MONDAY 22 APRIL 2019

MON 00:00 Midnight News (m0004dyp)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 00:15 Thinking Allowed (m000459n)
Detective fiction - homicide and social media

Detecting the social – how the changing nature of crime stories illuminates shifts in society. Also, homicide confessions on social media. What does it mean when killers confess online? Laurie Taylor is joined by Mary Evans, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the LSE and Elizabeth Yardley, director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University.

Producer: Jayne Egerton


MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday (m0004dwt)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday]


MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m0004dyr)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m0004dyt)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.


MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m0004dyw)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


MON 05:30 News Briefing (m0004dyy)
National and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m0004dz0)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Juanita Francis, Youth Pastor at Ruach City Church, London.

Good morning. One night, I was driving around my old neighbourhood where I grew up. I've been there a couple of times. And I usually smile because I think about all the cool memories as a child – but then I tend to get frustrated as I also remember some old memories that I would rather forget.

I drove past my house one particular time and it reminded me of one night when I was a teenager, I was in a really dark place due to a difficult experience I had been through and I remember kneeling by my bed crying out to God. Although I remembered the pain, I sat and realised where I am today and that I got through that phase of depression. Jesus cared and loved me so much that he chose to hear my cry that night. I actually began smiling and thanking God knowing that my testimony is now helping others! This was the house I started writing my songs, learning to play piano, and even playing the violin, which happened to be purple by the way , this was also the same road where I had my first mini driving lesson with my mum who was probably kind of a bit frightened as I parked the car.

As I drove I realised what I thought was my end was actually my beginning and although the journey to today hasn't been straight forward, I realised I would've missed out on so much had things not been difficult before it got better.

Paul’s second letter to Corinthians says; "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; and behold, all things are become new.”

Let’s pray . Dear God help me to see every pain of my past and unpleasant memory as a vehicle to encourage and uplift someone else. Help me to not live in my past but use it as a stepping stone to your future.

Amen


MON 05:45 Farming Today (m0004dz2)
The last mud-horse fisherman

Britain's last mud-horse fisherman Adrian Sellick is facing an uncertain future. He's catching less shrimp than ever before and there's no-one to take over this iconic trade.

The mud-horse is a simple wooden sled tied together with rope which Adrian uses to get across the treacherous mud flats of the Bridgwater Bay in West Somerset, collecting Skate, Bass, Dogfish and Shrimp from his nets. Toby Field speaks to Adrian about his work and with fish and shrimp stocks dwindling asks what keeps him going.

Toby also meets Adrian's Dad, Brendan Sellick, who remembers a time when Shrimps were plentiful and being sold in large quantities to restaurants and shops in the surrounding area. In the fish shop that adjoins their house Adrian and Brendan process the day's catch and reflect on what the future might hold for an ancient craft that has occupied five generations of their family.

Presented and produced in Bristol by Toby Field.


MON 05:56 Weather (m0004dz4)
The latest weather forecast for farmers.


MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b01s8qh4)
Wood Warbler

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs. David Attenborough presents the wood warbler. Their song has been described as "a spinning coin on a marble slab" and you're most likely to hear this chorister in oak or beech wood.


MON 06:00 Today (m0004dz6)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


MON 09:00 Start the Week (m0004dz8)
Life in the wilderness

We underestimate how difficult it is to live in remote areas, says travel writer Dan Richards. He tells Kirsty Wark how he trekked to high mountain huts and distant snowy cabins for his new book, Outposts. Richards followed in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf, Roald Dahl and Jack Kerouac, who all found inspiration in the wilderness. But just as Kerouac went temporarily mad living on a remote mountainside, so today’s tourists in the Scottish Highlands and Nordic isles underestimate “hard nature’s indifference”.

Icelandic model turned sheep farmer Heida Asgeirsdottir knows how challenging countryside life can be. After an early career as a model in New York, she returned to Iceland to take over her parents’ sheep farm in a region of volcanoes and elemental storms. But even this distant region needs modern power and infrastructure, and this means a new hydro-electric plant whose owners want to flood her farm.

A family feel stuck in the middle of nowhere in Chekhov’s searing play Three Sisters. Rebecca Frecknall is directing a new production at the Almeida Theatre, exploring the thwarted ambitions and dreams of a provincial Russian town. Sisters Irina, Olga and Masha long to return to Moscow, but become bogged down in dead-end jobs and trapped by mortgages and marriage.

Chekhov’s play could easily be set in a British town today, says Sarah O’Connor from the Financial Times. She looks at the stark problems facing our seaside resorts and post-industrial towns. In her Orwell Prize-winning study of Blackpool, she challenged the idea that our seaside towns lack aspiration and are destined to fail. Now she explains why terms like “the Left Behinds” are dangerously misleading.

Producer: Hannah Sander


MON 09:45 Book of the Week (m0004dzb)
Losing Earth

The Activist and the Scientist

Nathaniel Rich tells the story of how climate change could have been stopped in the 1980s and why it wasn't.

In 1979, the science of climate change was known – what was happening, why it was happening, and how to stop it. In the US, over the next decade a variety of activists, scientists and politicians worked tirelessly to safeguard the environment but despite their efforts they couldn't. Losing Earth is American novelist Nathaniel Rich’s account of the decade when the world came tantalizingly close to signing binding treaties that could have made a difference.

Read by Kyle Soller, the recipient of this year's Olivier award for best actor.
Abridged by Richard Hamilton
Produced by Elizabeth Allard


MON 10:00 Woman's Hour (m0004dzd)
True Crime Under Investigation

We are currently experiencing a boom in true crime, with countless TV documentaries about cases like the Yorkshire Ripper, the murder of Jill Dando, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and podcasts such as Serial, The Teacher’s Pet and My Favourite Murder. Not only are women usually the victims of these infamous crimes, but they are also the main consumers of the genre. So why are we so fascinated by true crime? Jane speaks to criminologist Dr Gemma Flynn, ex-police officer and Crimewatch presenter Jacqui Hames, All Killa No Filla podcast host Rachel Fairburn and to magazine editor Julia Davis, whose latest title Crime Monthly hit the news stands last month.

What is the appeal of reflecting on the grisly detail of violent crime? And how do we ensure that the victims and survivors are not ignored in the clamour to analyse a killer's motives or pathology? Jane speaks to Mo Lea who survived a brutal attack for which Peter Sutcliffe is the prime suspect, and to Carol Ann Lee who has written the book Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter which highlights the stories of the women who's lives were devastated by Sutcliffe.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Laura Northedge

Interviewed Guest: Dr Gemma Flynn
Interviewed Guest: Julia Davis
Interviewed Guest: Jacqui Hames
Interviewed Guest: Rachel Fairburn
Interviewed Guest: Mo Lea
Interviewed Guest: Carol Ann Lee


MON 10:45 15 Minute Drama (m0004dzg)
Ordinary Heroes

Episode 1

A contemporary drama serial following two uniformed police officers, Nisha and Scott, as they patrol the streets of London on foot during a single nightshift. This is policing at the sharp end. Anything can happen. And, of course, it does.

New recruit Scott can't wait to lock up some bad guys. Fresh out of police training college, he is a little frustrated to be puppy-walked by a female officer. Not that Scott is sexist or a misogynist (he loves his girlfriend and adores his mum), it's just that he craves the company and approval of other guys. He also suffers from White Knight syndrome and has a tendency to see women as damsels in distress. You see, when Scott was twelve, his dad died saving a family in a horrific motorway crash. It's a legend that Scott is desperate to live up to.

The last thing Nisha needs is a White Knight - and she's the total opposite of a damsel in distress. The experienced beat cop has been there, done that and received a commendation for bravery. She's charmed by Scott's boyish enthusiasm, he's a good-hearted soul, and she decides not to burst his balloon - he can find out the hard way that the job is much more about dealing with the sick and the vulnerable than tackling armed robbers.

Nisha joined the police because she thought the job would suit her - she's always had an enquiring mind and she likes dealing with people - but also because, after Stephen Lawrence, she felt that the Metropolitan Police needed people like her. She has faced hostility from friends and family but she's stuck to her guns.

What Nisha doesn't know is that tonight is a night she'll never forget. Because, while Scott and Nisha are - among other things - dealing with a paranoid schizophrenic teen who may have stolen a dog, a group of people are climbing into a van in a London suburb. And they're planning mass murder.

Cast:
Police Constable Nisha Hussain - Nisha Nayar
Police Constable Scott Knight - Joel Phillimore
Haneefa Khan - Susannah Fielding
Zeenat Khan - Gurkiran Kaur
John Baker - Lloyd Warbey
Tariq Dewan - Devesh Kishore

Written by Paul Marquess and Sally Tatchell
Series Creator Paul Marquess
Sound Designer Simon Morecroft
Composer Adam Welsh
Police Adviser Steve Ainscough
Cultural Adviser Rashad Ali, ISD Fellow
Producer Claire Fryer
Executive Producers Paul Marquess and Eoin O’Callaghan
Director Marina Caldarone

A PGM TV production for BBC Radio 4


MON 11:00 The Fast and the Curious (m0004dzj)
Tom Heap sets off on a guilt trip road trip to find out why people like him won't give up the things they know are destroying the planet.

Tom loves his powerful car. Despite a pretty thorough knowledge of the science of climate change and the contribution that his petrol-powered Subaru makes to a warming world he doesn't want to give it up. He's not alone. Most of us have dirty pleasures we have no intention of foregoing, whether that's eating meat, buying fast fashion or flying to our favourite holiday destinations.

So what will make Tom and people like him change their behaviour for the sake of the planet? Tom hits the road to find out, dropping in on people who have influenced his thinking on the environment. There's food writer and cook, Jack Monroe who has helped make veganism a pleasure rather than a pain. There's John Browne, the oil company CEO who tried to push BP, Beyond Petroleum, Christiana Figueres, the diplomat who persuaded Presidents and PMs to sign up to carbon reductions. And there's the Bishop of Salford who thinks we should heed the Gospels and accept that personal sacrifice is essential to save the world.

Producer: Alasdair Cross


MON 11:30 Loose Ends (m0004dw5)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Saturday]


MON 12:00 News Summary (m0004dzm)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 12:04 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (m0004dzp)
Adrian Mole and The Weapons of Mass Destruction

Episode 6

The fifth book in our series of readings from Adrian’s diaries, written by Sue Townsend. It starts in 2002 and covers the controversial period of the Iraq War.

Adrian is 34, working in a bookshop in Leicester and about to become the proud owner of a trendy loft apartment. His single status is about to change too, putting further strain on his already stretched finances. As war looms, Adrian is unwavering in his support for Prime Minister Tony Blair and military action, even though his eldest son Glenn is facing deployment to the Gulf.

Sue Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946. She left school at 15 and was a single parent with three young children by the age of 23. Like Adrian, she wrote in secret for many years, and acknowledged that they often shared the same views - Adrian "C’est moi," she once said.

First published in 1989, Adrian Mole’s diaries were instant bestsellers and Adrian, the remarkably resilient underdog, quickly became a national treasure. While recording the experiences of one individual and showcasing Sue's fearless and razor sharp wit, the diaries also illustrate how socio-political matters of the time affected the lives of ordinary people.

Copyright Siegfried Sassoon by kind permission of the Estate of George Sassoon

Reader: Harry McEntire
Abridger: Sara Davies
Producer: Alexa Moore

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4


MON 12:18 You and Yours (m0004dzr)
Care-home evictions, Self-defence classes, Pollen forecasts

You and Yours has been given access to new figures showing that more than 2000 people have been given notice to leave their care homes in the past year - some of them because their relatives complained about their care. The Care Quality Commission has shared new data with You and Yours, 18 months after it told this programme it would start collecting figures on how many families were banned from visiting their relatives and the number of residents evicted because of a complaint about the standard of care. Our disability reporter Carolyn Atkinson investigates.

We reveal how the number of people taking up martial arts and self defence classes has more than doubled in the last 18 months. Since the start of 2017, people taking up self defence classes has gone from just under 6000, to over 12,000 this year - and it's expected to grow. That's according to the British Martial Arts and Boxing Association, one of the largest martial arts organisations in the UK. According to many of their members, people are eager to take up self defence classes - because of the reported rise in knife crime across England and Wales. However, official prevention advice from the police is to run away - so how prepared can people really be?
We also speak to Giovanni Soffietto, director of the British Martial Arts and Boxing Association.

Following warnings of a so-called "Pollen Bomb" exploding over large parts of the country this Bank Holiday weekend, our reporter, Bob Walker, goes to Worcester where all the UK's pollen forecasts are made. He speaks to Dr Beverley Adams-Groom, a hay fever expert and pollen forecaster.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes


MON 12:57 Weather (m0004dzt)
The latest weather forecast


MON 13:00 World at One (m0004dzw)
Analysis of news and current affairs, presented by Sarah Montague.


MON 13:45 The Art and Science of Blending (m0004dzy)
Whisky

Blending is a distinctly human act: other creatures don’t experiment in this way. So in this series we’re looking at four blended products – whisky, tea, perfume and champagne – to find out why we blend things, and why some blends work when others don’t. What do we hope to gain? What do we fear losing? And is blending an art … or a science? Barry Smith, a philosopher, tries to answer these questions by consuming rare teas, fine whiskies and perfect champagnes … so that you don’t have to.

In this programme he heads to Scotland to discover the secrets to blending whisky.


MON 14:00 The Archers (m0004dyf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday]


MON 14:15 Drama (m0004f00)
The Ferryhill Philosophers

Google Grief and All The Gold Of Darius

By Michael Chaplin. Hermione and Joe confront the complexities and joys of friendship and love in both their lives and face up to commitments.

Alun Armstrong and Deborah Findlay star once again as the unlikely duo of ex-miner and Durham University philosopher facing life’s big questions together.

Cast:
Joe Snowball ... Alun Armstrong
Hermione Pink ... Deborah Findlay
Gloria ... Tracy Whitwell
Lucy ... Lauren Kellegher
Peter ... Dean Bone

Directed by Marilyn Imrie
A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4


MON 15:00 Brain of Britain (m0004f02)
Heat 5, 2019

(5/17)
Russell Davies is joined by another four competitors at the Radio Theatre in central London as the quest continues for 2019's Brain of Britain. Today's Brains will need to know about the stories of Hemingway, the characters in Waiting for Godot, the teams in the 2018 World Cup and how to make eggs Benedict.

They are:
Allen Clarke, a retired air traffic control engineer from Southampton
Steve Goddard, a lecturer in French from Oxford
Rob Hemming, an author from Evesham in Worcestershire
David Sherman, a hospital administrator from Chelmsford.

Producer: Paul Bajoria


MON 15:30 The Food Programme (m0004dxq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday]


MON 16:00 Beyond Belief (m0004f05)
Amritsar Massacre

A hundred years after the Amritsar Massacre, when troops under British command fired on a unarmed crowd of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, this programme explores what led to the massacre and why it became a catalyst for the end of British colonial rule and the rise of Indian nationalism. Ernie Rae is joined by Dr Vinita Damodaran, Professor of South Asian History, University of Sussex, Amandeep Singh Madra, Co-author of “Eyewitness at Amritsar: A Visual History of the 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre" and author and historian William Dalrymple.

Producer: Catherine Earlam


MON 16:30 The Psalms (m0004f07)
Episode 4

Some of the most beautiful poetry in the Bible is in the Book of Psalms. In four special programmes for Easter, Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons reads from the King James Version.

The Psalms show a whole range of human emotions. Here we find hymns, laments and songs of thanksgiving, offering a space for reflection and contemplation addressing a wide range of subjects from love to politics and from history to faith.

In this final programme, Jeremy Irons begins with Psalm 115 and finishes with Psalm 150, including Psalm 137, 'By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion'.

Produced by Susan Roberts


MON 17:00 PM (m0004f09)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines.


MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m0004f0c)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 18:30 The Unbelievable Truth (m0004f0f)
Series 22

Episode 4

David Mitchell hosts the panel game in which four comedians are encouraged to tell lies and compete against one another to see how many items of truth they're able to smuggle past their opponents.

Richard Osman, Holly Walsh, Luisa Omielan and Jack Dee are the panellists obliged to talk with deliberate inaccuracy on subjects as varied as names, frogs, paper and parrots.

Produced by Jon Naismith
A Random Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4


MON 19:00 The Archers (m0004f0h)
The pressure piles on Mia, and Alan offers some words of encouragement.


MON 19:15 Front Row (m0004f0k)
A Celebration of the Pub in Culture

We consider the connection between the public house and the arts. Why do pubs make such great settings, provide so much inspiration and serve as great venues for the arts?

Al Murray ponders the longevity of his pub landlord and what this character allows him to explore about Britishness, as literary journalist Suzi Feay considers the representation of pubs in books and TV.

Musician Eliza Carthy remembers her first ever public performance in The Bay Hotel in Robin Hood’s Bay, where she was a regular at the folk club there, while crime novelist David Mark tells us how he finds inspiration from the host of intriguing characters he meets down his local, the Samson Inn in Gilsland, Cumbria.

But, as pubs continue to be in decline – 25% of pubs have closed since 2001 - we consider how some hostelries are reinventing themselves as cultural destinations. Dawn Badlands runs The Inn Crowd, a project which supports rural pubs to host spoken word performances, and Adam Lacey is manager of The Old Joint Stock, a Birmingham pub with its own 100 seater theatre.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Hannah Robins


MON 19:45 15 Minute Drama (m0004dzg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:45 today]


MON 20:00 My Name Is... (m0004f0m)
My name is Katie

Forty year old Katie gambled over £50,000 in one night. in this programme she investigates how online gambling companies routinely break the regulations supposed to protect people like her.

Katie was a successful accountant working in the City of London, but she started using cocaine to stay awake to cope with the workload. After being signed off work from stress, her drug use increased. While unemployed she started gambling online after seeing advertisements on television.

The regulations say gambling companies should check the incomes of customers, and step in when they display online signs of problem gambling. This includes using a range of credit cards and playing all night – all things Katie did as she gambled away £125,000 with two gambling firms; all on credit cards. With one she lost £50,000 in a single night.

After rehabilitation Katie got hold of her account data from the gambling firms. She believes it proves how the gambling companies broke the rules and it also shows transcripts of the manner in which they spoke about her. Katie told the regulator, the Gambling Commission, about her case, but so far has heard nothing about what they are doing.

With the help of BBC Producer, Lydia Thomas, Katie wants to talk to the Gambling Commission, and she wants to meet the gambling companies who so far have refused to comment on her case. She also meets with politicians who are making promises to tighten gambling laws – Katie wants to know….when will they finally do it?


MON 20:30 Crossing Continents (m00046ry)
Restoring Brazil's National Treasure

Brazilians wept when their 200-year-old National Museum went up in flames last September. Twenty million items, many of them irreplaceable, were thought to have been reduced to ash when it was gutted by a massive fire. Staff said the loss to science and history was incalculable - and the tragedy, possibly caused by faulty wiring in the long-underfunded institution, led to much national heart-searching about the country's commitment to its heritage. The museum, housed in Brazil's former Imperial Palace in Rio de Janeiro, held unique collections of fossils, animal specimens, indigenous artefacts, as well as Egyptian and Greek treasures - and the oldest human skull found in the Americas.
Some scientists, who saw their entire life's work go up in flames, were in despair - but others vowed to work to rebuild and restock the museum. Now, months on, painstaking archaeological work in the debris has uncovered items that can be restored, while other specialists are setting out on expeditions to acquire new specimens. Tim Whewell reports from Rio on the agonies - and occasional small triumphs - of the slow, exhausting effort to bring a great national institution back to life.


MON 21:00 Patient Undone (m00045kt)
Professor Deborah Bowman reveals how a diagnosis of cancer has transformed her view of medical ethics and what it means to be a patient.

As Professor of Ethics and Law at St George's, University of London, Deborah has spent the past two decades teaching and writing about medical ethics, the moral principles that apply to medicine.

It’s taken her down countless hospital corridors, to the clinics and the wards where medical ethics plays out in practice, behind closed doors, supporting healthcare practitioners and their patients to negotiate uncertainty and conflict.

This is the field of clinical ethics and, each time, the ‘patient’ has been central to her response.

Yet in the autumn of 2017, everything changed. Deborah was diagnosed with breast cancer and it signalled the beginning of her undoing, not just personally but professionally too, playing havoc with what she thought she knew about clinical ethics.

Patient autonomy - literally ‘self-rule’- is one of its cornerstones - a patient’s right to make decisions about their healthcare. So what does autonomy mean if the ‘self’, she thought she knew, was so changeable and confusing?

Deborah returns to the Royal Marsden Hospital where she is a patient, to explore this - with both her personal and professional hats on.

Producer: Beth Eastwood


MON 21:30 Start the Week (m0004dz8)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:00 The World Tonight (m0004f0q)
In depth reporting, intelligent analysis and breaking news from a global perspective


MON 22:45 The Diaries of Adrian Mole (m0004dzp)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:04 today]


MON 23:00 Mastertapes (m0004f0s)
Mastertapes on Tour: Richard Hawley at the Crucible

In a special edition of MASTERTAPES, guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer, RICHARD HAWLEY welcomes John Wilson to the Crucible in his home town of Sheffield.

Throughout his 33 (and a third?) year career as a musician (he first recorded a John Peel session at the age of 19, with his band, Treebound Story), Sheffield has always played an influential part in Richard Hawley's song-writing. His 2001 album, Late Night Final, was named after the cry of vendors selling the Sheffield Star evening newspaper on the streets, and all his solo albums since, from Lowedges and Coles Corner to Truelove’s Gutter and Hollow Meadows, immortalized Sheffield landmarks.

At the end of a busy year , in which he worked on four film soundtracks, recorded a new album and debuted his first stage musical - "Standing at the Sky’s Edge" at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre (featuring a mix of his old and new songs), Richard Hawley looks and plays his way back over a 33 (and a third?) year career as a musician (he first recorded a John Peel session at the age of 19, with his band, Treebound Story).

Performances include what was the world premier of 'My Little Treasures' from Richard's new album, as well as a version of 'Open Up Your Door' from the stage musical "Standing At The Sky's Edge" sung by Maimuna Memon and accompanied by Will Stewart.

Playing with Richard Hawley are Shez Sheridan on guitars, Jon Trier on piano and Clive Mellor on harmonica.

Producer: Paul Kobrak