The BBC has announced that it has a sustainable plan for the future of the BBC Singers, in association with The VOCES8 Foundation.
The threat to reduce the staff of the three English orchestras by 20% has not been lifted, but it is being reconsidered.
See the BBC press release here.

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SATURDAY 16 MARCH 2024

SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m001x5cq)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 00:30 Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant (m001x5cs)
Book of the Week: Ep 5 - Autumn 1812 - Luddism is on trial

In Brian Merchant's acclaimed account it's autumn 1812 and the consequences of the events that took place at Rawfolds Mill are far reaching for all involved. Hugo Speer reads.

In the first two decades of the nineteenth century, the cloth trade was at the forefront of the industrial revolution. As machines were brought in traditional skills, acquired by cloth workers over years of hard graft, became obsolete. Working men and women were left without the means to feed their families, and without purpose or pride in their identities as workers.

Meanwhile, around them they could see that a handful of entrepreneurs, the first tech titans, were accumulating wealth by replacing them with machines. The response was the Luddites.

Blood in the Machine draws on a number of primary sources, as well as historical accounts based on interviews recorded later on in the nineteenth century with those who participated in and had first hand knowledge of the rebellion.

In his book, Brian Merchant finds parallels between technology's impact on today's workforce and the first time machines replaced the jobs done by human beings.

Brian Merchant is the technology columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and author of the bestseller, The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone. His writing appears in the New York Times, Wired, The Atlantic and Harper's Magazine. He is also the founder of Gizmodo's Automaton project examining AI and the future of work.

Hugo Speer known for playing DI David Bradford in London Kills, Lucius in Britannia, and Guy in The Full Monty. He also plays DCI Stone in the acclaimed Radio 4 series, Stone.

Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard


SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001x5cv)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001x5cx)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001x5cz)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SAT 05:30 News Briefing (m001x5d1)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001x5d3)
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Abbot Mark-Ephrem Nolan OSB.


SAT 05:45 Lent Talks (m001x500)
Mary's Pain

Lent Talks - Mary's Pain
Written and presented by Dr Selina Stone, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education , Durham University and author ‘Tarry Awhile’ – the Archbishop of Canterbury’s lent book.

The story of Jesus' suffering and death is also the story of the pain experienced by those who loved him, particularly his mother Mary. We think of her often as a privileged woman, "blessed among women" and the mother of God in flesh. And yet this calling also involved great suffering and pain as she watches her son suffer and then be murdered. What do we learn about our human experience and the Christian life when we pay attention to Mary in this way? In a world in which so many experience the pain of seeing their loved ones suffer, how might we reflect and respond?

Producer: Carmel Lonergan
Editor: Dan Tierney

Opening and closing music: Stabat Mater

“Details of organisations offering information and support with bereavement, or if you’ve been a victim of crime are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.”


SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m001xf71)
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.


SAT 06:07 Ramblings (m001x547)
The Wild Cliffs of St David's

A cliff edge walk at St. David's in Pembrokeshire with artists Jackie Morris and Tamsin Abbott who are creating a book of illuminated folk stories. Jackie is writing the words and Tamsin is creating original pieces of stained glass for the book's artwork.

Jackie is an artist and writer possibly best known for her illustrations in The Lost Words, a large and beautiful book about language and nature. Tamsin is an established stained glass artist and illustrator inspired by the natural world.

As they ramble along the coast, Clare hears about their new project - Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones - seven ‘fables of transformation and power summoned from the ancient stones beneath our feet’. Inhabiting the pages are selkies and salmon, a great white raven, a huge black fox and a woman who lives as an owl.

Wild Folk doesn’t exist quite yet… It’s being crowd-funded and will be available in 2025.

They began their walk at Whitesands carpark and walked cliff-side towards the Coetan Arthur burial chamber on St. David's Head.

Presenter: Clare Balding
Producer: Karen Gregor


SAT 06:30 Farming Today (m001xf78)
16/03/24 Farming Today This Week: Badger culls, food labelling, religious slaughter

Badger culling could continue indefinitely in England under new government proposals which reverse earlier pledges to begin to phase out badger culls from next year. The Government says culls are working in helping to reduce TB in cattle. Now ministers say that in high risk and edge areas, which covers much of southwest and central England, culling could continue until the Chief Veterinary Officer deems that the situation has improved, at which point badger vaccination would be introduced. A consultation on the proposals has just been launched. The Badger Trust describes this as 'another appalling attack on a protected native species'.

New rules on food labelling could be introduced to give more information about how and where its produced, but some farmers say it'll be costly and complex.

Sheep farmers are benefiting from a spike in prices as Ramadan and Easter are both celebrated this month. Both events traditionally look to lamb as their meat of choice on these occasions, and farmers, processors and retailers, have all geared up for a busy time. We answer listener questions about religious slaughter, and the difference between stunned and non-stunned killing methods.

The writer Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare have long been advocates for helping young people learn more about farming and the countryside, so much so that they set up Farms for City Children nearly 50 years ago. It gives kids from urban schools a week helping to run the farm and learning about both farming and nature.
For one of their latest projects, they’ve teamed up with the Woodland Trust to involve primary school children in planting trees inside what they call roundels.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.


SAT 06:57 Weather (m001xf7g)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SAT 07:00 Today (m001xf7p)
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (m001xf83)
Julian Clary, Christopher Samuel, Zak Addae-Kodua and Jules Rowan, Natalie Cassidy

Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.


SAT 10:00 You're Dead to Me (p09tvhv8)
Ramesses the Great

Greg Jenner and his guests lift the lid on one of Ancient Egypt's greatest rulers, Ramesses the Great. How did Ramesses acquire the nickname 'The Great'? What were the reasons for the adulation he received from his subjects? How long did he rule and how many temples were built in his honour? Greg discusses these questions and many more with his guests, the comedian and writer Sophie Duker and the historical expert Dr Campbell Price.

Produced by Greg Jenner and Emma Nagouse


SAT 10:30 The Kitchen Cabinet (m001xdmt)
Series 43

Bury St Edmunds

Jay Rayner and his panel of food experts are in Bury St Edmunds for this week’s episode. Joining Jay are food writers Tim Hayward and Ixta Belfrage, chef Andi Oliver and food historian Dr Annie Gray.

The panel discuss a range of culinary conundrums, from the best ways to use up 40 savoy cabbages, to making a homemade baguette taste ‘French’. They also discuss the different types of chorizo and its uses, and the real question on everyone’s mind - does anyone enjoy pickled eggs?

Meanwhile, Dr Annie Gray takes us through the history and uses of vinegar, and guest speaker Saffa, from Bury St Edmunds food stall Saffa’s Delight, talks us through the method of making traditional South African biltong.

Senior Producer: Dan Cocker
Assistant Producer: Dulcie Whadcock

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4


SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (m001xf8d)
Radio 4's weekly assessment of developments at Westminster


SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (m001xf8j)
Life after the Lord's Resistance Army

Kate Adie presents dispatches from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, the United States, Croatia and France.

The brutality of Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army once made headlines around the world, as #Kony2012 became a global social media cause. While the world soon moved on, the forgotten victims of LRA violence living in the Democratic Republic of Congo are still trying to heal. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham reports from Haut-Uele province.

The Islamic Revolution in Iran put an end to a once thriving cabaret culture and music scene. But over the years, people have still found ways to party - albeit underground and out of sight of the religious police. Among them was Faranak Amidi, who’s met some of Iran’s women DJs, who dream of playing to clubbers all over the world.

A controversial court ruling in Alabama has divided Christian conservatives on the issue of reproductive rights, as the state's supreme court ruled that frozen embryos should be considered as children. Nomia Iqbal reports on the schism that has emerged between pro-life Republicans.

Rab Island off the north coast of Croatia was once home to a lesser-known Italian concentration camp, where some 4,000 people were killed during World War Two. Mary Novakovic visited the island, where she met a woman who began her life in one of the camps.

And our Paris Correspondent Hugh Schofield takes on the challenge of running the city's half-marathon - with some welcome assistance from The Rolling Stones.

Producer: Serena Tarling
Production coordinator: Katie Morrison
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith


SAT 12:00 News Summary (m001xfbr)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 12:04 Money Box (m001xf8s)
Crypto-Related Fraud and Mortgage Arrears

The number of people falling victim to fraud involving cryptocurrency has more than doubled between 2020 and 2023 according to Action Fraud. The value of such fraud has also increased. Our reporter Dan Whitworth has met one such victim, an 86 year old in South Wales who lost over £70,000. Following a Money Box investigation she's now had her lost life savings refunded.
We've been reporting on difficulties people are having moving from working tax credits to Universal Credit. We hear from a listener who runs an annual skinny dipping event to raise money for charity, she's been told by her work coach that all her fundraising will be considered personal income for the purposes of Universal Credit.
In a week that some lenders increase interest rates, figures from the Bank of England show an increase in arrears on mortgage accounts. We hear how people are coping with their mortgage costs and what you can do if you're struggling to pay them.

Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporter: Dan Whitworth
Researchers: Sandra Hardial and Jo Krasner
Editor: Beatrice Pickup

(First broadcast Saturday 16th March 2024)


SAT 12:30 The Now Show (m001x5c0)
Series 64

Episode 1

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. Featuring Marcus Brigstocke unpacking screen addiction and Ria Lina on the International Women's Day - Oscars overlap, and an original song from Ed MacArthur.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from David Duncan, Aidan Fitzmaurice, Jade Gebbie and Christina Riggs.

Voice Actors: Gemma Arrowsmith and Jason Forbes.

Producer: Rajiv Karia
Production Coordinator: Caroline Barlow

A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4


SAT 12:57 Weather (m001xf8w)
The latest weather forecast


SAT 13:00 News and Weather (m001xf90)
The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4


SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (m001x5c8)
Simon Bird, Louise Haigh MP, Mark Spencer MP, Danny Sriskandarajah

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Hougham & Marston Village Hall in Lincolnshire with Simon Bird, Associated British Ports director for the Humber region; Labour's shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh MP; the food, farming and fisheries minister Mark Spencer MP; and Danny Sriskandarajah, chief executive of the New Economics Foundation.
Producer: Paul Martin
Lead broadcast engineer: Richard Earle


SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (m001xf94)
Call Any Answers? to have your say on the big issues in the news this week


SAT 14:45 Short Works (m001rqyw)
The Centaur's Spectacles

A specially commissioned story from the award-winning Katherine Rundell.

A pair of spectacles made by a centaur have an extraordinary and magical effect on the human wearer.

Read by the author

Produced by Gaynor Macfarlane

Katherine Rundell is the bestselling author of Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne, shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and The Golden Mole and Other Living Treasure, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year.
Her novels for children include Impossible Creatures, Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer and The Good Thieves for which she has won the Costa Children’s Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Her books have sold over 2.5 million copies internationally.


SAT 15:00 Drama on 4 (m001xf98)
Family Business

A state-of-the-nation docu-drama about family relationships, national identity and commerce, by acclaimed Critic's Choice winning playwright Alecky Blythe (London Road, National Theatre; The Girlfriend Experience, Royal Court).

Created from edited recordings collected in John Lewis stores across the UK, this funny, provocative, and fast-moving story offers extraordinary insight into the aspirations of the British shopper, making important purchases for life's key moments from cradle to grave.

In 2014, Alecky Blythe embarked on writing a play, focusing on customers in John Lewis, shopping for the many different key life stages. She recorded interviews with shoppers struggling with leaving home, furnishing flats, negotiating families, weddings, divorces, affairs, christenings and retirement. Ten years later, Alecky returned to talk to the same people to see how life had dealt with them.

Post-Brexit and post-pandemic, she finds the high street much changed, new customers in the nursery, and marriages failing over curtains and a faithful pair of draft excluders.

Her plays are created from recorded conversations with real people which are edited and become the text spoken by actors. The ensemble of actors do not work with scripts, but are fed their lines, spoken by the interviewees in the edited recordings, through ear pieces in the studio. They reproduce what they hear as faithfully as they can, down to the last pause and vocal tick.

The ensemble includes Debbie Chazen, Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Andrew Leung, Sarita Gabony, Joe Bolland, Claire Lams and Barry McCarthy.

Created and written by Alecky Blythe
Directed by Alecky Blythe and James Dacre
Music and sound design by Adam Cork

Audio production by Richard Power and Frank Stirling

A 7digital production with the Royal & Derngate, Northampton and Living Theatre Productions for BBC Radio 4


SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour (m001xf9d)
Weekend Woman’s Hour: Irish folk singer Cara Dillon, The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax, Maximalism

Cara Dillon won the All Ireland singing trophy aged only 14 and has gone on to receive countless awards and accolades including Album Of The Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. She has worked for Disney – singing the title song to the animated movie Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue, and topped the charts with dance remixes. She joins Emma to discuss her book and a new album – Coming Home – in which she brings storytelling, poetry, and song, offering personal memories and stories inspired by her native Co. Derry, and exploring themes of family, identity and home.

The government in South Korea has said the country’s birth rate has fallen to a record low, despite it having spent billions on initiatives to encourage women to have more children. It dropped to 0.72 in 2023 - and for a population to hold steady, that number should be 2.1. Why are women in the country deciding not to have children? BBC journalist Yuna Ku in Seoul explains.

We continue our series looking at how porn in shaping our sex and relationships today by speaking to Dr Fiona Vera-Gray. She says that when we think about porn we still mostly think about men, men as the producers and the consumers and women as the product. Her new book, Women On Porn, details the experiences of one hundred women and their views on porn and she joins Emma in the studio.

For the first time, four mums are speaking out about what it was like to be at the centre of a conspiracy that went viral, even reaching the USA. Accused: The Hampstead Paedophile Hoax is a new documentary that looks at what happened to them. Director Emily Turner and mum ‘Anna’ (not her real name) join Emma Barnett to talk about why they wanted to speak out and share this story.

The Women's Six Nations begins later this month. Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy are taking part as well as England who are looking to build on the glory of 2023, when they sealed the grand slam in front of nearly 60,000 spectators at Twickenham, a record crowd for a women’s game. We'll continue to cover the Six Nations as it gets underway but to kick us off Emma is joined by England Rugby player Meg Jones.

In recent years, maximalism has been all the rage in the interior design world. Patterns on patterns and riotous colours. But what are the pros and cons of adding personality to your home? Pottery artist, Mary Rose Young and Kate Sandhu, interiors influencer and founder of Kate Sandhu Renovation, join Emma to discuss.


SAT 17:00 PM (m001xf9l)
Full coverage of the day's news


SAT 17:30 Sliced Bread (m001x538)
Tens machines and circulation boosters

Greg's getting electric for this one, as he tries out a tens machine. Tens (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) is a type of pain relief which uses a mild electrical current. They're marketed at all types of pain - but do they work? The NHS isn't convinced yet. Listener Patrick is one of many who have asked about these devices, so we got in touch with a a professor who's studied them for 40 years. Also - another type of electrotherapy is a circulation booster. These circular devices claim to be able to help sore legs by activating the muscles. On behalf of listener Rick, Greg finds out what the evidence is for their effectiveness.

PRODUCER: TOM MOSELEY
PRESENTER: GREG FOOT


SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast (m001xf9t)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SAT 17:57 Weather (m001xfb6)
The latest weather forecast


SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xfbm)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 18:15 Loose Ends (m001xfc1)
Jonny Lee Miller, Ade Adepitan, Kimberley Chambers, Gary Stevenson, Kat Eaton, Bidisha Mamata, Clive Anderson

Clive Anderson and Bidisha Mamata are joined by Jonny Lee Miller, Ade Adepitan, Kimberley Chambers and Gary Stevenson for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Kat Eaton and Blondeting.


SAT 19:00 Profile (m001xfcd)
An insight into the character of an influential person making the news headlines


SAT 19:15 The Infinite Monkey Cage (p0hbmmdm)
Series 29

Cats v Dogs

Brian Cox and Robin Ince sniff and paw their way through the evidence to put to rest the age-old debate of whether cats are better than dogs. They’re joined by TV dragon and dog devotee Deborah Meaden, comedian and cat compadre David Baddiel, evolutionary scientist Ben Garrod and veterinarian Jess French. They learn how the domestication of our four-legged companions by humans has had a profound impact on their physiology, temperament and methods of communication. They debate which species is the most intelligent and skilled and try to lay to rest the most important question of all – which one really loves you?



Producer: Melanie Brown
Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem


SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 (m001xfd0)
It Must Be Wonderful to Be Free

Irish novelist Megan Nolan presents an intimate study of the late playwright, singer and novelist, Brendan Behan. She reveals a poetic socialist, a fiercely anti-establishment artist concerned with class solidarity, outcasts, liberation, self-revelation and empathy. And she trashes the trivial, stereotyped memory of Behan, as Ireland’s most famous drunk.

She tells his story through the lens of his most prolific years, 1954 - 1958. It was a time of explosive creativity for Behan, which saw the release of three of his most remarkable works - his plays The Quare Fellow and The Hostage, and his work of auto-fiction Borstal Boy. She hears about his determination in these years to recruit language rather than the militarised violence of his youth as a means to valorise life, dignity, humour and queer love, and to advance his vision for his country, forged in his working class roots.

His words paint a picture of a complex character. An intelligent, anti-establishment writer, an Irish beatnik whose talents “would make Jack Kerouac weep with terror” and who even Bob Dylan couldn’t find the courage to “touch the hem of his garment”. A man who met a tragic end, addicted to alcohol and wielding his fame and power in cruel ways.

Marking the 60th anniversary of his death, Megan hears from historians, writers and members of Behan’s family, as well as from the rich archive of the man himself.

Producer: Cat Gough
Executive Producer: Robert Nicholson

A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4

With thanks to Iris Klein and Semiotexte for providing archival interview recordings with Brendan Behan made by journalist Sylvere Lotringer in Paris in 1961


SAT 21:00 Drama on 4 (m0003cgq)
China Towns

Episode 9

Inspired by the novels of Arnold Bennett, an epic tale of money, passion and defiance set in the Staffordshire potteries. Dramatised for radio by Lin Coghlan and Shaun McKenna

Ephraim Tellwright’s single-minded pursuit of business has tragic consequences for those who get in his way. It’s the 19th Century and the Industrial Revolution is at full throttle. Only the ruthless thrive in this uncompromising world.

Ephraim Tellwright . . . Neil Dudgeon
Anna . . . Kate O’Flynn
Henry Mynors . . . Joseph Kloska
Beatrice . . . Isabella Inchbald
Will Price . . . Joseph Ayre
Agnes . . . Amy-Jayne Leigh
Edwin . . . Cameron Percival
Hilda . . . Lucy Doyle
George . . . Oliver Zetterstrom
Aunty Hamps . . . Carolyn Pickles
Dr Heve . . . Tony Turner
Reverend Banks . . . Michael Bertenshaw
The Bank Teller . . . Sam Dale

Incidental music arranged by Colin Guthrie and performed by Colin Guthrie, Peter Ringrose and Ian Conningham.

Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins.


SAT 22:00 News (m001xfdb)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 22:15 Add to Playlist (m001x5c6)
Anne Dudley and Emily Sun are on a Mission

Composer, producer and arranger Anne Dudley and concert violinist Emily Sun add five more tracks to the playlist with Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye. The journey takes them from a dark tale of deceit and entrapment to a hotel you can never leave. Irish pipes and whistle player John McSherry also calls in to tell us about his live recording of traditional jigs.

Producer Jerome Weatherald
Presented, with music direction, by Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye

The five tracks in this week's playlist:

Babooshka by Kate Bush
Piano Concerto in A Minor (1st mvt) by Edvard Grieg
Theme from Mission: Impossible by Lalo Schifrin
The Roaring Promenade by John McSherry, Brendán Quinn & Francis McIlduff
Hotel California by The Eagles

Other music in this episode:

The Look of Love Pt 4 by ABC
Poison Arrow by ABC
The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini
Piano Concerto in A minor by Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Canon in D major by Johann Pachelbel


SAT 23:00 Round Britain Quiz (m001x4tk)
Programme 1, 2024

Teams from all over the UK will face Kirsty Lang's cryptic questions across the series, with Kirsty offering support and the odd hint where it might be needed. First up are the pairs from Wales and the South of England.

Comedian, actor and writer Cariad Lloyd makes her Round Britain Quiz debut this season, alongside writer Myfanwy Alexander on the Welsh team. They face Marcus Berkmann and Paul Sinha who are the regulars for the South of England. The rivalry promises to be fierce.

As always, they'll drop points every time they need a clue from the chair to steer them towards the right solution.

Questions in today's edition:

Q1 Why might a red precious stone, the father of Henry IV, the Iraqi capital and an optimistic flower be keeping it all in the family?

Q2 (from Richard Saunders) How might four stations on the District Line, a Swedish university city, and a dual winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, all lead you in the same direction as Carl Fredericksen?

Q3 Music: Who might be scared of these?

Q4 (from Ivan Whetton) The Nubian and Libyan deserts; Kenroku-en, Koraku-en and Kairaku-en; the Danum Valley in Malaysia; quays in a notorious area of Cardiff; en route to where flying fishes play; and Mumbai in former times. Who might have taken a beating in these locations?

Q5 (from Mickie Wynne Davies) Where could you find in close proximity: a female Womble, the aft portion of a tea clipper, an epistolary novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Burrow; and a hit musical with a tenuous link to Vivaldi?

Q6 (from Mick Lee) Music: What links these songs?

Q7 (from Michael Hipkins) On which table might you find Napoleon's 1800 Piedmont victory; Annapolis, capitally; a Gallic huntsman; a blue ribbon; and royalty (twice)?

Q8 (from Lyneve Kimber) Meeting a cold ocean current, a fashionable 18th century fellow and some components of a drum kit might make you shiver; but using a Japanese ATM might take you somewhere warmer. Can you explain?

Producer: Paul Bajoria


SAT 23:30 Things Fell Apart (m001xg0z)
S2. How Things Fell Apart, with Jon Ronson and Adam Buxton

In this bonus episode, Jon Ronson's friend and fellow podcaster Adam Buxton chat about the latest season of Things Fell Apart. They discuss their favourite moments from the show and how to best navigate the culture wars, all while also chatting about lockdown, fatherhood, social anxiety and how a rough time at Cardiff High School made Jon Ronson a better journalist.



SUNDAY 17 MARCH 2024

SUN 00:00 Midnight News (m001xfdj)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 00:15 Tremolo (m001x49y)
Songwriter Justin Currie reflects on the impact of a recent Parkinson's diagnosis, and the effects of the disease on his work as a performer.

As the front man in Glasgow band Del Amitri, Currie came to fame in 1990 when the group's Nothing Ever Happens reached number 11 in the UK singles chart. The song - a comment on political inertia and social apathy amidst the inequality of late '80s British society - is one that Currie performs regularly, though the tremors he now experiences in his right hand make playing the guitar part an impossibility.

Bringing together extracts from his written journal with backstage scenes, conversations with friends, and interview material, this radio portrait - in which Currie speaks at length publicly for the first time about how the illness is affecting him, physically and cognitively - was recorded over a weekend of rehearsals and gigs in Glasgow in January, 2024.

Produced by Phil Smith
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

Photo credit: Seán Purser

Details of organisations offering information and support with Parkinson's Disease are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline


SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001xfdq)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001xfdy)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001xff4)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SUN 05:30 News Briefing (m001xffb)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday (m001xffl)
The church of Saints Peter and Paul in Hawkley, Hampshire

Bells on Sunday comes from the church of Saints Peter and Paul in Hawkley, Hampshire. The church has an unusual “Rhenish Helm” on its tower and a ring of eight bells from six different bell foundries including two bells dating from the mid-15th century. In 2023 after a three year silence the bells were restored and re-hung by Matthew Higby and Company of Somerset in time to ring for the Coronation of King Charles the Third. The Tenor weighs eight hundredweight and is tuned to the note of A. We hear them ringing Superlative Surprise Major.


SUN 05:45 Profile (m001xfcd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 News Summary (m001xfb4)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 06:05 Something Understood (b0741715)
The Last Waltz

Alan Hall reflects on how facing the end of something can often take us back to its beginnings.

The Irish writer Flann O'Brien pointed out in At Swim-Two-birds that he didn't agree with the idea of "one beginning and one ending for a book". And certainly, endings - and not just in literature - can become confused with a sense of where something started or the likelihood of various start points which suggest the possibility of more than one ending.

In this edition of Something Understood, Alan dances through ideas of what is retained, what is reawakened and what might be left behind when we approach an ending, with the help of writers - including O'Brien and Keith Douglas, Lydia Davis and Kazuo Ishiguro - and music that ranges from a late Schubert piano sonata, to Persian singer Aida Shahghasemi Beman's Stay, to The National's account of renewal after an end (Pink Rabbits) and Elly Stone's What I Loved.

Produced by Eleanor McDowall
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 06:35 Natural Histories (m000bgnw)
Pigeon

The relationship between humans and pigeons is one of the oldest on the planet. They have been our co-workers; delivering messages, assisting during the war, providing a source of food, a sport and obsession for many, and a suitable religious sacrifice. They helped Darwin with his theory of Natural Selection, have become a powerful symbol of peace and helped us unravel some of the mysteries of navigation. Yet many of us still regard them as vermin, as “rats with wings”. Brett Westwood and Verity Sharp probe into this paradox, and explore how pigeons have helped us and what they can reveal about the homing instinct and what it means for us to feel at home.

Contributors
Dr Jon Day – Lecturer in English, Kings College, London and Author of 'Homing - on pigeons, dwellings and why we return'.
Ian Evans – Executive Director of the Royal Pigeon Racing Association
Barbara Allen - Author of 'Pigeon'
Gordon Corera - BBC Security Correspondent and author of 'The Secret Pigeon Service'.
Amy Dickin - Awards and Heritage Manager for The People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA)
Tim Guilford - Professor of Animal Behaviour, Oxford University & member of the Oxford Navigation Group

First broadcast in a longer form 22nd November 2019
Original Producer (2019) : Sarah Blunt
Archive Producer (2024) : Andrew Dawes


SUN 06:57 Weather (m001xfbt)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SUN 07:00 News and Papers (m001xfc4)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SUN 07:10 Sunday (m001xfch)
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week


SUN 07:54 Radio 4 Appeal (m001xddv)
Comic Relief (Red Nose)

Babatunde Aléshé makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of Comic Relief

To Give:
- UK Freephone 0800 404 8144
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SUN 07:57 Weather (m001xfcx)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 08:00 News and Papers (m001xfd8)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the Sunday papers.


SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship (m001xfdh)
The Light of the Gospels

On St Patrick’s Day Canon Simon Doogan considers how the saint’s mission revolutionised life for the Irish people by bringing “the light of the Gospel of Christ”
From the National Cathedral of St Patrick in Dublin. Led by Canon Charles Mullen.
A Prayer of Saint Patrick (Schoenfeld)
Psalm 121 (Walford Davies)
2 Corinthians 4.1-12
Christ be beside me
Jubilate (Dines)
A Song of Wisdom (Stanford)
Saint Patrick’s Breastplate ( arr Stanford)
An Irish Blessing (Higgins)
Master of the Music: Stuart Nicholson
Organist: David Leigh
Producer: Bert Tosh


SUN 08:48 A Point of View (m001x5cb)
Michael & Tony & Me

Adam Gopnik warns of our tendency to normalise evil behaviour. What may pass for entertainment in Mafia movies, must be seen through a different lens in real life.

"The risk of crime is not crime alone, but the abyss that opens at our feet when once we have decided that the rules that count for other people don't count for us."

Producer: Sheila Cook
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Liam Morrey
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith


SUN 08:58 Tweet of the Day (b03x45bg)
Sand Martin

Bill Oddie presents the sand martin. The flickering shapes of sand martins over a lake or reservoir are a welcome sign of spring. After winging their way across the Sahara Desert, the first birds usually arrive in the UK in March. They're smaller than house martins or swallows, and they're brown above and white below with a brown band across their chest. Often you can hear their dry buzzing calls overhead before you see them.

Producer: Sarah Pitt


SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House (m001xfdp)
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell


SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus (m001xfdx)
Writer: Sarah Hehir
Director: Kim Greengrass and Rosemary Watts

Brian Aldridge ……… Charles Collingwood
Tony Archer ……. David Troughton
Chris Carter …… Wilf Scolding
Alice Carter ……… Hollie Chapman
Justin Elliot ……. Simon Williams
Will Grundy ……. Philip Molloy
Emma Grundy …… Emerald O'Hanrahan
Ed Grundy …….. Barry Farrimond
George Grundy …… Angus Stobie
Kate Madikane ……. Perdita Avery
Fallon Rogers ………. Joanna Van Kampen
Jakob Hakansson ………. Paul Venables
Paul Mack …….. Joshua Riley
Miranda Elliott …… Lucy Fleming


SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs (m001xff3)
Jenny Sealey, theatre director

Jenny Sealey, director of Graeae theatre company, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.


SUN 12:00 News Summary (m001xfnn)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 12:04 One Person Found This Helpful (m001x4xg)
Series 1

4. Crouching Chicken Hidden Ladder

Frank and guests Catherine Bohart, Daliso Chaponda, Shaparak Khorsandi and Ian Smith find out what you think about lemons, sharks and a very painful ladder.

This is the panel game based on what we all sit down and do at least once a day – shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad and the baffling.

Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche

Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simon Evans with the producer David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 12:32 The Food Programme (m001xdd4)
The Plant-Based Diet Boom: How is it changing food culture?

From the rise of the flexitarian, to re-evaluating our values around food, Leyla Kazim explores some of the cultural shifts from the growth of the plant-based diet trend.


SUN 12:57 Weather (m001xffr)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend (m001xffz)
Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world


SUN 13:30 Three Million (p0hcrvv3)
4. The Tapes

Kavita discovers a set of cassette tapes containing rare interviews with Indian civil servants who were on the ground across Bengal during the famine, shedding new light on colonial responsibility.

And as the need for relief in Bengal becomes ever greater, more pressure is put on the British government from India’s new Viceroy. He asks for more food imports. Could the War Cabinet and Prime Minister Winston Churchill have done more to help alleviate the famine in the middle of the war?

Presenter Kavita Puri
Series Producer: Ant Adeane
Editor: Emma Rippon
Sound design and mix: Eloise Whitmore
Production Coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Sabine Schereck
Original music: Felix Taylor

With thanks to Dr Janam Mukherjee and Professor Joya Chatterji

Interviews conducted by Lance Brennan courtesy of University of Cambridge

Interviews with GS Khosla courtesy of University of Cambridge


SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time (m001x5b7)
Solihull

Is ivy poisonous to most type of trees? Does the strain of F1 hybrid seeds deteriorate over time? What plants could I grow on my allotment that are low maintenance?

Kathy Clugston and a panel of gardening experts are in Solihull to answer gardening queries from an audience of keen gardeners. On the panel this week are garden designer Bunny Guinness, self proclaimed botanical geek James Wong, and plantswoman Christine Walkden.

Also, Matthew Wilson delivers a step by step guide on how to maintain a greenhouse during the spring.

Senior Producer: Bethany Hocken
Assistant Producer: Rahnee Prescod
Executive Producer: Carly Maile

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 14:45 Opening Lines (m001xfgd)
Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness remains one of the most enigmatic works of 19th Century literature, charting as it does the story of Marlow, the captain of a steamboat heading up an unnamed river in the employ of an unnamed organisation described simply ‘the Company’. He becomes fixated on tracking down the figure of Kurtz, a company agent in charge of a trading post - but this is no action adventure so typical of the time. John asks what the phrase Heart of Darkness - and Kurtz’s famous epigram ‘The horror. The horror’ might actually represent, and also attempts to reconcile the racism many critics have accused the book of containing with its staunch attack on imperial barbarity; Conrad himself had previously worked on a boat going up the Congo river where he witnessed for himself the atrocities carried out by the Belgian colonisers on the local people.

John Yorke has worked in television and radio for thirty years, and he shares his experience with Radio 4 listeners as he unpacks the themes and impact of the books, plays and stories that are being dramatized in BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Drama series. From EastEnders to the Archers, Life on Mars to Shameless, he has been obsessed with telling big popular stories. He has spent years analysing not just how stories work but why they resonate with audiences around the globe and has brought together his experience in his bestselling book ‘Into the Woods’. As former Head of Channel Four Drama, Controller of BBC Drama Production and MD of Company Pictures, John has tested his theories during an extensive production career working on some of the world’s most lucrative, widely viewed and critically acclaimed TV drama. As founder of the hugely successful BBC Writers Academy John has trained a generation of screenwriters (his students have had 17 green-lights in the last two years alone).

Contributors:
Anita Sullivan - writer and adapter of ‘Heart of Darkness’
Maya Jasanoff, Professor of History at Harvard University - and author of the much acclaimed book ‘The Dawn Watch: Joseph Conrad in a Global World’

Credits:
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 1899

Reader: Paul Dodgson
Researcher: Nina Semple
Production Manager: Sarah Wright
Producer: Geoff Bird
Executive Producer: Sara Davies

A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 15:00 Drama on 4 (m000rbpg)
Heart of Darkness

By Joseph Conrad
Adapted by Anita Sullivan

A new adaptation of Conrad’s classic novel, reimagining it for the 21st Century.

Maya is an environmental scientist, sent into the heart of the Congo Rainforest after contact is lost with a research team. But what was the nature of their research? And what has become of their charismatic team leader – Kurtz.

Conrad's classic, reimagined as a 21st Century, immersive audio thriller. Award-winning radio dramatist, Anita Sullivan, reshapes the story for a world of deforestation and climate catastrophe.

Maya…. Georgia Henshaw
Leon…. Peter Bankole
Blaise…. Jude Akuwudike
Daisy…. Ashleigh Haddad
Kurtz…. Stephen Hogan
The Commissioner…. Steve Toussaint

Script Consultant…. Ange Kasongo
Lingala Consultant…. Tracey Nyemba

Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production


SUN 16:00 Open Book (m001xdf3)
Jonathan Buckley, Lit Crit and David Baddiel

Alex Clark talks to novelist Jonathan Buckley about his novel, Tell. The story is told as a monologue by an unnamed narrator, the gardener of self-made businessman and would-be art collector, Curtis Doyle. Doyle has gone missing from his Scottish estate and many stories about his rags to riches life are being constructed. Tell is a novel concerned with the nature of storytelling, narrative form and the inherent unreliability of memory.
Critic and writer Lauren Oyler and fiction editor of the TLS, Toby Lichtig, discuss the impact of online reviewing on professional literary criticism.
Plus David Baddiel on his ten years of writing books for children.

Book List - Sunday 17 March and Thursday 21 March

Live; Live; Live by Jonathan Buckley
The River is the River by Jonathan Buckley
The Great Concert of the Night by Jonathan Buckley
Tell by Jonathan Buckley
Ulysses by James Joyce
Head Kid by David Baddiel
The Person Controller by David Baddiel
The Parent Agency by David Baddiel


SUN 16:30 A Jamaican Poet in Dublin (m001xfgn)
In 1941, while a medical student in Dublin, Jamaican poet Ferdinand Levy published his only poetry collection, Flashes from the Dark. Positively reviewed at the time, the book and poet subsequently vanished from the history of Irish poetry.

Over 80 years later, Jamaican poet Jason Allen-Paisant goes to Ireland in search of Levy.

Born in Jamaica in 1904, Levy spent time in New York during the Harlem Renaissance before heading for Europe. He threw himself into the cultural life of 1930s Dublin, and found in Ireland kindness and friendship, but also racist attitudes.

His wide-ranging poetry collection looks at Dublin through migrant eyes, considers themes of race, racism and anti-colonialism, harks back to his home country of Jamaica, and paints vivid pictures of Harlem. The collection was unlike anything else published in Ireland at the time and is thought to be the earliest by a black poet published in Ireland. The work of Ferdinand Levy adds to the richness of the story of Irish poetry and perhaps hints that there are many other voices still to be re-discovered.

Contributors to the programme are poet and academic at Maynooth University Karl O'Hanlon, Trinity College Dublin archivist Ellen O'Flaherty, Professor Brent Hayes Edwards of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, poets Jessica Traynor, Nandi Jola and Raquel McKee, and Ferdinand Levy's daughter, Belinda Levy. The reader is Romario Simpson.

The presenter, Jason Allen-Paisant, is an award-winning poet and Senior Lecturer in the Department of English, American Studies and Creative Writing, University of Manchester.

Consultant: Karl O'Hanlon
Producer: Claire Cunningham
Executive Producer: Regan Hutchins

A Rockfinch production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 17:00 File on 4 (m001x4lk)
Investigating Employee Assistance Programmes

‘Employee Assistance Programmes’ - almost 25 million workers in the UK have access to one through their employer. They’re designed to help people deal with personal problems that might affect their performance at work by offering advice, support or counselling sessions. But are all providers offering a good service? File on 4 investigates.

Reporter: Alys Harte
Producers: Vicky Carter and Ella Rule
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Production Coordinators: Jordan King and Tim Fernley
Editors: Clare Fordham and Carl Johnston


SUN 17:40 Profile (m001xfcd)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast (m001xfgz)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


SUN 17:57 Weather (m001xfh7)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xfhh)
The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week (m001xfhq)
Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams chooses audio highlights from the past week.


SUN 19:00 The Archers (m001xdcg)
Lynda is on a mission, while Kate turns detective.


SUN 19:15 Jokes (p0hc230y)
Stuart Mitchell's Cost of Living

4. Stuart Loses Everything

Comedian Stuart Mitchell examines his own cost of living crisis. In this episode, Stuart gives up everything he has worked so hard for in an attempt to be true to his self, leaving his highly paid job in banking and finding himself in debt with a hair transplant to pay for. Is his journey really worth it, when he's scrambling to pay the bills?

Each episode, Stuart looks at a chapter of his own unbelievable, but absolutely true, life story.
A working class boy, with huge aspirations, Stuart achieved everything he dreamed of and more. However, he soon came to realise that the cost of having everything was more than he was willing to pay. A morality tale featuring his time working in Westminster, moving to a highly paid job in banking and willingly losing it all to find happiness; Stuart will make us all question the true cost of living.

Written and performed by Stuart Mitchell
Produced by Lauren Mackay


SUN 19:30 Jokes (p0hbp37g)
Jazz Emu: The Sound of Us

The Sound of Family

The Emu family is made up of a long line of Hollywood foley artists. But when Jazz turned his back on the family business to pursue a career as a pop star, his father’s disappointment made him seriously ill. In order to save his father’s life, Jazz must reconnect with his foley roots. Pass me my coconut hooves.

Jazz Emu: musician, 70s lothario-type, ex-Hollywood foley artist and internationally renowned idiot. After a long career in (and often out) of the spotlight, he has decided to present a radio show in order to connect with the average Joes (and Janes, and other boring names) and bestow his expert knowledge of Sound upon the universe.

Written by Archie Henderson and Adrian Gray
Starring: Archie Henderson, Adrian Gray, Emmanuel Sonubi, Lorna Rose Treen, Cody Dahler
Produced by Sasha Bobak
A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4


SUN 19:45 Short Works (m001w1fh)
A Night in Limehouse

Dr Wu Lien Teh would one day be credited with bringing the Manchurian Plague of 1910-11 under control. But in 1896 he was a young student. The story imagines his first days in London after sailing from Penang.

Originally from Malaysia, the writer Elaine Chiew is a twice winner of the Bridport Short Story Competition. She is the author of the short story collection The Heartsick Diaspora. Her novel, The Light Between Us, will be published in May 2024.

Writer: Elaine Chiew
Readers: Chike Chan and Elaine Chiew
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 20:00 Feedback (m001x5bh)
Radio 4 Controller Answers Your Questions About Schedule Change

Radio 4 is revamping its schedule from the beginning of April. Andrea Catherwood talks to the station’s controller Mohit Bakaya about why he’s decided to press refresh. He also responds to listeners’ questions about shifting the Archers omnibus by an hour on Sundays and explains the thinking behind Feedback being moved to Thursdays.

Also, we hear the polarised views of listeners on Amol Rajan’s feisty interview with the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt. Some say it was a breath of fresh air – others that it was bad-tempered and unprofessional.

And the true crime series Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley has been getting the Vox Box treatment. Two history buffs give us their personal take on the programme and the Executive Producer, Kirsty Hunter, is on hand to respond to their thoughts.

Presented by Andrea Catherwood

Produced by Leeanne Coyle

A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 20:30 Last Word (m001x5bc)
Audrey Adams, Nicola Trahan, Edward Bond, Eric Carmen

Matthew Bannister on

Audrey Adams who became a tireless campaigner for the rights of black people after her son was stabbed to death in a racist attack.

Nicola Trahan, who joined the French Resistance as a teenager and was later awarded the Croix de Guerre.

Edward Bond, the controversial playwright who played a key role in the abolition of censorship in British theatre.

The singer and songwriter Eric Carmen whose biggest hit “All By Myself” was based on a Rachmaninov piano concerto.

Interviewee: Lord Simon Woolley
Interviewee: Reverend Eleanor Rance
Interviewee: Simon Callow and Sean Holmes
Interviewee: Debbie Wiseman

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used:
French Wartime Service: Musical Items, Sound Archive, BBC; D-Day Announcement - Communique No. 1, Sound Archive, BBC; The Reverend Al Sharpton, Kilroy BBC 1, BBC; Audrey Adams interviewed by C4 news in 2021, C4 News, YouTube upload, 19/03/2021; Edward Bond interview - TX Date: 12.10.2011; Eric Carmen - Never Gonna fall in love again; Eric Carmen - All by myself; The Raspberries – Go all the way


SUN 21:00 Money Box (m001xf8s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:04 on Saturday]


SUN 21:25 Radio 4 Appeal (m001xddv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:54 today]


SUN 21:30 Loose Ends (m001xfc1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Saturday]


SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour (m001xfhx)
Radio 4's Sunday night political discussion programme.


SUN 23:00 P's and Q's (m001xfj1)
Narcissism

A series of philosophical discussions. Vanessa Feltz asks - are we all narcissists now?

The word narcissist pops up so frequently, it’s hard not to feel like there’s one lurking around every corner. Is narcissism on the rise or is it just an over-used buzzword? What’s the difference between a healthy dose of self-esteem and an unhealthy dose of self-obsession? Is social media turning us into a nation that cares only about ourselves?

Discussing all of these questions and more are Professor Simon Blackburn, Dr Tennyson Lee and Lorna Slade.

Presenter: Vanessa Feltz
Producer: Angharad Hampshire
Assistant Producer: Camille Corcoran
Sound Design: Jon Calver
Production Manager: Kerry Luter
Executive Producer: Alexandra Hollands

A Storyglass production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 23:45 Forgiveness: Stories from the Front Line (m001w0qw)
Paul

In the first of five extraordinary stories of forgiveness, we hear from Paul, whose peaceful life with his wife and daughters was violently interrupted by a gang who broke into the house, in what looked like a case of mistaken identity .

Paul and his wife had a lucky escape as the police arrived promptly. All four assailants were eventually caught and convicted. But later, the family was invited to prison to meet one of the men responsible for the attack.

Marina Cantacuzino, founder of The Forgiveness Project, is in conversation with Paul and hears what happened next.

Presented by Marina Cantacuzino
Produced by Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4



MONDAY 18 MARCH 2024

MON 00:00 Midnight News (m001xfj8)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


MON 00:15 Sideways (m001x517)
60. For the love of maths

As a child, Kate Ertmann starred in commercials, in soap operas and on Broadway. But acting wasn’t her first love - mathematics was. She considered it to be “a balm" for her brain. And yet societal and teenage pressures made her turn away from maths.

Growing up in Sweden, Sebastian Nillson Qvist loathed maths and found it a real struggle. But he still challenged himself to study it as part of a Political Science and Economics degree. It did not go well.

But still, maths came back into their lives.

In this episode of Sideways, we find out what led them back to mathematics and the impact it had on them. Something host Matthew Syed experienced first hand when a desire to understand inflation and economics led him back to studying for a maths A-Level in his own time and finding it actually enjoyable, rather than a chore as he had at school.

We hear how determination to dominate in the sport of darts can lead to incredible mastery of mental arithmetic from Professor Marcus du Sautoy, who also suggests a novel approach to maths education which he believes could inspire and motivate children. And Field’s Medal winner Professor Efim Zelmanov introduces us to a brilliant young mathematician who was killed in a duel 150 years ago but left behind a theory which keeps all online banking safe.

With Kate Eartmann of katelovesmath.com, Sebastian Nillson-Qvist, Professor Marcus du Sautoy - Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics, and Professor Efim Zelmanov - Field’s Medallist and Director of the Shenzhen International Center for Mathematics.

Presented by Matthew Syed
Producer: Marilyn Rust
Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey
Sound Design and Mix: Daniel Kempson
Theme Tune: Ioana Selaru
A Novel production for BBC Radio 4


MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday (m001xffl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday]


MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001xfjb)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001xfjd)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001xfjg)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


MON 05:30 News Briefing (m001xfjj)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001xfjl)
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Abbot Mark-Ephrem Nolan OSB.


MON 05:45 Farming Today (m001xfjn)
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.


MON 05:56 Weather (m001xfjq)
The latest weather forecast for farmers.


MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03mzv7x)
Shoveler

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Chris Packham presents the story of the shoveler. Swimming in circles, their huge beaks trawling the surface, shovelers do the job of baleen whales on our lakes and ponds. In winter our shoveler population is boosted by Continental birds. They're rather shy though and you're not likely to see them taking bread on the park lake!


MON 06:00 Today (m001xd6k)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


MON 09:00 Start the Week (m001xd74)
Intrigue and disinformation from the Russian Revolution to Ukraine invasion

Andrey Kurkov is Ukraine’s most celebrated novelist. When Russia invaded Ukraine he turned his writing to journalism and memoir, but his latest book is a work of fiction set amid the chaos of the Russian Revolution. The Silver Bone (translated by Boris Dralyuk) is the first in a trilogy of historical mysteries in which the recently orphaned detective investigates his first case while Bolsheviks, Cossacks, and white Army Guards all vie to take control of Kyiv.

The journalist and writer Peter Pomerantsev retells the daring story of the WWII propogandist Sefton Delmer who managed to infiltrate German airwaves and skilfully question Nazi doctrine. How to Win an Information War reveals the extent of the complexity of spin and indoctrination used in the past, alongside the role of propaganda today in Putin’s Russia.

The information war is heading into a new era with the development of generative AI which makes it simple to produce fake text, audio and videos. The news editor at MIT Technology Review Charlotte Jee says the pace of change is extraordinary, and regulation is lagging behind, as deepfakes are becoming more difficult to distinguish from actual human content.

Producer: Katy Hickman


MON 09:45 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xd7s)
Episode 1

In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat the powerful Nazi propaganda machine, which crowed victory and smeared its enemies.

However, inside Germany, there was one notable voice of dissent from the very heart of the military machine – Der Chef, a German whose radio broadcasts skilfully questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens.

But what these audiences didn’t know was that Der Chef was a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer, just one player in his vast counter-propaganda cabaret, a unique weapon in the war.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Abridged by Polly Coles

Read by Alan Cox
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4


MON 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001xd8m)
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.


MON 11:00 The Gatekeepers (m001xd93)
7. Rest of World

Jamie Bartlett travels to Minnesota to meet Abrham Meareg Amare.

The young academic is seeking asylum in the States following the murder of his father in Ethiopia in 2021.

In December 2022, Abrham became the lead complainant in a $2 billion lawsuit against Meta. Abrham believes that company is partly responsible for the death of his dad - a renowned chemistry professor - who was slandered and doxxed on Facebook, before being shot outside his home.

Abrham says he reported the posts multiple times but they were not taken down, until eight days after the killing.

Jamie meets the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who tells him that her decision to leak Meta's internal documents was driven by grave concerns about the way Meta operates in the Global South.

Producer: Caitlin Smith
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore
Story Consultant: Kirsty Williams
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Senior Producer: Peter McManus
Commissioned by Dan Clarke for BBC Radio 4.

Archive: C:Span, October 2021

New episodes released on Mondays. If you’re in the UK, listen to the latest episodes of The Gatekeepers, first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3Ui661u


MON 11:30 Dead Company Walking (m001x55h)
Businesses are failing at a rate not seen for years. Anu Anand meets those dealing with the fall out and explores the role that high, as well as low, interest rates have played.

In Japan, in the 1990s, the national economy was dominated by what became known as "zombie" companies. Many thousands of previously buoyant companies became choked by rising interest rates and the collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble. It led to Japan's "Lost Decade" as companies became reliant on bank support and were incapable of investing in future growth.

Are we losing so many companies in the UK now, in part because so many were kept afloat by ultra-low interest rates and easy-to-come-by debt in previous years? Did that environment allow some companies to survive past their natural lifespans? It is argued in this programme that the speedy rise in rates is now felling those companies, across many sectors, in large numbers.

Anu Anand meets business owners who have tried to keep going against the odds and are now dealing with the consequences, both financial and emotional, of a business landscape that has been suddenly altered. What do they think about what went wrong? Anu also talks to insolvency practitioners. They have rarely been busier. What lessons do they think need to be learned and what are the wider repercussions, as so many zombies fall, for growth in the UK?

Producer and presenter: Anu Anand
Executive producer: Rosamund Jones
Studio manager: Nigel Appleton
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4


MON 12:00 News Summary (m001xd9l)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 12:04 You and Yours (m001xdb4)
News and discussion of consumer affairs


MON 12:57 Weather (m001xdbm)
The latest weather forecast


MON 13:00 World at One (m001xdc0)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


MON 13:45 Child (p0hcsmtn)
11. Oxytocin

Labour begins. The womb begins its grinding dance into contractions and the hormone Oxytocin steps onto the scene. In this episode, India Rakusen explores the influence that both people and the places we are in have over labour and birth.

Where we give birth, and with who, has changed quite dramatically over the centuries. But what do we know now about the significance of both? We hear from Dr Sarah Fox about the move from birth being a women-only space to the rise of man-midwives. Economist Emily Oster discusses the benefits of having a doula, and Leila Baker, one of the directors of Doula UK, talks about the rise in Doulas and what that means for marginalised groups, security and safety. Finally Dr Ranee Thakar considers how recent headlines have eroded trust - with consequences for oxytocin.

Presented by India Rakusen
Producer: Ellie Sans
Series Producer: Ellie Sans
Production Team: Ella McLeod & Georgia Arundell
Executive Producer: Suzy Grant
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
Original music composed and performed by ESKA And The Big Moon.
Mix and Mastering by Olga Reed

A Listen production for BBC Radio 4


MON 14:00 The Archers (m001xdcg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday]


MON 14:15 Limelight (m001wnsw)
Sabine

Sabine - Episode 5

Armed with the USB drive of Sabine’s recordings, Elly retraces her sister’s movements on the night she died. It’s a race against time to find Sabine’s killer and avert further tragedy.

When Sabine’s body is found beneath the cliffs in an apparent suicide, her sister Elly is convinced she was murdered. Elly's hunt for the killer takes her deep into the secret life in Brighton her sister kept hidden. Sabine is a new five-part murder mystery by Mark Healy.

CAST
Elly ..... Sorcha Groundsell
Sabine ..... Freya Mavor
Mia ..... Aisling Loftus
Oakley ..... Rupert Evans
Daniel ..... Ivanno Jeremiah
Ziggy ..... Ian Dunnett Jr
Becca ..... Rhiannon Neads
Rutherford ..... Jessica Turner
Poppy ..... Juliana Lisk

Written by Mark Healy
Directed by Anne Isger
Sound by Keith Graham, Ali Craig and Pete Ringrose
Production Co-ordination by Gaelan Davis-Connolly

Sabine is a BBC Audio Production for Radio 4


MON 14:45 The Chronicles of Burke Street (m000xskx)
The Chronicles of Burke Street

5: Gravy's Story

The last in the brilliantly funny short story series by the award-winning author of 'Love After Love', Ingrid Persaud.

Set on an everyday street in Port of Spain, Trinidad, 'The Chronicles of Burke Street' follows the lives and loves of its diverse colourful residents. Burke Street might seem like an ordinary street, but behind its closed doors lurk secrets, superstitions and barely concealed lies.

Today, in 'Gravy's Story', the search for a father reveals unexpected truths..

Writer: Ingrid Persaud is the winner of the 2018 BBC National Short Story Award, and her novel Love After Love won the 2020 Costa First Novel Award.
Reader: tbc
Producer: Justine Willett


MON 15:00 Round Britain Quiz (m001xdct)
Programme 2, 2024

(2/12)
Kirsty Lang is in the chair, armed with more of Round Britain Quiz's trademark cryptic questions. Northern Ireland, the defending RBQ champions, will be hoping they can repeat last year's triumph, as they begin this year's campaign with a match against the Scots.

Freya McClements and Paddy Duffy play for Northern Ireland, against Val McDermid and Alan McCredie for Scotland.

Questions in today's programme:

Q1 (from Barbara Jennings) Which gas has the following effects? Applied to a tree, it makes a mess. Applied to a limb, it causes damage. Applied to a bird, it produces a cry of pain or a famously controversial American poem. And applied to everything, it makes room.

Q2 Why might a short story by Gogol give Bradley Cooper, Nicole Kidman and Gerard Depardieu a wry smile?

Q3 Music: Can you name the four people in the spotlight here, and why are they still burning?

Q4 (from Derek Evans) Who are these: a radio acknowledgement, what Americans find in the bathroom, ericaceous compost, and an actress who was to the manor born.

Q5 (from Simon Meara) A girl with an auric device, a girl fleeing an alien invasion and a woman who didn't see things in black and white all share their name with the 39th and the 40th - although we don't know which is which. Can you explain?

Q6 (from Rob Webb) Music: How might the first three be heard in the fourth (with a minor spelling correction)?

Q7 In which Moroccan city might you have found, at a particular time, the inhabitant of a plastic box, a saintly King of Hungary, an Italian car and a French car?

Q8 Why do a player piano, a grumpy person, a protective plate for a keyhole and a Karmic reptile all take a very long time indeed, in the end?

Producer: Paul Bajoria


MON 15:30 The Food Programme (m001xdd4)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday]


MON 16:00 The Infinite Monkey Cage (p0hbmmdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:15 on Saturday]


MON 16:30 The Artificial Human (m001xddl)
How do I avoid being scammed by AI?

In a world where AI Voice clones can sound like your bank manager or your child in distress, Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong discover how to avoid being scammed by AI.

Some scams are easier to spot than others - The Prince never has money locked in an account that only you, dear brave internet user, can free for him - but in the age of AI, some scams are becoming increasingly difficult to spot, and defend against.

AI can churn out phishing emails and texts - the kind meant to make you log in to a fake banking page - far faster than any human. Deepfake celebrities have already appeared in videos offering free cookware, in return for a ‘small’ delivery cost - resulting in no cookware, but hidden monthly charge suddenly activated on your bank account. And, sometimes most upsetting of all, AI voice clones have been made that trick people into believing a loved one is injured, or kidnapped, trying to frighten families into handing over money to secure their safety.

With the people behind these scams so hard to find and prosecute, it’s up to individuals to protect themselves. So in this episode of The Artificial Human, Aleks and Kevin discover 'How we can all avoid being scammed by AI?'


MON 17:00 PM (m001xddx)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xdf5)
The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 18:30 One Person Found This Helpful (m001xdfc)
Series 1

5. The Old Man & The Fishfinger

Frank and guests Scott Bennett, Jo Caulfield, Simon Evans and Esther Manito find out what you think about a scenic fishfinger and a wobbly cupcake.

This is the panel game based on what we all sit down and do at least once a day – shop online and leave a review, as an all-star panel celebrate the good, the bad and the baffling.

Written by Frank Skinner, Catherine Brinkworth, Sarah Dempster, Jason Hazeley, Rajiv Karia, Karl Minns, Katie Sayer & Peter Tellouche

Devised by Jason Hazeley and Simon Evans with the producer David Tyler

A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4


MON 19:00 The Archers (m001xdfk)
Tracy has a bone to pick, and Stella has a delicate problem on her hands.


MON 19:15 Front Row (m001xdfs)
Star architect Daniel Libeskind, composer Karl Jenkins

Star architect Daniel Libeskind, composer Karl Jenkins


MON 20:00 A Reckoning with Drugs in Oregon (m001xdfz)
Four years ago, one of America’s most progressive states passed the country’s boldest approach to drug policy reform yet. Measure 110 came after a spirited campaign targeting the country’s failed war on drugs.

The new law decriminalised possession of all illicit substances, including heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine . The reformers accurately predicted that the new law would result in fewer people of colour being locked up, but it also coincided with the new spread of the deadly drug fentanyl, and a tidal wave of homelessness.

Fentanyl is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and is far more deadly. Social workers and police now regularly carry the opioid-blocking drug Narcan to treat people overdosing on the streets. Homelessness also continues to rise alongside the drug’s rampage, creating an epidemic on multiple fronts.

In A Reckoning with Drugs in Oregon, local journalist Winston Ross explores the complex issues behind Portland’s fentanyl crisis and lawmakers’ recent decision to roll back Measure 110, speaking across the political divide and to many of those in the eye of the storm.

Presented by Winston Ross
Produced by James Tindale

A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4


MON 20:30 Analysis (m001xdg5)
How real is the existential threat from AI?

The existential threat caused by Artificial Intelligence is a popular theme in science fiction. But more recently it’s started to be taken seriously by governments around the world and the companies developing the technology. Where did this idea come from, and why is so much money being spent on it, rather than on the regulation of AI and the real threat it poses to jobs and to copyright?

Presenter: Jack Stilgoe
Producer: Philip Reevell
Editor: Clare Fordham


MON 21:00 Young Again (m001x4kl)
11. Mel B

Kirsty Young talks to the pop star Melanie Brown about what she’s learned from her life so far.

Mel B is the girl from Leeds who became a global superstar with the Spice Girls. Glamour, fortune, drugs, violence, redemption and healing, her life has an air of make believe - except, of course, she has actually lived it.

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? In Young Again Kirsty takes her guests back to the pivotal moments in their lives. Reflecting on what they wish they’d known at the time, and what they’ve learned along the way, she discovers the honest – and surprising – advice they’d give their younger selves.

Producer: Laura Northedge
Content Editor: Richard Hooper
Executive Editor: Alice Feinstein
Senior Technical Producer: Duncan Hannant
Presenter: Kirsty Young

A BBC Audio Production


MON 21:30 Start the Week (m001xd74)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:00 The World Tonight (m001xdgf)
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective


MON 22:45 Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris (m001xdgn)
Episode 1

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction .
In many ways it’s a universal story of domestic family life upended and fractured by inconceivable events which seem, even now, both far away and close at hand. The story begins in the spring of 1992 in the city of Sarajevo, as political tensions mount and barricades begin to appear in the streets.
Fifty-five year old Zora is married to Franjo, who is fifteen years older than her. Their daughter lives with her English husband and young child in Wiltshire. Zora’s vocation is her work as an artist and notably a painter of landscapes and the bridges that span the river of her beloved Sarajevo. She also teaches art students, but in the afternoons retreats to her studio high in the eaves of the city’s magnificent public library to work on her canvases.

Priscilla Morris is of Yugoslav and Cornish parentage, she grew up in London and spent her summers in Sarajevo. This is her first novel.
Location audio recordings: the street sounds of Sarajevo recorded by Rafael Diogo and featured on https://citiesandmemory.com/sarajevo-city-guide-best-sounds/

BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Priscilla Morris
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
THE WATERS COMPANY for BBC Radio 4


MON 23:00 Lent Talks (m001xdgy)
Truth to Power

Lent Talks on Truth to Power

Written and Presented by The Right Reverend Rose Hudson-Wilkin the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury.

When I was at theological college, I had an Old Testament lecturer who brought the Old Testament to life for me. There was a particular theme that connected with me, it was the fearlessness of the prophets. These men were simply not afraid to speak ‘truth to power.’ The fact that they might even be endangering their lives by speaking up and speaking out was the least of their concerns. The prophets had a sense of responsibility to address whatever the issues of injustice were. They were like a dog with a bone, pressing home their point, and using whatever means were at their disposal, whatever the cost. In the New Testament, we also see examples of prophetic witnesses and Jesus’ ministry is an example of this. Deep within, I feel we need in our present times more prophetic witnesses in our midst. Most of the events making our news headlines all speak into a lack of fearless men and women, morally upstanding who are prepared to speak truth to power. The Windrush and Post Office scandals; the Covid Inquiry; Grenfell Tower and the Israel Gaza war to name but a few. Where were the fearless prophets in these situations, the strong critical friends who were simply not afraid to speak truth to power? Had they spoken up initially the outcomes no doubt may have been very different. Our world needs more Nathans (the prophet who challenged King David), not scoops on the front page of certain newspapers: men and women of integrity and conviction who are unafraid to speak truth to power.

Producer: Carmel Lonergan
Editor: Tim Pemberton


MON 23:15 The Kids Are Alt Right? (m001vbvj)
None of the Above

Conversations about the young people and politics, left or right, often miss out an important fact.
They are are much less likely to vote.
As political scientist Rob Ford notes - "The young are very keen on protest politics. The old vote. Guess who gets what they want out of the politcal system?"
Continuing his look at how age influences our vote, Professor James Tilley addresses the popular misconception that young people enter the political world automatically left wing.
And there's a similar belief that as we age, we will become increasingly right wing.
James is on hand to reveal that the relationship between age and how we vote is not straightforward.
Across five episodes he investigates how young people become attached to particular political parties, how ageing affects our political views - and how the choices made by political parties play out among the young and the old.

Presented by Professor James Tilley.
Produced by Kevin Core.


MON 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001xdh4)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament



TUESDAY 19 MARCH 2024

TUE 00:00 Midnight News (m001xdhc)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 00:30 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xd7s)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday]


TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001xdhl)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001xdhs)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001xdhy)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


TUE 05:30 News Briefing (m001xdj4)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001xdjb)
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Abbot Mark-Ephrem Nolan OSB.


TUE 05:45 Farming Today (m001xdjh)
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.


TUE 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03zdkjv)
Snipe

Kate Humble presents the snipe. The snipe is an intricately patterned wader, not much bigger than a blackbird but with an enormously long bill. In the breeding season they fly high above their territories before dashing earthwards and then sweeping upwards again. Throughout this display you'll hear a bleating sound, known as 'drumming'. Find out how the sound is made in today's programme.

Producer Sarah Blunt


TUE 06:00 Today (m001xdkw)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


TUE 09:00 The Life Scientific (m001xdl8)
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them.


TUE 09:30 One to One (m001xdlh)
Psychedelics and Mental Health: Rose Cartwright meets Robin Carhart-Harris

In recent years there’s been a renaissance of interest in psychedelics in the West, on a scale not seen since the first wave of medical research in the 1950s and 60s. Drugs like DMT, ketamine and psilocybin (the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms), are now being researched as medications to take alongside therapy for the treatment of various mental health problems. Across this series of interviews, Rose Cartwright explores so-called ‘psychedelic assisted psychotherapy’. What is it? Can it help tackle our mental health crisis? And what are the risks?

Her guest today is Dr Robin Carhart-Harris, one of the world’s leading psychedelics researchers, former founder of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, and now Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences at the University of California. How to these drugs work on the brain? What are the current medical trials indicating? And how are the laws around the medical use of these drugs changing?
Producer: Becky Ripley


TUE 09:45 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xdlr)
Episode 2

In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat the powerful Nazi propaganda machine, which crowed victory and smeared its enemies.

However, inside Germany, there was one notable voice of dissent from the very heart of the military machine – Der Chef, a German whose radio broadcasts skilfully questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens.

But what these audiences didn’t know was that Der Chef was a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer, just one player in his vast counter-propaganda cabaret, a unique weapon in the war.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Abridged by Polly Coles

Read by Alan Cox
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001xdly)
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.


TUE 11:00 Young Again (m001xdm2)
12. Philip Pullman

Kirsty Young talks to the author Philip Pullman about what he’s learned from his life so far. Pullman is the acclaimed novelist behind global bestsellers like His Dark Materials. He recounts the story of his own childhood, how he still contemplates the mystery of his father’s death, and why he owes his literary success to hard work.

If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? In Young Again Kirsty takes her guests back to the pivotal moments in their lives. Reflecting on what they wish they’d known at the time, and what they’ve learned along the way, she discovers the honest – and surprising – advice they’d give their younger selves.

Producer: Sam Peach
Content Editor: Richard Hooper
Executive Editor: Alice Feinstein
Senior Technical Producer: Duncan Hannant
Presenter: Kirsty Young

A BBC Audio Production


TUE 11:30 Dead Famous (m001xdm6)
Episode Three - Frida Kahlo

In episode three, we look at the work of Frida Kahlo. Overshadowed in her lifetime by her domineering husband Diego Riviera, Kahlo was not the giant figure of the art world we know today.

Rosie Millard traces Kahlo’s legacy and her rise to fame through films, marketing fads and ground breaking exhibitions. We see how patronage by the likes of Madonna helped turn Kahlo into an icon of feminism and triumphant independence.

Vermeer. Van Gogh. Frida Kahlo. Three of the best-known artists in the world. Their work is reproduced on everything from umbrellas to jigsaw puzzles to fridge magnets. They command record prices in the auction houses and deliver blockbuster shows which sell out immediately.

It wasn’t always this way, however. Each died with no idea that their work would become so hugely valuable or that it would inspire Hollywood movies and many future generations of artists and fans. Their work was not globally renowned when they were alive. How did they manage to market themselves so well after death? How did their status rise from zero to hero?

In this three-part series, Rosie Millard analyses the legacy of these three artists, all of whom rose to global fame many years after they died. Stepping back in time, she finds the key moments in history that transformed these artists from just dead to Dead Famous.

Presented by Rosie Millard
Producer: Tom Woolfenden
Executive Producer: Kirsten Lass
A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 12:00 News Summary (m001xdms)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 12:04 You and Yours (m001xdmg)
News and discussion of consumer affairs


TUE 12:57 Weather (m001xdmj)
The latest weather forecast


TUE 13:00 World at One (m001xdml)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


TUE 13:45 Child (p0hcsmxp)
12. Consent

Being in control and having a sense of choice can be the difference between a positive or negative birth experience, but how much choice do women really have?

India Rakusen speaks to Dr Anna Nelson about consent for cervical examinations and how muddy this area can be. Leah Hazard discusses what these examinations are for and how useful they can be, and we also hear from Dr Ihab Abassi about his decision to only perform gentle caesareans and the long lasting positive impact this can have on women.

Presented by India Rakusen
Producer: Ellie Sans
Series Producer: Ellie Sans
Production Team: Ella McLeod & Georgia Arundell
Executive Producer: Suzy Grant
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
Original music composed and performed by ESKA
Mix and Mastering by Charlie Brandon-King

A Listen production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 14:00 The Archers (m001xdfk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday]


TUE 14:15 Drama on 4 (m001xdmp)
The Mini-Break

Esme’s meeting her boyfriend’s parents for the first time. But when she discovers a dark family secret, making a good impression becomes the least of her worries… Chloë Myerson’s modern-day folk-horror story about family and fate, inspired by the writing of Hans Christian Andersen.

CAST
Esme ..... Máiréad Tyers
Danny ..... Josh Bryant-Jones
Susanna ..... Jane Slavin
Tim ..... Nicholas Woodeson
The Storyteller .... David Menkin
Agneta ..... Kitty O’Sullivan

Written by Chloë Myerson
Directed by Anne Isger
Sound by Ali Craig and Andy Garratt

A BBC Audio Production


TUE 15:00 The Kitchen Cabinet (m001xdmt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Saturday]


TUE 15:30 A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand (m001wjy3)
Series 3: Exercise

S3. Ep 7 - Have Fun, Feel Good

Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken investigate the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.

Is modern exercise a wellness cult? Or is it a vital cure for a world that’s struggling with ill health and stuck on the sofa? Most of us might like to get a bit fitter, but how easy is it to actually start exercising and give up sedentary habits?

In this series Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken examine exercise and how best to do it. How much should we be doing? How does it help our bodies? And how does our surrounding environment stand in the way of us getting fitter? Chris is challenged to examine his scepticism towards exercise. Similarly, Xand is asked to look at his new-found exercise evangelism and see what he is really running from.

Recently Xand has discovered the joys of physical activity. He’s running, cycling, heading to the gym and playing ping pong like never before. It’s been a real transformation and a way to keep on top of things after years of unhealthy living.

His twin brother Chris, on the other hand, is really feeling the aches and pains of middle age. With a busy job and a young family, he has precious little spare time for exercise. After a very active period in his 20s and 30s, Chris is now embracing his ‘Dad bod’ and sliding into a creaky middle age. Xand wants to help him turn things around. Can he do it?

In Episode 7 - Have Fun, Feel Good - the twins meet Herman Pontzer, Evolutionary Anthropologist at Duke University and the author of Burn. He explains the science behind metabolism, physical activity and how we really burn calories. Meanwhile, Chris and Xand go to their local park for a game of ping pong. It’s an attempt to find a fun activity that will finally get Chris moving. Unfortunately, ping pong isn’t really Chris’ idea of fun. But what is?

Presented by Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken
Producer: Tom Woolfenden
Sound Design: Dan King
Series Editor: Jo Rowntree
A Van Tulleken Brothers and Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 16:00 Law in Action (m001xdgz)
Long-running legal magazine programme featuring reports and discussion


TUE 16:30 A Good Read (m001xd9g)
Christopher Eccleston and Lindsey Hilsum

JUST KIDS by Patti Smith, chosen by Lindsey Hilsum
MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING by Viktor E. Frankl (trans. Ilse Lasch), chosen by Christopher Eccleston
TOWARDS THE END OF THE MORNING by Michael Frayn, chosen by Harriett Gilbert

The television journalist and actor share favourite books with Harriett Gilbert.

Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor of Channel 4 News, loves Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids, her account of coming to New York as a young woman and of her relationship with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. It's a coming-of-age story set against the heady backdrop of 1970s counterculture; it's a story of becoming an artist; and it's a love story that turns into an elegy.

The actor Christopher Eccleston chooses Man's Search for Meaning, the psychotherapist Viktor Frankl's account of his time in Nazi concentration camps and how those experiences informed his belief that man's deepest need is to search for meaning and purpose. It's a powerful book about retaining one's humanity in the face of unimaginable suffering and degradation.

And Harriett Gilbert chooses Towards the End of the Morning, Michael Frayn's 1967 satire about journalists working on a newspaper during the heyday of Fleet Street.

Produced by Mair Bosworth for BBC Audio


TUE 17:00 PM (m001xdmy)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xdn6)
The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 18:30 Tim Key's Poetry Programme (m001xdnb)
1. The Pilot

The poetry show (without the poetry) returns for more comic chaos, with guests Stephen Merchant and Lolly Adefope.

This is a poetry programme like no other – over the course of 6 series Key has performed magic, music, cookery and witchcraft; he’s delivered a baby, gone underground, up the Shard and into space.

And sometimes he finds time to read poems.

This series, regulars Tom Basden and Katy Wix are joined by guest stars Stephen Merchant, Lolly Adefope, Mike Wozniak, Sam Campbell, Simon Armstrong and Morgana Robinson.

Written and presented by Tim Key

Produced by James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4


TUE 19:00 The Archers (m001xdf6)
One resident tries out a new hobby, and Brian takes the next step.


TUE 19:15 Front Row (m001xdnf)
Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi and performance from Nora Jones

Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi and performance from Nora Jones


TUE 20:00 File on 4 (m001xdnh)
Award-winning current affairs documentary series


TUE 20:40 In Touch (m001xdnn)
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted


TUE 21:00 All in the Mind (m001xdft)
The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.


TUE 21:30 The Life Scientific (m001xdl8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


TUE 22:00 The World Tonight (m001xdnq)
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective


TUE 22:45 Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris (m001xdns)
Episode 2

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction .
In many ways it’s a universal story of domestic family life upended and fractured by inconceivable events which seem, even now, both far away and close at hand. The story begins in the spring of 1992 in the city of Sarajevo, as political tensions mount and barricades begin to appear in the streets.
Fifty-five year old Zora is married to Franjo, who is fifteen years older than her. Their daughter lives with her English husband and young child in Wiltshire. Zora’s vocation is her work as an artist and notably a painter of landscapes and the bridges that span the river of her beloved Sarajevo. She also teaches art students, but in the afternoons retreats to her studio high in the eaves of the city’s magnificent public library to work on her canvases.

Priscilla Morris is of Yugoslav and Cornish parentage, she grew up in London and spent her summers in Sarajevo. This is her first novel.
Location audio recordings: the street sounds of Sarajevo recorded by Rafael Diogo and featured on https://citiesandmemory.com/sarajevo-city-guide-best-sounds/

BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Priscilla Morris
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
THE WATERS COMPANY for BBC Radio 4


TUE 23:00 The Confessional (m001g1nn)
Series 3

The Confession of Jessie Cave

Stephen Mangan is back with another series of his comedy chat show about shame, guilt and occasional repentance.

Each week, Stephen invites a distinguished guest into his virtual confessional box to make three confessions to him. An antidote to conventional talk shows, their stories don't reflect their proudest moments. Stephen could not be less interested in those. He wants them to open up about their darker side. Settle back for stimulating journeys through shame, regret and toe curling embarrassment.

The series begins with Harry Potter actor, writer, podcaster, cartoonist and illustrator, Jessie Cave in the hot seat.

Presenter: Stephen Mangan
Additional material by Nick Doody
Producer: Frank Stirling
A 7digital production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001xdnv)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament



WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH 2024

WED 00:00 Midnight News (m001xdnx)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


WED 00:30 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xdlr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Tuesday]


WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001xdnz)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001xdp1)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001xdp4)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


WED 05:30 News Briefing (m001xdpc)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001xdpk)
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Abbot Mark-Ephrem Nolan OSB.


WED 05:45 Farming Today (m001xdpr)
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.


WED 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b08spdww)
David Lindo on the Osprey

Osprey and Wormwood Scrubs are not usually words you expect to read in the same sentence, but Urban Birder David Lindo has seen one on his birdwatching patch next to the prison. His mantra is to look up and around in the city as there are more varieties of bird to be seen than you might imagine.

Producer Maggie Ayre.


WED 06:00 Today (m001xd9w)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


WED 09:00 The Briefing Room (m001xdbf)
Election special 3. Uncertain times for the ANC in South Africa

2024 is the year of elections. According to one estimate just under 50% of all the people on earth live in countries where by December 31st there will have been a national vote. To mark this phenomenon we are broadcasting three special programmes.

In the third and final programme in this special series we’re focusing on South Africa. It is 30 years since the African National Congress - led back then by Nelson Mandela - first won power. It has had a majority in parliament ever since. But this year it could well be different. If so, does this decline of the ruling party bode well or badly for South Africa?

Guests:

David Everatt, Professor at the Wits School of Governance in Johannesburg
Dr Ayesha Omar, British Academy International Fellow at SOAS
Alexander Beresford, Associate Professor in African Politics at Leeds University
Professor Cherrel Africa from the University of the Western Cape

Production team: Rosamund Jones and Ben Carter
Editor: Richard Vadon
Production Co-ordinator: Gemma Ashman
Sound engineers: Hal Haines and Neil Churchill


WED 09:30 Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley (m001jkq4)
Nibble Some Nuts

Nuts are a rich source of fibre and polyphenols. They are also very high in fats and calories, but studies have shown that eating these bite-sized snacks won’t add to your waistline. These nutrient powerhouses could also help slow-down the ageing process. Research has found that walnut eaters live, on average, over a year longer than those who don’t. What’s more, adding nuts to your diet can help your brain! Michael Mosley is joined by Dr Sze-Yen Tan from Deakin University in Australia who reveals how eating nuts can benefit the brain, and why eating moderate amounts of nuts won’t add to your waistline. A recent study of his found that people who ate nuts performed better in cognitive tests and had improved short-term memory. Meanwhile, our volunteer Emma swaps out her usual snack for a handful of mixed nuts!


WED 09:45 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xdbt)
Episode 3

In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat the powerful Nazi propaganda machine, which crowed victory and smeared its enemies.

However, inside Germany, there was one notable voice of dissent from the very heart of the military machine – Der Chef, a German whose radio broadcasts skilfully questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens.

But what these audiences didn’t know was that Der Chef was a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer, just one player in his vast counter-propaganda cabaret, a unique weapon in the war.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Abridged by Polly Coles

Read by Alan Cox
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4


WED 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001xdc5)
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.


WED 11:00 The Big League (m001tgtn)
Real Madras, Borussia Moobsandbackfat, OB City, Man Titty, Inter PieAmi, Pork Vale, ScranMere Rovers - all real teams that play in the big league.

Man Vs Fat is a football league designed to help men lose weight.

The league says it has helped around 23,000 men lose 601,288lbs since it started in 2016. But dropping a few belt notches is not the only thing that has transformed lives

Men talking about their mental health is still typically rare - Jay Unger has struggled with his own weight and has played in Man V Fat for a few years.

Being part of a fat football community, has helped him and thousands of other men to open up about their mental health and get through some of the most difficult situations in their life

Some of the stories are really heart-breaking and difficult to listen to - but ultimately the men in Newport, North Tyneside and Edinburgh Jay meets tell him how a community, brought together by football, has helped them reshape their lives..

Presenter: Jay Unger
Producer: Jay Unger
Editor: Richard McIlory
A BBC Audio North Production

If you’ve been affected by some of the issues raised, details of organisations that can provide support relating to feelings of despair, addiction and mental health, are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline.


WED 11:30 The Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life (m001tr6h)
Matthew Sweet re-examines the life and work of the exciting, sensational and surprising figure who contemporary critics might have labelled 'Woke Wilkie'. In this his bicentenary year, Matthew will open up the world of Wilkie Collins's fiction - a world that is profoundly strange, but deeply engaged with questions with which we're still grappling today. Whether on restitution, polyamory, disability or gender roles, Collins wasn't just ahead of his own time but in many ways, ahead of ours.

Readers: Josh Bryant-Jones and Kitty O'Sullivan
Producer: Mohini Patel


WED 12:00 News Summary (m001xdcv)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


WED 12:04 You and Yours (m001xdd6)
News and discussion of consumer affairs


WED 12:57 Weather (m001xddh)
The latest weather forecast


WED 13:00 World at One (m001xdds)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


WED 13:45 Child (p0hcsn5k)
13. Trust

With near-constant headlines of problems in our maternity services here in the UK, what does the word ‘trust’ mean today when it comes to birth, and what can we do to create more of it?

India Rakusen heads to her own hospital where she’s due to give birth to speak to the director of midwifery Shirley Peterson, Dr Sanem Atakan a consultant obstetrician and a doula Aimee Hamblin about the breakdown and rebuilding of trust.

Produced and Presented by India Rakusen
Series Producer: Ellie Sans
Production Team: Ella McLeod & Georgia Arundell
Executive Producer: Suzy Grant.
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
Original music composed and performed by ESKA
Mix and Mastering by Charlie Brandon-King

A Listen production for BBC Radio 4


WED 14:00 The Archers (m001xdf6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Tuesday]


WED 14:15 Drama on 4 (m001xdfd)
Emergency Alert: Ballistic Missile Inbound

By Dan Scott. The residents of a village in England all receive the same alarming message on their mobile phones. So what do you do if you have only moments to decide and it may be the last decision you make?

Noelle ..... Dorothy Atkinson
Hassan ..... Hasan Dixon
Sam ..... Anna Spearpoint
Voice 2/Kristen ..... Rhiannon Neads
Voice 1/Max ..... John Lightbody
Adam ..... Ian Dunnett Jnr.

Production Coordinators ..... Sara Benaim and Daniel Bishop

Sound by Andrew Garratt and Peter Ringrose
Directed by Toby Swift

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 4

An EcoAudio certified production


WED 15:00 Money Box (m001xdfl)
Money Box Live

The Money Box team invites listeners and a panel of experts to discuss one personal finance topic in depth.


WED 15:30 All in the Mind (m001xdft)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:00 on Tuesday]


WED 16:00 Sideways (m001xdg0)
Matthew Syed explores the ideas that shape our lives, making us see the world differently.


WED 16:30 The Media Show (m001xdg6)
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.


WED 17:00 PM (m001xdgd)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xdgm)
The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


WED 18:30 Janey Godley: The C Bomb (m001xdgt)
Series 2

Motherhood, Marriage and George Clooney

Facing her own mortality, Janey finds herself reflecting on motherhood and how the pressures on women have changed.

She also speaks honestly about dealing with a terminal diagnosis within her relationship, but is challenged on claims of marital harmony by daughter Ashley.

However as she confesses to some of the mistakes she feels she made as a mother, she is met with compassion and understanding.

Also in this episode, as an atheist, she wonders how things might go at the pearly gates if she’s been wrong this whole time - and explains how George Clooney saved the day.

Reflecting on the past with honesty, vulnerability and empathy for those who let her down, she continues to find humour and insight in both the darkness and the ridiculous.

A mix of stories told onstage to a hometown audience, and candid conversations with her daughter Ashely Storrie, recorded in the living room of the home they share.

Produced by Julia Sutherland
Featuring Ashley Storrie

A Dabster production for BBC Radio 4


WED 19:00 The Archers (m001xdd5)
Justin makes Stella an interesting offer, and hare spotting is the order of the day at the rewilding.


WED 19:15 Front Row (m001xdh0)
Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz musician Stacey Kent on collaborating

Kazuo Ishiguro and jazz musician Stacey Kent on collaborating


WED 20:00 AntiSocial (m001x59k)
Does Britain need a Muslim war memorial?

Plans announced in the Budget to spend £1 million on a war memorial for Muslim soldiers who died in the two world wars have been applauded by campaigners, but others worry it is singling out one religious group for special treatment. Some have also questioned the timing of the announcement, when the Conservative Party is facing allegations of Islamophobia.

What role did Muslims play in the two World Wars? Do other religious groups have their own memorials? And how have monuments like this become flashpoints of the culture wars?

Presenter: Adam Fleming
Production team: Simon Tulett, Nick Holland, and Ellie House
Editor: Penny Murphy


WED 20:45 Lent Talks (m001xdgy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 23:00 on Monday]


WED 21:00 When It Hits the Fan (m001xdh9)
Who's in the news for all the wrong reasons? With David Yelland and Simon Lewis.


WED 21:30 The Media Show (m001xdg6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 today]


WED 22:00 The World Tonight (m001xdhf)
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective


WED 22:45 Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris (m001xdhm)
Episode 3

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction .
In many ways it’s a universal story of domestic family life upended and fractured by inconceivable events which seem, even now, both far away and close at hand. The story begins in the spring of 1992 in the city of Sarajevo, as political tensions mount and barricades begin to appear in the streets.
Fifty-five year old Zora is married to Franjo, who is fifteen years older than her. Their daughter lives with her English husband and young child in Wiltshire. Zora’s vocation is her work as an artist and notably a painter of landscapes and the bridges that span the river of her beloved Sarajevo. She also teaches art students, but in the afternoons retreats to her studio high in the eaves of the city’s magnificent public library to work on her canvases.

Priscilla Morris is of Yugoslav and Cornish parentage, she grew up in London and spent her summers in Sarajevo. This is her first novel.
Location audio recordings: the street sounds of Sarajevo recorded by Rafael Diogo and featured on https://citiesandmemory.com/sarajevo-city-guide-best-sounds/

BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Priscilla Morris
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
THE WATERS COMPANY for BBC Radio 4


WED 23:00 DMs Are Open (m001xdhv)
Series 3

4. Exploration

Stevie Martin boldy goes into the DMs to find the best sketches and one liners, and brings the best sketches and one liners written by YOU, the British public.

Joining Stevie on her exploration this week are Freya Mallard, Katie Norris, Kiell Smith-Bynoe and Sean Burke as they dip into the DMs.

Written by the public

Script edited by Tasha Dhanraj and Cameron Loxdale

Recorded at Up The Creek Comedy Club

Recorded by David Thomas
Sound Design: Charlie Brandon-King
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls
Assistant Producer: Caroline Barlow

Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.


WED 23:15 The Skewer (m001xdj2)
Series 11

Episode 6

The week’s biggest stories like you’ve never heard them before. The news, remixed as a satirical comedy concept album.

Jon Holmes presents the multi-award winning The Skewer. Headphones on.

Producer: Jon Holmes
An unusual production for BBC Radio 4


WED 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001xdj8)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament



THURSDAY 21 MARCH 2024

THU 00:00 Midnight News (m001xdjg)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


THU 00:30 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xdbt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Wednesday]


THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001xdjm)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001xdjr)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001xdjw)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


THU 05:30 News Briefing (m001xdk0)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001xdk2)
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Abbot Mark-Ephrem Nolan OSB.


THU 05:45 Farming Today (m001xdk4)
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.


THU 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03wpzmk)
Chiffchaff

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about the British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Bill Oddie presents the chiffchaff. Chiffchaff are small olive warblers which sing their name as they flit around hunting for insects in woods, marshes and scrubby places. Chiffchaffs are increasing in the UK and the secret of their success is their ability to weather our winters. Many stay in the milder south and south-west of England where the insects are more active.

Producer Sarah Pitt


THU 06:00 Today (m001xd64)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


THU 09:00 In Our Time (m001xd7b)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world.


THU 09:45 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xdb2)
Episode 4

In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat the powerful Nazi propaganda machine, which crowed victory and smeared its enemies.

However, inside Germany, there was one notable voice of dissent from the very heart of the military machine – Der Chef, a German whose radio broadcasts skilfully questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens.

But what these audiences didn’t know was that Der Chef was a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer, just one player in his vast counter-propaganda cabaret, a unique weapon in the war.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Abridged by Polly Coles

Read by Alan Cox
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4


THU 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001xd8g)
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.


THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent (m001xd90)
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world


THU 11:30 A Good Read (m001xd9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 on Tuesday]


THU 12:00 News Summary (m001xdbk)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


THU 12:04 You and Yours (m001xdbh)
News and discussion of consumer affairs


THU 12:32 Sliced Bread (m001xdbx)
Are the latest ad-hyped products and trends really 'the best thing since sliced bread'?


THU 12:57 Weather (m001xdc7)
The latest weather forecast


THU 13:00 World at One (m001xdcl)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


THU 13:45 Child (p0hcsngs)
14. Pain

The baby is almost here. In this episode, India Rakusen explores how the baby moves through the cervix into the birth canal to the moment the baby’s head starts to crown.

And through all of this, how is pain acknowledged and addressed? India looks at the history of pain relief - and finds out from historian Randi Hutter-Epstein about an extreme form called Twilight Sleep that gained popularity at the start of the 20th Century. She also speaks to research midwife Rachel Ibikunle about the horrific beliefs about pain for Black and Asian women, and to Siobhan Miller of the Positive Birth Company about how understanding our body can help manage pain.

Presented by India Rakusen
Producer: Ellie Sans
Series Producer: Ellie Sans
Production Team: Ella McLeod & Georgia Arundell
Executive Producer: Suzy Grant.
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
Original music composed and performed by ESKA
Mix and Mastering by Charlie Brandon-King

A Listen production for BBC Radio 4


THU 14:00 The Archers (m001xdd5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Wednesday]


THU 14:15 Drama on 4 (m0006snf)
Making Plans with Nigel

When 45-year-old writer and IT nerd Stu finds a lump in what he calls his left breast he leaps into action with the most sensible plan he can come up with - he googles for reassurance then ignores it.

Nothing to worry about, he decides. Breast cancer only affects women or really old men, after all.

Except - sometimes it doesn't...

Stuart Houghton's semi-autobiographical drama, set in the period leading up to the 2016 EU referendum.

Cast:
Stuart....................MARK BENTON
Natalie…..............SALLY LINDSAY
Nigel Farage.......LEWIS MACLEOD
Ben…………...........JOHN RAMM
Fiorentina/Nurse.......BECKY WRIGHT
Mr Kashap…...…PAUL BAZELY
Barbara…….........CHERRELLE SKEETE
Doctor Miller/Miriam…EMMA FIELDING
Jim/Brian…….BEN CROWE
All other parts are played by members of the cast.

Producer: Karen Rose
Sound Design: David Thomas
Broadcast Assistant: Sarah Tombling

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4


THU 15:00 Ramblings (m001xddj)
On the Hoof with Hannah and Chico

Clare joins Hannah Engelkamp and her donkey, Chico, for a ramble in the Dyfi Valley a few miles east of Machynlleth in Powys.

On the way Hannah tells Clare about the extraordinary adventure she shared with Chico when they walked 1000 miles around the perimeter of Wales. She did this despite having no previous experience of donkeys, or horses, or any animals really. It took twice as long as she intended and was much harder than she ever imagined. The idea of 'carrot or stick' doesn't work, Hannah says, so the first thing she learned was when a donkey stops you just have to wait and stand and look and wait until the moment seems right to move off again.

Hannah also tells Clare about her involvement with 'Slow Ways'. It’s a Community Interest Company whose aim is to map, improve, and promote walking routes between Britain’s towns, cities and villages.

Clare and Hannah met at Grid Ref: SH 850 027, and walked a section of a Slow Way known as ‘Maccar One’ near Chico’s home at Dyfi Donkey Woods. Maccar One is 23 miles long and connects Machynlleth with Carno. Slow Ways are named for the first three letters of the place at either end of a route e.g. Mac for Machynlleth and Car for Carno.

Presenter: Clare Balding
Producer: Karen Gregor


THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal (m001xddv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:54 on Sunday]


THU 15:30 Open Book (m001xdf3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Sunday]


THU 16:00 Tracking the Planet (m001xdfb)
Riding the Storm

Our planet is alive. A dynamic, moving, pulsating organism. Air pressure rises and falls, ocean currents meander, and the climate continues, by tiny increments, to warm.

And at the same time, billions of animals are on the move.

All over the planet, animals are fitted with sophisticated tracking devices by teams of dedicated scientists, which tell us so much about what they’re up to. From rhinos in bulky satellite collars, to microscopic chips glued to the back of a bee, they record where the animals go, what they eat, and how and why they migrate across the globe.

But they record so much more than that too – modern trackers can also log local climactic conditions, windspeed, temperature, even some measures of the animal’s own health; heartbeat, or skin temperature. Every tagged animal is transformed into a tiny dynamic weather station, collecting data on climactic conditions and the health of ecosystems, which would be impossible to collect otherwise.

Diving Weddell seals bring back data on the melting speed of a deep water glacier. Roving Tiger Sharks uncover previously unknown sea-grass habitats. High-flying sea-birds on annual migration tell us about changing wind patterns across the tempestuous equator, and farm animals in the mountains of Italy, moving nervously in their fields, give a silent alert: an earthquake is on the way.

In this series, Emily Knight explores some of the stories that can be told about the animals that call this world home, and the much larger over-arching story too: How the changing conditions on this planet are transforming THEIR lives, changing their migration routes, re-positioning their food-stocks, bringing new diseases or challenging weather. We can track how they’re coping with it all, and how, sometimes, they’re not.


THU 16:30 BBC Inside Science (m001xdfj)
BBC Radio 4's science magazine


THU 17:00 PM (m001xdfr)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xdg4)
The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


THU 18:30 Conversations from a Long Marriage (m001xdgb)
Series 5

5. Get The Party Started

Roger feels abandoned as Joanna heads off for a daily sunrise swim.

Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam star as the loving, long-married couple, in the 5th series of Jan Etherington’s award-winning comedy.

This week, Roger feels abandoned as Joanna heads off for a daily sunrise swim, reminding him ‘Don’t let your tea get cold!’ Their younger neighbours are having a party. Roger finds excuses not to go - including the dog’s upset tummy. ‘You’re going,’ Joanna snaps. Inevitably, Roger leaves early and Joanna stays, drinking martini in the hot tub. Next morning, she is hungover but Roger’s goddaughter, Rosie, is arriving, with her babies. ‘They like a runny egg with soldiers’, Roger tells her. She begs him to stay and do breakfast but he’s off on a bike ride ‘Don’t let your tea get cold!’

Conversations from a Long Marriage is Written by Jan Etherington. It is produced and directed by Claire Jones. And it is a BBC Studios Production for Radio 4.

Wilfredo Acosta - sound engineer
Charlotte Sewter - studio assistant
Jon Calver - sound designer
Katie Baum - production coordinator

Conversations from a Long Marriage won the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award for Best Radio Comedy in 2020, was nominated for a Writers’ Guild Award in 2022 and a British Comedy Guide award in 2024.

‘Joanna Lumley and Roger Allam have had illustrious acting careers but can they ever have done anything better than Jan Etherington’s two hander? This is a work of supreme craftsmanship.’ RADIO TIMES
‘Peppered with nostalgic 60s hits and especially written for the pair, it’s an endearing portrait of exasperation, laced with hard won tolerance – and something like love.’ THE GUARDIAN
‘You’ve been listening at my window, Jan’. JOANNA LUMLEY
‘Sitcom is what marriage is really like – repetitive and ridiculous – and Jan’s words are some of the best ever written on the subject’. RICHARD CURTIS


THU 19:00 The Archers (m001xdgl)
Confusion reigns when Hannah struggles to make a move, and the race to be cricket club chair takes a surprising turn.


THU 19:15 Front Row (m001xdgs)
Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed

Kristen Wiig drama Palm Royale and animation Robot Dreams reviewed


THU 20:00 Law in Action (m001xdgz)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:00 on Tuesday]


THU 20:30 The Gift (m001w6z0)
Bonus Episode: Hacked

Was a recent, unprecedented DNA data theft a racially motivated attack?

October 6th, 2023 - the day before Hamas launches its attack on Israel - a data set stolen from at-home DNA testing company 23andMe is posted on the dark web. A hacker under the username Golem claims it contains millions of data points relating to Ashkenazi Jews living globally. A vast repository of 23andMe account holder's personal information is then offered to anyone willing to pay for it - including names, birth dates, location and genetic ancestry details. Not only is it 23andMe's the biggest ever security breach but apparently it's been motivated by racism.

Jenny Kleeman recently confirmed her Ashkenazi Jewish identity through a 23andMe test. Her mum and dad had already done so a few years previously. In this bonus episode of The Gift, Jenny investigates the 23andMe breach to discover what happened, who was targeted and if information as sensitive as our genetic code can ever be stored safely.

Presenter: Jenny Kleeman
Producer: Conor Garrett
Commissioning Editor: Hugh Levinson
Executive Producer: Philip Sellars
Production Co-ordinator: Gill Huggett


THU 21:00 BBC Inside Science (m001xdfj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 16:30 today]


THU 21:30 In Our Time (m001xd7b)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


THU 22:00 The World Tonight (m001xdh7)
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective


THU 22:45 Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris (m001xdhg)
Episode 4

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction .
In many ways it’s a universal story of domestic family life upended and fractured by inconceivable events which seem, even now, both far away and close at hand. The story begins in the spring of 1992 in the city of Sarajevo, as political tensions mount and barricades begin to appear in the streets.
Fifty-five year old Zora is married to Franjo, who is fifteen years older than her. Their daughter lives with her English husband and young child in Wiltshire. Zora’s vocation is her work as an artist and notably a painter of landscapes and the bridges that span the river of her beloved Sarajevo. She also teaches art students, but in the afternoons retreats to her studio high in the eaves of the city’s magnificent public library to work on her canvases.

Priscilla Morris is of Yugoslav and Cornish parentage, she grew up in London and spent her summers in Sarajevo. This is her first novel.
Location audio recordings: the street sounds of Sarajevo recorded by Rafael Diogo and featured on https://citiesandmemory.com/sarajevo-city-guide-best-sounds/

BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Priscilla Morris
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
THE WATERS COMPANY for BBC Radio 4


THU 23:00 The Today Podcast (m001xdhn)
Amol and Nick's take on the biggest stories of the week.


THU 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001xdht)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament



FRIDAY 22 MARCH 2024

FRI 00:00 Midnight News (m001xdj0)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


FRI 00:30 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xdb2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Thursday]


FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001xdj6)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001xdjf)
World Service

BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001xdjl)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping


FRI 05:30 News Briefing (m001xdjq)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4


FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001xdjv)
A reflection and prayer to start the day with Abbot Mark-Ephrem Nolan OSB.


FRI 05:45 Farming Today (m001xdjz)
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.


FRI 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b038qk4j)
Great Spotted Woodpecker

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Brett Westwood presents the Great Spotted woodpecker. In spring Great Spotted Woodpeckers drum loudly with their bills against tree bark to advertise their territories. Unlike many of our woodland birds, which are declining, Great Spotted Woodpeckers have increased rapidly over the last few decades - up to 250% since the 1970's.


FRI 06:00 Today (m001xft8)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs (m001xff3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 11:15 on Sunday]


FRI 09:45 How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev (m001xfvl)
Episode 5

-In the summer of 1941, Hitler ruled Europe from the Atlantic to the Black Sea. Britain was struggling to combat the powerful Nazi propaganda machine, which crowed victory and smeared its enemies.

However, inside Germany, there was one notable voice of dissent from the very heart of the military machine – Der Chef, a German whose radio broadcasts skilfully questioned Nazi doctrine. He had access to high-ranking military secrets and spoke of internal rebellion. His listeners included German soldiers and citizens.

But what these audiences didn’t know was that Der Chef was a fiction, a character created by the British propagandist Sefton Delmer, just one player in his vast counter-propaganda cabaret, a unique weapon in the war.

Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Abridged by Polly Coles

Read by Alan Cox
Produced by Clive Brill

A Brill production for BBC Radio 4


FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001xfv9)
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.


FRI 11:00 The War the World Forgot (m001xfvr)
Since it gained Independence in 1956 Sudan has had at least 2 major civil wars. The last one resulted in Southern Sudan becoming an Independent state in 2011. The latest civil war broke out last April between two rival factions of the military government, the Sudanese Army Force (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF. Thousands have been killed and the country is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis. Why aren't we hearing more about it? James Copnall, former BBC Sudan Correspondent finds out what exactly is going on from historians, personal testimony, government and humanitarian aid agencies.

Presenter: James Copnall
Producer: Julie Ball
Editor: Tara McDermott


FRI 11:30 Room 101 with Paul Merton (m001n1r5)
Series 1

Phil Wang

Returning in its original one-to-one incarnation, Paul Merton interviews a variety of guests from the world of comedy and entertainment to find out what they would send to Room 101.

In this episode, Phil Wang's choices are standing ovations, biopics and the second law of thermodynamics.

Additional material John Irwin and Sukie Webster
Produced by Richard Wilson
A Hat Trick production for BBC Radio 4


FRI 12:00 News Summary (m001xfwx)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


FRI 12:04 AntiSocial (m001xfw6)
Peace talks for the culture wars. In an era of polarisation, propaganda, and pile-ons, Adam Fleming helps you work out what the arguments are really about.


FRI 12:57 Weather (m001xfwb)
The latest weather forecast


FRI 13:00 World at One (m001xfwg)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment.


FRI 13:45 Child (p0hcsp8c)
15. Golden Hour

The baby is born and takes its first breath. But it’s not over. India examines how the body reacts and recovers in this first hour, how the placenta is born, and how bonding begins between parents and baby. And what if it doesn’t? It’s not always instant love, and that’s okay. India speaks to doula Leila Baker and former midwife Rachel Reed about building that enchantment a different way when the rush of hormones doesn’t have the expected effect. Midwife Leah Hazard describes the immediate aftercare and India asks Dr Alison Wright about how more personalised care could improve mothers experiences.

Produced and Presented by: India Rakusen.
Series producer: Ellie Sans.
Production Team: Ella McLeod & Georgia Arundell
Executive producer: Suzy Grant.
Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts
Original music composed and performed by ESKA.
Mix and Mastering by Charlie Brandon-King.

A Listen Production for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.


FRI 14:00 The Archers (m001xdgl)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Thursday]


FRI 14:15 Limelight (m001xfwn)
Silos

Silos - 1. Silo 605

'Take a deep sleep vacation. No work, no stress. Guaranteed sweet dreams.' And a cure for the climate crisis too?

Climate events have set mass human migration in motion. Radical forms of governance and flawed technology strive to meet the challenges. Nat, a newly qualified lawyer in stasis law, must deal with the fallout.

Anita Sullivan's new drama takes us to Lanza, a fictional island which could be anywhere - and everywhere. In the distant future - or maybe not that far off...

CAST:
NAT - Anastasia Hille
RIV - Paul Bazely
ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola
CAROL - Rebekah Staton
BARRY - Ben Crowe
HONOUR - Raad Rawi
JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey
INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher

Director: Karen Rose
Producer: Sarah Tombling
Sound Designer: David Thomas
Composer Simon Slater

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4


FRI 14:45 Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley (m001k0wg)
Write It Out

When things go wrong, you might think that focusing on the bad and writing about them would make things worse. But in some cases, the opposite seems to be true.

Michael Mosley investigates a technique called “expressive writing”, a simple tip which can have surprising benefits for your health. The idea is to set aside 15 minutes to write about any worries that keep you up at night, showing many benefits - from improving lung function in people with asthma, to improving scores on exams and cognitive tests.

In this episode, Michael Mosley speaks to the man who kick-started it all, Professor James Pennebaker from the University of Texas, Austin. He tells Michael about his original findings in the 1980s and the astonishing link between expressive writing, reduced doctor’s visits, your immune system and how quickly your body heals wounds…


FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time (m001xfws)
Horticultural programme featuring a group of gardening experts.


FRI 15:45 The Transit of Mercury (b081tjh2)
A family heirloom provides the spark for a journey of self-discovery and an unexpected literary inheritance in this new story from acclaimed Northern Irish dramatist Anne Devlin.

Anne Devlin is a playwright, short story writer and screenwriter from Belfast. Her film and TV credits include 'Vigo', 'Titanic Town', 'The Venus de Milo Instead' 'Naming the Names' and dramatisations of 'Wuthering Heights' and 'The Rainbow', while her stage plays include 'After Easter', 'Heartlanders' and 'Ourselves Alone'. Anne adapted some of her screenplays for radio 'After Easter' (1997), 'Naming The Names' (1986) and 'The Long March' (1986).

Writer ..... Anne Devlin
Reader ..... Julia Dearden
Producer ..... Heather Larmour


FRI 16:00 Last Word (m001xfwy)
Matthew Bannister tells the life stories of people who have recently died, from the rich and famous to the unsung but significant.


FRI 16:30 Feedback (m001xfx1)
The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience


FRI 17:00 PM (m001xfx3)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001xfx7)
The early evening national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


FRI 18:30 The Now Show (m001xfx9)
Series 64

Episode 2

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches.


FRI 19:00 The Archers (m001xfxc)
Writer: Tim Stimpson
Director: Rosemary Watts

Pip Archer ……… Daisy Badger
Brian Aldridge ………Charles Collingwood
Lilian Bellamy …….Sunny Ormonde
Sgt Harrison Burns ……. James Cartwright
Chris Carter……… Wilf Scolding
Alice Carter ……….Hollie Chapman
Justin Elliot ……… Simon Williams
George Grundy…….Angus Stobie
Tracy Horrobin …….. Susie Riddell
Kate Madikane ……… Perdita Avery
Stella Pryor ……….. Lucy Speed
Lynda Snell ………. Carole Boyd
Oliver Sterling ……Michael Cochrane
Hannah Riley ……..Helen Longworth
Robert Snell…………Michael Bertenshaw
Miranda Elliot ……………Lucy Fleming


FRI 19:15 Add to Playlist (m001xfxf)
Cerys Matthews and Jeffrey Boakye create a playlist no computer could.


FRI 20:00 Any Questions? (m001xfxh)
Topical discussion posing questions to a panel of political and media personalities


FRI 20:50 A Point of View (m001xfxk)
Weekly reflections on topical issues from a range of contributors.


FRI 21:00 Archive on 4 (m00040r6)
Charles Parker: Radio Pioneer

Sean Street delves into the archive of one of the most innovative and controversial BBC radio producers, reviewing Charles Parker’s work from the Radio Ballads to his sacking in 1972.

Parker was born in Bournemouth on April 5th 1919 – the son of a redundant railway clerk who sold paraffin from a handcart – and died in 1980 on the same day as John Lennon. For a man who revolutionised radio production, who is still talked about and revered today, his death was hardly reported in the press.

He is probably best known for his series of eight radio ballads made with Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger.

These programmes became a high point in radio production but they eventually became expensive luxuries that could no longer be afforded. He was "sacked" or "left" the BBC in 1972.

Bournemouth University’s Emeritus Professor of Radio, Sean Street, reviews the life of an icon in the radio industry who, according to fellow producer Michael Mason, was "a real creative genius… his razor blade was like a sculptor’s chisel, releasing the hidden poets in people".

Talking to family, friends and those who worked with Charles Parker, Sean explores his radio productions and ideas on preserving the oral tradition as he delves into a rich archive of material - creating a portrait of a master magician in radio.

Parker’s life was also a journey from poverty to Cambridge University, from a Conservative Christian to a Socialist, from a Submarine Commander to a Radio Producer. But throughout his career, two things remained constant - his dedication, often working for days without sleep, and most importantly his desire to tell the extraordinary stories of ordinary people in their own words.

Producer: Andy Cartwright

A Soundscape production for BBC Radio 4


FRI 22:00 The World Tonight (m001xfxm)
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective


FRI 22:45 Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris (m001xfxp)
Episode 5

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris was shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Fiction .
In many ways it’s a universal story of domestic family life upended and fractured by inconceivable events which seem, even now, both far away and close at hand. The story begins in the spring of 1992 in the city of Sarajevo, as political tensions mount and barricades begin to appear in the streets.
Fifty-five year old Zora is married to Franjo, who is fifteen years older than her. Their daughter lives with her English husband and young child in Wiltshire. Zora’s vocation is her work as an artist and notably a painter of landscapes and the bridges that span the river of her beloved Sarajevo. She also teaches art students, but in the afternoons retreats to her studio high in the eaves of the city’s magnificent public library to work on her canvases.

Priscilla Morris is of Yugoslav and Cornish parentage, she grew up in London and spent her summers in Sarajevo. This is her first novel.
Location audio recordings: the street sounds of Sarajevo recorded by Rafael Diogo and featured on https://citiesandmemory.com/sarajevo-city-guide-best-sounds/

BLACK BUTTERFLIES by Priscilla Morris
Read by Fenella Woolgar
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
THE WATERS COMPANY for BBC Radio 4


FRI 23:00 Americast (m001xfxr)
Join the Americast team for insights from across the US.


FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001xfxt)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

A Good Read 16:30 TUE (m001xd9g)

A Good Read 11:30 THU (m001xd9g)

A Jamaican Poet in Dublin 16:30 SUN (m001xfgn)

A Point of View 08:48 SUN (m001x5cb)

A Point of View 20:50 FRI (m001xfxk)

A Reckoning with Drugs in Oregon 20:00 MON (m001xdfz)

A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand 15:30 TUE (m001wjy3)

Add to Playlist 22:15 SAT (m001x5c6)

Add to Playlist 19:15 FRI (m001xfxf)

All in the Mind 21:00 TUE (m001xdft)

All in the Mind 15:30 WED (m001xdft)

Americast 23:00 FRI (m001xfxr)

Analysis 20:30 MON (m001xdg5)

AntiSocial 20:00 WED (m001x59k)

AntiSocial 12:04 FRI (m001xfw6)

Any Answers? 14:00 SAT (m001xf94)

Any Questions? 13:10 SAT (m001x5c8)

Any Questions? 20:00 FRI (m001xfxh)

Archive on 4 20:00 SAT (m001xfd0)

Archive on 4 21:00 FRI (m00040r6)

BBC Inside Science 16:30 THU (m001xdfj)

BBC Inside Science 21:00 THU (m001xdfj)

Bells on Sunday 05:43 SUN (m001xffl)

Bells on Sunday 00:45 MON (m001xffl)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 MON (m001xdgn)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 TUE (m001xdns)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 WED (m001xdhm)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 THU (m001xdhg)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 FRI (m001xfxp)

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant 00:30 SAT (m001x5cs)

Broadcasting House 09:00 SUN (m001xfdp)

Child 13:45 MON (p0hcsmtn)

Child 13:45 TUE (p0hcsmxp)

Child 13:45 WED (p0hcsn5k)

Child 13:45 THU (p0hcsngs)

Child 13:45 FRI (p0hcsp8c)

Conversations from a Long Marriage 18:30 THU (m001xdgb)

DMs Are Open 23:00 WED (m001xdhv)

Dead Company Walking 11:30 MON (m001x55h)

Dead Famous 11:30 TUE (m001xdm6)

Desert Island Discs 11:15 SUN (m001xff3)

Desert Island Discs 09:00 FRI (m001xff3)

Drama on 4 15:00 SAT (m001xf98)

Drama on 4 21:00 SAT (m0003cgq)

Drama on 4 15:00 SUN (m000rbpg)

Drama on 4 14:15 TUE (m001xdmp)

Drama on 4 14:15 WED (m001xdfd)

Drama on 4 14:15 THU (m0006snf)

Farming Today 06:30 SAT (m001xf78)

Farming Today 05:45 MON (m001xfjn)

Farming Today 05:45 TUE (m001xdjh)

Farming Today 05:45 WED (m001xdpr)

Farming Today 05:45 THU (m001xdk4)

Farming Today 05:45 FRI (m001xdjz)

Feedback 20:00 SUN (m001x5bh)

Feedback 16:30 FRI (m001xfx1)

File on 4 17:00 SUN (m001x4lk)

File on 4 20:00 TUE (m001xdnh)

Forgiveness: Stories from the Front Line 23:45 SUN (m001w0qw)

From Our Own Correspondent 11:30 SAT (m001xf8j)

From Our Own Correspondent 11:00 THU (m001xd90)

Front Row 19:15 MON (m001xdfs)

Front Row 19:15 TUE (m001xdnf)

Front Row 19:15 WED (m001xdh0)

Front Row 19:15 THU (m001xdgs)

Gardeners' Question Time 14:00 SUN (m001x5b7)

Gardeners' Question Time 15:00 FRI (m001xfws)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 MON (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 TUE (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 TUE (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 WED (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 WED (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 THU (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 THU (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 FRI (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 FRI (m001xfvl)

In Our Time 09:00 THU (m001xd7b)

In Our Time 21:30 THU (m001xd7b)

In Touch 20:40 TUE (m001xdnn)

Janey Godley: The C Bomb 18:30 WED (m001xdgt)

Jokes 19:15 SUN (p0hc230y)

Jokes 19:30 SUN (p0hbp37g)

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley 09:30 WED (m001jkq4)

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley 14:45 FRI (m001k0wg)

Last Word 20:30 SUN (m001x5bc)

Last Word 16:00 FRI (m001xfwy)

Law in Action 16:00 TUE (m001xdgz)

Law in Action 20:00 THU (m001xdgz)

Lent Talks 05:45 SAT (m001x500)

Lent Talks 23:00 MON (m001xdgy)

Lent Talks 20:45 WED (m001xdgy)

Limelight 14:15 MON (m001wnsw)

Limelight 14:15 FRI (m001xfwn)

Loose Ends 18:15 SAT (m001xfc1)

Loose Ends 21:30 SUN (m001xfc1)

Midnight News 00:00 SAT (m001x5cq)

Midnight News 00:00 SUN (m001xfdj)

Midnight News 00:00 MON (m001xfj8)

Midnight News 00:00 TUE (m001xdhc)

Midnight News 00:00 WED (m001xdnx)

Midnight News 00:00 THU (m001xdjg)

Midnight News 00:00 FRI (m001xdj0)

Money Box 12:04 SAT (m001xf8s)

Money Box 21:00 SUN (m001xf8s)

Money Box 15:00 WED (m001xdfl)

Natural Histories 06:35 SUN (m000bgnw)

News Briefing 05:30 SAT (m001x5d1)

News Briefing 05:30 SUN (m001xffb)

News Briefing 05:30 MON (m001xfjj)

News Briefing 05:30 TUE (m001xdj4)

News Briefing 05:30 WED (m001xdpc)

News Briefing 05:30 THU (m001xdk0)

News Briefing 05:30 FRI (m001xdjq)

News Summary 12:00 SAT (m001xfbr)

News Summary 06:00 SUN (m001xfb4)

News Summary 12:00 SUN (m001xfnn)

News Summary 12:00 MON (m001xd9l)

News Summary 12:00 TUE (m001xdms)

News Summary 12:00 WED (m001xdcv)

News Summary 12:00 THU (m001xdbk)

News Summary 12:00 FRI (m001xfwx)

News and Papers 06:00 SAT (m001xf71)

News and Papers 07:00 SUN (m001xfc4)

News and Papers 08:00 SUN (m001xfd8)

News and Weather 13:00 SAT (m001xf90)

News 22:00 SAT (m001xfdb)

One Person Found This Helpful 12:04 SUN (m001x4xg)

One Person Found This Helpful 18:30 MON (m001xdfc)

One to One 09:30 TUE (m001xdlh)

Open Book 16:00 SUN (m001xdf3)

Open Book 15:30 THU (m001xdf3)

Opening Lines 14:45 SUN (m001xfgd)

P's and Q's 23:00 SUN (m001xfj1)

PM 17:00 SAT (m001xf9l)

PM 17:00 MON (m001xddx)

PM 17:00 TUE (m001xdmy)

PM 17:00 WED (m001xdgd)

PM 17:00 THU (m001xdfr)

PM 17:00 FRI (m001xfx3)

Pick of the Week 18:15 SUN (m001xfhq)

Prayer for the Day 05:43 SAT (m001x5d3)

Prayer for the Day 05:43 MON (m001xfjl)

Prayer for the Day 05:43 TUE (m001xdjb)

Prayer for the Day 05:43 WED (m001xdpk)

Prayer for the Day 05:43 THU (m001xdk2)

Prayer for the Day 05:43 FRI (m001xdjv)

Profile 19:00 SAT (m001xfcd)

Profile 05:45 SUN (m001xfcd)

Profile 17:40 SUN (m001xfcd)

Radio 4 Appeal 07:54 SUN (m001xddv)

Radio 4 Appeal 21:25 SUN (m001xddv)

Radio 4 Appeal 15:27 THU (m001xddv)

Ramblings 06:07 SAT (m001x547)

Ramblings 15:00 THU (m001xddj)

Room 101 with Paul Merton 11:30 FRI (m001n1r5)

Round Britain Quiz 23:00 SAT (m001x4tk)

Round Britain Quiz 15:00 MON (m001xdct)

Saturday Live 09:00 SAT (m001xf83)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 SAT (m001x5cx)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 SUN (m001xfdy)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 MON (m001xfjd)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 TUE (m001xdhs)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 WED (m001xdp1)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 THU (m001xdjr)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 FRI (m001xdjf)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 SAT (m001x5cv)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 SAT (m001x5cz)

Shipping Forecast 17:54 SAT (m001xf9t)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 SUN (m001xfdq)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 SUN (m001xff4)

Shipping Forecast 17:54 SUN (m001xfgz)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 MON (m001xfjb)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 MON (m001xfjg)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 TUE (m001xdhl)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 TUE (m001xdhy)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 WED (m001xdnz)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 WED (m001xdp4)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 THU (m001xdjm)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 THU (m001xdjw)

Shipping Forecast 00:48 FRI (m001xdj6)

Shipping Forecast 05:20 FRI (m001xdjl)

Short Works 14:45 SAT (m001rqyw)

Short Works 19:45 SUN (m001w1fh)

Sideways 00:15 MON (m001x517)

Sideways 16:00 WED (m001xdg0)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 SAT (m001xfbm)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 SUN (m001xfhh)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 MON (m001xdf5)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 TUE (m001xdn6)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 WED (m001xdgm)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 THU (m001xdg4)

Six O'Clock News 18:00 FRI (m001xfx7)

Sliced Bread 17:30 SAT (m001x538)

Sliced Bread 12:32 THU (m001xdbx)

Something Understood 06:05 SUN (b0741715)

Start the Week 09:00 MON (m001xd74)

Start the Week 21:30 MON (m001xd74)

Sunday Worship 08:10 SUN (m001xfdh)

Sunday 07:10 SUN (m001xfch)

The Archers Omnibus 10:00 SUN (m001xfdx)

The Archers 19:00 SUN (m001xdcg)

The Archers 14:00 MON (m001xdcg)

The Archers 19:00 MON (m001xdfk)

The Archers 14:00 TUE (m001xdfk)

The Archers 19:00 TUE (m001xdf6)

The Archers 14:00 WED (m001xdf6)

The Archers 19:00 WED (m001xdd5)

The Archers 14:00 THU (m001xdd5)

The Archers 19:00 THU (m001xdgl)

The Archers 14:00 FRI (m001xdgl)

The Archers 19:00 FRI (m001xfxc)

The Artificial Human 16:30 MON (m001xddl)

The Big League 11:00 WED (m001tgtn)

The Briefing Room 09:00 WED (m001xdbf)

The Chronicles of Burke Street 14:45 MON (m000xskx)

The Confessional 23:00 TUE (m001g1nn)

The Food Programme 12:32 SUN (m001xdd4)

The Food Programme 15:30 MON (m001xdd4)

The Gatekeepers 11:00 MON (m001xd93)

The Gift 20:30 THU (m001w6z0)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 19:15 SAT (p0hbmmdm)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 16:00 MON (p0hbmmdm)

The Kids Are Alt Right? 23:15 MON (m001vbvj)

The Kitchen Cabinet 10:30 SAT (m001xdmt)

The Kitchen Cabinet 15:00 TUE (m001xdmt)

The Life Scientific 09:00 TUE (m001xdl8)

The Life Scientific 21:30 TUE (m001xdl8)

The Media Show 16:30 WED (m001xdg6)

The Media Show 21:30 WED (m001xdg6)

The Now Show 12:30 SAT (m001x5c0)

The Now Show 18:30 FRI (m001xfx9)

The Skewer 23:15 WED (m001xdj2)

The Today Podcast 23:00 THU (m001xdhn)

The Transit of Mercury 15:45 FRI (b081tjh2)

The War the World Forgot 11:00 FRI (m001xfvr)

The Week in Westminster 11:00 SAT (m001xf8d)

The Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life 11:30 WED (m001tr6h)

The World This Weekend 13:00 SUN (m001xffz)

The World Tonight 22:00 MON (m001xdgf)

The World Tonight 22:00 TUE (m001xdnq)

The World Tonight 22:00 WED (m001xdhf)

The World Tonight 22:00 THU (m001xdh7)

The World Tonight 22:00 FRI (m001xfxm)

Things Fell Apart 23:30 SAT (m001xg0z)

Three Million 13:30 SUN (p0hcrvv3)

Tim Key's Poetry Programme 18:30 TUE (m001xdnb)

Today in Parliament 23:30 MON (m001xdh4)

Today in Parliament 23:30 TUE (m001xdnv)

Today in Parliament 23:30 WED (m001xdj8)

Today in Parliament 23:30 THU (m001xdht)

Today in Parliament 23:30 FRI (m001xfxt)

Today 07:00 SAT (m001xf7p)

Today 06:00 MON (m001xd6k)

Today 06:00 TUE (m001xdkw)

Today 06:00 WED (m001xd9w)

Today 06:00 THU (m001xd64)

Today 06:00 FRI (m001xft8)

Tracking the Planet 16:00 THU (m001xdfb)

Tremolo 00:15 SUN (m001x49y)

Tweet of the Day 08:58 SUN (b03x45bg)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 MON (b03mzv7x)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 TUE (b03zdkjv)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 WED (b08spdww)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 THU (b03wpzmk)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 FRI (b038qk4j)

Weather 06:57 SAT (m001xf7g)

Weather 12:57 SAT (m001xf8w)

Weather 17:57 SAT (m001xfb6)

Weather 06:57 SUN (m001xfbt)

Weather 07:57 SUN (m001xfcx)

Weather 12:57 SUN (m001xffr)

Weather 17:57 SUN (m001xfh7)

Weather 05:56 MON (m001xfjq)

Weather 12:57 MON (m001xdbm)

Weather 12:57 TUE (m001xdmj)

Weather 12:57 WED (m001xddh)

Weather 12:57 THU (m001xdc7)

Weather 12:57 FRI (m001xfwb)

Westminster Hour 22:00 SUN (m001xfhx)

When It Hits the Fan 21:00 WED (m001xdh9)

Woman's Hour 16:00 SAT (m001xf9d)

Woman's Hour 10:00 MON (m001xd8m)

Woman's Hour 10:00 TUE (m001xdly)

Woman's Hour 10:00 WED (m001xdc5)

Woman's Hour 10:00 THU (m001xd8g)

Woman's Hour 10:00 FRI (m001xfv9)

World at One 13:00 MON (m001xdc0)

World at One 13:00 TUE (m001xdml)

World at One 13:00 WED (m001xdds)

World at One 13:00 THU (m001xdcl)

World at One 13:00 FRI (m001xfwg)

You and Yours 12:04 MON (m001xdb4)

You and Yours 12:04 TUE (m001xdmg)

You and Yours 12:04 WED (m001xdd6)

You and Yours 12:04 THU (m001xdbh)

You're Dead to Me 10:00 SAT (p09tvhv8)

Young Again 21:00 MON (m001x4kl)

Young Again 11:00 TUE (m001xdm2)




LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES ORDERED BY GENRE
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)

Comedy

The Infinite Monkey Cage 19:15 SAT (p0hbmmdm)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 16:00 MON (p0hbmmdm)

You're Dead to Me 10:00 SAT (p09tvhv8)

Comedy: Character

Jokes 19:15 SUN (p0hc230y)

Jokes 19:30 SUN (p0hbp37g)

Comedy: Chat

Jokes 19:15 SUN (p0hc230y)

Jokes 19:30 SUN (p0hbp37g)

The Confessional 23:00 TUE (m001g1nn)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 19:15 SAT (p0hbmmdm)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 16:00 MON (p0hbmmdm)

Comedy: Panel Shows

One Person Found This Helpful 12:04 SUN (m001x4xg)

One Person Found This Helpful 18:30 MON (m001xdfc)

Room 101 with Paul Merton 11:30 FRI (m001n1r5)

Comedy: Satire

The Now Show 12:30 SAT (m001x5c0)

The Now Show 18:30 FRI (m001xfx9)

The Skewer 23:15 WED (m001xdj2)

Comedy: Sitcoms

Conversations from a Long Marriage 18:30 THU (m001xdgb)

Comedy: Sketch

DMs Are Open 23:00 WED (m001xdhv)

Jokes 19:15 SUN (p0hc230y)

Jokes 19:30 SUN (p0hbp37g)

The Now Show 12:30 SAT (m001x5c0)

The Now Show 18:30 FRI (m001xfx9)

Tim Key's Poetry Programme 18:30 TUE (m001xdnb)

Comedy: Standup

Janey Godley: The C Bomb 18:30 WED (m001xdgt)

Jokes 19:15 SUN (p0hc230y)

Jokes 19:30 SUN (p0hbp37g)

Drama

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 MON (m001xdgn)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 TUE (m001xdns)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 WED (m001xdhm)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 THU (m001xdhg)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 FRI (m001xfxp)

Drama on 4 15:00 SAT (m001xf98)

Drama on 4 21:00 SAT (m0003cgq)

Drama on 4 15:00 SUN (m000rbpg)

Drama on 4 14:15 WED (m001xdfd)

Drama on 4 14:15 THU (m0006snf)

Short Works 14:45 SAT (m001rqyw)

Short Works 19:45 SUN (m001w1fh)

The Chronicles of Burke Street 14:45 MON (m000xskx)

The Transit of Mercury 15:45 FRI (b081tjh2)

Drama: Historical

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 MON (m001xdgn)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 TUE (m001xdns)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 WED (m001xdhm)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 THU (m001xdhg)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 FRI (m001xfxp)

Drama: Horror & Supernatural

Drama on 4 14:15 TUE (m001xdmp)

Drama: Soaps

The Archers Omnibus 10:00 SUN (m001xfdx)

The Archers 19:00 SUN (m001xdcg)

The Archers 14:00 MON (m001xdcg)

The Archers 19:00 MON (m001xdfk)

The Archers 14:00 TUE (m001xdfk)

The Archers 19:00 TUE (m001xdf6)

The Archers 14:00 WED (m001xdf6)

The Archers 19:00 WED (m001xdd5)

The Archers 14:00 THU (m001xdd5)

The Archers 19:00 THU (m001xdgl)

The Archers 14:00 FRI (m001xdgl)

The Archers 19:00 FRI (m001xfxc)

Drama: Thriller

Limelight 14:15 MON (m001wnsw)

Limelight 14:15 FRI (m001xfwn)

Drama: War & Disaster

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 MON (m001xdgn)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 TUE (m001xdns)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 WED (m001xdhm)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 THU (m001xdhg)

Black Butterflies by Priscilla Morris 22:45 FRI (m001xfxp)

Entertainment

Room 101 with Paul Merton 11:30 FRI (m001n1r5)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 19:15 SAT (p0hbmmdm)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 16:00 MON (p0hbmmdm)

Factual

A Good Read 16:30 TUE (m001xd9g)

A Good Read 11:30 THU (m001xd9g)

A Reckoning with Drugs in Oregon 20:00 MON (m001xdfz)

A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand 15:30 TUE (m001wjy3)

AntiSocial 20:00 WED (m001x59k)

AntiSocial 12:04 FRI (m001xfw6)

Archive on 4 20:00 SAT (m001xfd0)

Archive on 4 21:00 FRI (m00040r6)

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant 00:30 SAT (m001x5cs)

Dead Company Walking 11:30 MON (m001x55h)

Forgiveness: Stories from the Front Line 23:45 SUN (m001w0qw)

From Our Own Correspondent 11:30 SAT (m001xf8j)

From Our Own Correspondent 11:00 THU (m001xd90)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 MON (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 TUE (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 TUE (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 WED (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 WED (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 THU (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 THU (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 FRI (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 FRI (m001xfvl)

P's and Q's 23:00 SUN (m001xfj1)

Radio 4 Appeal 07:54 SUN (m001xddv)

Radio 4 Appeal 21:25 SUN (m001xddv)

Radio 4 Appeal 15:27 THU (m001xddv)

Round Britain Quiz 23:00 SAT (m001x4tk)

Round Britain Quiz 15:00 MON (m001xdct)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 SAT (m001x5cx)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 SUN (m001xfdy)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 MON (m001xfjd)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 TUE (m001xdhs)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 WED (m001xdp1)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 THU (m001xdjr)

Selection of BBC World Service Programmes 01:00 FRI (m001xdjf)

Sideways 00:15 MON (m001x517)

Sideways 16:00 WED (m001xdg0)

The Big League 11:00 WED (m001tgtn)

The Briefing Room 09:00 WED (m001xdbf)

The War the World Forgot 11:00 FRI (m001xfvr)

Three Million 13:30 SUN (p0hcrvv3)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 TUE (b03zdkjv)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 FRI (b038qk4j)

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Add to Playlist 22:15 SAT (m001x5c6)

Add to Playlist 19:15 FRI (m001xfxf)

AntiSocial 20:00 WED (m001x59k)

AntiSocial 12:04 FRI (m001xfw6)

Desert Island Discs 11:15 SUN (m001xff3)

Desert Island Discs 09:00 FRI (m001xff3)

Feedback 20:00 SUN (m001x5bh)

Feedback 16:30 FRI (m001xfx1)

File on 4 17:00 SUN (m001x4lk)

File on 4 20:00 TUE (m001xdnh)

Front Row 19:15 MON (m001xdfs)

Front Row 19:15 TUE (m001xdnf)

Front Row 19:15 WED (m001xdh0)

Front Row 19:15 THU (m001xdgs)

Loose Ends 18:15 SAT (m001xfc1)

Loose Ends 21:30 SUN (m001xfc1)

One to One 09:30 TUE (m001xdlh)

Open Book 16:00 SUN (m001xdf3)

Open Book 15:30 THU (m001xdf3)

Pick of the Week 18:15 SUN (m001xfhq)

Start the Week 09:00 MON (m001xd74)

Start the Week 21:30 MON (m001xd74)

The Gatekeepers 11:00 MON (m001xd93)

The Media Show 16:30 WED (m001xdg6)

The Media Show 21:30 WED (m001xdg6)

Things Fell Apart 23:30 SAT (m001xg0z)

When It Hits the Fan 21:00 WED (m001xdh9)

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media: Arts

A Good Read 16:30 TUE (m001xd9g)

A Good Read 11:30 THU (m001xd9g)

A Jamaican Poet in Dublin 16:30 SUN (m001xfgn)

Dead Famous 11:30 TUE (m001xdm6)

Opening Lines 14:45 SUN (m001xfgd)

The Wilkie Collins Guide to Modern Life 11:30 WED (m001tr6h)

Tremolo 00:15 SUN (m001x49y)

Factual: Consumer

You and Yours 12:04 MON (m001xdb4)

You and Yours 12:04 TUE (m001xdmg)

You and Yours 12:04 WED (m001xdd6)

You and Yours 12:04 THU (m001xdbh)

Factual: Crime & Justice

Law in Action 16:00 TUE (m001xdgz)

Law in Action 20:00 THU (m001xdgz)

Factual: Disability

In Touch 20:40 TUE (m001xdnn)

Factual: Families & Relationships

Child 13:45 MON (p0hcsmtn)

Child 13:45 TUE (p0hcsmxp)

Child 13:45 WED (p0hcsn5k)

Child 13:45 THU (p0hcsngs)

Child 13:45 FRI (p0hcsp8c)

Saturday Live 09:00 SAT (m001xf83)

Factual: Food & Drink

The Food Programme 12:32 SUN (m001xdd4)

The Food Programme 15:30 MON (m001xdd4)

The Kitchen Cabinet 10:30 SAT (m001xdmt)

The Kitchen Cabinet 15:00 TUE (m001xdmt)

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand 15:30 TUE (m001wjy3)

All in the Mind 21:00 TUE (m001xdft)

All in the Mind 15:30 WED (m001xdft)

In Touch 20:40 TUE (m001xdnn)

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley 09:30 WED (m001jkq4)

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley 14:45 FRI (m001k0wg)

Sliced Bread 17:30 SAT (m001x538)

Sliced Bread 12:32 THU (m001xdbx)

The Gift 20:30 THU (m001w6z0)

Woman's Hour 16:00 SAT (m001xf9d)

Woman's Hour 10:00 MON (m001xd8m)

Woman's Hour 10:00 TUE (m001xdly)

Woman's Hour 10:00 WED (m001xdc5)

Woman's Hour 10:00 THU (m001xd8g)

Woman's Hour 10:00 FRI (m001xfv9)

Factual: History

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant 00:30 SAT (m001x5cs)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 MON (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 TUE (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 TUE (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 WED (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 WED (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 THU (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 THU (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 FRI (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 FRI (m001xfvl)

In Our Time 09:00 THU (m001xd7b)

In Our Time 21:30 THU (m001xd7b)

Three Million 13:30 SUN (p0hcrvv3)

You're Dead to Me 10:00 SAT (p09tvhv8)

Factual: Homes & Gardens: Gardens

Gardeners' Question Time 14:00 SUN (m001x5b7)

Gardeners' Question Time 15:00 FRI (m001xfws)

Factual: Life Stories

A Point of View 08:48 SUN (m001x5cb)

A Point of View 20:50 FRI (m001xfxk)

Child 13:45 MON (p0hcsmtn)

Child 13:45 TUE (p0hcsmxp)

Child 13:45 WED (p0hcsn5k)

Child 13:45 THU (p0hcsngs)

Child 13:45 FRI (p0hcsp8c)

Desert Island Discs 11:15 SUN (m001xff3)

Desert Island Discs 09:00 FRI (m001xff3)

In Touch 20:40 TUE (m001xdnn)

Last Word 20:30 SUN (m001x5bc)

Last Word 16:00 FRI (m001xfwy)

Profile 19:00 SAT (m001xfcd)

Profile 05:45 SUN (m001xfcd)

Profile 17:40 SUN (m001xfcd)

Saturday Live 09:00 SAT (m001xf83)

Sideways 00:15 MON (m001x517)

Sideways 16:00 WED (m001xdg0)

The Gift 20:30 THU (m001w6z0)

The Life Scientific 09:00 TUE (m001xdl8)

The Life Scientific 21:30 TUE (m001xdl8)

Things Fell Apart 23:30 SAT (m001xg0z)

Woman's Hour 16:00 SAT (m001xf9d)

Woman's Hour 10:00 MON (m001xd8m)

Woman's Hour 10:00 TUE (m001xdly)

Woman's Hour 10:00 WED (m001xdc5)

Woman's Hour 10:00 THU (m001xd8g)

Woman's Hour 10:00 FRI (m001xfv9)

Young Again 21:00 MON (m001x4kl)

Young Again 11:00 TUE (m001xdm2)

Factual: Money

Money Box 12:04 SAT (m001xf8s)

Money Box 21:00 SUN (m001xf8s)

Money Box 15:00 WED (m001xdfl)

Factual: Politics

Americast 23:00 FRI (m001xfxr)

Analysis 20:30 MON (m001xdg5)

Any Answers? 14:00 SAT (m001xf94)

Any Questions? 13:10 SAT (m001x5c8)

Any Questions? 20:00 FRI (m001xfxh)

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant 00:30 SAT (m001x5cs)

File on 4 17:00 SUN (m001x4lk)

File on 4 20:00 TUE (m001xdnh)

Law in Action 16:00 TUE (m001xdgz)

Law in Action 20:00 THU (m001xdgz)

The Kids Are Alt Right? 23:15 MON (m001vbvj)

The Week in Westminster 11:00 SAT (m001xf8d)

Today in Parliament 23:30 MON (m001xdh4)

Today in Parliament 23:30 TUE (m001xdnv)

Today in Parliament 23:30 WED (m001xdj8)

Today in Parliament 23:30 THU (m001xdht)

Today in Parliament 23:30 FRI (m001xfxt)

Westminster Hour 22:00 SUN (m001xfhx)

When It Hits the Fan 21:00 WED (m001xdh9)

Factual: Real Life Stories

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 MON (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 TUE (m001xd7s)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 TUE (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 WED (m001xdlr)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 WED (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 THU (m001xdbt)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 THU (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 00:30 FRI (m001xdb2)

How to Win an Information War by Peter Pomerantsev 09:45 FRI (m001xfvl)

Factual: Science & Nature

A Thorough Examination with Drs Chris and Xand 15:30 TUE (m001wjy3)

BBC Inside Science 16:30 THU (m001xdfj)

BBC Inside Science 21:00 THU (m001xdfj)

Blood in the Machine by Brian Merchant 00:30 SAT (m001x5cs)

Child 13:45 MON (p0hcsmtn)

Child 13:45 TUE (p0hcsmxp)

Child 13:45 WED (p0hcsn5k)

Child 13:45 THU (p0hcsngs)

Child 13:45 FRI (p0hcsp8c)

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley 09:30 WED (m001jkq4)

Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley 14:45 FRI (m001k0wg)

Sliced Bread 17:30 SAT (m001x538)

Sliced Bread 12:32 THU (m001xdbx)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 19:15 SAT (p0hbmmdm)

The Infinite Monkey Cage 16:00 MON (p0hbmmdm)

The Life Scientific 09:00 TUE (m001xdl8)

The Life Scientific 21:30 TUE (m001xdl8)

Tweet of the Day 08:58 SUN (b03x45bg)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 MON (b03mzv7x)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 WED (b08spdww)

Tweet of the Day 05:58 THU (b03wpzmk)

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

Farming Today 06:30 SAT (m001xf78)

Farming Today 05:45 MON (m001xfjn)

Farming Today 05:45 TUE (m001xdjh)

Farming Today 05:45 WED (m001xdpr)

Farming Today 05:45 THU (m001xdk4)

Farming Today 05:45 FRI (m001xdjz)

Natural Histories 06:35 SUN (m000bgnw)

Ramblings 06:07 SAT (m001x547)

Ramblings 15:00 THU (m001xddj)

Tracking the Planet 16:00 THU (m001xdfb)

Factual: Science & Nature: Science & Technology

BBC Inside Science 16:30 THU (m001xdfj)

BBC Inside Science 21:00 THU (m001xdfj)

Sliced Bread 17:30 SAT (m001x538)

Sliced Bread 12:32 THU (m001xdbx)

The Artificial Human 16:30 MON (m001xddl)

The Gatekeepers 11:00 MON (m001xd93)

The Life Scientific 09:00 TUE (m001xdl8)

The Life Scientific 21:30 TUE (m001xdl8)

Factual: Travel

Ramblings 06:07 SAT (m001x547)

Ramblings 15:00 THU (m001xddj)

Learning: Adults

Opening Lines 14:45 SUN (m001xfgd)

Learning: Secondary

Opening Lines 14:45 SUN (m001xfgd)

Music

Add to Playlist 22:15 SAT (m001x5c6)

Add to Playlist 19:15 FRI (m001xfxf)

News

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The Today Podcast 23:00 THU (m001xdhn)

The World This Weekend 13:00 SUN (m001xffz)

The World Tonight 22:00 MON (m001xdgf)

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World at One 13:00 MON (m001xdc0)

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Religion & Ethics

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Lent Talks 05:45 SAT (m001x500)

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Something Understood 06:05 SUN (b0741715)

Sunday Worship 08:10 SUN (m001xfdh)

Sunday 07:10 SUN (m001xfch)

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