SUNDAY 31 MARCH 2013

SUN 00:00 Midnight News (b01rkpj4)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4. Followed by Weather.


SUN 00:30 Kenneth Cranham on the Water (b01b8zw5)
Broad Reach, by Roy Apps

Written by Roy Apps.

Today's story - Broad Reach by Roy Apps - is the second in a series of specially commissioned stories which take boats and boating as their theme.

Nick has lost both legs in a car crash - and all his confidence as well. With the help of Jamie, his son, he starts sailing again - and manages to get the better of a pompous Yacht Club Commodore into the bargain....

A series of specially commissioned tales inspired by rivers and boats.

Producer: David Blount
A Pier Production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast (b01rkpj6)
The latest shipping forecast.


SUN 02:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (b01rpf29)
BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. BBC Radio 4 resumes at 5.20am.


SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast (b01rkpj8)
The latest shipping forecast.


SUN 05:30 News Briefing (b01rkpjb)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday (b01rl0rj)
The bells of Worcester Cathedral.


SUN 05:45 Profile (b01rkyvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 News Headlines (b01rkpjd)
The latest national and international news.


SUN 06:05 Something Understood (b01rl0yv)
Rising from the Ashes

This Easter edition of Something Understood examines some of the themes associated with the Passion and Resurrection of Christ, and asks what we can learn from them today.

The forgiveness of sin, overcoming great obstacles and learning to move on are all ideas represented in the story of Easter.

Mark Tully asks whether we can learn from the Easter narrative only on a symbolic level or whether it offers us lessons of a more practical or physical kind. He discusses the art of rediscovering the story of Easter week with Bishop of Bradford, Nick Baines, and a mix of readings and music.

The readers are Monica Dolan and Mark Quartley.

Produced by Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 06:35 Sunrise Service (b01rl0yx)
from Liverpool Anglican cathedral led by Canon Myles Davies and Pastor Dr Tani Omideyi with the Love and Joy gospel choir.


SUN 06:57 Weather (b01rkpjg)
The latest weather forecast.


SUN 07:00 News and Papers (b01rkpjj)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SUN 07:10 Sunday (b01rl0yz)
The former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has criticised the Prime Minister for failing to stand up for the rights of Christians in Britain. In fact he's gone further claiming that Mr Cameron is actively encouraging an aggressively secular and distinctly anti Christian bias in public life. Former Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir Ali and the Rt Rev Alan Wilson Bishop of Buckingham discuss.

As Holy Week ends and millions of Christians around the world celebrate Easter, Reverend Chloe Breyer from Interfaith Centre of New York analyses the life and journey of Egeria, a Spanish nun in the fourth century whose travel diaries have served as primary source material for modern Holy Week liturgies.

Trevor has been looking at Prayer in the light of a survey from the Church of England that says many people still pray.but who do we speak to when we do, and what is it that we mean by prayer?

And Kevin Bocquet catches up with the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams as he gets his sleeves rolled up at a Cambridge food bank.

Interview with journalist Peter Stevenson about the role the Cypriot church has played in the unfolding crisis from putting the wealth of the church at the disposal of the country to calling for those who are to blame to be put on trial.

Over 1 million refugees have now fled the conflict in Syria and Lebanon has accepted the largest number. This Easter Sunday Trevor talks to the Pastor of a Lebanese Church in the Bekaa Valley about their efforts to help.

Lord Touhig is one of the signatories of a letter sent this week to the Pope from Catholic MPs urging Pope to allow priests to marry he explains why.


SUN 07:55 Radio 4 Appeal (b01rl0z1)
Freedom from Torture

Thandie Newton presents the Radio 4 Appeal for Freedom from Torture
Reg Charity:1000340
To Give:
- Freephone 0800 404 8144
- Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal, mark the back of the envelope Freedom from Torture.


SUN 07:57 Weather (b01rkpjl)
The latest weather forecast.


SUN 08:00 News and Papers (b01rkpjn)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship (b01rl0z3)
Easter Sunday Worship

Easter Eucharist live from Liverpool Cathedral. Preacher: The Bishop of Liverpool The Right Revd James Jones. Celebrant: The Very Revd Dr Pete Wilcox, Dean of Liverpool. The choir of Liverpool Cathedral, directed by David Poulter, sing Jonathan Dove's joyful Missa Brevis and a wealth of Easter carols and hymns.


SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House (b01rl0z5)
Sunday morning magazine programme, presented by Paddy O'Connell.


SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus (b01rl0z7)
For detailed descriptions see daily episodes.

Writer ..... Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti
Director ..... Julie Beckett
Editor ..... Vanessa Whitburn

Alistair Lloyd ..... Michael Lumsden
Shula Hebden Lloyd ..... Judy Bennett
David Archer ..... Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer ..... Felicity Finch
Pip Archer ..... Helen Monks
Elizabeth Pargetter ..... Alison Dowling
Helen Archer ..... Louiza Patikas
Tom Archer ..... Tom Graham
Jennifer Aldridge ..... Angela Piper
Lilian Bellamy ..... Sunny Ormonde
Emma Grundy ..... Emerald O'Hanrahan
Neil Carter ..... Brian Hewlett
Christopher Carter ..... William Sanderson-Thwaite
Alice Carter ..... Hollie Chapman
Mike Tucker ..... Terry Molloy
Vicky Tucker ..... Rachel Atkins
Roy Tucker ..... Ian Pepperell
Brenda Tucker ..... Amy Shindler
Alan Franks ..... John Telfer
Amy Franks ..... Jennifer Daley
Paul Morgan ..... Michael Fenton Stevens
Elona Makepeace ..... Eri Shuka
Darrell Makepeace ..... Dan Hagley
Iftikar Shah ..... Pal Aron.


SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs (b01rl0z9)
Sir Sydney Kentridge

Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Sir Sydney Kentridge QC.

Widely regarded as a leading advocate of the 20th century, he continues to make his mark in the 21st; he recently appeared for the first time in the European Court of Justice and at the end of last year he spent the actual day of his 90th birthday working in the English Supreme Court.

Born in South Africa, he was first called to the bar there at the end of the 1940s and played a leading role in some of the most significant political trials of the apartheid era. 'Understated, controlled, relentlessly rational' - and with devastating cross-examination skills - the verdict of one of his clients - Nelson Mandela.

He himself says "I hope there's only one thing about my professional life of which I've boasted and which I think, as a lawyer, is unique on my part - I have acted as an advocate for three winners of The Nobel Peace Prize. I don't think anyone else has done that."

Producer: Isabel Sargent.


SUN 12:00 Just a Minute (b01rg1h2)
Series 65

Episode 7

Just how hard can it be to talk for 60 seconds with no hesitation, repetition and deviation?


SUN 12:32 The Food Programme (b01rl1dl)
Fasting, old and new

Sheila Dillon looks at the practice of fasting - then and now - from a religious and medical perspective

Producer: Maggie Ayre.


SUN 12:57 Weather (b01rkpjq)
The latest weather forecast.


SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend (b01rl1dn)
Shaun Ley presents the latest national and international news, including an in-depth look at events around the world. Email: wato@bbc.co.uk; twitter: #theworldthisweekend.


SUN 13:30 Medicalising Grief (b01rl1q8)
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - or DSM - is a book full of lists of symptoms, strange sounding names, codes and guidelines. It's also a book that changes lives. Its champions say it is simply a system of classification, a diagnostic tool. Its critics claim it is more - it decides what is and isn't a disease and that every time a new version is published an increasing number of people are labelled mentally ill.

And for every diagnosis in the DSM, there is a corresponding medical treatment waiting in the wings.

In May 2013, the American Psychiatric Association will publish the latest edition of their DSM and it is likely to cause tension within the American psychiatric establishment.

But why is this medical-looking manual causing such controversy?

Where some say the previous DSM was responsible for pathologising childhood, critics of the new edition will medicalise grief.

Are the intense feelings most people experience after the death of a loved one misery or melancholia? That is the ongoing debate, the result of which will have an impact on millions of people and our understanding of a fundamental human reaction.

In a post-Prozac world, when normal becomes abnormal, medication generally follows. An estimated 8 to 10 million people lose a loved one every year and something like a third to a half of them suffer depressive symptoms for up to a month afterward. How much does the pharmaceutical industry stand to benefit if an extra 5 million people a year are prescribed anti-depressants?

Matthew Hill investigates the DSM, its decisions over what is and is not a mental illness, and the people behind it.

Producer: Gemma Newby
A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time (b01rl1qb)
Jodrell Bank

Peter Gibbs chairs questions from local gardeners at The Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre. Chris Beardshaw, Anne Swithinbank and Pippa Greenwood form the panel.

Chris Bearshaw also visits the 'Galaxy Gardens' that he helped design for Jodrell Bank and Matthew Biggs travels to West Yorkshire to meet BBC 3's 'Young Gardener of the Year' finalist Jamie Butterworth, at his grandparents' garden.

Produced by Howard Shannon.
A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4.

This week's questions:

Q: Most of our lawn is moss what should we do?
A: Too much moss can start to look messy, so in springtime you could try using a moss-killer and raking it out. If you want to stay chemical-free, promoting good vigorous lawn grass growth is the best method of attack, so try to improve aeration and keep your grass adequately fed. For something less high maintenance, turn it into more of a meadow with more flowering plants and grasses.

Q: Can the panel recommend a variety of sunflower that looks good and produces a good amount of seeds for the birds?
A: The Russian Giant is a lovely tall sunflower with classic colours and a huge head with good seeds. The American Giant would also be a good option, as it has a very large face and a wonderfully tall, walking-stick-like stem.

Q: Every year I gather leaves but once they're decomposed not a lot of leaf mould is left. How can I put this limited amount to use most effectively?
A: The fine material is a good addition to compost - but make sure you sieve it first to remove the larger bits of leaves leaving them to decompose further. It would also be very useful for enriching soil in raised woodland beds for plants such as Double Bloodroot Sanguinaria, Trilliums and Merrybells.

Q: We are moving house and hope to take several shrub and climbing roses with us.
Should I save each as a pruned, moist and wrapped root ball, or clean and dry them out to transport as a bare root plant?
A: It's always best to try and keep them as intact as possible so wrapping the root ball up in something like Hessian is the more favourable option. Make sure to get them back into containers sooner rather than later so that fine roots have time to re-establish.

Q: I have a Spathiphyllum Peace Lily that I keep indoors that has recently developed holes in leaves. What do you think it could be?
A: It is unlikely to be vine weevil, so it may well be slug or caterpillar damage if your lilies have spent holidays outside at any point. Try careful surveillance in the evening to see if you can spot anything - perhaps even the cat playing with it.

Q: What does the panel think is the best all-round plant for the young wildlife gardener?
A: Apple trees and the Elder tree would be a wonderful options as they are really easy to get hold of and grow. The blossom would attract all sorts of wildlife, bees and insects and falling fruit would attract plenty of bugs, aphids and birds such as fieldfare and pheasants. Rosa Rugosa would be another good option as it is cheap, quick growing and the fragrant flowers and hips would be attractive to wildlife. You also can't beat native hedging such as Wild Roses, Sloes and Hawthorns.

Q: A few years ago I bought Penstemons, which for the first year good but have since turned woody and leggy. What is the best way to care for them to avoid this?
A: Penstemons don't like wet roots so try using some grit to enrich the soil and allow for better draining through the winter months. Treat it like lavender or rosemary with fairly hard pruning in early summer to encourage side shoots and then once again after they have flowered. Left untamed they tend defoliate and mature very quickly.

Q: I am currently planting a fernery - do the panel enjoy ferns and which ones would they recommend?
A: Ferns are hugely underused and undervalued considering can be used in the garden very effectively. Ferns with vertically growing rhizomes produce sculptural shuttle-cock style plants such as Matteuccia Struthiopteris - which grows to around four foot high and is verdant green. If you are looking for ground coverage go for something with horizontally growing rhizomes such as Bracken, or Osmunda Regalis Purpurascens which has a dark inky black stripe -and combines very well with geraniums an hellebores.


SUN 14:45 In Pursuit of Spring (b01rl1qd)
Episode 3

Edward Thomas (1878-1917) was arguably the most accomplished and profound writer of English rural prose, with a unique poetic-prose style. His reputation rests almost entirely today on his poetry, the one hundred and forty four poems which he wrote in the last two years of his life, between December 1914 and December 1916. In January 1917 he embarked for France and the Battle of Arras in which he was killed on April 9th, 1917.

As a prose writer Edward Thomas is often overshadowed by his poetry, but over Easter 1913, he set off on a cycle ride of personal self-discovery across Southern England. In doing so he was hoping to reconnect with the countryside he felt he had become disconnected from, having lived in London for some time. This journey was published in 1914 in his book "In Pursuit of Spring" and it remains a poignant reminder of one of our greatest countryside writers, who just a few years later would die on the battlefields of World War One.

Over Easter 2013, naturalist Matthew Oates pursues his own personal homage to Thomas by following in the literacy cycle tracks of the Edwardian writer one hundred years before. Throughout the series, academic and travel writer Robert MacFarlane, an admirer of Thomas himself, will read passages from Thomas's work which illustrate the man within. Rather than faithfully recreating the earlier journey, Matthew aims to recapture the spirit of self-discovery as he travels through southern England to meet people who can explain Thomas, the man behind the writing.

In this series of three programmes Matthew Oates will be travelling to Steep in Hampshire, where Thomas lived, and where he wrote his most famous works. Not far away in Coate near Swindon is the home of Richard Jefferies, whom inspired Thomas. In Gloucestershire, Thomas lived for a few short weeks in 1914 with the Dymock poets, here it is believed he began to reject prose for poetry under the influence of his great friend Robert Frost. The series ends by the Quantocks in Somerset, the scene of the great romantic nature partnership between Coleridge and Wordsworth.

But as Thomas travelled across southern England in 1913, was he aware that the life he had known, and more importantly the countryside which gave him solace from his depression, was about to abruptly end. Unwittingly, Thomas has provided today's reader with 'Mirror of England' taking us back to a simpler time when the horrors of a European conflict were yet still beyond comprehension.

Presented by Matthew Oates.
Produced by Andrew Dawes.


SUN 15:00 Classic Serial (b01rp96t)
A Larkin Double

Jill

Episode 1 (of 2): Jill

Dramatised for the first time on BBC Radio 4 by Robin Brooks (Ulysses, I Claudius, The Chandler Season). Starring Samuel Barnett as John Kemp. With Jessica Raine , Richard Goulding and Frank Dillane, and introducing Grace Englert as Jill.

Jill was Philip Larkin's first novel, written when he was 21 and just out of Oxford. John Kemp, a Northern Grammar boy arrives at Oxford for his first term. Socially awkward and inexperienced, he finds he is sharing rooms with the upper class Christopher Warner, whose brash loutish behaviour both intimidates and attracts him.

Jill is a subtle and moving account of a young man facing the big issues of life - sex and class - and retreating into the world of the imagination. In effect, Jill is about Larkin finding himself as a writer - a book about the craft of writing and a young man's journey from boyhood to maturity.

Dramatised by Robin Brooks
Producer/Director: Fiona McAlpine
Sound: Alisdair McGregor
An Allegra production for BBC Radio 4.


SUN 16:00 Open Book (b01rl1qj)
Patrick Ness on The Crane Wife

Patrick Ness talks to Mariella Frostrup about his novel The Crane Wife. As a children's author Ness has won the prestigious Carnegie Award not once but twice and seen his books for teens described as "so violent they need a health warning". His last Carnegie winner is "The Monster Calls," a project he inherited from the late and celebrated children's writer Siobhan O'Dowd, which deals with the death of a parent. His first, "Chaos Walking," is currently being adapted for the big screen, and describes a dystopian world where his two young protagonists Todd and Viola are forced to do battle with The Noise, a germ that broadcasts the characters' inner thoughts and feelings. However in "The Crane Wife" - which is written for adults - Ness adopts the style of a romantic fairytale; retelling the eponymous Japanese folk-story about a fisherman whose perfect and money spinning spouse turns out to be a Crane and flies away.

With the arrival of Spring in the UK still much anticipated, we consider how writers have been inspired by its advent from Charlotte Bronte to George Orwell. Writer Horatio Clare - whose own award winning memoir Running For The Hills about growing up on a sheep farm abounds with joyous accounts of Spring's arrival - joins journalist and Professor of Literature at University College London John Sutherland to discuss the key role that this most embraced season has played in literature.

Despite discount deals and the relative affordability of replacements these days most of us have a novel on our shelves that we adore above all others and for sentimental, romantic or compulsive reasons wouldn't contemplate it leaving our possession. In the first in our occasional series on precious books, novelist and critic Amanda Craig comes clean about the novel that won't be prised off her book-shelf for love nor money: Henrietta's House by Elizabeth Goudge. And do you have a precious book that you would never lend to anyone? We want to know about yours so do email (or write!) to tell us about the title we'd have to prize from your dying hand and what makes it so special.

Producer: Andrea Kidd.


SUN 16:30 Rhyme and Reason (b01rl1ql)
Poet and DJ Mr Gee talks to songwriters about poetry and how it influences their work.

The performance poet, DJ and broadcaster, Mr Gee - familiar from his work on Saturday Live and Russell Brand's Radio 2 show - is fascinated by poetry and songwriting, the similarities and the differences between these crafts. He seeks out songwriters who love poetry and hears from them about the importance of poetry in their lives and the way it influences their songwriting.

Noel Gallagher recalls going to see poets such as John Cooper Clarke and Lemn Sissay perform, and explains how his songs are metaphorical and imagistic, using the techniques of poetry.

Cerys Matthews, who came to fame two decades ago as the singer in Catatonia, is a Welsh speaker, in which language poetry is written in strict, elaborate forms. The poets she cites as influential include Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg, whose work, formally, ranges as wide as the plains of America, with enormously long lines and patterns like mountain ranges. These poets inspire her directly, she tells Mr Gee, then she picks up her guitar and sings.

For Richard Thompson the influence of the poets he loves - Eliot, Yeats and John Clare - is more tangential. It colours the mood and tone of his great songs of modern England. Sometimes the rhythms of poems find their way into his songs. He is struck by the power of traditional songs, how they evoke characters, and unfold stories in images.

Akala plays a game, firing quotes from Shakespeare and rap songs and challenging Mr Gee to identify which is which. This leads to serious discussion about the common ground between Shakespeare and Hip-hop, and the poetic richness of contemporary popular culture.

And Rapper Jordan Stephens, from Rizzle Kicks, reveals how poetry was at the centre of his upbringing and how one poem is so important to him that he's had it tattooed on his forearm.

Mr Gee hears, too, from someone working the other way around. Ian McMillan, enthusiast of what his wife calls 'squeaky gate music' by, for instance, Captain Beefheart, reveals how songs have influenced the poetry he writes, some of which is then set to music.

Producer: Julian May

For Mr gee information go to: http://soundcloud.com/mr-gee-poet.


SUN 17:00 File on 4 (b01rg231)
Rochdale Abuse: Failed Victims?

The high profile child sex abuse case in Rochdale last summer - in which nine men were jailed for more than 70 years for grooming underage girls - has been defined as a watershed moment in how the authorities deal with this kind of abuse.
But were there crucial failings?
In an exclusive interview for File on 4, one of the police officers involved in the case claims that flaws in the way it was handled meant important witness evidence was dropped and some abusers were never prosecuted - leaving a new generation of girls potentially at risk and victims seriously let down.
Jane Deith also hears complaints that witnesses were left without adequate support to help them re-build their lives.
Earlier this month the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, published new guidelines for police and prosecutors in such cases. But have they come too late for many victims?

Producer: Sally Chesworth
Reporter: Jane Deith.


SUN 17:40 Profile (b01rkyvf)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast (b01rkpjs)
The latest shipping forecast.


SUN 17:57 Weather (b01rkpjv)
The latest weather forecast.


SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News (b01rkpjx)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week (b01rl1qn)
Flamenco takes centre stage in the protests against banks and the big bonus culture is under the spotlight. Bees are transported thousands of miles around California to work and Nuns take to the woods of the North York moors. Daughters adopted from afar, shoes and Trevor Noah all have stories to tell - so join Liz Barclay on this week's Pick of the Week.

Witness - Terracotta Warriors - World Service
Daughters from Afar - Radio 4
Go West - Different Voices - Radio 4
Open Country - Radio 4
On the Trail of the Honeybee - Radio 4
Flashmob Flamenco - Radio 4
Foot Notes - Radio 4
David Bowie at the BBC - Radio 2
The Hate Debate - Radio 1
Open Air - Radio 4
Inside the Bonus Culture - Radio 4
Trevor Noah - The Racist - Radio 4
The Minister - Radio 4
The Butterfly Effect - Radio 4

Produced by Rachel Ross

If you'd like to make a suggestion please email the programme potw@bbc.co.uk.


SUN 19:00 The Archers (b01rl1y1)
With breakfast ready after the dawn service, Nic's impressed with the organisation. Jennifer and Clarrie put it down to plenty of practice. The congregation's main chat around the tea urn is about the church organ, which seems to have developed a problem.

Emma takes advantage of the crowd at The Bull's Easter egg hunt to give out plenty of Ed's milk leaflets.

The children enjoy their Easter eggs from Heather. Ruth thanks her for the Simnel cake. As Pip rushes off to see Spencer, Jill turns up with another Simnel cake. Pip calls to say Spencer's grandma has arrived, so she can't leave. Ruth points out that both her grandmothers are waiting to have tea with her but Pip doesn't see it as a big deal. Meanwhile Heather and Jill exchange guarded pleasantries over their Simnel cakes.

When Pip eventually returns, Jill has already left. David and Ruth insist she tries Heather's delicious cake. While Heather goes to the kitchen, they say Pip must make up for today by taking Heather to Lower Loxley's Easter fair tomorrow, over-riding her protests that she's made plans with Spencer. Returning with the cake, Heather wishes Pip a happy Easter, which David echoes through gritted teeth.


SUN 19:15 Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section (b01rl1y3)
Series 2

With Matt Lucas and Liane Carroll

Comedy show hosted by Alex Horne and his five piece band and specially written, original music.

This episode explores the theme of the Four Seasons.

Guest starring Matt Lucas who performs some songs with the band - and jazz singer Liane Carroll who Alex conducts with the aid of a ping pong ball.

Alex's Horne Section are:

Trumpet/banjo .... Joe Auckland
Saxophone/clarinet ....Mark Brown
Double Bass/Bass .... Will Collier
Drums and Percussion .... Ben Reynolds
Piano/keyboard .... Ed Sheldrake

Producer: Julia McKenzie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2013.


SUN 19:45 Go West (b01rl1y5)
The Most Beautiful Man in the World

Five stories made in Bristol

5. The Most Beautiful Man in the World
by Katherine Mitchell

A comic monologue recorded at the Bath Literature Festival

Producer Christine Hall.


SUN 20:00 Feedback (b01rgm2y)
Confusion, frustration, abdication and revolution in this week's Feedback.

Vanessa Whitburn the longest-serving editor of The Archers is leaving after 22 years. She tells Roger about bullying from listeners, hints at plans for the Ambridge murder that never was and confesses that she often keeps quiet about her job for fear of being hijacked at social events.

Also this week, Radio 4 listeners have been treated to a series of five "playful and surprising audio interventions" - three-minute creations by contemporary artists. More like "baffling" and "bizarre" say many listeners. Tony Phillips the man who commissioned the works, explains the thinking behind them.

Is The Bottom Line too focussed on fat cats? In these times of austerity is there enough room on Radio 4 for the voice of rest of the workers? The programme's presenter Evan Davis takes it on the chin.

And why did Radio 4 ruin the afternoon of so many Formula 1 fans?

Presenter: Roger Bolton

Producers: Karen Pirie and Katherine Godfrey
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio.


SUN 20:30 Last Word (b01rgm2w)
An actor, a Russian tycoon, a BBC producer, a Bangladeshi president and a Motown producer

On Last Word this week:

Actor Richard Griffiths is remembered by theatre directors Nicholas Hytner and Thea Sharrock.

We also hear about the life of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky;

Radio One founding producer Angela Bond, who brought Kenny Everett to the airwaves;

Bangladeshi President Mohammed Zillur Rahman;

And Motown producer Deke Richards who worked with The Jackson 5.


SUN 21:00 Money Box (b01rkxj0)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:00 on Saturday]


SUN 21:26 Radio 4 Appeal (b01rl0z1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:55 today]


SUN 21:30 Analysis (b01rg1hb)
Nudge Theory in Practice

Politicians are wary of forcing us to do the things they think we should such as drinking less, saving more for our pensions or using public transport. But they are also reluctant to do nothing. The theories expounded in the book Nudge, published in 2008, suggested there was a third way: a "libertarian paternalist" option whereby governments made doing the right thing easier but not obligatory. Rather than making pensions compulsory, for example, governments could make saving for one the default option whilst preserving the right to opt out.

Nudge theory appealed to our better selves and to our politicians. The book's ideas were taken up by those inside government in Britain and the US.

One of the book's authors, Cass Sunstein, answers questions from an audience at the Institute for Government in London and tells presenter Edward Stourton how well he thinks his theories are working in practice.

Producer: Rosamund Jones.


SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour (b01rl1y7)
Preview of the week's political agenda at Westminster with MPs, experts and commentators. Discussion of the issues politicians are grappling with in the corridors of power.


SUN 22:45 What the Papers Say (b01rl1y9)
Sam Coates of The Times looks back on the papers coverage the week's big stories, including economic problems in Cyprus, David Miliband's resignation, immigration, and the weather.


SUN 23:00 The Film Programme (b01rgmb5)
Danny Boyle special; new film Trance plus a reflection on his career to date

Francine Stock talks to Oscar winning film director Danny Boyle about a lifetime spent making films, including his latest "Trance", a noirish art heist starring James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson, in which a fine art auctioneer (McAvoy) joins forces with a hypnotherapist (Dawson) to recover a lost painting. It's a psychological crime drama, a glossier 21 st century take on a theme he's visited before in his work - a trio of characters locked in a hell of their own making. In this free ranging interview Boyle discusses films from Shallow Grave to Oscar winning box office hit Slumdog Millionaire to the triumph of his staging of the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony.Danny Boyle talks about his respect for actors and the ancient art of performance, acknowledging that the director's role is a relatively recent innovation. He also discusses the important role of sound in the evolution of cinema, how making movies for a 20 million dollar budget gives him directorial freedom and why he still has faith in the power of the big screen to attract audiences despite the vast changes heralded by the digital revolution.Danny Boyle's films include Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later, Millions, The Beach, Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours.Producer: Hilary Dunn.


SUN 23:30 Something Understood (b01rl0yv)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today]