kelman MON Abridger: David Jackson Young MON Producer: Eilidh McCreadie MON MON 23:00 Don't Log Off b07knqy7 (Listen) MON Series 7, Episode 4 MON MON Alan Dein continues his nocturnal excursions via Facebook MON and Skype, hearing the real life dramas of random strangers. MON MON Tonight he connects with a Nepalese civil engineering MON student one year on from the earthquake that devastated MON Kathmandu, a Jamaican living in Panama City who is waiting MON to fulfil his childhood dream of joining the US army and a MON man in Tanzania, expecting the birth of his first child. MON MON Producer: Clare Walker. MON MON 23:30 Today in Parliament b07knrhl (Listen) MON Sean Curran reports from Westminster. MON MON TUE TUESDAY 19 JULY 2016 TUE TUE 00:00 Midnight News b07kld2s (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE Followed by Weather. TUE TUE 00:30 Voices of the First World War b04mhd5d (Listen) TUE By Night TUE TUE There are now no living veterans of WW1, but it is still TUE possible to go back to the First World War through the TUE memories of those who actually took part. In a unique TUE partnership between the Imperial War Museums and the BBC, TUE two sound archive collections featuring survivors of the war TUE are brought together for the first time. The Imperial War TUE Museums' holdings include a major oral history resource of TUE remarkable recordings made in the 1980s and early 1990s with TUE the remaining survivors of the conflict. The interviews were TUE done not for immediate use or broadcast, but because it was TUE felt that this diminishing resource that could never be TUE replenished, would be of unique value in the future. TUE Speakers recall in great detail as though it were yesterday TUE the conditions of the trenches, the brutality of the TUE battlefield, the experience of seeing their first casualty TUE and hearing their first shell, their daily and nightly TUE routines as soldiers, pilots or navy members of all ranks, TUE and their psychological state in the face of so much trauma. TUE This series will broadcast many of these recordings for the TUE first time. Among the BBC's extensive collection of archive TUE featuring first hand recollections of the conflict a century TUE ago, are the interviews recorded for the 1964 TV series 'The TUE Great War', which vividly bring to life the human experience TUE of those fighting and living through the war. TUE TUE Dan Snow narrates this new oral history, which will be TUE broadcast in short seasons throughout the commemorative TUE period. TUE TUE Programme 5 - By Night TUE Dan Snow looks at soldiers' experiences at night on the TUE battlefields of the Western Front during the early stages TUE war, when they had to be more alert than during the day. TUE TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07kld2v (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07kld2x (Listen) TUE TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07kld2z (Listen) TUE The latest shipping forecast. TUE TUE 05:30 News Briefing b07kld31 (Listen) TUE The latest news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day b07l5dnz (Listen) TUE A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna TUE Drew. TUE TUE 05:45 Farming Today b07kld33 (Listen) TUE The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. TUE Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton. TUE TUE 05:58 Tweet of the Day b01slvgp (Listen) TUE Spotted Crake TUE TUE Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about TUE our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David TUE Attenborough presents the Spotted Crake. If it weren't for TUE its whiplash song, the spotted crake could win a prize as TUE our least visible bird. Unlike its showy relatives the coot TUE and the moorhen, this polka-dotted skulker is notoriously TUE hard to find and only rarely betrays itself by singing. TUE TUE Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) TUE Image by Michael Gore (rspb-images.com) TUE TUE 06:00 Today b07kpfgv (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 Life Scientific b07kpfgx (Listen) TUE Trevor Cox TUE TUE Inside a Victorian sewer, with fat deposits sliding off the TUE ceiling and disappearing down the back of his shirt, Trevor TUE Cox had an epiphany. Listening to the strange sound of his TUE voice reverberating inside the sewer, he wondered where else TUE in the world he could experience unusual and surprising TUE noises. TUE TUE As an acoustic engineer, Trevor started his career tackling TUE unwanted noises, from clamour in the classroom to poor TUE acoustics in concert halls. But his jaunt inside a sewer TUE sparked a new quest to find and celebrate the 'sonic wonders TUE of the world'. TUE TUE In this episode he shares these sounds with Jim Al-Khalili TUE and discusses the science behind them. TUE TUE Producer: Michelle Martin. TUE TUE 09:30 One to One b07kpfh2 (Listen) TUE Datshiane Navanayagam speaks to Helen Pike TUE TUE Unexpected educational journeys: the journalist Datshiane TUE Navanayagam speaks to the first female head teacher in the TUE 500 year history of Magdalen College School in Oxford. TUE TUE The journalist Datshiane Navanayagam had a challenging TUE childhood punctuated by periods of homelessness but she was TUE always expected to achieve academically. She won a bursary TUE to a private school which led her onto Cambridge University. TUE As a result she's fascinated by the transformative role TUE education can have. For One to One she's speaking to three TUE people who have been on unexpected educational journeys. TUE TUE Today she meets Helen Pike. Born in Preston and educated TUE entirely in the state sector, Helen Pike has almost TUE exclusively worked in private schools and has just been TUE appointed as the first female head teacher in the 500 year TUE history of the independent Magdalen College School. At one TUE stage she was the head teacher of the school that Datshiane TUE attended (although not while Datshiane was there). They TUE speak about background, confidence and breaking boundaries. TUE TUE Producer: Karen Gregor. TUE TUE 09:45 Primo Levi's The Periodic Table b07kp709 (Listen) TUE Vanadium, Part 1 TUE TUE Janet Suzman introduces a major new dramatization of Primo TUE Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the TUE chemical elements that make up our universe - a book the TUE Royal Institution of Great Britain named 'the best science TUE book ever'. Starring Henry Goodman, Akbar Kurtha, Erich TUE Redman and Juliet Aubrey. Dramatized by Graham White from TUE the translation by Raymond Rosenthal. TUE TUE Vanadium Part 1: In the course of his work as a chemist in a TUE paint factory in the 1960s, Primo Levi receives a letter TUE from one of the factory's German clients, signed by a Doktor TUE Muller. Could this be the Doktor Muller who had overseen TUE Levi's work as a prisoner in the lab at Auschwitz? TUE TUE Produced and directed by Marc Beeby and Emma Harding. TUE TUE Credits TUE Older Primo: Henry Goodman TUE Cometto: John Rowe TUE Dr Muller: Erich Redman TUE Younger Primo: Akbar Kurtha TUE Lucia: Juliet Aubrey TUE Polish Overseer: Chris Pavlo TUE Author: Primo Levi TUE Adaptor: Graham White TUE Director: Marc Beeby TUE Director: Emma Harding TUE Producer: Marc Beeby TUE Producer: Emma Harding TUE TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour b07kld35 (Listen) TUE Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. TUE TUE 10:45 15 Minute Drama b07kpfh7 (Listen) TUE Lunch, The Unlived Life TUE TUE by Marcy Kahan TUE TUE A platonic romantic comedy. TUE Old flatmates Bill and Bella meet every month for lunch and TUE swap news. TUE After a stint of jury duty Bill believes he should have been TUE a barrister. TUE TUE Bill ..... Stephen Mangan TUE Bella ..... Claire Skinner TUE TUE Directed by Sally Avens. TUE TUE Credits TUE Bill: Stephen Mangan TUE Bella: Claire Skinner TUE Director: Sally Avens TUE Writer: Marcy Kahan TUE TUE 11:00 Natural Histories b07kpfh9 (Listen) TUE Fox TUE TUE Brett Westwood investigates the biology and culture of the TUE Fox - a creature long believed to be the devil in disguise. TUE With poetry by Ted Hughes and Simon Armitage, the rollocking TUE mediaeval bestseller Reynard the Fox, a fox seduction in an TUE abandoned ruin, and a stakeout in a Bristol backgarden with TUE urban fox expert Professor Stephen Harris. TUE TUE Producer: Melvin Rickarby. TUE TUE 11:30 John's Songs - A Day with a Music Hall Master TUE b07kpy3v (Listen) TUE Born near Euston Station in 1931, John Foreman is a singer TUE of Music Hall songs, folk songs and more. He has been TUE singing at clubs across Britain since the great folk revival TUE of the 1950s. TUE TUE Recovering well from a recent stroke, John has decided to TUE clear out his North London home. We join him as he picks TUE through a lifetime of memorabilia and his own beautiful TUE self-printed songsheets, hearing him burst into song. TUE TUE The golden era of the Music Hall had long gone by the time TUE John was born, but he learned a vast number of songs from TUE his parents, from neighbours and from friends. He went on to TUE sing at folk clubs throughout the country and became one of TUE the founding members of the British Music Hall Society. TUE TUE John's forebears include clowns, circus ringmasters and TUE dancers. After a childhood in the blitz, he worked as a TUE teacher, busker and Punch and Judy man. As The Broadsheet TUE King, he has printed and bound countless pamphlets, TUE songsheets and books. We eavesdrop as John looks back on his TUE life and the songs that he has loved. TUE TUE Producer: Tom Woolfenden TUE A Loftus production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 12:00 News Summary b07kld37 (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 12:04 The Why Factor b07kpy3x (Listen) TUE Series 3, Conspiracy Theories TUE TUE Throughout history people have held conspiracy theories TUE which cast doubt on the official narratives of some very TUE serious events - from the Holocaust to 9/11, Diana to JFK, TUE Lockerbie to Sandy Hook. TUE What prompts people to think in this way? How should TUE Governments react to the people who doubt them? Or are they TUE in fact critical in our attempts to hold Governments to TUE account? TUE Mike Williams talks to a psychologist, a Professor of TUE Political Science and a conspiracy theorist as he attempts TUE to separate fact from fiction. TUE TUE Presenter:Mike Williams TUE Producer: Ben Carter TUE Editor:Andrew Smith TUE TUE (Photo: Conspiracy word cloud concept, with abstract TUE background. Credit to Shutterstock). TUE TUE 12:15 You and Yours b07kld39 (Listen) TUE Call You and Yours TUE TUE Consumer phone-in. TUE TUE 12:57 Weather b07kld3c (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 13:00 World at One b07kld3f (Listen) TUE Analysis of news and current affairs. TUE TUE 13:45 Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze b07kpy3z (Listen) TUE The Hungarian Revolution TUE TUE In October 1956, Hungarians marched peacefully in support of TUE reform. Within hours, the protests had become a revolution. TUE Soviet tanks were sent in, but when they withdrew Hungarians TUE appeared to have triumphed - until the tanks came back. TUE TUE Bridget hears the stories of two students and a young TUE journalist. All three were in the street outside the TUE national radio station when the conflict with the secret TUE police turned the protests into a revolution. And she hears TUE what happened when one of them took up a gun. TUE TUE With Peter Pallai, Matyas Sarkozi, Sandor Vaci TUE TUE Producer: Phil Tinline. TUE TUE 14:00 The Archers b07knqy3 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday] TUE TUE 14:15 Afternoon Drama b01p0bms (Listen) TUE McLevy - Series 9, A Dangerous Remedy TUE TUE New series of Victorian detective dramas, starring Brian Cox TUE and Siobhan Redmond. TUE TUE Written by David Ashton. TUE TUE Episode one: A Dangerous Remedy. TUE TUE McLevy investigates a series of street attacks on clients of TUE the Just Land - while Mulholland's Aunt Katie turns up TUE unexpectedly from Ireland pursued by an angry neighbour. TUE TUE Other parts are played by the cast. TUE Producer/Director: Bruce Young. TUE TUE Credits TUE McLevy: Brian Cox TUE Jean: Siobhan Redmond TUE Mulholland: Michael Perceval-Maxwell TUE Roach: David Ashton TUE Hannah: Colette O'Neil TUE Katie: Cara Kelly TUE Finbar Flood: Lewis Howden TUE Ogilvie: Douglas Russell TUE Mrs Beaton: Carol Ann Crawford TUE Director: Bruce Young TUE Producer: Bruce Young TUE Writer: David Ashton TUE TUE 15:00 Short Cuts b07kpy42 (Listen) TUE Series 9, Rivals TUE TUE Fights for territory, standing your ground and petty feuds - TUE Josie Long hears stories of rivalry. From a bitter battle TUE conducted in a laundrette to an ongoing argument between TUE academics on either side of the world. TUE TUE Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall TUE A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 15:30 The Human Zoo b07kpy44 (Listen) TUE Series 8, Episode 6 TUE TUE The series that looks at current events through the lens of TUE psychology. Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in TUE which we humans think, behave and make decisions. TUE TUE Michael Blastland is joined by resident Zoo psychologist TUE Nick Chater, Professor of Behavioural Science at Warwick TUE Business School and roving reporter Timandra Harkness. TUE TUE Producers Dom Byrne/Eve Streeter TUE A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 16:00 Document b07kpy46 (Listen) TUE Fu Bingchang's Diaries TUE TUE Fu Bingchang witnessed the seeds of the Cold War being sown TUE at the beginning of 1946 as the USSR, the UK and USA and TUE negotiated at the UN Peace Conference about the presence of TUE Soviet Troops in Iran. His granddaughter Yee Wah Foo opens TUE up his diaries for the first time. TUE TUE 16:30 A Good Read b07kpy48 (Listen) TUE Francesca Simon and Lloyd Langford TUE TUE Horrid Henry creator Francesca Simon and Welsh comedian TUE Lloyd Langford talk favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. TUE They are: A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle, So The TUE Wind Won't Blow it All Away by Richard Brautigan and The TUE Train by Georges Simenon. TUE But who chose which book? TUE Producer Beth O'Dea. TUE TUE Credits TUE Presenter: Harriett Gilbert TUE Interviewed Guest: Francesca Simon TUE Interviewed Guest: Lloyd Langford TUE Producer: Beth O'Dea TUE TUE 17:00 PM b07kld3h (Listen) TUE Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. TUE TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07kld3k (Listen) TUE The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. TUE TUE 18:30 The Missing Hancocks b04n67xl (Listen) TUE The Newspaper TUE TUE Between 1954 and 1959, BBC Radio recorded 102 episodes of TUE Ray Galton and Alan Simpson's comedy classic Hancock's Half TUE Hour. The first modern sitcom, it made stars of Tony TUE Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Galton TUE and Simpson on one of the most successful comedy-writing TUE partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show are TUE missing from the BBC archives, and have not been heard since TUE their original transmission nearly sixty years ago. Now, TUE five of those episodes have been lovingly re-recorded in TUE front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre, featuring TUE a stellar cast led by Kevin McNally as The Lad Himself. TUE TUE Tonight's episode: The Newspaper. Tony inherits a newspaper, TUE and sets about changing the world. TUE TUE Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic TUE score newly recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show TUE stars Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin TUE Sebastian and Susy Kane. The Newspaper was last broadcast in TUE February 1956. TUE TUE Produced by Ed Morrish and Neil Pearson. TUE TUE Credits TUE Hancock: Kevin McNally TUE Actor: Kevin Eldon TUE Actor: Simon Greenall TUE Actor: Robin Sebastian TUE Actor: Susy Kane TUE Writer: Ray Galton TUE Writer: Alan Simpson TUE Producer: Ed Morrish TUE Producer: Neil Pearson TUE TUE 19:00 The Archers b07kpydl (Listen) TUE David is in trouble, and is Pip avoiding Rex? TUE TUE 19:15 Front Row b07kld3m (Listen) TUE Arts news, interviews and reviews. TUE TUE 19:45 15 Minute Drama b07kpfh7 (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] TUE TUE 20:00 File on 4 b07kpydn (Listen) TUE What Happened at Aston Hall Hospital? TUE TUE Police are investigating allegations of abuse made by people TUE who, as children, were sent for psychiatric treatment at TUE Aston Hall Hospital in Derbyshire. Some patients say they TUE were only sent there because they were difficult to manage TUE or had behavioural problems. TUE TUE The Medical Superintendent is accused of 'experimenting' on TUE his child patients, giving them an anaesthetic called sodium TUE amytal in therapy sessions throughout the 1960s and 1970s. TUE Phil Kemp investigates the history of this treatment, which TUE was used on shell shocked soldiers during World War Two, TUE employed as a 'truth serum' by police and intelligence TUE agencies, and by the 80's had become implicated in false TUE memory cases. The hospital closed in 2004 and the Medical TUE Superintendent died in 1976, leaving his patients struggling TUE to make sense of what happened to them at Aston Hall. TUE TUE Although treatment records reveal the sodium amytal was used TUE on some children, former patients question what really went TUE on while they were drugged. File on 4 opens the medical TUE archives and hears from former staff to piece together a TUE troubled chapter in the history of psychiatric care, and in TUE the lives of former patients. TUE TUE Reporter - Phil Kemp TUE Producer - Ruth Evans. TUE TUE 20:40 In Touch b07kld3p (Listen) TUE News, views and information for people who are blind or TUE partially sighted. TUE TUE 21:00 Inside Health b07kpydq (Listen) TUE Dr Mark Porter presents a series on health issues. TUE TUE 21:30 The Life Scientific b07kpfgx (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] TUE TUE 21:58 Weather b07kld3r (Listen) TUE The latest weather forecast. TUE TUE 22:00 The World Tonight b07kld3t (Listen) TUE In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. TUE TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime b07kpyds (Listen) TUE Dirt Road, Episode 2 TUE TUE Booker prize-winner James Kelman's new novel is a potent TUE exploration of love, grief and the power of music. TUE TUE Murdo's American road trip gets off to the worst possible TUE start as he and his dad find themselves stranded in TUE Allentown, Mississippi. TUE TUE Read by Finn den Hertog TUE Abridged by David Jackson Young TUE Producer Eilidh McCreadie. TUE TUE Credits TUE Reader: Finn den Hertog TUE Author: James Kelman TUE Abridger: David Jackson Young TUE Producer: Eilidh McCreadie TUE TUE 23:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage b07knqxy (Listen) TUE [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Monday] TUE TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament b07kpyks (Listen) TUE Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. TUE TUE WED WEDNESDAY 20 JULY 2016 WED WED 00:00 Midnight News b07kld5y (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED Followed by Weather. WED WED 00:30 Voices of the First World War b04n307t (Listen) WED Morale WED WED There are now no living veterans of WW1, but it is still WED possible to go back to the First World War through the WED memories of those who actually took part. In a unique WED partnership between the Imperial War Museums and the BBC, WED two sound archive collections featuring survivors of the war WED are brought together for the first time. The Imperial War WED Museums' holdings include a major oral history resource of WED remarkable recordings made in the 1980s and early 1990s with WED the remaining survivors of the conflict. The interviews were WED done not for immediate use or broadcast, but because it was WED felt that this diminishing resource that could never be WED replenished, would be of unique value in the future. WED Speakers recall in great detail as though it were yesterday WED the conditions of the trenches, the brutality of the WED battlefield, the experience of seeing their first casualty WED and hearing their first shell, their daily and nightly WED routines as soldiers, pilots or navy members of all ranks, WED and their psychological state in the face of so much trauma. WED This series will broadcast many of these recordings for the WED first time. Among the BBC's extensive collection of archive WED featuring first hand recollections of the conflict a century WED ago, are the interviews recorded for the 1964 TV series 'The WED Great War', which vividly bring to life the human experience WED of those fighting and living through the war. WED Dan Snow narrates this new oral history, which will be WED broadcast in short seasons throughout the commemorative WED period. WED WED Programme 6 - Morale WED Dan Snow looks at the morale of men serving in the First WED World War in 1914, from the relationship between officers WED and their troops, to their activities during rest periods, WED and steeling themselves for combat. WED WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07kld62 (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07kld66 (Listen) WED WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07kld6d (Listen) WED The latest shipping forecast. WED WED 05:30 News Briefing b07kld6j (Listen) WED The latest news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day b07lvwh4 (Listen) WED A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna WED Drew. WED WED 05:45 Farming Today b07kld6l (Listen) WED The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. WED Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Mark Smalley. WED WED 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03zr0ly (Listen) WED Grasshopper Warbler 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 Kate Humble presents the grasshopper warbler. The reeling WED song of the grasshopper warbler sounds more like an insect WED than a bird. Like the paying out of an angler's line from a WED reel, the grasshopper warbler's song spills out from the WED bush or bramble clump in which he sits. You'll hear it most WED often at dawn or dusk in overgrown scrubby or marshy areas. WED WED Grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) WED Webpage image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com) WED WED 06:00 Today b07kq5ss (Listen) WED Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, WED Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day. WED WED 09:00 Bringing Up Britain b07kq5sv (Listen) WED Series 9, Children and Gender WED WED Mariella Frostrup and guests discuss parenting through WED questions of gender identity. WED WED Mariella Frostrup and a panel of experts discuss how parents WED can best help youngsters through the complicated subject of WED gender identity. What does gender identity actually mean and WED how soon do youngsters acquire their own sense of their WED gender? What should the role of parents be in cases where WED children want to explore different gender identities or WED demonstrate gender dysphoria? WED WED Producer: Emma Kingsley. WED WED 09:45 Primo Levi's The Periodic Table b07kq5sx (Listen) WED Argon WED WED Henry Goodman stars as Primo Levi in a major new WED dramatization of Levi's short stories about our human WED relationship with the chemical elements that make up our WED universe. Introduced by Janet Suzman and dramatised by WED Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal. WED WED Argon: Primo imagines a fantasy meeting with his Piedmontese WED ancestors, who share a number of characteristics with the WED noble, rare and inert gases, such as Argon. WED WED Produced and directed by Emma Harding and Marc Beeby. WED WED Credits WED Older Primo: Henry Goodman WED Cesare: John Rowe WED Jacob: David Horovitch WED Moses: David Hounslow WED Samuel: Sam Dale WED Abigail: Jessica Turner WED Zepora: Debra Baker WED Author: Primo Levi WED Adaptor: Graham White WED Director: Marc Beeby WED Director: Emma Harding WED Producer: Marc Beeby WED Producer: Emma Harding WED WED 10:00 Woman's Hour b07kld6n (Listen) WED Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. WED WED 10:41 15 Minute Drama b07kq62w (Listen) WED Lunch, Lose the Scarf WED WED by Marcy Kahan WED WED A platonic romantic comedy. WED Old flatmates Bill and Bella meet every month for lunch and WED swap news. WED Bill needs Bella's advice on a new wardrobe; but why does WED Bill want a new look? WED WED Bill ..... Stephen Mangan WED Bella ..... Claire Skinner WED WED Directed by Sally Avens. WED WED Credits WED Bill: Stephen Mangan WED Bella: Claire Skinner WED Director: Sally Avens WED Writer: Marcy Kahan WED WED 10:55 The Listening Project b07kq6s2 (Listen) WED Josephine and Sarah - The Smell of Death WED WED Fi Glover introduces a conversation about mutual support WED through tough times, and how a community can pull together. WED Another in the series that proves it's surprising what you WED hear when you listen. WED WED The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a WED snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the WED UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to WED them about a subject they've never discussed intimately WED before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK WED by teams of producers from local and national radio stations WED who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're WED not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - WED lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key WED moment of connection between the participants. Most of the WED unedited conversations are being archived by the British WED Library and used to build up a collection of voices WED capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade WED of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening WED Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject WED WED Producer: Marya Burgess. WED WED 11:00 The Corbyn Story b07knmp9 (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 20:00 on Monday] WED WED 11:30 Plum House b07krdvm (Listen) WED Series 1, Lights, Camera, Pudding WED WED Comedy about the inept staff at a historic house, starring WED Simon Callow, Miles Jupp and Jane Horrocks. WED WED Every year thousands of tourists flock to the Lake District. WED But one place they never go to is Plum House - the former WED country home of terrible poet George Pudding (1779-1848). WED Now a crumbling museum, losing money hand over fist, it WED struggles to stay open under it's eccentric curator Peter WED Knight (Simon Callow). WED WED Can anyone save Plum House from irreversible decline? WED WED In this episode, the team at the museum are startled to hear WED that Peter has agreed to Plum House being used as a location WED in a period drama. And not just any period drama, but WED Buttermere Hall - the Cumbrian Poldark, the Lake District WED Downton Abbey - which just happens to be Maureen and Emma's WED favourite Sunday night series. It could be a massive WED publicity coup for Plum House, but with Peter dreaming of a WED starring role, Maureen insisting on catering for the crew, WED Alan fretting about his broken spade and Emma desperate to WED meet leading man Christopher Tennyson, will the team end up WED blowing it? WED WED Written by Ben Cottam and Paul McKenna WED Script Edited by Sarah Cartwright WED Directed and Produced by Paul Schlesinger WED A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED Credits WED Peter: Simon Callow WED Julian: Miles Jupp WED Maureen: Jane Horrocks WED Tom: Tom Bell WED Alan: Pearce Quigley WED Emma: Louise Ford WED Christopher Tennyson: Darren Boyd WED Harriet: Karina Fernandez WED Tony: Rob Jarvis WED Julie: Thaila Zucchi WED Director: Paul Schlesinger WED Producer: Paul Schlesinger WED Writer: Ben Cottam WED Writer: Paul Mckenna WED WED 12:00 News Summary b07kld6q (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 12:04 The Why Factor b07krdvp (Listen) WED Series 3, Magicians WED WED Tricksters, conjurers, the world of magicians. Who are they WED and why do they do what they do? We began by asking WED ourselves why we enjoy magic shows and why we allow them to WED deceive us. But the psychology of the magicians themselves WED is as interesting as the psychology of the audience. So what WED is in the mind of a magician? WED WED Presenter:Mike Williams WED Producer: Ben Carter WED Editor:Andrew Smith WED WED First broadcast on the BBC World Service. WED WED 12:15 You and Yours b07kld6s (Listen) WED Consumer affairs programme. WED WED 12:57 Weather b07kld6x (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 13:00 World at One b07kld6z (Listen) WED Analysis of news and current affairs. WED WED 13:45 Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze b07krdvr (Listen) WED The Congo Coup WED WED In a series tracing decisive moments in the early years of WED the Cold War, Bridget Kendall hears the story of the WED independence struggle in the Congo in the words of people WED who were there. WED WED Featuring Jacques Brassinne, Onadikondo Wung'a Lomami and WED Georges Nzongola-Ntaalaja WED WED Producer: Martin Williams. WED WED 14:00 The Archers b07kpydl (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 14:15 Afternoon Drama b01p40h1 (Listen) WED McLevy - Series 9, No Looking Back WED WED Victorian detective drama series, starring Brian Cox and WED Siobhan Redmond. WED WED Written by David Ashton. WED WED Episode two: No Looking Back. WED WED When a corpse turns up in a fisherman's net, McLevy WED discovers the murdered man had last been seen at the Just WED Land. WED WED Other parts are played by the cast. WED Producer/Director: Bruce Young. WED WED Credits WED McLevy: Brian Cox WED Jean: Siobhan Redmond WED Hannah: Colette O'Neil WED Mulholland: Michael Perceval-Maxwell WED Roach: David Ashton WED Pike: Gavin Mitchell WED Cairns: James Bryce WED Geddes: Jordan Young WED Maisie: Sarah McCardie WED Writer: David Ashton WED Director: Bruce Young WED Producer: Bruce Young WED WED 15:00 Money Box b07kld71 (Listen) WED Financial phone-in. WED WED 15:30 Inside Health b07kpydq (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday] WED WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed b07krdvv (Listen) WED Sociological discussion programme, presented by Laurie WED Taylor. WED WED 16:30 The Media Show b07kld73 (Listen) WED Topical programme about the fast-changing media world. WED WED 17:00 PM b07kld75 (Listen) WED Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. WED WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07kld77 (Listen) WED The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. WED WED 18:30 I've Never Seen Star Wars b04yk55d (Listen) WED Series 6, Gyles Brandreth WED WED Marcus Brigstocke persuades his reluctant guest to try new WED experiences: things they really ought to have done by now. WED Some experiences are loved, some are loathed, in this show WED all about embracing the new. WED WED This week, Gyles Brandreth is persuaded to spend a day doing WED absolutely nothing, and writes his first ever pop song. WED WED Credits WED Presenter: Marcus Brigstocke WED Interviewed Guest: Gyles Brandreth WED WED 19:00 The Archers b07krdvx (Listen) WED Lynda and Fallon go head to head, and Tom feels torn. WED WED 19:15 Front Row b07kld79 (Listen) WED Arts news, interviews and reviews. WED WED 19:45 15 Minute Drama b07kq62w (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 10:41 today] WED WED 20:00 Moral Maze b07krdvz (Listen) WED Combative, provocative and engaging debate chaired by WED Michael Buerk. With Melanie Phillips, Matthew Taylor, Giles WED Fraser and Michael Portillo. WED WED 20:45 David Baddiel Tries to Understand b07krdw1 (Listen) WED Series 2, Pi WED WED David is asked by a member of the public to try and WED understand Pi, and what it means for its digits to continue WED infinitely. He starts out with a mathematician and the WED biggest circle he can find, and then tracks down a WED philosopher. But can he understand it well enough to explain WED it himself - to one particularly demanding member of the WED public? WED WED Producer: Giles Edwards. WED WED 21:00 From the Cockpit to the Operating Theatre b05y16mv (Listen) WED The human brain is fallible. In emergency situations it can WED be easily overloaded with information or be unable to WED override social rules of hierarchy and deference. This can WED have disastrous consequences, particularly in scenarios like WED aeroplane failures or surgical emergencies. On March 27, WED 1977 one of the deadliest ever air crashes happened in WED Tenerife, killing 583 people. There was nothing technically WED wrong with either plane involved in the collision. The WED overriding factor was found to be the authority gradient in WED the cockpit of 1 plane with the high status captain WED overruling the co pilot who thought they weren't cleared for WED take off. This was a game changing event for the airline WED industry. Claudia Hammond investigates how years of research WED in aviation psychology have made events like that a rarity WED and have given rise to huge improvements in understanding WED human behaviour and how mistakes are made so deathly WED disasters can be prevented. The world of aviation has WED embraced a so called 'just culture' where reporting errors WED and near misses are encouraged to prevent a similar mistake WED turning into a disaster in the future. But what has medicine WED learned from aviation psychology and how close is it to a WED similar just culture? Surgical check lists have been WED introduced to try and prevent errors like operating on the WED wrong limb and making sure teams communicate with one WED another. But how effective are they and could surgery learn WED more from aviation about the psychology of safety and being WED open about errors to prevent them in the future? WED WED 21:30 Bringing Up Britain b07kq5sv (Listen) WED [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] WED WED 21:58 Weather b07kld7c (Listen) WED The latest weather forecast. WED WED 22:00 The World Tonight b07kld7f (Listen) WED In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. WED WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime b07krkgw (Listen) WED Dirt Road, Episode 3 WED WED Booker prize-winner James Kelman's new novel is a potent WED exploration of love, grief and the power of music. WED WED Stranded overnight in Allentown, Mississippi, Murdo stumbles WED across a rehearsal by a group of Zydeco musicians. WED Read by Finn den Hertog WED WED Abridged by David Jackson Young WED Producer Eilidh McCreadie. WED WED Credits WED Reader: Finn den Hertog WED Author: James Kelman WED Abridger: David Jackson Young WED Producer: Eilidh McCreadie WED WED 23:00 Expenses Only b07krkgy (Listen) WED Graphics WED WED Put away your P45, you're not going to need it - it's WED Expenses Only. Our two young interns Tim and Miranda face WED facetious directors, frustrating commutes and flirtatious WED trumpets as they begin the first week of their internship in WED London within the fickle world of art and graphic design. WED WED Expenses Only is a narrative sketch show by new writer Alex WED Lynch, centred around internships and the world of work WED experience. WED WED In each episode, the show's two leading twenty-something WED protagonists, Tim (enthusiastic worker) and Miranda (jaded WED graduate), attempt to break into a different industry WED through a series of increasingly challenging placements. WED WED The series is made up of an ensemble cast and is also tied WED together using linking sketches, signature ad-breaks and the WED Narrator who, with his deadpan delivery and wry commentary, WED guides us through the schadenfreude and chaos that unravels WED across an episode. WED WED Recorded live at Bush Hall, London. WED WED Creator / Writer: Alex Lynch WED Additional material by Charlotte Michael WED Director: Celia De Wolff WED Executive Producer: Peter Hoare WED A Pier production for BBC Radio 4. WED WED Credits WED Tim: Rasmus Hardiker WED Miranda: Lucy Beaumont WED Narrator: Robert Glenister WED Actor: Kathryn Bond WED Actor: Simon Bubb WED Actor: Beth Goddard WED Actor: Matt Green WED Actor: Simon Greenall WED Actor: Christine Kavanagh WED Actor: Paul G Raymond WED Actor: Lorna Shaw WED Actor: Kellie Shirley WED Actor: Tom Glenister WED Writer: Alex Lynch WED Director: Celia de Wolff WED WED 23:15 Domestic Science b07krkh0 (Listen) WED Episode 1 WED WED A heady combination of maths, science and comedy with WED Festival of The Spoken Nerd trio who are stand up WED Mathematician Matt Parker, Physicist Steve Mould and WED Physicist and musician Helen Arney. It's science that you WED can play along with at home as the team look at domestic WED phenomena that we relate to on a day to day basis. WED In this episode the Shepard tone is explored along with the WED radioactivity of bananas and the conductivity of bones. WED WED Producer... Julia McKenzie WED WED A BBC Studios Production. WED WED Credits WED Presenter: Matt Parker WED Presenter: Steve Mould WED Presenter: Helen Arney WED Producer: Julia McKenzie WED WED 23:30 Today in Parliament b07krmby (Listen) WED Sean Curran reports from Westminster. WED WED THU THURSDAY 21 JULY 2016 THU THU 00:00 Midnight News b07kld97 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU Followed by Weather. THU THU 00:30 Voices of the First World War b04n62k9 (Listen) THU Prisoners of War THU THU There are now no living veterans of WW1, but it is still THU possible to go back to the First World War through the THU memories of those who actually took part. In a unique THU partnership between the Imperial War Museums and the BBC, THU two sound archive collections featuring survivors of the war THU are brought together for the first time. The Imperial War THU Museums' holdings include a major oral history resource of THU remarkable recordings made in the 1980s and early 1990s with THU the remaining survivors of the conflict. The interviews were THU done not for immediate use or broadcast, but because it was THU felt that this diminishing resource that could never be THU replenished, would be of unique value in the future. THU Speakers recall in great detail as though it were yesterday THU the conditions of the trenches, the brutality of the THU battlefield, the experience of seeing their first casualty THU and hearing their first shell, their daily and nightly THU routines as soldiers, pilots or navy members of all ranks, THU and their psychological state in the face of so much trauma. THU This series will broadcast many of these recordings for the THU first time. Among the BBC's extensive collection of archive THU featuring first hand recollections of the conflict a century THU ago, are the interviews recorded for the 1964 TV series 'The THU Great War', which vividly bring to life the human experience THU of those fighting and living through the war. THU Dan Snow narrates this new oral history, which will be THU broadcast in short seasons throughout the commemorative THU period. THU THU Programme 9 - Prisoners of War THU Using the voices of soldiers who were among the first to be THU taken prisoner, Dan Snow explores the conditions they THU endured in German camps during the early stages of the war. THU THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07kld99 (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07kld9c (Listen) THU THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07kld9f (Listen) THU The latest shipping forecast. THU THU 05:30 News Briefing b07kld9h (Listen) THU The latest news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day b07ly2j0 (Listen) THU A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna THU Drew. THU THU 05:45 Farming Today b07kld9k (Listen) THU The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. THU Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Mark Smalley. THU THU 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03zrcfq (Listen) THU Stock Dove 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 Kate Humble presents the stock dove. Perhaps 'stock pigeon' THU would be a better name, because they're like slightly THU smaller versions of the woodpigeon. Unlike their bigger THU relatives they have no white marks on their wings or neck THU and are more blue-grey in colour. When they fly, they look THU dumpier ...stockier you might say. Unlike woodpigeons, stock THU doves haven't taken to a life in town and they're mainly THU birds of wooded farmland. THU THU Stock dove (Columba oenas) THU Webpage image courtesy of Ernie Janes (rspb-images.com). THU THU 06:00 Today b07krycd (Listen) THU Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, THU Yesterday in Parliament, Weather and Thought for the Day. THU THU 09:00 How Low Can Rates Go? b07krycg (Listen) THU Martin Wolf, Chief Economic Commentator of the Financial THU Times, examines how policymakers are testing the norms of THU economic life as they seek solutions to slow growth. The THU payment of interest goes back to the Babylonians. Today, the THU business of banking is based on paying savers and charging THU borrowers for money. Negative interest rates, paying banks THU for holding our funds, violates this established norm. Yet, THU five central banks, which together oversee a quarter of the THU world's economy, have opted to impose negative rates on the THU commercial banks that must use their services. The aim of THU this unconventional policy is to convince people to spend THU and invest rather save. The results so far have been mixed. THU So might central banks be running out of options to boost THU economic growth, nearly ten years after the start of the THU last financial crisis? Martin Wolf talks with economists and THU central bankers, past and present, about why ideas once THU thought utterly shocking, such as "helicopter money" and a THU the abolition of cash, are being openly considered. How THU might such policies affect the way people spend and save in THU the future? And how low can interest rates go? THU THU Producer: Sandra Kanthal. THU THU 09:45 Primo Levi's The Periodic Table b07krycj (Listen) THU Sulphur and Titanium THU THU Janet Suzman introduces a major new dramatization of Primo THU Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the THU chemical elements - a book the Royal Institution of Great THU Britain named 'the best science book ever'. Dramatised by THU Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal. THU THU 1) Sulphur - Ben Crowe plays a boilerman who saves Primo's THU factory from disaster. THU 2) Titanium - Evie Killip reads this short story about a THU little girl who is fascinated by a man painting with white THU paint THU THU Produced and directed by Marc Beeby and Emma Harding. THU THU Credits THU Actor: Ben Crowe THU Reader: Evie Killip THU Author: Primo Levi THU Adaptor: Graham White THU Director: Marc Beeby THU Director: Emma Harding THU Producer: Marc Beeby THU Producer: Emma Harding THU THU 10:00 Woman's Hour b07kld9m (Listen) THU Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. THU THU 10:45 15 Minute Drama b07krycl (Listen) THU Lunch, Truth Games THU THU by Marcy Kahan THU THU A platonic romantic comedy. THU Old flatmates Bill and Bella meet every month for lunch and THU swap news. THU Bella believes her mother has sabotaged her relationship THU with Guy and Bill has been to see Suki's stand up and he's THU not laughing. THU THU Bill ..... Stephen Mangan THU Bella ..... Claire Skinner THU THU Directed by Sally Avens. THU THU Credits THU Bill: Stephen Mangan THU Bella: Claire Skinner THU Director: Sally Avens THU Writer: Marcy Kahan THU THU 11:00 Crossing Continents b07krycn (Listen) THU Stealing Innocence in Malawi THU THU Ed Butler explores the secretive and shocking world of THU Malawi's "hyenas". These are the men hired to sexually THU initiate or cleanse adolescent and pre-adolescent girls - THU some said to be 12 years old, or even younger. It's a THU traditional custom that is endorsed and funded by the THU communities themselves, even the children's families. We THU meet some of the victims, the regional chief campaigning to THU stop the practice, and the hyenas themselves, and ask if THU enough is being done to stamp out a custom that's not just THU damaging on a human scale, but is also undermining the THU country's economic development. THU THU Reported and produced by Ed Butler. THU THU 11:30 Breaking Bard b07krycq (Listen) THU Episode 2 THU THU Fiona Lindsay and a panel of play-makers join in the table THU talk with the actors and director as they begin work THU bringing the York Mystery Plays from page to stage. THU THU Fiona has spent much of her career working at the RSC with THU actors, writers and directors as they gather round the table THU to begin work getting a classic text to its feet and looking THU for new insights and connections in classic texts for THU contemporary audiences. THU THU Though they have been performed regularly since the 1300s, THU it's only the second time in their near-700 year history THU that the York Mystery Plays have been staged in the Minster THU itself. It's an epic production, with many hundreds THU involved, including a large community cast of THU non-professional actors, joining the professional lead THU actor, Phillip McGinley playing Jesus Christ. THU THU Joining Fiona Lindsay as they focus their work on the THU staging of The Crucifixion are the writer and adaptor Mike THU Poulton, who recently wrote the acclaimed stage version of THU Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies for the RSC, actor Philip THU McGinley whose credits include Game of Thrones and seasons THU at the National Theatre, and Director Phillip Breen. They THU read the text out loud for each other and try out exercises THU to try and find surprising new insights into the greatest THU story ever told. THU THU In what new ways can this play compel a modern audience? THU THU A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. THU THU 12:00 News Summary b07kld9r (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 12:04 The Why Factor b07krycs (Listen) THU Series 3, Addiction THU THU Mike Williams investigates the biochemistry of the brain's THU reward system in an effort to detect the cause of addiction. THU How can things which initially bring such pleasure become THU such a destructive force? something that's start off being THU pleasurable end up making us feel so low? Mike Williams THU talks to scientists and former addicts who speak frankly as THU he searches for some answers. THU THU Presenter: Mike Williams THU Producer:Ben Carter THU Editor:Andrew Smith THU THU First broadcast on the BBC World Service. THU THU 12:15 You and Yours b07kld9t (Listen) THU Consumer affairs programme. THU THU 12:57 Weather b07kld9w (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 13:00 World at One b07kld9y (Listen) THU Analysis of news and current affairs. THU THU 13:45 Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze b07krycv (Listen) THU Episode 14 THU THU As part of her series tracing the crucial turning-points of THU the early Cold War, Bridget Kendall tells the story of the THU crisis that led up to the building of the Berlin Wall. THU THU By 1961, so many were fleeing communist East Germany that THU the country was in crisis. So the government built the THU Berlin Wall to stop them. Would-be escapees were regularly THU gunned down. THU THU Bridget hears the stories of three people who successfully THU fled East Berlin - one before the Wall went up, two who THU pulled it off even with the Wall in place. THU THU And she finds out why they wanted to leave East Germany in THU the first place. THU With: Leslie Colitt, Gisela Nicholaisen, Joachim Rudolph THU THU Producers: Phil Tinline and Sabine Schereck. THU THU 14:00 The Archers b07krdvx (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday] THU THU 14:15 Afternoon Drama b01p704f (Listen) THU McLevy - Series 9, A Pearl in the Oyster THU THU Victorian detective drama series, starring Brian Cox and THU Siobhan Redmond. THU THU Written by David Ashton. THU THU Episode three: A Pearl In The Oyster. THU THU A young prostitute falls in love and decides to leave Jean's THU employment - but she later returns to die on the doorstep of THU the Just Land. THU THU Other parts are played by the cast. THU Producer/Director: Bruce Young. THU THU Credits THU McLevy: Brian Cox THU Jean: Siobhan Redmond THU Mulholland: Michael Perceval-Maxwell THU Roach: David Ashton THU Joseph Keir: Alexander Morton THU Arthur Keir: Owen Whitelaw THU Lily: Nicola Jo Cully THU Ogilvie: Douglas Russell THU Peggy: Ashley Smith THU Director: Bruce Young THU Producer: Bruce Young THU Writer: David Ashton THU THU 15:00 Open Country b07ks070 (Listen) THU Biodiversity at Heathrow THU THU Helen Mark visits Heathrow Airport to discover what steps THU they take to encourage biodiversity and assesses the impact THU the proposed third runway will have should the decision be THU made for it to go ahead. She visits Colne Valley Park to THU find out about the area directly affected by the proposed THU expansion and the steps being taken to increase the green THU spaces elsewhere in the Park. THU THU Producer: Toby Field. THU THU Adam Cheeseman (L) and Russell Knight (R) with Helen Mark THU THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal b07klg5h (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 07:54 on Sunday] THU THU 15:30 Open Book b07knzdj (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday] THU THU 16:00 The Film Programme b07ks072 (Listen) THU Finding Dory THU THU With Francine Stock. THU THU Director Andrew Stanton and producer Lindsey Collins reveal THU why they took the plunge with the sequel to the 2003 hit THU Finding Nemo. They reveal how to cast fish for a movie, what THU they look for in a sub-aquatic species and how to make an THU octopus more aesthetically pleasing. THU THU Credits THU Presenter: Francine Stock THU Interviewed Guest: Andrew Stanton THU Interviewed Guest: Lindsey Collins THU THU 16:30 BBC Inside Science b07kldb0 (Listen) THU Adam Rutherford explores the science that is changing our THU world. THU THU 17:00 PM b07kldb2 (Listen) THU Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. THU THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07kldb4 (Listen) THU The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. THU THU 18:30 The Tim Vine Chat Show b07ks074 (Listen) THU Episode 4 THU THU A new show from the internationally acclaimed master of the THU one-liner Tim Vine sees Tim interview members of his live THU audience as he embarks on a quest to hear the life stories THU of the Great British public while simultaneously showcasing THU his trademark gleeful wordplay and preposterous songs. THU THU The last show in the current series features a mysterious THU job in a reservoir and a quiz about trifle. THU THU Producer: Richard Morris THU A BBC Studios Production. THU THU Credits THU Presenter: Tim Vine THU Producer: Richard Morris THU THU 19:00 The Archers b07ks076 (Listen) THU Brian pulls some strings, and Toby changes his tune. THU THU 19:15 Front Row b07kldb6 (Listen) THU Arts news, interviews and reviews. THU THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama b07krycl (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] THU THU 20:00 The Briefing Room b07ks078 (Listen) THU The Remainers THU THU David Aaronovitch looks at important issues in the news. THU THU 20:30 The Bottom Line b07ks07b (Listen) THU How to Build an Olympics THU THU The Olympics Games is the biggest sporting event on earth. THU But the road to a successful Olympics can be more grueling THU than a marathon. With less than two weeks to go until the THU opening ceremony in Rio, Evan Davis and guests discuss the THU difficulties of managing the money, the politics and the THU people. THU THU GUESTS: THU THU Neil Wood MBE, Partner, Deloitte and former CFO of London THU Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) THU THU Gerhard Heiberg, International Olympic Committee (IOC) THU member and President and CEO of Lillehammer Winter Olympic,s THU 1994 THU THU Professor Andrew Zimbalist, Sports Economist, Smith College THU Massachusetts, Consultant and Author THU THU Producer: Julie Ball THU THU Editor: Innes Bowen. THU THU 21:00 BBC Inside Science b07kldb0 (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 today] THU THU 21:30 How Low Can Rates Go? b07krycg (Listen) THU [Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today] THU THU 21:58 Weather b07kldb8 (Listen) THU The latest weather forecast. THU THU 22:00 The World Tonight b07kldbb (Listen) THU In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. THU THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime b07ks18x (Listen) THU Dirt Road, Episode 4 THU THU Booker prize-winner James Kelman's new novel is a potent THU exploration of love, grief and the power of music. THU THU After more uncomfortable bus journeys and an unplanned THU overnight stay in Allentown, Murdo and his dad finally meet THU up with Uncle John in Alabama. THU Read by Finn den Hertog THU THU Abridged by David Jackson Young THU Producer Eilidh McCreadie. THU THU Credits THU Reader: Finn den Hertog THU Author: James Kelman THU Abridger: David Jackson Young THU Producer: Eilidh McCreadie THU THU 23:00 Daphne Sounds Expensive b07ks18z (Listen) THU Pirates THU THU The gang set sail for New York but are waylaid by George's THU mathematical ineptitude. THU THU Join critically-acclaimed sketch trio, Daphne, as they pull THU out all the stops in a dazzling array of peculiar THU characters, whacky scenarios, dodgy remarks, curious THU observations, minor altercations and major peacemaking - THU served on a bed of catchy little numbers with a live THU nine-piece band. THU THU Written by and starring: Jason Forbes, Phil Wang & George THU Fouracres THU THU Featuring Sir Willard White, Emma Sidi & David Elms THU THU Original music composed by Jeff Carpenter THU THU Musical Director: Freddie Tapner THU THU Piano: Freddie Tapner THU Drums: Ben Hartley THU Bass: Rob Grist THU Percussion: Ben Burton THU Trumpet: Michael Maddocks THU Tenor Sax: Greg Sterland THU Trombone: Elliot Pooley THU Violin: Hannah Bell THU Cello: Nick Squires THU THU The Production Coordinator was Hayley Sterling THU THU It was produced by Matt Stronge THU THU It was a BBC Studios production. THU THU Credits THU Performer: Jason Forbes THU Performer: George Fouracres THU Performer: Phil Wang THU Producer: Matt Stronge THU Writer: Jason Forbes THU Writer: George Fouracres THU Writer: Phil Wang THU Composer: Jeff Carpenter THU THU 23:30 Today in Parliament b07ks191 (Listen) THU Susan Hulme reports from Westminster. THU THU FRI FRIDAY 22 JULY 2016 FRI FRI 00:00 Midnight News b07kldd0 (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI Followed by Weather. FRI FRI 00:30 Voices of the First World War b06kndm1 (Listen) FRI Home FRI FRI Before the last survivors of the First World War passed FRI away, the memories of many of those who fought it were FRI captured in sound recordings. Speakers recall in great FRI detail as though it were yesterday the conditions of the FRI trenches, the brutality of the battlefield, the experience FRI of seeing their first casualty and hearing their first FRI shell, their daily and nightly routines, and their FRI psychological state in the face of so much trauma. The FRI Imperial War Museum's holdings include a major oral history FRI resource of remarkable recordings made in the 1980s and FRI early 1990s with the remaining survivors of the conflict. FRI The interviews were done not for immediate use or broadcast, FRI but because it was felt that this diminishing resource, that FRI could never be replenished, would be of unique value in the FRI future. Among the BBC's extensive collection of archive FRI featuring first hand recollections of the conflict a century FRI ago are the interviews recorded for the 1964 TV series 'The FRI Great War', which vividly bring to life the human experience FRI of those fighting and living through the war. In a unique FRI partnership between the Imperial War Museums and the BBC, FRI the two sound archive collections are brought together for FRI the first time in this Radio 4 series. 'Voices of the First FRI World War', a fifty-part series which began in Autumn 2014, FRI broadcasts many of these recordings for the first time, and FRI will run in short seasons throughout the commemorative FRI period, tracking the course of the war. FRI FRI Presented by Dan Snow, this second series of programmes to FRI be broadcast this year looks at the events of 1915, FRI including veterans' memories of their first trips home on FRI leave, the rise of U-Boat attacks, the disastrous Battle of FRI Loos, and the experiences of those fighting on the Eastern FRI Front as the war expanded, in Salonika and Mesopotamia. FRI FRI The first programme looks at the experiences of soldiers who FRI travelled home from the Western Front on leave for an FRI all-too-brief few days in 1915. They returned to baths and FRI clean bed linen, loved ones unable to comprehend their FRI experiences on the battlefield, and communities longing for FRI news of their sons. For Kitty Eckersley, whose young husband FRI returned home for a few days in early 1915, this would be FRI the last time she saw him. FRI FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast b07kldd2 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes b07kldd4 (Listen) FRI FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast b07kldd6 (Listen) FRI The latest shipping forecast. FRI FRI 05:30 News Briefing b07kldd8 (Listen) FRI The latest news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day b07mb08y (Listen) FRI A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Anna FRI Drew. FRI FRI 05:45 Farming Today b07klddb (Listen) FRI The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. FRI Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Sally FRI Challoner. FRI FRI 05:58 Tweet of the Day b03zrcqw (Listen) FRI Stone Curlew FRI FRI Series of stories about British birds, inspired by their FRI calls and songs. Kate Humble presents the stone curlew. FRI FRI Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) FRI Webpage image courtesy of RSPB (rspb-images.com). FRI FRI Recording of stone curlew by RSPB FRI This programmes contains audio archive of a stone curlew FRI that was sourced through the RSPB. The original recording FRI is not available online to listen to. FRI FRI 06:00 Today b07ks3k7 (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 b07klh89 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday] FRI FRI 09:45 Primo Levi's The Periodic Table b07ks3k9 (Listen) FRI Lead FRI FRI Janet Suzman introduces a major new dramatization of Primo FRI Levi's short stories about our human relationship with the FRI chemical elements - a book the Royal Institution of Great FRI Britain named 'the best science book ever'. Dramatised by FRI Graham White from the translation by Raymond Rosenthal. FRI FRI In 'Lead', set in the ancient world, a prospector travels FRI from northern to southern Europe in search of the valuable, FRI but toxic, lead rock. Read by Paul Copley. FRI FRI Produced and directed by Marc Beeby and Emma Harding. FRI FRI Credits FRI Reader: Paul Copley FRI Author: Primo Levi FRI Adaptor: Graham White FRI Director: Marc Beeby FRI Director: Emma Harding FRI Producer: Marc Beeby FRI Producer: Emma Harding FRI FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour b07klddd (Listen) FRI Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. FRI FRI 10:45 15 Minute Drama b07ks3kc (Listen) FRI Lunch, Huge News FRI FRI by Marcy Kahan FRI FRI A platonic romantic comedy. FRI Old flatmates Bill and Bella meet every month for lunch and FRI swap news. FRI Bella has some happy news but it's not so happy for Bill. FRI Are their lunches in danger of being ditched? FRI FRI Bill ..... Stephen Mangan FRI Bella ..... Claire Skinner FRI FRI Directed by Sally Avens. FRI FRI Credits FRI Bill: Stephen Mangan FRI Bella: Claire Skinner FRI Director: Sally Avens FRI Writer: Marcy Kahan FRI FRI 11:00 We Need to Talk about Stillbirth b07ks3kf (Listen) FRI In 2010, Emma Beck's second child Mary was stillborn at 36 FRI weeks. There were no warning signs. Her pregnancy had been FRI low-risk. She is not alone, the majority of stillbirths FRI occur in women whose pregnancies are assessed as low-risk. FRI FRI Stillbirth is ten times more common than cot death, yet it's FRI often not talked about. It remains something of a taboo. FRI FRI Every day in the UK, nine babies are stillborn. For almost a FRI third, no cause of death is found. FRI FRI There are known risk factors for stillbirth - extremes of FRI maternal age, smoking, obesity, social deprivation and FRI certain ethnic groups - but there are huge gaps in our FRI understanding of why babies die before or during birth. FRI Doctors and scientists researching it believe raising FRI awareness and talking about stillbirth is the first step to FRI preventing it. FRI FRI Emma learns the largest single group of stillbirths is due FRI to placental failure. This under-researched organ that FRI exists only for the 9 months of pregnancy is the baby's life FRI support system. If the placenta stops working it's like FRI multiple organ failure. FRI FRI She meets Professor Gordon Smith at Cambridge University FRI who's searching for clues to prevent stillbirth in his FRI biobank of tissue and blood samples. In Manchester, she FRI visits Dr Alex Heazell at St Mary's Hospital, whose team is FRI trialling drugs to improve placental function. She also FRI talks to Professor Jane Norman, Director of the Edinburgh FRI Tommy's Centre, who suggests that empowering and listening FRI to women may hold the key to reducing the rate of FRI stillbirth. FRI FRI Emma also speaks to other bereaved parents whose lives have FRI been changed in ways they could never have imagined. FRI FRI A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 11:30 John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme b04pc2zs (Listen) FRI Series 4, Episode 6 FRI FRI John Finnemore, the writer and star of Cabin Pressure, FRI regular guest on The Now Show and popper-upper in things FRI like Miranda, records a fourth series of his hit sketch FRI show. FRI FRI 6/6: This final episode of the fourth series contains a pure FRI moment of happiness, a song for a season that doesn't FRI usually get sung about, and a curious tale about an FRI invention that is probably not evil. FRI FRI The first series of John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme was FRI described as "sparklingly clever" by The Daily Telegraph and FRI "one of the most consistently funny sketch shows for quite FRI some time" by The Guardian. The second series won Best Radio FRI Comedy at both the Chortle and Comedy.co.uk awards, and was FRI nominated for a Radio Academy award. The third series FRI actually won a Radio Academy award. FRI FRI In this fourth series, John has written more sketches, like FRI the sketches from the other series. Not so much like them FRI that they feel stale and repetitious; but on the other hand FRI not so different that it feels like a misguided attempt to FRI completely change the show. Quite like the old sketches, in FRI other words, but about different things and with different FRI jokes. (Although it's a pretty safe bet some of them will FRI involve talking animals.) FRI FRI Written by and starring ... John Finnemore FRI Also featuring ... Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Simon Kane, Lawry FRI Lewin and Carrie Quinlan. FRI Original music by ... Susannah Pearse. FRI Producer ... Ed Morrish. FRI FRI Credits FRI Presenter: John Finnemore FRI Ensemble: Margaret Cabourn-Smith FRI Ensemble: Simon Kane FRI Ensemble: Lawry Lewin FRI Ensemble: Carrie Quinlan FRI Producer: Ed Morrish FRI Writer: John Finnemore FRI FRI 12:00 News Summary b07klddg (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 12:04 The Why Factor b07ks3kh (Listen) FRI Series 3, The Circus FRI FRI From clowns to tight-rope walkers, fire-eaters to elephant FRI trainers, the modern circus has been around for centuries. FRI But why does it still appeal in the modern age? Mike FRI Williams explores the origins of the circus and asks why, in FRI a world of screens, video streaming and TV-on-demand, the FRI circus continues to delight adults and children around the FRI globe. Mike visits the Moscow State Circus, hears from a FRI clown with Cirque Du Soleil and talks to a lion trainer with FRI the biggest animal act in the world. There's thrills, FRI spills, fun and fear. FRI FRI Presenter: Mike Williams FRI Producer: Sally Abrahams FRI Editor: Andrew Smith FRI FRI First broadcast on the BBC World Service. FRI FRI 12:15 You and Yours b07klddj (Listen) FRI Consumer news and issues. FRI FRI 12:57 Weather b07klddl (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 13:00 World at One b07klddn (Listen) FRI Analysis of news and current affairs. FRI FRI 13:45 Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze b07ks3kk (Listen) FRI The Cuban Missile Crisis FRI FRI Bridget Kendall presents a series tracing the crucial FRI turning points of the early Cold War. FRI FRI 14:00 The Archers b07ks076 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday] FRI FRI 14:15 Afternoon Drama b01pbk7z (Listen) FRI McLevy - Series 9, The Cross-Roads FRI FRI Victorian detective drama series, starring Brian Cox and FRI Siobhan Redmond. FRI FRI Written by David Ashton. FRI FRI Episode four: The Cross-Roads. FRI FRI McLevy is kidnapped by a grieving father who seeks vengeance FRI for the death of his son. Jean, Roach and Mulholland join FRI forces in a desperate bid to find the Inspector before FRI kidnap turns into murder. FRI FRI Producer/Director: Bruce Young. FRI FRI Credits FRI McLevy: Brian Cox FRI Jean: Siobhan Redmond FRI Mulholland: Michael Perceval-Maxwell FRI Roach: David Ashton FRI Joseph Keir: Alexander Morton FRI Writer: David Ashton FRI Director: Bruce Young FRI Producer: Bruce Young FRI FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time b07ks3kn (Listen) FRI Summer Garden Party, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2 FRI FRI Peter Gibbs presents the show from the GQT Summer Garden FRI Party at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Joining him on FRI the panel are Matthew Wilson, Matt Biggs, Anne Swithinbank FRI and Jim McColl. FRI FRI Produced by Dan Cocker FRI Assistant producer: Laurence Bassett FRI FRI A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 15:45 The Limekiln Road b07ks4lw (Listen) FRI Against a landscape of desolation and neglect, Victor FRI befriends his elderly neighbour Lily who is increasingly FRI living among the fragmented memories of her life. But is FRI there one memory in particular that Lily has been holding on FRI to above all others? FRI FRI Stephen Rea reads this new story from novelist and dramatist FRI Eoin McNamee. FRI FRI Eoin McNamee's novels include Resurrection Man, later made FRI into a film, The Blue Tango, which was longlisted for the FRI Booker Prize, and Orchid Blue. He has written several dramas FRI for Radio 4, including the Imision award-winning 'The Road FRI Wife', 'North of Riga' and most recently, 'The Haunted FRI Road'. FRI FRI Producer ..... Heather Larmour FRI Writer ..... Eoin McNamee FRI Reader ..... Stephen Rea. FRI FRI Credits FRI Writer: Kevin Barry FRI Reader: David Schofield FRI FRI 16:00 Last Word b07ks4ly (Listen) FRI Obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories FRI of people who have recently died. FRI FRI 16:30 Feedback b07ks4m0 (Listen) FRI Radio 4's forum for audience comment. FRI FRI 16:55 The Listening Project b07ks5dy (Listen) FRI Lynn and Johnnie - The Good Guys v the Bad Guys FRI FRI Fi Glover with a conversation where a three year old debates FRI the concept of good and evil with his mother - and Darth FRI Vader makes an appearance! Another in the series that proves FRI it's surprising what you hear when you listen. FRI FRI The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a FRI snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the FRI UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to FRI them about a subject they've never discussed intimately FRI before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK FRI by teams of producers from local and national radio stations FRI who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're FRI not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - FRI lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key FRI moment of connection between the participants. Most of the FRI unedited conversations are being archived by the British FRI Library and used to build up a collection of voices FRI capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade FRI of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening FRI Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject FRI FRI Producer: Marya Burgess. FRI FRI 17:00 PM b07klddq (Listen) FRI Eddie Mair with interviews, context and analysis. FRI FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News b07kldds (Listen) FRI The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. FRI FRI 18:30 Dead Ringers b07ks4m2 (Listen) FRI Series 16, Episode 6 FRI FRI The topical satirical show that mixes political vituperation FRI with media savaging is back. With a referendum on Europe, a FRI presidential election in America and the BBC in crisis, the FRI team will focus on the things that matter, and quite a few FRI things that don't, like Top Gear and most things on BBC FRI Three. FRI FRI 19:00 The Archers b07ks4m4 (Listen) FRI Anna needs more information, and Jill voices her concern. FRI FRI Credits FRI Writer: Caroline Harrington FRI Director: Alison Hindell FRI Editor: Sean O'Connor FRI Jill Archer: Patricia Greene FRI David Archer: Tim Bentinck FRI Ruth Archer: Felicity Finch FRI Pip Archer: Daisy Badger FRI Kenton Archer: Richard Attlee FRI Pat Archer: Patricia Gallimore FRI Tom Archer: William Troughton FRI Brian Aldridge: Charles Collingwood FRI Jennifer Aldridge: Angela Piper FRI PC Harrison Burns: James Cartwright FRI Alice Carter: Hollie Chapman FRI Justin Elliott: Simon Williams FRI Rex Fairbrother: Nick Barber FRI Toby Fairbrother: Rhys Bevan FRI Clarrie Grundy: Heather Bell FRI Emma Grundy: Emerald O'Hanrahan FRI Shula Hebden Lloyd: Judy Bennett FRI Adam Macy: Andrew Wincott FRI Kate Madikane: Perdita Avery FRI Fallon Rogers: Joanna Van Kampen FRI Lynda Snell: Carole Boyd FRI Caroline Sterling: Sara Coward FRI Rob Titchener: Timothy Watson FRI Helen Titchener: Louiza Patikas FRI Anna Tregorran: Isobel Middleton FRI Peggy Woolley: June Spencer FRI FRI 19:15 Front Row b07klddv (Listen) FRI News, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, FRI literature, film and music. FRI FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama b07ks3kc (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today] FRI FRI 20:00 Any Questions? b07ks4m6 (Listen) FRI Ritula Shah presents political debate and discussion from FRI the Central United Reformed Church in Derby. FRI FRI 20:50 A Point of View b07ks4m8 (Listen) FRI A reflection on a topical issue. FRI FRI 21:00 Cold War: Stories from the Big Freeze b07ks4mb (Listen) FRI Omnibus 3 FRI FRI Bridget Kendall presents an oral history series tracing FRI decisive moments of the early Cold War. FRI FRI 21:58 Weather b07klddx (Listen) FRI The latest weather forecast. FRI FRI 22:00 The World Tonight b07klddz (Listen) FRI In-depth reporting and analysis from a global perspective. FRI FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime b07ks4md (Listen) FRI Dirt Road, Episode 5 FRI FRI Booker prize-winner James Kelman's new novel is a potent FRI exploration of love, grief and the power of music. FRI FRI As the days settle into a routine in Alabama, Murdo is FRI beginning to feel trapped at Uncle John and Aunt Maureen's FRI house. FRI Read by Finn den Hertog FRI FRI Abridged by David Jackson Young FRI Producer Eilidh McCreadie. FRI FRI Credits FRI Reader: Finn den Hertog FRI Author: James Kelman FRI Abridger: David Jackson Young FRI Producer: Eilidh McCreadie FRI FRI 23:00 A Good Read b07kpy48 (Listen) FRI [Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday] FRI FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament b07ks4mg (Listen) FRI Mark D'Arcy reports from Westminster. FRI FRI 23:55 The Listening Project b07ks5f0 (Listen) FRI Lloyd and Yvonne - Old-School Ways FRI FRI Fi Glover hears a retired primary school head and a FRI long-serving district nurse lament the bureaucracy and FRI e-correspondence that has replaced the personal touch. FRI Another in the series that proves it's surprising what you FRI hear when you listen. FRI FRI The Listening Project is a Radio 4 initiative that offers a FRI snapshot of contemporary Britain in which people across the FRI UK volunteer to have a conversation with someone close to FRI them about a subject they've never discussed intimately FRI before. The conversations are being gathered across the UK FRI by teams of producers from local and national radio stations FRI who facilitate each encounter. Every conversation - they're FRI not BBC interviews, and that's an important difference - FRI lasts up to an hour, and is then edited to extract the key FRI moment of connection between the participants. Most of the FRI unedited conversations are being archived by the British FRI Library and used to build up a collection of voices FRI capturing a unique portrait of the UK in the second decade FRI of the millennium. You can learn more about The Listening FRI Project by visiting bbc.co.uk/listeningproject FRI FRI Producer: Marya Burgess. FRI
15 July, 2016
Radio 4 Listings for 16/07/2016 - 22/07/2016
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