The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
The Islamist movement in Turkey is not revolutionary, it does not decry the United States and it is not opposed to Turkey's liberal capitalist state. In fact, it forms the democratically-elected government of that country and has done since 2002. Laurie Taylor discusses an in-depth study which analyses how and why the Islamic movement in Turkey transformed itself into a pillar of the state, and asks whether the process could work in other Muslim countries.
Also, Richard Reeves joins Laurie to discuss the latest research into what it takes to get a decent job in Britain these days.
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. Will we need to change what we eat to ensure the security of our food supply?
Security correspondent Gordon Corera reports on his interview with MI6 chief Sir John Scarlett.
Dr Lee Elliot Major of the Sutton Trust discusses what should be done to increase access to higher education.
Adam Brimelow reports on the launch of two films in England and online to challenge the misconception that all sufferers of schizophrenia are violent.
Labour MP Tony Wright and whistleblower Chris Galley discuss how civil servants should voice their concerns.
Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik discusses whether or not there is still uncertainty over Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's death.
Jane Peel looks back at the events 40 years ago that are regarded by many as the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn, discusses the government's plans to protect food production in Britain.
Director of campaign group Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti, and Dr Kim Howells MP discuss if the government can guarantee non-complicity in torture.
Can England's cricketers recover from such a shameful lack of pluck in the fourth Test sufficiently to win the fifth? Former England Test batsman Ed Smith and journalist Matthew Syed discuss what the future holds for England's cricket team.
Kenton Lewis and Dr Anthony Seldon discuss a government scheme to get more people from poor backgrounds into university.
Police sergeant Alfie Moore discusses his unusual second career as a stand-up comedian and how his comedy routine helps him to engage with ex-prisoners and others who normally hate the police.
Journalist David McKitterick and former BBC Ireland correspondent Denis Murray discuss why none of the peace lines set up during the Troubles have yet come down.
Professor Tim Lang and journalist Tom Standage discuss how we will feed ourselves, and the world, in 50 years time.
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera looks inside Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. He talks to senior intelligence officers, agents and diplomats as well as their former arch enemies about the shadowy world of espionage.
Exploring the role of MI6 in the 21st century. The head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, John Scarlett, talks for the first time about the interrogation of terrorist suspects and MI6's role in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
Dominic Arkwright talks to people who have taken or made life-changing phone calls.
In March 1999, Martin Friend was on a gorilla trek in Uganda when he was taken hostage and killed by Hutu rebels on the run from neighbouring Rwanda. His parents, Ron and Pauline Friend, have built a school in the region in memory of him.
Miriam Margolyes reads from Jane Robinson's account of the pioneering British women who overcame all odds to get a university education.
Women had to wait until 1869 before they could enrol at Cambridge University, and even then the odds were stacked against them. Female brains were considered too small to compete with those of men, and the country's leading doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die.
This episode tells story of the sacrifices made by the first young women to arrive at Cambridge in 1869, as well as the pioneers who helped to get them there. And why the first Bluestocking wasn't a woman at all.
Sara Payne and Shy Keenan on their friendship. Plus, pianists the Labeque sisters play live; and getting married for the first time late in life.
Claudia Hammond presents a series looking at the development of the science of psychology during the 20th century.
When psychologist Harry Harlow decided to look at how baby rhesus monkeys learned to recognise their mothers, he didn't know that he would revolutionise parenting.
Claudia visits the Primate Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin, where Harlow conducted his experiments, and meets his former assistant, Helen LeRoy, and the current director of the lab, Professor Christopher Coe. At the University of Massachussets, Amherst, she meets Harlow's last PhD student, now Chair of Psychology, Professor Melinda Novak. She also talks to Roger Fouts, Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Washington, about the perceived cruelty of Harlow's work, and to Dr John Oates, lecturer in the Centre for Childhood, Development and Learning at the Open University.
Ronnie has a close encounter in Hull, while his hapless friend Nick invents a new sport.
Caroline and David Stafford's comedy about likeable conman Ronnie Hazelbeach starring Jamie Forman.
A team of medical experts have said that children shouldn't be given Tamiflu because the harm outweights the benefits in treating swine flu. We hear from one of the report's authors and ask whether the government should change its advice.
Is the extra 50 billion pounds being spent by the Bank of England doing any good? We talk to a big City dealer who warns that increasing the money supply will lead to inflation, just like it did in Zimbabwe.
Plus, after the arrest of a British security guard in Iraq for murder, a private contractor tells us what is wrong with the industry.
Tom Sutcliffe chairs the cryptic general knowledge quiz, featuring teams from the Midlands and Scotland.
By Ewa Banaszkiewicz and Mateusz Dymek. Tom and Sarah Hadley appear to have it all. But when Gemma becomes involved with the couple, she finds herself caught in a web of jealousy and lies.
Sarah ...... Anastasia Hille
Tom ...... Matthew Marsh
Gemma ...... Annabelle Dowler
Kira/Tasha ...... Lizzy Watts
Sebastian Murray ...... Philip Fox
Caterer ...... Benjamin Askew
Series in which Max Flint investigates the 15 billion pounds in unclaimed assets in the UK and asks how, if it's possible, these funds are distributed to their rightful owners.
Max explores what happens when people die without leaving a will and their estate passes to the crown. He talks to Wendy Pentelow, who learned from probate investigator Cat Whiteaway that her father, who she had not seen for over 20 years, had died just a few miles away from where she lives and that she was first in line to inherit his estate.
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the religious symbolism and rituals associated with water and asks how these can offer insights into the ecology and politics of water.
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
Nicholas Parsons' 60-second challenges to Paul Merton, Stephen Fry, Charles Collingwood and Jenny Eclair. From August 2009.
As Roy, Hayley and Brenda sit in the garden at Willow Farm, Mike brings round the revamped gardens plans for approval.
Brenda quietly says that the plans have improved, and Roy and Hayley are pleased with the features for the children. Hayley says Phoebe's not happy with her at the moment. They've spent the afternoon buying her school uniform for Borchester Green. Roy and Hayley tell Mike they've accepted Vicky's offer to look after Abbie for a day each week. They're delighted. Brenda is put out but Roy and Hayley say Brenda can still help - they just need something regular arranged.
Tom and Helen are busy enjoying the responsibility of looking after Bridge Farm. Helen tells Tom she's going out with Kirsty tomorrow evening. Now Annette's in with Alice's crowd, she doesn't need to worry so much.
Later, Tom gets home. Tony has rung and asked Tom to visit Peggy. Brenda knows Tom's busy, so she'll go, but Tom says she doesn't need to. Brenda's upset. Why doesn't anyone trust her to do anything? She complains about Vicky looking after Abbie. The more Vicky pushes her way into things, the more Brenda feels she and her Mum are shoved out.
The novelist behind bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring tells John Wilson about Mary Anning, the unsung 19th-century fossil hunter behind the tongue-twister She Sells Sea Shells on the Sea Shore, and subject of her new novel Remarkable Creatures.
An award-winner at the 2009 Cannes festival, Sin Nombre (Without Number) tells the story of Honduran teenager Sayra and ex-gang member Willy. Sayra is determined to find a better life in America, a journey which first involves a perilous train-top ride to Mexico. Willy is desperate to turn his back on the vicious gang who rule his life and killed his girlfriend. In terrifying circumstances, the two form an unlikely bond. Critic Adrian Wootton gives his verdict.
The new 20th anniversary special edition re-release of The Stone Roses' eponymous debut album includes a disc of hitherto unavailable demo tracks, as have past releases by the Beatles, The Beach Boys and The Clash. To put the cases for and against bringing demos to record shops, John Wilson is joined by music writers Travis Elborough and John Aizlewood.
As the credit crunch gains pace, record numbers of holidaymakers are planning to stay in the UK for the summer. Author Graham Hurley offers the first in a series of cultural guides for 'Staycationers', letting us know what arts and entertainment are on offer in some of the country's top holiday destinations. He offers some tips on what to watch out for in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset.
Lucy aches to stay with her dear friends and is dreading her return to Madame Beck's smooth indifference and Monsieur Paul's fiery scorn.
Lucy Snowe ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Dr John ...... Benjamin Askew
Monsieur Paul ...... Sam Dale
Paulina/Ginevra ...... Lizzy Watts
Travel writer Ian Marchant travels London's buses, talking to drivers and passengers young and old, and to the people trying to keep order in the face of a massive increase in the numbers of teenagers using buses.
He hears the feelings of many older passengers that things have got out of control; that crime, overcrowding and anti-social behaviour have increased; and that some buses have been turned into mobile youth clubs.
Plus teenagers talk about the unwritten rules of the top deck - who may sit where, what you can get away with and the risks of being robbed.
While the world's attention has focused on the conflict in Darfur, an older and even bloodier conflict between the Muslim north and mainly Christian south of Sudan is in danger of reigniting. Four years after a peace deal was agreed, Grant Ferrett travels to Southern Sudan to investigate claims that Africa's biggest nation is sliding back to civil war.
Archaeologist Francis Pryor travels from the far north of Orkney, around the North Sea coast to the Isle of Wight and the Bristol Channel, chronicling some of the most recent knowledge and discoveries of what the land around mainland Britain was like before it was submerged by the melting ice at the end of the last Ice Age.
Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale.
Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester.
Laura bumps into Ben Patterson, her former boyfriend from her student days, at the county hospital where he works as a doctor. They have not seen each other for more than 20 years, but there is still a spark between them.
Chris Ledgard takes another journey into the world of words, language and the way we speak.
'Giving a presentation' has become an ordeal that many people dread. But why has this business practice spread into so many parts of modern life, from primary school to the armed forces? And does the pre-eminent presentation software package, PowerPoint, force us to think and speak in certain ways?
Alan Dein meets Wayne Hutchinson, a Cumbrian farmer who combines the hard graft of shepherding with a second job - photographing some of Britain's most expensive livestock. Wayne farms Swaledale sheep with his father in the hills linking Cumbria to the Yorkshire dales. It is rugged territory, but Wayne has allied his farming pedigree with an enthusiasm for photography.
He now mixes his farming duties with time spent travelling the length and breadth of Britain taking pictures of pedigree livestock. It takes him to the farms of some of the wealthiest landowners in Britain as well as smallholders with a passion for livestock.
But these are tough times for farmers, with the aftermath of foot and mouth still being felt, alongside the twin menaces of Blue Tongue and the increasing pressure put on them to protect the environment while at the same time keeping cheap food on our plates. Alongside those tensions are the pressures of mixing farming and family life with the increasingly 'on call' nature of the photography business.
Alan introduces us to Wayne as he prepares for what nobody realised at the time was to be the penultimate Royal Show.
TUESDAY 11 AUGUST 2009
TUE 00:00 Midnight News (b00lxz5z)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
TUE 00:30 Book of the Week (b00lxzrj)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Monday]
TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00lxz8m)
The latest shipping forecast.
TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00lxzc2)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00lxz9x)
The latest shipping forecast.
TUE 05:30 News Briefing (b00lxzdk)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00lxzfz)
Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig.
TUE 05:45 Farming Today (b00lxzhd)
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill. With the grouse-shooting season starting on 12 August, Farming Today takes a look at the sport. And with the government urging a rethink on what we grow and what we eat, the Vegetarian Society offers its view on how to achieve reliable food supplies.
TUE 06:00 Today (b00lxzks)
Presented by Edward Stourton and James Naughtie.
David Barnes of the British Association of Social Workers discusses the naming of the couple responsible for the death of Baby P, after a court anonymity order expired.
Ed Young of Cancer Research UK explains why the number of cancers of the lip, mouth, tongue and throat among men and women in their 40s has risen.
Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to an additional 18 months under house arrest by a court in Rangoon. Correspondent Karishma Vaswani explains the conviction of the Nobel Peace Laureate.
Adam Fleming visits Salford to gauge opinion on the idea that vandalism to Hazel Blears's car might be related to anger about her expenses claims. Criminologist Roger Graef discusses whether this is the kind of crime children commit when they are bored.
Martin Patience reports on the latest attacks in Afghanistan, and Michael Semple, former EU representative to Afghanistan, examines vows made by the Taliban to disrupt the elections.
Scotland correspondent Colin Blane reports from the shore of Loch Tay on a replica Bronze Age logboat made from a single Douglas Fir tree trunk.
Thought for the Day with Canon Dr Alan Billings, an Anglican priest.
Shadow Chancellor George Osborne discusses how he believes Tory plans can preserve the quality of front line services.
A court in Burma has sentenced pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years jail and hard labour. Foreign Office minister Ivan Lewis and historian Dr Peter Carey discuss the importance of the verdict.
Mark Easton reflects on why, as one paper puts it, 'alarm bells never rang' about Baby Peter's safety. Wes Cuell of the NSPCC and Haringey MP Lynne Featherstone discuss what releasing the names of the couple responsible will achieve.
Professor Hugh Pennington discusses the side effects of the antiviral drug Tamiflu.
Dr Richard Simmons of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and John Stewart of the Home Builders Federation examine if there is a lack of room in modern housing.
Michael Schumacher has abandoned his Formula 1 comeback with Ferrari because of a neck injury. Jonathan Legard, one of the BBC's F1 commentary team, reacts to the news.
A number of rare and endangered tortoises have been stolen from an animal sanctuary in Cornwall. Mrs Joy Bloor, the owner of the sanctuary, describes her devastation over the theft.
Nick Donovan, head of campaigns at anti-war crimes group the Aegis Trust, discusses the loophole that allows war criminals to stay in the UK without prosecution.
Philosopher Julian Baggini and Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik consider whether or not there needs to be a more honest relationship with error-making in public.
TUE 09:00 Fry's English Delight (b00lv1ln)
Series 2
So Wrong It's Right
Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language.
Stephen examines how 'wrong' English can become right English. For example, nowadays, more people use the word 'wireless' in a computer context than in a radio one. With help from a lexicographer, an educationalist, a Times sub-editor and a judge, Stephen examines the way in which usage changes language.
He applauds the council leader who claimed the services provided by her local authority should be seen as strawberry-flavoured and castigates attempts at banning government jargon like step change and synergy. Banning words is fruitless; he favours blue sky thinking, and strawberry flavouring.
TUE 09:30 Lost, Stolen or Shredded (b00lydhb)
Series 2
The Great Omar
Series of programmes in which antiquarian book dealer Rick Gekoski tells the stories that lie behind five very different missing works of art.
Rick tells the story behind the fabulous jewelled binding of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which was encrusted with over a thousand diamonds, rubies and emeralds and was regarded as the finest work produced by the bindery of Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Sadly it went down with the SS Titanic and is still lying unclaimed at the bottom of the ocean.
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 09:45 Book of the Week (b00m0ls4)
Bluestockings
Episode 2
Miriam Margolyes reads from Jane Robinson's account of the pioneering British women who overcame all odds to get a university education.
Women had to wait until 1869 before they could enrol at Cambridge University, and even then the odds were stacked against them. Female brains were considered too small to compete with those of men, and the country's leading doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die.
Faced with the eternal chaperone problem, prejudice from lecturers and the attentions of the so-called 'odd fish', life isn't always easy for the first 'undergraduette'. Yet while, even as late as 1897, women students at Cambridge face burnt effigies and fireworks being hurled at them, the bluestockings begin, quietly, to make their mark.
TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00ly088)
Fertility MOTs; Japanese hostesses; Pessimism
The benefits of fertility tests discussed. Plus, Lucie Blackman's life and death in Japan; the positive side of pessimism; and what music can tell us about who we are.
TUE 11:00 The Partisan Coffee House (b00fq6nm)
Historian Mike Berlin tells the story of a short-lived but influential left-wing coffee house set up in London's Soho in 1958 and considers what happened to the political and cultural optimism that flourished after it closed in 1961.
Founded by Raphael Samuel, a young radical historian, the Partisan aimed to recreate a European-style meeting place for politically engaged young people in the wake of such events as the Suez Crisis and the Hungarian Revolution.
Featuring interviews with surviving Partisan participants including historian Eric Hobsbawm and sociologist Stuart Hall.
TUE 11:30 With Great Pleasure (b00lydrl)
Vivienne Westwood
Guest performers select their favourite pieces of writing.
Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood chooses some of the pieces of writing which inspire her, from Alice in Wonderland to Bertrand Russell. The readers are David Morrissey and Lucy Briers.
Westwood exploded onto the fashion scene at the beginning of the 1970s, the decade whose look she would do so much to create. Since then she has been consistently and uncompromisingly original in her designs, moving from anarchy and pornography to a deep interest in classic British tailoring. In a programme recorded at the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, Vivienne presents an eclectic mixture of readings which have influenced her.
TUE 12:00 You and Yours (b00ly55y)
Consumer news and issues with Julian Worricker.
TUE 12:57 Weather (b00ly57r)
The latest weather forecast.
TUE 13:00 World at One (b00ly5cr)
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
TUE 13:30 Tales Before the Stave (b00lybns)
Francis Fyfield unpicks the hidden codes of a beautiful 11th-century manuscript that confirms that the English were pioneers of musical notation long before the arrival of staves.
With the help of Professor Susan Rankin and the French performer Dominique Vellard, Francis tells the story of the Winchester Troper, a tiny book belonging to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and written in Winchester around the year 1030, and how scholars have used it to clarify the way musical notation developed in the 11th and 12th centuries.
The magical discovery in the Troper was that polyphony, the use of two-part harmony, which many thought did not appear in manuscript form before the 13th century, was actually captured by the cantor scribbling in the Troper at a time when Winchester was at the heart of Anglo Saxon culture. This little book provides us with insights into the soundscape of Edward the Confessor's England.
But it only does so thanks to the scholars like Susan and Dominique who have deciphered what looks like modern shorthand notation.
The programme describes the process of unravelling the musical language and how that fits in to the broader story of the development of musical notation in Europe. Frances tries to get an idea of who this cantor was who managed to preserve a golden era of Anglo Saxon music well before the universal staves and notes were developed to simplify the process.
TUE 14:00 The Archers (b00ly61d)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Monday]
TUE 14:15 Drama (b00lybnv)
The Mouse House
By Adrian Penketh. Wannabe cultural terrorist Mike is determined to make a splash; make a statement; make more of his life. But has he got what it takes to pull it off and light up the skies above London?
Mike ...... Adam Kotz
Kate ...... Raquel Cassidy
Steve ...... Nicholas Gleaves
Will ...... Giles Fagan
Mike's Colleague ...... Stephen Hogan.
TUE 15:00 Home Planet (b00lydx5)
Do we truly appreciate the role that trees play in moderating our climate? Do Tree Preservation Orders fail to protect trees and why do trees split as they grow?
Why has hemp not made a bigger impact on the building industry?
Concern over so-called 'kinetic plates', designed to generate electricity as cars drive over them. Are they really producing power for free or are they yet another way big business can extract income from the customer?
Tackling these conundrums are planning expert Professor Yvonne Rydin, forest ecologist Dr Nick Brown and Professor Philip Stott. As always we want to hear your comments on the topics discussed and any questions you might want to put to future programmes.
Don't forget we want to hear your observations of House Martins; have they returned this year and when, and have they bred successfully?
TUE 15:30 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf65)
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden...
Dreams of Milk and Honey
Read by Mark Bazeley
These three short stories were commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous Woodstock Music Festival. With different themes reflecting that momentous time, We Are Stardust We Are Golden begins with Dreams of Milk and Honey by Patrick Neate.
The narrator, Tommy, is a child of Woodstock whose parents' relationship blossomed during the festival. On his way to visit his rather remarkable mother, still in some ways a child of the 60's, he has to break some news to her about his personal life and finds himself contemplating how she will take it. But it is not at all as he had imagined.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 15:45 The Fortune Hunters (b00g3374)
Episode 2
Series in which Max Flint investigates the 15 billion pounds in unclaimed assets in the UK and asks if and how these funds are distributed to their rightful owners.
The Dormant Banks and Building Society Accounts Bill dictates that, after 15 years or dormancy, any assets that lie unclaimed in accounts can be used for charitable purposes.
Max talks to a building society in north Staffordshire which turned detective and found 10,000 pounds for a local charity.
A Tinderbox Broadcast production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 16:00 Word of Mouth (b00lyfm6)
The dentist's chair, the taxi rear seat, the hairdresser's salon; just what are the rules of conversational engagement for these everyday encounters? Chris Ledgard goes for a ride, a trim and a filling to find out.
TUE 16:30 Great Lives (b00lyfm8)
Series 19
Joe Slovo
Matthew Parris presents the biographical series in which his guests choose someone who has inspired their lives.
David Miliband discusses the life of Joe Slovo, a leading member of the African National Congress and the first housing minister in Nelson Mandela's government. Slovo's daughter, Gillian, joins in the discussion.
TUE 17:00 PM (b00ly63j)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00ly678)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
TUE 18:30 Laurence & Gus: Hearts and Minds (b00lyfr6)
Series 2
Episode 5
Comic sketches starring Laurence Howarth and Gus Brown.
Sketches on the theme of 'Joining in and Opting out'.
With Duncan Wisbey, Isy Suttie and Kate Fleetwood.
TUE 19:00 The Archers (b00ly612)
There's a blast from the past for Fallon when her father Wayne Tucson turns up drunk on the village green. Knowing he's been banned for drink driving, Fallon isn't impressed. Wayne says he just wanted to see Fallon, and he'll head off now. Fallon finds out he's sleeping rough, so eventually drives him to the Elms homeless shelter to find a bed for the night.
Kirsty and Helen go out for the night. The Australian barman Leon spends a long time making cocktails for them and chatting. Leon asks Helen to go out with him, but Helen says she doesn't want to be another of his many conquests. When she goes to the loo, Leon tells Kirsty he's not like that, and Helen's really special. Kirsty tells Leon he'd better not make a fool of her, and quickly gives him Helen's number.
The Elms won't take Wayne, although he says he'll be fine. But Fallon decides she can't leave him and ends up taking him back to the Bull. Jolene eventually persuades Sid to let Wayne stay the night. He's not well, and has nowhere else to go. Sid says he's doing it for Fallon's sake, but first thing in the morning, Wayne's on his way.
Episode written by Adrian Flynn.
TUE 19:15 Front Row (b00ly6br)
Arts news and reviews with John Wilson.
In the 1940s and 50s, the activities of the anti-communist House Un-American Activities Committee changed the face of Hollywood. Their investigations into alleged communist influence on the American film industry heralded an era in which numerous writers, actors and directors were blacklisted and ostracized for their political affiliations. Dalton Trumbo was just one of many forced to write under an assumed name and some of his most celebrated works, including Roman Holiday and Spartacus, were written during the dark days of the blacklist.
Art critic and journalist Laura Cumming discusses her new book, A Face to the World, on the art of self-portraiture. She considers the drama of self-portraits and what they reveal about the artist's innermost sense of self, from Rembrandt and Velazquez to Munch and Warhol.
John Wilson speaks to Tony Parsons about his novel Starting Over, a story which follows the life of 47-year-old George Bailey, who, after suffering a heart attack, is given the heart of a 19-year-old wildboy and nothing is the same again.
Music critic Alexis Petridis provides a guide for UK-bound holiday makers who want to keep an eye on what cultural fare is on offer for their 'staycation'. Alexis gives the lowdown on what to look out for in Brighton and the south east.
TUE 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00ly6pz)
Villette
Monsieur Paul
Dramatisation of the classic romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte.
After burying her treasured letters from Dr John and concealing her broken heart, Lucy finds friendship from an unexpected quarter.
Lucy Snowe ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Monsieur Paul ...... Sam Dale
Rosine ...... Lizzy Watts
Directed by Tracey Neale.
TUE 20:00 The Fraud Capital of Britain (b00lyfr8)
Thamesmead was one of the most exciting new towns to be built in the 1960s, intended as a vibrant, riverside community of 60,000 people in south east London. Forty years on, the area is perhaps best known as a notorious hub of fraud, dubbed 'Little Lagos' because of its association with west African criminal gangs.
Phil Kemp investigates how this reputation has stuck. He talks to a former fraudster and meets residents fighting to turn the community around and shake off its crime-ridden image.
TUE 20:40 In Touch (b00lyfrb)
Since the programme brought you the news of redundancies among braille production staff at the National Library Service for the Blind, many listeners have contacted us with their worries about the future of the service and for UK braille production in general. The RNIB, whose decision this was, respond to these concerns and explain how they remain committed to braille.
There is also information on self defence classes across the country and how aspiring visually-impaired judokas still have time to make the Great Britain team for the 2012 Paralympics.
Plus, as more airlines allow assistance dogs to travel in the cabin with their handlers, we take a closer look at the experience for both dog and person. Lee Kumutat shares her experience of taking guide dog Beau with her from London back to her native Australia.
TUE 21:00 Case Notes (b00lyfrd)
Lens of the Eye
Dr Mark Porter investigates the latest treatments for problems with the lens of the eye.
He visits Southampton General Hospital and talks to Rob Morris, consultant eye surgeon, about how he treats cataracts. These are very common: nearly half of us will develop some degree of clouding of the lens of the eye by late middle age. Most people have cataracts by the time they reach their mid-80s. Mark meets some of Rob Morris's patients and hears about how they realised that they had cataracts. He then watches an operation in which the patient is under just a local anaesthetic.
Rob Morris explains that nowadays the replacement lenses are made to measure. Some patients, including some with astigmatism, have better eyesight after they have had their cataracts removed and tailor-made lenses fitted.
Dr Susan Blakeney from the College of Optometrists tells Mark about what happens to the eye as we age.
Also, Rob Morris explains how recent developments in lens implants are helping people with the most common type of macular degeneration - the dry form - in which thinning of the retina at the back of the eye leads to poor central vision.
TUE 21:30 Forbidden Families (b00ctl6t)
Episode 1
Bettany Hughes tells the stories of remarkable women denied their families by the march of history.
In 842 AD, Dhuoda's two sons were kidnapped. This terrible loss spurred her to write a manual for her stolen boys, advising them on the skills they need to become men. We eavesdrop on a woman, bereft but unbroken, as she becomes a mother on paper, as she can no longer be one in the flesh.
TUE 21:58 Weather (b00ly6w8)
The latest weather forecast.
TUE 22:00 The World Tonight (b00ly6yz)
National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah.
As more details emerge about Baby Peter's life, The World Tonight spends two days with social workers dealing with children at risk.
Is change on the horizon in Burma?
The effect of air conditioning on office workers.
TUE 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00m0fy1)
The Whole Day Through
Episode 2
Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale.
Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester.
Ben's mother has recently died and he is working in Winchester so he can help his brother, when he bumps into Laura, the girlfriend he hasn't seen in over 20 years.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
TUE 23:00 Heresy (b00bcv9f)
Series 5
Episode 2
Victoria Coren hosts the show that thinks the unthinkable. With Sue Perkins, Euan Ferguson and Richard Herring. From May 2008.
TUE 23:30 The Hollow Men (b0088nqn)
Series 2
Episode 2
Comic sketch show written and performed by David Armand, Rupert Russell, Sam Spedding and Nick Tanner, with Katy Brand.
WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST 2009
WED 00:00 Midnight News (b00lxz61)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
WED 00:30 Book of the Week (b00m0ls4)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Tuesday]
WED 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00lxz8p)
The latest shipping forecast.
WED 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00lxzc4)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
WED 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00lxz9z)
The latest shipping forecast.
WED 05:30 News Briefing (b00lxzdm)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
WED 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00lxzg1)
Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig.
WED 05:45 Farming Today (b00lxzhg)
As the shooting seasons begins, Anna Hill goes on a deer stalk. With food security moving up the political agenda, could science provide the solution to securing food supplies?
WED 06:00 Today (b00lxzkv)
Presented by Evan Davis and James Naughtie.
Nick Davis, chief executive of the Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre, considers what could have happened to a merchant ship which disappeared off the coast of Portugal in the Atlantic Ocean on 28 July 2009.
Jonathan Beale reports on US President Barack Obama's fight to gain support for health insurance reform.
Radio 4's Face the Facts presenter John Waite discusses the level of the service jobseekers are receiving.
About 700 people missing in southern Taiwan after Typhoon Morakot have been found alive, say army officials. Alastair Leithead reports.
Reporter Jack Izzard interviews people who have been made redundant about the impact it has had on their lives. Professor Danny Dorling and Lord Layard discuss the current jobless rate in the UK.
Feral wildlife expert Tony Peacock discusses how the camel has come to be such a nuisance in the outback of Australia.
Thought for the Day with the novelist and columnist Anne Atkins.
The Iraqi government says it is in control and security is improving. Correspondent Natalia Antelava finds out whether the people of Baghdad share the government's optimism.
The number of people unemployed in the UK could reach 2.5 million. Business Secretary Lord Mandelson considers the extent of damage the recession is doing to the government.
Peter Bleksley, a former Scotland Yard detective who now writes on crime and policing, discusses the romanticism of robbers who stole jewellery worth 40 million pounds.
Iraq expert Toby Dodge reflects on allegations that Saudi Arabia is responsible for a new wave of violence in Iraq.
Steve Bundred, of the Audit Commission, says councils need to be planning for the social impact of recession.
Bishop of Bradford David James says Christians in Pakistan are living in fear.
Astronomer Dr Marek Kukula explains what to look for if you want to see the Perseid meteor shower.
Biographer Justin Wintle and Mark Farmaner, director of human rights group the Burma Campaign UK, discuss the global reaction to the conviction of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
WED 09:00 Between Ourselves (b00lv4h7)
Series 4
Episode 2
Olivia O'Leary presents the series which brings together two people who have had profound and similar experiences, to hear their individual stories and compare the long-term effects on each of their lives.
Olivia talks to two soldiers who were injured abroad. David Hart was sent to Afghanistan in 2003 to serve with his Territorial Army unit. One day he was involved with his regular convoy duties - escorting a bomb-disposal team - when was caught up in a suicide car bomb attack. He suffered multiple injuries, including the near-amputation of one arm.
Albert Thomson was serving in Iraq with the Black Watch in 2003. He was returning from collecting a fatally-injured soldier when he was hit by 'friendly fire' which hit him in both legs. His injuries were so severe his left leg was amputated. David and Albert tell their stories to Olivia and discuss the impact their injuries have had financially, physically and psychologically.
WED 09:30 Very Amazing: Behind the Scenes at the V and A (b00lv4h9)
Episode 2
Rosie Goldsmith goes behind the scenes at London's Victoria and Albert Museum as it attempts to transform itself from 'the nation's attic' to a 'very amazing' modern museum.
Rosie discovers how the architects and designers are rebuilding and redisplaying the original museum and its treasures.
WED 09:45 Book of the Week (b00m0ls6)
Bluestockings
Episode 3
Miriam Margolyes reads from Jane Robinson's account of the pioneering British women who overcame all odds to get a university education.
Women had to wait until 1869 before they could enrol at Cambridge University, and even then the odds were stacked against them. Female brains were considered too small to compete with those of men, and the country's leading doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die.
The glamour of the graduette and bluestocking fashion. As the first few decades of university education for women slip by, the image of the drab, maverick bluestocking has begun to metamorphose into a far more luminous creature, the 'undergraduette'. Suddenly, by the 1920s, women students are quite the thing, and prim bluestocking fashion even takes on a hint of glamour.
Yet, even at Cambridge University in 1920, one item of student fashion is still unavailable to bluestockings. Since they are not permitted to receive degrees, women are still not allowed to wear the university gown.
WED 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00ly08b)
Women in Westminster; Soho in the 1950s
What are political parties doing to ensure women are better represented at Westminster? Plus, women in the Basque separatist group ETA; and Soho in the 1950s.
WED 11:00 The Naming of Genes (b00lyfy1)
Kakapo, Cleopatra and Pavarotti are cryptic names for genes; the clue to what they do lies in their names. Sue Broom cracks the code in this subtle game of scientific one upmanship.
Chardonay, Hedgehog and Cheap Dates all have one thing in common. They are all names for genes, specifically of fruit fly or drosophilia genes. The trick is you have to guess what it is, so for example Amontillado is a allusion to the Edgar Allan Poe book where the hero is walled in alive; the gene amontillado refers to mutant larvae who can't hatch.
Chardonay is a reference to the white blood cells and other wine genes are Chablis, retsina and Chianti. The wine collection is housed at Dr Leonard Zon's laboratory at Harvard Medical School. When one of Dr Zon's students discovers a new wine gene, they are awarded with a bottle of that particular wine, although he has got wise to them choosing some of the more rarified and expensive vintages.
Other labs prefer to use Shakespeare characters, musical references or more colloquial terms such as Lush, referring to an increased affection for alcohol. Sometimes there are races to name the gene, and a fight may break out between institutions. Kathy Matthews of the Bloomington Drosophilia Stock Centre in Indiana proudly says that fly geneticists were the first geneticists and therefore in the early days it was like being in the Wild West, but now political correctness is moving in.
More seriously, worm, mice and human geneticists think they should tone down their gene names. Its not appropriate they say to call a gene a Sonic Hedegehog.
But Kathy and her colleagues are resisting; it is part of their tradition, they say. A witty, whimsical or colloquial name can get a scientist lot of attention in the scientific community.
Sue Broom looks at some of the more famous examples and charts the resistance to turning Van Gogh into a chain of numbers and letters.
WED 11:30 Baggage (b00lymqf)
Series 4
You're a Long Time Dead
Comedy series by Hilary Lyon, set in Edinburgh.
It's summer and all change all-round. Caroline struggles to come to terms with Ruth now being her dad's lover, and agonises over Roddy's shock proposal - the end of an era beckons.
Caroline ...... Hilary Lyon
Hector ...... David Rintoul
Ruth ...... Adie Allen
Nicholas ...... Moray Hunter
Roddy ...... Robin Cameron
Gladys ...... June Watson
Directed by Marilyn Imrie.
WED 12:00 You and Yours (b00ly560)
Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
WED 12:57 Weather (b00ly57t)
The latest weather forecast.
WED 13:00 World at One (b00ly5ct)
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
WED 13:30 The Media Show (b00lymqh)
The reporting restrictions which protected the identity of the mother of Baby Peter have been lifted. The decision by Mr Justice Coleridge to withdraw anonymity from Tracey Connelly and Steven Barker followed pressure from several major media organisations. We hear from Fran Unsworth, the head of BBC Newsgathering and Charlie Beckett, Director of Polis, about the impact of the decision.
Ofcom have found the two programmes that George Galloway presents on London-based Press TV to be in breach of impartiality rules. Some journalists have expressed their concerns that those British journalists contributing to the Iranian state-funded television station are lending their credibility to a 'propaganda channel'. Mehdi Hasan, senior editor for politics at the New Statesman, and Oliver Kamm, leader writer and columnist at The Times and contributor to the Jewish Chronicle, discuss the ethical decisions that face journalists.
ITV have recorded a pre-tax loss of 105 million pounds in the first six months of the year. Advertising revenue is falling and the challenges for ITV's new CEO are mounting up. Ed talks to Mathew Horsman, founder and principal at media analysis and advice company Mediatique, about those who are tipped to take on the job and what chances they have of reversing the channel's fortunes.
Peter Mandelson has suggested that we could see a US presidential-style debate between Gordon Brown and David Cameron at the next general election. Blogger Iain Dale and Mehdi Hasan of the New Statesman discuss the role of the televised presidential debate and how well it might transfer to this country.
WED 14:00 The Archers (b00ly612)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Tuesday]
WED 14:15 Drama (b00lymqk)
The Summer Walking
Contemporary drama by Iain Finlay MacLeod, set in the far north of Scotland. Catriona is pregnant to a man who is always in trouble, so the burden of making ends meet falls to her: poaching salmon and fishing for freshwater pearls. She finds an unlikely ally in Hassan, an Iranian working illegally as a gamekeeper on the big estate, and their friendship offers the possibility of a life beyond the walls of her caravan.
Catriona ...... Amy Mason
Jess ...... Ann Louise Ross
Hassan ...... Khalid Laith
Alec ...... Finn Den Hertog
Eddie ...... Jimmy Chisholm
Joan ...... Wendy Seager.
WED 15:00 The Money Grab (b00lxsqm)
[Repeat of broadcast at
12:00 on Saturday]
WED 15:30 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf67)
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden...
Arnold in a Purple Haze
Read by Conleth Hill
These three short stories were commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous Woodstock Music Festival. With different themes, which reflect that momentous time, We Are Stardust We Are Golden continues with Arnold in a Purple Haze by Nick Walker.
Still damaged by his Vietnam experiences, Arnold is trying to arrange transport for a band due to perform at the Woodstock Festival. But the sounds of the city and the noise of the helicopters begin to unbalance him and blur things in his mind.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
A Sweet Talk Production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 15:45 The Fortune Hunters (b00g4gq8)
Episode 3
Series in which Max Flint investigates the 15 billion pounds in unclaimed assets in the UK and asks if and how these funds are distributed to their rightful owners.
Did you know that borrowing a book from your local library means that the author should receive 5.9p?
Max finds out about the millions of pounds of royalties owed to authors and musicians which lie unclaimed, often simply because of a lack of knowledge of the registration system, and discovers if and how these funds are reunited with their rightful owners.
A Tinderbox Broadcast production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 16:00 Thinking Allowed (b00lynzd)
The British Bobby - Scottish Diaspora
Laurie Taylor explores the myths and enduring realities of the British police with Clive Emsley and Dick Hobbs.
Robert Peel brought the Metropolitan Police Force into being in 1829; it was a centralised body of 3,000 uniformed men expected to patrol designated areas. They were the original 'Bobbies on the Beat'. However, in an age of mass public protests, Chartism and agitation for electoral reform, the police were founded more as a response to a crisis in public order than in a move to protect private property. The Weekly Dispatch of 1829 warned, 'The New Police is a military body employed in civil duties ... it is a powerful engine in the hands of government, and may be employed for the suppression of public freedom.' How much has changed?
Laurie also discusses the worldwide influence of the Scottish diaspora and asks why such an enormous number Scots left their country of birth even when times were good. Tom Devine enlightens Laurie ahead of his talk at the Festival of Politics in Edinburgh.
WED 16:30 Case Notes (b00lyfrd)
[Repeat of broadcast at
21:00 on Tuesday]
WED 17:00 PM (b00ly63l)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
WED 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00ly67b)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
WED 18:30 The Odd Half Hour (b00lynzg)
Series 1
Episode 2
Another chance to hear the sketch show for anyone who's beginning to find this exciting new century a bit too much like all the rubbish previous centuries.
Discover how to name your baby and if there's anything "easier done than said" in tonight's show. Starring brilliant stand-up comedians, Stephen K Amos and Jason Byrne and the fantastic comic actors, Justin Edwards and Katherine Parkinson.
Produced by Alex Walsh-Taylor.
WED 19:00 The Archers (b00ly614)
Helen is having a problem in the dairy. The thermostat has gone so she and Clarrie can't start making the yoghurt until it's fixed. Clarrie thinks Helen's been on the phone to an engineer but Helen says it was Leon. He's asked her to go on a date next week. Helen tells Clarrie to go home until the engineer arrives. Clarrie says Pat would be impressed by the way she's handling things. Something was bound to go wrong while her parents were away.
Sid hasn't slept at all well. He's been listening out all night for Wayne going downstairs, to help himself to the bar. Wayne appears, looking rough, and to Sid's horror, Jolene packs him straight back to bed. Sid's worried it might be swine flu, which would ruin his trade, but Jolene's already phoned the helpline so she knows it's not.
When Fallon brings Wayne some water, he tells her he's been thinking about her a lot. Fallon tells Jolene they mustn't let Wayne get too comfortable. Jolene says maybe Fallon can patch up her differences with her father? Sid thinks Fallon was right to bring Wayne back, but he hopes Wayne gets better quickly. The sooner he's out of Ambridge the better.
Episode written by Adrian Flynn.
WED 19:15 Front Row (b00ly6bt)
In a Front Row special, Mark Lawson examines the differences between factual and fictional writers of history and between academics and populists in the telling of stories from our heritage. Writers Antonia Fraser, Margaret MacMillan, Philippa Gregory, Hilary Mantel, Sarah Dunant and Tristram Hunt join Mark to discuss the best ways of exploring the past.
WED 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00m68lv)
Villette
Friendship
Dramatisation of the classic romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte.
Monsieur Paul and Lucy's friendship grows, but will they see the ghostly apparition again and what does her presence signify?
Lucy Snowe ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Monsieur Paul/Pere Silas ...... Sam Dale
Paulina ...... Lizzy Watts
Mme Beck/Mme Walravens ...... Joan Walker
Directed by Tracey Neale.
WED 20:00 Reality Check (b00lynzj)
Series 2
Episode 3
Justin Rowlatt presents a discussion series involving experts and people closely involved in the issues.
The growth of surveillance is said to have made Britain one of the most watched nations on earth. Faced with the threats of crime and terrorism, how do we reconcile the demands for the protection of privacy with the benefits to security that new surveillance techniques can bring?
Justin presents a debate between people who seek to influence policy with those affected by such policies, and asks if surveillance in Britain is out of control.
WED 20:45 The Election Agent (b00lynzl)
Episode 2
Shaun Ley finds out from election agents how elections are really won and lost. What roles have cow manure, superglue and pink cadillacs played in election campaigns?
WED 21:00 Secrets of the Super Old (b00lynzn)
Adam Rutherford investigates how the oldest people on the planet are helping scientists to unlock the secrets of ageing, helping us age better and perhaps even live longer.
Super-centenarians are one of the most exclusive groups of people on the planet, having reached the staggering age of at least 110. How are they doing it and what can we learn about longevity from them?
Adam talks to the scientists about how we could all live longer, and meets the incredible people whose lives have spanned three centuries, including Henry Allingham, shortly before his death aged 113.
WED 21:30 Between Ourselves (b00lv4h7)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
WED 21:58 Weather (b00ly6wb)
The latest weather forecast.
WED 22:00 The World Tonight (b00ly6z1)
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
Why is unemployment falling in Wales but rising everywhere else in Britain?
The International Committee of the Red Cross says that the Geneva Conventions need to change.
Can Australia kick King Coal?
WED 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00m0fvx)
The Whole Day Through
Episode 3
Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale.
Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester.
Ben and Laura become reacquainted and go for a meal, and one thing leads inevitably to another.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
WED 23:00 Act Your Age (b00g47nm)
Series 1
Episode 6
Simon Mayo discovers which generation is the funniest. With Jon Richardson, Lucy Porter and Roy Walker. From January 2009.
WED 23:30 Kicking the Habit (b007vlvd)
Series 1
Holy Des Res
Comedy drama by Christopher Lee, set in a Carmelite monastery where the brown habit is no protection against the problems and temptations of the modern world.
Even though the friary has occupied its idyllic riverside setting for over 600 years, it is not protected from the greedy gaze of property developers. And not all the brothers are opposed to the idea of progress.
Father Bertie ...... Alfred Molina
Brother Martin ...... Roy Dotrice
Father Michael ...... Martin Jarvis
Brother Luke ...... Darren Richardson
Mave ...... Rosalind Ayres
Father Lawrence ...... Kenneth Danziger
Directed by Pete Atkin.
THURSDAY 13 AUGUST 2009
THU 00:00 Midnight News (b00lxz63)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
THU 00:30 Book of the Week (b00m0ls6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Wednesday]
THU 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00lxz8r)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00lxzc6)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
THU 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00lxzb1)
The latest shipping forecast.
THU 05:30 News Briefing (b00lxzdp)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00lxzg3)
Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig.
THU 05:45 Farming Today (b00lxzhj)
With Caz Graham. Field sports enthusiasts explain why shooting is good for children, and Caz goes on a grouse shoot.
THU 06:00 Today (b00lxzkx)
With James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including Sports Desk; Weather; Thought for the Day.
THU 09:00 No Triumph, No Tragedy (b00lyq4m)
Peter White talks to disabled people who have bucked the odds and achieved outstanding success in a variety of fields.
Peter meets deaf opera singer Janine Roebuck, who was told at 18 that the career she had set her heart on - opera singing - was impossible. Her persistence has confounded that bleak prognosis, however. She tells Peter how a combination of tricks, hard work and help from her colleagues has enabled her to perform all over the world and become a campaigner to introduce deaf children to music.
Janine comes from a family where deafness was the norm, which is how she explains her robust attitude towards her disability. She now even sees advantages to her condition: being able to enjoy a good nights sleep in a noisy hotel and using her high-tech hearing aids to adjust the accoustics to her own requirements.
THU 09:30 Islam, Mullahs and the Media (b00lyq4p)
Are All Muslims the Same?
Writer Kenan Malik explores how perceptions of Islam have been shaped by the media, considering what it means in Britain to call yourself 'Muslim'.
THU 09:45 Book of the Week (b00m0ls8)
Bluestockings
Episode 4
Miriam Margolyes reads from Jane Robinson's account of the pioneering British women who overcame all odds to get a university education.
Women had to wait until 1869 before they could enrol at Cambridge University, and even then the odds were stacked against them. Female brains were considered too small to compete with those of men, and the country's leading doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die.
Although academic success comes easily to many bluestockings, some still find relationships something of a stumbling block. Friendships, crushes and full-blown affairs with both students and tutors become treacherous for those young women who have barely spoken to a man before. Meanwhile, from fighting for academic equality, it is only a short step to agitating for political enfranchisment. The suffragette movement that is taking off across the country soon makes its mark on academia.
THU 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00ly08d)
Joan of Arc reassessed; Bollywood dance
Joan of Arc: saint or spin doctor? Plus, the origins of Bollywood dance; and helping people with dementia and their carers.
THU 11:00 Crossing Continents (b00m9jff)
VenIran
Apart from being oil producers, Venezuela and Iran seemingly have little in common, but over the last five years they have grown increasingly close. The relationship has caused a good deal of international disquiet. Rumours abound about uranium sales and terrorist cells, but the Venezuelan government denies the claims and insists that it is all about economic development. Linda Pressly sifts the evidence in Caracas.
THU 11:30 Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality (b00lyrb6)
Ceramicist Lars Tharp explores our relationship with the funeral urn. He examines both the history and future of the urn with artist Grayson Perry, using readings from Sir Thomas Browne's treatise, Urn Burial. Lars also talks to funeral directors, ceramic experts and visits the British Museum where, he uncovers the urn which inspired Keats to write his poem, Ode on a Grecian Urn.
THU 12:00 You and Yours (b00ly562)
Consumer news and issues with Shari Vahl. Including Face the Facts, presented by John Waite.
THU 12:57 Weather (b00ly57w)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 13:00 World at One (b00ly5cw)
National and international news with Martha Kearney.
THU 13:30 Questions, Questions (b00lytpy)
Stewart Henderson answers those intriguing questions from everyday life.
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 14:00 The Archers (b00ly614)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Wednesday]
THU 14:15 Drama (b00b0swj)
Dear Writer
Anna Massey stars as a writer who is finding it impossible to begin her next book. Her brother has died and in clearing out his house - troubling memories keep invading her mind - memories that hint at a family secret and a forgotten tragedy.
'Dear Writer' is written by Jane Rogers and stars Anna Massey as The Writer and Leah Verity White as Polly.
The play is being broadcast as a tribute to Anna Massey - one of the UK's most treasured actresses - who passed away earlier this month.
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:00 Open Country (b00lxsq1)
[Repeat of broadcast at
06:07 on Saturday]
THU 15:27 Radio 4 Appeal (b00lxtms)
[Repeat of broadcast at
07:55 on Sunday]
THU 15:30 Afternoon Reading (b00lyf69)
We Are Stardust, We Are Golden...
The Carpenter
Read by Stuart Milligan.
These three short stories were commissioned by Radio 4 to mark the 40th anniversary of the famous Woodstock Music Festival. With different themes reflecting that momentous time, We Are Stardust We Are Golden concludes with The Carpenter by Laura Barton.
The story is told from the point of view of Mike, whose marriage to the woman he met at the festival has not worked out as they had both planned and hoped for. The dramatic events of one afternoon have him wondering what really happened to the girl he met there and whether things could have been different.
Producer: Cherry Cookson
A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 15:45 The Fortune Hunters (b00gl690)
Episode 4
Series in which Max Flint investigates the 15 billion pounds in unclaimed assets in the UK and asks if and how these funds are distributed to their rightful owners.
Ever wondered what happened to those premium bonds you were given as a baby? It could be one of the 31 million pounds worth of unclaimed premium bond prizes.
Max discovers how the NS&I tracing team tackle the problem of locating lost winners. At least they have an old address to start with. By contrast, Camelot don't even have a name to help locate lost lottery prize-winners.
A Tinderbox Broadcast production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 16:00 Open Book (b00lxwh6)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:00 on Sunday]
THU 16:30 Material World (b00lytq0)
100 years after its discovery, Quentin talks to Dr Richard Fortey and Dr Nick Butterfield about the significance of the Burgess Shale, the world's most famous fossil location.
Jon Woodruff looks back over 1,500 years of hurricanes and their causes. Medieval seasons were worse than ours; are they really linked to climate change and are they getting worse?
Saturn's rings will pass precisely edge-on to the Sun as the planet passes through its equinox. For the first time ever we have a space craft capable of scrutinising the small bulges and the shadows they cast. Prof Carl Murray tells us what they imply for the evolution of the solar system.
THU 17:00 PM (b00ly63n)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
THU 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00ly67d)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
THU 18:30 Electric Ink (b011f3pc)
Series 1
Episode 2
Circulation is going through the roof.
Old hacks meet new media in Alistair Beaton’s satire set in the changing world of the newspaper industry.
Maddox ...... Robert Lindsay
Oliver ...... Alex Jennings
Amelia ...... Elizabeth Berrington
Tasneem ...... Zita Sattar
Masha ...... Debbie Chazen
Freddy ...... Ben Willbond
Announcer ...... Matt Addis
With additional material by Tom Mitchelson.
Director: Sally Avens
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.
THU 19:00 The Archers (b00ly616)
Lilian is dismayed when she hears from Jenny that Peggy has sacked the agency who's recently been supplying carers for Jack. If the agency can't find them anyone permanent, Peggy doesn't want anyone at all. Jenny and Lilian know that Peggy isn't being realistic.
Ben and Ruth are having lunch in a very busy Jaxx. Jim shares their table, and is impressed with the way Kenton operates. However, Kenton is short staffed so Jim offers to help. Grateful Kenton gives Jim a free meal and offers to take Jim to look at potential classic cars to buy.
Lilian and Jolene go to the pub supplies promotion. Jolene can't concentrate, thinking about Wayne and the atmosphere he's creating at the Bull. She tells Lilian, the doctor has diagnosed bronchitis. Lilian's pleased she can do the listening for a change.
Later, they call in at Jaxx for coffee. Lilian is still worrying about Matt. They both wish there was a tap for turning off emotions. Jolene says it really bothers her that Fallon and Wayne don't get on. She hoped him staying with them would help them mend fences. But it might be doing more harm than good.
Episode written by Adrian Flynn.
THU 19:15 Front Row (b00ly6bw)
Almost exactly 40 years ago, thousands of people began to arrive on a farm in upstate New York for what would go down in history as the concert that summed up the 1960s - Woodstock. Billed as three days of peace and music, for many it encapsulated the spirit of the era. Riding that wave of optimism, just a few months later a second free concert took place, this time at Altamont on the west coast of America, organised by the Rolling Stones. It ended in murder, violence and bitterness, and came to be seen as a herald of the end of the Sixties dream, the dark side of the hippie ethos.
As seminal films about the two events are released on DVD, John Wilson talks to their directors: Albert Maysles, who with his brother David captured the darkness of Altamont in Gimme Shelter, and Michael Wadleigh, director of Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace and Music. He also talks to Michael Lang, the entrepreneur behind the two concerts.
Film critic Rachel Cooke joins John Wilson to review The Time Traveller's Wife, the film version of Audrey Niffenegger's best-selling novel in which a woman loves a time-travelling man who slips in and out of her life with no warning.
Classical composer Errollyn Wallen and her brother Byron, a renowned jazz trumpeter, have joined forces for the first time to create the opera Wallen, which tells the story of their childhood. Errollyn was born in Belize, while her brother was born in London, where they were brought up by an aunt and uncle when their parents emigrated to America. Errollyn and Byron explain why they waited until now to collaborate, and touch on the highs and lows of such a personal project.
Poet Paul Farley looks at the cultural offerings for those planning to holiday in Britain. His tip is for an enriching Staycation in the north-west of England.
THU 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00ly6q1)
Villette
Cloud
Dramatisation of the classic romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte.
Lucy and Monsieur Paul grow close, but forces are at work to keep them apart.
Lucy Snowe ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Monsieur Paul/Monsieur de Bassompierre/Pere Silas ...... Sam Dale
Paulina ...... Lizzy Watts
Mme Walravens/Mme Beck ...... Joan Walker
Directed by Tracey Neale.
THU 20:00 The Report (b00lytq2)
Working With Children
Several prominent children's authors have said that they will stop visiting schools in protest at the impending introduction of new rules requiring the vetting of those working regularly with young people or vulnerable adults.
Wesley Stephenson reports on the new Vetting and Barring Scheme and what it will mean for the estimated 11 million people that will need to be registered. He also asks if the new rules are likely to make children any safer.
THU 20:30 In Business (b00lytq4)
Women's Work
Some business leaders think that the credit crunch crisis marks a great opportunity for women. Peter Day asks whether female skills can help to guide the world out of the ruins.
THU 21:00 The High Price of Alder Hey (b00lytq6)
Sue Armstrong investigates the effect on pathology of the 1999 Alder Hey scandal and asks if the profession is now suffering from over-regulation.
In the wake of the crisis in 1999, when it was revealed that children's body parts had been kept for pathological analysis without parents' knowledge, many pathologists left the profession because of the media-led vilification of them as 'doctors of death'. Post mortem rates are now at an all time low.
THU 21:30 No Triumph, No Tragedy (b00lyq4m)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:00 today]
THU 21:58 Weather (b00ly6wd)
The latest weather forecast.
THU 22:00 The World Tonight (b00ly6z3)
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
THU 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00m0fvz)
The Whole Day Through
Episode 4
Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale.
Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester.
Ben makes a momentous decision after Laura visits him at the hospital, and writes her a love letter which has unexpected consequences.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 23:00 Bigipedia (b00lytq8)
Series 1
Episode 4
The omniscient friend you know from your computer and laser watch takes over Radio 4 for 30 minutes in a unique experiment in broadwebcasting.
Written by Nick Doody and Matt Kirshen with Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Carey Marx and Sarah Morgan.
Featuring Ewan Bailey, Sam Battersea, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Nick Doody, Neil Edmond, Pippa Evans, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and Lewis MacLeod.
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4.
THU 23:30 Will Smith Presents the Tao of Bergerac (b007vl20)
Episode 3
Jersey-born comedian Will Smith continues his obsession with 1980s BBC TV detective series Bergerac.
He's using an audio book of its star, John Nettles, reading the Tao, to navigate the minefield of his life, with the help of a special guest.
Now Will is exploring his bad luck with romance.
With Amelia Bullmore, John Nettles, Dan Tetsell, Olivia Poulet and Tara Blaise.
Written by Will Smith and Roger Drew.
Producer: Tilusha Ghelani
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2007.
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2009
FRI 00:00 Midnight News (b00lxz65)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.
FRI 00:30 Book of the Week (b00m0ls8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
09:45 on Thursday]
FRI 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00lxz8t)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00lxzc8)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service.
FRI 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00lxzb3)
The latest shipping forecast.
FRI 05:30 News Briefing (b00lxzdr)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00lxzg5)
Daily prayer and reflection with George Craig.
FRI 05:45 Farming Today (b00lxzhl)
Increasing numbers of people are trying to live 'The Good Life' and are keeping pigs at home. A DIY chain is now considering stocking pig arks and the British Pig Executive says there could be as many as 10,000 people in the UK rearing the animals.Ten per cent of the 4.7 million in the UK are kept in smallholdings or back gardens, but Caz Graham asks if some people may be biting off more than they can chew.
Also, in a week focusing on shooting, the League Against Cruel Sports responds to claims that the sport helps conservation and responsibility with guns.
FRI 06:00 Today (b00lxzkz)
Presented by Evan Davis and Edward Stourton.
Anne Main MP has survived an attempt to deselect her following criticism over her Commons expenses. Iain Watson reports.
Correspondent Natalia Antelava reports on hopes that Iraqi government negotiations with Asa'ib al-Haq or the Leagues of the Righteous, could help facilitate the release of hostage Peter Moore, who they claim to be holding.
Gibril Faal, chairman of the African Foundation for Development, discusses the intentions of the Obama administration in Africa.
Home Affairs Correspondent Rory MacLean went to Portsmouth with Home Office minister Admiral Lord West to see the Air Launch Running Gear Entanglement System being put through its paces.
Farming Minister Jim Fitzpatrick explains why he walked out of a marriage ceremony in his East London constituency when he and his wife found out they would have to sit in different rooms.
US businesswoman Emily Walker describes how the British health service is viewed by some on the other side of the Atlantic.
Meteorites collector Rob Elliot explains what he hopes to do with the proceeds of the sale of part of his collection.
Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of GPs, discusses the logistical challenge of vaccinating some 14 million people in an attempt to minimise the damage caused by swine flu.
Thought for the Day with John Bell of the Iona Community.
Writer Robert Fox discusses the next phase in the Afghan conflict.
David Grossman reports from Washington on the abuse being heaped on the NHS by opponents of President Obama's health care reforms. Conservative health spokesman Andrew Lansley discusses MEP Daniel Hannan's comments.
Jon Leyne reports on allegations of rape and torture of protestors following the election in Iran.
Les Paul, one of the pioneers of the electric guitar, has died at the age of 94. Music broadcaster Bob Harris examines the legacy of the influential musician and guitar maker.
Tim Montgomerie, of website conservativehome.com, discusses whether anger over the MPs' expenses issue is starting to abate.
Andy Ward, author of Football Nation, and Hunter Davies, author of the Glory Game, discuss whether, with so many foreign players, managers and owners involved in the game, it can still be described as an English league.
Ibrahim Mogra, an Imam from Leicester, explains the rules governing weddings held in a mosque.
Sports psychologist Dr Victor Thompson and Liberal Democrat and ballroom dancer Vince Cable discuss whether dancing could benefit all of us.
Executive director of the Arts Council Moira Sinclair and shortlisted artist John Cockrum discuss the Artists Taking the Lead project.
FRI 09:00 Desert Island Discs (b00lxvkz)
[Repeat of broadcast at
11:15 on Sunday]
FRI 09:45 Book of the Week (b00m0lsb)
Bluestockings
Episode 5
Miriam Margolyes reads from Jane Robinson's account of the pioneering British women who overcame all odds to get a university education.
Women had to wait until 1869 before they could enrol at Cambridge University, and even then the odds were stacked against them. Female brains were considered too small to compete with those of men, and the country's leading doctors warned that if women studied too hard their wombs would wither and die.
Although more and more women graduate during the 1920s and 30s, the Great Depression reinforces the pecking order, prioritising jobs for men. While critics begin to wonder whether academia is breeding white elephants, the bluestockings remain undaunted. While all too many join the teaching profession, others venture down unexplored career paths as diplomats, aviation engineers, writers and lawyers, all paving the way for future generations of bright young women.
FRI 10:00 Woman's Hour (b00ly08g)
Redundancy and relationships; Backpacking
How do couples cope when redundancy forces people to spend more time together? Plus, Donna Powell, the woman in the world of men's football; and backpacking at any age.
FRI 11:00 Selling Cheese to the Chinese (b00lyvz5)
Mukul Devichand travels to Shanghai to tell the story of the Europeans who are trying to persuade China's expanding middle class that it is worth ditching their noodles and soya, and paying for pricey European fine foods instead.
He explores a world of classes in western table manners, Single Malt Karaoke and Shanghai jazz DJs who broadcast shows about brie and camembert. Beneath the colourful marketing, Mukul discovers that the story of food helps to reveal who the new Chinese middle classes really are.
FRI 11:30 Cabin Pressure (b00lyvz7)
Series 2
Kuala Lumpur
A week on stand-by at the airfield gives Arthur an opportunity to brush up on his stewarding skills, while Douglas seems to have disappeared. And why is everyone terrified of Dirk the groundsman?
Starring
Carolyn Knapp-Shappey ..... Stephanie Cole
1st Officer Douglas Richardson ..... Roger Allam
Capt. Martin Crieff ..... Benedict Cumberbatch
Arthur Shappey ..... John Finnemore
Dave ..... Paul Putner
George ..... Roger Morlidge
Written by John Finnemore.
Produced & directed by David Tyler
A Pozzitive production for BBC Radio 4
FRI 12:00 You and Yours (b00ly564)
Consumer news and issues with Winifred Robinson.
Including:
Is it really possible to go to the Edinburgh Fringe, not pay a penny for tickets and still see several good shows a day? Judi Herman spent 24 hours on the Fringe to find out.
FRI 12:57 Weather (b00ly57y)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 13:00 World at One (b00ly5cy)
National and international news with Shaun Ley.
FRI 13:30 More or Less (b00lyvz9)
Tim Harford presents the magazine which looks at numbers everywhere, in the news, in politics and in life.
An Open University co production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 14:00 The Archers (b00ly616)
[Repeat of broadcast at
19:00 on Thursday]
FRI 14:15 Drama (b00lywv4)
Aftershock
Ten years after the 1999 earthquake in Turkey, Tina Pepler's powerful drama-documentary tells the story of a young engineering student who returns to Istanbul to find the friends she left behind. They are still trying to deal with the aftermath of the last quake, in a city trying to ready itself for the next.
Eleanor ...... Eleanor Zimmermann
Cansu ...... Serra Somay
Baris ...... Hakan Silahsizoglu
Merve ...... Sirin Onder
With contributions from Kubilay Hicyilmaz, Polat Gulkan, Mustafa Erdik, Gokay Bostan, Tamer Aker, Husamettin Alper, Ozgur Demir, Zeynep Turkmen.
Directed by Sara Davies.
FRI 15:00 Gardeners' Question Time (b00lywv6)
Eric Robson chairs the popular horticultural forum.
Matthew Biggs, Anne Swithinbank and Bob Flowerdew answer questions posed by members of St Ann's Allotments in Nottingham.
Matthew introduces Britain's oldest and largest allotment site and meets a selection of allotment-holders occupying a 670-garden enclosure, including the owners of a greenhouse constructed entirely from plastic bottles. He also talks to prize-winning fruit grower Adrian Baggley, who identifies and propagates rare heritage fruit trees as part of the allotments' National Lottery Heritage Project.
Including Gardening weather forecast.
FRI 15:45 The Fortune Hunters (b00grdc0)
Episode 5
Series in which Max Flint investigates the 15 billion pounds in unclaimed assets in the UK and asks if and how these funds are distributed to their rightful owners.
Max explores issues surrounding claims by former soldiers who had tax wrongly deducted from their service pensions. He meets the man who discovered the problem which resulted in millions of pounds in tax rebates being returned to ex-servicemen, and a 91-year-old retired major who is still fighting for his money.
A Tinderbox Broadcast production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 16:00 Last Word (b00lywv8)
Jane Little 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 (b00lywvb)
British actress Jean Kent on James Mason, Stewart Granger and why Marilyn Monroe was a bit grubby.
Christoph Walz reveals why he turned down every Nazi officer role he has been offered, except for one Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds.
Mark Gatiss picks a neglected classic from the 1960s.
Critic Jane Graham enters the fourth dimension with The Time Traveler's Wife.
FRI 17:00 PM (b00ly63q)
Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Eddie Mair. Plus Weather.
FRI 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00ly67g)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.
FRI 18:30 The Now Show (b00lyx3g)
Series 28
Episode 8
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present a satirical review of the week's news, with help from Jon Holmes, Laura Shavin, Mitch Benn and Andy Zaltzman.
FRI 19:00 The Archers (b00ly618)
Mike goes through the dairy routine with Jazzer, who's covering the work when Mike goes on honeymoon. Mike is tight-lipped about the destination, but says he'll buy Jazzer a pint.
Helen and Tom think their week in charge has been great. Tom tells Helen he was embarrassed when he couldn't settle an account. The company will have to wait until his parents return. He thinks that now they are partners in the farm, their names should be on the farm cheque book.
Jazzer finds Fallon outside the pub, trying to escape her dad who keeps asking for her. Vicky appears and asks Jazzer if he knows her honeymoon destination, but he says Mike's not telling.
Mike sees Ed at the pub and suggests they should ask Borchester Land about renting some land. Ed says he'll talk to Pat and Tony about approaching BL.
Later, Vicky shows Mike her exotic honeymoon outfits. Mike reveals the destination ... somewhere beginning with B ...Brittany!
Fallon joins Jazzer for a curry in Borchester - his treat. Jazzer tells Fallon about his father. He's glad to be shot of him, he was a nightmare. Jazzer says Fallon shouldn't let Wayne get to her. Once he heads off, she can forget about him forever.
Episode written by Adrian Flynn.
FRI 19:15 Front Row (b00ly6by)
Arts news and reviews with Kirsty Lang.
Kirsty Lang talks to author AL Kennedy about short stories, stand-up comedy and the strangeness of domestic life. Having won the 2008 Costa prize in for her novel Day, AL Kennedy returns with a new collection of short stories and a blossoming career in stand-up comedy. Her short stories, called What Becomes, are exquisitely crafted and characterised portraits of difficult relationships, domestic strangeness and unusual epiphanies. Her stand-up show, Words with AL Kennedy, is playing in the Assembly Rooms at the Edinburgh Festival.
Dame Fanny Waterman, doyenne of piano teachers and creator of the Leeds International Piano Competition talks to Front Row about her long career at and around the keyboard. When Dame Fanny's Piano Lessons Book One was published in 1967 it became an instant bestseller and was one of the first 'modern' piano tutors, soon to be found in homes across the land. Dame Fanny continued her quest to teach piano technique and her series of masterclass programmes Fanny Waterman's Piano Progress made her a familiar figure on 1980s television. With Marion Harewood, her co-writer of the tutor series, she co-founded the Leeds International Piano Competition in 1961 which became one of the most important in the world and has launched the career of numerous star performers. The 2009 competition runs from 26 August to 13 September.
Critic Stephen Armstrong gives Front Row a round-up of the themes, the mood and the best bits of the Edinburgh Festival 2009 so far. And poet Gillian Clark gives the low-down on cultural events this summer in Wales.
FRI 19:45 15 Minute Drama (b00ly6q3)
Villette
Finis
Dramatisation of the classic romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte.
There are more revelations to unfold after a night-time carnival and a host of secrets, but will Lucy's new love desert her?
Lucy Snowe ...... Anna Maxwell Martin
Monsieur Paul ...... Sam Dale
Mrs Beck ...... Joan Walker
Ginevra ...... Lizzy Watts
Directed by Tracey Neale.
FRI 20:00 Any Questions? (b00lyx6c)
Eddie Mair chairs the topical debate in Rye, East Sussex. The panellists are journalist Toby Young, general secretary of the RMT Bob Crow, farmer Oliver Walston and literary critic Sarah Churchwell.
FRI 20:50 David Attenborough's Life Stories (b00lyx6f)
Series 1
The Serpent's Stare
Underground animals are very different to the animals that spend their life on the surface. They are a different shape, their senses are tuned in a very different way and they manifestly come from a different world.
Does this explain the stare of the snake?
Series of talks by Sir David Attenborough on the natural histories of creatures and plants from around the world.
Producer: Julian Hector
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009.
FRI 21:00 Friday Drama (b00lyx6h)
Series 2
Animal Magic
Second series of three political dramas.
By Avie Luthra.
MP Bobby Khan's marriage to Lucy is very unsettled. Bobby backs the opening of a new laboratory involving animal testing in his constituency which leads to a violent backlash, and an old flame of Lucy's is inextricably linked to the whole affair.
Bobby ...... Zubin Varla
Lucy ...... Nichola Stephenson
Elizabeth ...... Barbara Marten
Terry ...... John McArdle
Karl ...... Graeme Hawley
David ...... James Quinn
Minister ...... Malcolm Raeburn
Helen ...... Christine Brennan
Sara ...... Millie Rose Kinsey
News reporter ...... Shari Vahl
School children from St Mary's Church of England Infant and Junior School, Manchester.
Political adviser Andrew Russell
Directed by Pauline Harris.
FRI 21:58 Weather (b00ly6wg)
The latest weather forecast.
FRI 22:00 The World Tonight (b00ly6z5)
National and international news and analysis with Robin Lustig.
President Obama goes on the offensive in the healthcare reform row
A report from Iceland; why are some countries more environmentally aware than others?
Government policy or individual action: what is the best way to get carbon levels down?
Scientists discover a gene that determines how much sleep we need.
FRI 22:45 Book at Bedtime (b00m0fw1)
The Whole Day Through
Episode 5
Samantha Bond and Nathaniel Parker read from the romantic novel by Patrick Gale.
Forty-something Laura Lewis is obliged to abandon a life of stylish independence in Paris, and with it all apparent hopes of romance, to care for her elderly mother in Winchester.
Ben decides to leave his wife, Chloe. After his love letter to Laura is mistakenly sent to Chloe he has to act, and asks Laura to meet him one more time at the hotel where they first had dinner.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
FRI 23:00 Great Lives (b00lyfm8)
[Repeat of broadcast at
16:30 on Tuesday]
FRI 23:30 Listen Against (b008crj0)
Series 1
Episode 3
The show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles around with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.
Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes take liberties with Laurie Taylor, BBC Radio 1Xtra and Melvyn Bragg
The brain-child of writer, comic and broadcaster Jon Holmes.
Producer: Bill Dare and Jon Holmes
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2007.
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 (b00ly6qy)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 TUE (b00ly6pz)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 WED (b00m68lv)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 THU (b00ly6q1)
15 Minute Drama
19:45 FRI (b00ly6q3)
Act Your Age
23:00 WED (b00g47nm)
Afternoon Reading
00:30 SUN (b008118z)
Afternoon Reading
19:45 SUN (b008dk9j)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 TUE (b00lyf65)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 WED (b00lyf67)
Afternoon Reading
15:30 THU (b00lyf69)
Americana
19:15 SUN (b00lxx76)
Any Answers?
14:00 SAT (b00lxsqt)
Any Questions?
13:10 SAT (b00lxh7t)
Any Questions?
20:00 FRI (b00lyx6c)
Archive on 4
20:00 SAT (b00ly4nk)
Archive on 4
15:00 MON (b00ly4nk)
Backstreet Business
05:45 SAT (b008pxsy)
Baggage
11:30 WED (b00lymqf)
Bells on Sunday
05:43 SUN (b00lxsz9)
Bells on Sunday
00:45 MON (b00lxsz9)
Between Ourselves
09:00 WED (b00lv4h7)
Between Ourselves
21:30 WED (b00lv4h7)
Beyond Belief
16:30 MON (b00lycz4)
Beyond Westminster
11:00 SAT (b00lxsqh)
Bigipedia
23:00 THU (b00lytq8)
Bombay's Beatle
13:30 SUN (b00hv1dt)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 MON (b00ly73h)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 TUE (b00m0fy1)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 WED (b00m0fvx)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 THU (b00m0fvz)
Book at Bedtime
22:45 FRI (b00m0fw1)
Book of the Week
00:30 SAT (b00lxjln)
Book of the Week
09:45 MON (b00lxzrj)
Book of the Week
00:30 TUE (b00lxzrj)
Book of the Week
09:45 TUE (b00m0ls4)
Book of the Week
00:30 WED (b00m0ls4)
Book of the Week
09:45 WED (b00m0ls6)
Book of the Week
00:30 THU (b00m0ls6)
Book of the Week
09:45 THU (b00m0ls8)
Book of the Week
00:30 FRI (b00m0ls8)
Book of the Week
09:45 FRI (b00m0lsb)
Britain's Atlantis
21:00 MON (b00gw18s)
Broadcasting House
09:00 SUN (b00lxtr4)
Cabin Pressure
11:30 FRI (b00lyvz7)
Case Notes
21:00 TUE (b00lyfrd)
Case Notes
16:30 WED (b00lyfrd)
Classic Serial
21:00 SAT (b00ltnfs)
Classic Serial
15:00 SUN (b00lxwh4)
Crossing Continents
20:30 MON (b00lvh19)
Crossing Continents
11:00 THU (b00m9jff)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
08:50 SUN (b00lxhb3)
David Attenborough's Life Stories
20:50 FRI (b00lyx6f)
Desert Island Discs
11:15 SUN (b00lxvkz)
Desert Island Discs
09:00 FRI (b00lxvkz)
Drama
14:15 MON (b00lyclq)
Drama
14:15 TUE (b00lybnv)
Drama
14:15 WED (b00lymqk)
Drama
14:15 THU (b00b0swj)
Drama
14:15 FRI (b00lywv4)
Earth to Earth: Potted Immortality
11:30 THU (b00lyrb6)
Electric Ink
18:30 THU (b011f3pc)
Excess Baggage
10:00 SAT (b00lxsqc)
Face the Facts
21:00 SUN (b00lxz4t)
Farming Today
06:30 SAT (b00lxsq3)
Farming Today
05:45 MON (b00lxzkq)
Farming Today
05:45 TUE (b00lxzhd)
Farming Today
05:45 WED (b00lxzhg)
Farming Today
05:45 THU (b00lxzhj)
Farming Today
05:45 FRI (b00lxzhl)
Forbidden Families
21:30 TUE (b00ctl6t)
Friday Drama
14:30 SAT (b00lxsqw)
Friday Drama
21:00 FRI (b00lyx6h)
From Our Own Correspondent
11:30 SAT (b00lxsqk)
Front Row
19:15 MON (b00ly6px)
Front Row
19:15 TUE (b00ly6br)
Front Row
19:15 WED (b00ly6bt)
Front Row
19:15 THU (b00ly6bw)
Front Row
19:15 FRI (b00ly6by)
Fry's English Delight
09:00 TUE (b00lv1ln)
Gardeners' Question Time
14:00 SUN (b00lxh3w)
Gardeners' Question Time
15:00 FRI (b00lywv6)
Gesualdo: Musician and Murderer
15:30 SAT (b00lv204)
Great Lives
16:30 TUE (b00lyfm8)
Great Lives
23:00 FRI (b00lyfm8)
Hazelbeach
11:30 MON (b00ly7mv)
Heresy
23:00 TUE (b00bcv9f)
Home Planet
15:00 TUE (b00lydx5)
In Business
21:30 SUN (b00lvlv3)
In Business
20:30 THU (b00lytq4)
In Touch
20:40 TUE (b00lyfrb)
Islam, Mullahs and the Media
09:30 THU (b00lyq4p)
Just a Minute
12:00 SUN (b00lv13k)
Just a Minute
18:30 MON (b00lycz6)
Kicking the Habit
23:30 WED (b007vlvd)
Last Word
20:30 SUN (b00lxh3y)
Last Word
16:00 FRI (b00lywv8)
Laurence & Gus: Hearts and Minds
18:30 TUE (b00lyfr6)
Listen Against
23:30 FRI (b008crj0)
Lives in a Landscape
23:30 MON (b00f6p8n)
Loose Ends
18:15 SAT (b00lxsrb)
Lost, Stolen or Shredded
09:30 TUE (b00lydhb)
MI6: A Century in the Shadows
09:00 MON (b00ly7j7)
MI6: A Century in the Shadows
21:30 MON (b00ly7j7)
Material World
16:30 THU (b00lytq0)
Midnight News
00:00 SAT (b00lxhhm)
Midnight News
00:00 SUN (b00lxsyz)
Midnight News
00:00 MON (b00m0rcd)
Midnight News
00:00 TUE (b00lxz5z)
Midnight News
00:00 WED (b00lxz61)
Midnight News
00:00 THU (b00lxz63)
Midnight News
00:00 FRI (b00lxz65)
Mind Changers
11:00 MON (b00ly7lp)
More or Less
20:00 SUN (b00lxh3t)
More or Less
13:30 FRI (b00lyvz9)
News Briefing
05:30 SAT (b00lxhhw)
News Briefing
05:30 SUN (b00lxsz7)
News Briefing
05:30 MON (b00lxzfx)
News Briefing
05:30 TUE (b00lxzdk)
News Briefing
05:30 WED (b00lxzdm)
News Briefing
05:30 THU (b00lxzdp)
News Briefing
05:30 FRI (b00lxzdr)
News Headlines
06:00 SUN (b00lxtmd)
News and Papers
06:00 SAT (b00lxhj0)
News and Papers
07:00 SUN (b00lxtmn)
News and Papers
08:00 SUN (b00lxtr0)
News and Weather
22:00 SAT (b00lxsrl)
News
13:00 SAT (b00lxsqr)
No Triumph, No Tragedy
09:00 THU (b00lyq4m)
No Triumph, No Tragedy
21:30 THU (b00lyq4m)
On Your Farm
06:35 SUN (b00lxtmj)
On the Top Deck
20:00 MON (b00grrzw)
Open Book
16:00 SUN (b00lxwh6)
Open Book
16:00 THU (b00lxwh6)
Open Country
06:07 SAT (b00lxsq1)
Open Country
15:00 THU (b00lxsq1)
PM
17:00 SAT (b00lxsr0)
PM
17:00 MON (b00ly63s)
PM
17:00 TUE (b00ly63j)
PM
17:00 WED (b00ly63l)
PM
17:00 THU (b00ly63n)
PM
17:00 FRI (b00ly63q)
Pick of the Week
18:15 SUN (b00lxx72)
Poetry Please
16:30 SUN (b00lxwh8)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 SAT (b00lxhhy)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 MON (b00lxzhb)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 TUE (b00lxzfz)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 WED (b00lxzg1)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 THU (b00lxzg3)
Prayer for the Day
05:43 FRI (b00lxzg5)
Profile
19:00 SAT (b00lxsrd)
Profile
05:45 SUN (b00lxsrd)
Profile
17:40 SUN (b00lxsrd)
Questions, Questions
13:30 THU (b00lytpy)
Radio 4 Appeal
07:55 SUN (b00lxtms)
Radio 4 Appeal
21:26 SUN (b00lxtms)
Radio 4 Appeal
15:27 THU (b00lxtms)
Reality Check
22:15 SAT (b00lv6fn)
Reality Check
20:00 WED (b00lynzj)
Rewriting the Psychiatrist's Bible
17:00 SUN (b00kf117)
Round Britain Quiz
23:00 SAT (b00lv0x1)
Round Britain Quiz
13:30 MON (b00lycln)
Saturday Live
09:00 SAT (b00lxsq9)
Saturday Review
19:15 SAT (b00lxsrg)
Secrets of the Super Old
21:00 WED (b00lynzn)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SAT (b00lxhhr)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 SUN (b00lxsz3)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 MON (b00lxzdh)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 TUE (b00lxzc2)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 WED (b00lxzc4)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 THU (b00lxzc6)
Selection of BBC World Service Programmes
01:00 FRI (b00lxzc8)
Selling Cheese to the Chinese
11:00 FRI (b00lyvz5)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SAT (b00lxhhp)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SAT (b00lxhht)
Shipping Forecast
17:54 SAT (b00lxsr4)
Shipping Forecast
00:48 SUN (b00lxsz1)
Shipping Forecast
05:20 SUN (b00lxsz5)
Shipping Forecast
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Shipping Forecast
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Something Understood
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Something Understood
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Sunday Worship
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Tales Before the Stave
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Tennyson's Ulysses Revisited
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The Archers Omnibus
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The Archers
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The Archers
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The Archers
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The Call
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The Election Agent
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The Fraud Capital of Britain
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The Hollow Men
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Woman's Hour
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