The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
Anna Hill hears from a conservation award-winning farmer who argues for financial incentives to cull Magpies. But the RSPB argues there's no evidence that they affect songbird numbers. Plus why farmers are being urged to grow smaller turkeys for tougher financial times.
Chandeliers, horse manure and swimming pools all feature among the latest expenses revealed by The Telegraph for eight Conservative MPs.
Ministers are being urged to recruit an extra 2,000 police officers in England and Wales to deal with rising crime from the recession.
The Commons Speaker Michael Martin is under scrutiny for the comments he made about MPs' expenses. Douglas Carswell MP talks about whether a motion of no-confidence should be called.
Swine flu report author Professor Neil Ferguson says the virus has true pandemic potential.
Dr Marian Fitzgerald and police spokesman Paul McKeever discuss if more police officers are needed to combat the rise in crime caused by the recession.
The prime minister has said he wants Britain to be at the heart of Europe, but can that ever be possible? Europe correspondent Jonny Dymond looks into the issue.
Anatol Lieven, professor in the War Studies Department of King's College, London, considers whether Pakistan has the military and democratic strength to defeat the Taleban.
Peter Hunt looks back to Prince Charles's speech to the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1984.
Danny Kushlick, of the drug policy think tank Transform, discusses whether the war on drugs is being won.
The Commons Speaker has said MPs should claim expenses 'in the spirit of what is right'. Conservative Lord Tebbit says the electorate are extremely angry with the House of Commons. Lib Dem MP Norman Baker and Labour peer Lord Foulkes discuss if Speaker Michael Martin was right to speak out. Political editor Nick Robinson reflects on another set of revelations about expense claims.
Today presenter Edward Stourton reports on the Pope's comment that every effort must be made to combat anti-Semitism.
Author Gurcharan Das and Hong Kong businessman Sir David Tang discuss which developing economy will develop most quickly, India or China.
The flamboyant rock group the New York Dolls made a major comeback five years ago. Their mix of blues and punk in the 1970s had a huge influence but the band imploded from their drugs excesses and when a couple of its members died. Reporter Nicola Stanbridge talks to surviving members David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, who have started writing together again.
Both the Conservatives and Labour have dropped 4 per cent in the polls, a survey for The Times concludes. The paper's interpretation of the figures is that the public is 'united in revulsion over the disclosures on MPs' expenses'. Reporter Nick Ravenscroft visits Manchester to see if some of those who feel outside the political system feel alienated. Sir Robert Worcester, president of Ipsos Mori, discusses the findings.
Quentin Letts takes a witty but thought provoking look at one of Britain's oldest institutions, the Privy Council.
Edward Stourton presents a series celebrating great debates, combining archive of rare discussions between key figures with analysis by a panel of experts.
Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan clash over the electronic age. Has technology set man free or alienated individuals and led to a fragmented society?
Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an intensive care patient who has been told never to drink again.
Arthur learns that being funny can get you laid. And success on the comedy circuit allows him time to pursue other ideas and very different interests, which include two bizarre prison visits.
What rights do a family have if they don't want their relative to go into a care home? Plus, Miranda Seymour on actress Virginia Cherrill; and helping children to love maths.
The story of the unique South Pacific Island where life has remained unchanged for hundreds of years.
Anuta is home to 300 people, giving it a population density to rival Bangladesh. The nearest school is hundreds of miles away and there is no clinic. Few people earn money but they don’t need it. Everything they need they grow or harvest themselves, and have sustained their resources across the generations.
Huw Cordey visited Anuta to record part of a BBC TV series, South Pacific. He meets the islanders and their Chief, and hears about their lives. He fishes with them, catches birds with them, and lives with them, discovering along the way the guiding principle, unique to this place, that all Anutans live by the principle of ‘Arofa’, or love.
But modern life is catching up with the Anutans, and not everyone is happy with the island idyll where tradition is all, and individualism is nothing.
Miles Jupp goes in search of the real Carruthers, the character who inspired a thousand silly quips and cod Edwardian accents. At least seven different Carruthers crop up in Edwardian boys' tales, but who exactly was he, what did he do, and how did he assume such a strange kind of posthumous fame?
Miles finds out about the Carruthers who appears in the Sherlock Holmes short story The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist and the one which narrates Erskine Childers' 1903 spy novel The Riddle of the Sands.
The Prime Minister has set up a special Speaker's Conference to look at ways of better representing women, ethnic minorities and the disabled in Parliament.
It wants to know your views. You and Yours will be passing on your comments to those running the debate.
These are held only very rarely and can be hugely influential - it was a Speaker's Conference that recommended women get the vote back in 1918.
With Anne Begg, Labour MP for Aberdeen South, Dr Sarah Childs, senior lecturer in politics at Bristol University and Professor Paul Whiteley of the University of Essex.
Several senior Conservatives agree to pay back some of the money they claimed on expenses. Tim Montgomery, who edits the ConservativeHome website, and the senior Labour MP Sir Stuart Bell, who sits on the House of Commons Commission, discuss.
Comedian, broadcaster and GP Dr Phil Hammond asks each of three guests to play the track of their choice for the delight or disdain of the others.
Phil's guests include soul food chef Momma Cherri and crime writer Mark Billingham. Will the tastes of his popular, country music-loving detective Tom Thorne be making an appearance?
Elver season on the river Severn - a time of mystery and danger. The wrong time and place for a young man to be searching for his place in the world.
Kevin ..... Robert Lonsdale
Sabrina ..... Emily Wachter
Bruce ..... Ian Gelder
Tan ..... Stuart McLoughlin
Debbie ..... Lizzy Watts
Gilpin ..... Stephen Hogan
Buyer / Policeman ... Benjamin Askew
Phil ..... Matt Addis
Vanessa Collingridge presents the series exploring ordinary people's links with the past.
How the experiences of a painter and decorator from Sale in 19th-century China reveals more about the spread of religion in that period. Plus the remarkable story of the listener who witnessed the German surrender at Monte Cassino.
By Elizabeth Kuti. Fresh 'witness' insights into history. In Wittenberg 1517, Brother Martin meets the indomitable Frau Sprenger. Read by Eleanor Bron.
Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
Richard explores the problem of laziness. He investigates what Royal Mail did about thousands of staff going off sick each day and visits Google's UK headquarters to find out how having fun can breed success. The programme also features the author of How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson.
Michael Rosen takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak.
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
Musician Andy Sheppard chooses influential saxophonist John Coltrane, creator of the albums Giant Steps and A Love Supreme. Supporting Andy's choice is the editor of The Wire magazine, Tony Herrington.
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.
Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With comedians Dave Gorman, Jeremy Hardy and Sue Perkins. From May 2009.
The Borchester Land board members are wondering whether Matt will show his face or not, but Annabelle assures them that Matt wouldn't give in that easily.
Brian's eager to get the ball rolling, discussing whether they sell assets or hold on to them. Brian wants to concentrate on their strengths in a depressed property market. Matt is adamant that they should wait, but gets nowhere. Annabelle tells Matt he's taking things way too personally and should calm down. Matt decides enough is enough. He no longer wants to be part of BL and walks out.
Lilian's appalled that Matt's resigned and urges him to re-think and fight on. Matt refuses to grovel. He has finally made up his mind and knew it would end like this.
Jennifer wants to makes amends with Lilian. She's arranging a 'bit of a do' for Debbie and Marshall and wants to invite the whole family over, including Matt and Lilian. Lilian's still very angry and refuses to go, even with Debbie not visiting often.
Hearing that Matt has resigned, Jennifer thinks her plans for a big family get-together are not looking good. She dreads to think what Marshall is going to make of them all.
John Tavener's Requiem premiered in February 2008, although the composer himself was not present, having recently undergone emergency surgery. Tavener explains how the experience of being close to death informed his Requiem. In addition, violinist Paul Robertson discusses his participation in the premiere of Tavener's Towards Silence, a piece which explores the process of dying.
Crime writer Dreda Say Mitchell reviews a new US TV drama in which Tim Roth stars as a deception expert who studies facial expressions and body language to solve criminal investigations.
Recent research into ballet positions shows that dancers are accomplishing ever higher leg raises. Musician David Juritz talks to Patrick Haggard, co-author of this research, about whether physical boundaries have been similarly stretched in the world of music.
The secretive Rodney Whitaker wrote under several pseudonyms in his lifetime, most famously as Trevanian. Under this pen-name he published many bestsellers, including the spy novel The Eiger Sanction, which is being re-released. His friend Christopher Somerville and academic John Sutherland discuss the man and his work.
Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
Anne Louvet has begun work as a cleaner for the Hartmanns in their manor house at Janvilliers and Charles Hartmann is beginning to feel disturbed by the power of his attraction to her.
Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
Etienne ...... Toby Jones
Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
Mireille ...... Avril Clark
Political anthropologist Dr Mukulika Banerjee reports from India on the many surprising ways in which the country manages to defy apparently insuperable odds to deliver an efficient and effective democratic process.
An Indian general election is the largest single organised event in the world, with over 700 million voters, 800,000 polling stations and one million electronic voting machines moved in phases around the country; and, unlike many western democracies, electoral participation in India is positively buoyant, and rising.
Blind and partially-sighted guests remember when they first started losing their vision and share their practical tips with Peter. Richard Lane lost his sight 17 years ago and is curently working at the Lancet; he also recently decided to live alone. Diane Roworth is partially-sighted and heads the York Blind and Partially-Sighted Society. He likes talking microwaves and uses a colour detector to avoid fashion clashes. She praises volunteer visiting services and large print cookbooks.
Dr Mark Porter explores the latest treatments for breast problems. Women often believe if they find changes to their breasts, or feel pain in that area, it means that they have a serious condition or cancer. But usually the symptoms are of a benign condition. Mark finds out how they are treated.
Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Prompted by Father Flood, home from America for a holiday, Rose sets about organising her younger sister. Almost before she knows it, or has had time to say goodbye, Eilis is crossing the Atlantic, heading for a job on the shop floor of a Brooklyn department store, lodgings with an Irish landlady and a brand new life.
From Sir Alan Sugar to Boy George, Jon Culshaw explores the bizarre private lives of famous folk. From May 2009.
WEDNESDAY 13 MAY 2009
WED 00:00 Midnight News (b00k7sxv)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
WED 00:30 Book of the Week (b00k9qdh)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Tuesday]
WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00k7vk2)
The latest shipping forecast.
WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00k7vnm)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00k7vmc)
The latest shipping forecast.
WED 05:30 News Briefing (b00k7vr0)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00k7wk1)
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
WED 05:45 Farming Today (b00k7wn4)
Anna Hill finds out why the recession means that some organic farmers cannot sell all their milk at a premium, and are selling up to a third to the country's biggest milk buyer for the ordinary price. Also, the record number of goats, deer and cats infected with cattle TB, plus the tough life of the contract sheep shearer.
WED 06:00 Today (b00k7wqq)
Presented by Sarah Montague and Evan Davis.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said all MPs' receipts over four years must be scrutinised by an independent group.
A catalogue of failings by the NHS meant that a series of opportunities that could have saved Baby P's life were missed, the health regulator says.
The NHS must accept its share of the blame for what happened to Baby P (now known as Baby Peter) the NHS regulator has concluded. Cynthia Bower, chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, discusses if the NHS could have saved Baby P's life.
The price of beer is being pushed up because publicans are being compelled to buy drinks from their pub company landlords, MPs say. Peter Luff MP, chairman of the Business and Enterprise Committee, and Mark Hastings, of the British Beer and Pubs Association, discuss the balance of power in the industry.
Two elders from the Ngarrindjeri people in south Australia are in the UK to collect human remains that have been in the UK since the 19th century. One of the elders, George Trevorrow, discusses why they believe it is important to recover the remains.
Angels and Demons is the film sequel to The Da Vinci Code. The film's makers have gone to great lengths to lend an air of scientific authenticity to the action. Science reporter Tom Feilden visits the European Centre for Nuclear Research (Cern) - where some of the action in the film takes place - to discover what scientists think of Vatican-threatening anti-matter.
Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George claimed for mortgage interest and furniture on a flat used by his student daughter, the Daily Telegraph says. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says no-one from his party will make a profit from their allowances.
A final poetry collection of one of America's most celebrated novelists, the late John Updike, is to be released. Judith Jones, his editor at publishing house Knopf for over fifty years, discusses her life both with Mr Updike and as one of the most esteemed editors of the 20th century.
Dr Jane Collins says the responsibility Great Ormond Street hospital had for Baby P is misunderstood.
'Extreme action' is needed to restore faith in politicians, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said. Political editor Nick Robinson and Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe discuss if independently scrutinising all MPs' receipts will restore confidence.
How has the expenses saga impacted on the families and private lives of MPs - especially those not caught up in the expenses row? Linda McDougall, wife of Labour MP Austin Mitchell and Eve Burt, wife of Tory MP Alistair Burt, discuss how new measures to curb expenses claims will affect their lives.
The Cannes film festival is to open with a Disney-Pixar animation in 3D. Arts correspondent Razia Iqbal examines the significance of the departure from a traditional genre for the opening movie.
In Northern Ireland, Sunday Tribune editor Noirin Hegarty explains why one of her reporters has refused to hand over her records of contacts with dissident Republicans.
The UK's thirty-two national museums and galleries asked 11- to 18-year-olds to nominate two of their favourite exhibits. Tom Feilden talks to young people about what things they want to see in museums and the director of the Tate Sir Nicholas Serota and Rhian Harris, director of the V&A Museum of Childhood, discuss how children's tastes are changing.
The European elections in June are the first real test of public opinion across Europe since the beginning of the economic crisis. Europe editor Mark Mardell reports on a new anti-capitalist party in France that has captured the imagination of some people.
How well has Conservative leader David Cameron handled the expenses scandal? Matthew D'Ancona, editor of the Spectator, and Andrew Rawnsley, chief political commentator for the Observer, discuss if Mr Cameron deserves the praise that is coming from some quarters of the media.
WED 09:00 Midweek (b00k8w6j)
Libby Purves is joined by Nigel Taylor, Hala Jaber, Allegra Huston and Peter Baxter.
Nigel Taylor is the curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He joined Kew as a horticultural taxonomist in 1977 and became curator in 1995. He is fascinated by its history and is a keen tour guide in the gardens, which celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.
Hala Jaber is a British-Lebanese journalist who has been Foreign Correspondent for the Sunday Times in London since 2004. While reporting on the Iraq war she was asked to find an orphan to front a fundraising campaign by the paper. In her book The Flying Carpet to Baghdad she tells how her search led her to two orphaned sisters - the only survivors of a missile strike that killed their parents and five siblings - and how she set out to save them. The Flying Carpet to Baghdad is published by MacMillan.
In her new book, Love Child, Allegra Huston tells of her discovery that she was not the daughter of film director John Huston, but in fact the daughter of British Lord, John Julius Norwich. She led a peripatetic and insecure childhood, variously looked after by nannies, relatives, and her sister Anjelica.
Peter Baxter was the producer of BBC Radio 4's Test Match Special for 34 years until his retirement in 2007. In his behind-the-scenes memoirs, Inside the Box: My Life with Test Match Special, he gives an insight into the friendships, rivalries, humour and events over the last three decades. Inside the Box is published by Quiller Publishing.
WED 09:45 Book of the Week (b00k9qdk)
My Name is Daphne Fairfax
Episode 3
Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an intensive care patient who has been told never to drink again.
Growing up and growing old; Arthur's thoughts on the male mid-life crisis, as he faces depression. Plus how a unique rendition of Hamlet allowed him to smile again.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00k81ck)
Susan Bullock; Sexism in the criminal justice system
Soprano Susan Bullock on Elektra. Plus, institutional sexism in the criminal justice system discussed; and the diamonds of Catherine the Great.
WED 11:00 The Manuscript Hunter (b00k9d7p)
Mark Whitaker profiles Thomas Staley, who, over the past 20 years, has bought the archives of many of Britain's most important living writers for the University of Texas in Austin. Staley talks about his life in literature and his controversial methods, and Mark reports on efforts to stop the continuing export of Britain's literary heritage.
A Square Dog production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 11:30 A Charles Paris Mystery (b00whw59)
Murder Unprompted
7 Premiere
Can the thespian sleuth prove his friend Alex is not the murderer - and stop himself being made homeless? Stars Bill Nighy.
WED 12:00 You and Yours (b00k81fc)
Presented by Winifred Robinson.
A Select committee says that pub companies have too much power.
MPs are 'astonished' by the low salaries of major pub landlords. So what should change in British pubs? With Andrew Pring, Editor of the Morning Advertiser, Mark Hastings from the Beer and Pub Association and Simon Clarke from The Eagle in South London.
The collapse of XL Leisure Group last September left around 240,000 people without the holidays they had paid for. So why is the system that safeguards their money taking so long to pay out? With Sheila Sumner (an XL customer waiting for a refund) and David Moesli, Deputy Director of Consumer Protection with the Civil Aviation Authority.
The European Commission has issued its biggest ever fine on a company. Intel, manufacturer of the microchips that are inside many of our computers, has been ordered to pay just under a billion pounds.
Rupert Murdoch has announced he could start charging for online news services by the end of the year. So is the age of free news online coming to an end?
The writer and comedian Steve Armstrong ponders the latest offerings from the world of wine and beer.
On May 11th 2004, nine people were killed and many were injured when a plastics factory in Glasgow exploded. John Waite finds out how those left behind are coping and asks what has happened to the publication of recommendations from a public inquiry into the disaster.
The residents of Green Lane in Southampton have been part of a year-long social experiment by British Gas. Louise Champ goes to see how they're getting on.
WED 12:57 Weather (b00k81h3)
The latest weather forecast.
WED 13:00 World at One (b00k823n)
David Cameron accuses Gordon Brown of failing to provide leadership over the reform of MPs' expenses; Prime Minister's Questions is dominated by the issue
Health minister Phil Hope, who says he is paying back over 41 thousand pounds, talks to the programme.
WED 13:30 The Media Show (b00k9d7r)
Steve Hewlett speaks to Andrew Neil about the MPs expenses scandal, Samir Shah on the BBC's new head of religion and we find out about Eurovision's new voting system.
WED 14:00 The Archers (b00k824c)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Tuesday]
WED 14:15 Drama (b00k9d7t)
In a Land Far Away
By Andy Macdonald. Jamie, a British soldier in Afghanistan, struggles to show his emotions when a friend is killed on patrol and to communicate with his young son back home in Scotland. But thanks to the help of Wali, the company's Afghan interpreter, he begins to open up and talk about his feelings.
Jamie 'Bullett' McQueen ...... Sean Biggerstaff
Wali ...... Khalid Laith
Gavin Yates ...... Steven McNicoll
Kay ...... Molly Innes
Kyle ...... Hugo Homer
Steve/Corporal ...... Robert Jack
Officer/Padre ...... Kenny Blyth
Directed by Gaynor Macfarlane.
WED 15:00 Money Box Live (b00k9d7w)
Vincent Duggleby and guests answer calls on financial issues.
WED 15:30 I Was There Too! (b00kbj2y)
Nothing But Blue Skies
By Dominic Power. Katherine Rudd, now 97, recalls events on the night of the Roswell incident in New Mexico, 1947. Read by Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
WED 15:45 Bad Habits (b00fl05d)
Time-keeping
Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
Richard explores the problem of time-keeping. He visits a call centre that had problems with punctuality, meets a factory worker from Scotland who blew the whistle on draconian time-management practices and hears from Diana DeLonzor, author of How to Never Be Late Again, who explains why lateness is a pathology that deserves our sympathy.
WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed (b00k9d7y)
Segregation - Mizrahi Jews
Are walls going up around Britain's communities? Are we sleepwalking to racial segregation? Laurie hears of new research which counters some contemporary fears about immigration in Britain.
In 2005, Trevor Phillips, then Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality warned, 'The walls are going up around many of our communities and the bridges are crumbling ... we are sleepwalking our way to segregation'. Are there really ghettoes growing in Britain's cities? Laurie talks to Ludi Simpson about his new research into the state of segregation in Britain and hears from Tariq Modood about how and why Muslim communities are feared.
Also in the programme, Laurie hears from Rachel Shabi about the Mizrahis, Israel's Jews from Arab lands. Many talk Arabic and their customs are rooted in the Middle East, but despite constituting almost half of the Israeli population she claims they are sidelined and discriminated against in their own country.
WED 16:30 Case Notes (b00k8v7h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Tuesday]
WED 17:00 PM (b00k83p1)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00k83q6)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
WED 18:30 Elvenquest (b00kjjyy)
Series 1
Episode 3
The Quest continues. Sam has his death foretold by the Oracle of Fenrog. Lord Darkness books himself in for a retox and Kreech unwittingly releases the dreaded Night Demon, whose intentions for the future of the universe, as his name suggests, aren’t good.
More comic adventures set in lower Earth where fantasy writer Sam has been coerced into joining a band of intrepid heroes as they battle the dread forces of evil in search of the legendary sword of Asnagar!
Fantasy sitcom written by Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto.
Amis, The Chosen One ...... Dave Lamb
Elf Lord, Vidar ...... Darren Boyd
Dean The Dwarf ...... Kevin Eldon
Sam ...... Stephen Mangan
Lord Darkness ...... Alistair McGowan
Amazon Princess, Penthiselea ...... Sophie Winkleman
Producers: Anil Gupta & Paul Schlesinger
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2009.
WED 19:00 The Archers (b00k824f)
Eddie and Joe are staking out Grange Farm, waiting for Oliver and Caroline to leave. Sid finds them hiding in the hedge and tells them Caroline and Oliver are off to France.
Alistair's been checking the game birds with Will. Will tells him the Borchester Land board will be touring the shoot on Friday. Alistair asks Nic if she's entering the single wicket competition, but she's not keen. Nervous Will rehearses his talk with reassuring Nic.
In the Bull. Alistair worries to Sid about the single wicket. He and Shula can't organise an exciting whole-village event on their own. Sid says he only had to ask - he and Jolene will help.
Eddie and Joe are in a Grange Farm field with their metal detector. Ed finds them and isn't happy - they haven't asked Oliver's permission. He tells them to leave but at that moment the detector starts beeping.
Eddie and Joe find buttons and a belt buckle. Ed isn't impressed, agreeing there's no need to tell Oliver. He leaves. Joe tells Eddie he thinks they might be valuable. Eddie tells Joe to look them up on the computer. He might as well; they won't be allowed back there in a hurry.
Episode written by Tim Stimpson.
WED 19:15 Front Row (b00k83t5)
As electro-punk group Gossip prepare to release their fourth studio album, Music for Men, singer Beth Ditto talks about the band's rapid rise to fame since the 2006 album Standing in the Way of Control, and discusses her role as a modern feminist icon.
Philip Seymour Hoffman stars in Synecdoche, New York, the directorial debut from Charlie Kaufman, screenwriter of Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich.
How are so-called Factual Entertainment programmes, such as Britain's Got Talent and Top Gear made? Are scenes ever created for entertainment purposes? How much do audiences know or care?
Political expenses are in the news at the moment, but what financial costs can performers claim? Mark Lawson discusses this with actor and writer Michael Simkins.
WED 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00kc7qj)
The Girl at the Lion D'Or
Episode 3
Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
Charles has rented rooms for the young waitress he has befriended at the Hotel Lion d'Or. She has agreed to go with him to a country house party. He tells himself that the trip is entirely innocent, but lets his wife think that he is away working for the government in Paris.
Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
Etienne ...... Toby Jones
Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
Mireille ...... Avril Clark
Directed by Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 20:00 Unreliable Evidence (b00k9d82)
The Law and Death
Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day.
Medical science has given us increasing control over when, where and how we die, but the law is struggling to keep pace. Clive and his guests explore the ongoing legal arguments about assisted suicide, mercy killing and even the precise definition of death.
WED 20:45 Letters to Mary (b00k9d84)
Episode 1
Series in which three writers send an informal letter to the influential British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, 250 years after her birth, updating her on the progress of her often radical ideas.
Professor Janet Todd, President of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, addresses a letter to Mary about her her first book, a self-help manual called Thoughts on the Education of Daughters.
Some readers argue that this work is no different from any other 18th century Conduct Book, with its rather modest ideas about how girls should live their lives, but Janet Todd believes that it shows real sparks that would flare up fully in her incendiary work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, four years later. She goes on to wonder how Mary might feel about the education and aspirations of girls today.
Read by Sian Thomas.
WED 21:00 Anuta - An Island Governed By Love (b00k8lfz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:00 on Tuesday]
WED 21:30 Midweek (b00k8w6j)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 21:58 Weather (b00k8700)
The latest weather forecast.
WED 22:00 The World Tonight (b00k871m)
President Obama opposes the release of prisoner abuse photos.
Thousands of refugees flee the Taleban-controlled regions in Pakistan.
Recession brings good news to internet dating.
Politicians meet to discuss way to sort out the MPs expenses system.
The UN says that the fighting in Somalia is a coup against the legitimate government.
The UN Security Council talks about reform but cannot agree on it.
WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kb9k4)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Letters from Home
Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Eilis has lodgings with an Irish landlady and a job on the shop floor of a department store. Every day a whole world of things are new, but letters from home remind her of just what she is missing.
WED 23:00 Elvis By Bono (b00k9dtp)
U2's singer Bono reads his own poem, Elvis, and weaves it into an atmospheric sound-scape.
The poem, which sounds like the beat poetry of Adrian Henri, contains images from Elvis' life and his legacy, American history, and popular culture of the last 50 years from crooning to rap via rock and roll, from Valentino to television via Nixon and Lisa Marie. It is blended with archive material and recorded, specially-composed music.
WED 23:15 Peacefully in their Sleeps (b007wj0y)
Douggie 'The Shins' Wild
Spoof obituary series by Chris Chantler and Howard Read.
Renowned broadcaster Roydon Postlethwaite gazes back admiringly at the life of the hottest hunk of footballing manhood Britain ever produced.
Roydon Postlethwaite ...... Geoff McGivern
Douggie Wild ...... Jeffrey Holland
Juanita World ...... Laura Solon
Peter Pundit/Jerry Panther ...... Nitin Ganatra
Aunty Nancy ...... Rita May
Harry Trubshaw ...... Bill Maynard
Joe Gorston ...... Howard Read
Les Dynham ...... Chris Chantler.
WED 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00k890k)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
THURSDAY 14 MAY 2009
THU 00:00 Midnight News (b00k7sxx)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
THU 00:30 Book of the Week (b00k9qdk)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00k7vk4)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00k7vnp)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00k7vmg)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 05:30 News Briefing (b00k7vr3)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00k7wk3)
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
THU 05:45 Farming Today (b00k7wn6)
Charlotte Smith finds out whether farmers are to blame for declining numbers of farmland birds in the south of England.
And, as farmers struggle sell the fleeces from their sheeps' back, Charlotte finds out how the decline of wool carpets and coats has led to a diverse range of new uses for wool.
THU 06:00 Today (b00k7wqs)
Presented by John Humphrys and Evan Davis.
A former minister has admitted he claimed 16,000 pounds on expenses for a mortgage that had been paid off.
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to be charged in connection with an uninvited visit by a US national, her party has said.
Head of Network Rail, Iain Coucher, says he believes in paying people for success but will forego his annual bonus for this year.
Following the expenses row, correspondent Nick Ravenscroft considers if the BNP could win enough votes to gain a seat in European parliament.
MPs have made the argument that 24,000 pounds - the allowance given to them for second homes - is not that much to live in London. Ed Mitchell, of Pinnacle Property, explains how much renting a house near Westminster should cost.
Ian Pannell enters Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army.
Burma campaigner Dr Maung Zarni says the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi is a 'set up'.
Science correspondent Tom Feilden reports on the launch of the largest telescope anyone has yet tried to put in space.
US President Barack Obama has said the release of more photos of prisoner abuse by US soldiers is 'of no benefit' and may inflame opinion against the US. Mel Goodman, a fellow at the Centre for International Policy, discusses if Mr Obama is, as US civil liberties activists accuse, adopting Bush-era politics.
It has been revealed that a former minister claimed 16,000 pounds on expenses for a mortgage that had already been paid off. Crime and fraud lawyer Steven Barker, of Barker Gillette, discusses what would happen if this mistake took place in the private sector. Political editor Nick Robinson reports on more than twenty MPs who have said they will pay back claims totalling nearly 130,000 pounds.
Despite some optimistic talk of signs of economic recovery - optimism not shared by the Bank of England in its latest assessment - unemployment is continuing to rise. Lord Layard, director of the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance, discusses if there is a dramatic deterioration in job prospects for young people.
Pet owners should be allowed to take their animals onto the Eurostar, the pressure group Passport for Pets says. Lady Fretwell, head of the organisation, explains why she wants the rules to change.
Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century, a new report says. Report author Professor Anthony Costello, of UCL's Institute for Global Health, discusses if patterns of diseases are already changing because of the climate.
Specialist investigators should look into fatal road crashes in a similar way to when there is an air crash, the RAC Foundation says. Engineer Dr Chris Elliot, the author of the report, discusses why he believes further investigation could reduce road casualties.
The true, untold story of Bonnie and Clyde - the well known outlaws of the early 20th Century - is that they were in fact desperately poor and incompetent criminals, a new book alleges. Author Jeff Guinn discusses the contrast between the picture most of us have and the real Bonnie and Clyde.
What have other countries made of the expenses scandal? Patrizio Nissirio, of the Italian news agency Ansa, and Sebastian Berger, of the German newspaper Rheinischer Merkur, discuss if politicians in other countries face similar scrutiny.
THU 09:00 In Our Time (b00k9h9g)
The Siege of Vienna
Melvyn Bragg and guests Andrew Wheatcroft, Claire Norton and Jeremy Black discuss the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, when the Ottoman Empire tried to capture the capital city of the Hapsburg monarchs. The ensuing tale of blood and drama helped define the boundaries of Europe. In June 1683, a man called Kara Mustafa made a journey to Vienna. That a Muslim Turk should come to a Catholic city was not unusual, but Kara Mustafa did so at the head of the Ottoman Army. Vienna was the capital of the Hapsburg Empire and he intended to take it. The ensuing siege has been held responsible for many things, from the invention of the croissant to the creation of Viennese coffee. But most importantly, it has come to be seen as a clash of civilisations, one that helped to define a series of boundaries, between Europe and Asia, Christian and Muslim, Hapsburg and Ottoman, that influence the view between Vienna and Istanbul to this day. But to see the siege as a defining moment in east/west relations may be to read back into history an idea that was not true at the time.Claire Norton is Lecturer in History at St Mary's University College, London; Andrew Wheatcroft is Professor of International Publishing at Stirling University; Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter.
THU 09:45 Book of the Week (b00k9qdm)
My Name is Daphne Fairfax
Episode 4
Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an intensive care patient who has been told never to drink again.
Arthur confronts a near-death experience and learns what freedom really means.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00k81cm)
Susan Bullock; Sexism in the criminal justice system
Elaine Showalter on America's great women writers. Plus, conductor Jane Glover on how she was inspired by Benjamin Britten; and what dying intestate can mean for those left behind.
THU 11:00 From Our Own Correspondent (b00kkfth)
BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the world's headlines. Introduced by Kate Adie.
THU 11:30 Jean (b00k9h9m)
Mary Stephenson, who worked for the novelist Jean Rhys in the final months of her life before her death in 1979, remembers the time she spent with her as she took dictation of her autobiography.
At the time she answered Jean's advertisement for a typist, Mary was in her early 30s and she found the 87-year-old Rhys to be, by turns, charming, infuriating and embittered; sometimes her memories would light her up, sometimes they would fire her anger.
Now a writer herself, Mary's recollections draw on extracts from the book she typed - Jean's autobiography Smile Please. Two other women in Jean's life, her editor Diana Athill and her friend Diana Melly, also add their own memories of the author at this final, troubled stage of her life.
Jean Rhys is played by Merelina Kendall.
THU 12:00 You and Yours (b00k81ff)
Presented by Winifred Robinson.
A European crackdown on airlines is forcing them to spell out all the charges for bookings online. Ryanair is defending a new charge of 40 pounds for passengers who turn up at airports without boarding passes. With Stephen McNamara of Ryanair and Antonia Mochan from the European Commission.
Following hundreds of complaints, the Government has changed the way the Warmfront scheme is run and increased the grants. But will it solve all the problems? With Shadow Energy Minister Charles Hendry.
Liz Barclay looks into how unwanted telephone calls and junk mail can be avoided.
BT is cutting 15,000 jobs - around 10 per cent of the workforce and 5,000 more than expected - and has reported an annual loss of 134 million pounds. With BBC business editor Robert Peston and telecoms analyst Nigel Hawkins.
Thousands of learning disabled athletes are limbering up for the Special Olympics in Leicester. We hear from basketball player Lee Penfold who keeps us up to date with preparations for the July games.
Last year a Government scheme, MyChoice Homebuy, was launched to help homebuyers who couldn't otherwise afford to get on the housing ladder. But agents who hand out the money say funds have dried up.
THU 12:57 Weather (b00k81h5)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 13:00 World at One (b00k823q)
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU 13:30 Costing the Earth (b00k8fdz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Monday]
THU 14:00 The Archers (b00k824f)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Wednesday]
THU 14:15 Drama (b0084kdc)
The Woman from the North
By Bernard MacLaverty.
Cassie has never sat an exam in her life but now finds herself facing a life-changing assessment and the prospect of residential care. What must she do to pass and return to her own home?
Cassie ...... Doreen Keogh
Gerard ...... Kieran Lagan
Christopher ...... Sean Campion
Hairdresser/Doctor ...... Miche Doherty
Nurse/Dinner Lady ...... Jo Donnelly
Directed by Heather Larmour.
THU 15:02 Open Country (b00k7b8v)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:07 on Saturday]
THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal (b00k7qy8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:55 on Sunday]
THU 15:30 I Was There Too! (b00kbj2r)
Permanent Wave
By Ian Sansom. What might Margaret Thatcher's hairdresser have witnessed in the lead-up to her exit from Downing Street? Read by Maggie Stead.
THU 15:45 Bad Habits (b00fpxkg)
Perfectionism
Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
Richard examines the impact of perfectionism and goes inside a double Michelin-starred restaurant to see how chef Marcus Wareing strives for food utopia.
Douglas Broadley, CEO of global design agency Imagination, talks frankly about how his perfectionism affects the company and an ex-employee gives his perspective on working for a perfectionist boss.
Also featuring psychologist and perfectionism expert Cary Cooper.
THU 16:00 Open Book (b00k7snx)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
THU 16:30 Material World (b00k9hlz)
Quentin Cooper reports on the final Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission. Astronaut Jeff Hoffman shares his experience of installing the camera that is being replaced and Steve Beckwith, former director of the Space Telescope Science Institute, explains the long struggle to get the mission approved.
Some 50 years after thalidomide caused so many deformed births, scientists in Aberdeen describe their work which purports to explain, for the first time, exactly why it does what it does.
Quentin speaks to the CERN scientist who is thought to be the inspiration behind the film and novel Angels and Demons.
THU 17:00 PM (b00k83p3)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00k83q8)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
THU 18:30 Hut 33 (b00vs38k)
Series 2
Royal Visit
It's panic stations at Hut 33.
A member of the royal family is paying a visit but the top brass suspect that he might be a Nazi sympathiser. The team has to delay him and make sure he doesn't see any of the codebreaking machines.
James Cary's sitcom set at Bletchley Park - the top-secret home of the Second World War codebreakers.
Archie …. Tom Goodman-Hill
Charles …. Robert Bathurst
Gordon …. Fergus Craig
Joshua … Alex McQueen
Minka …. Olivia Colman
Mrs Best …. Lill Roughley
Duke of Kent .... Michael Fenton Stevens
Producer: Adam Bromley
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2008.
THU 19:00 The Archers (b00k824h)
Hayley's running late and Abbie's not eating her breakfast. Hayley needs to drop Phoebe off to school and get to Lower Loxley, but Roy's needed at work urgently as there's been a crisis with one of the guests. Luckily Brenda arrives in the nick of time and takes Phoebe to school. Meanwhile Hayley's desperate to get off to work, but will have to wait for Roy to return home - whenever that will be.
Helen's been let down and needs help promoting Bridge Farm ice-cream at Underwoods. Annette, with has time on her hands, offers to help. Helen is unsure.
Underwoods is unusually quiet and business is slow. Annette has a plan. Despite Helen's caution, suddenly sales are booming and ice-cream is soon flying out of the freezer.
Tom bumps into Brenda after seeing her coming out of the travel agents. Brenda tells Tom what an adventure it's going to be, travelling with her friends. Tom says he wishes he was going to visit all those places, when Annette calls out to Tom promoting ice-cream outside Underwoods. Brenda's not happy to see Annette and is desperate to get away. Tom's really annoyed that Annette has ruined his moment with Brenda.
Episode written by Tim Stimpson.
THU 19:15 Front Row (b00k83t7)
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
Rick Wakeman, keyboard player for the 1970s band Yes and titan of progressive rock, discusses his new book, a collection of incredible tales from his colourful career in music, spanning forty years.
Critic Muriel Zagha gives her verdict on cross-Channel romantic comedy French Film, which stars Eric Cantona as an auteur prone to pondering the mysteries of love opposite Hugh Bonneville as the archetypal British bloke.
Soprano Juliana Snapper explains how to sing underwater.
Museums all over the country are opening their doors late as part of the European-wide Nuits Des Musees celebrations. Kirsty Lang discovers some of the highlights: torch-lit tours of a Cornish tin mine, night flights at The Helicopter Museum and a 'culture crawl' in Newcastle and Gateshead that includes the chance to get on the pitch at St James' Park and a sneak preview of the brand-new City Library.
Plus: Front Row announces the winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Kirsty talks to chairman of the judges Boyd Tonkin and to translator Anne Mclean, who had two books on the shortlist - including the winning novel.
THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00kc7ql)
The Girl at the Lion D'Or
Episode 4
Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
The love affair between Charles and Anne begins to look precarious as a political crisis erupts in Paris and, back home, Charles' wife becomes suspicious.
Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
Etienne ...... Toby Jones
Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
Mireille ...... Avril Clark
Directed by Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 20:00 The Report (b00k9hm1)
Domestic Violence
With the Home Office consulting on a new strategy to deal with violence against women, Sue Littlemore examines a string of cases in which women were killed by their partners, despite having gone to the police for protection.
Is this an unconnected series of mistakes or evidence that the criminal justice system still does not take domestic violence as seriously as it should?
THU 20:30 In Business (b00k4g5b)
Location, Location
Mobile phones and other devices are helping all sorts of useful objects 'know' where they are - and tell everybody else about it. Peter Day hears from the people building companies out of this dramatic new sensing ability.
THU 21:00 The Landfill Designers (b00k9hn9)
Journalist and designer John Thackara investigates why scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure. Many products and scientific advancements are now deliberately given a short shelf life. John asks what impact the 'landfill designers' are having on scientific progress, the environment and our expectations of the technology we use every day.
The term 'planned obsolescence' was coined in the 1950s but has never been more relevant. John explores how, paradoxically, this focus on a throw-away society is helping science to advance in unexpected ways. Our desire to have the latest style can mean more in landfill, more children in China and India sifting through toxic waste, but it can also mean an innovative approach to new technologies and reusable materials.
An All Out production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 21:30 In Our Time (b00k9h9g)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 21:58 Weather (b00k8702)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 22:00 The World Tonight (b00k871p)
The latest on MPs expenses: what are the long-term implications of the controversy?
The global economy: reporting from the City of London, China and New York
Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi
The origins of life on earth.
THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kb9kj)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Christmas Comfort
Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
Christmas looms, as Eilis struggles to adapt to her new life in a city far from home. But she is not the only member of the Irish diaspora feeling homesick - helping Father Flood tend to his flock brings comfort and cheer.
THU 23:00 Down the Line (b012f9j0)
Series 3
Communications and Technology
The problems of technology and communication on Gary Bellamy's phone-in. Stars Rhys Thomas and Felix Dexter. From January 2008.
THU 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00k890p)
News, views and features on today's stories in Parliament with David Wilby.
FRIDAY 15 MAY 2009
FRI 00:00 Midnight News (b00k7sy0)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
FRI 00:30 Book of the Week (b00k9qdm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00k7vk6)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00k7vnr)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00k7vmj)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 05:30 News Briefing (b00k7vr6)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00k7wk5)
Daily prayer and reflection with Rev Maggie Dawn.
FRI 05:45 Farming Today (b00k7wn8)
Charlotte Smith hears about new research on the effects of sheep dip on farmers, as the latest study suggests that even low levels of exposure may have an impact on health.
Also as carpets are increasingly replaced by wood and laminate floors, Charlotte finds out the impact this is having on the wool industry.
And the latest installment at the Farming Today beehive, as the bees start to make honey.
FRI 06:00 Today (b00k7wqv)
With John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs (b00k7qyn)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
FRI 09:45 Book of the Week (b00k9qdq)
My Name is Daphne Fairfax
Episode 5
Comedian Arthur Smith reads from his autobiography, which reflects on the nature of comedy and his days as a scruffy kid on the bombsites of Bermondsey, a wild-haired undergraduate, a road sweeper, an English teacher, a failed rock star, a boozed-up sexual adventurer and an intensive care patient who has been told never to drink again.
Arthur becomes an institution, meets Bill Clinton and becomes a grumpy old man, and the path of true love takes an unlikely course.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00k81cp)
Bio-identical hormones; Parents in soaps
The characterisation of mothers and fathers in soaps discussed. Plus, are bio-identical hormones a new wonder treatment for symptoms of the menopause or potentially dangerous?
FRI 11:00 Ted Hughes: Eco Warrior (b00k9p0r)
Poet Simon Armitage examines how Ted Hughes became a committed campaigner for the environment.
Hughes' private life is as well documented as his literary output, but his active campaigning for the environment was largely unknown. His passion for fishing led him to see at first hand the extent of the damage that pollution was doing to the rivers he loved and their animal populations. He took up the cause with a vengeance, using his position as Poet Laureate to petition politicians including the Prime Minister of the day, Margaret Thatcher.
Simon visits Devon to speak with fellow campaigners about the rivers trust that Hughes helped to form, and also about the day he brought down the house as chief witness at a public inquiry. It reveals a new side to a man that so many people thought they already knew.
FRI 11:30 Chain Reaction (b00mj5rt)
Series 3
Phill Jupitus Interviews John Hegley
The comedian and comic poet get chatting in the tag talk show, where one week's guest is the following week's interviewer.
FRI 12:00 You and Yours (b00k81fh)
Presented by Peter White.
In the first conference of its kind, organisers of the UK Music Festivals, police and security have joined together to work out ways of combating a huge rise in fraud and other crimes affecting live music lovers. Last year thousands of people lost money to ticket touts who never supplied the tickets they had promised.
Last autumn Culture Secretary Andy Burnham posed seven questions to the football authorities to get them thinking about how to make the financing of the game more transparent. The Premier League has now responded. What did they say and how will it affect fans? With BBC Sports Correspondent Gordon Farquhar and Sue Bridgewater, Associate Professor of Marketing and Strategy, Warwick Business School.
It is rumoured that National Express wants to give up its contract to operate the East Coast route from London to Edinburgh. Will the Government let it, and what kind of precedent would it set if it did?
For one weekend, around 130 museums and galleries throughout the UK will be open far into the night and making the most of darkness to showcase their attractions. From sleepovers in haunted castles to moths at midnight there is something for everyone.
Dining cars are fast disappearing from our trains - but are the operators missing the opportunity to promote a unique travelling experience? Simon Parkes investigates.
It is over 25 years since Guinness launched its non-alchoholic Kaliber beer. It failed to take off - until now. Figures out this week show while beer sales are falling sales of low and non-alcoholic beer are rising. Spiros Malandrakis of Euromonitor International and Jeff Evans, former editor of the Good Beer Guide, discuss.
FRI 12:57 Weather (b00k81h7)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 13:00 World at One (b00k823s)
National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI 13:30 More or Less (b00k9p0t)
Tim Harford takes apart a rogue statistic on domestic violence which has been circulating since the 1990s, questions news reports which suggest that the recession is hitting white collar workers hardest and reveals a new mathematical riddle - the Kate Bush conjecture.
An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:00 The Archers (b00k824h)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Thursday]
FRI 14:15 Drama (b00k9p0w)
The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble
The Great Hargeisa Goat Bubble was the first short story to be published in The Financial Times. Written by the Irish comic writer and blogger on economics, Julian Gough, winner of the BBC National Short Story Prize in 2007, it is that rare thing - fiction which delves into the world of derivatives, arbitrage and futures.
Set in Somaliland, at a moment unspecified, when markets were fully de-regulated, it follows the fortunes of one Dr Ibrahim Bihi, a leading economist and the man who woke up the sleepy goat market of Hargeisa with his 'glorious notion'. Now marooned on a snowy station platform in England, Dr Bihi relates his tale of triumph and tragedy to a young Irish orphan named Jude, and along the way illuminates ideas of profit and loss, boom and bust, securitisation and futures. With the help of the BBC's Economics Editor, Stephanie Flanders, Dr Bihi interprets the mysteries of modern economics and follows the follies of the market to their logical conclusion!
Hugh Quarshie, star of the RSC and famously Ric Griffen in Holby City, plays Dr Bihi and Sam O'Mahony-Adams plays Jude. With Stephanie Flanders as herself.
Adapted by Julian Gough from his story of the same name.
The director is Di Speirs.
FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time (b00k9pb2)
Peter Gibbs chairs the popular horticultural forum.
Anne Swithinbank, John Cushnie and Matthew Wilson are guests of Groombridge Horticultural Society and Garden Club near Tunbridge Wells.
In the second of a series on how to carry out sustainable gardening, the panel look at managing without chemicals by gardening organically.
Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI 15:45 Bad Habits (b00ft1tv)
Procrastination
Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.
Richard investigates how much time British workers spend on personal emails and what managers do to crack down on it. He also speaks to writer Charlie Brooker, who blames the internet for his tendency to continually put things off.
FRI 16:00 Last Word (b00k9pb4)
Matthew Bannister talks to Professor John Q Barrett and Whitney Harris about the life of Nuremburg war crimes prosecutor Henry T King; Richard Adams and Jason Goodwin about the life of New Age writer John Michell; Rodric Braithwaite on Soviet General Valentin Varennikov; Tony Bailey and Roger Mansfield discuss the father of British surfing, Bill Bailey.
FRI 16:30 The Film Programme (b00k9pb7)
Charlie Kaufman on his vision for his new film, Synecdoche, New York, a mind-bending nightmarish mixture of dream and reality starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton. Counterculture film maker Kenneth Anger talks about his career and his association with other cultural provocateurs The Rolling Stones. And film historian Matthew Sweet reviews the clasic film The Seventh Veil, starring James Mason, as it is released on DVD.
FRI 17:00 PM (b00k83p5)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00k83qb)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by Weather.
FRI 18:30 The News Quiz (b00k9pb9)
Series 68
Episode 3
Sandi Toksvig chairs the topical comedy quiz. Panellists are Andy Hamilton, Fred MacAulay, Sue Perkins and Jeremy Hardy.
FRI 19:00 The Archers (b00k824k)
Will is showing the Borchester Land board members his plans for the shoot. Fortunately Matt's not around so he breathes a sigh of relief. However Adam's not happy about Will's plans and feels the land would be better used for cultivation rather than set-aside.
Brian and Jennifer are glad to get away from the boardroom politics and congratulate Will on an excellent day, rewarding him with a nice big tip. Jennifer decides that they deserve a night out at Grey Gables.
Matt is drowning his sorrows at Grey Gables, claiming he's onto his next big deal when Brian and Jennifer arrive for dinner. Brian tells Matt to go home and not to let himself down.
Tom and Jazzer are loading up the first load of organic pigs for slaughter. Tom is again down in the dumps and not his usual cheery self. Tom says that Brenda has finally made up her mind to go travelling and it's over between them. He really wants to get back together but doesn't know what to do. Jazzer tells Tom to stop beating himself up. He should take a risk and find out what she really wants.
Episode written by Tim Stimpson.
FRI 19:15 Front Row (b00k83t9)
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
Critic Michael Coveney and Kirsty Lang consider the new production of Cyrano de Bergerac at Chichester Festival Theatre. It is directed by Trevor Nunn - making his Chichester debut - and stars Joseph Fiennes as the eponymous soldier-poet, with Alice Eve as the love of his life, Roxanne.
Straight from having received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Classical BRITS, tenor Jose Carreras discusses his life and music with Kirsty Lang. The son of a republican in Franco's Spain, he made his singing debut on national radio aged 8. Carreras went on to be become a world-famous operatic star and one of The Three Tenors - but in 1987, he was diagnosed with acute leukaemia. Now 62, and still singing, how has his approach to his art changed?
As crime writer John Harvey publishes his 100th book, we speak to him and two other authors who have also surpassed the 100-book mark: former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo and the prolific romance author Nora Roberts.
FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00kc7qn)
The Girl at the Lion D'Or
Episode 5
Rachel Wagstaff's dramatisation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks, set in pre-Second World War France.
Christine Hartmann sacks Anne after suspecting that she is having an affair with her husband, and Charles returns from Paris to profess his love to Anne.
Charles Hartmann ...... Julian Rhind-Tutt
Anne Louvet ...... Jessica Raine
Christine Hartmann ...... Catherine Cusack
Andre Mattlin ...... David Westhead
Etienne ...... Toby Jones
Madame Bouin ...... Jane Whittenshaw
Monsieur le Patron ...... Jonathan Oliver
Mireille ...... Avril Clark
Directed by Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 20:00 Any Questions? (b00k9pbc)
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the topical debate in Chichester. Panellists are UKIP leader Nigel Farage, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt, former Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer and Susan Kramer MP, the leader of the Liberal Democrats' campaign against the third runway at Heathrow.
FRI 20:50 A Point of View (b00k9pbf)
Expensive Mistakes
Clive James reflects on democracy, MPs' expenses and the furore over the Oxford Poetry Professorship.
FRI 21:00 Friday Drama (b00777bk)
Buried
Steve Jacobi's play tells the story of his friend Mark Higson, a civil servant who blew the whistle on the Iraqi arms scandal in 1989. A backdrop of news extracts from the period accompanies this study of a brilliant but troubled man who lost everything when he acted on his conscience.
Mark ...... John Lloyd Fillingham
Steve ...... Michael Begley
Man from FO/Journalist ...... Malcolm Raeburn
Lord Justice Scott ...... Rob Pickavance
Teddy ...... Wilson
Presiley Baxendale/Cheryl ...... Deborah McAndrew
Directed by Melanie Harris.
FRI 21:58 Weather (b00k8704)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 22:00 The World Tonight (b00k871r)
Time to reselect Paliamentary candidates as resignations continue
Obama's U-turn on Guantanamo Bay's military tribunals
Springtime for Hitler in Berlin.
FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00kb9kv)
Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
The Melting Pot
Niamh Cusack reads Colm Toibin's story of duty, love and a girl who moved from the south of Ireland to seek a new life in New York in the 1950s.
As Bartocci's opens its doors to all customers, whatever their colour, Eilis fights the prejudice of her fellow lodgers. Even at Father Flood's Irish dance night, not everyone is Irish.
FRI 23:00 Great Lives (b00k8t3z)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Tuesday]
FRI 23:30 Today in Parliament (b00k890r)
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 (b00k85ph)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 TUE (b00kc7qg)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 WED (b00kc7qj)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 THU (b00kc7ql)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 FRI (b00kc7qn)
A Baby Asbo
20:00 MON (b00k8fdx)
A Charles Paris Mystery
11:30 WED (b00whw59)
A Point of View
08:50 SUN (b00k4l2j)
A Point of View
20:50 FRI (b00k9pbf)
Afternoon Reading
00:30 SUN (b0084s1n)
Afternoon Reading
19:45 SUN (b00cm7h4)
Anuta - An Island Governed By Love
11:00 TUE (b00k8lfz)
Anuta - An Island Governed By Love
21:00 WED (b00k8lfz)
Any Answers?
14:00 SAT (b00k7c29)
Any Questions?
13:10 SAT (b00k4l2g)
Any Questions?
20:00 FRI (b00k9pbc)
Archive on 4
20:00 SAT (b00k7d30)
Archive on 4
15:00 MON (b00k7d30)
Bad Habits
15:45 MON (b00f6qmv)
Bad Habits
15:45 TUE (b00f9xm2)
Bad Habits
15:45 WED (b00fl05d)
Bad Habits
15:45 THU (b00fpxkg)
Bad Habits
15:45 FRI (b00ft1tv)
Bells on Sunday
05:43 SUN (b00k7pnr)
Bells on Sunday
00:45 MON (b00k7pnr)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 MON (b00k8759)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 TUE (b00kb9jc)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 WED (b00kb9k4)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 THU (b00kb9kj)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 FRI (b00kb9kv)
Book of the Week
00:30 SAT (b00k3fqc)
Book of the Week
09:45 MON (b00k81bd)
Book of the Week
00:30 TUE (b00k81bd)
Book of the Week
09:45 TUE (b00k9qdh)
Book of the Week
00:30 WED (b00k9qdh)
Book of the Week
09:45 WED (b00k9qdk)
Book of the Week
00:30 THU (b00k9qdk)
Book of the Week
09:45 THU (b00k9qdm)
Book of the Week
00:30 FRI (b00k9qdm)
Book of the Week
09:45 FRI (b00k9qdq)
Broadcasting House
09:00 SUN (b00k7qyj)
Case Notes
21:00 TUE (b00k8v7h)
Case Notes
16:30 WED (b00k8v7h)
Catholics and Jews
13:30 SUN (b00kb8r7)
Chain Reaction
11:30 FRI (b00mj5rt)
Classic Serial
21:00 SAT (b00k2qr9)
Classic Serial
15:00 SUN (b00k7rbp)
Costing the Earth
21:00 MON (b00k8fdz)
Costing the Earth
13:30 THU (b00k8fdz)
Counterpoint
23:00 SAT (b00k3vkk)
Counterpoint
13:30 MON (b00k89pt)
Crossing Continents
20:30 MON (b00g471k)
Desert Island Discs
11:15 SUN (b00k7qyn)
Desert Island Discs
09:00 FRI (b00k7qyn)
Down the Line
23:00 THU (b012f9j0)
Drama
14:15 MON (b00k8dq1)
Drama
14:15 TUE (b00k8lg5)
Drama
14:15 WED (b00k9d7t)
Drama
14:15 THU (b0084kdc)
Drama
14:15 FRI (b00k9p0w)
Elvenquest
18:30 WED (b00kjjyy)
Elvis By Bono
23:00 WED (b00k9dtp)
Excess Baggage
10:00 SAT (b00k7c1v)
Farming Today
06:30 SAT (b00k7b8x)
Farming Today
05:45 MON (b00k7wnd)
Farming Today
05:45 TUE (b00k7wn2)
Farming Today
05:45 WED (b00k7wn4)
Farming Today
05:45 THU (b00k7wn6)
Farming Today
05:45 FRI (b00k7wn8)
Friday Drama
21:00 FRI (b00777bk)
From Fact to Fiction
19:00 SAT (b00k7c9b)
From Fact to Fiction
17:40 SUN (b00k7c9b)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:30 SAT (b00k7c21)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:00 THU (b00kkfth)
Front Row
19:15 MON (b00k83ty)
Front Row
19:15 TUE (b00k83t3)
Front Row
19:15 WED (b00k83t5)
Front Row
19:15 THU (b00k83t7)
Front Row
19:15 FRI (b00k83t9)
Gardeners' Question Time
14:00 SUN (b00k4kkn)
Gardeners' Question Time
15:00 FRI (b00k9pb2)
Go4it
19:15 SUN (b00k7svm)
Great Lives
16:30 TUE (b00k8t3z)
Great Lives
23:00 FRI (b00k8t3z)
Head to Head
09:30 TUE (b00k8g51)
Heresy
18:30 TUE (b00k8t4w)
Hut 33
18:30 THU (b00vs38k)
I Was There Too!
15:30 TUE (b0156nd1)
I Was There Too!
15:30 WED (b00kbj2y)
I Was There Too!
15:30 THU (b00kbj2r)
In Business
21:30 SUN (b00k8bhz)
In Business
20:30 THU (b00k4g5b)
In Our Time
09:00 THU (b00k9h9g)
In Our Time
21:30 THU (b00k9h9g)
In Touch
20:40 TUE (b00k8v7f)
Jean
11:30 THU (b00k9h9m)
Last Word
20:30 SUN (b00k4l28)
Last Word
16:00 FRI (b00k9pb4)
Letters to Mary
20:45 WED (b00k9d84)
Life as an Old New Mum
11:00 MON (b00k89pr)
Lights, Camera, Landmark
14:45 SUN (b00fgbls)
Loose Ends
18:15 SAT (b00k7c2t)
Making History
15:00 TUE (b00k8llc)
Material World
16:30 THU (b00k9hlz)
Midnight News
00:00 SAT (b00k57hf)
Midnight News
00:00 SUN (b00k7d83)
Midnight News
00:00 MON (b00k7sy5)
Midnight News
00:00 TUE (b00k7sxs)
Midnight News
00:00 WED (b00k7sxv)
Midnight News
00:00 THU (b00k7sxx)
Midnight News
00:00 FRI (b00k7sy0)
Midweek
09:00 WED (b00k8w6j)
Midweek
21:30 WED (b00k8w6j)
Miles Jupp - By Jove Carruthers!
11:30 TUE (b00k8lg1)
Money Box Live
15:00 WED (b00k9d7w)
Money Box
12:00 SAT (b00k7c23)
Money Box
21:00 SUN (b00k7c23)
More or Less
20:00 SUN (b00k4kkj)
More or Less
13:30 FRI (b00k9p0t)
News Briefing
05:30 SAT (b00k57hq)
News Briefing
05:30 SUN (b00k7pnp)
News Briefing
05:30 MON (b00k7vs7)
News Briefing
05:30 TUE (b00k7vqw)
News Briefing
05:30 WED (b00k7vr0)
News Briefing
05:30 THU (b00k7vr3)
News Briefing
05:30 FRI (b00k7vr6)
News Headlines
06:00 SUN (b00k7pr4)
News and Papers
06:00 SAT (b00k57hv)
News and Papers
07:00 SUN (b00k7qy4)
News and Papers
08:00 SUN (b00k7qyd)
News and Weather
22:00 SAT (b00k7d32)
News
13:00 SAT (b00k7c27)
On Your Farm
06:35 SUN (b00k7pr8)
Open Book
16:00 SUN (b00k7snx)
Open Book
16:00 THU (b00k7snx)
Open Country
06:07 SAT (b00k7b8v)
Open Country
15:02 THU (b00k7b8v)
Ossian
23:30 SAT (b00k2vz6)
PM
17:00 SAT (b00k7c2h)
PM
17:00 MON (b00k83q2)
PM
17:00 TUE (b00k83ny)
PM
17:00 WED (b00k83p1)
PM
17:00 THU (b00k83p3)
PM
17:00 FRI (b00k83p5)
Peacefully in their Sleeps
23:15 WED (b007wj0y)
Petitioning the Modern Way
05:45 SUN (b00k4bl6)
Pick of the Week
18:15 SUN (b00k7svh)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 SAT (b00k57hs)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 MON (b00k7wkc)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 TUE (b00k7wjz)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 WED (b00k7wk1)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 THU (b00k7wk3)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 FRI (b00k7wk5)
Radio 4 Appeal
07:55 SUN (b00k7qy8)
Radio 4 Appeal
21:26 SUN (b00k7qy8)
Radio 4 Appeal
15:27 THU (b00k7qy8)
Rudy's Rare Records
11:30 MON (b00p1jb7)
Sacred Election: Lessons from the Biggest Democracy in the World
20:00 TUE (b00k8v7c)
Saturday Drama
14:30 SAT (b00k7c2c)
Saturday Live
09:00 SAT (b00k7c1s)
Saturday Review
19:15 SAT (b00k7d2y)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SAT (b00k57hl)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SUN (b00k7f4s)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 MON (b00k7vqs)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 TUE (b00k7vnk)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 WED (b00k7vnm)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 THU (b00k7vnp)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 FRI (b00k7vnr)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SAT (b00k57hj)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SAT (b00k57hn)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SAT (b00k7c2m)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SUN (b00k7f4q)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SUN (b00k7f4v)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SUN (b00k7sv9)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 MON (b00k7vm7)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 MON (b00k7vnh)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 TUE (b00k7vk0)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 TUE (b00k7vm9)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 WED (b00k7vk2)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 WED (b00k7vmc)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 THU (b00k7vk4)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 THU (b00k7vmg)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 FRI (b00k7vk6)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 FRI (b00k7vmj)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 SAT (b00k7c2r)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 SUN (b00k7svf)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 MON (b00k83t1)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 TUE (b00k83q4)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 WED (b00k83q6)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 THU (b00k83q8)
Six O'Clock News
18:00 FRI (b00k83qb)
Something Understood
06:05 SUN (b00k7pr6)
Something Understood
23:30 SUN (b00k7pr6)
Start the Week
09:00 MON (b00k89pp)
Start the Week
21:30 MON (b00k89pp)
Sunday Worship
08:10 SUN (b00k7qyg)
Sunday
07:10 SUN (b00k7qy6)
Ted Hughes: Eco Warrior
11:00 FRI (b00k9p0r)
The Archers Omnibus
10:00 SUN (b00k7qyl)
The Archers
19:00 SUN (b00k7svk)
The Archers
14:00 MON (b00k7svk)
The Archers
19:00 MON (b00k824p)
The Archers
14:00 TUE (b00k824p)
The Archers
19:00 TUE (b00k824c)
The Archers
14:00 WED (b00k824c)
The Archers
19:00 WED (b00k824f)
The Archers
14:00 THU (b00k824f)
The Archers
19:00 THU (b00k824h)
The Archers
14:00 FRI (b00k824h)
The Archers
19:00 FRI (b00k824k)
The Estuary
05:45 SAT (b008kvrj)
The Film Programme
23:00 SUN (b00k4l2b)
The Film Programme
16:30 FRI (b00k9pb7)
The Food Programme
12:32 SUN (b00k7rbh)
The Food Programme
16:00 MON (b00k7rbh)
The Landfill Designers
21:00 THU (b00k9hn9)
The Manuscript Hunter
11:00 WED (b00k9d7p)
The Media Show
13:30 WED (b00k9d7r)
The Museum of Curiosity
12:00 SUN (b00k3x21)
The Museum of Curiosity
18:30 MON (b00k8fdv)
The Music Group
15:30 SAT (b00k3xlb)
The Music Group
13:30 TUE (b00k8lg3)
The New Hindu Fundamentalists
17:00 SUN (b00k3zzd)
The News Quiz
12:30 SAT (b00k4l2d)
The News Quiz
18:30 FRI (b00k9pb9)
The Report
20:00 THU (b00k9hm1)
The Secret World
23:00 TUE (b011vld9)
The Week in Westminster
11:00 SAT (b00k7c1z)
The Women of Rainer Maria Rilke
16:30 SUN (b00k7snz)
The World This Weekend
13:00 SUN (b00k7rbm)
The World Tonight
22:00 MON (b00k871t)
The World Tonight
22:00 TUE (b00k871k)
The World Tonight
22:00 WED (b00k871m)
The World Tonight
22:00 THU (b00k871p)
The World Tonight
22:00 FRI (b00k871r)
Thinking Allowed
00:15 MON (b00k49s7)
Thinking Allowed
16:00 WED (b00k9d7y)
Today in Parliament
23:30 MON (b00k890f)
Today in Parliament
23:30 TUE (b00k890h)
Today in Parliament
23:30 WED (b00k890k)
Today in Parliament
23:30 THU (b00k890p)
Today in Parliament
23:30 FRI (b00k890r)
Today
07:00 SAT (b00k7c1q)
Today
06:00 MON (b00k7wr1)
Today
06:00 TUE (b00k7wqn)
Today
06:00 WED (b00k7wqq)
Today
06:00 THU (b00k7wqs)
Today
06:00 FRI (b00k7wqv)
Traveller's Tree
16:30 MON (b00k8f00)
Unreliable Evidence
22:15 SAT (b00k4bgq)
Unreliable Evidence
20:00 WED (b00k9d82)
Weather
06:04 SAT (b00k799b)
Weather
06:57 SAT (b00k7b8z)
Weather
12:57 SAT (b00k7c25)
Weather
17:57 SAT (b00k7c2p)
Weather
06:57 SUN (b00k7qy2)
Weather
07:58 SUN (b00k7qyb)
Weather
12:57 SUN (b00k7rbk)
Weather
17:57 SUN (b00k7svc)
Weather
21:58 SUN (b00k7svp)
Weather
05:57 MON (b00k89pm)
Weather
12:57 MON (b00k823g)
Weather
21:58 MON (b00k871h)
Weather
12:57 TUE (b00k81h1)
Weather
21:58 TUE (b00k86zy)
Weather
12:57 WED (b00k81h3)
Weather
21:58 WED (b00k8700)
Weather
12:57 THU (b00k81h5)
Weather
21:58 THU (b00k8702)
Weather
12:57 FRI (b00k81h7)
Weather
21:58 FRI (b00k8704)
Westminster Hour
22:00 SUN (b00k7svr)
What's the Point of...?
09:00 TUE (b00k8frh)
What's the Point of...?
21:30 TUE (b00k8frh)
When Real Women Wore Minis and Real Men Drove Them
10:30 SAT (b00k7c1x)
Woman's Hour
16:00 SAT (b00k7c2f)
Woman's Hour
10:00 MON (b00k81cr)
Woman's Hour
10:00 TUE (b00k81ch)
Woman's Hour
10:00 WED (b00k81ck)
Woman's Hour
10:00 THU (b00k81cm)
Woman's Hour
10:00 FRI (b00k81cp)
Word of Mouth
23:00 MON (b00k3znq)
Word of Mouth
16:00 TUE (b00k8t3x)
World at One
13:00 MON (b00k823j)
World at One
13:00 TUE (b00k823l)
World at One
13:00 WED (b00k823n)
World at One
13:00 THU (b00k823q)
World at One
13:00 FRI (b00k823s)
You and Yours
12:00 MON (b00k81gz)
You and Yours
12:00 TUE (b00k81f9)
You and Yours
12:00 WED (b00k81fc)
You and Yours
12:00 THU (b00k81ff)
You and Yours
12:00 FRI (b00k81fh)
iPM
17:30 SAT (b00k7c2k)