The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Robert Chote, discusses the government's fiscal policy.
Alistair Dutton, Christian Aid humanitarian manager for Africa, discusses the humanitarian effort in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Labour MP John Grogan says the third runway at Heathrow Airport should not be built.
Kevin Connolly reports on how the swing state of Ohio could affect the US presidential election.
James Naughtie speaks to Dr Samuel Pisar, the Auschwitz survivor who wrote and narrated a new version of the Kaddish Symphony.
As the BBC faces pressure to sack Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross following their on-air prank calls, former head of BBC's World Service Sir John Tusa and Stuart Murphy, former controller of BBC Three, discuss how the BBC should use licence fee payers' money.
Thought for the Day with Oliver McTernan, director of the NGO Forward Thinking.
Nick Robinson and former chairman of Bradford and Bingley Sir George Cox discuss the latest economic developments.
Lord Laming, who wrote the report of Victoria Climbie's death, and Maggie Atkinson, president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services, discuss how children's services can be improved.
Biographer Jimmy Burns discusses Diego Maradona's appointment as the new coach of Argentina's national football team.
On the 50th anniversary of jazz album Kind of Blue, Nicola Stanbridge speaks to the last surviving band member, Jimmy Cobb.
Information Commissioner Richard Thomas discusses the 277 breaches that he has recieved over the last year.
QCs Geoffrey Robertson and Martin Howe discuss the controversy over the Human Rights Act.
Returning home from his studies in St Petersburg in 1909, Chagall meets Bella Rosenfeld, the woman who would become his wife and muse.
Poet Caroline Bird on her writing and work with the charity Second Sight. Plus over-competitive parents on the junior tennis circuit, and the benefits of celibacy debated.
Jim White spends a week with the children of Citi Private Bank's richest clients as they contemplate their future. Over a week of cossetting at London's Dorchester Hotel, they are tutored on how to keep, spend and give away their wealth by some of the finest financial minds in the world.
Crime is at a low ebb, but Mrs Groynes, the cockney charlady who is actually a criminal mastermind, is determined to reverse the trend. A matinee performance at the Hippodrome gives her an idea.
Inspector Steine ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Sergeant Brunswick ...... John Ramm
Mrs Groynes ...... Sam Spiro
Constable Twitten ...... Matt Greem
Albert ...... David Holt
Ventriloquist Vince ...... Kim Wall.
Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation, David Orr, and Tony Newman from the Local Government Association discuss the news that some affordable housing schemes are being shelved because of a struggle to raise the necessary finance.
Winifred talks to the chief dough maker at Greggs, Sir Michael Darrington, as he hangs up his oven gloves.
Are local councils really conducting a 'binquisition', as one paper put it, or is the media exaggerating stories about bins?
Examining the case of Multiple Sclerosis sufferer Debbie Purdy, who has has lost her case at the High Court following a judicial review to clarify the law on assisted suicide.
Has the National Bus Pass scheme introduced in England in April actually made disabled people less independent?
Lufthansa takeover of BMI will give it control of more flights from London Heathrow than any other airline apart from British Airways. Aviation consultant John Strickland gives his thoughts.
Steve Hewlett presents a new topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
Many companies ask staff to declare their office love affairs to guard against break-up fallout. Emma battles to hang on to her dignity in a series of increasingly bizarre interviews with her manager.
Emma ...... Claire Rushbrook
Manager ...... Ellie Haddington
Series of Welsh stories. Aled Islwyn's tale of repressed longing. A council worker from the Lleyn Peninsula unbuttons his secret life as he waits for Marco. Read by Keiron Self.
Musician and composer Nitin Sawhney escapes the dark confines of his studio to the hustle and bustle of the Science Museum and one of his favourite pastimes.
Tiffany Jenkins, author of a paper called Dead Bodies: The Changing Treatment of Human Remains in British Museum Collections and Adam Kuper,Professor of Anthropology at Brunel University discuss the acquisition and restitution of human specimens by museums and the changes in attitudes towards them from outside the museum world as well as from within.
Laurie Taylor talks to Professor Stephen Platt, one of this country’s leading experts on suicide, about the nature and incidence of suicide in contemporary Britain. How is an unexplained death classified as a suicide? Are suicide rates falling and could this trend be reversed by the current economic crisis?
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
Sitcom by Kim Fuller, set in a medieval castle with some remarkably modern trappings.
Featuring an art exhibition, a strolling footpad, a dodgy flat-pack scaffold and a lawnmower.
Sir John Woodstock ...... James Fleet
Sir William De Warenne ...... Neil Dudgeon
Lady Anne Woodstock ...... Susan Earl
Cardinal Duncan ...... Jonathan Kydd
Lady Charlotte ...... Ingrid Oliver
Master Henry Woodstock ...... Steven Kynman
Sam Tree ...... Toby Ross-Bryant.
It's the ploughing match and Bert's confidence is wavering as it's pouring with rain and the ground's boggy. He looks to his coach Alistair for encouragement. Although Alistair is at first reluctant to accept this mantle, he soon warms to his task and has Bert fired up to beat arch rival Jimmy Prentice. Sure enough, Jimmy falters and victory is Bert's.
Ruth arrives with the boys but not Pip, who's still smarting over Izzy. Bert's full of gratitude for Alistair's help. He, Ruth and David head to the beer tent for a celebratory drink.
Lynda's on the lookout for recruits for her pantomime. She wonders if Ruth's seen her bonfire night article in Borsetshire Life, and also asks her about the panto. Ruth replies that Josh and Ben might be interested, but she doubts that Pip will. As for herself, she's far too busy.
With Usha away, Lynda laments at the meeting that evening that the response has so far been dispiriting. The only unequivocally keen respondent has been Sabrina Thwaite. Lynda's hoping for an opulent extravaganza with spectacular effects. Alistair remarks drily that he hopes she doesn't want a waterfall - creating a beanstalk's going to be quite enough of a challenge.
Singer Tony Christie talks about being painfully shy as a child, how he manages his on and off-stage personas, the resurrection of his career and returning to his South Yorkshire roots for his new album, Made in Sheffield.
The new opera For You is the latest collaboration between the Booker Prize-winning novelist Ian McEwan and the composer Michael Berkeley. Writer and critic Adam Mars-Jones gives his thoughts, having seen the world premiere of this story about the creative and personal turmoil in the life of an ageing maestro.
Architect Rafael Vinoly gives John Wilson a guided tour of his first building in Britain, Curve, a transparent theatre in the centre of Leicester.
Historian and writer Tristram Hunt reviews Taking Liberties: The Struggle for Britain's Freedoms and Rights, a new exhibition of rarely-seen objects and documents that have helped to define the political and social landscape of modern Britain.
Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
The story of Barbara Loxton, a South African mother who was seperated from her daughters during WW2, and her experiences as a journalist travelling around war-torn Europe. Events unfold through the letters exchanged between her and her daughters during their enforced seperation.
Barbara travels through Holland. Meanwhile, in South Africa, young Polly is ill again.
Barbara ...... Kathryn Hunt
Polly ...... Hester Cox
Lindsay ...... Ellie Sager
Granny ...... Janice Mckenzie
Anne ...... Deborah McAndrew
Smithy ...... Leigh Symonds
Harry ...... Conrad Nelson
Soboleff ...... Stuart Richman
Albert ...... Andrew Smith
Edward Stourton chairs a live discussion series in which guests set out their strong views on a subject, before being challenged by a panel of experts.
Dr Susan Blackmore challenges what she sees as society's hypocritical attitudes towards drink and drugs.
With most leading banks currently in need of a major injection of capital, BBC Scotland's political editor Brian Taylor asks why the proposal for a takeover of Halifax Bank of Scotland caused so much anger and concern in Scotland. Whether it is a question of economics, national pride or political independence from England, it seems to have touched on something significant in the Scottish psyche.
David Horovitz reads from David Pownall's novel, recounting the life of Edward II, his troubled reign and his divisive relationship with the knight Piers Gaveston.
The king is furious when young Edward begs to be allowed to give away some of his lands to Gaveston.
Country singer and US presidential hopeful Tina C, the comic creation of Christopher Green, looks at the Australian obsession with country music.
Sitcom by Martin Shea, Eamonn O'Neill and James O'Neill, set in a pest control agency where the pests answer back.
THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER 2008
THU 00:00 Midnight News (b00f2jnb)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
THU 00:30 Book of the Week (b00f2vfr)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00f2jpr)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00f2jqv)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00f2jst)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 05:30 News Briefing (b00f2jwm)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00f2jzd)
Daily prayer and reflection with Shaunaka Rishi Das.
THU 05:45 Farming Today (b00f2rfb)
News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Charlotte Smith.
THU 06:00 Today (b00f2rh4)
Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
Russell Brand has resigned from the BBC and Jonathan Ross has been suspended. With Director General Mark Thompson due to appear before the BBC trustees, Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt discusses what the board should do.
Ian Pannell reports on an explosion in Kabul.
Bill Emery, Chief Executive of the Office of Rail Regulation, discusses rail funding.
Alice Gilbert of British medical aid agency Merlin discusses the difficulties facing aid agencies in the DR Congo.
Mark Mardell reports on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's preparations for next year's general election.
Andrew Hosken reports on a rise in asbestos-related illness.
Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses breaking down public aversion maths.
Thought for the Day with novelist and columnist Anne Atkins.
Chancellor Alistair Darling discusses whether it is 'sensible' to increase government borrowing.
Media correspondent Torin Douglas, Kelvin MacKenzie and Sir Christopher Bland discuss the BBC's response to the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross controversy.
Author Christian Bok explains how each vowel has a character of its own.
James Naughtie reports on the tight US election race in Indiana.
Chest consultant John Edwards discusses the damage still caused by asbestos.
It is 70 years since Orson Welles broadcast his radio adaptation of War of the Worlds, which caused widespread panic in the US. Professor Richard Hand and Guardian writer John Harris discuss whether the public has become more media savvy since the 1930s.
Jonathan Glancey, the Guardian's architecture editor, and Donald Insall, an architect whose firm specialises in restoration, discuss whether old buildings should be allowed to simply decay naturally.
THU 09:00 In Our Time (b00f4prq)
Bolivar
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and times of Simon Bolivar, hero of the revolutionary wars that liberated Spanish America from Spain. In 1804 Bolivar stood on a small hill in Rome and made a grand declaration. He said, “I swear before you, I swear before the God of my fathers, I swear by my fathers, I swear by my honour, I swear by my country that I will not rest, body or soul, until I have broken the chains with which Spanish power oppresses us.” Unlike most teeenage declarations, Bolivar made good on his word. A wealthy young man, Bolivar was inspired by Enlightenment thinkers John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau and by the compelling personality of Napoleon. His story is one of ideas and adventure, of armies crossing the Andes, of the far flung influence of the Napoleonic Wars and an unexpectedly large role for Britain. But when he died he was anything but a hero, his reputation undergoing a transformation after his death to make him an icon of liberation and the national hero of Venezuela, Columbia, Equador, Peru and Bolivia – a country that bears his name. With Anthony McFarlane, Professor of Comparative American Studies at the University of Warwick; John Fisher, Professor of Latin American History at the University of Liverpool and Catherine Davies, Professor in the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies at the University of Nottingham.
THU 09:45 Book of the Week (b00f2vft)
Chagall
Episode 4
Derek Jacobi reads from Jackie Wullschlager's new biography of Marc Chagall.
Chagall arrives in Paris at the most exciting of times: just as the Cubists hold their first exhibition.
THU 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00f303c)
Marriage laws; Ani DiFranco; Women's pay
American singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco performs live. Plus the persistence of the gender pay gap, and is the law out of touch with the real meaning of partnership?
THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent (b00f4prs)
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU 11:30 Misfits in France (b00f4prv)
Broken in Berneval, Soaked in the Sea
Series in which Julian Barnes and Hermione Lee explore the connections between a group of Victorian writers and artists who crossed the English Channel for different reasons.
Julian and Hermione travel to the north coast of France, where, in the late 1860s, the poet Algernon Swinburne spent time, as did the exiled Oscar Wilde some 30 years later. They examine French attitudes to the life and work of both men and the religious themes that link their writing.
In the summer of 1868, local fishermen saved a drunken Swinburne from drowning off the cliffs of Etretat. The bizarre lunch to celebrate his survival was attended by the teenage French writer Guy de Maupassant.
In 1897, an exiled Oscar Wilde held a fete for the locals in Berneval and invited friends including Ernest Dowson to distract him from working on his poem, The Ballad of Reading Gaol. But as Wilde became progressively more lonely, he started corresponding once more with Lord Alfred Douglas.
Oscar Wilde ...... Simon Russell Beale
Algernon Swinburne ...... Jonathan Tafler
Guy de Maupassant ...... Stephen Critchlow.
THU 12:00 You and Yours (b00f30y5)
Presented by Winifred Robinson.
Investigating the practice of charging orders being made by banks, which has risen sevenfold since 2000
A community in South Wales is using small scale hydro-electric schemes to power their homes. It is one of 10 finalists in the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts' Big Green Challenge, a 1 million-pound prize competition challenging community groups to cut carbon dioxide emissions and combat climate change.
A report on the companies that are paying over 1 million pounds a year on parking tickets.
EU Consumer Commission Meglena Kuneva discusses her plans to make cheap furniture from Romania available to buy online.
Charlotte Smith gives her views on the shopping mall experience, as the Westfield Centre - one of the largest shopping centres near a city centre in Europe - opens in west London.
Will the new Google phone, G1, be a serious rival to Apple's market-leading iPhone, and will it spark a mobile phone war in the run-up to Christmas?
THU 12:57 Weather (b00f2x8m)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 13:00 World at One (b00f2xcf)
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU 13:30 Open Country (b00f2568)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:07 on Saturday]
THU 14:00 The Archers (b00f31jc)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Wednesday]
THU 14:15 Drama (b00855lx)
Memorials to the Missing
Stephen Wyatt's play follows moves during the First World War to establish an Imperial War Graves Commission to record the graves of those killed in action.
Fabian Ware ...... Anton Lesser
Edwin Lutyens ...... Michael Maloney
Macready ...... Keith Drinkel
Florence Cecil ...... Theresa Gallagher
Alice/nurse ...... Sophie Roberts
Soldiers ...... Karl Davies, Alex Wyndham, Ben Crowe
Directed by Martin Jenkins.
THU 15:00 Questions, Questions (b00f4prx)
Stewart Henderson answers those niggling questions from everyday life.
THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal (b00f2f62)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:55 on Sunday]
THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading (b00f37dm)
Welsh International
Do They Have Chips In China?
Welsh stories. A son's relationship with his father is tested when he takes him on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to see the Terracotta Army. By Rhodri Clark, read by Iestyn Jones.
THU 15:45 Running Away (b00f678q)
Hugh Dennis
Tim Samuels joins five famous guests as they escape their work for a few hours. Comedian Hugh Dennis takes one of his favourite walks near his home on the Sussex Downs.
THU 16:00 Open Book (b00f2h9m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
THU 16:30 Material World (b00f4prz)
Wildlife Corridors - Perception, Sound and Light
Squirrel Bridges and Wildlife Corridors
How did the squirrel cross the road? Not a joke question but one a group of conservationists wanted to answer. Quite apart from the risks of getting run over, red squirrels don’t much like coming down to the ground, meaning that a refuge for them such as the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park might become a fragmented habitat as far as the squirrels were concerned.
So local groups have been constructing rope bridges, linking the forest across roads and tracks at branch level. But how effective are the bridges? Do the squirrels use them? Quentin Cooper finds out from National Park ecologist Alan Bell.
Across the rest of the country, wildlife corridors are also becoming an important tool for supporting endangered species, says Jim Jones of the People’s Trust for Endangered Species. From bats to dormice, butterflies to beetles, hedgerows provide important habitats in themselves as well as ways for threatened species to expand into new areas or re-populate old habitats.
Perception, Sound and Light
What we see can sometimes depend as much on our ears as on our eyes. Think how, when watching a film, speech seems to come from the actors’ lips rather than the loudspeakers. It’s an illusion ventriloquists use to good effect. Now, psychologists are investigating it in detail.
In one experiment, Dr Elliot Freeman of Brunel University shows that the perceived direction of motion of an object – in this case, red bars across a screen - depends on minute variations in the timing of an accompanying sound - a sequence of beeps. It is the rhythm of the sounds, not their stereo position, that is changed. This provides evidence that the brain’s integration of visual and audio cues occurs at a very early stage of processing. It’s a phenomenon that has not been demonstrated before.
The research shows how our brains track moving objects, and how different sensory information gets processed in the brain. Freeman’s aim is to create a model of how the brain computes sensory information. It could explain why we see patterns where there are none – the man in the Moon, a giant animal in a rocky cliff. And there may be practical applications for display screens.
Elliot is joined in the studio by Professor Charles Spence of Oxford University who works on how we process the timing and synchronization of sensory signals. He has studied, among other things, how to design the way food is packaged or served for maximum sensory stimulation and how talking on a mobile phone affects our ability to drive a car.
THU 17:00 PM (b00f3984)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00f39bs)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
THU 18:30 4 Stands Up (b00f4pxp)
Series 2
Episode 1
Rhod Gilbert hosts the stand-up comedy show featuring some of the top names on the circuit.
THU 19:00 The Archers (b00f31jf)
Shula and Nigel are exploring the team chase course on bikes. Shula confesses she's feeling guilty about getting Alistair involved in Lynda's panto; it's all rather ambitious. They discuss the course fences. Nigel's promised Elizabeth he won't be unduly reckless. They're tempted to try out the course, but Nigel says they'll have to be patient. They just need to ensure the team works harmoniously together. He hopes Alice will turn up for the event. Shula assures him Alice won't let them down; she wouldn't pass up a chance of a weekend with Christopher. Nigel's surprised they're still together, but Shula speculates that Alice prefers her men rough and windswept.
Pigs are on the loose in a Home Farm wheat field. They're Tom's, and Gary's nowhere to be seen. Tom tracks him down and Gary admits he switched off the electric fence and left the field gate open. Help is drafted in and the pigs are finally rounded up, no thanks to Gary's weak efforts. The wheat is trampled and Tom reckons his dad will kill him for deserting Bridge Farm.
Brian's livid but there's no time to deal with contrite Gary now. Brian suggests that Tom should be a little more circumspect about who he employs in future.
Episode written by Caroline Harrington.
THU 19:15 Front Row (b00f3b6m)
Presented by Mark Lawson.
Tony Blair's former director of communications Alastair Campbell discusses his first novel, which is the story of a psychiatrist, his patients and family.
Since its first appearance in 1985, Glasgow-set detective drama Taggart has become the world's longest-running police TV series. Its creator Glenn Chandler and actress Blythe Duff, who has played DS Jackie Reid for 19 seasons, discuss the its longevity and how it has survived even the death of Mark McManus, Taggart himself.
Reports on several New York Theatre openings:
Farragut North, a political satire by Beau Willimon.
Streamers, a play about soldiers in the army before the Vietnam War, written by David Rabe.
All My Sons by Arthur Miller, directed by Simon McBurney and starring John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, Katie Holmes and Patrick Wilson.
Doctor Atomic, John Adams opera about J Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb, directed for the New York Metropolitan Opera by Penny Woolcock.
THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00f30g6)
Writing the Century: A Paintbrush Reporter
Episode 4
Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
The story of Barbara Loxton, a South African mother who was seperated from her daughters during WW2, and her experiences as a journalist travelling around war-torn Europe. Events unfold through the letters exchanged between her and her daughters during their enforced seperation.
With the war finally over, Barbara describes the devastation in Holland and Germany.
Barbara ...... Kathryn Hunt
Polly ...... Hester Cox
Lindsay/Child ...... Ellie Sager
Granny ...... Janice Mckenzie
Anne/Ivy ...... Deborah McAndrew
Freddy/Allen ...... Graeme Hawley
Singer: Waleed Isaacs.
THU 20:00 Anatomy of a Car Crash (b00f4ryn)
The Sony Radio Academy Award-winning documentary about a fatal car crash in Cornwall involving a nursery nurse and a former policeman.
In their own words, the survivors explain the life-changing consequences of the sort of car crash which happens every day in the UK but which is often overlooked. Their story shows how a moment's inattention can trigger traumatic physical and psychological effects, exploring the chain of events set in motion from the moment of the collision to the conclusion of legal proceedings.
THU 20:30 Analysis (b00f4s74)
Do Public Inquiries Work?
Ann Alexander, a lawyer who represented some of the families of relatives killed by Dr Harold Shipman, examines the public inquiries system. She talks to the insiders who have run and worked in major public inquiries and asks if the system now needs reform so that recommendations for the future are fully implemented.
THU 21:00 Leading Edge (b00f4s76)
US Elections
US Elections
As America goes to the polls – what will a new administration mean for American science? From the future of space exploration to stem cells how will politics influence scientific research? Molly Bentley reports on what John McCain or Barak Obama will mean for human space exploration and how NASA’s vision for Space exploration launched in 2004 will continue. Joe Palca, science correspondent for NPR comments on this and the wider issues for science in the US.
Voice Recognition
Scientists this week report findings of a woman who was born unable to recognise voices. Now 60 years old she can’t recognise her daughter’s voice and has to book work calls so she knows who will be calling when. What can understanding her brain tell us about the complexities of how we decode the rich signals in someone’s voice?
100% Chemical Free
Neville Reed, director of communication at the Royal Society of Chemistry gives his own take on an advertisement for a product claiming to be 100% chemical free. Was the Advertising Standards Authority right to not uphold his complaint?
Midge Thermometer
Why the larvae of the family of midges are revealing clues about the history of climate change. Geoff talks to Steve Brooks from the Natural History Museum in London.
THU 21:30 In Our Time (b00f4prq)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 21:58 Weather (b00f3bgf)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 22:00 The World Tonight (b00f3bm1)
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Including reports on the latest developments in Congo as aid agencies pull out of the vital town of Goma, the Dalai Lama saying that he is losing faith in his negotiations with the Chinese government, and whether there is an alternative to economic growth.
THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00f3d6q)
The Ruling Passion
Episode 4
David Horovitz reads from David Pownall's novel, recounting the life of Edward II, his troubled reign and his divisive relationship with the knight Piers Gaveston.
An encounter with a holy man at York Cathedral causes the king unexpected distress.
THU 23:00 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul (b00f4s78)
Episode 5
Douglas Adams's comic fantasy, dramatised by Dirk Maggs and John Langdon.
Dirk outwits an eagle and the Draycotts find an eager nitwit.
Dirk Gently ...... Harry Enfield
Kate ...... Laurel Lefkow
Simon Draycott ...... Peter Davison
Cynthia Draycott ...... Jan Ravens
The Drinks Machine ...... Olivia Colman
Thor ...... Rupert Degas
Toe Rag ...... Michael Roberts
Constable Luke ...... Wayne Forrester
Odin ...... Stephen Moore
Mysterious Vagrant ...... Phillip Jackson
Announcer ...... John Marsh
Music by Philip Pope
Directed by Dirk Maggs.
THU 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00f3dvq)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Sean Curran.
FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2008
FRI 00:00 Midnight News (b00f2jnd)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.
FRI 00:30 Book of the Week (b00f2vft)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00f2jpt)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00f2jqx)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00f2jsx)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 05:30 News Briefing (b00f2jwp)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00f2jzg)
Daily prayer and reflection with Shaunaka Rishi Das.
FRI 05:45 Farming Today (b00f2rfd)
News and issues in rural Britain, presented by Charlotte Smith.
FRI 06:00 Today (b00f2rh6)
Presented by John Humphrys and Sarah Montague.
Business Editor Robert Peston explains how Barclays have been able to source the necessary funds to avoid taking Treasury funding.
BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has addressed the media about the Radio 2 phone scandal. Conservative MP Nigel Evans, who called for Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to be sacked, discusses if a line can now be drawn under the matter.
Journalist Christina Lamb discusses the eight million Afghans facing starvation.
James Naughtie reports on the early voting in the US election.
Jan Egeland, former UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, and Anneke Van Woudenberg of Human Rights Watch discuss the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The BBC's Andrew Marr, President of the Galapagos Conservation Trust, and Charles Darwin's great-great grandson Randal Keynes discuss the importance of the Floreana Mockingbird.
Thought for the Day with Rev Lord Harries.
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne discusses the government's plans to deal with the recession.
Chairman of the BBC Trust Sir Michael Lyons discusses the importance of taste and decency to the BBC.
Mark Mardell reports on how the German economy will fare in the face of a recession.
Director Ben Whalley and author Barney Hoskyns discuss the difficulties of documenting the musician Neil Young.
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and novelist Alexander McCall Smith discuss the British Library's request to writers and others in public life to keep their texts, emails and other digital material for their personal archives.
Former Daily Telegraph editor Charles Moore and former Managing Director of BBC Radio Dame Liz Forgan debate the latest twists in the Radio 2 controversy.
FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs (b00f2fd3)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
FRI 09:45 Book of the Week (b00f2vfw)
Chagall
Episode 5
Derek Jacobi reads from Jackie Wullschlager's new biography of Marc Chagall.
Having made his name in France and Germany, Chagall returns to Russia for a holiday. A week later, WW1 breaks out and he is cut off from all that he has worked so hard to achieve.
FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00f303f)
Bad parents; Conductor Ewa Strusinska
Is poor parenting is a class issue? Plus Ewa Strusinska on women conductors, and what can be done to improve the achievements of women in mathematics?
FRI 11:00 Policing Teens the PC Way (b00dz8lq)
Dominic Arkwright investigates the money, time and effort being spent across the UK on ensuring that gangs of teenagers are not allowed to control British high streets.
FRI 11:30 Agatha Christie (b008z9nh)
Crooked House
Episode 3
Joy Wilkinson's adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel.
After the attempted murder of Josephine, Three Gables is still in a state of confusion. However, dramatic evidence is unearthed, and it seems that Brenda can no longer avoid her fate.
Charles ...... Rory Kinnear
Sophia ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Taverner ...... Phil Davis
Josephine ...... Grianne Dromgoole
Aunt Edith ...... Judy Parfitt
Philip ...... Ben Crowe
Magda ...... Anna Chancellor
Roger ...... Simon Treves
Clemency ...... Rachel Sanders
Brenda ...... Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Gaitskill ...... Peter Marinker
Directed by Sam Hoyle.
FRI 12:00 You and Yours (b00f30y7)
Presented by Winifred Robinson.
The organisers of last weekend's Mountain Marathon in the Lake District faced stinging criticism after the event was cancelled due to bad weather. But how much responsibility do competitors take to ensure their own safety?
A campaign to stop the National Trust from building homes on pristine land surrounding Erdigg House in Wrexham is reaching a climax.
After the opening in West London of one of Europe's largest inner city shopping centres, an investigation into how other major shopping malls are weathering the credit crunch.
As part of You and Yours' continuing investigation into online ticket sales, find out if the Association of Secondary Ticket Agents really are protecting consumers' interests.
Joan Bakewell reveals what she gets up to at the weekend.
After the US election, Sarah Palin has promised to donate her $150,000 wardrobe to charity. So how do charities make money out of donations from big names?
FRI 12:57 Weather (b00f2x8p)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 13:00 World at One (b00f2xch)
National and international news with Brian Hanrahan.
FRI 13:30 Feedback (b00f4sk2)
Roger Bolton airs listeners' views on BBC radio programmes and policy.
FRI 14:00 The Archers (b00f31jf)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Thursday]
FRI 14:15 Drama (b00f4yn7)
Frank
Comedy by poet Ian McMillan.
Unemployed Frank starts fiddling the dole. He has to find someone to sign on in his place, so he creates a doppelganger. But will his double, Frankie, want a life of his own?
Frank ...... Kevin Eldon
Frankie ...... Glenn Cunningham
Mary ...... Deborah McAndrew
Ivor/Godbehere ...... James Quinn
Window Cleaner/Chorus Man ...... Gerard Fletcher
Helen/Chorus Woman ...... Melissa Jane Sinden
DSS Girl ...... Tahira Dar
Woman ...... Rachel Dickenson.
FRI 15:00 Ramblings (b00f4sr6)
Harbottle Craggs
Clare Balding views the landscape with a shepherd's eye as she walks from Harbottle Craggs in Northumberland in the company of Jon Monks.
FRI 15:30 Afternoon Reading (b00f37dp)
Welsh International
How I Got My Confidence Back
Series of Welsh stories. After a damning review, a New York chef invites his critic for a five course dinner. Joe Dunthorne's story is read by Greta Clough.
FRI 15:45 Running Away (b00f678s)
Baroness Julia Neuberger
Baroness Julia Neuberger - rabbi, social reformer and member of the House of Lords - takes a stroll through the Victorian gardens and hothouse in the heart of Royal Leamington Spa.
FRI 16:00 Last Word (b00f4st8)
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary series, analysing and celebrating the life stories of people who have recently died. The programme reflects on people of distinction and interest from many walks of life, some famous and some less well known.
FRI 16:30 The Film Programme (b00f4stb)
Herbert Lom, the 91 year old star of The Ladykillers and The Pink Panther series discusses his career and why he did it all for Greta Garbo.
FRI 17:00 PM (b00f3993)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00f39bv)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
FRI 18:30 The News Quiz (b00f4swx)
Series 66
Episode 6
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. The panellists include Fred MacAulay and Jeremy Hardy.
FRI 19:00 The Archers (b00f31jh)
Eddie, Kenton and Joe are talking fireworks and ghost walks, with Kenton wanting to combine the two for atmosphere. With bangers ruled out, Kenton says he'll think of something else to sound like musket fire.
They go through the walk schedule but Joe's happy to do his own sound effects. Their fervent hope that Lynda won't come on the walk is dashed when she makes an appearance, eager to keep tabs on the Grundys and their 'historical facts'. She's soon casting aspersions on their tales. But her interference is cut mercifully short by her ever-worsening cough.
Peggy's adamant she's improving and wants desperately to go home. She's convinced Lilian to do some clandestine food shopping and get The Lodge cleaned. Lilian's not happy but Peggy points out that Lilian didn't consult her over Jack; this is her chance to put things right. Later Peggy seeks Lilian's help once more, asking her for her support on Sunday when she's set on going home. She predicts that Jennifer will be against it, and sure enough when Peggy tackles her about it she seems immovable. Lilian tries to persuade Jennifer. If Tony and Pat pitch in, surely they can make it work?
Episode written by Caroline Harrington.
FRI 19:15 Front Row (b00f3b6t)
John Updike
Presenter Mark Lawson talks to American writer John Updike about his new novel, which revisits the three main characters from his 1984 book The Witches of Eastwick - now the Widows of Eastwick.
FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00f30g8)
Writing the Century: A Paintbrush Reporter
Episode 5
Series exploring the twentieth century through diaries and correspondence of real people, dramatised by Hattie Naylor.
The story of Barbara Loxton, a South African mother who was seperated from her daughters during WW2, and her experiences as a journalist travelling around war-torn Europe. Events unfold through the letters exchanged between her and her daughters during their enforced seperation.
After reporting extensively from postwar Germany, Barbara and her two young daughters are finally reunited in South Africa.
Barbara ...... Kathryn Hunt
Polly ...... Hester Cox
Lindsay ...... Ellie Sager
Granny ...... Janice Mckenizie
Anne/Rhona ...... Deborah McAndrew
Martli ...... Melissa Jane Sinden
Dr Dunn ...... Stuart Richman
Jack ...... Conrad Nelson
Allen ...... Graeme Hawley
Singer: Waleed Isaacs
Original music by Nicolai Abrahamsen.
FRI 20:00 Any Questions? (b00f4swz)
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate from Portsmouth. The panel are schools minister Jim Knight, shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport Jeremy Hunt, chair of the Liberal Democrats' manifesto group Danny Alexander and leader of the SNP at Westminster Angus Robertson.
FRI 20:50 A Point of View (b00f4sx1)
How Rich is Rich?
Forget super-rich baddies who seek to destroy the world with a death ray. Boring! Clive James reflects on how money is losing its cachet, but failing to recycle properly is what leads to accusations of destroying the world.
FRI 21:00 Friday Drama (b00774w7)
Wasted
By Shelagh Stephenson.
Martha heads up marketing for an alcopop, aimed unashamedly at the teenage market. But when the 16-year-old son of her oldest friend is admitted to hospital in an alcoholic coma, some hard questions have got to be answered.
Martha ...... Juliet Aubrey
Tom ...... Julian Wadham
Mike ...... Mark Lambert
Mary ...... Marion O'Dwyer
Pete ...... John McAndrew
Charlie ...... Miche Doherty
Luke ...... Greg Fox.
FRI 21:58 Weather (b00f3bgh)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 22:00 The World Tonight (b00f3bm3)
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig. Can peace moves succeed in ending the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Plus, more tainted food in China, and what does Bruce Springsteen's Youngstown make of the coming election?
FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00f3d6s)
The Ruling Passion
Episode 5
David Horovitz reads from David Pownall's novel, recounting the life of Edward II, his troubled reign and his divisive relationship with the knight Piers Gaveston.
Following the death of his father, the newly-crowned Edward II wastes no time in ennobling his lover, Gaveston.
FRI 23:00 A Good Read (b00f41vn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Tuesday]
FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00f3dvs)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with Mark D'Arcy.
LIST OF THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMMES
(Note: the times link back to the details; the pids link to the BBC page, including iPlayer)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 MON (b00f309c)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 TUE (b00f30g2)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 WED (b00f30g4)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 THU (b00f30g6)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 FRI (b00f30g8)
4 Stands Up
18:30 THU (b00f4pxp)
A Good Read
16:30 TUE (b00f41vn)
A Good Read
23:00 FRI (b00f41vn)
A Point of View
08:50 SUN (b00f0rb0)
A Point of View
20:50 FRI (b00f4sx1)
A Welsh Anthology
19:45 SUN (b007qczz)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 MON (b00f36z8)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 TUE (b00f37dh)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 WED (b00f37dk)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 THU (b00f37dm)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 FRI (b00f37dp)
Agatha Christie
11:30 FRI (b008z9nh)
Analysis
21:30 SUN (b00f07g5)
Analysis
20:30 THU (b00f4s74)
Anatomy of a Car Crash
20:00 THU (b00f4ryn)
Any Answers?
14:00 SAT (b00f25w5)
Any Questions?
13:10 SAT (b00f0r9y)
Any Questions?
20:00 FRI (b00f4swz)
Bells on Sunday
05:43 SUN (b00f2dwb)
Bells on Sunday
00:45 MON (b00f2dwb)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 MON (b00f3d6j)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 TUE (b00f3d6l)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 WED (b00f3d6n)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 THU (b00f3d6q)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 FRI (b00f3d6s)
Book of the Week
00:30 SAT (b00dz9v8)
Book of the Week
09:45 MON (b00f2rnn)
Book of the Week
00:30 TUE (b00f2rnn)
Book of the Week
09:45 TUE (b00f2vfp)
Book of the Week
00:30 WED (b00f2vfp)
Book of the Week
09:45 WED (b00f2vfr)
Book of the Week
00:30 THU (b00f2vfr)
Book of the Week
09:45 THU (b00f2vft)
Book of the Week
00:30 FRI (b00f2vft)
Book of the Week
09:45 FRI (b00f2vfw)
Brain of Britain
23:00 SAT (b00dzb8l)
Brain of Britain
13:30 MON (b00f3wq5)
Broadcasting House
09:00 SUN (b00f2fcz)
Children of Wealth
11:00 WED (b00f1qwx)
Classic Serial
21:00 SAT (b00dybq3)
Classic Serial
15:00 SUN (b00f2fnd)
Classrooms to Power
05:45 SUN (b00ds8nc)
Desert Island Discs
11:15 SUN (b00f2fd3)
Desert Island Discs
09:00 FRI (b00f2fd3)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul
23:00 THU (b00f4s78)
Drama
14:15 MON (b00776b3)
Drama
14:15 TUE (b00f41sn)
Drama
14:15 WED (b0088nny)
Drama
14:15 THU (b00855lx)
Drama
14:15 FRI (b00f4yn7)
Ed Reardon's Week
11:30 MON (b00f3wq3)
Excess Baggage
10:00 SAT (b00f25q0)
Fabulous
23:00 TUE (b00f41w5)
Farming Today This Week
06:35 SAT (b00f256b)
Farming Today
05:45 MON (b00f2rgy)
Farming Today
05:45 TUE (b00f2rf6)
Farming Today
05:45 WED (b00f2rf8)
Farming Today
05:45 THU (b00f2rfb)
Farming Today
05:45 FRI (b00f2rfd)
Feedback
20:00 SUN (b00f08c1)
Feedback
13:30 FRI (b00f4sk2)
File on 4
17:00 SUN (b00dzl87)
File on 4
20:00 TUE (b00f41vs)
Fowles in Dorset
11:30 TUE (b00x7frz)
Freedom Pass
23:00 MON (b00f3wqk)
Friday Drama
21:00 FRI (b00774w7)
From Fact to Fiction
19:00 SAT (b00f2bdc)
From Fact to Fiction
17:40 SUN (b00f2bdc)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:30 SAT (b00f25vx)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:00 THU (b00f4prs)
Front Row
19:15 MON (b00f3bd0)
Front Row
19:15 TUE (b00f3b68)
Front Row
19:15 WED (b00f3b6d)
Front Row
19:15 THU (b00f3b6m)
Front Row
19:15 FRI (b00f3b6t)
Frontiers
21:00 MON (b00f3wqh)
Gardeners' Question Time
14:00 SUN (b00f2fdc)
Gardeners' Question Time
15:00 WED (b00f2fdc)
Go4it
19:15 SUN (b00f2hl9)
Iconoclasts
20:00 WED (b00f41yf)
In Our Time
09:00 THU (b00f4prq)
In Our Time
21:30 THU (b00f4prq)
In Touch
20:40 TUE (b00f41vv)
James Bond, the Last Englishman
13:30 SUN (b00bfr6l)
Last Word
20:30 SUN (b00f0r9r)
Last Word
16:00 FRI (b00f4st8)
Law in Action
16:00 TUE (b00f41sz)
Leading Edge
21:00 THU (b00f4s76)
Lives in a Landscape
11:00 MON (b00f3wq1)
Loose Ends
18:15 SAT (b00f2bd9)
Making History
15:00 TUE (b00f41sx)
Material World
16:30 THU (b00f4prz)
Midnight News
00:00 SAT (b00f0sqs)
Midnight News
00:00 SUN (b00f2dvz)
Midnight News
00:00 MON (b00f2jnl)
Midnight News
00:00 TUE (b00dyv49)
Midnight News
00:00 WED (b00f2jn7)
Midnight News
00:00 THU (b00f2jnb)
Midnight News
00:00 FRI (b00f2jnd)
Midweek
09:00 WED (b00f41wf)
Midweek
21:30 WED (b00f41wf)
Misfits in France
11:30 THU (b00f4prv)
Money Box Live
15:00 MON (b00f3wq7)
Money Box
12:00 SAT (b00f25vz)
Money Box
21:00 SUN (b00f25vz)
Money on the Brain
21:00 TUE (b00f41vx)
Money on the Brain
16:30 WED (b00f41vx)
News Briefing
05:30 SAT (b00f0sr1)
News Briefing
05:30 SUN (b00f2dw8)
News Briefing
05:30 MON (b00f2jy7)
News Briefing
05:30 TUE (b00f2jwh)
News Briefing
05:30 WED (b00f2jwk)
News Briefing
05:30 THU (b00f2jwm)
News Briefing
05:30 FRI (b00f2jwp)
News Headlines
13:00 SAT (b00f25w3)
News Headlines
06:00 SUN (b00f2dwd)
News and Papers
06:00 SAT (b00f2543)
News and Papers
07:00 SUN (b00f2f5y)
News and Papers
08:00 SUN (b00f2f66)
News and Weather
22:00 SAT (b00f2blw)
On Your Farm
06:35 SUN (b00f2f5t)
Open Book
16:00 SUN (b00f2h9m)
Open Book
16:00 THU (b00f2h9m)
Open Country
06:07 SAT (b00f2568)
Open Country
13:30 THU (b00f2568)
PC RIP?
09:00 TUE (b00dzbmx)
PC RIP?
21:30 TUE (b00dzbmx)
PM
17:00 SAT (b00f2bby)
PM
17:00 MON (b00f3991)
PM
17:00 TUE (b00f3980)
PM
17:00 WED (b00f3982)
PM
17:00 THU (b00f3984)
PM
17:00 FRI (b00f3993)
Phill Jupitus' Strips
09:30 TUE (b00f3xtf)
Pick of the Week
18:15 SUN (b00f2h9y)
Poetry Please
23:30 SAT (b00dybq7)
Poetry Please
16:30 SUN (b00f2h9p)
Policing Teens the PC Way
11:00 FRI (b00dz8lq)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 SAT (b00f0sr3)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 MON (b00f2jz6)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 TUE (b00f2jz8)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 WED (b00f2jzb)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 THU (b00f2jzd)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 FRI (b00f2jzg)
Questions, Questions
15:00 THU (b00f4prx)
Radio 4 Appeal
07:55 SUN (b00f2f62)
Radio 4 Appeal
21:26 SUN (b00f2f62)
Radio 4 Appeal
15:27 THU (b00f2f62)
Ramblings
15:00 FRI (b00f4sr6)
Running Away
15:45 MON (b00f37gc)
Running Away
15:45 TUE (b00f671m)
Running Away
15:45 WED (b00fdf7k)
Running Away
15:45 THU (b00f678q)
Running Away
15:45 FRI (b00f678s)
Saturday Drama
14:30 SAT (b0076zxm)
Saturday Live
09:00 SAT (b00f25py)
Saturday Review
19:15 SAT (b00f2blt)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SAT (b00f0sqx)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SUN (b00f2dw4)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 MON (b00f2jr4)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 TUE (b00f2jqq)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 WED (b00f2jqs)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 THU (b00f2jqv)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 FRI (b00f2jqx)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SAT (b00f0sqv)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SAT (b00f0sqz)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SAT (b00f2bcq)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SUN (b00f2dw2)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SUN (b00f2dw6)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SUN (b00f2h9r)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 MON (b00f2jqn)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 MON (b00f2jwf)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 TUE (b00dyw9y)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 TUE (b00f2jsm)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 WED (b00f2jpp)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 WED (b00f2jsq)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 THU (b00f2jpr)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 THU (b00f2jst)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 FRI (b00f2jpt)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 FRI (b00f2jsx)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 SAT (b00f2bd3)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 SUN (b00f2h9w)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 MON (b00f39cr)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 TUE (b00f39bn)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 WED (b00f39bq)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 THU (b00f39bs)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 FRI (b00f39bv)
Something Understood
06:05 SUN (b00f2f06)
Something Understood
23:30 SUN (b00f2f06)
Stage to Screen
15:30 SAT (b00dzkp7)
Stage to Screen
13:30 TUE (b00f3z4s)
Start the Week
09:00 MON (b00f3f14)
Start the Week
21:30 MON (b00f3f14)
Sunday Worship
08:10 SUN (b00f2f68)
Sunday
07:10 SUN (b00f2f60)
The Archers Omnibus
10:00 SUN (b00f2fd1)
The Archers
19:00 SUN (b00f2hg2)
The Archers
14:00 MON (b00f2hg2)
The Archers
19:00 MON (b00f31jp)
The Archers
14:00 TUE (b00f31jp)
The Archers
19:00 TUE (b00f31j9)
The Archers
14:00 WED (b00f31j9)
The Archers
19:00 WED (b00f31jc)
The Archers
14:00 THU (b00f31jc)
The Archers
19:00 THU (b00f31jf)
The Archers
14:00 FRI (b00f31jf)
The Archers
19:00 FRI (b00f31jh)
The Archive Hour
20:00 SAT (b0076ywd)
The Bottom Line
17:30 SAT (b00f2bcd)
The Casebook of Inspector Steine
11:30 WED (b009n416)
The Castle
18:30 WED (b0080xwh)
The Crash: Scotland's Battle for the Bank
20:45 WED (b00f868j)
The Divine Spark of Music
22:15 SAT (b00dzny0)
The Enigma I Will Not Explain
14:45 SUN (b007779p)
The Exterminating Angels
23:15 WED (b007d8s4)
The Film Programme
16:30 FRI (b00f4stb)
The Food Programme
12:32 SUN (b00f2fd5)
The Food Programme
16:00 MON (b00f2fd5)
The Late Story
00:30 SUN (b007cnxl)
The Learning Curve
23:00 SUN (b00dzbwd)
The Learning Curve
20:30 MON (b00f3wqf)
The Loneliness of the Goalkeeper
10:30 SAT (b00dy5ml)
The Media Show
13:30 WED (b00f41y9)
The News Quiz
12:30 SAT (b00f0r9w)
The News Quiz
18:30 FRI (b00f4swx)
The Party Line
18:30 TUE (b00f41vq)
The Torturer's Tale
20:00 MON (b00dndbn)
The Week in Westminster
11:00 SAT (b00f25vv)
The World This Weekend
13:00 SUN (b00f2fd9)
The World Tonight
22:00 MON (b00f3bm9)
The World Tonight
22:00 TUE (b00f3blx)
The World Tonight
22:00 WED (b00f3blz)
The World Tonight
22:00 THU (b00f3bm1)
The World Tonight
22:00 FRI (b00f3bm3)
The Write Stuff
12:00 SUN (b00dzbmv)
The Write Stuff
18:30 MON (b00f3wqc)
Thinking Allowed
00:15 MON (b00dznr0)
Thinking Allowed
16:00 WED (b00f41yc)
Tina C Goes Down Under: The Aborogynal Monologues
23:00 WED (b00f41z2)
Today in Parliament
23:30 MON (b00f3dvy)
Today in Parliament
23:30 TUE (b00f3dvl)
Today in Parliament
23:30 WED (b00f3dvn)
Today in Parliament
23:30 THU (b00f3dvq)
Today in Parliament
23:30 FRI (b00f3dvs)
Today
07:00 SAT (b00f25pw)
Today
06:00 MON (b00f2rhd)
Today
06:00 TUE (b00f2rh0)
Today
06:00 WED (b00f2rh2)
Today
06:00 THU (b00f2rh4)
Today
06:00 FRI (b00f2rh6)
Traveller's Tree
16:30 MON (b00f3wq9)
Weather
06:04 SAT (b00f2545)
Weather
06:57 SAT (b00f25pt)
Weather
12:57 SAT (b00f25w1)
Weather
17:57 SAT (b00f2bcx)
Weather
06:57 SUN (b00f2f5w)
Weather
07:58 SUN (b00f2f64)
Weather
12:57 SUN (b00f2fd7)
Weather
17:57 SUN (b00f2h9t)
Weather
21:58 SUN (b00f2hv9)
Weather
05:57 MON (b00f3f12)
Weather
12:57 MON (b00f2x8w)
Weather
21:58 MON (b00f3blv)
Weather
12:57 TUE (b00f2x8h)
Weather
21:58 TUE (b00f3bg9)
Weather
12:57 WED (b00f2x8k)
Weather
21:58 WED (b00f3bgc)
Weather
12:57 THU (b00f2x8m)
Weather
21:58 THU (b00f3bgf)
Weather
12:57 FRI (b00f2x8p)
Weather
21:58 FRI (b00f3bgh)
Weekend Woman's Hour
16:00 SAT (b00f2bbm)
Westminster Hour
22:00 SUN (b00f2hy4)
Woman's Hour
10:00 MON (b00f304x)
Woman's Hour
10:00 TUE (b00f3037)
Woman's Hour
10:00 WED (b00f3039)
Woman's Hour
10:00 THU (b00f303c)
Woman's Hour
10:00 FRI (b00f303f)
World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations
11:00 TUE (b00f3xth)
World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations
21:00 WED (b00f3xth)
World at One
13:00 MON (b00f2xcm)
World at One
13:00 TUE (b00f2xc9)
World at One
13:00 WED (b00f2xcc)
World at One
13:00 THU (b00f2xcf)
World at One
13:00 FRI (b00f2xch)
You and Yours
12:00 MON (b00f31j7)
You and Yours
12:00 TUE (b00f30y1)
You and Yours
12:00 WED (b00f30y3)
You and Yours
12:00 THU (b00f30y5)
You and Yours
12:00 FRI (b00f30y7)
iPM
05:45 SAT (b00f0sr5)