SATURDAY 17 JULY 2010

SAT 00:00 Midnight News (b00t0k9t)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.


SAT 00:30 Book of the Week (b00szv9g)
Hampton Sides - Hellhound on His Trail

Breakthrough

Hampton Sides' compelling new book sheds fresh light on the assassination of Martin Luther King and the hunt for his killer, James Earl Ray. In today's episode, the FBI's manhunt for King's killer has made an exciting breakthrough - they now know that the real name of their prime suspect. But they first need to pursue him to London, where he is hiding out under another new identity - that of 'Ramon Sneyd'.

Read by Christian Camargo and Clarke Peters.

Abridged by Viv Beeby

Produced by Emma Harding

The book: Hellhound on his Trail was published in the UK on 3rd June 2010 by Allen Lane.

The readers: Christian Camargo is an American actor, probably best known for his role as Brian Moser in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He also appeared in the Oscar winning 2009 film, The Hurt Locker as head psychiatrist Lieutenant Colonel John Cambridge. In summer 2010, he is playing Ariel in the Bridge Project's production of The Tempest at the Old Vic Theatre, London.

Clarke Peters is an American actor, singer and director, who is probably best known for playing Detective Lester Freamon in the HBO drama series, The Wire. He also appeared in the second series of Damages. He has numerous West End and Broadway credits and was nominated for a Tony award for writing the book of the musical revue, Five Guys Named Moe.


SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b00t0kdn)
The latest shipping forecast.


SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b00t0kdq)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.


SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b00t0kds)
The latest shipping forecast.


SAT 05:30 News Briefing (b00t0kdv)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (b00t0kdx)
with the Rev Derek Boden, minister of Malone Presbyterian Church, Belfast.


SAT 05:45 iPM (b00t0kdz)
"I went back to my room... and wept." Hugh Sykes talks about working from Iraq and how he picked an idea sent in by an iPM listener as the basis for a special report. With Eddie Mair.


SAT 06:00 News and Papers (b00t0kf1)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SAT 06:04 Weather (b00t0lw4)
The latest weather forecast.


SAT 06:07 Open Country (b00t0lw6)
Lough Neagh

Helen Mark is in Northern Ireland where she takes to the waters of Lough Neagh, the largest lake in the UK, measuring over 20 miles long, nine miles wide and containing over 800 billion gallons of water! Six major rivers flow into the Lough and only one, the River Bann, flows out. Five of the six counties which make up Northern Ireland have shores on the Lough which is also a source of fresh water to many people. Eel fishing on the lough has played a huge part in the lives of local people for centuries whilst the lake is also at the forefront of the sand extraction industry. Yet although the lough has been described as extremely enigmatic, it has remained very much a place of extraction with very little put back in to it over the years. Seven years ago, a group of local people came together to do something about this and recently their hard work was rewarded when the Lough Neagh Partnership received an award for Outstanding Achievement.
Helen hears from some of the people involved and starts her journey by boarding the Island Warrior from Sandy Bay to Rams Island, formerly a rat-infested strip of land on the lough and now a haven for wildlife and a popular tourist spot. She hears from Gerry Darby about why the Lough Neagh Partnership was formed and also from Island Warrior skipper and volunteer, Michael Savage, about the labour of love carried out to transform Rams Island. Helen then continues her journey around the shore hearing from heritage officer and archaeologist, Moira O'Rourke about some of the stories she has unearthed in her shoreline walks and from Kieran Breen of the Lough Neagh Heritage Boating Association about his passion for keeping alive the age-old spirit of the Lough Neagh by building some of the old traditional working boats used on the lough.
Helen rounds off her day along the shores with a visit to Coney Island, the only inhabited island on the lough, where she hears from the island's only inhabitant about the changes he has seen during his 12 years on Coney.

Producer: Helen Chetwynd.


SAT 06:30 Farming Today (b00t0sm5)
Farming Today This Week

Charlotte Smith and the Farming Today team have spent the last few days living in a caravan and experiencing the life of a seasonal farm worker: getting up early, picking and packing fruit, getting to grips with day to day life on the farm, and life in a different country.

The soft fruit industry in the UK is worth millions of pounds. The strawberry industry alone is worth £400 million and each year 650,000 tonnes of strawberries are picked in the UK. Each year, more than 21,000 workers from Romania and Bulgaria travel to the UK for agricultural work. The British public are, it seems, too posh to pick.

At the end of a week of hard grafting, Charlotte Smith reports from Windmill Hill Farm in Herefordshire and meets the workers who make sure our supermarket shelves are full of juicy, ripe fruit throughout the summer and reflects on what it is like to be work on a farm in the UK.

Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced by Martin Poyntz-Roberts.


SAT 06:57 Weather (b00t0sm7)
The latest weather forecast.


SAT 07:00 Today (b00t0sm9)
Morning news and current affairs with John Humphrys and Justin Webb, including:
07:50 Labour leadership contender Dianne Abbot.
08:10 A looming crisis for university funding?
08:30 UK attitude to torture under examination.


SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (b00t0smc)
Fi Glover is joined by Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts, poet Salena Godden and fossil hunter Dean Lomax; Alastair Campbell shares his Inheritance Tracks and Robert Elms eats the world on one London street.

The producer is Debbie Kilbride.


SAT 10:00 Excess Baggage (b00t0smf)
Jamaica has a reputation as a dangerous place to visit for tourists but is it deserved? Sandi Toksvig talks to prize winning author Ian Thomson about whether poverty and violence are as prevalent as they are painted and if the beauty of the island is overlooked. She also asks journalist Lindsay Johns about the musical culture and whether, as an Anglo African, he feels a connection with Jamaica.

Sandi also talks to artist Layla Curtis about her project with the Penan people of Sarawak. She has been studying the way the hunter gatherers move about the jungle and, to do so, spent time living and travelling with them through the rainforests of Borneo. She gives Sandi a unique insight into their ancient lifestyle on Excess Baggage.

Producer: Harry Parker.


SAT 10:30 My Politician is Funnier Than Yours (b00t0smh)
30 years ago when alternative comedy first developed as a scene, the target of its anger was clear - Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative Party. Political comedy was all based around Westminster because the decisions made there affected everyone in the UK. In My Politician Is Funnier Than Yours - comedian Ava Vidal looks at how devolution has changed the way we laugh at our politicians. As power has moved from Westminster to Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, she explores whether comedy has followed it and whether politicians are viewed in any way differently in each place. And as Westminster adapts to a new Government, is the content of political comedy here due for a change too? Is there such a thing as national political satire anymore?

Ava talks to established comedians like Jeremy Hardy, one of the few veteran political satirists who has never compromised his left wing ideals, yet has managed to become a national treasure at the same time. Producer Bill Dare has been behind some of the biggest topical comedy shows on TV and Radio - he has little time for satire these days. Tommy Sheppard was in London for the start of the alternative comedy scene, he's now behind the thriving Scottish stand up scene; managing clubs and comedians - he says Scotland now has its own place to have a political comedy scene.

Producer: Rachel Hooper.


SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (b00t0smk)
The Daily Mail's Andrew Pierce asks how backbenchers will react to spending cuts in the rapidly dawning age of austerity. With the Conservative, Ian Liddell -Grainger, and Labour's Barry Gardiner, he looks at the row over the government's decision to save money by axing Labour's school building programme.

After the publication of Lord Mandelson's memoirs, former Labour insiders, Lance Price and Peter Watt asks how far the party will be damaged by revelations which quote Tony Blair as describing Gordon Brown as " mad, bad and dangerous".

There's been an outcry among women MPs about the government's plans to give anonymity to people being investigated for rape. Here, the Conservative, Anna Soubry and Labour's Caroline Flint say why they are opposed to the idea of singling out rape for special attention in this way.

Finally, the Commons sat late into the night while considering the Finance Bill. Are late night sittings coming back into fashion? The former Labour cabinet minister, Margaret Beckett, reflects on the value and the pitfalls of debating into the early hours.


SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (b00t0smm)
From Our Own correspondent sips cold beer by the Amazon with a British missionary who's so angered the authorities in Peru they're trying to have him expelled.

The Balkan republic of Montenegro is one of Europe's newest independent nations. And being a small state in a difficult neighbourhood, it's keen to make some powerful friends. Some believe that becoming a member of the NATO military club might be the answer to Montenegro's security worries. But there's a problem. As Humphrey Hawksley explains, not so long ago..for Montenegrins...NATO was very much the enemy.

When the Peruvian government looks at the Amazon jungle, it sees vast potential. Money is being poured into mining and other projects. But the Peruvian Amazon's indigenous people see the jungle very differently. It sustains their way of life, and they fear that those who exploit the rainforest will do terrible damage. And the tribes have found an ally..a British missionary. His campaign to protect the jungle so angered the government that it ordered his expulsion. A judge overturned the order, but the authorities are appealing his decision. Our correspondent Dan Collyns set off for the remote city of Iquitos, and a meeting with Peru's troublesome priest..

As he rose to power the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy cast himself as bringer of change. He presented himself as a moderniser -- a man ready to break with tradition. And if past French presidents always seemed rather remote and aloof..then Mr Sarkozy's style has certainly been rather different. He's always been more than ready to engage with .. and try to use... the media to his own ends. Emma Jane Kirby been considering the often fraught relationship between the president and the press...and it's impact on French journalism.

At first glance, the desert shores of north Africa have very little in common with the much greener coastlines of northern Europe and North America. But with a bit of imagination, you might just begin to see connections....in geological terms at least. The mountains of Morocco, Scotland and New England all sit on the rim of the vast basin that is the North Atlantic. And as Simon Winchester has been finding out, there are plans now to link these very different locations in an extraordinary way....


SAT 12:00 Money Box (b00t0wdx)
Paul Lewis brings you the latest news from the world of personal finance.

We'll find out why some Northern Rock mortgage customers are being charged thousands of pounds because they want to move home.

A Treasury Minister will explain radical government proposals to change the way people plan for their retirement.

And he likes to use Led Zeppelin to explain his views on the economy - we'll speak to the Bank of England monetary policy member who thinks its time to raise interest rates.

And we'll assess if free bus passes for the over 60s should be scrapped to save government cash.

Producer: Monica Soriano.


SAT 12:30 The Now Show (b00t0k7c)
Series 31

Episode 5

Education reform, the internet and 24 hour rolling news all draw fire this week.

Are we going to have to send our children to school in converted chip shops?

Plus 30 million of us have broadband access at home (or careless neighbours) and an ex-footballer, a can of larger, a chicken and a fishing rod? Really?

Stand-up guest, Holly Walsh, rages against the coming Proms season and Irish hip-hop improvisers, Abandoman, brainstorm excuses for staying home from work.

To take part in the show's Audience Question search for #nowshow on Twitter.


SAT 12:57 Weather (b00t0wdz)
The latest weather forecast.


SAT 13:00 News (b00t0wf1)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (b00t0k7f)
Jonathan Dimbleby chairs the live debate from Wimbledon Reform Synagogue, with questions for the panel, including the writer AA Gill; joint general-secretary of the Unite union, Derek Simpson; the Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond; and the Labour Peer and barrister, Helena Kennedy.

Producer: Victoria Wakely.


SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (b00t0wf3)
Jonathan Dimbleby takes listeners' calls and emails in response to this week's edition of Any Questions?


SAT 14:30 Saturday Drama (b00t0wf5)
The Moscow Prodigal

Vasily returns to Moscow after ten years in England. His attempts to build a new life there have not been a success - he has been eking out an existence as a minicab driver. At the airport he is met by his childhood friend, Andrei, who now works for the Minister of the Interior. Andrei's expansive manner and expensive air of money and power seem to hint at a more thuggish way of climbing the ladder.

Back at his mother's flat Vasily embraces his brother, but there is little brotherly love. Whilst their ailing mother celebrates her eldest son's return Vasily begins to calculate the value of her central Moscow flat. His brother Sasha simmers with resentment at the way he has been left to care for their mother, but he still has scruples when Vasily explains his plans to profit from the sale of the flat. Soon Vasily is drawn into the world of new money and old power struggles which his friend Andrei is all too keen to introduce him to.

"The Moscow Prodigal" strips away contemporary Russia's veneer of newly acquired wealth to expose the brutal networks of self-interest where ties of friendship and family are all too easily broken by the lure of easy dollars.

This is the first of three plays in the mini-season "Russia Actualnyi" which sets out to explore life in Russia now.

Written by Michael Butt based on an original idea by Vitaly Yerenkov.
Technical production by Scott Lehrer, Grammy winner and Tony winner for Broadway theatre sound design; Music specially composed by Gene Pritzker.

Directed by Judith Kampfner
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4.


SAT 15:30 Jazz in the Open Air (b00szz26)
Jazz, a music first played in small clubs and now found in large concert halls, also has a long history of heading for the great outdoors.

Kevin LeGendre charts the story of jazz in the open air, starting with a teenage Louis Armstrong leading the band from the Home for Colored Waifs through the streets of New Orleans almost a century ago.

Other legendary jazz performers who swapped smoky interiors for notable fresh air appearances include Duke Ellington, who transformed the fortunes of his orchestra with a storming show at the Newport jazz festival in 1956, and saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who spent months practising high amongst the girders of the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City.

Kevin also hears from musician Gary Bartz, who formed a band without a piano player so that they were free to perform anywhere, and so could escape from the restrictions of the music industry. Offering the other side of the story, the acclaimed singer Bobby McFerrin reveals why he tries to avoid all outdoor performances. And bringing the story right up to the present, Kevin joins saxophonist Soweto Kinch under a flyover in Birmingham, where he has promoted a music festival amidst the concrete and thundering traffic for the past three years.

Producer John Goudie.


SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour (b00t0wr0)
Weekend Woman's Hour

Presented by Jane Garvey. Dame Anne Owers, Chief Inspector of Prisons, on stepping down after nine years. Is the new 'Men's Hour' on Radio 5 Live a good idea? Germanic women and their historic portrayal as warriors. The rise and rise of the mum blogger. Is the International Baccalaureate a better option than 'A' levels? Child soldiers in Uganda and men in heels.


SAT 17:00 PM (b00t0wr2)
Saturday PM

Full coverage and analysis of the day's news with Ritula Shah, plus the sports headlines.


SAT 17:30 The Bottom Line (b00t0gb2)
Evan Davis presents the business magazine, where business leaders discuss the issues that matter - from the boardroom to the shop floor, from building success to handling failure.


SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast (b00t0wr4)
The latest shipping forecast.


SAT 17:57 Weather (b00t0wr6)
The latest weather forecast.


SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b00t0wr8)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 18:15 Loose Ends (b00t0wrb)
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

Clive is joined by one of the most successful female artists of the sixties, pop icon Sandie Shaw. She'll be reclaiming songs sung by men that should've been sung by women. She's joined by special guests Sophie Ellis Bextor and Mica Paris and they're just one of the performances at the brand new festival celebrating British music, art and style, Vintage at Goodwood.

The playwright, composer, musician and lyricist and man behind Blood Brothers talks about having his own season at Londons Trafalgar Studios. Meera Syal, Tim Piggot Smith and Laura Dos Santos will soon be treading the boards in Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine. His musical version of Our Day Out starts up in Liverpool in August.

Domestic historian Ruth Goodman goes from Victorian Farms to Victorian Pharmacy on BBC Two. The series explains how high street healthcare emerged from the concocted recipes of apothecaries, herbalists and un-regulated quacks.

Critically acclaimed for his characters on Down the Line and Bellamys People, Felix Dexter gets his Multiple Personalities in Order for his Edinburgh Festival run. Arthur Smith talks to the man behind Early D, The Lion of Harlesden, Aubrey Dubuisson and Julius Olufemwe, Hotel Management student and lover of all things English.

There's music from two of the most talked about artists on the British music scene. Crouch End's indie four-piece Bombay Bicycle Club have gone acoustic for their latest album, Flaws.

And one of this years biggest success stories and the soul influenced sound of the summer, Plan B performs a stripped down version of Prayin' from his No 1 album The Defamation of Strickland Banks.

Producer: Cathie Mahoney.


SAT 19:00 Profile (b00t0wrd)
Rt Rev John Broadhurst

The Rt Rev John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham and chairman of Forward in Faith, the mainly Anglo-Catholic organisation opposed to the ordination of women. Traditionalists like Bishop Broadhurst were left more isolated this week after the Church of England's ruling body the General Synod moved one step nearer to the concecration of women bishops. Those close to him say frequent accusations of misogyny have been wounding but are completely misplaced.


SAT 19:15 Saturday Review (b00t0wrg)
Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Rowan Pelling and Terence Blacker and playwright Mark Ravenhill review the week's cultural highlights including the film Inception.

In Christopher Nolan's film Inception, Leonardo DiCaprio plays a skilled thief who can steal valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious of his victims while they are dreaming.

Neil Simon's 1971 play The Prisoner of Second Avenue is being revived at the Vaudeville Theatre in London with Jeff Goldblum as Mel - a man forced to the end of his tether by a recession and a heatwave - and Mercedes Ruehl as his wife Edna.

Heartbreak is poet Craig Raine's first novel. Through a series of narratives involving a large cast of characters, Raine explores the different breakages to which the heart is prone.

In 1959 Raymond Cauchetier was engaged by Jean-Luc Godard to take photographs on the set of A Bout du Souffle. A selection of the photographs he took on various film sets over the next ten years have been assembled for the exhibiton La Nouvelle Vague at the James Hyman Gallery in London.

The Normans Season on BBC2 and BBC4 is centred around Professor Robert Bartlett's 3 part historical series The Normans. It also features The Making of King Arthur in which poet Simon Armitage traces the Norman reworking of the Arthurian legend.

Producer Torquil MacLeod.


SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 (b00t0wrj)
Dramatising New Labour

What can we learn about New Labour from the way it has been portrayed in drama?

The dramatists have delved into the troubled relationship between Blair and Brown, the events leading up to the Iraq war and its aftermath, the junking of old Labour values, the personalities, the sex scandals, and of course, spin.

They have characterised New Labour and its leading players in comedy, satire, drama, docu-drama and bio-pics. Some Labour politicians even think they have seen a Blair-like figure materialise in Dr Who.

Whilst some dramatists base their work on detailed factual research, others lean heavily on their imagination. But all hope to convey an essential truth about New Labour and its leading players, and indeed sometimes to plug a gap left by conventional journalists.

In this programme Professor Steven Fielding examines these dramas and their impact. He asks what contribution the dramas have made to the way we see New Labour. Do they confuse the viewer about what really happened and what is made up? What is it like for politicians to see themselves portrayed? Do they reveal a deeper truth? How far have they been genuinely revelatory?

The interviewees are former Downing Street spin doctors Alastair Campbell and Lance Price, writers and directors David Hare (Absence of War and other New Labour plays), Alistair Beaton (A Very Social Secretary and The Trial of Tony Blair), Neil McKay (Mo), Peter Kosminsky (The Project and The Government Inspector) and Stephen Frears (The Deal and The Queen), and current and former Labour MPs Clare Short, Adam Ingram, Andrew Mackinlay and Stephen Pound.

The producer is Jane Ashley

Steven Fielding is Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Nottingham.


SAT 21:00 Classic Serial (b00syzyl)
PG Wodehouse - Summer Lightning

Episode 2

A star cast in a timeless comedy.

Lord Emsworth's brother, Galahad Threepwood, is writing his memoirs, to the horror and trepidation of all who knew him in their wild youths. Sinister forces at Blandings Castle scheme to halt the scandalous revelations.

Rupert Baxter has been recalled to Blandings by Lady Constance to steal the incriminating maunscript on her behalf. Emsworth's beloved pig, the Empress, has disappeared.

Hugo and Millicent's secret engagement has been broken off. In an attempt to assuage Ronnie's mistaken anger over a nightclub encounter, Sue is now masquerading as an American heiress.

Detective Percy Pilbeam, also ensconced in the castle, plots to steal Galahad's racy memoirs. Beach the butler is nervous about his part in the stolen pig plot.

Will these dilemmas be happily resolved, restoring peace and harmony to Blandings?

Hon. Galahad Threepwood ... Charles Dance
Lady Constance ... Patricia Hodge
Beach ..... Tim Pigott-Smith
Percy Pilbeam ... Matt Lucas
Lord Emsworth ... Martin Jarvis
Hugo Carmody ... Samuel West
Sue Brown ... Lisa Dillon
Ronnie Fish ... Matthew Wolf
Millicent ... Rachael Stirling
Rupert Baxter ... Jared Harris
Mrs Rundle ... Joanna David
Voice of Wodehouse ... Ian Ogilvy

Dramatised by Archie Scottney.

Director: Martin Jarvis
Producer: Rosalind Ayres
A Jarvis & Ayres production for BBC Radio 4.


SAT 22:00 News and Weather (b00t0wrl)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4, followed by weather.


SAT 22:15 Moral Maze (b00t0d19)
France is the latest European country to talk of banning the burqa - the full Islamic face veil for women. Belgium has already voted for a ban and there's also been talk of similar laws in Holland and Spain. France has the largest Muslim population in Europe and polls there show overwhelming support for the proposal. It's estimated that around 1900 women in France wear the burqa and most do so because they want to. Those in favour of a ban argue that the burqa is a gateway to extremism and an attack on secularism, a central value of modern-day France. For many this is also an issue of protecting women's rights; the burqa they argue, is a symbol of male oppression and as one French law maker is reported to have said, women who wear them must be liberated, even against their will.

The state banning something as personal as what you chose to wear in public is a tricky issue for liberal Western democracies, but can the rush to uncover Europe's most pious Muslims be explained solely by a newfound desire to protect the rights of women? Or is this more about notions of cultural purity and the darker side of humanity in Europe which raises its head from time to time? The fear of the stranger, of shunning those who look different to ourselves - the attitude which can lead to Islamophobia/racism. How far should we compromise our values to accommodate the cultural norms from different faiths and societies?

Michael Buerk chairs with Claire Fox, Clifford Longley, Anne McElvoy and Matthew Taylor.

Witnesses:
Peter Whittle, Director, The New Culture Forum
Mona Eltahaway, Commentator and public lecturer on Arab and Muslim issues
Khola Hasan, Islamic legal consultant
Dr Salman Sayyid, Reader in Sociology at Leeds.


SAT 23:00 Quote... Unquote (b00sznl1)
The quotations quiz hosted by Nigel Rees.

As ever, a host of celebrities will be joining Nigel as he quizzes them on the sources of a range of quotations and asks them for the amusing sayings or citations that they have personally collected on a variety of subjects.

Reader ..... Peter Jefferson.

Produced by Sam Bryant.


SAT 23:30 Poetry Please (b00syzyq)
Roger McGough with your requests, including poems by Kipling, Shelley and Yevtushenko.
Many of the poems in today's programme are about choices. Some are about moral decisions. For instance, Lorna Goodison reads her poem 'For Rosa Parks', about the black woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. There are poems about being coerced - like the child in Kipling's 'A Smuggler's Song'. Derek Mahon's 'A Disused Shed in County Wexford' is about the voiceless; those that aren't even heard, let alone have choices to make. W.H Auden urges us all to 'Leap Before You Look', Shelley rages about the state of England in 1819, and Porphyria's Lover makes a terrible decision in a poem by Browning. The readers are Kenneth Cranham and Jonjo O'Neill.
Producer: Sarah Langan.