SATURDAY 05 NOVEMBER 2022

SAT 00:00 Midnight News (m001dp53)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 00:30 Disaster Trolls (m001dp1v)
5. Who believes this stuff?

How widespread is the belief in conspiracy theories that falsely claim UK terror attacks are faked? Marianna Spring reveals the results of a survey carried out for the BBC.

There’s a moment of revelation when she talks to Alicia, a fan of Richard D Hall, to learn more about the appeal of the online conspiracy show host. We also hear how Hall’s online reach has grown during the pandemic.

In this BBC Radio 4 podcast series, Marianna Spring, the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, investigates how survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing and other tragedies, are targeted with online abuse and false claims that deny the reality of the horrific events they have lived through.

How popular are these extreme conspiracy theories? What are the factors that make people more susceptible to believing them? This episode provides some insight from the results of an online survey carried out for the BBC. King's College London interviewed more than 4000 adults in the UK, between 1-9 October 2022.

Presenter: Marianna Spring
Producer: Ant Adeane
Editor: Ed Main


SAT 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001dp5j)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


SAT 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001dp5x)
BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.


SAT 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001dp6b)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


SAT 05:30 News Briefing (m001dp6n)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001dp6x)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Haydon Spenceley, Christian musician and worship leader.

Saturday

Good morning. I really hate fireworks. At the risk of coming adrift from those listening to this programme as early as the second sentence of the broadcast I have to be clear and up front with you. It’s a semi-regular thought of mine that I wish Guy Fawkes had settled for a quieter, more peaceable existence around this time of year all those centuries ago.

We live in a world where fireworks are very common, both literally and metaphorically. I have cerebral palsy and part of that condition means that I have a startle reflex, particularly bad and annoying when I’m tired, when I will have a spasm at sudden loud noises (like fireworks). Many people have this and I’m far from alone, nor is mine as difficult to manage as I know it can be for others but it is incredibly frustrating, to say the least. Many the time I’ve ended up wearing a drink, and that’s because of the startle reflex, not because I’ve upset the person I was speaking to.

I wonder if there comes a point in our lives when we could do with a few less fireworks going off. The last few years has felt like a series of firecrackers, one after another. Perhaps you wake up, or head to bed, this morning, hoping, like me, for a few less fireworks and a little more still, small voice of calm in your life today.

Father, thank you for your peace, which is a gift you never take back once we have received it. Let us enjoy it and share it with others today.

Amen.


SAT 05:45 One to One (m00180kj)
The Thrill of Fear: Felicity Hannah talks to Neil Gaiman

Spooky tour guide turned financial journalist Felicity Hannah wants to know why being scared can feel so good. Why do we frighten ourselves for fun? Why do we love scary stories and terrifying TV?

She asks Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline, The Graveyard Book, Neverwhere and The Sandman – a storyteller who knows all about the power of fear to fascinate and delight us.

Felicity and Neil talk about what scares them the most, when fear loses its thrill, and, of course, ‘horror for four year olds’.

Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sarah Goodman.


SAT 06:00 News and Papers (m001dwgd)
The latest news headlines. Including the weather and a look at the papers.


SAT 06:07 Open Country (m001dnp8)
Tolkien Land

Tolkien once remarked that reviewers, "seem to think that Middle-earth is another planet!" In fact the Shire, Isengard and the horses of Rohan are much closer to home than you think. Tolkien had a car in the 1930's and used to drive out of Oxford and visit sites that definitely filter into the books he wrote. Now Miles Warde has been out with Tolkien expert John Garth to find traces of Tolkien Land at Faringdon Tower and the Rollright Stones. There's also a brief appearance for Sarehole near Birmingham, where the young Tolkien grew up, plus archive of the great writer talking about where his books may have been based.

John Garth is the author of The Worlds of JRR Tolkien - the places that inspired Middle-earth.

The producer for BBC audio in Bristol is Miles Warde


SAT 06:30 Farming Today (m001dwgj)
05/11/22 Bird flu compensation 'not fit for purpose', rural housing

As avian flu forces poultry in England into lockdown, Scottish farmers say their flocks too should be coming inside.
We hear calls for a better compensation scheme for farms hit with bird flu.
All week we've been focusing on rural housing: where we build, what we build and the challenges for people who want to work and live in the countryside.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.


SAT 06:57 Weather (m001dwgp)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SAT 07:00 Today (m001dwgt)
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


SAT 09:00 Saturday Live (m001dwgy)
Luke Evans

Luke Evans joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The Hobbit and Nine Perfect Strangers star left a happy family home in Wales age 16 to pursue his dreams. Luke's big break came after being seen in a London play and he combines acting with a lifelong passion for singing, as he releases his second album.

Lucy Gray began collecting discarded shopping lists by accident, as a way to amuse her friends during lockdown. After amassing over 250 of them, they are being displayed in the Museum of Brands in London. Lucy talks about what shopping lists say about us, and how they offer a window into the human condition.

Susan Rogers started her career as a recording engineer and worked with Prince on albums including Purple Rain and Parade. After more commercial success in the 1990s she finally had the money to move into academia and is now a professor of Psychoacoustics, looking at why we’re drawn to music and what it says about us.

Dan Walker chooses his Inheritance Tracks: the theme-tune to Grandstand and Heartache Tonight by the Eagles.

Writer and poet, David Toms was born with a rare congenital heart defect - a transposition of the great arteries. As a result, he has had to live with the fear and restriction of not knowing when his heart might give out. What has life been like for him, having to learn to live life as a spectator?

A Song For You by Luke Evans is out now.
This Is What It Sounds Like: What The Music You Like Says About You by Susan Rogers is out now.
Standing on the Shoulders by Dan Walker is out now.
Pacemaker by David Toms is out now.

Producer: Claire Bartleet


SAT 10:30 The Kitchen Cabinet (m001dwh2)
Series 38

Preston

Jay Rayner and a panel of culinary experts are in Preston, Lancashire. Taking questions from the local audience are Tim Anderson, Jordan Bourke, Rob Owen Brown and Zoe Laughlin.

The panellists confess their go-to dish to impress a love interest, cooked with varying levels of romantic success. Meanwhile Lancashire lad Rob gets nostalgic munching on a local sweet treat, Goosnargh biscuits. On hand to tell us about its distinctive flavour is Rachel Carefoot, head baker at Williams Handbaked.

Our experts also share their favourite fried chicken recipes, including one with a surprise ingredient. Instant mashed potato, anyone?

Producer: Jemima Rathbone
Assistant Producer: Aniya Das
Executive Producer: Louisa Field

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4


SAT 11:00 The Week in Westminster (m001dwh8)
Top commentators review the political week, presented by political editor of The Guardian, Pippa Crerar. With guests Dame Diana Johnson MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee; Sir John Hayes MP; Alok Sharma MP, outgoing COP president; Daniel Greenberg, incoming parliamentary commissioner for standards; Matthew Parris, columnist for The Times; and Susie Boniface, columnist for the Daily Mirror.


SAT 11:30 From Our Own Correspondent (m001dwhf)
Albania's Young Migrants

Albania’s Prime Minister this week has accused the UK of scapegoating his citizens to excuse its ‘failed policies’ on migration. This comes amid a deepening crisis over the UK’s handling of asylum seekers. Sara Monetta spoke to people in the suburbs of Tirana about why many of the Albania’s young people are choosing to leave.
Last weekend, young people gathered in the district of Itaewon, in the South Korean capital Seoul, to celebrate Halloween in far greater numbers than usual. Laila Shahrokhshahi experienced first-hand the force of the crowds before tragedy struck.
Voters in Israel chose to return Benjamin Netanyahu to power in this week's election. The big story of his dramatic comeback has been about the rise of Israel’s far-right, which he helped cultivate as a parliamentary alliance to boost the numbers for his right-wing bloc in the Knesset. Tom Bateman looks at the emergence of a new kingmaker, Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Ahead of the midterm elections, the abortion debate still polarises the US, following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs Wade. During those proceedings, there was talk of Safe Haven laws, which exist in every state, and allow mothers to anonymously leave their new-borns at a designated site if they feel they can’t parent. In Arizona, Linda Pressly met a family with direct experience of this.
Ukraine's President has accused the Kremlin of "energy terrorism", saying millions have been left without power because of Russian attacks on the energy network. Hugo Bachega has been living in the city and describes how Kyiv’s citizens have once again adapted to rapidly changing circumstances.

Presenter: Kate Adie
Producers: Serena Tarling and Ellie House
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Production Coordinator: Iona Hammond


SAT 12:00 News Summary (m001dwhh)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SAT 12:04 Money Box (m001dwhk)
Landlords, Heat Networks and Happiness

The interest rate rose to 3% this week affecting mortgage rates. We'll be looking at what that means for buy-to-let landlords. Many will have interest only mortgages linked to the interest rate so they'll begin rising almost at once. What does it mean for landlords but also tenants?

We'll discuss how the freeze in tax thresholds impacts your income and look at what could happen over the coming years.

Why over half a million households could be facing heating bills more than double those covered by the Energy Price Guarantee. It's because they warm their homes using heat networks - communal heating systems used in blocks of flats or housing estates.

New figures suggest more than half of NHS and public sector workers eligible to get cheaper broadband are missing out.

And is happiness linked to your income? How much per year would it take to make you happy? Email us with your thoughts now to moneybox@bbc.co.uk

Presenter: Paul Lewis
Reporter: Dan Whitworth
Researcher: Sandra Hardial
Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 12pm, Saturday 5th November, 2022)


SAT 12:30 The Now Show (m001dp35)
Series 61

Episode 2

Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis present the week via topical stand-up and sketches. They're joined by Colin Hoult, Laura Lexx and Jordan Gray.

Anna Mann (Colin Hoult) shares advice about the cost of living crisis, Laura Lexx looks ahead to Prince Harry’s autobiography, and musical guest Jordan Gray debunks a controversy about Mr Potato Head.

The show was written by the cast with additional material from Rebecca Bain, Laura Major, Nathan Cowley and Jade Gebbie.

Voice actors: Luke Kempner and Katie Norris

Sound: Marc Willcox & Gary Newman
Executive Producer: James Robinson
Producer: Rajiv Karia
Production Coordinator: Sarah Nicholls

A BBC Studios Production


SAT 12:57 Weather (m001dwhm)
The latest weather forecast


SAT 13:00 News and Weather (m001dwhp)
The latest national and international news and weather reports from BBC Radio 4


SAT 13:10 Any Questions? (m001dp3k)
Dame Margaret Beckett MP, Dr Maya Goodfellow, Sherelle Jacobs, Lee Rowley MP

Alex Forsyth presents political debate from East Midlands Airport with the Labour MP Dame Margaret Beckett, the writer and academic Dr Maya Goodfellow, the Daily Telegraph columnist Sherelle Jacobs and the Housing and Planning Minister Lee Rowley MP.

Producer: Camellia Sinclair
Lead broadcast engineer: Phil Booth.


SAT 14:00 Any Answers? (m001dwhr)
Have your say on the issues discussed on Any Questions?


SAT 14:45 39 Ways to Save the Planet (m0010nd6)
Zero Carbon Flight

Flying, for business or pleasure, has long been seen as one of the biggest carbon villains. As airports gear up again after Covid it's clear not every business wants to keep meetings online or holidaymakers settle for a staycation.

But what if we could fly without the guilt? Tom Heap meets some of the pioneers of zero carbon flight: hitching a ride with Harbour Air in Canada who have retrofitted one of their planes to fly on electric battery power; visiting the equivalent of the Batcave with a Bristol company making EVTOLs - electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles - which could see us zipping between cities; and asking about the use of sustainable aviation fuels. Dr Tamsin Edwards joins him to discuss how much carbon dioxide - and more - this could potentially save.

Produced in association with the Royal Geographical Society. Special thanks for this episode to Dr Andy Jefferson from Sustainable Aviation and Tim Johnson from the Aviation Environment Federation.

Producer: Anne-Marie Bullock
Researcher: Sarah Goodman.


SAT 15:00 Drama (m001dwht)
Exit Game

Reported by Alex Millar
Drama written by Nick Perry

Drama-documentary exploring the highly competitive world of the men’s professional football youth system.

At top football clubs across the country, floodlights illuminate the latest superstar youngsters from football’s production line as they twist defenders inside out and the fans chant their names in unison. But away from the lights, with stories that we rarely hear, are thousands of ‘Lost Boys’ rejected on an industrial scale by the football youth system in England.

Alex Millar, a journalist who has spent a lot of the last 20 years writing and broadcasting about lesser-known stories from within the footballing universe, takes us on a personal journey through football's youth system. Interwoven with Alex's journey, a fictional drama based on his research, explores the stories of two boys navigating their way through the system and the pressures their friendship comes under.

How are the latest footballing gems produced, and at what cost? And, how can football clubs produce tough, elite players - without a tough, elite system?

Jack . . . . . Tim Preston
Young Jack . . . . . Harvey Chapman
Nathan . . . . . Olatunji Ayofe
Young Nathan . . . . . Cannon Hay
Simon . . . . . Jonathan Forbes
Cath . . . . . Fiona Skinner
Grace . . . . . Chloë Sommer
Head Coach . . . . . David Hounslow
Dave . . . . . Roger Ringrose
Coach . . . . . Tom Kiteley
Ash . . . . . Hughie O’Donnell
Liam . . . . . Aaron Gelkoff

Sound design by Peter Ringrose
Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko


SAT 16:00 Woman's Hour (m001dwhw)
Beth Mead, Female doctors and the menopause, Donna Patterson, Policing, Shonda Rhimes & Betsy Beers, Caroline and Rose Quentin

Beth Mead was Player of the Tournament at the Euro's earlier this year, and runner-up in the Ballon d'Or which decides the best player in the world. Beth plays for Arsenal in the Women's Super League, and has a new book out called Lioness: My Journey To Glory.

After Donna Patterson's maternity leave, her employer Morrison’s gave her a full-time role, despite her only working part time. She represented herself in a tribunal and she won a £60k pay-out for maternity discrimination.

Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers are the producing partners behind some of the biggest American TV dramas of modern times – Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Bridgerton.

A report by the Police watchdog, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary - into eight forces in England and Wales, has warned that hundreds of police officers have been cleared to serve when they should have failed vetting procedures. Sir Peter Fahy, the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police from 2008 to 2015 gave his reaction.

One in five female doctors say they have considered early retirement due to menopause symptoms. A new report warns that without better support there could be ‘an exodus’ of female doctors from the NHS. Dame Jane Dacre, President of the Medical Protection Society, and Dr Nadira Awal, a GP who specialises in women's health discuss.

Mother and daughter acting duo, Caroline and Rose Quentin are appearing in a new touring production of the George Bernard Shaw play, Mrs Warren’s Profession. They discuss their relationship and their first experience of working together.

Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Dianne McGregor


SAT 17:00 PM (m001dwhy)
Full coverage of the day's news


SAT 17:30 Political Thinking with Nick Robinson (m001dwj0)
The Gillian Keegan One

Nick Robinson talks to the new education secretary, Gillian Keegan, about leaving school at 16 to work in a car factory, the time Derek Hatton bought her a glass of champagne and why sometimes cabinet ministers should just admit it when they don't know something.


SAT 17:54 Shipping Forecast (m001dwj2)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


SAT 17:57 Weather (m001dwj5)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SAT 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001dwjc)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 18:15 Loose Ends (m001dwjj)
Richard Herring, Thaddea Graham, Simon Garfield, Dominic Dromgoole, Tawiah, Rob Heron & The Teapad Orchestra, David Morrissey

Clive Anderson and David Morrissey are joined by Richard Herring, Thaddea Graham, Simon Garfield and Dominic Dromgoole for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Tawiah and Rob Heron & The Teapad Orchestra.


SAT 19:00 Profile (m001dwjn)
Kemi Badenoch

Since entering Parliament in 2017, the MP for Saffron Walden has rapidly risen through the ranks to a seat at the Cabinet table as Trade Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities.

Kemi Badenoch surprised some in Westminster when she reached the fourth round of the Conservative leadership election this summer. Her forthright views on British colonialism and trans issues have won her admirers on the political right, but also been heavily criticised by LGBTQ campaigners.

So who is Kemi Badenoch? How has her childhood in Nigeria influenced her political outlook? And how does she like to unwind? Mark Coles investigates.

Researcher: Alice Struthers
Producers: Ben Cooper and Matt Toulson
Production Co-ordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Maria Ogundele
Sound engineer: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Simon Watts


SAT 19:15 This Cultural Life (m001dwjs)
Tim Minchin

Comedian, actor and composer Tim Minchin wrote the songs for the musical adaptation of the Roald Dahl story Matilda which, after more than a decade of sell-out West End shows, has now also been adapted for the big screen. His stage musical version of the film Groundhog Day earned him an Olivier award and seven Tony nominations on Broadway. He also co-wrote and starred in the television comedy drama series Upright, and has performed solo shows around the world.

Tim Minchin tells John Wilson about his most important cultural influences and creative inspirations, starting with his upbringing in Perth, Australia. He recalls his earliest attempts at songwriting, influenced by TS Eliot and 90s grunge rock bands, which led to him writing a musical version of Love's Labour's Lost for a youth theatre company whilst he was still at school. Tim chooses the American singer-songwriter Ben Folds as one of his key influences, and particularly the 1997 Ben Folds Five album Whatever Ever And Ever, Amen. He also cites being commissioned to write the songs for The Royal Shakespeare Company's Matilda The Musical, and working with director Matthew Warchus, as a major turning creative turning point. Perhaps surprisingly, Tim chooses an ill-fated musical project, Larrikins, as another important moment in his career. He reflects on how the animated adventure, which was due to star Hugh Jackman and Margot Robbie, was cancelled by studio bosses and the effect that experience had on him.

Producer: Edwina Pitman


SAT 20:00 Archive on 4 (m001dwjx)
Our Archive Century

Science

The second programme in the series celebrating the riches of the BBC's written, audio and audio-visual archives. In this episode the subject area is science and two of Britain's leading figures in the field, Robert Winston, Baron Winston and the Space scientist and broadcaster Maggie Aderin-Pocock select archival material that shows the changing relationship between science, the national broadcaster and the public. The fears of talking down, of over-simplifying, of bewildering and boring the listener and viewer have been with us since the earliest years. The presenters discuss how broadcasters have sought to square that circle, how the attitude to science and scientists has changed over the century and why the constant striving to make scientific endeavour available to the broadest possible audience remains so important. Expect to hear archive from the Space Race, from wonderfully patrician pre-war lectures and triumph of Science at Glastonbury.

Producer: Tom Alban


SAT 21:00 No Place But the Water (m000lnm5)
Part 3

Linda Marshall Griffiths' drama series set in a flooded future world.

When there is no place but the water, where do you go?

With the arrival of Caleb and Selene to the island the family can no longer ignore the questions that they haven't dared ask: about the hotel; about the forest beyond it; about what happened to the people that were there before; about how everything can’t stay the same when the food is running out and the water keeps rising.

And then there’s the question of the Angel...

BIRDIE ..... Poppy O’Brien
JESSIE ..... Sade Malone
CALEB ..... Cel Spellman
GIL ..... .Rupert Hill
LAURIE/SELENE ..... Jenny Platt
MAURICE ..... Pearce Quigley
THE ANGEL ..... Vinette Robinson

Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound Design by Steve Brooke

Programme Consultants: Dr James M Lea and Dr Ian Dawson


SAT 21:45 Life at Absolute Zero (b08pdxbw)
Series 2

Accept No Substitute

Lynne Truss observes the inhabitants of Meridian Cliffs, a small wind-battered town on the south coast of England.

Jim regularly phones Sarah, his first wife, to go on about Emma, his second wife. Sarah doesn't mind listening to her ex husband talking about the woman who replaced her in his life. On the contrary, she loves hearing about their marital difficulties. But when Emma finds out - what a surprise - she doesn't turn out to be quite so understanding.

Directed by Kate McAll
A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.


SAT 22:00 News (m001dwk0)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SAT 22:15 Behind the Crime (m001b43m)
'Ian'

Sally Tilt and Dr Kerensa Hocken are forensic psychologists who work in prisons.

Their role is to help people who have committed crimes to look at the harm they’ve caused to other people, understand why, and work out how to make changes to prevent further harm after they’ve been released.

In Behind the Crime, they take the time to understand someone whose crimes have led to harm and in some cases, imprisonment.

In this final episode they talk to Ian*, who pleaded guilty to the offence of indecent exposure. Ian received a non-custodial sentence, was placed on the register of sex offenders and was ordered to attend a sex offender treatment programme.

Ian’s story is one of a compulsion that started early in childhood and continued into his adult years. By talking through the key moments in Ian’s life and upbringing, we can start to understand how he, and others, reach the point where they cause harm through shameful acts that cause disgust to society.

Ian's conviction led to him seeking further help to curb his compulsions, and he has successfully learned how to live safely. His behaviour has been under control for over ten years, and his successful treatment may have prevented further, far more serious harm happening in the future.

Ian engaged with a specialist charity called StopSO, which offers treatment to perpetrators and offers support for survivors of sexual offending. www.stopso.org.uk

*Ian’s name has been changed to protect his identity.

A warning that some people may find this programme distressing.

For details of organisations that can provide help and support, visit bbc.co.uk/actionline

Producer: Andrew Wilkie
Editor: Hugh Levinson
Behind the Crime is a co-production between BBC Long Form Audio and the Prison Radio Association.


SAT 23:00 Brain of Britain (m001dmz4)
Semi-final 2, 2022

The semi-finals of the 2022 season continue, with another three outright heat winners and one of the top-scoring runners-up taking their place in the spotlight. One of them will go through to the Final and stand a real chance of becoming the 69th person to take the title Brain of Britain.

Russell Davies asks the questions, which encompass computer-generated music, the beliefs of Rastafarianism and the layout of a Monopoly board - among many other topics. The competition at this stage of the tournament is stiff, and the contenders need speed on the buzzer as well as wide knowledge. It's sure to be close.

Taking part are:
Catherine Bates from West London
Jamie Hall from Manchester
Ned Pendleton from Northamptonshire
Sarah Trevarthen from Manchester

As always, there will be a chance for a listener to win a prize by beating the Brains with questions he or she has devised.

Assistant Producer: Stephen Garner
Producer: Paul Bajoria


SAT 23:30 John Burnside: From the Other Side (m001dmq1)
"I was suffering from heart failure. Long story short, they thought I was going to die, told my wife to 'prepare for the worst'. In hospital, while I was 'on the other side', as it were, part of a poem came to me, out of nowhere (I have no memory of composing it)."

This is poet and novelist John Burnside's poetic exploration of his near-death experience following heart failure. Profoundly serious, and yet extremely trippy - he recalls bizarre hallucinations, after being rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties, which resembled William Burroughs' Naked Lunch.

This was followed by the realisation that he was dying. And in something John compares to an out-of-body experience, he watched his naked body as if it were a slab of meat viewed through a movie screen. Then an entirely different, deeply profound encounter after his heart stopped - an experience that was less religious and more akin to a psychedelic trip.

From his garden in Fife, two years on, John explains the impact of this near-death experience (NDE) on his life and work today. He reads part of the poem that came to him while recovering in hospital, from his recent collection Learning To Sleep. He shares a brand new work inspired by his NDE and anatomy lesson paintings, in addition to recalling beloved poems by Arthur Rimbaud and Emily Dickinson which have taken on new meaning.

Dr Penny Sartori also provides some medical context for John's experience. She is a senior lecturer in adult nursing at Swansea University and worked in intensive care for 17 years, where she carried out extensive research for a PHD on NDEs.

Reader: Ruth Sillers
Photo Credit: Robbie Lawrence
Because I Could Not Stop for Death performed by Susan McKeown and The Chanting House

Produced by Victoria Ferran
Executive Producers: Sara Jane Hall and Susan Marling
A Just Radio production for BBC Radio 4

SUNDAY 06 NOVEMBER 2022

SUN 00:00 Midnight News (m001dwk7)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 00:15 Bhopal (m001brny)
2. The Smell of Grass

The Bhopal gas tragedy was the worlds worst industrial accident. Tens of thousands of people died and many more suffered long term illnesses when lethal methyl isocyanate gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in the city in central India on 2nd December 1984.

For the previous two years one man had been predicting that Bhopal was an accident waiting to happen. Forty years ago this month the Bhopali journalist Rajkumar Keswani wrote his first article warning of the dangers posed by safety lapses at the plant. During a dogged investigation pitting him against political power, corporate money and the indifference of the media and public opinion, he never gave up. This cinematic documentary series tells his story for the first time.

Episode 2. The Smell of Grass

Keswani digs deeper and discovers that a town planning order to relocate the chemical plant to an industrial zone, away from densely populated areas, was ignored. Union leaders smuggle him into the factory where he sees first hand the lack of safety controls and general disrepair. He learns more about the chemicals being manufactured as pesticides inside Union Carbide and understands the danger if they were to leak.

He sits down to write his first 'Rapat' newspaper article under the headline 'Save, Please Save this City', and waits for a response.

Narrator Narinder Samra
Written and researched by Anubha Yadav and Radhika Kapur
Music and Sound Design by Shreyan Chatterjee
Studio Mix by Donald McDonald
Producer Neil McCarthy


SUN 00:30 Short Works (m001dp2l)
Happiness by Chetna Maroo

Uma would be a happy if she wasn't haunted by her school reports. How can she hide them from her parents?

Chetna Maroo is winner of the 2022 Plimpton Prize for Fiction and author of the highly-anticipated forthcoming novel Western Lane.

Reader: Sabrina Sandhu
Producer: Ciaran Bermingham


SUN 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001dwkh)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


SUN 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001dwkr)
BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.


SUN 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001dwl0)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


SUN 05:30 News Briefing (m001dwlb)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 05:43 Bells on Sunday (m001dwln)
St Michael’s Church in Kingsteignton, Devon

Bells on Sunday comes from St Michael’s Church in Kingsteignton, Devon. The original parish church was built in the 15th century but was thoroughly restored in 1865. The medieval fabric of the west tower and arcades survive however. The tower houses a ring of eight bells which were cast in 1929 by the Gillett and Johnston Foundry in Croydon. The tenor weighs sixteen and three quarter hundredweight and is tuned to the note of F. We hear them ringing Devon style call changes.


SUN 05:45 Profile (m001dwjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 06:00 News Summary (m001dwj6)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4


SUN 06:05 Something Understood (b01p30f1)
Houses of God

Mark Tully talks to the Archbishop of Westminster, in Westminster cathedral, as part of an exploration of the contemporary purpose of church buildings.

What is the true function of buildings dedicated to God? Churches were originally built to "His greater glory" but arguably we build them far less now and preserve them far more. Has our relationship with houses of God changed?

Mark Tully visits Westminster Cathedral and, in conversation with Archbishop Vincent Nichols, discusses the tension between honouring God through the creation of beautiful spaces and the duty expressed by all the major faiths to do charitable work.

With readings reflecting the building of great churches and mosques, as well as humble churches and chapels, and music from Brahms, Bruckner and Morton Feldman, Mark examines the benefits and the beauty of religious buildings. The readers are Toby Jones and Emily Raymond.

Producer: Frank Stirling
A Unique production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 06:35 On Your Farm (m001dwjf)
BBC Food & Farming Awards finalist: Overbury Farms

When Jake Freestone wants to grow a field of oil seed rape, he doesn't just plant rape seeds - he also plants buckwheat, clover and vetches. For him, the price of these extra seeds is more than made up for by the jobs the extra plants do for him. First, they help hide the young rape plants from pests which could damage them. Then they provide a habitat for predators like spiders, which also help tackle pests. The clover and vetches are nitrogen fixers, so reduce the amount of money Jake has to spend on fertilising the crop. This typifies his regenerative farming approach. Jake's focus is on improving his soil biology. He says, "If we can have healthy soil, we can have healthy plants and ultimately healthy food."

Overbury Estate has been chosen by Charlotte Smith as one of her three finalists in the "Farming for the Future" category of this year's BBC Food and Farming Awards. In this programme, Charlotte visits the farm to find out more about its regenerative approach and what that means for yields, carbon sequestration and biodiversity.

Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced by Heather Simons


SUN 06:57 Weather (m001dwjk)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SUN 07:00 News and Papers (m001dwjp)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SUN 07:10 Sunday (m001dwjt)
Same-Sex Marriage and the Church of England; Meat-Free Fridays; Bellringing for the King

It's an issue which has divided the Church of England for decades, and now the Bishop of Oxford, the Right Reverend Dr. Steven Croft has become the most senior cleric in the Church to speak out in favour of same-sex marriage. But will the growing support for the bishop's stance make any difference to the future direction of the church? Ed Stourton explores the issue with Dr Andrew Goddard, he was on the Steering Group for the church's Living and Loving in Faith Project and is a member of the Church of England Evangelical Council, and Ben Bradshaw, a former Labour cabinet minister and practicing Anglican who sits on parliament's Ecclesiastical Committee.

Could the Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat on Friday have an impact in tackling climate change? A new study suggests it could potentially reduce carbon emissions. Edward assesses the details with Professor Shaun Lacrom, from the Department of Land Economy at the University of Cambridge, and Bishop John Arnold, the environmental lead for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales.

'Ring for the King' is the campaign to recruit and train thousands of new bellringers ahead of next year's Coronation of King Charles on 6 May. Reporter Mark Hutchings joined a team of bellringers to find out what it takes to become expert in pulling the ropes.

And as Remembrance weekend draws near, Major Daljinder Singh Virdee from the Defence Sikh Network explains how he was inspired to develop a version of the Nitnem Gutka Sahib, or daily Prayer Book for Sikhs in the military, after seeing an image of a Sikh soldier in the trenches during the Great War.

Photo: Bellringers from St. Woolos Cathedral at St. Basil's Church, Newport.

Producers: Jill Collins and Fiona Leach
Editor: Tim Pemberton


SUN 07:54 Radio 4 Appeal (m001dwjy)
Soundabout

Liz Chaplin, who with her daughter Ava is a beneficiary, makes the Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of the music charity Soundabout.

To Give:
- UK Freephone 0800 404 8144
-You can donate online at bbc.co.uk/appeal/radio4
- Freepost BBC Radio 4 Appeal. (That’s the whole address. Please do not write anything else on the front of the envelope). Mark the back of the envelope ‘Soundabout’.
- Cheques should be made payable to ‘ Soundabout'.
Please note that Freephone and online donations for this charity close at 23.59 on the Saturday after the Appeal is first broadcast. However the Freepost option can be used at any time.

Registered charity number: 1103002


SUN 07:57 Weather (m001dwk3)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SUN 08:00 News and Papers (m001dwk9)
The latest news headlines. Including a look at the papers.


SUN 08:10 Sunday Worship (m001dwkk)
A Still Small Voice in Snowdonia

The third of four programmes of pilgrimage from the highest peaks of the UK’s nations, marking the BBC's Centenary.

Snowdon attracts over half a million climbers annually, seeking to scale its summit. Some pilgrims pursue adventure or a fitness challenge, while others seek to imbibe the purity of the mountain air and picturesque views of the rugged North Wales landscape. From Nant Peris in the foothills of Snowdon, Mary Stallard, Assistant Bishop in Bangor, treads the tracks of Wales’s highest peak. Reflecting on the Prophet Elijah’s ascent to Mount Horeb, Bishop Mary explores life’s own climbs, both physical and spiritual, with prayers and a blessing from the Most Rev'd Andrew John, Archbishop of Wales. Music includes the sound of the Welsh harp and traditional Welsh hymn tunes, sung by members of Bangor Cathedral Choir.


SUN 08:48 A Point of View (m001dp3q)
A Brit Abroad

As Americans prepare to go to the polls in the US midterm elections and the COP27 environment conference gets underway, AL Kennedy takes the temperature of debate and of the environment from a barn in upstate New York.

And she reflects on being a Brit these days in the US. 'In the normal course of events,' she writes, 'it's Brits who like to make fun of Americans. Now, Americans are bewildered by us'.

Producer: Adele Armstrong
Production coordinator: Iona Hammond
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith


SUN 08:58 Tweet of the Day (b03thsc6)
Long-Eared Owl

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

John Aitchison presents the long-eared owl. The low moaning hoot of a long-eared owl filters through the blackness of a pine wood. Long-eared owls are nocturnal and one of our most elusive breeding birds. They nest in conifer woods, copses and shelter-belts of trees near wide open grasslands and heaths where they hunt for rodents.


SUN 09:00 Broadcasting House (m001dwkv)
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell


SUN 10:00 The Archers Omnibus (m001dwl6)
Writer ….. Sarah Hehir
Director ….. Jess Bunch
Editor ….. Jeremy Howe

David Archer ….. Timothy Bentinck
Ruth Archer ….. Felicity Finch
Ben Archer ….. Ben Norris
Jolene Archer ….. Buffy Davis
Natasha Archer ….. Mali Harries
Lilian Bellamy ….. Sunny Ormonde
Leonard Berry ….. Paul Copley
Beth Casey ….. Rebecca Fuller
Vince Casey ….. Tony Turner
Chelsea Horrobin ….. Madeleine Leslay
Tracy Horrobin ….. Susie Riddell
Kirsty Miller ….. Annabelle Dowler
Elizabeth Pargetter ….. Alison Dowling
Freddie Pargetter ….. Toby Laurence
Lynda Snell ….. Carole Boyd
Nurse ..... Deborah Tracey


SUN 11:15 Desert Island Discs (m001dwlk)
Richard E Grant, actor

Richard E Grant was born in Swaziland, now Eswatini, one of the smallest countries in Africa, and took his first steps as an actor as a teenager in the local amateur theatre company.

He studied Drama and English at Cape Town University in South Africa, and moved to London in 1982, hoping to find work as an actor, with - in his words - 'nothing more than a couple of suitcases, a boxful of music cassettes and blind ambition.' He worked as a waiter to pay the bills, until his very first film role, in Withnail and I, launched his acting career.

Since then, he has appeared in a very wide range of films, with roles in How to Get Ahead in Advertising, The Player, Jack and Sarah, Logan and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, as well as the Star Wars series. He was nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for his role in Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Richard has been a lifelong diarist and has published three collections of memoirs. His most recent book chronicles his long and happy marriage to his wife, the dialect coach Joan Washington, who died from cancer in 2021.

DISC ONE: I'm The Greatest Star by Barbra Streisand
DISC TWO: When I Fall in Love by Nat King Cole
DISC THREE: When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge
DISC FOUR: Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
DISC FIVE: Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28 - 4. Largo in E Minor by Ivo Pogorelich
DISC SIX: Please Forgive Me by Patrick Doyle
DISC SEVEN: Fields of Gold by Eva Cassidy
DISC EIGHT: Don't Rain on My Parade by Barbra Streisand

BOOK CHOICE: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
LUXURY ITEM: A piano
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: When I Fall in Love by Nat King Cole

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor


SUN 12:00 News Summary (m001dwwr)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


SUN 12:04 It's a Fair Cop (m001dmzl)
Series 7

Caravan Conundrum

In this week’s episode, copper turned stand-up Alfie Moore is called to a camping site to investigate a suspected break-in.

What's he finds inside one caravan creates a storm of competing interests. Should Alfie follow the letter of the law, focus on police targets or be led by his empathy and common sense? What do you do when self-interest comes up against your personal morals?

Written and presented by Alfie Moore
Script Editor: Will Ing
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Producer: Sam Holmes


SUN 12:32 The Food Programme (m001dwm3)
Avoiding the Avocado?

There's a growing anxiety around avocados. With more awareness of their impact on the countries where they are grown, some chefs have been reducing their presence on menus. Are worries about their sustainability well-founded? Why do we focus so much on avocados and could we replace this contentious fruit with something else?

Leyla Kazim meets chef Adriana Cavita at her new Mexican restaurant to talk about growing up with Avocados and how she has tackled the issue of their sustainability. Leyla talks to food systems expert and the writer of a forthcoming book on avocados Honor Eldridge about the issues in the production of avocados in the Global South. She also gets a mini tour of avocado trees growing in London from garden designer and tropical plant fan Rob Stacewicz. Political commentator Ash Sarkar talks to Leyla about avocado's status as a meme in our public discourse. Wahaca owner and chef Thomasina Miers makes an alternative for Leyla to try.

Presented by Leyla Kazim and produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Sam Grist


SUN 12:57 Weather (m001dwmc)
The latest weather forecast


SUN 13:00 The World This Weekend (m001dwmq)
Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world


SUN 13:30 The Coming Storm (m001dxt0)
The Mid-Terms 1. Groomers

As America goes out to vote for the first time since the tumultuous aftermath of the 2020 election, Gabriel Gatehouse is back in the deep undergrowth of the US political scene, in a bid to understand where the dark energy underpinning the January 6 assault on the Capitol is going now.

Some of the energy from the QAnon conspiracy theory about a satanic cabal of paedophiles is morphing into a grassroots political movement against ‘groomers’ – the idea that LGBTQI+ sex educators and trans healthcare advocates are indoctrinating young people into a sexualised culture.

The battleground is America’s school boards and the prize could be a galvanised Republican base with a new crusade. At a conference in Miami of thinkers shaping the future ideas of the right, Gabriel finds the issue top of the agenda.

And across the country, a slate of candidates linked to QAnon is running for office – how will they fare?

Producer: Lucy Proctor


SUN 14:00 Gardeners' Question Time (m001dp2j)
Forfar

Kathy Clugston hosts the horticultural programme from Forfar. This week, she's joined by Kirsty Wilson, Matt Biggs, and Chris Beardshaw who will be answering questions from the audience.

The panellists discuss the key to cultivating successful seedlings, and share their tips for establishing a wildlife friendly garden. Things get a little lost in the weeds as they discuss what a garden should look like.

On a break from the questions, Kathy speaks to Professor Patricia Wiltshire whose work as a forensic ecologist helps crack the grizzliest of garden crimes.

Producer - Dominic Tyerman

Assistant Producer - Aniya Das
Executive Producer - Louisa Field

A Somethin' Else production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 14:45 What Really Happened in the Nineties? (m001747w)
7. Hong Kong

Here we are in 2022 navigating cancel culture, Brexit, identity politics, war in Europe.

How did we get here? Did we miss something? Robert Carlyle is here to show us that we did. That the world we live in was shaped by the forgotten decade: the 1990s.

From Hong Kong to Moscow, Cool Britannia to No Frills flights, we travel back in time to key moments in the '90s that reverberate today in unexpected ways.

Episode 7: the Hong Kong Handover

In this programme Robert explores to the Hong Kong Handover of 1997 when Britain returned the colonial territory to China. He sees how it was an opportunity lost, as China took back Hong Kong during a relatively progressive point in its modern history, but one which was not to last.

The last Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten gives a behind the scenes glimpse of the ceremony that would be watched around the globe and reflects on how the hopes and dreams for Hong Kong in the 1990s have been steadily eroded.

Historical Consultant Rana Mitter
Music and Sound Design Phil Channell
Producer Neil McCarthy


SUN 15:00 Working Titles (m001dwn5)
Working

Classic oral history by Studs Terkel, adapted by Sarah Wooley.

Studs Terkel was a giant of American radio broadcasting, transmitting out of his beloved Chicago. He was also an oral historian. For this book, WORKING, he travelled around America in the early 70s with his tape recorder, talking to ordinary Americans about their jobs: steelworkers, sex workers, waitresses, janitors. In this adaptation we travel with Studs (Nathan Osgood) as he meets some of his interviewees and hears their stories. Fascinating, moving and surprising, these interviews record, as Studs put it, "the extraordinary dreams of ordinary people" and ask some searching questions about the purpose and the cost of the work we do.

Studs....Nathan Osgood
Carl....Roger Ringrose
Roberto....Joseph Balderrama
Grace....Fiona Skinner
Louis....Cyril Nri
Barbara....Kelly Burke
Tim.... Jonathan Forbes
Nora....Miranda Braun
Roberta.....Julianna Jennings
Terry....Samantha Dakin
Dolores....Laurel Lefkow
Lovin’ Al....Cyril Nri
Babe....Kelly Burke
Mike....Carl Prekopp
Tom....Jonathan Forbes
Elmer....Joseph Balderrama

Writer....Studs Terkel
Adapter....Sarah Wooley
Production Co-ordinator....Jenny Mendez
Production Co-ordinator....Sara Benaim
Technical Producer....Alison Craig
Technical Producer....Keith Graham
Technical Producer....Peter Ringrose
Director....Abigail le Fleming

Working was a BBC Audio Production for Radio 4.
It was made by kind permission of the Estate of Studs Terkel.


SUN 16:00 Bookclub (m001dwng)
Juan Gabriel Vasquez: The Sound of Things Falling

Juan Gabriel Vasquez answers audience questions about The Sound of Things Falling. Set in Colombia, the novel examines the personal and private impact of the drug wars that ravaged the country during the 1970s, 80s and 90s. It's the story of a strange friendship between two men, Antonio and Ricardo, told through Antonio's eyes. He sets out to investigate his friend's mysterious life, after Ricardo is murdered. The Sound of Things Falling is a powerful read about memory and storytelling, and about the lasting impact of living in a country ruled by violence and criminality.

To take part in Bookclub email bookclub@bbc.co.uk

Next guests:

24/11/22 A J Pearce answering your questions about her debut Dear Mrs Bird.

08/12/22 Ross King takes us to Italy. He'll be talking about his book Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence


SUN 16:30 The Language Exchange (m001dwnt)
Fiona Sampson and Tara Shears

Could sharing the insights of poets and scientists provide us with new insights into the big questions ?
Professor Tara Shears is investigating a mystery at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. If particles of matter have an antimatter counterpart - where precisely is all that antimatter? Where has it gone?
The answer could give us an insight into the very origins of the universe.
Fiona Sampson is an award-winning poet who is tasked with interrogating the language of top quarks, bottom quarks or beauty quarks and the myriad of repurposed words which physicists use to communicate.
In a trade off of perspectives and insights, Fiona will take this raw material of language and reinterpret it with a new work to be performed for Tara at the end of the project.
It's a collision of poetry and science which makes us consider how we communicate and explore the surprisingly thin boundary between imagination, theoretical science and art.
The music featured is "Sister" by Ulla Straus.

Presented by Fiona Sampson.
Produced by Kevin Core.


SUN 17:00 File on 4 (m001dnbr)
High Anxiety: The Deadly Trade in Street Valium

They’re cheap – but they’re also deadly. Illegal pills costing as little as 50p each are contributing to the deaths of hundreds of people each year in Scotland. Now an expert is warning benzodiazepines, or street Valium, could pose a growing threat elsewhere.

Jane Deith talks to those whose lives have been destroyed by benzodiazepines, a category of drugs usually used to treat anxiety that can be prescribed, but which have become a major feature of the illegal drugs market in Scotland and now elsewhere in the UK.

The so called “street benzos” are a class C drug manufactured in huge quantities in illegal factories and sold for as little as 50p each, less than a bar of chocolate.
But in combination with other drugs benzodiazepines can be fatal, significantly increasing the risk of an overdose. In recent years the number of people dying has risen sharply. Last year in Scotland more than 800 people died with illegal street benzos in their system. In England and Wales the death toll was over 500, with 171 of those who died having used benzodiazepine analogues, fake versions that can vary widely – and dangerously - in strength.

From the Clyde to Cornwall, File on 4 hears the stories of those dealing with the fallout from the trade in the drugs, including people who have been addicted to them; a mother in North East England who lost her daughter to a fatal overdose; a teenager who bought them on social media, and an expert who believes their influence is spreading, with potentially dangerous consequences.

Reporter: Jane Deith
Producer: Fergus Hewison
Research: George Crafer
Journalism Assistant: Tim Fernley
Production Manager: Sarah Payton
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Editor: Carl Johnston


SUN 17:40 Profile (m001dwjn)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Saturday]


SUN 17:54 Shipping Forecast (m001dwp5)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


SUN 17:57 Weather (m001dwpj)
The latest weather reports and forecast


SUN 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001dwpy)
The head of the UN, Antonio Guterres, warns the planet is sending a "distress signal"


SUN 18:15 Pick of the Week (m001dwqb)
Peter White

Broadcaster Peter White with a personal selection of highlights from the past week on BBC radio.


SUN 19:00 The Archers (m001dwqq)
Emma reminds George that Eddie wants his money back from his investment in the turkeys that were actually pheasants. George says he’s paid some already and the rest he’ll get from selling the pheasants. Martyn Gibson’s surprised when George rings him, but agrees to drop by and take a look. When Martyn sees the pheasants he offers fifty pounds because they’re scrawny. But when George asks for sixty, Martyn offers even less and George unwittingly agrees. After Martyn leaves Emma says Martyn’s a shark, but George disagrees. In five years he’ll be where Martyn is.
Ruth, David and Pip discuss Vince’s demand to pay back the loan for the solar panels. When Ben appears they quickly change the subject. Afterwards they agree that Ben mustn’t know about Vince’s edict – Ben’s got enough on his plate. They decide to fight Vince on the loan.
Pip catches up with Ben in the Tearoom admitting she knew Chelsea was pregnant but hadn’t realised Ben was involved. When Pip says Ben shouldn’t blame himself, Ben says he should ask gossipy Jean Harvey and Wendy Brink whose fault it is. They keep looking over at him and they’re right to stare. Ben wishes he could turn back the clock and start again. When Pip suggests counselling Ben says it won’t change anything that’s happened. Later Pip tells David and Ruth that Ben blames himself, and it won’t help if they go to war with Vince. Ruth and David agree they should pay off the loan but wonder where they’ll get the money from.


SUN 19:15 Now You're Asking with Marian Keyes and Tara Flynn (m001dwr4)
The Invisible Sibling Problem

Have you reached an age where it seems everything is beginning to annoy you? What should you do if you’re a sibling who is invisible to your family? How do you deal with a one-night stand who’s now ignoring you at the school gates? All these subjects have been sent in by our listeners and are given the Marian and Tara treatment in the latest instalment of their popular advice podcast.

The first series was welcomed by listeners and critics.
"Both are warm and kind enough to not only be funny but also offer genuinely thoughtful, if left-field, advice." (Miranda Sawyer, The Observer)
"Keyes and Flynn are my new favourite double-act." (Jane Anderson - Radio Times)
"I found their compassion endlessly soothing." (Rachel Cunliffe - The New Statesman)

Marian Keyes is a multi award-winning writer, with a total of over 30 million books sold to date in 33 languages. Her close friend Tara Flynn is an actress, comedian and writer. Together, these two friends have been through a lot, and now want to use their considerable life experience to help solve the biggest - and smallest - of their listeners' problems.

From dilemmas about life, love and grief, to the perils of laundry or knowing what to say at a boring dinner, we’ll find out what Marian and Tara would recommend - which might not solve the problem exactly, but will make us all feel a bit better.

Recorded in Dublin with emails received from listeners around the world, the hosts invite you to pull up a chair at their virtual kitchen table as they read and digest their inbox.

Got a problem you want Marian and Tara to solve? Email: marianandtara@bbc.co.uk.

Producer: Steve Doherty.
A Giddy Goat production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds


SUN 19:45 Voices in the Valley (m001dwrk)
2: A Strange Case

Ten chilling strange tales from the British folk-horror author Andrew Michael Hurley.

Barrowbeck, in the north of England, has a reputation for strangeness. It is a place that brings out the sin in people. But despite the dark, the cold, the isolation, people have managed to live there for centuries - until the river finally got the better of them. And now the past voices of Barrowbeck want to tell their tales...

In today's story, it is 1782, and two Barrowbeck villagers are accused of the murder of a young woman. But the courtroom is awash with rumours about her unnatural death...

Writer: Andrew Michael Hurley
Reader: Reece Shearsmith
Producer: Justine Willett


SUN 20:00 Feedback (m001dp2s)
Andrea Catherwood puts listeners’ comments on the proposed BBC Local Radio cuts to Jason Horton, Acting Director BBC England.

Jeremy Howe, Editor of The Archers, and actor Maddie Leslay, who plays Chelsea Horrobin, answer listeners’ comments on the big storyline in recent weeks - Chelsea’s pregnancy.

We hear audience views on former leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage’s appearance on The World at One to discuss immigration.

And Radio 3’s Soundscape of a Century, celebrating the BBC’s 100th anniversary, featured music and audio from the BBC Archive. Listeners tell us what they thought of the marathon eight-hour broadcast.

A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4


SUN 20:30 Last Word (m001dp2n)
Baroness Blood, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ian Jack, Hilaree Nelson

Matthew Bannister on

Baroness Blood (pictured), the trade unionist, community worker and peace campaigner who became the first woman from Northern Ireland to be given a life peerage.

Jerry Lee Lewis, the rock 'n' roll pioneer whose turbulent private life included bigamy, violence and drug addiction.

Ian Jack, the journalist known for his long form articles and for editing the Independent on Sunday and the literary magazine Granta.

Hilaree Nelson, the intrepid ski mountaineer who completed more than forty challenging expeditions in 16 countries.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Monica McWilliams
Interviewed guest: Joe Bonomo
Interviewed guest: Bill Paterson
Interviewed guest: Sigrid Rausing
Interviewed guest: Richard Williams
Interviewed guest: Emily Harrington

Archive clips used: Newsline Belfast/ YouTube, NI Women's Coalition Launch and Forum 1996; BBC News, Lady Blood being sworn into the House of Lords 02/11/1999; BBC Radio 4, The House of Ladies - The Mouldbreakers 17/08/2005; YouTube, Jerry Lee & Myra Lewis interview 1958; BBC Radio 3, Night Waves 16/05/2007; The North Face, Mentors - Hilaree Nelson 04/09/2018; Men's Journal/ YouTube, The Line Between Good and Evil 20/01/2021; OutsideWatch/ YouTube, Failure Is Next To Success - Hilaree Nelson Elements 26/06/2020; AP Archive, US extreme skier cremated in Nepal 02/11/2022; The North Face, Lhotse ft. Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison 15/10/2019.


SUN 21:00 Money Box (m001dwhk)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:04 on Saturday]


SUN 21:25 Radio 4 Appeal (m001dwjy)
[Repeat of broadcast at 07:54 today]


SUN 21:30 The Name Is DeSantis (m001dwp6)
You may not know who he is - but you should.
Under Donald Trump Ron DeSantis rode the MAGA wave to to the governor job in Florida.
For some, he's a "smart Trump". For others, a "troll" who, with a series of eye-catching stunts and pronouncements, has dominated headlines and is now viewed as a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2024.
From transporting migrants to the millionaires' playground of Martha's Vineyard to taking on Disney over so-called "Don't Say Gay" legislation, this is a politician who has weaponised the culture wars to enormous effect.
For liberals, he's a cruel, socially awkward bogeyman, to his supporters, a resolute strongman turning the tide against corrosive wokeism.
James Naughtie profiles the man who, if he does turn his eye to The White House, may have to take the gloves off with the man who many say made him - Donald Trump.
The programme features Fernanda Santos of Futuro Media, Mike Binder of the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab and Rick Wilson, founder of The Lincoln Project.

Presented by James Naughtie.
Produced by Kevin Core.


SUN 22:00 Westminster Hour (m001dwrw)
Carolyn Quinn's guests are the Conservative former minister Harriett Baldwin, Labour Party Chair Anneliese Dodds and the Lib Dem deputy leader, Daisy Cooper. They discuss questions over Rishi Sunak's Cabinet appointments, the prospects for the Cop27 climate change summit, and the choices facing the Chancellor in his forthcoming Autumn Statement. Hugo Gye - political editor of the i newspaper - brings additional insight and analysis.


SUN 23:00 Loose Ends (m001dwjj)
[Repeat of broadcast at 18:15 on Saturday]


SUN 23:30 Something Understood (b01p30f1)
[Repeat of broadcast at 06:05 today]

MONDAY 07 NOVEMBER 2022

MON 00:00 Midnight News (m001dwsd)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


MON 00:15 Sideways (m001dngz)
The Social Contagion

On Armistice Day 2015, Mel gets a phone call from her son’s school, asking her to come in. When she arrives, she finds the car park filled with ambulances and police cars, emergency services buzzing around.

It began with someone fainting in assembly and then, like dominoes, more teenagers began to collapse. Students were sent back to their classrooms, but the outbreak spread, with more and more people feeling dizzy and sick.

In this episode of Sideways, Matthew Syed tells the story of a strange fainting outbreak at a school and delves into these types of events which affect dozens - sometimes hundreds - of people. What looks unexplained turns out to have a fascinating psychological explanation. But, as Matthew discovers, sometimes our desire to explain things can lead to us explaining them away.

With Professor Sir Simon Wessely, psychiatrist and epidemiologist at Kings College, London and Dr Johanna Braun, artist and researcher at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.

Presenter: Matthew Syed
Producer: Pippa Smith
Series Editor: Katherine Godfrey
Sound Design and Mix: Rob Speight
Theme music by Ioana Selaru
A Novel production for BBC Radio 4


MON 00:45 Bells on Sunday (m001dwln)
[Repeat of broadcast at 05:43 on Sunday]


MON 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001dwsq)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


MON 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001dwt0)
BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.


MON 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001dwt8)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


MON 05:30 News Briefing (m001dwtj)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4


MON 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001dwtn)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Haydon Spenceley, Christian musician and worship leader.

Monday

Good morning. As we start a new week and move towards Remembrance Sunday, I find myself again fascinated by the role that memory plays in my life. I can list memory after memory of times I have got it wrong, things haven’t gone right or turned out as I had hoped. It’s a skill which, if it were ever to become an Olympic sport, I would be an absolute gold medal winning certainty. Not the best quality to have for sure, especially if rather than learning from it, the film of these memories which plays in my head at regular intervals shows an ongoing vision of history repeating itself.

One thing among money I learned from my history degree is that apparent progress and a failure to learn from the mistakes of the past can happily co-exist together if we’re not careful about making the changes needed for things to improve for the present and the future. To keep doing the same core things, albeit in technologically ever-more advanced ways, is more than likely to lead to similar results. What I imagine many of us look for as we look back, whether wistfully, with anger, disappointment or any other emotion, is a way to something better, more hopeful, built on solid foundations which won’t give way. As I sank into the mud leading my Football Club’s Annual Act of Remembrance a few days ago perched on a mound on the side of the road competing with the sound of cars, traffic light beeps and plenty more besides I was glad I would shortly be returning to solid ground. However far we drift away, it waits for us.

Father, help us to look to you for the present and the future. Help us to trust you and commit to loving you, others and ourselves today.

Amen.


MON 05:45 Farming Today (m001dwtw)
07/11/22 Avian flu housing, COP 27, On-farm energy production

All poultry and captive birds in England must be kept indoors to help protect them from avian flu - but for some poultry keepers, that’s easier said than done. We hear from a listener who is stuck between conflicting planning rules and biosecurity recommendations.

COP 27 has kicked off in Egypt with a focus on farming. We hear how on-farm energy production could be part of the solution for UK farms looking to reduce their carbon footprint as well as their electricity bills.

Presented by Caz Graham
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons


MON 05:56 Weather (m001dwv1)
The latest weather forecast for farmers.


MON 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03dwy14)
Black-Headed Gull

Martin Hughes-Games presents the Black-Headed Gull.
Black-Headed Gulls are our commonest small gull and throughout the year you can identify them by their rather delicate flight action, red legs and the white flash on the front edge of their wings.


MON 06:00 Today (m001dwmf)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


MON 09:00 Start the Week (m001dwmr)
The authentic taste of Britain

The award-winning writer Jonathan Coe presents a portrait of Britain told through four generations of one family, in his latest novel Bournville. Set in middle England, in a suburb of Birmingham, he chronicles the years of social change post-war, and the events that both brought people together and divided them, from royal events and the World Cup to Brexit and Covid-19.

The chocolate factory that features heavily in the novel, and was once at the centre of life in Bournville, has since been transformed in part into a theme park, no doubt offering an authentic chocolate experience. The journalist Emily Bootle turns her attention to what she sees now as an obsession with authenticity. In a collection of essays, This Is Not Who I Am, she unpicks the ideology surrounding the goal of ‘living our truth’ amidst the fakery of digital culture and the illusion of infinite choice.

The award-winning saxophonist and rapper Soweto Kinch also takes a long hard look at the state of the nation for his latest album, White Juju, recorded with the London Symphony Orchestra. Conceived at the height of the pandemic the music is his response to lockdown, BLM, British history and the culture wars. He takes inspiration from European folklore, the African Diaspora and divisive national myths to create a unified modern tone poem.

Producer: Katy Hickman


MON 09:45 Disaster Trolls (m001dwvg)
6. The visitor

The visitor to Lisa’s boatyard appeared to be an ordinary customer. But, she was horrified to later discover the real reason he had turned up at her workplace.

The man who had pretended to be interested in buying a speedboat or a jet ski, was actually the conspiracy show host Richard D Hall.

Lisa was seriously injured in the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing - a terror attack which Hall falsely claims was faked by sinister forces in the secret services. Some time after Hall’s visit, Lisa was distressed to learn that Hall had visited her workplace, posing as a customer, with the aim of secretly recording her to discover whether she’s lying about her injuries - and that he had talked about it online.

As Lisa ponders how Hall can be held to account, another Manchester survivor reveals his plans to take legal action against him. Martin Hibbert - who we heard from in an earlier episode - is spurred on by the US court victory of the relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims who have successfully sued Infowars host Alex Jones in Texas.

Across this series - and in this episode - there are graphic descriptions of violence. This episode contains audio from Richard D Hall’s website.

Presenter: Marianna Spring
Producer: Ant Adeane
Editor: Ed Main


MON 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001dwnd)
Lorna Luft on White Christmas. Mussolini's daughter. COP 27

Hailing from theatrical royalty, daughter of Judy Garland, actor and singer Lorna Luft is recognised as an iconic star of stage and screen. About to embark on a UK tour playing housekeeper Martha Watson in the much-loved musical White Christmas, she joins Emma Barnett to explain what draws her back to this role time after time.

The Prime Minister is in Sharm El Sheikh for this year's COP27 UN climate change summit - after coming under some pressure to attend in person. But 110 country leaders will be there. Money will feature high on the agenda and is sure to be a sticking point in negotiations. Leaders of those representing developing countries want developed nations like the US, UK and those of the EU to pay for the "loss and damage" they've suffered. We hear from Elise Buckle co-founder of SheChanges Climate and environmental campaigner Georgia Elliott Smith who is not going to this COP

A new biography of Edda Mussolini highlights her pivotal role in 1930s Italy during one of the most violent periods in human history. As the daughter of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini she was a powerful proponent of the fascist movement. Author of a new book all about her - Edda Mussolini the Most Dangerous Woman in Europe. - Caroline Moorehead joins Emma Barnett to talk about her role as a key role player and not just a witness to twentieth century European history.

And we want your help. A listener got in touch to describe how, in a discussion with a male colleague about the gender pay gap, she was told to ‘not take it personally’ and ‘calm down’. She'd like you tips on how to as she puts it "tackle this rebuttal often used by men to silence women who attempt to challenge male dominance in the work place”

Presenter Emma Barnett
Producer Beverley Purcell


MON 11:00 The Untold (m001dwns)
Three Sides of a Crisis: Part 1

Over the coming weeks, the Untold follows three individuals as they experience the cost of living crisis this autumn. We hear from a barrister in Manchester who is stepping out on strike action for the first time. We visit a pawnbroker's and her customers as they part with their belongings to pay the bills; and a father praying for a coal mine to open in Cumbria and provide jobs for his community to rely on.

Producers: Sam Peach, Sarah Bowen and Neil McCarthy


MON 11:30 The Name Is DeSantis (m001dwp6)
[Repeat of broadcast at 21:30 on Sunday]


MON 12:00 News Summary (m001dx5n)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


MON 12:04 You and Yours (m001dwpx)
Covid in care homes, Working from the pub, Shell Energy complaints

Some care homes in England are still closing to visitors when they have an outbreak of Covid. That shouldn't be happening because Government guidance allows every resident to have one visitor at a time, even when there is Covid in a home. We hear from a listener who couldn't visit her 94-year-old mother during a recent lockdown following a Covid outbreak. We also speak to Helen Wildbore from The Relatives and Residents Association. The charity says the continued use of visitor bans is leaving some very vulnerable people isolated and lonely. Mike Padgham, Managing Director of St Cecilia's Care Group in North Yorkshire, tells us about lockdowns in his homes.

We look at how pubs landlords and chains are coming up with new ways to drum up trade. Some are doing promotions to tempt people into coming to the pub to use it as a temporary office. Our reporter, Bob Walker, visits a pub in Nottingham where people have swapped working from home to work in the pub. He also speaks to the business owners who have concerns that doing remote work from a pub could compromise confidentiality.

Shell Energy, the giant gas and oil company, has moved into telecoms. Last year it took over providing landlines and broadband to more than 450,000 people who had been customers of the Post Office. According to the regulator, Ofcom, complaints about Shell Energy are three times higher than the industry average. The company is currently the most complained about for both broadband and landlines. We hear from listeners who've had problems and also speak to Katerina Vlachavas, Ofcom's Senior Policy Advisor. Shell say they are keen to improve their position in the league tables and are investing heavily in their customer service.


Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Tara Holmes


MON 12:57 Weather (m001dwq9)
The latest weather forecast


MON 13:00 World at One (m001dwqn)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.


MON 13:45 Understand: The Economy (m001dwr0)
Series 1

The Economy: 1. Inflation

What is inflation, why does it matter, and is someone to blame if it goes up? Understanding inflation will help you understand why your shopping is getting more and more expensive and why prices rarely seem to come down. Tim Harford explains why the inflation figure you see on the TV might not reflect the price rises you’re experiencing and economic historian Victoria Bateman tells us why having a boat load of silver coins isn’t always a good thing.

Everything you need to know about the economy and what it means for you. This podcast will cut through the jargon to bring you clarity and ensure you finally understand all those complicated terms and phrases you hear on the news. Inflation, GDP, Interest rates, and bonds, Tim Harford and friends explain them all. We’ll ensure you understand what’s going on today, why your shopping is getting more expensive or why your pay doesn’t cover your bills. We’ll also bring you surprising histories, from the war-hungry kings who have shaped how things are counted today to the greedy merchants flooding Spain with silver coins. So if your eyes usually glaze over when someone says ‘cutting taxes stimulates growth’, fear no more, we’ve got you covered.

Producer: Phoebe Keane
Researchers: Drew Hyndman and Marianna Brain
Editor: Clare Fordham

A BBC Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4


MON 14:00 The Archers (m001dwqq)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Sunday]


MON 14:15 This Cultural Life (m001dwjs)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:15 on Saturday]


MON 15:00 Brain of Britain (m001dwrm)
Semi-final 3, 2022

The Egyptian goddess Bastet took the form of which animal? Which flower gave its name to a revolution in Tunisia in 2011? What are the opening words of The Godfather?

Another quartet of semi-finalists lines up to face Russell Davies' questions. They have all won their heats in recent months, or been one of the top-scoring runners-up, so a keen contest is guaranteed. Only one of them can go through to the 2022 Final and stand a chance of becoming the 69th person to be named BBC Brain of Britain.

Taking part are:
Crispin Dawes from London
Marianne Fairthorne from London
Will Howells from London
Thomas Leeming from Adlington in Lancashire

Assistant Producer: Stephen Garner
Producer: Paul Bajoria


MON 15:30 The Food Programme (m001dwm3)
[Repeat of broadcast at 12:32 on Sunday]


MON 16:00 Hold On Tight: The Women of The Waste Land (m001dnmh)
"All the women are one woman," wrote TS Eliot in his deliberately difficult notes to his extraordinary modernist poem, The Waste Land. But who were all the women that race around his poem, and why did they inspire him so much, despite his unease with them?

Published in 1922, The Waste Land is often read as a response to the devastation of the First World War. But Eliot's poem is equally fascinated by women – some who are revered for their purity and remoteness, others who are repulsively and threateningly sexual.

One woman who has remained fascinated with the poem is arts journalist Jude Rogers. She still dreams of the modernism doctorate she never did and recently went on a TS Eliot study week for a treat for her 40th birthday. Despite her own struggles with the problematic poet, the beauty and bleakness of The Waste Land still draws her in, leading her to immerse herself in the worlds and the voices of the women inside and outside of the poem.

She meets other female experts fascinated by Eliot - biographer Lyndall Gordon, who’s just published The Hyacinth Girl: TS Eliot's Hidden Muse, and Frances Dickey, Eliot scholar and Associate Professor of Modern Literature at the University of Missouri. They discuss what it was like to be among the first to read more than a thousand love letters written by Eliot, from an archive that was recently opened after being hidden from the public for more than 50 years. We also hear from Beci Carver, Lecturer in 20th Century Literature at the University of Exeter, and Megan Quigley, Associate Professor of English at Villanova University, who discuss Eliot’s problematic if compassionate representations of women in The Waste Land.

Presenter: Jude Rogers
Producer: Georgia Moodie
An Overcoat Media production for BBC Radio 4

Collage by Catrin Saran James


MON 16:30 The Digital Human (m001dws4)
Series 26

Implant

Imagine being able to fix a malfunction in your body with a programmable smart device implanted deep inside your body… The device senses, monitors and responds to your condition in real time and provides updates and analysis on your phone.

In the past few years, we’ve seen a boom in health apps and wearable smart devices offering personalised and real time analysis of our daily lives. It’s one thing putting on a wearable smart device - but what does it take to trust one implanted inside your body?

From continuous glucose monitoring for diabetics to invasive surgery implanting electrodes on the spinal cord or in the brain, Aleks Krotoski asks how a closer relationship with implanted health technology can affect our trust; from our faith in device functionality, security, and longevity, to our trust of ourselves, be it our agency, identity and intuition to read our own bodies.

Produced by Jac Phillimore


MON 17:00 PM (m001dwsg)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


MON 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001dwt1)
The Cop27 climate summit hears that the world is on a highway to climate hell.


MON 18:30 It's a Fair Cop (m001dwt9)
Series 7

Speeding

In this week’s series finale, copper turned stand up Alfie Moore, takes on the topic of speeding. Is it ever acceptable and if so how fast?

When Alfie decide to tackle a notorious speeding spot on his patch he goes out speed gun in hand to lay down the law. But when he pulls over Barbra she tries to justify her actions. Should Alfie let her go with a warning? Or is it ticket time?

Written and presented by Alfie Moore
Script Editor: Will Ing
Production Co-ordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries
Producer: Sam Holmes

A BBC Studios Production


MON 19:00 The Archers (m001dwth)
When Emma asks George if he’s now paid back Eddie for the pheasants, George admits he’s held back some money from selling them to Martyn for reinvestment. Emma tells George she’s not feeling very well, but George shirks helping with tea while she goes to help Fallon out at the Tearoom, pretending he’s doing some college work. When Fallon sends Emma home because she looks so peaky, George surprises Fallon by turning up as Emma’s replacement. Fallon offers to pay George and he quickly accepts.
Lynda and Tony discuss the malicious gossip surrounding Chelsea’s pregnancy and Ben being the dad. But Lynda can’t see any similarities when Tony says it’s like Alan being unreasonable over the stained glass window. Lynda asks Tony about any memories he might have of Christmas presents from times past. When Tony asks why, Lynda stumbles into saying she’s putting a collection of Ambridge residents’ memories of Christmas together. Lynda broaches the subject of gifts, asking whether there were any Tony had asked for from Father Christmas, but didn’t receive. Perhaps musical? She’s thrown when Tony remembers there was – it was when he’d been given a jumper instead of an expected trainset. He then invites Lynda to look at his trainset, which used to belong to John. After a suitable period, Lynda makes her excuses to go but is interrupted by the arrival of Jakob. She’s trapped when Tony suggests that she interviews him too. Lynda then listens as Jakob begins his recollection of many childhood Christmas memories.


MON 19:15 Front Row (m001dwtp)
Arts Council Funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker

Arts Council England have announced the most dramatic shift in funding for decades, diverting investment from London towards other parts of the country. The Chair of Arts Council England, Sir Nicholas Serota, Stuart Murphy of English National Opera, which is set to relocate out of London, and arts journalist Sarah Crompton discuss the details.

Director Tas Brooker discusses her new film When We Speak, a documentary about female whistleblowers, including Rose McGowan and Katherine Gun, whose evidence lifted the lid on abuse and corruption.

To mark the start of the COP 27 climate conference in Egypt, Samira explores the art of the infographic and the appeal of data visualisation with Professor Ed Hawkins, creator of the viral Show Your Stripes temperature change graphic and information designer Stefanie Posavec.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Ellie Bury

Image: Show Your Stripes infographic representing the global average temperature for each year since 1850 to 2021 (data source: UK Met Office)
Credit: Creator: Professor Ed Hawkins, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading Licensor: University of Reading Licence: Creative Commons


MON 20:00 Uncaged (m001dwtv)
3. The Future

As the 20th century unfolds, zoos are thrust into a precarious position, and need to evolve, fast.

In the days of Empire, when nations plundered the world for its treasures, zoos were the places where they displayed the spoils. Fast forward to today, and as the damage we've done to the wild places of this earth becomes ever more apparent, zoos are the places we wrestle with the reality of what we've done. Gone are the elephant rides, the performing seals and the bears you can poke with a stick; in its place, centres for conservation excellence, in which endangered species are protected from the damage we continue to do to their homes.

The conservation revolution of the 20th century changed what zoos are forever, but so much remains the same; at the end of the day, it's still a load of animals in captivity. And while the best zoos tout their conservation credentials with pride, Roadside Attractions with baby tigers for petting spring up in their hundreds.

Emily Knight asks: What makes a good zoo, today? And where are zoos headed in the future?


MON 20:30 Analysis (m001dwv0)
Economic Growth - can we ever have enough?

As the twin storms of economic turmoil and worsening climate change grip the UK and many other countries around the world, Analysis examines the future of economic growth. Does it offer a route out of economic malaise, or have its benefits reached a ceiling for developed countries? And can further growth be environmentally justified, or do we urgently need to halt - or even reverse - growth to limit the effects of climate change? Can so-called “degrowth” ever be possible?

Edward Stourton talks to economists and thinkers from around the world to appraise whether there’s still a central role for growth in the 21st century.

Presenter: Edward Stourton
Producer: Nathan Gower
Editor: Clare Fordham
Programme Coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Helena Warwick-Cross
Sound Engineer: Neva Missirian


MON 21:00 A Walk on the Supply Side (m001dn6k)
In September, the UK's new government took power heralding a ‘supply-side’ revolution.

But what is supply-side economics, and what do its origins in the battles of the 1970s and 1980s tell us about the rapid rise and fall of ‘Trussonomics’, and where we go from here?

The economics writer Duncan Weldon talks to Arthur Laffer about his campaign for tax rate reductions in the America of the 1970s - all the way from a dinner in Washington with Donald Rumsfeld in 1974, through a populist campaign to cut California property taxes in 1978, through to his work with President Reagan in the 1980s.

Duncan hears from the historian Rick Perlstein about why he assesses the 'Reagan tax cuts' to have failed - and what he makes of the fact that, rather surprisingly, he is reportedly Liz Truss' favourite historian. And the economist Patrick Minford, whose ideas influenced Truss, reflects on how his thinking had earlier influenced the Thatcher project. Can Thatcherism be recreated, and was it ever quite the same as Reaganomics?

Duncan also speaks to Gemma Tetlow of the Insitute for Government, Geoff Tily of the Trades Union Congress and Mark Littlewood of the Institute of Economic Affairs about the current viability of supply-side economics, whether in terms of tax cuts, deregulation or interventions on skills and infrastructure - and asks what all of this has to offer to the effort to revive the UK's sluggish rate of growth, now that the Sunak government has jettisoned Truss's plans.

Producer: Phil Tinline


MON 21:30 Start the Week (m001dwmr)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:00 today]


MON 22:00 The World Tonight (m001dwv4)
Cop 27 conference in Egypt

Also tonight:

What’s at stake in the US mid terms ?

And the head of Amnesty international on jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah


MON 22:45 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (m001dwv6)
Episode 6

Damon 'Demon' Copperhead is a good-hearted boy with the misfortune to be born into a broken society. As Demon battles through foster care, child labour and a dysfunctional education system, Kingsolver leavens her righteous anger with compassion for a glorious cast of characters in this epic tale of love, loss and community.

Young Demon has escaped foster care and made the arduous journey across state lines to track down Miss Betsy Woodall, the last remaining link to his family.

Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield' is reimagined for the modern age by Barbara Kingsolver, one of our best-loved novelists, in this compelling and atmospheric tale of redemption. Kingsolver is the prize-winning author of novels, essays, poetry and journalism. Her books include 'The Poisonwood Bible', 'The Lacuna' and 'Unsheltered' and she established the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, America's largest prize for an unpublished first novel.

Read by Carl Prekopp
Written by Barbara Kingsolver
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie


MON 23:00 The Witch Farm (m001dwv8)
Episode 4: The Painted Horse

Frightened and desperate, Liz and Bill enlist the help of a psychic medium, who becomes a divisive figure, suggesting that the haunting is the fault of somebody in the house. But, when strange, disturbing problems start affecting local farmers, Bill and Liz wonder if he could be right - are they responsible for all of this?

The Witch Farm re-investigates a real-life haunting – a paranormal cold case that has been unsolved for nearly 30 years - until now. Set in in the beautiful, remote Welsh countryside, this terrifying true story is told through a thrilling blend of drama and documentary.

Written and presented by Danny Robins, creator of The Battersea Poltergeist, Uncanny and West End hit 2:22 – A Ghost Story, The Witch Farm stars Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) and Alexandra Roach (No Offence), with original theme music by Mercury Prize-nominated Gwenno. This 8-part series interweaves a terrifying supernatural thriller set in the wild Welsh countryside with a fascinating modern-day investigation into a real-life mystery.

Cast:
Bill Rich ...... Joseph Fiennes
Liz Rich ...... Alexandra Roach
Larry Harry …… Tom Price
Wyn Thomas ...... Owen Teale
Laurence Rich ...... Jonathan Case
Marijke …… Laura Dalgleish
Jan …… Dan Starkey

Written and presented by Danny Robins
Experts: Ciaran O’Keeffe and Evelyn Hollow
Sound design by Charlie Brandon-King and Richard Fox
Music by Evelyn Sykes
Theme Music by Gwenno
Researcher: Nancy Bottomley
Produced by Danny Robins and Simon Barnard
Directed by Simon Barnard

Consultant: Mark Chadbourn, author of the book on the case 'Testimony'

A Bafflegab and Uncanny Media production for BBC Radio 4


MON 23:30 Today in Parliament (m001dwvb)
Sean Curran reports as the controversy about immigration continues.

TUESDAY 08 NOVEMBER 2022

TUE 00:00 Midnight News (m001dwvd)
The latest news and weather forecast from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 00:30 Disaster Trolls (m001dwvg)
[Repeat of broadcast at 09:45 on Monday]


TUE 00:48 Shipping Forecast (m001dwvj)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


TUE 01:00 Selection of BBC World Service Programmes (m001dwvl)
BBC Radio 4 presents a selection of news and current affairs, arts and science programmes from the BBC World Service.


TUE 05:20 Shipping Forecast (m001dwvn)
The latest weather reports and forecasts for UK shipping.


TUE 05:30 News Briefing (m001dwvq)
The latest news from BBC Radio 4


TUE 05:43 Prayer for the Day (m001dwvs)
A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day.

Tuesday

Good morning. When I was very young, I loved sport - I still do - and I had the opportunity to have a go at a Wheelchair Tennis Taster Event. In hindsight I think it’s conclusively the case that I and Wheelchair Tennis were not made to be friends. I have problems with spatial awareness, so judging distance, exactly where things are, that sort of thing, they’re not my strength. I couldn’t serve. I managed to hit the ball occasionally, but not very far, and the person given the gift of being my coach that day had a very repetitive time trying to keep my spirits up without telling me I was far from skilled at the sport.

At the end of the day, I tried to get out of the wheelchair and my legs didn’t work at all. They don’t work well at the best of times, but on this occasion, they absolutely failed me altogether. But I was delighted. I felt alive. I’d tried something, it hadn’t worked, but I’d given it a go and done something that I’d not thought possible up to then, however badly I’d carried it off. As I look back on it from a great distance of time this morning it remains one of my favourite memories. Not everything we try has to be tried again. It’s very much better that some things aren’t tried again, but there’s a real joy in the trying. Faith feels like that for me, something I try at with God’s help and which is refined day by day into something which becomes beautiful, but still pales next to the one it is about and for, Jesus.

Father, help us to persist in walking with you today, whether we are crawling, sprinting, rolling or if each breath feels a herculean task. Thank you that you are with us, and for us.
Amen.


TUE 05:45 Farming Today (m001dwvv)
08/11/22 - Farmers selling carbon credits, global farm policy and on-farm wind turbines

Could the market for carbon credits encourage farmers to change the way they manage their land to sequester more carbon? We hear from one Leicestershire farmer who has just started selling credits after taking measurements of soil organic matter.

COP 27 is underway in Egypt, and ahead of the conference, agricultural policy makers from all around the world met to agree actions that could be taken to make farming and food systems more sustainable. This ministerial gathering discussed the impact of global food security in the light of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, and the severe droughts experienced across Europe, China and North America.

And we visit a robotic milking parlour which is mostly powered by an on-farm wind turbine.

Presented by Anna Hill
Producer for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons


TUE 05:58 Tweet of the Day (b03zrcm9)
Goosander

Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.

Kate Humble presents the goosander. Goosanders are handsome ducks and belong to a group known as 'sawbills' because their long slender bills are lined with backward pointing 'teeth', for gripping slippery fish. Underwater they're as agile as otters, chasing fish in raging currents or nosing for them under riverbanks.


TUE 06:00 Today (m001dx1j)
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.


TUE 09:00 Room 5 (m001dx1y)
Series 2, Episode 2: Simon

Killing the worm in Simon’s brain before it kills him.

Simon’s just back from holiday when things go off-kilter. He tries to open the fridge door - but can’t find the handle. He feels a throbbing pain in his head and a growing pressure behind his eye. An MRI scan reveals a cyst in Simon’s head - containing a worm. Simon has a rare condition called neurocysticercosis.

And so the race against time begins: to kill the worm in Simon’s brain before it kills him. We follow Simon’s progress as he undergoes a pioneering treatment carried out by Dr Hadi Manji - Consultant Neurologist at the world famous National Hospital for Neurology, Queen Square.

The treatment is gruelling - Simon experiences hallucinations, mood swings, changes in personality - and we ask if he’s still the same man when he comes out on the other side.

In Room 5, Helena Merriman shares stories of real-life medical mysteries, interviewing people who - like her - were changed by a diagnosis. Combining intimate storytelling, immersive sound design, candid interviews, science and a large dose of compassion, Room 5 is a gripping portrait of extraordinary people at a moment when everything changes.

Written, presented and produced by Helena Merriman
Composer: Jeremy Warmsley
Sound Design: Eloise Whitmore

Production Co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Researcher: May Cameron
Editor: Emma Rippon

#Room5

End song: Miffed by Tom Rosenthal


TUE 09:30 Flight of the Ospreys (m001dx29)
Through France

Scotland's ospreys have started their epic autumn migration to West Africa. A team of conservationists headed up by biologist Sacha Dench is following them all the way, aiming to discover much more about the journey that the ospreys make and the challenges they face along the way. Climate change is making weather patterns less predictable, crucial wetlands on their route are being poisoned by pesticides and depleted by drought and the birds have the unfortunate habit of electrocuting themselves when they land on powerlines with freshly caught fish.

Today, the Conservation Without Borders team follow the birds along the Loire Valley and down the Atlantic Coast, through landscapes parched by record-breaking summer temperatures and wildfires.

Producers: Emily Knight and Alasdair Cross

French translation : Sue Mackintosh


TUE 09:45 Disaster Trolls (m001dx2r)
7. I helped bring down Alex Jones

Rob tried to stop his Infowars colleagues spreading conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook shooting. Now his testimony has helped hold his former boss to account in court.

Twenty of the 27 people killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, were children. But for years after the attack, Infowars host Alex Jones used his show to spread false claims that nobody died, and that the shooting was faked to create a pretext to disarm US gun owners.

In this episode, Rob talks about his 13 years working for Infowars, and how in that time he saw Jones achieve enormous wealth and fame by pushing ever more extreme conspiracy theories.

Rob was mocked and ignored when he urged Jones and other co-workers to drop the harmful lies they were pushing about Sandy Hook. But his testimony, about what went on inside the company, has now helped parents of the shooting victims to win huge damages awards against his former boss.

Could this sort of legal action provide a way for those targeted by similar conspiracy theories in Britain to seek accountability from their tormentors?

In this BBC Radio 4 podcast series, Marianna Spring, the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, investigates how survivors of UK terror attacks and other tragedies, suffer, online abuse and threats. This episode contains audio from the Infowars website.

Presenter: Marianna Spring
Producer: Ant Adeane
Editor: Ed Main


TUE 10:00 Woman's Hour (m001dx38)
Textile designer Althea McNish, Albanian female asylum seekers, endurance athlete Jenny Tough

Following, Elon Musk’s announcement that Twitter will permanently suspend any account on the social media platform that impersonates another, Nuala McGovern is joined by crime writer, Denise Mina who changed her twitter display name to ‘Elon Musk’.
Jenny Tough is an endurance athlete who's best known for running and cycling in some of world's most challenging events. For a forthcoming film - SOLO - she set herself an audacious objective: to run – solo and unsupported, across mountain ranges on six continents, starting with one of the most remote locations on earth in Kyrgystan. She joins Nuala to describe how mountains give her a sense of home and why travelling solo is a “force for joy”.
We speak to Anti Trafficking Social worker Lauren Starkey and Human rights Journalist about new research that suggests Albanian women are more likely to have their asylum applications approveddue to the threat they face from trafficking.
They’ll be sharing the experiences of some of the women with Nuala McGovern and give us an insight into the dangers that female asylum seekers face day to day.
Textile designer Althea McNish was the first Caribbean designer to achieve international recognition and is one of the UK’s most influential and innovative textile designers. There’s currently a major retrospective of her, Althea McNish: Colour is Mine at the Whitworth in Manchester on tour from William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow. Rose Sinclair a Lecturer in Design Education at Goldsmiths, University of London co-curated the exhibition.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore


TUE 11:00 The Shadow Pope (m001dx3n)
It is almost a decade since the dramatic resignation of Pope Benedict. In that time, the Pope Emeritus, now in his 90s, has lived quietly in a monastery within the precincts of Vatican City. Yet many Catholics believe his shadowy presence has served as a lightning rod for division.

A recent book by respected Italian journalist Massimo Franco claims a rival court has grown up around Benedict, attracting traditionalists who feel alienated by the direction taken by Pope Francis. Benedict’s supporters have real power within the Vatican and have clashed with Pope Francis on major issues, including priestly celibacy, the role of women and whether Catholics who support abortion rights should receive Holy Communion.

Has Benedict’s long retirement contributed to these internal divisions? Given the contrasting approaches of Benedict and Francis, it was perhaps inevitable that the Church would find itself embroiled in the wider culture wars. The post-retirement Benedict may never have actively sought the role of conservative champion, yet many insist on viewing him in that light. Similarly, Pope Francis’s preoccupation with some issues of social justice has seen him categorised, perhaps simplistically, as a liberal.

Edward Stourton examines the evidence. He recalls the unexpectedness of Benedict’s abdication in February 2013, and the sheer theatre of his exit from St Peter’s. Benedict cited old age and looming infirmity, yet there was much speculation at the time about his true motives. While he remains hugely popular in traditionalist circles, his legacy holds less weight among progressive Catholics, not least in Benedict’s native Germany.

Has Benedict’s successor, Pope Francis, been constrained by the existence of a rival court around Benedict? Early expectations that he would be a liberal reformer haven’t been fulfilled. Free of Benedict’s shadowy presence, might Francis have been more proactive?

Few dispute that the past decade has had a profound impact on how the office is viewed. We end by asking how this might affect the succession and the church’s future direction.

Producer: Hugh Costello
Executive Producer: David Prest
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 11:30 Moving Pictures (m001dx3z)
The Flagellation of Christ by Caravaggio

Cathy FitzGerald invites you to discover new details in old masterpieces.

Each episode of Moving Pictures is devoted to a single artwork - and you're invited to look as well as listen, by following a link to a high-resolution image made by Google Arts & Culture. Zoom in and you can see the pores of the canvas, the sweep of individual brushstrokes, the shimmer of pointillist dots.

In this episode, we explore The Flagellation of Christ, now held in the collection of the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte in Naples.

Out of the darkness - Christ tied to a black marble column, surrounded by three men, who prepare to whip him. It's a violent, intense, yet deeply intimate scene, carefully choreographed by the great artist, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, to stop us looking away.

To see the super high-resolution image of the work made by Google Arts & Culture, visit www.bbc.co.uk/movingpictures. Scroll down and follow the link to explore the high-resolution image of The Flagellation of Christ.

Interviewees: Caroline Paganussi, Sylvain Bellenger, Ben Quash, Jennifer Sliwka and Letizia Treves.

Producer and Presenter: Cathy FitzGerald

Executive Producer: Sarah Cuddon
Mix Engineer: Mike Woolley
Art History Consultant: Leah Kharibian

A White Stiletto production for BBC Radio 4

Picture credit: Caravaggio, Flagellation of Christ,1607. © Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples. On long-term loan from the Church of San Domenico Maggiore, property of the Fund for Ecclesiastical Buildings, 1972.


TUE 12:00 News Summary (m001dx49)
The latest national and international news from BBC Radio 4.


TUE 12:04 You and Yours (m001dx4n)
Call You and Yours: What do you have planned for Christmas?

On Call You and Yours this week, we’re asking: What do you have planned for Christmas?

Retailers are gearing up for their so called "golden quarter" but new research from, consultancy firm, Deloitte suggests we're taking a thriftier approach this year. Their survey of 3,000 people found 59% believe they will have less money overall to spend during the festive season. 38% plan to switch to cheaper brands or stores for gifts. When it comes to lunch on Christmas Day, one in three aim to do at least part of their food shop at a discounter supermarket.

Will you be spending less this year due to the cost of living squeeze? Or are you determined to celebrate as before?

Email us to let us know: youandyours@bbc.co.uk

PRESENTER: WINIFRED ROBINSON
PRODUCER: TARA HOLMES


TUE 12:57 Weather (m001dx4z)
The latest weather forecast


TUE 13:00 World at One (m001dx59)
Forty-five minutes of news, analysis and comment, with Sarah Montague.


TUE 13:45 Understand: The Economy (m001dx5l)
Series 1

The Economy: 2. Interest Rates and Mortgage Rates

Why does the interest you pay on your credit card or your mortgage rate go up and down? What’s the Bank of England got to do with it all? In this episode, Tim Harford explains why the banks need to charge you interest when you borrow money and explains why the Bank of England might put interest rates up. Economic historian Victoria Bateman tells us why the Bank of England first lent money to the government. Spoiler alert…. it was to wage war.

Everything you need to know about the economy and what it means for you. This podcast will cut through the jargon to bring you clarity and ensure you finally understand all those complicated terms and phrases you hear on the news. Inflation, GDP, interest rates, and bonds, Tim Harford and friends explain them all. We’ll ensure you understand what’s going on today, why your shopping is getting more expensive or why your pay doesn’t cover your bills. We’ll also bring you surprising histories, from the war-hungry kings who have shaped how things are counted today to the greedy merchants flooding Spain with silver coins. So if your eyes usually glaze over when someone says ‘cutting taxes stimulates growth’, fear no more, we’ve got you covered.

Producer: Phoebe Keane

Researchers: Drew Hyndman and Marianna Brain

Editor: Clare Fordham

A BBC Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4


TUE 14:00 The Archers (m001dwth)
[Repeat of broadcast at 19:00 on Monday]


TUE 14:15 Drama (m000twh7)
Losing Paradise

By Stephanie Dale

The UK’s first ‘environmental refugees’ are due to be displaced in the next 20 years. This is the story of Fairbourne, in North Wales.

Fairbourne’s council has chosen to stop funding its coastal defences, so in a few years residents may be forced to leave their homes. Fairbourne’s story begins in the 19th Century, when mill owner Arthur McDougall created the idyllic holiday paradise. But his head builder – George Stevens – is plagued by dreams about what is to come.

George…. Kieran Knowles
McDougall…. John Dougall
Seithenyn…. Sion Pritchard
The Narrator…. Eiry Thomas
The Earth…. Lisa Jen Brown

Directed by James Robinson
A BBC Cymru Wales Production


TUE 15:00 The Kitchen Cabinet (m001dwh2)
[Repeat of broadcast at 10:30 on Saturday]


TUE 15:30 Costing the Earth (m001dx5v)
COP27: Meeting the Promises

The COP 27 summit in Sharm-El-Sheikh is welcoming world leaders and climate negotiators to Egypt. In a year that has been rocked by the war in Ukraine and global economic instability, can COP refocus the world’s attention on climate?

Tom Heap and Matt McGrath will take a look back at some of the pledges made last November in Glasgow for COP 26 to find out whether countries across the world are keeping to the agreements made on areas such as deforestation, methane reduction, finance and technology.

Everyone agrees that current geopolitics will make significant global agreements to decrease emissions difficult but there may be signs of hope in the actions of individual countries. Tom and Matt will try to decipher where we are and what we might be able to expect from this years ‘Conference of the Parties’.

To help them pick through the details our panel of experts include Bernice Lee from Chatham House, Danny Kennedy from New Energy Nexus, Mia Moisio from Climate Action Tracker, Piers Forster from the University of Leeds and Ben Caldecott from the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group.

Producer: Helen Lennard


TUE 16:00 Law in Action (m001dx61)
Protest and the Law

Climate change activists have caused a lot of disruption over the past year, and recently also made headlines with stunts like throwing tomato soup at a Van Gogh painting in the National Gallery. The government's response has been to tighten up protest law; first in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 and now in the Public Order bill currently going through Parliament. What is and isn't illegal now? What could become illegal soon? And how are the police interpreting new laws that rely on their discretion, such as whether a protest is too noisy?

Can rap lyrics amount to confessions to murder? Song lyrics are usually understood to be fiction - Tom Jones's 'Delilah' isn't an admission that the Welsh singer actually stabbed an unfaithful girlfriend, and Bob Marley never "shot the sheriff". But in California rap lyrics have been presented as evidence in criminal prosecutions in such a way that the state has now legislated to restrict the use of those lyrics in trials. And a murder conviction has been overturned, and a retrial ordered, for a rapper convicted on the grounds of his lyrics.

Where would you go for free legal advice? Probably not a university, but in Liverpool people can now get appointments with law students at Liverpool John Moores University, who will conduct an interview them and produce a letter of advice, all under the supervision of solicitors, and free of charge. There's something in it for the students too: they gain practical experience which counts towards their course, and later on towards their qualifying examination.

Presenter: Joshua Rozenberg
Producer: Arlene Gregorius
Researcher: Diane Richardson
Production coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Helena Warwick-Cross
Sound engineer: James Beard
Editor: Simon Watts


TUE 16:30 A Good Read (m001dx67)
Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere

Comedians Heidi Regan and Neil Delamere discuss their favourite all-time books with Harriett Gilbert. Heidi chooses a non-fiction book on the cult of positive thinking by the late Barbara Ehrenreich, called Smile or Die. Neil suggests a novel by Ronan Hession about two unambitious friends in their thirties; Leonard and Hungry Paul, and Harriett picks the novella Foster by Irish writer Claire Keegan, who has recently been nominated for the 2022 Booker Prize.
Producer: Eliza Lomas for BBC Audio, Bristol
Join the conversation on Instagram @agoodreadbbc


TUE 17:00 PM (m001dx6g)
Afternoon news and current affairs programme, reporting on breaking stories and summing up the day's headlines


TUE 18:00 Six O'Clock News (m001dx6q)
Campaign groups have expressed outrage after an ambassador for the football World Cup in Qatar described homosexuality as 'damage in the mind'.


TUE 18:30 The Missing Hancocks (m0001fw7)
Series 4

The Winter Holiday

The Missing Hancocks recreates those episodes of the classic Hancock's Half Hour that have been wiped or lost from the archive.

The first modern sitcom, Hancock's Half Hour made stars of Tony Hancock, Sid James and Kenneth Williams, and launched Ray Galton and Alan Simpson as one of the most successful comedy-writing partnerships in history. But 20 episodes of the show were missing from the BBC archives. Now, after three highly successful series, another batch of those episodes have been lovingly re-recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC Radio Theatre.

Tonight's episode: The Winter Holiday. Tony Hancock takes a break from his job as a lift attendant and decides to head to the seaside for a fortnight in Brighton...in winter!

Written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, and with the classic score re-recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, the show stars Kevin McNally, Kevin Eldon, Simon Greenall, Robin Sebastian and Susy Kane. The Winter Holiday was first broadcast on the 16th November, 1955.

Produced by Neil Pearson & Paul Sheehan.

Written by Ray Galton & Simpson

Music recorded by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Levon Parikian.

A BBC Studios Production.


TUE 19:00 The Archers (m001dx6x)
Pip tells Chelsea she felt betrayed when Chelsea didn’t tell her that Ben was the father. And now they’ve got Vince trying to ruin Brookfield because of it. Chelsea wonders what difference it would’ve made if she had told Pip? Later Pip apologises, saying she was feeling stressed. Chelsea opens up saying it feels like everyone thinks she’s trash and only getting what she deserves. Pip says she’s thought about what Chelsea said and she wouldn’t have changed her advice to Chelsea even if she’d known about Ben. And it’s wrong to blame Chelsea for what Vince is doing to them. When Pip mentions Ben’s giving himself a hard time, Chelsea says to tell Ben he’ll do alright. Pip thinks Chelsea will too. She seems so mature.
Alice is at her old rehab centre with Chris waiting to give a talk. When Chris mentions the stained glass window, Alice says she’s keeping out of it. Chris worries when Alice goes to get some air because she’s feeling unnerved by being back at the centre. She feels she can’t do the talk and asks Chris to fetch the car. Meanwhile Sally, one of the residents, asks Alice a favour – she’d like Alice to read a diary she’s written about her life before rehab. She wants Alice’s opinion before reading it to the group. When Alice asks why, Sally says it’s because Alice has survived the experience. Alice decides to do the talk. Afterwards Sally says she noticed Alice was holding her diary throughout the talk. Alice said it helped; Sally’s story is her story too.


TUE 19:15 Front Row (m001dx73)
Jennifer Lawrence, mandolin player Chris Thile, Chokepoint Capitalism

Jennifer Lawrence and director Lila Neugebauer discuss their new film Causeway.

Grammy award-winning mandolin player Chris Thile plays live in the studio from his latest album Laysongs, on the eve of his UK tour.

A new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, looks at how big tech companies and large corporations control large parts of creative markets. The authors, Rebecca Giblin, a professor at Melbourne Law School and Cory Doctorow, writer and activist, join Front Row to discuss what that means for both consumers and creators.

Presenter: Luke Jones
Producer: Olivia Skinner

Image: Jennifer Lawrence in Causeway


TUE 20:00 File on 4 (m001dx77)
Albanian Exodus

Their country is not at war and it's not ruled by an authoritarian regime, yet thousands of young Albanians are making the dangerous journey across the channel to live and work in the UK.

File on 4 travels across Albania to discover the truth behind the biggest migration controversy to hit Britain for years, visiting towns where most young men have already left and the rest are planning to leave as soon as possible.

In Has, a small town in Northern Albania, 80 per cent of families rely on funds being sent back by relatives living in the UK. A red phone box can be found outside a pub called Britain Lounge - a mark of respect to the country providing work to the majority of the town's youth.

While in neighbouring Kukes, men who've made their fortune and returned home, drive around the city in cars with GB number plates.

With wages low and youth unemployment high, File on 4 hears from young people who say there are no prospects for them in their home country.

They're lured to the promised lands of England by slick social media campaigns led by people smugglers and by Albanians who show off their wealth online.

But the exodus of skilled workers and the country's labour force is having a huge impact on the population of Albania, which has still yet to fully recover from its brutalist communist rule.

Reporter: Paul Kenyon
Producers: Hayley Mortimer and Fjori Sinoruka in Albania, Kate West and Annabel Deas
Technical Producer: Craig Boardman
Editor: Carl Johnston


TUE 20:40 In Touch (m001dx7d)
News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted


TUE 21:00 All in the Mind (m001dx7k)
Steven Pinker

Claudia Hammond meets cognitive scientist and author Steven Pinker. He describes the times we are living in as a pandemic of poppycock and has advice on how to be more rational.


TUE 21:30 Today in Parliament (m001dx7m)
All the news from today's sitting at Westminster.


TUE 22:00 The World Tonight (m001dx7q)
Sir Gavin Williamson resigns

Also tonight: ex UK ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch on US “midterm madness”

And the former FA chairman David Bernstein on the Qatar World Cup


TUE 22:45 Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (m001dx7t)
Episode 7

Damon 'Demon' Copperhead is a good-hearted boy with the misfortune to be born into a broken society. As Demon battles through foster care, child labour and a dysfunctional education system, Kingsolver leavens her righteous anger with compassion for a glorious cast of characters in this epic tale of love, loss and community.

Demon's luck takes a turn when his grandmother arranges a foster placement with the coach of the prestigious local football team.

Charles Dickens’ 'David Copperfield' is reimagined for the modern age by Barbara Kingsolver, one of our best-loved novelists, in this compelling and atmospheric tale of redemption. Kingsolver is the prize-winning author of novels, essays, poetry and journalism. Her books include 'The Poisonwood Bible', 'The Lacuna' and 'Unsheltered' and she established the Bellwether Prize for Fiction, America's largest prize for an unpublished first novel.

Read by Carl Prekopp
Written by Barbara Kingsolver
Abridged by Siân Preece
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie


TUE 23:00 US Election Special (m001dx7y)
Razia Iqbal, Justin Webb and Jamie Coomarasamy present BBC Radio’s coverage of the US midterm elections.

They will bring results and analysis from across America as voters go to the polls to decide the future direction and shape of US politics. President Biden’s Democratic party are looking to hold on to the House of Representatives and the Senate against a Republican party which is looking to re-establish a foot in governing at a national level. We might also get a good understanding of the future political ambitions of Donald Trump.

Razia, Justin and Jamie will be speaking to experts, politicians and voters across the country to find out what the impact of the economy, abortion, crime and the future of democracy itself will have on the results, and what it all means for America.

Presented by Razia Iqbal, Justin Webb and Jamie Coomarasamy